User talk:Greenmind
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[edit] University coats of arms
Hi! I noticed you've uploaded a handful of university coats of arms recently. Are you emblazoning them yourself or finding them elsewhere? If you're doing them yourself, keep in mind that you don't have to use the {{coatofarms}} license template -- you can license them under whatever terms you want (preferably free ones!) because the rights to an emblazon go to the artist. — mendel ☎ 14:01, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
- Sorry, I'm not drawing these guys myself. In most of the scenarios, I'm just replacing the Coats of Arms with a higher quality image that what was previously in use. Or, on more than one occasion, I just took the image that was already in use and changed the format from say...a jpeg to a PNG (to make the background transparent.) On a related note, it seems that most Canadian universities, between around 2000 and 2003 decided that it was important to standardize their "visual identity" and so most of them have provided incredibly precise standards on what their crest should be. Most of them say they are free to use for non-commercial purposes. In the past, I've use the {{logo}} license template, it's just that this time around there was a coat of arms template that seemed more appropriate. --Greenmind 23:30, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
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- Ok, just making sure. I'd noticed a couple of incidents of people emblazoning arms themselves but using {{coatofarms}} from habit, even though they could use their own free license, so I thought I'd check. — mendel ☎ 00:26, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] University template
Hi I noticed you made the template for the Schools of Queen's University. Just wondering is there a general template to follow or did you make it yourself? Thanks YCCHAN 20:19, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
Do you know where I can view the source of the template?Nvm, I found out. YCCHAN 23:57, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Image Tagging Image:UBC-Crest.png
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[edit] Big Five banks reordering
Good call on reordering the banks according to size. However, it is not obvious whether the size goes from smallest to largest or largest to smallest. I'm actually a little unsure myself (although I think you've ordered them largest to smallest) so could you please change the line from "in order of size" to either "from smallest to largest" or "largest to smallest"? Also, if you have a source for the ordering, that'd be cool too. Thanks a million! Mustard 20:47, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure what "size" is the ordering based on. It appears to be number of employees?
If it's done using market cap, the order would be: RBC, Scotia, TD, BMO, CIBC
If it's done using assets, the order would be: RBC, TD, Scotia, BMO, CIBC
If it's done using employees, the order would be: RBC, TD, Scotia, CIBC, BMO (the ordering that appeared before my edit)
This according to the stats that appear on the page.
I re-ordered using market cap and re-ordered the boxes beneath by the same order. Feel free to comment on whether that's the best way to do it. Kelvinc 07:20, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Image tagging for Image:QueensBands.jpg
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[edit] Image tagging for Image:QueensBandsPiper.jpg
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[edit] Copyright problems with Image:Queensfall.jpg
Jkelly 01:36, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Untagged image
An image you uploaded, Image:UTCrest.png, was tagged with the {{coatofarms}} copyright tag. This tag was deleted because it does not actually specify the copyright status of the image. The image may need a more accurate copyright tag, or it may need to be deleted. If the image portrays a seal or emblem, it should be tagged as {{seal}}. If you have any questions, ask them at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. -- 13:39, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Remo
Do you know anything helpful about the Remo company? I've started the article under the name Remo (Company) But it remains a stub. Please lend a stick and enlist the help of those who know.
[edit] Orphaned non-free image (Image:CFRClogo.jpg)
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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:QueensGoldenGaels.png
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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:RMCcrest.png
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[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Mcgill-logo.png
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