User talk:WikipedianDog

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[edit] Image copyrights

The images you uploaded were copyrighted - one was from a company that sells vintage photographs, the other from the BBC's sports service. An image does not need to be registered with a copyright agency, or even have a © symbol next to it, for it to be copyrighted - by default, any published image or text is copyright the original author. For any image or text from another website to be acceptable for use in Wikipedia, the image must be licensed under a free content licence like the GFDL (the licence Wikipedia itself uses), or it must be released in the public domain. Note that images on the web are not public domain, unless the copyright owner explicitly says so. In this case, neither the BBC nor that photo company do this, which means they still retain the copyright, and we can't use them without permission.

I know, it's a pain, especially for photos of footballers, which are nearly always copyrighted. I would like to have them on Wikipedia and make the pages more interesting too, but it's against the fundamental policy that Wikipedia produces its own content. If you've ever taken a photograph of a footballer yourself, then you can upload it and licence it for use here; but you can't just copy a photograph someone else has taken from another website and claim it's your own. Sorry. If you need more guidance, then Wikipedia:Copyrights and Wikipedia:Image use policy give a more detailed breakdown of what is OK to upload and what is not. Qwghlm 13:11, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Cofbodom.jpg listed for deletion

—Wknight94 (talk) 19:57, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why do you keep deleting your comment from my talk page?

I am curious. In addition, I would also like you to please stop doing it - it's my User talk page and I decide what stays on it and what goes. Qwghlm 18:23, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arsenal players list

I gave my reasons at Talk:List of Arsenal F.C. players - the players list says at the top that it is meant to be only for players who have played over 100 matches (with a few very rare exceptions, for exceptionally notable players). If you want to include every first team squad player then by rights you should include every player that has ever played for Arsenal as well. Qwghlm 18:31, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Furthermore - Reyes is probably OK for inclusion on that list in a short while (he is currently on 92 matches), Fabregas is a bit further behind on 50-something matches. I know they are notable right now, but the aim of the list is to be a historical record, not a current one; that's why I use number of appearances as it's a fair comparison between different times. Qwghlm 18:44, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:AIMMAIL001.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:AIMMAIL001.jpg. The image has been identified as not specifying the copyright status of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the copyright status of the image on the image's description page, using an appropriate copyright tag, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided copyright information for them as well.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

• Wikipedia:Image use policy
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This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 18:30, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:SHARZ001.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:SHARZ001.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, or ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 01:38, 28 April 2006 (UTC)