User talk:LawrenceJayM

Fight of Century
Hi. Welcome to Wikipedia, and thanks for helping me to improve the Fight of the Century article with your edits. Here are some tips on some of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines:

Wikipedia generally prefers secondary sources over primary ones, particularly for certain types of material. A source like this one is far preferable to a youtube video of a boxing match, because websites with content that is user-generated can be problematic, and this includes YouTube. While there are some instances in which YouTube may be used, it is best to avoid that as a source, particularly when the user of the YT account in question is unknown.

Just so you know, you don't have to place consecutive citations of the same source in the same paragraph. If a given source supports multiple consecutive passages, one citation of it at the end of the entire text is sufficient.

And when you do need to cite a source multiple times in an article (as when they are in separate paragraphs or are separated by citations of other sources), you don't have to write the entire publication info each time. You can just use the ref name tag, which makes this unnecessary.

Most importantly, when including a direct quote like "gripped the nation, but also split it down the middle. If you were rooting for Ali you were black liberal or young...", it is necessary that you attribute the quote to the speaker. I reviewed the documentary Ali - Frazier I, and I could not find this quote, so I removed it from the article.

Lastly, a minor point, but only the first word and proper nouns are capitalized in headings, as indicated by WP:SECTIONHEAD.

If you ever have any other questions about editing, or need help regarding the site's policies, just let me know by leaving a message for me in a new section at the bottom of my talk page. Thanks. :-) Nightscream (talk) 05:19, 17 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks. In your prior series of edits, you did label the citation "Thriller in Manilla", but the url you included was this one, which leads to Ali - Frazier I, rather than Thriller in Manilla. I've restored the passage, with the proper attribution and citation. Thanks again. :-) Nightscream (talk) 07:12, 17 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Lawrence, I reverted this edit of yours because you did not include a source with the assertion you added to the passage. Please remember most material added to articles, especially claims like this, must be accompanied by sources. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 04:48, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

May 2013
Hello, I'm Gtwfan52. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Eddie Futch, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. ''The YouTube link is dead. If it wasn't, it would be a copyright violation. Edit it was citing is too POV to be included without a proper citation'' Gtwfan52 (talk) 06:14, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

License tagging for File:A punishing right hand by Ali.jpg
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Right by Ali
It came up under the following google search: https://www.google.com/search?q=joe+frazier+non+copyright+protected+photos&safe=off&client=safari&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=keMOUuSKPOTW2QW31YGABg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAA&biw=768&bih=928 It appears on many pages including broadcast networks' sites without a photo credit, and is a grayscale photo, but I wanted to check further. That's all I have for now. Thanks.

LawrenceJayM (talk) 02:49, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

Does the following mean that copyright must appear on image? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-Pre1978

LawrenceJayM (talk) 03:21, 17 August 2013 (UTC)


 * If there's no information about who created the image or when, we can't use it. The "pre-1978" rule only means that publication prior to 1978 must have a copyright notice in order to be copyrighted; if publications after that did not, it doesn't change anything. --Carnildo (talk) 06:30, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:A punishing right hand by Ali.jpg


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