User talk:Dethfire
February 2024
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Hello, Dethfire. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Physics Forums, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for article subjects for more information. We ask that you:
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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Chaotıċ Enby (talk · contribs) 03:05, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for your guidance @Chaotic Enby. I am the founder of Physics Forums and edited in a few facts that are third party sourced. I understand and thank you for the education. I will recuse myself from any further editing permanently and welcome others to add on. There is no compensation or promotional intent. We're the leading scientific community online and see many less notable communities accepted on Wikipedia. Thank you again! Dethfire (talk) 13:37, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot for your reply! Ideally, it is best to disclose your connection, and make edit requests rather than directly edit the page. Also, I see you uploaded the logo and a screenshot of the home page under a free license, was this deliberate? Your site indicates they were copyrighted, but this license would allow people to reuse them (even for their own commercial purposes) with proper attribution. Chaotıċ Enby (talk · contribs) 14:29, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks, I have a lot to learn! I'll look into this "edit request" feature. Good tip! Free use of the logo would be an error. The homepage screenshot is fine for free use. Thanks! Dethfire (talk) 14:42, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
- You're welcome! Here's the feature: Wikipedia:Edit requests, shouldn't be too long of a wait as people often have talk pages in their watchlists. Just to be clear, the homepage screenshot had the logo inside it, and the license it was under (CC-BY-SA 4.0) includes the right to modify or cut out parts of it. So, when uploading a complex thing like a homepage screenshot under such a license, it's best to make sure you're okay with any part of it being reused. (I know, copyright/license stuff can be complicated sometimes, but feel free to ask on the Wikipedia:Teahouse if you have any more questions about this!)
Good luck again! Chaotıċ Enby (talk · contribs) 22:58, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
- You're welcome! Here's the feature: Wikipedia:Edit requests, shouldn't be too long of a wait as people often have talk pages in their watchlists. Just to be clear, the homepage screenshot had the logo inside it, and the license it was under (CC-BY-SA 4.0) includes the right to modify or cut out parts of it. So, when uploading a complex thing like a homepage screenshot under such a license, it's best to make sure you're okay with any part of it being reused. (I know, copyright/license stuff can be complicated sometimes, but feel free to ask on the Wikipedia:Teahouse if you have any more questions about this!)
- Thanks, I have a lot to learn! I'll look into this "edit request" feature. Good tip! Free use of the logo would be an error. The homepage screenshot is fine for free use. Thanks! Dethfire (talk) 14:42, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot for your reply! Ideally, it is best to disclose your connection, and make edit requests rather than directly edit the page. Also, I see you uploaded the logo and a screenshot of the home page under a free license, was this deliberate? Your site indicates they were copyrighted, but this license would allow people to reuse them (even for their own commercial purposes) with proper attribution. Chaotıċ Enby (talk · contribs) 14:29, 22 February 2024 (UTC)