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[edit] License tagging for Image:Clamchowder.JPG

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[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Tombofthekings.jpg

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[edit] License tagging for Image:ShinglesDay3.JPG

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[edit] License tagging for Image:Gluttony3.JPG

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[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Clamchowder.JPG

Thank you for uploading Image:Clamchowder.JPG. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

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If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me at User talk:Angr or at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. —Angr 16:52, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

==Notability of Image:Gluttony3.JPG== Welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome your help to create new content, but your recent additions (such as Image:Gluttony3.JPG) are considered nonsense. Please refrain from creating nonsense articles. If you want to test things out, edit the sandbox instead. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Cocoaguy ここがいい contribstalk 18:22, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

I am sorry for the mistake. Cocoaguy ここがいい contribstalk 01:25, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you Mariegriffiths

[edit] Millennium City, UK

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Millennium City, UK, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. RFBailey 09:36, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] City Status in the UK

No problem :) Cheers, DWaterson 00:43, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Space: 1999 actors list

I haven't been able to find the list yet, possibly due to server lag since the article's creation. However, I have asked Otto4711 (talk • contribs), who listed the category to be emptied and deleted, if he knows where the list is. The discussion which led to the deletion had a consensus that the categories could be deleted once lists were created, so I assume that the list exists somewhere. If Otto doesn't respond, or doesn't know, I'll ask some other places. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 04:07, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Bad news — Otto says that since the main Space: 1999 article contains a list of regular cast members, there was no list created. I personally think that the deletion of these categories is a bad move, but it seems I'm in a minority on this one. I suppose you'll have to rely on IMDb (which, incidentally, tells me that Peter Duncan was indeed in one episode of Space: 1999). I personally don't see why Wikipedia couldn't have told you that. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 04:52, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

'"It's been established' by who when? certianly not by a large number of wikipedia users. The delete first ask questions later policy is downright vandalism. Major guest stars, ones having their own wikipedia entry certainly deserve to be kept and avoids any mention of insignificant players. Space 1999 had Peter Cushing, Brian Blessed and Joan Collins as guest stars, all of whome have major wikipedia entries.Mariegriffiths 00:40, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

I assume that when Otto said "it's been established" he was referring to Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 January 25#Actors by series. I didn't agree with the majority in that decision, but I don't oppose the closing either. One question which I believe remains open, however, is whether it's acceptable to have a list which includes guest actors as well as regular cast. "Category:Doctor Who actors" was deleted around the same time as "Category:Space 1999 actors", but a list was created. It's still very raw, but I hope that in time it will contain information about every actor who's appeared in a speaking role in Doctor Who. (The sentiment at CfD was for the list to be for main actors only, but I don't see why significant guest stars can't be included as well.) A similar list could be created for Space: 1999. It's not an ideal solution, but it is a workable one, I hope. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 04:16, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

On that same basis you could throw away a dinner I had cooked as I can always cook another. Why on start off with the long list and trim out all the chaff? Mariegriffiths 23:11, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

I assume that "why on" was a typo for "why not". Actually, I think that creating a full list of Space: 1999 actors would have been a better solution, but unfortunately Otto's deletion was within the rules of Wikipedia. It's unfortunate, but there's not really much anyone can do, aside from making a list. Yes, it is like asking you to cook the dinner again, which is unfortunate: but now the dinner is in the garbage, and can't really be retrieved. The category deletion was reviewed, and the editors who took part in the review for the most part supported it.
I know that this is cold comfort, and I feel like Mr. Prosser telling Arthur Dent that the plans for the bypass have been on display at the local planning office. It sucks, but the house has already been knocked down, and the "vandals, homewreckers and half-crazed Visigoths" were acting within their rights. The decisions about deletions like these (and the policies which support the decisions) are made by those who have time and energy to devote to tedious bureaucratic arguments. It's an unfortunate flaw in Wikipedia's system. But I understand the reasons why the system developed the way it did, and I don't know of a better one. Do you? —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 07:27, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Well yes I do. A deletion notice should be up for a longer time and in this case the voting was no where near a majority. Douglas Adams does spring to mind and sadly his creation H2G2 has suffered from an invasion of American minded moderators who have taken control. How do people become moderators/admins? Can decisons be appealled? I believe there is a lot of money to be made from TV metadata. It would not surprise me that people have been paid to remove the data so that it can be deemed out of the public domain and for those organisations to sell it instead. They could be paying some of the Wikipedia editors too. I see no public interest ion what they are doing. I run a rival to Wikipedia so I hope people become dispirited and come to my site instead. Stuff them.Mariegriffiths 19:52, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry this has disheartened you so much, Marie. There is an appeal process for deletions (Wikipedia:Deletion review), and the deletion of this category has already been through it here. Incidentally, the deletion process isn't supposed to be a vote, but a conversation to reach a consensus about whether an article (category, etc.) should be kept or deleted. Wikipedia is not a democracy, and insofar as the deletion process looks like a vote, it's misleading. See Wikipedia:Guide to deletion#Discussion and Wikipedia:Polling is not a substitute for discussion#Deletion, moving and featuring. The deletion process usually takes about a week. The "actors by series" category discussion actually lasted from January 25 to February 15, and there was a notice on the category's page for the duration of that discussion.
Wikipedia users become administrators through Requests for adminship. Usually a user will be nominated by another Wikipedian, but it is possible to nominate yourself. After a nomination, interested editors can comment on whether they think that a user would be a good admin or not, and at the end of the process, a bureaucrat will determine whether there's a consensus in favor of making the user an admin.
I think it unlikely that this particular deletion was spurred by financial motives or any other ulterior concerns. Some Wikipedia members have recently expressed concerns about overcategorization; their feeling is that if an article has too many categories, the category system becomes overwhelming and not useful. I think their concerns are overblown, but I do believe they are acting in good faith. There are plenty of other free sources for television metadata, so I'm not sure how an attempt to sell that data would work. The loss of this information from Wikipedia was unfortunate, but I sincerely doubt that there were any ulterior motives involved.
That said, if you have another site which is maintaining this sort of data, I wish you luck, and I'm sorry that your Wikipedia experience has been less than satisfactory. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 06:52, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

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