User talk:Tauex

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Stop removing illustrations of British coats of arms, etc., from articles. If you have a problem with their copyright status, argue your case on Images for Deletion, do not unilaterally take it upon yourself to just remove them. Replacing the Royal Coat of Arms with the Union Flag in many articles, while leaving the caption as "Coat of Arms" is TOTALLY unacceptable and is construed as vandalism which has been reverted. -- Arwel (talk) 03:52, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

• Please stop unilaterally removing and replacing coats-of-arms images. Doing so without changing the captions leaves the articles in a highly unsatisfactory state. Thank you. Demiurge 12:16, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing. However, unconstructive edits are considered vandalism. If you continue in this manner you may be blocked from editing without further warning. Please stop, and consider improving rather than damaging the work of others. Thank you. Astrotrain 12:38, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

The fact that your edits are being repeatedly reverted within minutes by several different users should indicate to you that your point of view is not widely accepted. Wikipedia operates under the laws of the State of Florida, which allows for the 'fair use' rationale to be argued. If you have a problem with that rationale, then argue your case at Images for Deletion, just don't unilaterally delete them from large numbers of articles. Please note that for some articles you risk falling foul of the Three Revert Rule. If you are arguing violation of Crown Copyright, then please note the statement at WP:COPY#UK_Crown_Copyright that "The UK Office of Public Sector Information, formerly HMSO, has told us: Crown copyright protection in published material lasts for fifty years from the end of the year in which the material was first published. Therefore material published [fifty-one years ago], and any Crown copyright material published before that date, would now be out of copyright, and may be freely reproduced throughout the world." which would cover use of the Royal Coat of Arms. -- Arwel (talk) 12:43, 19 November 2006 (UTC)