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Thank you for your contributions to Misplaced Pages! Kanuk (talk) 00:55, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages talk:Articles for creation/Dorothy Hamilton Brush

Hello MJessup,

It seems to me that an article you worked on, Misplaced Pages talk:Articles for creation/Dorothy Hamilton Brush, may be copied from http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/sophiasmith/mnsss187_bioghist.html. It's entirely possible that I made a mistake, but I wanted to let you know because Misplaced Pages is strict about copying from other sites.

It's important that you edit the article and rewrite it in your own words, unless you're absolutely certain nothing in it is copied. If you're not sure how to fix the problem or have any questions, there are people at the help desk who are happy to assist you.

Thank you for helping build a 💕! MadmanBot (talk) 15:46, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Publishing Content from an Organization

Hello,

The Sophia Smith Collection, a women's history archive, would like to create articles on Misplaced Pages about the notable women whose papers reside in our collection. We wanted to do this by using the text from our finding aids - which we own the copyright to - as text for the article.

However, when we recently attempted to save this article on Dorothy Hamilton Brush, we were told we could not copy-paste information from other websites. We understand and respect the need for articles to be original. However, since we own the copyright information to the text that we have copy-pasted, we were wondering if we could make it clear in some way that we are not plagiarizing, but publishing our own original information.

Thank you, The Sophia Smith Collection — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sscwmhist (talk • contribs) 15:41, 1 April 2013‎

Your user name

It appears that your user name represents an organisation, rather than an individual, so you need to read WP:CORPNAME. . - David Biddulph (talk) 14:48, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

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--Orange Mike | Talk 21:46, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello. I'm really sorry that you've been blocked, but our username policies do include something saying that every different person has to have a different account. If only one person is using that account, you should request an unblock immediately (follow the instructions in the box above the words "Orange Mike"); your reason should be something like "Only one person is using this account". Orange Mike is the administrator who blocked you; I'll ask him to watch what happens here, since I'm sure he'll be willing to help you with an unblock if just one person is using this account. Meanwhile, if this really is being used by multiple people, each person is free to register a separate account and edit away. More importantly Thank you for working to make resources in your archives available! Have you heard of the "GLAM-Wiki initiative"? It's something we've set up to facilitate collaboration with institutions such as academic archives; I'm sure you'll find this page useful. Once you're unblocked, or once you've created different accounts for different people, feel free to leave a note at my talk page if you have any questions; I've done some "GLAM" work and am entering a career as an academic librarian. Nyttend (talk) 14:44, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Ruth Frances Woodsmall

I did some work on Misplaced Pages talk:Articles for creation/Ruth Frances Woodsmall to bring it in line with some of Misplaced Pages's style guidelines, particularly things like WP:BIO and WP:DASH, and added the {{Infobox}} and {{Persondata}} templates. It could benefit from a picture (see the previously given info on donating one to Commons). The citations should probably be moved to standard {{Cite web}}, {{Cite book}}, etc. templates.

I was going to mention the problem with your username, but unfortunately, admins got to it first and blocked you. This is not punitive – just necessary to comply with policy. Please do create and use individual usernames for the people in your organization that will be involved in editing. —— 03:45, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

hi, Ruth Frances Woodsmall is notable given the non-trivial coverage in the nytimes , time , and wash post , but they're behind pay walls, so this will take a little time to add those references. i see you have a photo this could be uploaded to english wikipedia as "fair use"; if you had another photo in the PD that would be better. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 23:11, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

unblock

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Thank you for accepting, but I don't understand your instructions? I tried to put the request in at Misplaced Pages:Changing username but since I'm still blocked it won't let me edit the page! MJessup

Please try again. Your block log showed absolutely nothing except the original block, so apparently Orangemike forgot to perform the actual unblocking — since he made the decision, I've pushed the unblock button. As he said, please make the username change request as soon as possible. Nyttend (talk) 20:11, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Smith archives

In a coincidence, I was planning to visit the Smith archives on Thursday. If you are physically at Smith, I would be happy to meet with you and help you with your goals.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 16:51, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

I expect to be at Smith tomorrow. Please let me know if I can help.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 00:22, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

It was great to meet you today. I mentioned that copyright permissions are filed with OTRS.

Here is a link to a sample permissions form: Misplaced Pages:Declaration_of_consent_for_all_enquiries

That page also contains the email address. It is slightly confusing at first, but if you send one, and it works, then you'll have a template for future ones.

References are often a challenge for new editors, but they often face two hurdles, not knowing generally how to cite, and not knowing the specific Wikicode to code the citation. As a researcher, the first will be easy for you. I think you've been pointed to, but I'll mention it again, Referencing for beginners is a good resource.

There are quite a few citation templates to make life easier. See

• {{Cite web}}
• {{Cite book}}
• {{Cite journal}}

for some examples

In terms of how to start, as we discussed, it will be best if you start with someone who is clearly notable, which can be supported by references to published sources. References to unpublished sources are acceptable, but generally not to support notability. We can get into more detail as the process unfolds.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 21:52, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

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Thank you. - Your previous attempts haven't included the relevant links, see WP:Signature. David Biddulph (talk) 16:59, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

welcome, i would recommend that you check out Misplaced Pages:GLAM/US/Bookshelf, especially the presentation "Introduction to Editing Misplaced Pages for libraries, archives, and museum professionals" (middle of page). please go to WP:Teahouse if you have questions. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 22:41, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

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