User talk:David Warner

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1 Château de Ferrières
2 Occupation of the Channel Islands
3 Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany
4 Forbes list
5 Princess Sophie of Ligne
6 Non-free use disputed for Image:Camandos-bookcover.jpg
7 Non-free use disputed for Image:RothschildGardens-bookcover.jpg
8 Fair use rationale for Image:Gnomes-bookcover.jpg
9 Dining clubs
10 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:SassoonBookcover.jpg
11 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Charlote-LionelRothschild-bookcover.jpg

[edit] Château de Ferrières

That's an interesting page - well done. Giano | talk 17:49, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Occupation of the Channel Islands

Can you explain why you moved Occupation of the Channel Islands to the rather cumbersome German occupation of the Channel Islands in World War II ? The correct protocol if you want to rename and redirect a page is to post a comment on the discussion page explaining your rationale, and giving others the opportunity to discuss this. I propose to revert it to its original name until the correct process has been followed footie 07:27, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Your explanation does not explain why you have not posted the suggestion on the talk page of the relevant article, or why such a long-winded name is necessary when there has only been one Occupation of the Channel Islands, and when all other articles have exactly the same format title (see List of military occupations). If you still insist that this is still a good idea, then are you going to go back and change all the links to the original page ? footie 19:14, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

I have the same reservation about the Occupation of Denmark, so I've restored this page to its usual name. In Denmark, this event is always referred to as Besættelsen (i.e. the Occupation), and 1940-45 is the only time in Danish history that the entire country has been occupied by a hostile power. In 1864, Prussia occupied the Jutland Peninisula and in 1659, Sweden occupied most of the county, but these events are always referred to by other names. If you think a general rename is in order, a vote should be set up on it, since this issue no doubt involves many more articles. Best regards. Valentinian ^(talk) 13:20, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany

This was discussed at length on the talk page, which you should have read. Please revert. --Leifern 19:17, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Never mind, I did it myself. Please refer to talk pages before making such moves. This was discussed at length and the title was the result of serious negotiations. --Leifern 19:20, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Forbes list

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We appreciate your contributions to the Forbes magazine list of the The Twenty Most Influential Businessmen Of All Time article, but we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material. Perhaps you would like to rewrite the article in your own words. For more information, take a look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Happy editing!

Well, the above is Wikipedia boilerplate, that doesn't really apply in this case.

FYI, as far as copyright goes, copying published lists can be very tricky. Some types of lists are very much fair game and some are absolutely right out. The deciding factor is creativity (or judgement) in either selecting the members of the list or in their arrangement. Mere hard work, no matter how difficult, doesn't create a copyright, but even a sliver of creativity does make it copyrighted. In this particular case, Forbes has a very strong case that the entire list is copyrighted (unless they got it from some public domain source themselves). If they used their knowledge and judgment to create the list, then we can't have it in Wikipedia. In other words, "Top 5 Tallest Presidents" is a list we can copy, but "(Some expert's) 5 Best Presidents" is a copyrighted list that we can't.

On the other hand, that someone has been so ranked by Forbes is a fact, and facts are not copyrightable, so we don't need to worry about pages that have a fact derived from the list on them. studerby 03:58, 15 August 2006 (UTC) studerby 03:58, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh, one other thing. Since you didn't "cut and paste" the Forbes list, but merely transcribed their rankings, it may not seem to you like it's a "copy". However, courts have decided that reproducing the "heart of the work", no matter how small in relation to the original, is a copyriight violation, and in this case the "heart of the work" is the ranking of names. Another way of looking at is: does the Wikipedia list often serve as an effective replacement for an authorized copy of the list? If the answer is yes, it's a copyright violation. Sorry. studerby 04:12, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Princess Sophie of Ligne

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[edit] Non-free use disputed for Image:Camandos-bookcover.jpg

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[edit] Non-free use disputed for Image:RothschildGardens-bookcover.jpg

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Gnomes-bookcover.jpg

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Gnomes-bookcover.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use. Suggestions on how to do so can be found here.

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[edit] Dining clubs

There is a one man campaign being waged against dining clubs one the grounds that they don't deserve articles. I see you've previously edited one such article, and was wondering if you'd care to lend your support at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Dining_club ? Many thanks Grunners 18:30, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:SassoonBookcover.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:SassoonBookcover.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

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[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Charlote-LionelRothschild-bookcover.jpg

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