User talk:Sirielle

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On linking

As a more or less reply to your post on Narf's talk page: if you want to link to a file (image or sound), or a category, without displaying it, type an ":" before the link: [[:Image:Maedhros_sketch.jpeg|the image ''Maedhros sketch'' by the wonderful Ivanneth]]. Also, you can sign your posts with ~~~~.

And an actual reply to your proposal of giving Ivanneth an article... that's going to be tricky, unless you can think of a way to disambiguate it. -- Ederchil ^{(Talk/Contribs/Edits)} 18:33, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

I hope editing is the way to answer, sorry I'm n00b to wiki ;)

I don't know what do you mean about the links - I see no images enabled, just text with links to image/site and this is what I wanted to add. I didn't mean to hide more information under smaller text as in your example, nor risked to link some different file, so I used only external links. But I finally got what way you add signatures, thank you :)

I see, the name has got more meanings, then we need "Ivanneth the artist" and "Ivanneth the month". Anyway this is one more reason why I'll leave creating that site to more wiki advanced folks :)

BTW, I saw you added copyright notice to my images, thank you. I believe most of artworks here are copyrighted the same way (and it doesn't mean they can't be used according to the fair use law).--Sirielle 19:08, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Our copyright system is a wreck at the moment, but you've got to start somewhere. As for Ivanneth, I would propose only "Ivanneth (artist)", with a youmay template on Ivanneth.

On the link: here's the link without the colon:

the image Maedhros sketch by the wonderful Ivanneth

Here it is with the colon:

the image Maedhros sketch by the wonderful Ivanneth

And to do a so-called "pipelink" (thus, "[[Article|bla bla]]"), use the |. It's in uppercase \, usually somewhere near Backspace. -- Ederchil ^{(Talk/Contribs/Edits)} 19:30, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

OK, this is way to display a thumbnail, good to know, too (as I said I didn't want to add image there, only link). I'll check the template, I can contact her for more images if you want, too. (Why this sarcasm "wonderful Ivanneth"?)

Copyrights - do it similar way as Elfwood does - "copyrighted" statement being default setting - you are using it basing on fair use for educational purposes, but others are warned this is not a public domain. Mind - I am no lawyer, this is how I understand it.--Sirielle 20:10, 8 December 2008 (UTC)