User talk:Flamingtorch372

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[edit] ubx...

nice chuck norris userbox, and yes, cake is pretty freaking awesome. ~User: Sophiakorichi

Oh, wow! I didn't realize anyone looks at my page! And thanks, cake is pretty awesome. Flamingtorch372 02:05, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ubx...

yeah, anyoone who shows up editing my watchlist articles, i check out the page of. and im a huge fan of userboxes. Sophiakorichi 18:42, 25 August 2007 (UTC)Sophiakorichi

well, it was a while ago, so its nolonger on my watchlist. but im assuming it had something to do with eragon, or some other fantasy book related article. Sophiakorichi 21:04, 25 August 2007 (UTC)Sophiakorichi

[edit] Barnstar

Yes! Anyone can give out barnstars. Though I consider myself a Barnstar giver because that is something I spend a lot of time on wikipedia doing, giving out Barnstars. But you can only give a barnstar to some one who has done something really good like made a lot of contributions, found a secret page or anything else good for more information check out this link WP:BARN. Hope I answered your question correctly. Swirlex 20:42, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Congrats!

Congrats on finding my first secret page in a series of increasingly harder to find secret pages. =) Have you looked for the second?  hmwith  talk 21:47, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My secret page!

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 The super secret aliasd page.
Thanks for seeking my hidden page. Grab a userbox here! ~ aliasd·U·T

[edit] GH3 leaked setlist (slipknot, and disturbed)

i believe they were announced as master tracks...you have them listed as covers on the sandbox page...just thought i'd tell ya... = )....moggie man...i rule 00:41, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Userboxes and non-free images

Hi. I see you have quite a few non-free images in your userspace. Please be advised that Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. Wikipedia policy does not allow templates (which includes userboxes) or user pages to contain any copyrighted content not under a free license; so, for example, claims under "fair use" are explicitly rejected. This clause is to be interpreted strictly and without exception, for legal reasons. You can research Wikipedia's non-free content policy for more details.

Although I could remove them outright and without warning, I prefer to discuss straight and honestly so that you understand what's going on. I know it sucks, but it's policy. You should remove the images yourself and try to find free alternatives. I see that there are free images of The Office actors (Steve Carrell and Rainn Wilson), which you can use anyway you want, whether on your userpage or in userboxes.

I hope this does not discourage you from creating more userboxes; your contributions to Wikipedia are greatly appreciated. For other images and media that are freely available for use in userpages and userboxes, check out Wikimedia Commons. Thanks! - Mtmelendez (Talk|UB|Home) 03:22, 24 October 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Reply

Well, thank you for being so diligent. I have removed and substituted the following images from your userpage with free images:

Thanks for your openness. If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message at my talk page. - Mtmelendez (Talk) 00:49, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Second reply

Of course. Technically, anything that is fair-use or under the fair-use license tag, is non-free content, and can only be used in articles if it meets certain criteria. When you click on an image and see its page, you may see that images with templates or tags that say fair-use image, are followed by a fair-use rationale. This is to evidence that the image is copyrighted, but you are not infringing on this copyrighted because... (fair-use rationale). But this only applies to articles. It cannot be used anywhere else, not even in Wikipedia space.

So just what is non-free? Well, easy-to-identify examples include music album covers, movie posters, movie screenshots, promotional photos, TV screenshots, news coverage, advertisements, company and artist logos, etc. But there are images which are copyrighted and are harder to identify, such as promotional photos, government photos, and paparazzi photos. An example includes a picture made by the U.S. federal government. Images made by the federal government are in the public domain and free to use, however this is an exception, because U.S. States hold copyright over their images, as do many other countries around the world. So if you see a government photo, you have to see which government made it, and this complicates things.

You can easily identify a free image if its uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, such as Image:Jimmy-wales-frankfurt2005-alih01.jpg. See the message that says This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. The description on its description page there is shown below. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository.? This means that any image on Commons is free for you to use. Additionally, any image whose page has a license tag under GFDL, GNU, Creative Commons, or derivative licenses, or are released into the public domain are also free for you to use.

Unfortunately, many users who upload images don't include the required information, such as who made it, where did they get it from, what license is it under? If you see a page with this information missing, then it's wrong, and requires that a user edit it to include the information.

If you have any more questions, by all means let me know. - Mtmelendez (Talk) 03:07, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Third reply

Of course!! That file is in Wikimedia Commons, which you can use freely for your userpage or your userboxes. - Mtmelendez (Talk) 23:40, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of songs of GH3

don't take off the [[]] of the bands that don't have wikipedia page if someone wanna create the page, the link will be already there, ok? and i think the way i put the last encore (TDWDTG) is the best i just put C.D.B., because of the space! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Progui (talk • contribs) 21:28, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:FT372SecretPage

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia.
While we appreciate that you enjoy using Wikipedia, please note that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a social network. Wikipedia is not a place to socialize or do things that are not directly related to improving the encyclopedia, as you did at User:FT372SecretPage. Off-topic material may be deleted at any time. This message is not meant to discourage you from editing Wikipedia but rather to remind you that the ultimate goal of this website is to build an encyclopedia. And since there's no such user, I have tagged it with a {{db-nouser}} tag. --Calton | Talk 12:39, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Im sorry bout that, but is there any way I can get the stuff that was on that page back?
You can ask the admin who deleted it [1], though I honestly don't see the point of these things. --Calton | Talk 01:46, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding page vandalism

Someone compromised my account at school over the proxy system, and he decided to vandalise your secret page. Apologies about this. ۩ Dracion (Level 85 Rs Player) ۩ 14:14, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Brethren Court

The page has been nominated for deletion, please join the discussion here. Therequiembellishere (talk) 09:59, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Avril Lavigne = Gorgeous!

Someone please look at this picture and tell me she doesn't have the cutest smile ever!

Doesn't she have the cutest smile ever?
Doesn't she have the cutest smile ever?

Flamingtorch372 (talk) 03:35, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hidden, eh?

Found it. Fun stuff. Doczilla RAWR! 09:11, 18 February 2008 (UTC)