User talk:Marc Lacoste

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Welcome!

Hello, Marc Lacoste, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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[edit] Proper Nouns

Proper nouns like September, Euros, Danish, and Italian, MUST always be capitalized.

WikiDon

Of course (what edits?). I'm sometimes careless, but it's better to add information without capitalisation than no information at all. --Marc Lacoste 14:40, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Grammar

It is: "has acquired," NOT: "as acquired."

It is: "The agrement has to be validated," NOT: "The agrement have to be validated."

WikiDon 04:04, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Don't be such a dick, use some tact. English isn't Marc's first language, but his usage is much better than my French (for example). --ChrisRuvolo (t) 13:41, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

hahaha :) ChrisRuvolo is right, and to add further mediocrity, I must say that I haven't a top-notch keyboard. Iteats lettrs somtimes. (in wich edit is the mistake?) --Marc Lacoste 14:40, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] User:Marc Lacoste/gallery

Hi, please turn this gallery (or at least all the fair use images on it) into a list of links instead, or something like that, as soon as possible. Wikipedia policy doesn't allow fair use images to be displayed in userspace (see Wikipedia:Fair use#Fair use policy), and acording to this report you have 43 of them on that page. I'm working pretty much at random off that list, so don't feel singled out if others on the list with more images have not yet been notified. Eventualy I'll get around to them all (though hopefully I'm not the only one working on it). Thanks in advance. --Sherool (talk) 01:58, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Judd XV675.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Judd XV675.jpg. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Thank you. Shyam ^(T/C) 00:28, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

added promotional template --Marc Lacoste 09:00, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] les 3 mousquetaires

Salut, je ne suis pas sur de ce que vous voulez dire au sujet de ces 3 mousquetaires. Si je me rappelle bien, j'ai fait un "upload" de ce photo, puis j'ai realise qu'il y avait toujours le bla-bla francais en bas. Donc j'ai fait un upload d'un autre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:3_Musketeers_cropped.jpg ou, les 3 camarades sont plus individuels. C'est ce dernier qu'on voit, par example, a l'article de Henri Cochet. Cheers, Hayford Peirce 23:03, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

mon niveau en anglais se ressent dès qu'on aborde des sujets non trivials :) Deux choses:

le tag de copyright est incorrect
vu la qualité faible des images originales, il pourrait être confortable d'utiliser celle-ci, une pour chacun, comme juste http://bmarcore.club.fr/tennis/Mousquet/cochet-car-1928.jpg pour Cochet --Marc Lacoste 23:20, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Sports Car Racing

Due to your involvement in some Wiki pages that regard sports car racing of some sort, I would like to ask for you to look into the proposed WikiProject for Sports Car Racing. Any help you may have to offer to the project will be greatly appreciated. The359 03:25, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

This is an update to inform you that Wikipedia:WikiProject Sports Car Racing has finally been launched. Please feel free to browse the project page, add anything you wish to offer, and help in getting the project off the ground. The shortcut to the project page is WP:SCR. The359 02:47, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Broadband Internet access worldwide

Hi, You reverted Broadband Internet access worldwide. Can you give a reason for the revert please? Thanks. bobblewik 18:06, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi Bobblewik, because an anonymous user deleted many paragraphs, 'latvia' to the end. Sorry, it have eaten out your edits becaus of the simultaneity. I let you make the necessary corrections. --Marc Lacoste 18:13, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Aha. Thanks for the explanation. I have replaced my edit. Regards. bobblewik 18:27, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thumb vs Borderless

Hi Marc, I still think borderless is better for infoboxes. I answered on the info box's discussion page as you suggested. --Splette ^Talk 16:42, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Carlos Ghosn Image

Hi Marc, I wanted to discuss Image:Carlos_Ghosn_(Dunod).jpg, because it may not be associated with the right article, and because of this may not be in fair use. The image is of the book <<Comment Carlos Ghosn a sauvé Nissan>>, but it is on the article for Carlos Ghosn. Fair use requires the image to be for an article about the book, not about the subject. I just wanted to let you know. --Guroadrunner 05:44, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, you're right. Feel free to remove the license template if you found it usurpated, or add a reference to the book in the article to justify the image, perhaps. --Marc Lacoste 10:43, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Porsche 911 turbo-S.jpg listed for deletion

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[edit] Image:Porsche 804.jpg listed for deletion

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[edit] Image:Porsche 718 RS 60.jpg listed for deletion

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[edit] Did you photograph these cameras yourself?

Greetings. I'm curious about Image:Olympus Trip 35.jpg and Image:Lubitel 2.jpg. Did you photograph these cameras yourself? Thanks, – Quadell ^{(talk) (random)} 12:39, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, you can see them in my flickr uploads, with a little explanation of the setup. --Marc Lacoste 19:06, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image uploads

Hi. You seem to be uploading a lot of images which are being directly obtained from other online sources where the images are protected by copyright. Please be advised that this is not permissable as the Wikipedia projects are to provide free and open use and re-use of our articles and images and each time a non-free image is uploaded it becomes something we cannot make available. If you continue to upload non-free images you also risk being blocked. --AlisonW 14:25, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi Alison, as you noticed on my user page, "I specialized myself in uploading promotional material to be used under a fair use policy.". They were usable under a selectable template:promotional at their date of upload, template still in use at the time we speak, at my knowledge. I participate in Wikipedia Talk:Publicity photos if you want to explore this point further.

But threatening people without referring to a policy is impolite, and more so coming from an admin. Good evening. --Marc Lacoste 21:27, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Please check out the first criterion of WP:FUC: if a free alternative for a copyrighted promotional image could easily be created, Wikipedia policy precludes fair use. Before you add fair use images of cars, for instance, check to see if free alternatives exist at commons or flickr. ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 21:40, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Can you check the Wikipedia:Publicity photos, which is a subset of FU? If your points are irrefutable (perhaps they are, I'm too small to judge), this would be changed. In the meantime - I shout it over my laptop writing that - can you please stop arguing with one person in particular who is of good faith, and thinks he obey the available template? thanks. --Marc Lacoste 21:56, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

This is basically why Wikipedia:Publicity photos is an essay and Wikipedia:Fair use criteria is policy. I'm sorry if it seems like people are pressing this issue too hard, you obviously have Wikipedia's best interests in mind when uploading these images. Please just consider when uploading a promotional image if a free alternative is available, or if some wikipedian can take a similar photograph for the article - in those cases, it is easier to refer to WP:RP. Thanks ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 22:15, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

There is always a free alternative possible of a product photo. So FU is always usurpated for promo images. This is my position on Wikipedia Talk:Publicity photos. So I would prefer either ban promo photos totally, or accept those as non-free images and live with that. But being in-between like that adds penibility when you have to justify yourself every five minutes, whereas nobody were against you during one year. --Marc Lacoste 22:24, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

There are times when a free alternative cannot be created because no copies of the product exist or when the product is inaccessible to the public. In those cases fair use is our best friend. In other cases, I agree with you that there are sometimes gray areas, this is why it is important to always err on the side of caution, even if that means not using a copyrighted image. ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 22:37, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

I totally agree with this position. But the present templates and essay isn't that much precise. I'll propose and addition. --Marc Lacoste 06:38, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Porsche 907k.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:Porsche 907k.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently specifies that the image is unlicensed for use on Wikipedia and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful.

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[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:SAL-100M28.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:SAL-100M28.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently specifies that the image is unlicensed for use on Wikipedia and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful.

[edit] 2006 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14R.jpg

[edit] Image:2006 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14R.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:2006 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14R.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 free image could reasonably be found or created. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:

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Hi Marc. We're also holding a replaceability discussion about another image you uploaded, Image:Nikkor lenses.jpg. --Robth^Talk 22:39, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Peugeot 206WRC NZ 2003.jpg)

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