User talk:Fx sever

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[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia!

Hello Fx sever, welcome to Wikipedia!

I noticed nobody had said hi yet... Hi!

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If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. Thanks and happy editing, --Alf melmac 10:31, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tekken Images

Please stop uploading Tekken images in that capacity. The character models are essentially unchanged from Tekken 5, and images only exist to illustrate the character's appearance to the reader. Wikipedia is not a gallery. -ZeroTalk 11:38, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Same editor as 210.4.12.220 (talk · contribs).--MONGO 05:18, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi, just to make sure there are no misunderstandings here. The reason your images are beeng removed and deleted is not because we don't like them as such. The problem is we have very strict rules regarding copyright issues. Images that does not spesify where they came from and who hold the copyright to them will be deleted because we need to know those things in order to verify that we can legaly use the image. Likewise we also need the images to have a proper "copyright tag" template to let people who wish to use Wikipedia content know what license the image is used under. In this case the images are copyrighted, the fact that they are freely available on the internett does not change that. Unles the copyright holder have explicitly stated that an image can be distributed under such-and-such license we have to asume they reserve all rights to the work (by law all creative works are copyrighted by default), often they will allow free personal and non-commericial use of the images, but these images would still be inapropriate for Wikipedia, uploading to the Wikipedia is not a "personal use" (personal use is more like using it as a desktop wallpaper, or sharing it with a couple of friends), and Wikipedia does not allow "non commercial" content either, because we want our content to be re-usable for any purpose, even commercial, so while the Wikipedia itself is non-commercial we still require our contnet to be usable in a commercial context in order to be considered realy free. So when you claim that an image you did not create yourself (copying, ripping or modifying it does not count as creating) has been released under the GFDL license or whatever you are actualy commiting a copyright violation, wich is why the images are beeing deleted. Such images might still be used on the English language Wikipedia under the fair use doctrine, however We have a strict set of requirements claimed fair use content have to meet before we allow it. Wikimedia commons where you uploaded the picture does not allow fair use, wich is another reason they are beeing deleted from there. So please do not insert unsourced and inproperly "tagged" images into articles, and be carefull to include adequate source information and license tagging in any images you upload in the future. I realise it can be complicated, but it's important, and if you keep uploading or inserting images with lacking information you might end up getting blocked. Thanks for understanding. --Sherool (talk) 11:14, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image licensing

Copied from my talk page --Sherool (talk) 06:24, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

how would i know if the image licensing is approved by the wiki board? and furthermore, are there any other additional information needed besides the source url, licensing and summary? thanks for the reminder, by the way. i hope you reply soon. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fx sever (talk • contribs) 05:28, 2 May 2006 (UTC).

It's not the Wikimedia board who aprove an image license as such. If you have an e-mail from a copyright holder that says that a scertain image can be released under a free license (not merely that it may be used on Wikipedia, but that it can be distributed and used freely by anyone) you should forward it to the foundation as described on Wikipedia:Confirmation of permission, but that's only to keep track of it.
If you mean what kind of licenses are "allowed" or considered "free" a rought rule of thumb is this: To be considered "free" and compatable with Wikipedia's GFDL license the copyright holder have to allow modifications to be made, and must allow anyone to use his work for any purpose, (not only in non-commercial, private or educational settings). It's ok to require the author(s)/copyright holders(s) to be credited and that modified versions must be made available under the same terms (called a "share alike" license). If a image or other media file is available under a license that fit these criterea you will most likely find a suitable copyright template (aka "Tag") at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags to use. For all other kinds of licenses or "terms of use" please read Wikipedia:Fair use for basic info on the "fair use" doctrine and Wikipedia's policy on using non-free content.
The info you need to put on the image is the source (not nessesarily a URL by the way, the source need to tell us who hold the copyright to the image first and foremost, it's good to know where you found it too, but the important thing is who hold the copyright, for example it does little good to give the URL to some geocities homepage or whatever when uploading a picture of some movie star, the owner of the website probably did not take that image himself). The second thing is the copyright status, it needs a copyright tag, and it needs to explain why the choosen copyright tag is apropriate (for example a link to the terms of use on the page you found it, refeer to a mail logged with the foundation as described in the confirmatino of permission link abobe, or if it's a self made work explain that you made it and release it under so-and-so license and things like that). If you claim fair use on an image you also need a fair use rationale. Beyond that it's more or less optional, though a description is always good (makes the image more accessable from searches), and generaly the more info the better IMHO.
Hope this answer most of your questions, if you have questions about a spesific image you can try asking on Wikipedia:Media copyright questions.
P.S. Oh, and the fair use thing only apply to the English Wikipedia, commons and most of the other language projects does not accept fair use images. --Sherool (talk) 06:24, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

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

Thanks for uploading Image:Annawilliams.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).

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[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:T5DR King.jpg)

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[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Chang, Julia.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:Chang, Julia.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media 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 media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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 all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 22:00, 8 January 2008 (UTC)