User talk:Nswhistorian

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George Vern Barnett
Hi. Nice job with GVB. Is this a portrait of him, or someone else named Vern Barnett?: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an2383905-1 -- Ssilvers (talk) 03:08, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

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 * Hi. Where did you get the photo?  If it was published before 1923, it is public domain and we can use the PD-US license.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 06:05, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Ssilver. Problem 1 is how do I answer your messages? Thanks for all the editing by the way. The picture is in possession of GVB's daughter and if it was taken in 1920 as she believes then it fits the public domain definition. That was my next question how do I fill in the form to use the picture! Hope you can help... Nswhistorian (talk) 23:19, 21 January 2010 (UTC)


 * You can answer here, on my talk page, or on the talk page of any article that is being discussed. But here is fine.  I'll try to add something to the photo file.  What is the daughter's full name?  Does she have an e-mail contact address where WikiMedia could contact her if they want to verify?  -- Ssilvers (talk) 00:09, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

May 2010
Hello Nswhistorian, thank you for your contributions. I noticed we were both working on the David Andrew Campbell page. If a mere anonymous IP (but an established editor) may be so bold, could you possibly use an edit summary, and/or mark small edits as m for minor? I believe you have 'check box' or similar for that setting. This template (below) will explain summaries better than I can: Hi there. When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labeled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this:

The text written here will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature.

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 * There you go! I hope that helps. Happy Editing. --220.101.28.25 (talk) 06:33, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Gee thanks anon.

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Blue Mountains (New South Wales)
Thanks for fixing my error with Samuel Fairs! Please feel free to contribute to my additions to William Lawson or William Charles Wentworth Would be nice to create a separate page for the Blue Mountains Crossing! mcarneyaus

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 * How do I add the copyright info? Went to the image description page but cannot see where to put it. Thanks for your help. Nswhistorian (talk) 21:44, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I think I have done it, but could you please check? Many thanks! Nswhistorian (talk) 22:16, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

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