User talk:Shadow Blood

Sure...

Sure I can be, but I took an ingame screenshot of that Darth Revan one, and the illustrator who created that Darth Nihilus image released all rights. I'll still be careful.

Image copyright

Oy: in the future, could you be more careful with licensing images? (I'm thinking specifically of Image:ALT Nihilus.jpg, and that Revan one). Just about everything pertaining to a franchise is copyrighted or trademarked, so even if you actually created that image yourself from scratch, it would still be impossible for it to be public domain. You may want to read Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and Wikipedia:Copyrights#Fair_use_materials_and_special_requirements. --maru (talk) contribs 00:43, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

How did you get so good?

I've been a long time user of wikipedia but I just signed up, and I looked at your user page and you have all these groups and awards and stuff and it made me feel bad. How do you do it? Did is just take time and you regularly editing articles that needed it and stuff? Shadow Blade 05:17, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your complements! I wouldn't describe myself as good per se, just hard-working. My current efforts are directed towards stopping vandalism and blocking abusive editors, with the ocassional contribution when time and opportunity permit! The userboxes on my user page are easy enough to find and add. I see from your user page that you are exploring that process too. Wikipedia:Userboxes is the place to go in order to find those in current use. Projects such as Esperanza have their own userboxes available for use if you decide to become a member. Like most things in this life, awards are either given on merit for work carried out; because you like the person or something that they have done; because you want to give one to yourself and there is no block against this in the system (there isn't). Some people like what I do enough to tell me so, for which I am most grateful! Many others probably pass on by without knowing that I exist, as vandalism can be reverted relatively easily. A small percentage disagree with my actions to such an extent that they want to disrupt me or Wikipedia in some way. Vandal fighting and edit reverting is a devisive issue - no one wants their hard work deleted, or to be told "those are the rules, sorry". You have to be prepared to put up with the backlash and also have to be prepared to examine your actions closely and be big enough to say "Sorry, I made a bad call". After all we are all human and have busy lives to lead, yes?

To answer your questions directly, experience can only be gained through time on WP. There are many places to gain experience; the article space; the project pages space, etc. Choose the places to explore that interest you and don't leap in straight away. Watch the interaction of the editors, read the Talk pages of articles and inform yourself as much as possible. You never stop learning on WP, even if all you ever do is read articles! Regular editing and contributing is a good thing but make sure you read the policies and guidelines first. Check out pages such as AfD too, in order to see how editors express their views and opinions and also interpret policies and guidelines. It can be quite an education! If you need any more help, please ask or go to Help or the help desk or village pump, all linked from the homepage too. Regards,  (aeropagitica)   (talk)    15:41, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the info! I hope to contribute positivley. Once again, thanks.

Unspecified source for Image:ALT Nihilus.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:ALT Nihilus.jpg. I notice the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this file yourself, then there needs to be a justification explaining why we have the right to use it on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you did not create the file yourself, then you need to specify where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

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Indian wolf

I think this article could be taken to WP:GA. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:20, 29 December 2013 (UTC)