File talk:CC - Acoustic Highway Album Cover.jpg

Hi, I chose the wrong template for this image. I should have chosen "album cover free use rationale". Can anyone tell me how to change to the correct template? Cheryl Fullerton (talk) 21:40, 7 September 2018 (UTC)Cheryl Fullerton[reply]

Hey Cheryl Fullerton -- I actually put the correct template in the page when I edited it, so the page is all good. I see that you added the label and graphic artist to it, so all you have to do now is delete the other template that warns about the file getting removed. Make sense? -- Cloud atlas (talk) 21:54, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! How did you do that? I was searching for a way, but it didn't jump out at me. Now, how do I delete the warning file? I tried, but it deleted the image of the album as well.Cheryl Fullerton (talk) 21:59, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I see it's gone now, did you do that? It still says "non-free" use on the template header, though. Can I edit that? Cheryl Fullerton (talk) 22:03, 7 September 2018 (UTC)Cheryl Fullerton[reply]

@Cheryl Fullerton: the way I added the fair use rationale template is I opened up an album cover file that I knew had all the right content on its page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hinds_I_Dont_Run.jpg), and then I compared yours and mine to see what was missing. I saw the template that was missing, and I copy/pasted the wikitext from my file into yours, and replaced the artist and album names with Craig Chaquico and Acoustic Highway. Then I asked you to fill in the rest.

It is okay that it says "Non-free". Copyright rules are complicated, but basically the image is still not free for anyone to use, i.e. they can't just print it out, turn it into a poster, and start selling it. But it is fair to use it in the Wikipedia article, because the album cover is a reasonable way to describe the album. That's why it is "non-free fair use".

I deleted the warning template by going into visual editor, and then just clicking on it and hitting my 'delete' key. I think your file is good to go now! The next time you upload an album cover, keep your eyes open for something called "fair use rationale" template in the workflow. -- Cloud atlas (talk) 22:08, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Once again, thank you! I get so bogged down at times trying to wade through and understand all the information. I'll let you know when I have the Acoustic Planet article ready. I'm going to follow all your suggestions in hopes that the article is accepted. Do you think that it will go more quickly if I submit it for review with all the correct parameters, or is it always such a slow process? It took months for Acoustic Highway. Thanks! Talk later. Cheryl Fullerton (talk) 16:33, 8 September 2018 (UTC)Cheryl Fullerton[reply]

@Cheryl Fullerton: the process for getting a draft article approved can be slow because the queue for reviewing drafts has over 2,000 drafts waiting. I have a few tips for a speedier path forward:

Instead of creating the article in your sandbox, create it as a "Draft". The people who review these potential articles tend to spend more attention on the "Drafts" than on sandbox articles. You can easily do that with the Article Wizard. Just click that link, follow the steps, and you'll eventually wind up at an editing page. When you've saved edits, you'll see that there is a template on the page where you can "Submit" the draft for review. That will put it in line.
Instead of waiting before your draft is totally complete, I think you should submit it as soon as it has enough information in it to establish notability. In other words, your draft can be approved even if all you have is one paragraph -- as long as you cite good sources that prove that Acoustic Planet is notable. Then once it's approved you can continue to work on it, like you're doing with Acoustic Highway.
Feel free to let me know when you're ready to submit, and I can take a look first, so that we can make sure it's in good shape to be accepted. The easiest way to get in touch with me is by actually including my username in a message. Then Wikipedia is sure to send me an email to tell me I've been mentioned. You can do that by typing this somewhere in your message: {{u|Cloud atlas}}

-- Cloud atlas (talk) 17:49, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

{{u|Cloud atlas}} Hi Cloud atlas I've taken your suggestion and copied the Acoustic Highway template and pasted into my sandbox. I haven't finished editing it into Acoustic Planet yet, but I was wondering if that's how you can look at it before I submit it. Or, is there another way that I can get it to you? I haven't published any changes to the sandbox yet and I won't until I hear from you. Thanks again for all the input!Cheryl Fullerton (talk) 22:48, 14 September 2018 (UTC)Cheryl Fullerton[reply]

Hey Cheryl Fullerton -- could you post the link to the page where you've done that work? I don't see anything in your sandbox right now. If you're working in your sandbox but haven't published yet, you can just go ahead and publish. I won't be able to see it until you publish, and you'll only be publishing to your sandbox page, which no one else will look at or critique. No one else will look at your work until you publish it as a "draft" page and submit it for review.

Also, I see that you copied and pasted the wikitext that I recommended you use to tag me to get my attention. I know this annoying, but it doesn't work if you copy/paste it. It only works if you type if out (two curly braces, the letter "u", a vertical bar, my username, and then two more curly braces). And I also recommend that you post general messages to me on either your user talk page or my user talk page. The reason is that this page that we're on right now is meant to be for discussion about the Acoustic Highway album cover file, and we've sort of changed the subject (which is not too big a deal, but going to the user talk pages is a best practice). -- Cloud atlas (talk) 05:50, 18 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]