User talk:Ivanp117

Logos
Hi, Ivan. Just wanted to let you know that I reverted your edit adding a different logo image to West Bloomfield High School. The logo you uploaded is a copyright violation. You stated it was your own work in the license information at File:West Bloomfield High School logo green.png, but a search on Google images revealed that you copied it from http://wbsd.schoolwires.net/Domain/8 and added color to it. That webpage is clearly marked as copyrighted. Even tho you modified it, it is still subject to the copyright. Copyright issues are hugely important on Wikipedia, as everything on Wikipedia is free to use under CC BY-SA or FDL. We can use logos under what is called a "fair use" exception to the copyright laws, but that does not allow for any modification to it other than size, and requires very specific language acknowledging the "Fair use" exception. To see an example of what a proper license for a "Fair use" image looks like, just click on the image of the logo currently showing at WBHS's page on Wikipedia linked above. That will take you to the file's page where you can view the license. Thanks. I'll leave you some links after this to help you understand how to edit on Wikipedia and I wish you luck. Feel free to contact me if I can be of any assistance. Happy Editing! John from Idegon (talk) 18:30, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

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The Wikipedia tutorial is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and discussion pages using four tildes, like this: &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126; (the software will replace them with your signature and the date). Again, welcome! John from Idegon (talk) 18:31, 23 July 2015 (UTC)