User talk:Lasherp

License tagging for Image:Shepard louis oh.jpg
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Image copyright problem with Image:Burchfield.jpg
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Image copyright problem with Image:S_Brenton.gif
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Image tagging for Image:USSBrooklyn.jpg
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Image tagging for Image:USSMackinaw.jpg
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Image tagging for Image:USSColorado.jpg
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Decius Wade in Category:People from Ohio
Please don't add this redundant category back again. As I stated in my edit summary when I removed it, the article is already in four different subcategories of "People from Ohio." Postdlf 15:33, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Copyright issue with Image:Shepard louis oh.jpg
Hello. Concerning your contribution, Image:Shepard louis oh.jpg, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.homeofheroes.com/gravesites/states/pages_pz/shepard_louis_oh.html. As a copyright violation, Image:Shepard louis oh.jpg appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Image:Shepard louis oh.jpg has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. For text material, please consider rewriting the content and citing the source, provided that it is credible.

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 * If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Image:Shepard louis oh.jpg and send an email with the message to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". See Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
 * If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the GFDL or released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:Image:Shepard louis oh.jpg with a link to where we can find that note.
 * If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:Image:Shepard louis oh.jpg.

However, for text content, you may want to consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you, and please feel free to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Nyttend 19:09, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Lewis Capet Shepard
Hi Lasherp, thanks for the info about Lewis (a.k.a. Louis) Shepard. I clicked through the reference links and couldn't find any mention of his name being spelled "Lewis", so I changed it in the article. I missed the alternate spelling on his headstone. I think the notes you added to the article are sufficient to clear things up, sorry about the misunderstanding. jwillbur 20:06, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Formatting References
Hola!

Please take better care in your contributions.

Learning to format your references; add author if available, title, original source, date, publication, hosting site if applicable, etc.

Please read:

Citing sources and also Citing sources/example style

Quality in > quality out...

IP4240207xx 17:40, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Do NOT use the REFLIST "2" tag until there are a certain number of references, like in Harry S. Truman. IP4240207xx 18:25, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

UPPER CASE USAGE: Take an extra ten seconds and make this:


 * "SOUTHARD, DAVID"

Look like this:


 * "Southard, David"

Do NOT change the title of source material. If you cite "The Great Gatsby", don't change it to "Gatsby is Great". If you were an author and wrote something, you would want to be cited correctly. You changed the name of a Webpage from "Civil War Medal of Honor Citations" to "SOUTHARD, DAVID, Civil War Medal of Honor recipient". Keep the name of the page mostly consistent. Also, if the source is NOT dated, as in this case, don't make up one. Leave it out.


 * Your entry:

<:ref name=AMOHW>


 * My Correction:

<:ref name=AMOHW>

Bios
Bios need to have a similar look and feel to other bios. Please see:


 * Manual of Style (biographies)


 * Manual of Style

Then I would like you to look at 20 bio's on here of MOH recipients, popular ones. Look at the way they are formatted, and look at the layout. They need to be "Wikified" (Wikify) to look like the other articles. We want all the articles, and bio's, to have the same "look and feel", the same layout. This helps the reader. If articles are in 10 or 20 different formats, it frustrates the reader.


 * Five pillars
 * Help:Contents/Policies and guidelines

Carry on,

IP4240207xx 17:44, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Dates
Don't do "18, May". See:


 * Manual of Style (dates and numbers)

IP4240207xx 17:57, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Waffle words
Don't say: "He left this earth"

This do NOT belong in an encyclopedia. Go get Encyclopedia Britannica, or Americana, or World Book, etc, and find that kind of verbage.

Say that for the obituaries or the mortuary.

IP4240207xx 17:57, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

The "Clear" tag
The clear tag should NOT be needed if you edit properly. IP4240207xx 18:23, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

American Civil War website
There are hundreds, maybe in the thousands that meet the criteria: "American Civil War website". Please just put: AmericanCivilWar.com

IP4240207xx 18:29, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

License tagging for Image:MOHL-1-.jpg
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Possibly unfree File:H63854t-1-.jpg
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File:SamuelBrenton.gif missing description details
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 * File:SamuelBrenton.gif

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