User talk:Denise1gr

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Hello, Denise1gr, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for Kallikantzaros. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful: Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις  04:39, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
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Hello Dr. K, I have a question re uploading a photo to accompany this article I'm writing. But I do not know where to input the licence tag. In addition, if I needed to get the permission of the author, where is the appropriate form? Please help. Thank you.Denise1gr (talk) 03:32, 29 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi Denise. Unfortunately you cannot use fair use pictures in Commons. Even on Wikipedia fair use images of living people are not allowed because a free image may theoretically become available which would then render the fair use image obsolete. Having said that, if you can communicate with the subject of your article and persuade him to release a picture under a free license such as GFDL or Creative Commons etc., he could send his permission via email to OTRS at Commons, which is an image license verification service through email. More information is located at this link: Commons:OTRS. If you have any further questions you can ask me at any time. Best regards. Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις   04:05, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Thank you Dr. K. I will do so. I was wondering of one more thing. I re-edited my article and removed the 'orphan' and 'citations' and 'references' tags that I had. I corrected all of them. Then, I saved it again. What happens now? Again, thank you so much for your help. I'm a beginner but already addicted. Best Regards, Denise1gr (talk) 04:22, 29 October 2013 (UTC)


 * You are very welcome Denise. I took the liberty to edit your article to remove the non-free image for the time being. Next step you can move your article to the title "Alecos Papadatos". Use the "Move" button on your sandbox or click here. Then change the title "Denise1gr/sandbox" to "Alecos Papadatos" (without the quotes). That should do it. All the best. Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις  04:36, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Dr. K. Thank you again for your help. I did what you said. I just got a notice for a speedy deletion of my article denise1gr/sandbox. I'm not sure what that means and what exactly is the problem. The person who tagged it wrote: "A tag has been placed on Denise1gr/sandbox, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason: I think the creator forgot the "User:" it has since been blanked "  Does this means that the article, Alecos Papadatos, will be deleted? Please help. Thank you. Denise1gr (talk) 06:42, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Your submission at AfC Denise1gr/sandbox was accepted
 Denise1gr/sandbox, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created. The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article. You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. . Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia! The Ukulele Dude - Aggie80 (talk) 20:19, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Denise1gr/sandbox


A tag has been placed on Denise1gr/sandbox, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

I think the creator forgot the "User:" it has since been blanked

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time.

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Hi Frosty, I am sorry I am very new at this. What exactly does this mean? I am not sure I understand what: "I think the creator forgot the "User:" it has since been blanked  Please advise.  Thank you.Denise1gr (talk) 06:34, 29 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi Denise. In Wikipedia whenever there is a special page dedicated to a username it must have the prefix "User:" in front of the name so that it does not get confused with a regular article. Your sandbox "Denise1gr/sandbox" should have the prefix "user:" in front of your name but it didn't, so it had to be deleted. Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις  17:04, 29 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Actually the lack of the "user:" prefix was not your fault. This user did it when s/he mistakenly moved the sandbox you properly created to the wrong place: . Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις  19:53, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Once again, thank you Dr. K!


 * Anytime Denise. Don't mention it. Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις  02:00, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

Help request
Why is this article marked for speedy deletion? I don't understand. Thank you.
 * The article you wrote, Alecos Papadatos, has not been deleted. When you moved it to that title, a "redirect" was left behind at the original title Denise1gr/sandbox, and that is what has been deleted. Normally, it would be up to you to decide whether to keep the redirect or to mark it with db-user to request deletion; but in this case it was deleted anyway because the title was wrong: it should have been "User:Denise1gr/sandbox", thus indicating that it was in your "user space" and not part of the main encyclopedia.


 * Looking at the history, I see that was not your fault, someone else mistakenly moved it from the right title. I have reset User:Denise1gr/sandbox ready for you to use again. If you want to make a draft page for an article, another good way is to click on Help:Userspace draft and fill in the title, which will create a draft page of the form "User:Denise1gr/ ".


 * To answer your question in this edit: you should not add your signature to an article. This is because Wikipedia articles are not "owned" by their first author, or by anyone; others can and will edit them, and all contributions are recorded in the article history.


 * Regards, JohnCD (talk) 10:28, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Thank you John!