User talk:SkipperPilot

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[edit] Welcome!

Hello, SkipperPilot, Welcome to Wikipedia!
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Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 18:40, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Image Tagging Image:Tomahawk1.jpg

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Thanks for uploading Image:Tomahawk1.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{GFDL-self}} to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, please read fair use, and then use a tag such as {{fairusein|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, 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 unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Admrb♉ltz (T | C) 23:50, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Drop me a line when you tag it. It is currently not used in any articles, but I would like to upload it to the Wikimedia Commons a repository for freely licensed images. --Admrb♉ltz (T | C) 23:50, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Another welcome message

I see you've been doing some work in the aircraft. You might want to consider checking out Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft if you haven't already done so. Cheers, Ingoolemo talk 23:20, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Beechcraft 1900 edit

Thank you, SkipperPilot, for your excellent edits of the Beechcraft 1900 piece. I submitted about 1/2 of the content, so I am interested in how it looks. Your cleanup looks very nice! Thanks again. Mikepurves 15:09, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help (confession)

I did something stupid when trying to create a redirect at Champion Decathlon for the article on the Decathlon airplane which was produced by Champion Aircraft.

I created the page but made a syntax error, typing "redirect" instead of "#redirect." I tested the redirect and found my mistake, so I went back to repair it. But, when I tested the repair, it still didn't work, and now the problem was a big pink box. I admit that I didn’t read carefully what was in the big pink box; I assumed (wrongly) that it was there because of my syntax error. So, I removed the {{db-nonsense}} tag which was responsible for the big pink box.

Only after doing that did I look at the edit history and realize what had happened: My redirect had been sentenced to Wikideath as nonsense, either because of the forgotten "#" or because it’s lunacy to think that someone would look for Champion’s 8KCAB Decathlon by typing "Champion Decathlon." Anyway, when I looked more carefully at the big pink box, I noticed the emphatic warning: "[D]o not remove this notice from pages that you have created yourself."

So, I messed up there. Even if I go back and revert my edit, I will still have violated the stricture, and I'm guessing that means it’s time for somebody to "release the dogs, or the bees, or the dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark they shoot bees at you." I'm willing to go quietly. But, just for clarity (as distinct from punishment), is there any way to right my wrong? —SkipperPilot 00:03, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Haha, I'll check quick and come back here to report. Equendil Talk 00:26, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
Alright, you've done absolutely nothing wrong, some other wikipedian was a bit overzealous and for whatever reason thought it was nonsense. Now, you were not supposed to remove the notice indeed, and bring it up to the talk page instead and let the admins dealing with deletions act accordingly. However, you choosed to (or we'll pretend you did) be bold and ignore all rules, nobody can fault that (of course, the story would be quite different had it truly been non sense). Equendil Talk 00:36, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
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