User talk:CJ3370

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Hello CJ3370. In response to your query at my own talk page, Everything is well and your efforts are appreciated. The tags applied to the article John Davis Barnett are non controversial maintenance tags which invite you and other editors to improve the article. You are on the correct track in your efforts to wikify the article which is to introduce links and format the articles style IAW WP:MOS. The Orphan tag describes an article which is not referenced in any of the 3 million plus articles already in Wikipedia. On the left of your screen under the "toolbox" you can access "What links here" to see the articles which link. A minimum of three is preferred. Insofar as the comments on the article talkpage confused you, they were meant to highlight the fact that after submitting the article through AFC, you choose to publish the article yourself. Therefore it is not an AFC article under the guidelines of WP:AFC but rather a new page governed by WP:NPP. If you look at my own talk page just above your entry, you will see an interaction where I had erred in an AFC creation. This is proper criticism as the article had passed through my purview as an AFC reviewer. Your article however bears my signature but not my review. I was closing the AFC request without actually having reviewed it. I hope maybe this makes sense to you and invite you to ask questions in the future if you would like. Cheers. My76Strat (talk) 00:07, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for uploading File:Canmedaj01489-0107-a.gif. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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Hi, I don't know if you know this, but there is feeback on an article that you requested. It can be seen at Wikipedia:Requests for feedback/2010 July 10. If you want me to explain a bit more about WikiProjects I can do. Yaris678 (talk) 12:09, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

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Hi CJ3370. I've put a reply at Talk:William "Tiger" Dunlop. Sorry if I got your hackles up. it wasn't intended. Skinsmoke (talk) 01:55, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi CJ. I've replied to your question on my Talk page. I see you're still having trouble signing your posts! This could be simply because you forgot (we all do, occasionally), but I got the impression you were struggling to work out how to get the links to your home and talk pages to show. Just sign the comment with four tildes ~~~~, and it will appear automatically, like Skinsmoke (talk) 19:57, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi. Have replied to your latest query. Keep them coming! Skinsmoke (talk) 03:07, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Have just realised there may be a problem with the copyright status of the map you've used. It looks to me like it is probably under copyright to Canadian Geographic Enterprises, which would mean it cannot be used. Their website states:

• RESTRICTIONS ON USE: You acknowledge that any and all information, content, reports, data, photographs, databases, graphics, interfaces, web pages, text, files, software, product names, company names, trade-marks, logos and trade-names contained on the RCGS site (the “Content”) including the manner in which the Content is presented or appears and all information relating thereto, is the property of RCGS or its licensees, or the respective owner as indicated. All Content is protected by Canadian and worldwide copyright laws and treaty provisions. RCGS and/or its licensors grants you a limited non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use and display on your computer or other electronic access device, the Content and Services for your own personal, private and non-commercial use only. You agree not to reproduce, make derivative works of, retransmit, distribute, sell, publish, communicate, broadcast or otherwise make available any of the Content obtained through a RCGS Site or any of the Services, including without limitation, by caching, framing or similar means, without the prior written consent of the respective owner of such Content.

That's a shame, because it's a decent map! You could try finding something to replace it at Wikimedia Commons: Category:Maps of the history of Canada . There are just short of seven million free images on the Wikimedia site, many of them from other language versions of Wikipedia, and its surprising what you can find to insert in an article sometimes. Because the site is linked to Wikipedia, all you have to do is insert the image title the same way you would if you had found it on Wikipedia. Other than that, it's a matter of finding someone on Wikipedia good at drawing maps. You could try asking for help at Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Map workshop or at Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada or Wikipedia talk:Canadian Wikipedians' notice board. As you're probably gathering, you don't half learn fast on Wikipedia!

By the way, given your background and interests, you may find Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Canadian military history task force of interest. Don't know how active they are, but there does seem to be some activity. I just stumbled across it while I was looking up the two Canadian groups above. There are other Canadian groups listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Geographical/Americas. Skinsmoke (talk) 03:46, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on File:1849 ProvinceofCanada.png requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

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If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. ukexpat (talk) 14:59, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Great work on this article! I have added back the bare links tag, as the refs still use bare links. Please consider using the {{Cite web}} template. – ukexpat (talk) 15:08, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

This was a completely unhelpful and over the top move. There is no requirement to use a citation template. The citations required slight tweaking (which has now been done). It would have been more helpful to assist a new editor, rather than blandly sticking an ugly bare links notation at the top of the page. We can all go around sticking boxes at the top of every page, but it doesn't necessarily improve the encyclopedia, and is basically just lazy, particularly when the solution was so minor. Sorry, but this sort of bullying of new editors just pisses me off! Skinsmoke (talk) 20:18, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Hello, CJ3370. You have new messages at WP:FEED#http:.2F.2Fen.wikipedia.org.2Fwiki.2FWilliam_.2522Tiger.2522_Dunlop.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Chevymontecarlo 06:48, 2 August 2010 (UTC)