User talk:Tarverator

Suggestions welcome...
I have collected the basic biographical info on Dewart, but am not sure which template to use to structure this into a proper article. Any other tips are also welcome. This is my first attempt at writing a Wikipedia article, and within that my first use of the "Help me" template. :) Tarverator (talk) 17:18, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hello, Tarverator, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! JohnCD (talk) 17:46, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
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Suggestions in answer to your question
Read:
 * WP:Your first article for the basics
 * WP:Writing better articles for a guide to article structure

Have a look in the lists of WP:Featured articles and WP:Good articles for other biographical articles, which may serve as models

Also see WP:WikiProject Biography, a group of editors interested in biographical articles: their page has useful advice and links, in particular a section "Tips for writing biographies", and their talk page would be a place to ask questions.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 17:46, 27 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks!

Tarverator (talk) 22:27, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Leslie Sutherland Dewart, 1922-2009.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Leslie Sutherland Dewart, 1922-2009.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

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Deletion of File:Leslie Sutherland Dewart, 1922-2009.jpg
Please go to WP:Deletion review if you think the file was deleted in error. Also regarding your comments on the soon to be deleted talk page of the above file, specifically "I don't have time to fight you guys, and figure out how to play your game." It's not a game we're playing, we are just following a black and white set of policies and guidelines to try and make Wikipedia the best it can be. If you want to, as you say, "play the game," you too will have to follow the rules. Copyright violation is an issue that Wikipedia takes incredibly seriously, I don't know what the picture was of or any of the specifics, but the administrator who deleted would have had just cause to do so. Please read and understand WP:COPY and WP:COPYVIO, if you still feel the deletion of your file was in error, see WP:Deletion review. Feel free to add any questions you might have below, remember to sign your comments with ~. -- Patchy1   06:55, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

I am absolutely sure -- and attempted to explain in the notes -- that the image was perfectly legit, but I don't have the hours it will take to figure out how to express that in Wikipedi-ese. Whatever. Tarverator (talk) 07:06, 1 February 2013 (UTC)