User talk:Wtstoffs

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[edit] Images

Please do not remove content from your talk page. Blanking any page can be considered a form of vandalism. You may wish to consider archiving old discussions; take a look at the move page if you would like to learn more about moving and renaming articles.

Specifically, your blankingof the image warnings and the image templates from the images themselves without fixing the underlying problems is not considered acceptable. If the source of an image cannot be demonstrated, then the image cannot stay on Wikipedia. BigDT 15:10, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

I re-examined everything and in the case of the five images for which you blanked the warning, but did not provide a source, I have listed them at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2006 July 8. Please note that as these images obviously came from a website somewhere and were not scanned, the source actually needs to be the URL that they came from. I have no objections to keeping them if the source can be demonstrated and it can qualify for fair use. Please examine the images and leave a note on the IFD page if you are able to find a source for the images. BigDT 15:28, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] College Football Project

Hello, I noticed that you have edited a College football related article. You may be interested to know that there is a college football WikiProject which you can join if you like. We would love to have you! I also think you may be interested in creating the Florida Gators football page. Please see some other examples of what this page would contain by looking at the Master Team Table within the project. --MECU≈talk 12:52, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UF/CU coaches

Thanks for the comment, and sorry for my strong language in the comment. The most important thing is to clearly annotate it in an accurate footnote, as I've tried to do. I tend to think keeping it current through 2006 makes sense for all of them, because that's probably most intuitive, especially as the season's almost over. But I'm fine with leaving it as is for someone else to come along and update when the season's done. Cheers, PhilipR 22:31, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Urban Meyer.jpeg

Hey Wtstoffs. There is a lively debate about use of promo photos on wikipedia. My name is Jeff and I Do not support the interpretation of WP:FU as implemented by user's like User:Chowbok. They believe that Wikipedia should be free of all promotional photos that are "replaceable with an equivalent" (i.e. an amateur photo from flickr). Their rationale is being debated in many places, and take it a step further believing that all promo photos should be deleted and let someone else deal with finding and uploading a free alternative.

And many other places I've no doubt missed.

I and many others who support use of fair use promotional photos have not been successful in changing the actions of Chowbok and rampant deletion and changing of many hundred's of useful images from Wikipedia articles continues. One good example is the Jennifer Granholm article which had a great promo photo replaced by a terrible photo. I seek to raise the profile of this issue through challenging promotional photos on high profile article's like this one. I'm sorry, really I am, but fair use policy as implemented by Chowbok has left me with few viable options.

I invite you to join the battle for Promotional Photo usage on Wikipedia and the protection of Fair Use concepts. --Jeff 07:41, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

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