User talk:Dishwasherrat

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[edit] Two things

I'm suspecting that you don't know that deleting material from your user talk page, while permitted, is generally considered bad form: it looks like you are trying to hide something. I looked through the history, and I can see you are not, but its not generally good Wiki etiquette.

So, what I came here about in the first place: on what basis do you say that Image:Gasworks.jpg is the work of the Federal government? You don't clearly cite where you got it from (which you should), but you say it was on seattle.gov, which is a city site, not a federal site. If it's city, it's probably copyrighted and we can't keep it. If it's federal, we need a clean indication of where it's from so we know it's OK. - Jmabel | Talk 20:56, 26 July 2006 (UTC)


  • Thanks for the tips. And feel free to delete the image; I obviously mistagged it. Fair Use is such a nebulous, if, at points, arbitrary debate outside a courtroom. I won't bother pursuing it here. Cheers. — Dishwasherrat 23:00, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cut and paste moves

Please do not move pages by cutting and pasting the content. It separates the edit history from the content, which is a requirement of GFDL. If you think a page needs to be renamed and you are not able to move it correctly yourself, then propose it on Wikipedia:Requested moves. older ≠ wiser 02:42, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Thanks for the info. How do I go about moving pages correctly? —Dishwasherrat 04:28, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
Use the Move button at the top of the page. See Wikipedia:How to rename (move) a page for more details. older ≠ wiser 11:10, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Oh, right. I believe I made that mistake initially when I had some difficulty with the Move function and then corrected it consulting that particular WP page. Thanks again for your kind assistance. — Dishwasherrat 16:00, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:LEAD & WP:ARCHIVE & Minor edits

Hello. Please do not delete ==headers==, and see the guide at WP:LEAD, especially the part about "appropriate length" and the future "Wikipedia 1.0". Thanks. -- 62.147.112.246 16:42, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

P.S. You can also see Wikipedia:How to archive a talk page in order to avoid an appearance of impropriety about deleting your talk page. -- 62.147.112.246 16:48, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

P.P.S. - Any addition or deletion of material, even a single word, is "not a minor edit" on Wikipedia. It is made worse when they aren't explained or justifed with an edit summary. Please have a look at:

-- 62.147.112.246 20:00, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Thanks for all your kind and helpful remarks. Cheers. Dishwasherrat 23:38, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regina Spektor

You're sure she didn't use the red piano before 2005? Also, does she still use it? I'm not sure she was using it on the last Conan O'Brien appearance a month or so ago. Badagnani 23:32, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Nope. Not sure at all. Was just removing the circa abbreviation. I'll add it back in now. Dishwasherrat 23:41, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

I can always ask on the "Respekt" discussion board -- those people know everything about her! And if they don't know, Regina appears to participate on the board as well, so she'd be able to say exactly. Badagnani 23:57, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Great idea. Thanks for that! Dishwasherrat 00:05, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Signatures

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Hi there. I'm hoping you can help me out. I notice a lot of editors sign their Talk comments with varying "signatures" of sorts; as in yours, "Jmabel | Talk", with respective emboldening, superscripting/subscripting, parentheses, etc. Is this something that has to be manually formatted for each post or is there some way to designate the four tildes to show a pre-written format; perhaps a Signature preference or similar? Thanks in advance for your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dishwasherrat (talk • contribs) 20 August 2006 [end copied]

For starters, you get a basic sig by just typing ~~~~. But, yes, signature is on the preferences page. I don't know what skin you are using, so I can't tell you visual navigation to get there, but you can access that at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences. - Jmabel | Talk 04:00, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

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

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:The Weepies—Live Session EP cover.jpg

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:The Weepies—Live Session EP cover.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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