User talk:QueenPuck
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Happy editing! Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 20:49, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
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The Excellent New Editor's Barnstar A new editor on the right path | |
Do you have any idea how few new editors cite sources at all? Your scholarship is impressive, and you've created a lot of well-referenced, well-written new content. You have expanded articles from tiny stubs to substantive, useful resources (wikifarming). You might consider nominating some of them for Did you know?; any article that is less than a week old or has expanded fivefold (or more) in the past week is eligible. You could probably get Good Article Status for them fairly easily, too, given the quality you work at. Both of these would mean more contact and collaboration with other editors; if you don't want that, of course, you are quite free to avoid it. Wikipedia editing is a hobby, and there is startling variety in how people like to edit. Since you seem interested in biographies, the community on the talk page at Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography might be congenial and useful at need. You seem to be doing very well, but if you have any editing questions, feel free to post on my talk page→ HLHJ (talk) 00:48, 9 August 2022 (UTC) |
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- Thank you so much for your kind words! It was really encouraging to read this as I am still trying to build up my confidence and experience on here. I will have a look at your suggestions and, in the meantime, I have joined WikiProject Biography.
- QueenPuck (talk) 17:54, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
- I've noticed a reverse Dunning-Kruger effect in new editors on Wikipedia; really good editors underestimate their own skills, and are sometimes conscientious even to the point of hesitating to edit at all. A friend of mine has been editing only things they are quite sure are factually inaccurate, and that with great fear and trepidation and endless rererechecking, for years; and frankly, every edit they might conceivably make would be an improvement. Perfectionism as the enemy of progress...
- Feel free to completely ignore my suggestions, I'll not be in the least put out.
I don't know your tastes well enough to judge what you'd like to do very well, and I could never judge it as well as you can. Have fun, and know that your contributions are valued, and of high quality! HLHJ (talk) 01:37, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
- @HLHJ
- Wow, I must have a long lost twin out there because you could honestly be describing me when you talk about the fear and trepidation and the rechecking... good to know I am not alone! I too have been very cautious about the articles I choose to edit, only making major changes to articles which really need help according to the various tags at the top.
- I do not yet think I am ready for the bright lights of the main page, but I will work towards it.
- Thanks again :)
- QueenPuck (talk) 15:17, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
UK copyright claims on public-domain images
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Hi again, QueenPuck! UK copyright law is sort of strange in allowing a person who copies a public-domain image to claim copyright in their copy (maybe). Wikipedia ignores this, as it would be insanely complicated to actually try and figure out who photographed or scanned every public-domain image and whether they did so in the UK. For more background, see National Portrait Gallery and Wikimedia Foundation copyright dispute. Please don't worry about this; it is not every editor's job to understand and reconcile international inconsistencies in copyright law. As a Wikipedia editor, when the Wikimedia Foundation defends its own policies, it implicitly defends you; in the very unlikely case that anyone complains, you can and should dump the whole issue on the WMF, and let them reply on your behalf. Uploading images etc. to Wikimedia Commons instead of the English-language Wikipedia lets people speaking other languages find and use them more easily (and makes no difference to how you use them here). You can upload to Commons using Commons:Special:UploadWizard. If the license won't let it be uploaded to Commons, the wizard will tell you first thing, so it's generally worth trying Commons first. If you accidentally upload something to Wikipedia instead, there will be a tab at the top of ther file page which says "Export to Wikimedia Commons"; if you click on it another wizard will transfer it automatically. Lots of wizards, welcome to Oz!
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John Segrue
[edit]Hi, This is my Great grandfather... My name is Niall Segrue. I wanted to add some information about the family if possible thank you. 2A00:23C5:A889:D601:FCEF:AA0C:8687:F29B (talk) 20:19, 21 February 2024 (UTC)