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Archiving old personal talk posts

Could you please advise how I would archive old talk posts on my own talk page? (some of my posts are now four years old!) Many thanks! EMP (talk) 00:55, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse! You can cut and paste the old discussions into a subpage, such as User talk:EMP/Archive 1. (You can add {{talk archive}} to the top and bottom of the archive page as a reminder not to edit the page.) It's a good idea to let people know that archives exist, so add {{archives|auto=short|search=yes}} to the top of your main talk page. (This code also gives people a convenient search box to look up old discussions.) These instructions are from Help:Archiving a talk page. See more detailed instructions there. Hope this helps! --Anon126 (talk - contribs) 01:14, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Article writing/content correction project?

I'm taking part in the guild of copy editors' backlog drive and one of the articles I'm copy editing needs CONTENT editing/fact checking/content addition. What wiki project/team (like guild of copy editors or typo team) should I tag it to for content editing? I know nothing about the topic. Page is Vladimir Kvachkov if anyone here wants to have at it. Peeteygirl (talk) 01:14, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Hey Peeteygirl, thanks for your question. One of the many WikiProjects listed on the talk page of the article here would be appropriate to contract. WikiProject Russia or WikiProject Military History are your best bets, IMO. I, JethroBT ^{drop me a line} 01:20, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

English Grammar Related Questions

Hi,

I have a grammar related question. Is it OK to ask it here, or should I do it somewhere else? Is there a help desk specifically for English grammar questions? Thanks. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:32, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Hello, welcome the Teahouse! Unfortunately, the Teahouse is for questions about Wikipedia itself. The reference desk can help you out with your grammar question. --Anon126 (talk - contribs) 00:43, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Marchjuly (talk) 01:36, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

InfoBoxes

Hello, sorry I keep trying to do an infobox of the key facts for a webpage (copied similar code etc) but it just doesn't seem to work for me. I know I am missing a crucial step but can't work out what it is - any help would be useful as I have resorted to a table but this appears on the left hand side of the page.

Many thanks M — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mande40 (talk • contribs) 04:31, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Hello Mande40 and welcome to the Teahouse. When I look at the draft article you've been working on, the infobox looks fine. Did Puffin give you the help you needed? Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 05:01, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Hello,
Yes it worked a treat first time so I was really delighted as I had spent ages trying to work it out. Thank you so much for coming back so quickly.

Mande40 (talk) 05:16, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

photos are welcome?

hello! Being knowledgeable in the area, I've been advised by a fellow teahouse host to collaborate to improve articles in the WikiProject Architecture. But I'm pretty new here and I'ld like to understand rules and standards: are photos welcome? can I upload them to the pages to illustrate architectural concepts? In a field like architecture, this might help a lot. Is there any specific mandatory -- or even customary -- procedure that I should follow? where can I find it? Thanks!Wikiwedid (talk) 05:22, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Did you take the pictures yourself? If so, that makes the process easier. See: MOS:IMAGES Checkingfax (talk) 06:07, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

• Also, and this is very important for architecture photography: make sure you understand copyright aspects of the work itself. If you are in a country that does not recognise freedom of panorama, you may be severely limited in what you can upload. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:31, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

• Most major English speaking countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, allow you to take photos of the outside of buildings without infringing the copyright of the architect. In the United States at least, this does not extend to sculptures. Detailed country-by-country guidelines are available at [1]. Please comply with the copyright rules for the country where you take your photos. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:47, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

If you do upload your own photos they are certainly welcome and this should be done at Wikimedia Commons so that they can be used on other language wikis.--Charles (talk) 09:55, 8 January 2014 (UTC)