Talk:Kentucky Derby

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[edit] Picture question

I found the following picture on the KY Tourism webpage.

They grant immediate permission free of charge for any use, as long as it promotes Kentucky travel. I uploaded it with the Conditional copyright tag. My question is, does a Wikikpedia article on the Kentucky Derby constitute promotion of Kentucky tourism, or is this too big of a stretch? Sayeth 17:28, Mar 31, 2005 (UTC)

I would say Yes, but IANAL. :) — Stevie is the man! ^{Talk | Work} 21:32, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Sayeth, what he means is "I am not a lawyer." For some reason he does not grasp that most people don't know what "IANAL" means, or that it takes only an additional 0.5 seconds to type the phrase itself rather than the all-caps abbreviation. User:AndyCapp 23:37, May 8, 2005 (UTC)

Ummm, methinks Sayeth didn't ask what IANAL meant. At any rate, it has become a rather common shorthand, and I'll continue to use it, if it pleases your majesty.  :) — Stevie is the man! ^{Talk | Work} 11:01, May 8, 2005 (UTC)

Steevie's right - I'm hip with the "emoticons" you "leet kids" on the "Internets" speak with nowadays. I didn't post the pic in the article since I figured Steevie was answering "Yes" to the second option in my question - that is he was saying "yes, it is too much of a strech to say that this article promotes Kentucky tourism, but I'm not a lawyer". Sayeth 03:39, May 9, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bad Reference

What on earth is that last link doing on this page? It has no valuable information of opinions, as it is all based in story format. If there is a page pointing out the problems of the derby clearly, then let's have it, but don't put that crap up on here. User:Druidan

Uh, you mean the Hunter S. Thompson piece? My guess is it's included because it's topical and written by a very famous author (and native Louisvillian). At a glance it seems to fit within WP:EL I don't see the problem with including it. --W.marsh 03:18, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

I removed it; it really isn't too relevant to the article at first glance, and plus is a story. Andy _t 15:25, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Well I disagree... there's nothing wrong with it per WP:EL, and I think it's an interesting link. --W.marsh 15:34, 25 June 2006 (UTC)