User talk:C.dodsonABDN

Your submission at Articles for creation: Professor Tom Greggs (March 18)
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— Nizolan  (talk) 05:09, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

Tips for Draft:Professor Tom Greggs
Hi C.dodsonABDN. I've formatted your draft a bit to bring it into compliance with Wikipedia's General Manual of Style and Manual of Style for Biographies and added the Authority control and a better reference for one of his books. A couple of quick tips for now:
 * Do not refer to the subject by his first name. After the first mention of his full name, use "Greggs" or "he".
 * Linking to Amazon pages is a complete no-no. I've removed those. Technically, you don't need a reference to show that a book exists—the OCLC number is enough—but it's always good to use a review in a journal as a reference as it helps establish the notability of his work. I've added one for his Barth, Origen, and Universal Salvation: Restoring Particularity. I suggest you find one for each of the other books.

I'll check in again tomorrow. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 18:54, 30 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Me again. I've copyedited and slightly restructured your draft, added references, etc. and accepted the submission. You'll find it at Tom Greggs where you can continue to improve it if you wish. However, avoid making it read like a CV or résumé and don't include every single one of his activities. As you can see, I've pruned some of these and restructured the article somewhat to make it more of a biographical narrative. If you have any questions or need further help, don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 11:09, 31 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Thank you so much, . It all looks great.  C.dodsonABDN (talk) 14:38, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Image, WP:CREDENTIAL
Quick note: you shouldn't use thumbnail syntax when you add a picture to an infobox -- just specify the picture directly. You can add a caption with the "caption =" option below, but it should say some more info about the picture rather than just the subject's name again (so "Tom Greggs in 2016"). Another minor point is that according to Wikipedia's Manual of Style, we prefer not to use people's academic titles before their names. Good work on the article. — Nizolan  (talk) 15:10, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

File:Tom greggs.jpg
Hi C.dodson. I'm afraid you're going to have trouble with this image. If it has previously been published under copyright, as it has been on Prof. Greggs's faculty page, then it cannot be uploaded under a Creative Commons license without a special procedure, involving email permission from the photographer. You also state on the file page, that it is "your own work" and that you are the copyright holder. Did you personally take that photograph? If not, then you are not the copyright holder and cannot release the image under a Creative Commons license. Only the copyright holder can do that, and that is almost invariably the photographer. I strongly suggest that you take a picture yourself of Prof. Greggs with your own camera and upload that to Commons. The current one will almost certainly be deleted eventually. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 16:48, 1 April 2016 (UTC)