User talk:Benjaminradler

Question for administrator
Hi -- I'm creating a new wikipedia page for my uncle who is a national champion ballroom dancer. For now, we wish to quote his biography on his website almost verbatim, so my question is how are we meant to cite his biography properly. He is also the author of "How a ballroom dance competition is judged", which is an internationally used explanation on how judges judge competitive dances -- how do we cite this information also?

Thanks. --Benjaminradler (talk) 20:11, 13 June 2009 (UTC)


 * If you wish to use information that has previously been copyrighted, then the copyright holder would have to email an explicit release of rights to Wikipedia. To find out how to do this, see Donating copyrighted materials.


 * Please note that, even if such a permission is granted, the material will stiull be subject to our normal policies; that means that all the information should be verifiable, by reference to reliable sources that are independent of the subject. This may be difficult to achieve, as the bio will be a primary source; unless the same facts are asserted elsewhere (in a newspaper, book, etc), then they should not be added.


 * Please read WP:BIO for more on this.


 * As regards the second question, about citing a book, there would be no real problem with that - you just reference it in the normal manner.


 * My advice would be as follows; firstly, edit a few existing articles to learn more about how Wikipedia works - follow the advice in the following 'welcome' message, and create a test page too.


 * If you do decide to create a new article, create it in the user test page first, and ask for more help with it.


 * Good luck with whatever you decide to do.  Chzz  ►  20:47, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Dan radler
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Welcome
Hi, Benjaminradler. This is NOT some automated message...it's from a real person. You can talk to me right now. Welcome to Wikipedia! I noticed you've just joined, and wanted to give you a few tips to get you started. If you have any questions, please talk to us. The tips below should help you to get started. Best of luck!  Chzz  ►  20:47, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Simple references
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 * a)

Chzz is 98 years old.

He likes tea.


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