User talk:Douglas Whitaker

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[edit] Adam Hunter (AFL player)

I've removed your speedy deletion tag. Note that "utter rubbish" is not one of the speedy deletion criteria. May I suggest you use WP:PROD? The article may well BE utter rubbish, and many would agree with you, but speedy deletion isn't always the best solution. Cheers! Mangojuicetalk 20:30, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Since you're looking for copyvios, do you know about WP:CSD criterion A8? Basically, blatant copyright infringement discovered in the first 48 hours from commercial sites is now a speedy deletion reason. It's very helpful to use {{db-copyvio}} when it applies, because copyright problems always has a huge backlog. Mangojuicetalk 20:40, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Good example. I would say to use WP:PROD (make sure to add the page to your watchlist, so if the tag gets removed, you know). If the tag gets removed you can go to WP:AFD. Basically, any article there's a consensus to delete can be deleted, whereas we don't NEED consensus if we know an article is a copyvio. Strongly suspecting something is a copyright violation is a perfectly good reason to delete it in my opinion. In my days patrolling PRODs, I saw this as a reason many times. Mangojuicetalk 20:53, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Lots of good work from you today, I see! I wanted to mention one other tip I thought of. In some cases, you find copyright violations that are also articles we just shouldn't have on WP no matter how they're written. In those cases, I like to do both PROD and copyvio; that way, the deletion may occur through prod, and then no one has to check the copyvio issue b/c it'll be moot. I did this for Mirage Networks, for instance. Mangojuicetalk 02:27, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your VandalProof Application

Dear Douglas Whitaker,

Thank you for applying for VandalProof! (VP). As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact the just released 1.3 version has even more power. Because of this we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. The reason for this is that at this time you do not meet the minimum requirement of 250 edits to mainspace articles (see under main here). Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again soon. Thank you for your interest in VandalProof. - Glen 00:26, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Billie Anthony

I have just noticed, with some horror, of your posting a 'copyvio' on the above page. As my contribution to the article was the most recent, I hope that your action - perfectly justified, in retrospect - does not reflect too badly on me. My recent contribution was merely to try to clean up the Billie Anthony page, and make it more 'wikified'. The inclusion of the link to the [1] website, came about through my google search to find a suitable site to link to. What I did not do - as in hindsight, I should have - was to cross check the information I was working on. You have clearly done so, and found the possible copyright violation. Well done, and a sharp lesson for me for the future. I must stress that the basic wording of the wikipedia article was not of my doing - I was merely sub editing the text as I found it. Am I forgiven ?!

Derek R Bullamore 11:49, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Julian Of Eclanum

Hi Sir, You posted a copyright violation on my article about Julian of Eclanum. This article was from a book that had been published in 1914 and was in the public domain. I am uncertain as to why the article was removed.

[edit] Kite images

Reply posted at Talk:Kite_(toy)#Images_and_Copyright_Violations. Cheers Clappingsimon talk 12:19, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use question

I've copied a question of yours from Talk:Fair use to Wikipedia talk:Fair use; the former is to discuss an encyclopedia article (where your question was off topic); the latter is a to discuss Wikipedia's own fair use issues. - Jmabel | Talk 17:05, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re Copyright Violation

The artcle Joseph Strutt of Derby First I must apologise for any misunderstanding. As the author of the original article I was not unaware of any copyright violation. However I now see that I had actually violatd my own copyright. Having severely repremanded myself, I have now re-edited the article so that it reads differently from my original text whilst retaining the historical accuracy. Please accept my apologies and thank you for highlighting my error.

[edit] Enon Chapel

I think you posted a copyright violation on this page. As I'm new to this, I followed the instructions and rewrote the page without any copyrighted material under the Temp link recommended. However, the original page has since been deleted. I have therefore moved the rewritten page to its original location. Hope you don't have a problem with that. Dan 10:32, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

The Original Barnstar
I hearby award you this barnstar for your tagging of so many copyvios. Thank you! --Fang Aili talk 23:39, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fire Marshalery

Thanx for that pic, the request has been sitting there for ages... 68.39.174.238 04:15, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You're welcome

After I blocked the vandal, he used a sockpuppet to vandalize my own user page, and Koweja (talk • contribs) fixed it. So we're all part of a vandalism-correcting chain. Or something. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 07:32, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

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