User talk:Modrac

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as AFI Conservatory, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text borrowed from web sites. For more information, take a look at our policy library. Happy editing! Bovlb 2005-07-01 03:28:17 (UTC)

Contents 1 Making copyright policies more obvious 2 June 3 Fair use rationale for Image:Turiaf.jpg 4 Power Forward 5 Image:Turiaf.jpg 6 Image:Chrismihm.jpg

[edit] Making copyright policies more obvious

Hi again. I have a follow-up question for you. A lot of people genuinely want to contribute to Wikipedia, but don't realize that our copyright policies forbid direct copying from other websites. I'd like to save everyone a lot of time and trouble by improving our communication in this respect. Do you have any suggestions for how this could be made more obvious? Thanks, Bovlb 2005-07-06 15:23:17 (UTC)

You could probably communicate this better by asking the users to rephrase everything they include. I think people generally make a distinction between taking a paragraph from a different website, and a bullet pointed list for example. If it's clear that ANY material that is added has to be rephrased, people will most likely do it, and if they don't, it's best to flag the site for copyrighted material and let the user know what they have to change. - Modrac

Thanks for your suggestions.

I note that you recently uploaded Image:AFIcampus.jpg, which looks very similar to the image shown here. Could you please let us know on the image page where you acquired this image, and why you believe that Wikipedia has the right to use it? You might like to refer to Wikipedia:Copyright FAQ and Wikipedia:Fair use. Thanks, Bovlb 05:55:14, 2005-07-24 (UTC)

Same image pops up on various websites on the image search engine. I assume the image is stock footage/public domain. - Modrac

I'm afraid that I really can't see how you come to deduce that it's public domain. I can't see anything on those two websites to support that conclusion. It is not Wikipedia policy to assume that things are in the public domain without strong evidence. By "stock footage", perhaps you mean that it's "intended for wide distribution". Again, I refer you to Wikipedia:Fair use, which I think is your best argument here. Cheers, Bovlb 03:37:51, 2005-07-25 (UTC)

[edit] June

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Turiaf.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Turiaf.jpg. The image description page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 22:08, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Power Forward

The page you created, Power Forward was a duplicate of Power forward (basketball), so I made it a redirect to Power forward.

When you believe a subject has multiple names or spelling, you want to do a redirect instead of making a carbon copy. That way, if someone edits the main article, the changes are applied to all the other pages that redirect to the main one.

In this case, there were multiple uses of the term "power forward", so the appropriate thing to do was to redirect it to the disambiguation page instead of the basketball power forward page.

Thanks, and let me know if you have any questions. Ytny 00:27, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Turiaf.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Turiaf.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:

1. Go to the image description page and edit it to add {{Replaceable fair use disputed}}, without deleting the original Replaceable fair use template.
2. On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace the fair use image by finding a freely licensed image of its subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or a similar) image under a free license, or by taking a picture of it yourself.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our fair use criteria. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that any fair use images which are replaceable by free-licensed alternatives will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. howcheng {chat} 16:55, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Chrismihm.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Chrismihm.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:

1. Go to the image description page and edit it to add {{Replaceable fair use disputed}}, without deleting the original Replaceable fair use template.
2. On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace the fair use image by finding a freely licensed image of its subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or a similar) image under a free license, or by taking a picture of it yourself.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our fair use criteria. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that any fair use images which are replaceable by free-licensed alternatives will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. howcheng {chat} 04:44, 13 December 2006 (UTC)