User talk:Swamivishnu

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Thanks for the welcome. Signed Swamivishnu 15:41, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * No problem, that's how I roll. -- SoothingR(pour) 15:51, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

Hi Swamivishnu. I've seen that you've been adding big articles all at once. Could I ask where is the text coming from? Is it an out of copyright source? Mozzerati 09:24, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

We took quite a while to put this one together. It is compiled from the two books cited as references. One is not published and the other one we helped edit and have verbal permission from the publisher to use it. We have a few shorter ones which we will be adding soon. Not sure how else to add articles, other than all at once and then format them. I suppose we could add parts at a time but find it easier to write them all at once. Signed Swamivishnu

Adding all at once is fine, though a good thing to do is to edit in a text editor and just use preview whilst you format it. Then you can even add pre-formatted text all at once. This is easier and safer in fact since you can save regularly on your own computer. Please could you get the permission in writing. It would be really apprecated and much safer for all. Remember though, if you wrote the text yourself, and just used the books as sources for facts then it's probably not a problem. I'm impressed with the look of the material in this case.. Mozzerati 22:45, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. We have actually been writing the articles in MW Word, and adding the formatting there then pasting it into new WIKI pages, previewing, and adding more formatting, then saving. Only when we were rushed, we did the formatting later. We haven't had the time to put together our bio, but we have been practicing Gaudiya Vaishnavism for thirty years, most of which we have spent in India and have either authored or been the major contributor to thirty books on related subjects. This was after receiving an MS in Physics in USA. Plus we have an assistant who is a whiz at research. Our articles are not directly copied from these reference sources, but the information is compiled from them. I will though ask for written permission to publish the material. It is not a problem. Signed Swamivishnu

QUESTION:
We added the image (Image:Sridhara-maharaja.jpg) for Sridhara Maharaja (uploaded it), gave (we think) proper source credentials and linked it to the page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhakti_Raksaka_Sridhara_Deva_Gosvami_Maharaja. It has been showing up until last night, but today is not visible. What is the reason? Do we need to re-state its source? OR?? Thank you. Swamivishnu


 * You now need to re-upload it. It has been deleted as a possible copyright violation, which you can see from the history.  When you upload it you must be very careful to state the history and copyright status of the image.  Suspect copyright violations are being deleted on sight due to the risks they cause to the project.  Unfortunately you have been caught up in this.  You probably want to add all the images you upload to your watchlist so that you can spot any changes being made to them.


 * When you want to ask a question to someone else, it's better to do that directy on their own discussion page. Alternatively, if you go through the "Community Portal" you should be able to find help desks which will support you with whichever problems you have.  Mozzerati 07:50, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi, we have now received written permission from (Raoul Goff) the head of [Mandala Publishing] to use excerpts and also images from their publications on Wikipedia. We will be adding images for the articles we have edited on Wikepedia soon, just have to prepare the right ones, for which we can rightly do so, with permission. These images may be found also on the internet, but usually without Mandala's permission, except for our own website [Gosai.com], for which we DO have permission. Swamivishnu

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