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Question from Lois Commondenominator (21:46, 31 October 2024)

Hi Dan - I'd like to publish information about the desktop published zine I used to sell in the 1990's. The 10 issues of Dragazine were released from 1991-1997. They have recently been accepted by the Library of Congress. Is there an easy way to publish information about this subject? --Lois Commondenominator (talk) 21:46, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Lois Commondenominator, sorry for the delayed response! Primarily there are two things to consider. The first is conflict of interest (COI), since you are/were affiliated with the subject. You can read about Wikipedia's COI guideline at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest, which has important information about how to properly disclose that connection before making any edits related to the zine. The second is notability, which is basically the standard by which we determine what topics get articles, and it's something that everyone has to think about before they create a draft or article. Essentially, trying to make sure that a particular subject has received enough coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources (such as an independent review) to warrant an individual Wikipedia article. More information at Wikipedia:Notability and possibly Wikipedia:Notability (books) (I know it's not a book, but some of the guidance at that page might still apply).

Once you have thought about these two things, if you think it meets the notability guidelines and you have disclosed the COI, see Help:Your first article for information about creating a draft that can be submitted for review. DanCherek (talk) 04:40, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

November music

For a surprise, a Bach cantata is on the Main page today, where it was last year for the 300th anniversary, and they were too lazy to find something new ;) - It has lilypond of the beginning of the closing chorale. Look at my story, and listen to the 3 whole-tone steps and the dialogues of Fear and Hope. - An open letter open to be signed (more info on the talk), - I haven't checked if you did, please ignore then. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:35, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Late reply... yes I signed the open letter, thank you for spreading the word because it is so important and concerning. Back soon with more chorale scores, btw. DanCherek (talk) 04:41, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for both. We have now also Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig, BWV 26, to look at. - DYK that blank lines in threaded discussions "confuse" the screenreader? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:30, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think those get automatically inserted by the Reply tool... DanCherek (talk) 04:07, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I uploaded more pics, on a mountain in the sun above the fog. - Madeleine Riffaud - remember. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:09, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello DC

I’m not really experienced with copyvio but this draft (Draft:White Bluffs AVA) has a huge similarity to a source there. Do you mind taking a look? Best, Reading Beans, Duke of Rivia 06:24, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Reading Beans, sorry for the late reply. Looks like Voorts took care of adding the required attribution for the public domain source, so it should be all good now. In general, official works of the U.S. federal government like the Federal Register are in the public domain so it just needs attribution. DanCherek (talk) 04:44, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Courtesy explanation

Hello Dan. You may or may not remember but back in June you kindly helped with an issue regarding Jersey Women's Cricket biographies. As such I wanted to let you know I have reverted one of the redirects (Charlie Miles) to a full page as I have gathered further content and, most importantly, references that I believe will satisfy even the most zealous of page reviewer. This includes one online newspaper article which features the player heavily including in the main headline and a second online newspaper article which includes an interview with her. I just felt it courteous to let you know in case you saw the revert. Best wishes. Shrug02 (talk) 23:40, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good. I actually don't have any of those pages on my watchlist so I didn't know until you told me! DanCherek (talk) 01:46, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It got passed by the reviewer! Made my day. Thanks again for all your help. Shrug02 (talk) 14:38, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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