User talk:Angel21

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[edit] Uploading a properly licensed image

Hi. All images uploaded to any of the Wikipedias require that they be in the public domain, licensable under GFDL or compatible licenses and in any case, not be copyright violations. In most cases, one cannot simply copy a copyrighted image from any web site, upload it to Wikipedia and use it in an article. A number of Wikipedia processes will eventually find the image and in most cases, it will be deleted after being reviewed. You may be able to claim fair use but in order to do so, you must know where the image came from and justify your fair use claim (many fail to do this however which means they have not made a proper fair use claim). Note that any images which are non-commercial use only are now generally deleted on sight by an admin. If you cannot find a public domain image, the better alternative is to upload one of your own photos and release it under GFDL or make it public domain. The image that was previously on the Stephen Dorff article was deleted but it's copyright status could not be properly resolved (fair use claim was not substantiated if I recall correctly). Also see Wikipedia:Fair use and Wikipedia:Image copyright tags. RedWolf 07:56, August 4, 2005 (UTC)

I've just noticed you uploaded Image:Stephen DorffGQ.jpg. This will probably soon get tagged as a copyright violation and get deleted. The magazine owns the image copyright and would be very unlikely to grant permission to use it here. You might be able to claim fair use but if it's the same quality as the original image, your claim will likely get denied. Fair use images generally have to be lower quality than the original. Fair use claims can be very tricky and it's been too widely used on Wikipedia in non-conforming ways. Fair use images are receiving higher scrutiny these days. RedWolf 08:02, August 4, 2005 (UTC)

A Bastard/coward put this crap on my page:

Well done for editing out the bit on Steve Dorff's page about him and Michael Stipe

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Dorff&diff=41677099&oldid=41543014

It would obviously be incredibly detrimental if anyone were to think that this actor were in any way bisexual. Well done, you! Razstar 04:59, 29 April 2006 (UTC) Razstar is an abuser on this site and a jerk.

[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:SDorff018.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:SDorff018.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free 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. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. This is an automated message from BJBot 05:21, 4 February 2007 (UTC)