User talk:Erikawitt

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[edit] License tagging for Image:Centrallibrary.jpg

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[edit] Regina Public Library

That is a valuable addition to the Regina article; however, it is disproportionately detailed in comparison with the descriptions of other institutions and facilities in the article and I wonder if it shouldn't go into its own separate article. This is particularly so given that the discussion appears to be oriented towards "mission statement" rather than disinterested description. I only mention this because a great deal of discussion which I have contributed to the article has been peremptorily deleted by other editors from time to time on the grounds that it should be in separate articles, though I never do this myself. Just a thought. Masalai 03:17, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Oh. I see that such an article has indeed been created and that the paragraphs in the Regina article simply copy its text. The policy is that main articles should only summarise material that is contained in sub-articles. I am removing the duplicated material and providing a link to the sub-article, in keeping with what has occurred with other sections in the main article. Masalai 04:25, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Nice photo of the library though. Please provide the information the bot demands, however, or it will be speedily deleted, which would be a pity. I assume you took the photo yourself? Masalai 04:40, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
I note, incidentally, that the text of the Wikipedia article quotes extensively and verbatim from the RPL website. Although there are in-text URLs pointing to such website, it is likely that any of the various editors who maintain surveillance over articles on the lookout for plagiarism might well take issue with such quotation without quotation marks and footnoting and I suggest that you go over the text of the article to ensure that it is free of grounds for such accusation. Some such editors are entirely peremptory in simply deleting text they take issue with on that and other bases and it would be a pity for your effort simply to be wiped out. (This is not meant to be a threat: I am not such an editor; it is only an observation of what I have often seen happen and a suggestion that you might wish to forestall it.) Masalai 12:12, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photo

Ah, alas, it has been as I warned. I assume that the photo was yours. Can you restore it with Wikipedia-friendly tags as to its copyright status so it won't be deleted again? -- Masalai (talk) 18:30, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of photo

Dear Ms Witt – it does seem a pity that your admirable work on the sub-article on the Regina Public Library should be so peremptorily dismissed with the photo you provided being removed for want of copyright tags. Alas, that is the way of Wikipedia. Please do return to your article and restore the photo (or a substitute) with such copyright tags as will satisfy Wikipedia as to its belonging. It would seem a great pity if the article remained without a photo and the one you provided before was a very nice one. Masalai (talk) 12:52, 22 November 2007 (UTC)