User talk:Miamomimi

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[edit] Bandwidth

Dear Wiki, I wanted to find info on a picture with a view to adding it to the article on Wiki so posted it on my blog and invited info. I thought this was ok as it had public use and no copyright issue as far as i'm aware. But got this warning back, can you advise?

You might want to host that picture yourself; I'm not sure of the policy of Wikipedia, but it's generally considered good form NOT to hotlink to photos, because it's basically stealing bandwidth, for which they are charged. I know that's not your intention;

And no it isn't my intention. I will look into a better procedure in blogland but just thought I'd ask you. Miamomimi 11:33, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request for help

Hi, what do you need help with ? Equendil Talk 14:26, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Oh hi, thanks for stopping by, please see the comment 'Bandwidth' above. I've tried to copy the pic onto my hard drive and upload image from there but it won't work and I'm told by a visitor that I'm doing it incorrectly and that it's against Wiki practice so I wanted advice. I suppose it's easier if I just show you the Dante and Virgil pic I'm on about here. Miamomimi 14:54, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

That link leads to a 404 error right now, can you fix it ? Equendil Talk 14:59, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

yes, sorry, used a pipe in error please try now Miamomimi 15:05, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Alright, that picture is in the public domain, so there's no copyright issue indeed, the visitor was right in that you should try and find how to upload the picture directly to your blog as opposed to using Wikipedia's bandwidth as you are doing now. Equendil Talk 15:14, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Peter Hitchens

I reverted your edit in the article for the reason given in the page history, but also because the summary is an introduction and the repetition is thus justified. Like "Fortean Faith" btw, even though I don't share your first premise!

Cheers, Philip Cross 18:37, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

HELP: Hi, I noticed there was an alert on the Peter Hitchens talk page about deleting the 'edited by Peter Hitchens as Clockback' but when I followed the links I couldn't find any discussion and want to disagree with it most strongly. How can I do that?? Is there a time limit? Thanks Miamomimi 17:04, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Do you want to disagree that Peter Hitchens edited the article, or disagree with what the article says? Either way, you should probably raise your concerns on the article's talk page. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 18:36, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks but there's an alert on the Peter Hitchens talk page about deleting a Template containing the words "The subject of this article, Peter Hitchens, has edited Wikipedia as Clockback (talk · contribs)." but when I followed the links I couldn't find any discussion and want to disagree with deleting that template containing that information most strongly. How can I do that?? Is there a time limit? Thanks Miamomimi 20:46, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I see what you mean now. The template is not just on the Peter Hitchens article - it is this one and you want the discussion at Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion#Template:Notable_Wikipedian. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 20:52, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Many thanks, put my two-pennorth, appreciate the links. Miamomimi 10:21, 5 November 2006 (UTC)