User talk:Christiern Albertson

I have made many changes and additions to the Lil Hardin Armstrong biography. They are all based upon her own unpublished autobiography, which we collaborated on, but never got to finish. I don't know how else to reference my changes--we were close friends for the last 10 years of her life. Christiern Albertson 01:21, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

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Thank you. I guess you have figured out that Fred Nurdley and I (Chris Albertson) are one and the same. I tried to change the user name, but had to re-register as Christiern Albertson (my full name, the system would not accept "Chris"). I notice that there have been several attempts to vandalize the Bessie biography and I hope my input is not regarded as such. I should mention that I question the assertion that William Smith brought 2 mulattos to the household. I don't see a reference for that information and it does not get a single mention in any of the many interviews I conducted with Bessie's family and school mates.

Bessie Smith
Hi, thanks for your email. I deleted the link, and others, because of the guidelines at WP:NOT and WP:EL. Specifically, that wikipedia is not a link directory. If the information in the website is useful, try to incorporate it into the article. If you want to reply, please do on my talkpage as I almost missed your email. Thanks Belovedfreak 18:02, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Bessie Smith
Hi. I'm not sure why, but the articles about African-Americans seem to suffer from vandalism more than some of the others (and it's usually not racist vandalism). I don't know why the anonymous editor is so persistent about the census data. Census data of the time is notorious unreliable with respect to African-Americans; most of the census-takers were white and shared common attitudes of their day toward Blacks. The fact that this editor is anonymous, cites proprietary data, and is disparaging toward family members and a marriage license makes me suspicious, but I'm just a fan; I don't have any facts to cite as counter-evidence. — Malik Shabazz | Talk 16:49, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

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Do you hold the copyright on this image to the extent of being legaly able to release it under a free license.Genisock2 00:54, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

It is a picture taken by a friend using my camera--what kind of proof do I need to use it????? Christiern Albertson 23:17, 9 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Get them to email permissions@wikimedia.org saying they are okey with a release under the GFDL.Genisock2 21:51, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Mr. Weston, who took the picture, passed away a month later. - This is really ludicrous. Christiern Albertson 05:01, 16 November 2007 (UTC)


 * If there are no conflicting claims to who might own the copyright, I think simply stating something like photo of me, taken by (name) on my camera by my request. and I own rights to this photo and hereby authorize use under the GFDL license or some variation on that as apporpriate. Sorry for the hassle; problems caused by some editors who have violated copyrights made necessary such bureaucracy sometimes inconveniencing good faith editors such as yourself. Let me know if I can be of help. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 15:45, 16 November 2007 (UTC)


 * P.S.: Material such as the Lil Hardin Armstrong publicity photos, when created in the USA and the original publication had no assertion of copyright, are indeed public domain per US law. If such is the case, just clearly note where you got the original (eg, "I scanned this from an original given to me by so and so") and tag them with Template:PD-Pre1978. Thanks, -- Infrogmation 16:06, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Thankyou for clairifying the situation.Genisock2 (talk) 00:35, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Flag at Bessie Smith
I noticed you undid the edit I made with an edit summary stating that she was an American. You are right of course that she was an American, but current consensus seems to be that we can better call her an American than an 🇺🇸 American. The former is perfectly understandable to the reader and the country article is only a click away if the reader wishes to see what the flag looks like. The latter adds nothing, risks over-emphasising nationality, and is (in this case) historically wrong too. WP:FLAGS will give chapter and verse on the subject. Best wishes, --John 07:27, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * If you're interested here is the flag at the time of her birth and here is how it looked when she died. The current flag came in on 4 July 1960. See Flag of the United States for details. --John 07:32, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Why delete Billie Holiday discography?
The link doesn't meet WP:EL. Its not in English, it is a clear conflict of interest since it was added by the author of the site, there is already a discography linked from the article so its a duplication. Please note that Wikipedia is not a link directory. If there is a compelling reason to include the link that is consistent with WP:EL it can be replaced. Gwernol 23:13, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Louis Cottrell, Jr.
Thought you might find this article interesting. (Hope you still checkin here.) Lionelt (talk) 17:10, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Hello. A photo credited to you has been listed for deletion for uncertain copyright status; see. Thank you. Infrogmation (talk) 21:27, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

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