User talk:Randomplanck

Welcome!

Hello, Randomplanck, 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 name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! Seraphimblade 06:53, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adding references[edit]

I added the reference you put into the Merill Chase article, thanks for providing it! You might want to have a look at the wikicode for it-it can be a bit tricky, but once you get it down it's easy as can be. :) If you need any help with such things, please feel free to ask on my talk page, or at the help desk. Don't hesitate to ask, we were all new once and understand that some of this stuff is difficult at first! Seraphimblade 06:53, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Talking to Seraphimblade[edit]

I wasn't sure whether I would post here or on your own talk page with the code -
Do I have rights to photo ~~~~ ( I have some wiki code in your site there but it doesn't show up - is that how you post?) I would like to expand this article. I have some access in that he was my grandfather so we have many pictures of him. I am confused though how I prove I have the rights to these photos so they can be posted. Really just one photo of course. I also may be able to get a number of interpretations of his work from living scientists at the Rockefeller Institute and perhaps a list of published papers. Is it ok to quote other scientists? Again.. This is the second time I've done anything in terms of a new article so sorry about what may be very newbie stuff.

Please don't be sorry to ask for help! We were all new at this once. :) If I post a message to someone, I keep the page on my watchlist, so I'll generally see future messages that way. Of course, you're always welcome to post to my talk as well-I'll get the "new messages" notification that way, so you may receive a faster response if you do that.

As to rights to the photos-I would need to know who took the photos and/or when they were taken in order to help you. (It may make a significant difference as to whether they were taken personally or professionally.) Also, if the photos were passed on as a gift or as part of a will or estate, it would be helpful to know this as well. If they're old enough, the copyright may have expired, placing them in the public domain, or you may own the copyright, which would mean you're free to release them under the GFDL if you wish. Generally, whoever takes a photo possesses the copyright for it, and these rights can be passed along to a person's heirs. If a relative of yours who is still living took the photos, you also may wish to ask that person-they would in that case be the copyright holder, and would probably have absolutely no problem agreeing to a GFDL or public domain release. However, even if you can't determine who took the photos or how long ago, or the copyright holder does not wish to provide such a release, they would probably be usable in that article under a claim of fair use. If you can get some of that information, or you have other questions or can't get the information and need help setting up a fair use rationale, let me know! (You'll want to wait to upload the photos until we know their copyright status for sure, images for which the copyright status is unknown are deleted.) Seraphimblade 05:48, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, as to quoting other scientists-it would be perfectly fine to do that, provided that the scientist's work has undergone the process of peer review. If the scientist is just offering h(is|er) opinion, that would count as original research until the paper undergoes the peer review process. However, if scientists have mentioned his work in peer-reviewed journals, it is absolutely alright to use these as sources-those types of sources are extremely valuable and reliable. Seraphimblade 05:54, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Misspelled name[edit]

Nope, not at all, easily fixed! Go to the Merill Chase page, and you'll see a tab up top labeled "Move" (right past the edit and history tabs). Click that, put in the correctly spelled name, just use "Correcting misspelled name" or the like for the reason, and hit move. The old, misspelled page will be left as a redirect to the new page with the proper title (probably a good thing anyway, it's certainly conceivable that someone running a search could spell it that way as well).

I honestly don't know, I'm not terribly familiar with the intricacies of the Mediawiki search function. This search from Google might have what you're looking for, I'm not sure: [1], it shows one entitled History of immunology. Otherwise, you could try asking at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical), you'll probably get a better answer there than I can give you. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 01:18, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have a photo taken by Rockefeller Univ. in 1977. The photo was in Merrill Chase's possession and was passed to my Uncle John Chase as part of the will. What are my options to make this a legitimate photo that will not be taken down? Thanks.

If it's copyrighted, a fair use rationale. If it was published between 1923-1977 without a copyright license, it is in the Public Domain. Go to the upload form for details. -Go od sh op ed 04:58, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

{{helpme}} The photo I have was taken by Rockefeller Univ. in 1977. The original use of the photo is unknown, so we don't know if it was copyrighted or not in 1977. The photo was passed to John Chase in the will and is now in his possession. He has no problem with making it a public domain photo, or if need be, he believes he can get permission from the Rockefeller archives to make it public domain. However, I find the image upload page confusing. I do not understand the appropriate thing to do with the photo. There is some explanation of the fact that a non-free image needs a fair use rationale, but no instructions as to how upload the photo with a fair use rationale with the wizard. Does anyone have an opinion of how to proceed, or does anyone have a link to the page where wiki experts discuss possible courses of action for the photo? It certainly would be preferable to have a fair use rationale rather than get permissions from the archives if that is an amenable way to have the photo posted on wikipedia - Thanks.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Randomplanck (talk • contribs)

Could you provide a link to the photo in question? Would make it a little easier to offer help. Leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions. Giles Bennett ^{(Talk, Contribs)} 11:20, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Have a look at Commons:First_steps/License_selection, I agree it is a bit of hard work especially first time, but well worth it in the end. and remember you can change the licence (if within a short time of original upload) and you will get warnings if you upload under the wrong one. Don't worry we have all been there (well nearly all)! Edmund Patrick ( ^confer _work) 20:13, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

{{helpme}} I am confused by the second comment. The link to Commons:First_steps/License_selection, shows as being deleted at least at 10:24pm EST - is this a mistake? Second, do I respond on your talk page or mine? I am responding on mine because there is a message on Edmund Patrick saying you would rather respond on my talk page - how do you know I said anything? Thanks.

[2]is the long way round not sure where the above link takes you. And yes I keep a watch on your page for a short while, now I will go and see why the first link did not work. Edmund Patrick ( ^confer _work) 09:38, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The first link didn't work because the text Commons: told the link to go to the Wikimedia Commons, but since it wasn't there twice, it tried to find First steps/License selection in their main namespace, where it doesn't exist. The correct link, as repetitive as it looks, would be commons:Commons:First steps/License selection. Since it seems all your questions have been answered, I'll remove the helpme now. :-) Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 19:28, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Working with Links[edit]

{{helpme}} There is a reference on the "Triumph of the Will" page about another Riefenstahl film called "Day of Freedom". I am still learning. What I want to do is link that phrase Day of Freedom to the page about the movie, which is in german and under the name "Tag der Freiheit: Unsere Wehrmacht" How do I go about it? That way it will be linked and redirected. Thanks

The link is in the article itself, click on the circumflex to locate it. Then, go into edit mode, and copy everything between and including the relevant ref tags. — neuro^(talk) 22:49, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Which license for photo[edit]

{{helpme}} I have a photo taken by the university of my grandfather. The university has released the copyright back to the family. (that's me and so forth). So I have a work that was created by someone else, for which I own the copyright, being a family member. The archivist at the university has sent an email containing a scan of the picture, with a note that the copyright has been released back to the family. Which method should I use to upload the file? Commons? GDFL? I'm unsure. There seem to be no specific guidelines for which I have the copyright for a work created by someone else. Thanks.

I suggest you send a copy of user:chzz/help/myboilerplate to [email protected] with your name on the bottom, and the pic attached to the email. The wording says "creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright" so I think it's applicable. Let me know (user talk:Chzz), and we can sort it out from there. Chzz ► 22:13, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits[edit]

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How to flesh out a "stub" article[edit]

{{helpme}} I got through the photo copyright issues - now I'm looking to flesh out the article which is now classified as a "stub". What is a good template for a fully formed article on a biologist? I'd be interested it how you flesh out other stub articles of people in other categories as well. The "search the FAQ" link in the help box sends be to a 404 message. Thanks.. Randomplanck (talk) 02:45, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know of any template--we don't use any other than the stub ones, really, but you can see WP:Article development for more. —fetch ·comms 02:51, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]