User talk:Kevin2112

User talk:Kevin2112/Article Draft

Welcome!
Welcome to Wikipedia, Kevin2112! I have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on or by typing helpme at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Oh yeah, I almost forgot, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on, or place helpme on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! King Öomie 16:38, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
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Alright
I'd suggest taking a look at Public domain, Copyright violations, and COPYRIGHT for more information on why the content you added was flagged as a copyvio. The pictures you added to the Commons are up for deletion (as you requested), and will likely pass, because their copyright is ambiguous. The photographs you personally took can be re-added with no trouble (as long as you release them to the public domain as their creator), but the Carvin logo will have to be added under a Fair Use license.

In its current state, your most recent revision to the page can't be brought to the top of the history (thus becoming the current public revision), but I'm free to request that it be moved to your userspace (complete with its edit history, which is required for our copyrights- all revisions must be attributed to the users that made them, which is why nothing is ever deleted). --King Öomie 16:45, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
So, if I understand you correctly, I can add my edits back in under this username, and that will be acceptable?

I can re-do the logo and add it under "Fair Use".

FYI, the Carvin Museum is not affiliated with Carvin Corporation. I wrote it, I fund it, and I own the domain name. I originally created it about 7 years ago, because there was little to no historical information online, and since I've been playing their guitars for 20-something years, I thought it would make an interesting project. Over the years, I've spent hundreds - probably thousands - of dollars acquiring the catalogs, promotional materials oand other items I have on the Museum, and although it's not affiliated with Carvin, they have acknowleged the site in magazine articles and other media.

I wasn't even aware there was a Wiki entry for Carvin. Someone emailed me about it, thinking I had written it, and pointing out quite a few errors. So, since I have the knowledge of the subject matter, I thought it would be beneficial to Wiki uses to have more details, and more importantly, accurate information presented. Which is how we got to here. :)

Thanks again for the help.


 * Just... keep the copyright stuff in mind. It's possible the article is too long, as well.
 * Neutral point of view, Reliable sources, and NO original research- these are the big three, in terms of policy. Be sure to pay special attention to the correlary to NOR, the policy on Citing oneself. Keep in mind also that your website is owned and operated by you- which makes you self-published, and less reliable then, say, the fact-checking team employed by a major publication. It's advisable to link in some of the sources you used when writing your site's version, to 'anchor' the text. --King Öomie 18:34, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Hold on
I've requested that your old version be copied into a sub-page of your userspace (this here). You'll be able to freely edit that as a draft, and then when it's ready, it can be merged into the Live version. -- King Öomie 20:36, 1 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay, it's done. The article draft is Here. I'm also going to place a link to it at the top of this page. -- King Öomie 20:40, 1 September 2009 (UTC)