User talk:Iapx86

Image source problem with Image:Jerome_Lettvin.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Jerome_Lettvin.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, their copyright should also be acknowledged.

As well as adding the source, please add a proper copyright licensing tag if the file doesn't have one already. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the GFDL-self tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Non-free content, use a tag such as or one of the other tags listed at Image copyright tags. See Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 00:41, 4 July 2008 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Nv8200p talk 00:41, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

——— Hello. I am working as a research assistant for a professor who would like to include this image of Dr. Lettvin and Mr. Pitts in an upcoming publication. We would like to request permission to use the photograph outside the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. If the owner of the image/the copywrite holder could contact me through my talk page, I would very much appreciate it. Thank you for your time. Ws2009 (talk) 16:47, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

May 2011
Please do not add or change content without verifying it by citing reliable sources, as you did to Leary-Lettvin debate. Before making any potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Yworo (talk) 18:18, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Please do not add or change content without verifying it by citing reliable sources, as you did to Timothy Leary. Before making any potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Yworo (talk) 18:18, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Your message
1) We do not edit from "first-hand knowledge" - all information must be citable to reliable third-party sources. Such citations are done with footnotes, not by linking the name. (Also, I noticed that many link were to Wikipedia articles: Wikipedia articles do not qualify as reliable sources as they may change and the information being referred to may be removed at any time). Also, Wikipedia is still not a directory. The articles of other academics do not contain such extensive lists of students. Typically articles only list the two or three most notable students. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a detailed biography or a directory to all facts related to a subject. Many details are left out of articles based on weight.

2) We do not externally link from anywhere in the body of the article, including the infobox. All external links are restricted to footnotes and the external links section. See our external linking policy. Also see our guide on how to cite sources.

3) Relatives should not be editing articles. That is a violation of our policy regarding conflict of interest. Since you've admitted on my talk page that you are son of the subject, our policies state that you should not be editing the article at all, you should constrain yourself to making suggestions for improvement on the article talk page, as your objectivity cannot not be assured. It is also clear that you've not taken the time to learn all the relevant Wikipedia policies. You could start by reading What Wikipedia is Not, our Manual of Style, our verifiability, reliable sourcing and neutral point of view policies.

We do have official warnings: an official warning concerning your activities with a conflict of interest follows. I suggest you click through and actually read the linked policies.

Hello Iapx86. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Jerome Lettvin, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
 * 2) participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors; and
 * 3) linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Yworo (talk) 13:19, 16 May 2011 (UTC)