User talk:Ml4474

Mr. Slone,

As the owner and creator of MathManiac.com I do not believe I need to get permission from myself to post the information I contributed to the site. I understand that copyright violations are very serious but I did NOT violate any copyright.

Feel free to block my contribution, I will not bother posting to wikipedia again. Please note the copyright at the bottom of the page "ML Williams-Rigsby". I registered this account as Mary Lynne Williams.

Also, the images on the page were created for my website and the copyright is held by me.

This is a very serious accusation!

Please do not accuse me of violating a copyright as you did below! I hold the copyright as I am the creator of MathManiac.com. I create and copyright all copy and images!!


 * I apologize if my message sounded like an accusation. I was not aware that the information was being posted by the creator.  I am just an ordinary user, not an administrator, so I had no way to check that.  I cannot block your contributions, nor would I wish to discourage you from editing Wikipedia.  But you should be aware that if you submit your own work to Wikipedia that your contributions become licensed under the GFDL, which means that they can be copied and edited without your permission.  Since you've clearly put a lot of effort into your site you may wish to consider whether this is something you want to happen. Michael Slone (talk) 05:15, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

If you're still interested, you might want to read through this
Hi! Welcome to Wikipedia! Happy editing!
 * 1) Start at Introduction. But if you're too busy to click through a few screens, try this basic table of how to write Wikipedia's links, headings, etc.  And when you're finished, try the wikimarkup out in the sandbox.
 * 2) You want to make sure you know the Five Pillars of Wikipedia. I've summarized them here (although you still should read the full page):
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 * 7) *Wikipedia does not have any firm rules. Be bold, because nobody is perfect and you don't have to have a perfect encyclopedia article the first time around.  Don't worry about messing up, either, because all previous versions are kept (check the "History" tab at the top of the page for all those previous versions!) and can be accessed.
 * 8) There is a help page for new contributors. Meanwhile, if you have any general knowledge questions, ask at the Reference desk, and if you want to ask about the wiki itself, ask at the Village pump.
 * 9) If you want to make an article after reading all this (and good job if you did!), see Your first article.
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 * 12) This "getting started" page has a very comprehensive list, if you want to find everything you need or might want to know to start in Wikipedia.
 * From ~user:orngjce223 how am I typing? 22:41, 27 December 2007 (UTC)