User talk:Tara62

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License tagging for Image:CottageKurtBippert.jpg
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Guide to referencing
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I thought you might find it useful to have some information about references (refs) on wikipedia. These are important to validate your writing and inform the reader. Any editor can removed unreferenced material; and unsubstantiated articles may end up getting deleted, so when you add something to an article, it's highly advisable to also include a reference to say where it came from. Referencing may look daunting, but it's easy enough to do. Here's a guide to getting started.

Good references
A reference must be accurate, i.e. it must prove the statement in the text. To validate "Mike Brown climbed Everest", it's no good linking to a page about Everest, if Mike Brown isn't mentioned, nor to one on Mike Brown, if it doesn't say that he climbed Everest. You have to link to a source that proves his achievement is true. You must use Reliable sources, such as published books, mainstream press, authorised web sites, and official documents. Blogs, Myspace, Youtube, fan sites and extreme minority texts are not usually acceptable, nor is Original research, e.g. your own unpublished, or self-published, essay or research.

Simple referencing
The first thing you have to do is to create a "Notes and references" section. This goes towards the bottom of the page, below the "See also" section and above the "External links" section. Enter this code:


 * ==Notes and references==
 * on the top of the page (below the existing db tag) and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Chris cheese whine 03:23, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Images for Kurt A Bippert
Since Kurt A Bippert owns the images stated and has not given any permission to use them on Wikipedia, they'll have to be deleted unless 1) a very specific fair use criteria is asserted (see WP:FUC) or 2) it is released under the GFDL (something I doubt Kurt will agree to). Wikipedia cannot accept copyright violations, nor can it accept "Wikipedia-only use" licenses. ColourBurst 03:41, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Civility
"please do your homework first before jumping to conclusions"

I'm sorry, but I don't see how this is a constructive comment. Three different editors have proposed deletion for this article today, so I'm surprised and disappointed that you would make a pointed effort to summarily challenge my mental capacity and credibility as an editor (especially on someone else's talk page).

If you feel that this artist is notable and feel that the entry is important, the onus is on you to prove it. The article needs to clearly assert that notability and at present does not. It should not require other readers to "seek and...find" evidence of this notability. That's the whole point of having the article!

So look, I've already expressed an openness to the possibility that you can demonstrate notability and have offered advice on the article talk page as to making that happen. But to be honest, if I'd seen this pejorative comment first, I'd have thought twice about being helpful. Here's to a more civil discussion moving forward. Planetneutral 05:46, 15 February 2007 (UTC)