User talk:Merrmaidmaker

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Contents 1 Welcome to Wikipedia! 2 Notability of MerrmaidMaker 3 helpme 4 ok, this is more or less what has been going on 5 Thanks DrNick for your answer... 6 changed name

[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia!

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this is my first try at wikipedia and im having some problems. the redirect from article Merrmaidmaker to user:merrmaidmaker is appearing by itself, and i think i myself created the user:mermmaidmaker page by mistake when trying to make the merrmaidmaaker article. The reason for the merrmaidmaker article is because i have created an entry in merrmaids/artwork/ and i don't know how to make a link to the images, which i have in a blog but are intended for public domain (im also new with that. i uploaded an image to the commons and labeled it

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but im not even sure if thats why i intended, i think so, because i want it to be public domain but to retain some rights, at least for people to Know that the original were made by Merrmaidmaker.

Thanks a lot in advance. MM

[edit] Notability of MerrmaidMaker

A tag has been placed on MerrmaidMaker, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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[edit] helpme

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{{helpme}}

Hello, as stated above when you use {{helpme}} you are supposed to ask your question but its OK this time, what is your question, if you leave a note on my user talk page I'll get back to you or point you in the direction with your help request! Regards - The Sunshine Man 16:25, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ok, this is more or less what has been going on

I made an addition that got deleted in the article Mermaid under Artwork. It went something like this:

"From a particular point of view, mermaids can also be seen as muses who "sing" to the artist. This can be appreciated in the work of Merrmaidmaker, who uses computers to design fractal mermaids. If you zoom to the image, each part of the whole expresses a different and unique feeling, which when seen completely as a whole mermaid, adds to that mysterious characteristic which defines them."

I made the article because i think the work i do adds to the whole mermaid imagery, and its a good representation of our age, computers, fractals, etc.

I didn't know how else to show the images but to create an article Merrmaidmaker and in there put the external link (http://www.merrmaidmaker.wordpress.com) to the images, which i have placed on a blog at wordpress.com Then include a link to Merrmaidmaker in the addition i made to the article Mermaid under Artwork.

I want this images to be public domain, but im still learning how that works and making up my mind. for now ive decided to do it like this, which was the recommended option at wikimedia:

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

My only intention is to release the images and the new concept of how a mermaid can be understood and depicted in our contemporary society. yes, i am the artist but i don't think that should be a problem, i am not looking to advertise myself. how else could i do it?

I need help on this because i think people will like it.

Thanks in advance. --Merrmaidmaker 16:06, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

The fact that you are the artist is the biggest problem. You'll want to read the guidelines on conflict of interest and external links, and the policy against original research. Until a reliable independent source or two writes about your work, mentions of it are probably going to be removed by other editors according to our policies. Regards, ➪HiDrNick! 16:30, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Furthermore, after looking at your external link, it seems that your images were derived from photographs of famous pornographic actresses. Since it's incredibility unlikely that you actually own the copyright to these photographs, you are legally unable to release your derivative works of them under the GFDL. Please do not upload the images directly to Wikipeida. ➪HiDrNick! 16:37, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks DrNick for your answer...

hmmm, it seems i have a lot to learn :) very well, i will start reading and leave the editing of articles for later. also, i have changed my username to anotherone i like better, being im new and still don't have too much history, so from now on i will be using that one, Poseidon4, please do tell me if that is a wrong move. Thanks again, --Merrmaidmaker 19:46, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] changed name

i have changed my user, this account i will not use anymore, so now i will be at Poseidon4. thanks to all.--Merrmaidmaker 16:55, 4 May 2007 (UTC)