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Hello, Baillon, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

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Please help me with... Changing an old photo on Infobox. I have a photo with no copyright I'd like to place up with the photographers full permission which I can provide if wished. I'd like to credit him wit taking the photo. How do I do this. I'm really stuck and I keep getting a message that I'm not allowed to upload anything! Many thanks!!!

Baillon (talk) 15:45, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm confused. You say you have the photographer's permission but it is free of copyright. How is that? Also what is it a photo of, when was it taken? Praxidicae (talk) 16:01, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Thanks very much fir your past help. Now I have most of the text completed, I’d like to add some images of album covers to help to illustrate what I’ve tried to describe in the text. Is this permissible, please? If so, how do I insert it into the text at the correct position l'm sorry, but I’m new at this and need to take one small step at a time! Thanks again, 

Baillon (talk) 21:34, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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You have to apply for copyright in this country. The ophoto is just one a friend took just like I any I take. He sent it to me and I just want to change the current photo, that's all. Please tell me exactly what I should do to get this photo on the page. How do I get permissions? How do I upload it? Thanks. Please help me with...

Baillon (talk) 16:38, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please explain exactly how it became free of copyright. Praxidicae (talk) 16:57, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Sorry, I just edited my last post to answer your question. Can you see it ok? Please help me with...

Baillon (talk) 17:03, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You'll have to provide more details. What's the country, what article is it intended for? Has the image previously been published elsewhere, for example on social media?
In Berne Convention countries, which is pretty much "the whole world with some few exceptions", copyright is automatic. I assume you're trying to upload the image to the Wikimedia Commons; in that case, it must be free of copyright (or freely licensed) both in the US and in the country of origin. Huon (talk) 20:13, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, I am amending this page: https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Gordon_Giltrap I have already asked this question but cannot see where it has gone or if there is an answer. This is the only part I have amended so far:

In 1968 he released his first album simply entitled 'Gordon Giltrap' (performing guitar and vocals). On the very first track on this album, 'Gospel Song' he revealed a very aggressive strumming style (double strumming[2] which later became his trademark) and which was heavily influenced by Pete Townshend.[3]

In the citation box, I can only add the biography as a reference. I cannot see a box where I can put in the relevant edition and page. How do I do this please? So I guess I'm just checking that everything I'm doing is ok before I proceed with further editing. Thank you! Baillon (talk) 11:18, 22 August 2019 (UTC) Baillon (talk) 17:24, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Please help me with... Hi, I am amending this page: https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Gordon_Giltrap I have already asked this question but cannot see where it has gone or if there is an answer. This is the only part I have amended so far:

In 1968 he released his first album simply entitled 'Gordon Giltrap' (performing guitar and vocals). On the very first track on this album, 'Gospel Song' he revealed a very aggressive strumming style (double strumming[2] which later became his trademark) and which was heavily influenced by Pete Townshend.[3]

In the citation box, I can only add the biography as a reference. I cannot see a box where I can put in the relevant edition and page. How do I do this please? So I guess I'm just checking that everything I'm doing is ok before I proceed with further editing. Thank you! Baillon (talk) 11:18, 22 August 2019 (UTC) Baillon (talk) 17:24, 6 August 2019 (UTC) Baillon (talk) 11:23, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Baillon, welcome to Wikipedia! When adding a reference, there should be a button that says "Add more information" or "Show/Hide additonal fields". Click that, and you should be able to find the fields for edition and page number. You can find more information about using the Visual Editor to add references in this introduction. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 15:23, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for your help. I have located various magazine and newspaper reviews I'd like to use but unfortunately, although I could paste a photo of the entire clipping some of them do not state the name of the magazine or newspaper or date. Can I use any of this information if, knowing the author's name, I can locate which magazine he or she worked for at the time? Baillon (talk) 13:03, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Can you help with references, please? Please help me with... Thank you very much for your help. I have located various magazine and newspaper reviews I'd like to use but unfortunately, although I could paste a photo of the entire clipping some of them do not state the name of the magazine or newspaper or date. Can I use any of this information if, knowing the author's name, I can locate which magazine he or she worked for at the time? Furthermore in the tiny bit I edited I mentioned 'double strumming'. Feelin I had to justify this term, I found an instance on a page on Gordon's website where he used this term. But I have the following error message and don't understand what I need to do! "General News May 2011". Cite web requires |website= (help Furthermore, I can't even see how to amend or delete a citation or reference! I'm really stuck! Help please! Baillon (talk) 13:07, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Equally important with what your references say is the ability of a hypothetical reader to verify the publication. A clipping without sufficient bibliographic information attached is, I'm afraid, not usable. Nor would it be acceptable to upload a scan of the clipping to Wikipedia, since this would be a violation of copyright.
If you can be patient enough to read Referencing for beginners, it will answer most of your questions both about what counts as a suitable reference and about the nitty-gritty details of how to code the citations in one of the preferred referencing styles.
The {{cite web}} template expects to see a URL to link to the web site. It is not always required to include a website= parameter (unless that's changed with the recent update to the citation templates). — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 15:13, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Please help me with... How do I amend or delete a citation or reference, please? Baillon (talk) 15:35, 5 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Editing a reference is as easy as editing the page and changing the information. For example, you might need to change {{cite book|year = 1999|...}} to {{cite book|year = 1998|...}}. To remove a reference, you just delete the code outright. If you want more help, change the {{help me-helped}} back into a {{help me}}, stop by the Teahouse, or Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Primefac (talk) 21:44, 5 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Album covers and Contents

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Please help me with...Album covers and Contents Hi, I do hope that you can kindly assist me with a couple of questions I have. I've been editing a page on musician, Gordon Giltrap here (https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Gordon_Giltrap) and would like to add appropriate images of various album covers. I've looked online at such pages as Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones and Help by The Beatles, for example. Album covers appear on those both sites. Here's the link to Sticky Fingers: https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Sticky_Fingers Clicking on the album cover images and asking for details of each image takes you to a page which explains that their inclusion is considered Fair Use. If I upload album covers for the cite I'm currently editing, how do I do this please and also how do I link the image through to the details page which appears to be required for those types of image? Secondly, with my amendments, I'm hoping to divide the text up under headings. How can I add new headings to the Contents link please so that clicking on a heading takes you directly to it? Sorry to trouble you but I've looked online for answers to these questions and cannot find the solutions. Thanks in anticipation, Baillon (talk) 09:30, 14 October 2020 (UTC) Baillon (talk) 09:30, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding album covers, the rules for non-free content can be found at: WP:Non-free content
Following the instructions there, you should find that the upload tool gives you a chance to fill in the non-free content rationale as part of the upload process, but it can be edited later if you need to.
My understanding is that the album cover image can be used on an article about the album, but not as an illustration for the article on the artist.
You create section headers in the text by surrounding the header with two equal signs like so: == Section header ==
Subheadings can use more than two equal signs, but they have to be balanced, the same number in front as behind. And the first equal sign must be the first character on the line.
The table of contents is generated automatically by the software from these section headers.
Odd, no signature. I could have sworn I had the four tildes there. — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 09:54, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Help with Infobox

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Please help me with...adding to Infobox Hi, I'm trying to add Spouse and Children to Background infobox as they are currently omitted. I've clicked on the box and using 'More Options' I added the two categories. However, having activated the changes I get an error message saying changes only available in Preview. I can't refind that error message now so am confused about what I've actually done! I looked at the source codes copied below - can I enter new lines? Could I just change a couple of blank lines eg birth name above to Spouse and Children? Baillon (talk) 09:40, 15 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You should not be adding anything to the infobox that does not already appear as sourced information - with references - in the body text of the article. I'm guessing you're still working on the Gordon Giltrap article.
And I'm guessing that you're trying to use the Visual Editor to add more headings in the infobox. Because the infobox is currently set to "musical artist", trying to add fields that are not supported by that particular type, such as "Spouse", will likely get you that error message. There are ways to mix-in additional infobox types, such as "person", but I'm at a loss to suggest how you would do that via the visual editor.
Using the source editor, you could add the following lines after the website parameter in the existing infobox:
| module     = {{Infobox person
| embed      = yes
| spouse     = Hillary}}
All of the parameters allowed for {{infobox person}} are now available in this section. — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 10:07, 15 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Please help me with...Infobox Hi, Many thanks for your help but I don't understand exactly where to put the source code you have shared with me to edit the infobox. Would I need 3 similar lines to add Children? Baillon (talk) 10:49, 15 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please see the above information on content that is added to the infobox. It seems you are struggling to understand how the source code works, I suggest clicking the pencil icon () and selecting the "visual editor". This editor lets you edit the page visually, as the name suggest. From there, you can just click the infobox and start editing it. I also recommending going through the Introduction. Hope this helps! — Berrely • Talk∕Contribs 11:58, 15 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi. Thanks for the help but I was initially using Visual Editor. I tried to edit the Infobox but it wouldn't accept the changes I made. The other person to help me suggested that I couldn't change the Artist Infobox headings. I need to add Spouse and Children as headings that's all but just can't see a way to do this. I'd be very grateful of any help - not good with code! :( Baillon (talk) 10:02, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's okay you're not the best with code – we all start somewhere! This would be accomplished by embedding {{infobox person}}. "Embedding," in this case, means inserting a small part of one template (in this case, {{infobox person}} – the "child") into a larger infobox (in this case, {{infobox musical artist}} – the "parent"), and, as far as I can tell, there is no "friendly" way of doing this with the Visual Editor. The only method to do this is with knowledge of the source code of infoboxes. I can help you right now with this: in the Visual Editor, click on the infobox & edit it, then click "Add more information" at the bottom of the parameter page and search for the "Module" parameter. In it, insert: 
{{Infobox person | embed = yes
| children = ...
| spouse = ...
}}
You will have to fill in ... with the children and spouse, for example | spouse = Hilary. If you'd like to learn more on how embedding works, reply to this comment. (And if you kept getting an error on using the "background" parameter: it should be gone now.) — TGHL ↗ 16:29, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks so much but I can't see a button to click to easily reply to you! Good news and bad! I embedded the module as suggested using the video editor and can see Spouse (s) and Children as headings but I can't create a new line for the second child. How do I fprce a new line? I'm so nearly there now, I'm not applying the changes until I get the correct information added. Thanks so much for your help and I look forward to hearing how to resolve this issue. Baillon (talk) 11:41, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
New lines are "forced" by using the <br /> command: copy that and insert that where you want the line break ("br" for break). Templates have been designed to make things easier as well. The {{ubl}} template (short for "un-bulleted list") will create line breaks between each parameter you give it: in your case, you would add | children = {{ubl|Jamie|Sadie}}, and the end result would be formatted as an un-bulleted list (cf. Help:Lists).
Replies are done by clicking on the "edit" button at the top of the talk page. Scroll down to the bottom of the page (or find the point in the page in which you want to reply, you can use your browser's find tool (Ctrl+F or ⌘ Cmd+F in most browsers) to orient yourself. Right after the post in which you're replying to, in a new line, add some colons (:) – one more than in the previous line – and this will indent the post as such. For example, this reply has three preceding colons (a 3rd-level indent), so if you were replying to this you would need to add four colons in a row to start that line.
For more extensive (and better-written ) explanations, see the relevant help page. Remember that each post must end in four tildes (~~~~) to insert your signature. I would also recommend turning on the syntax highlighting feature of the editor by clicking on the highlighter icon – this will colour the code and mack your life much easier. — TGHL ↗ 13:43, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Problems with upload of File:Giltrap in 2019.JPG

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Thanks for uploading File:Giltrap in 2019.JPG. You don't seem to have said where the image came from, who created it, or what the copyright status is. We require this information to verify that the image is legally usable on Wikipedia, and because most image licenses require giving credit to the image's creator.

To add this information, click on this link, then click the "Edit" tab at the top of the page and add the information to the image's description. If you need help, post your question on Wikipedia:Media copyright questions.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

Thank you for your cooperation. --ImageTaggingBot (talk) 13:30, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm very happy to update but cannot for the life oof me seem to do it. I took the photograph on August 7th 2019. I am very happy to release copyright. How and where can I add this information on Wikipedia. When I clicked on Edit, all it allowed me to do was change the date and then I couldn't apply changes. This is really hard. Please help me. Many thanks Baillon (talk) 09:51, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I've tried to revise things but may not have been successful. Please could someone add that info for me. Please contact me for any info required. Thanks Baillon (talk) 10:05, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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