User talk:Johnnyburnsguitar

License tagging for Image:Burns string 6th.JPG
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Regarding your edits to Burns London:
Your recent edit to Burns London (diff) was reverted by an automated bot. The edit was identified as adding either test edits, vandalism, or link spam to the page or having an inappropriate edit summary. If you want to experiment, please use the preview button while editing or consider using the sandbox. If this revert was in error, please contact the bot operator. If you made an edit that removed a large amount of content, try doing smaller edits instead. Thanks! // VoABot II 21:33, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Hello
Hi Johnny,

Great to see another Burns fan editing on Wikipedia! You may be wondering why your edits have been reverted, and your picture is up for deletion unless you add a copyright tag. The Wikipedia community has to be very vigilant, otherwise we would be covered with spam and copyright violations within 24 hours. The article was mainly written by Ekwatts and I expanded it using the Burns book and Per Gjorde's book. I knew mainly the Burns UK era, though I own the Vista Sonic shown; if you know a lot about the 60s period it could be very useful. However, bear in mind that (a) you can't try to sell anything on Wikipedia and (b) you can't just copy things directly from websites or books, and (c) anything you add should be documented with references (I can help you with the formatting, if you provide the info). I have my own Burns stories which go beyond what is in the books, but I don't have any documentation so I haven't included them. So it's OK to say, "In this newspaper interview in the Newcastle Journal (ref), Barry Gibson said...." but you can't say "Barry Gibson told me". For copyright on pictures I take myself, I just make them public domain, all rights released (from the drop-down menu) and it's very straightforward. Let me know if I can help, we'd appreciate your input. Walkerma 15:51, 8 September 2007 (UTC)