User talk:Gunman47

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[edit] Welcome

Hello Gunman47 and welcome to Wikipedia! I'm glad you've chosen to join us. This is a great project with lots of dedicated people, which might seem intimidating at times, but don't let anything discourage you. Be bold!, explore, and contribute. If you want to learn more,

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Float around for awhile until you find something that tickles your fancy. One easy way to do this is to hit the random page button in the navigation bar to the left. You can write new articles, add to existing ones, or edit any and all pages that appear. There are also many great committees and groups that focus on particular jobs. My personal favorite stomping grounds are Wikipedia:Translation into English and Wikipedia:Cleanup for sloppy articles, but they may not interest you. Finally, the Wikimedia Foundation has several other wiki projects that you might enjoy more, but Wikipedia is the most popular by far.

There are a few crucial points to keep in mind when editing. Be civil with users, strive to maintain a neutral point of view, and show good etiquette like signing your comments with four tildas like this: ~~~~ If you have any more questions, always feel free to ask me anything on my talk page or ask the true experts at Wikipedia:Help desk. Again, welcome! Draeco 03:55, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Your email et al

Hey there,

Your email and/or MSN ID, if posted on your userpage, could make you vulnerable to spammers. You should consider taking it down (or put it in the format of someone at someplace dot net), since most people can just email you using the Special:Emailuser function. -- Миборовский U|T|C|E|Chugoku Banzai! 00:03, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Boys Brigade

In the article on Singapore Boys Brigade, could you elaborate on how it is or isn't Scouting-related? You may want to join our Scouting WikiProject

Scouting itself find its roots and some of its ideas from the Boys' Brigade, so somehow it is related in some sense. However, the Boys' Brigade in Singapore is operating seperately from the Singapore Scouting Association, so it has no connections to scouting. Therefore any connections to Scouting should be made to the Boys' Brigade article instead. However you are free to make any other enquries or questions to this article related to Scouting. Thanks anyway, I will try to do some resarch on it. Gunman47 14:43, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Springfield_Secondary_School_Logo.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Springfield_Secondary_School_Logo.jpg. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images on Wikipedia is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. You can get help on image copyright tagging from Wikipedia talk:Image copyright tags. -- Carnildo 21:25, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Participant alert regarding Wikiproject on Advertising

The Wikiproject No Ads, created as a backlash against the Answers.com deal, has served an important function in providing a space for users to express their disagreement with the Foundation proposal. While the current controversies about userboxes raise questions about political and social advocacy on Wikipedia, there should be greater flexibility regarding advocacy about Wikipedia in the Wikipedia namespace. Reported and linked by Slashdot and other press sources as a unique and spontaneous occurence in Wikipedia history, it has apparently had some impact as, despite being scheduled to begin in January, not a peep has been heard about the trial and proposed sponsored link since the deal's controversial announcement months ago. Currently, however, there is an attempt to delete the project or move it off Wikipedia altogether. Since the Foundation has provided no additional information and has not attempted to answer the specific questions that participants in the project raised, it is unclear if the Answers.com deal has been abandoned or simply delayed. Until the situation becomes more clear, I believe the group should still have a place in the Wikipedia namespace. Sincerely, Tfine80 00:14, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Circumcision Userbox

You may find a userfied version of the deleted box in my user space at User:Tomyumgoong/ubx/nocirc, feel free to subst or transclude it if you wish. Tomyumgoong 07:18, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Boys' Brigade 23rd Singapore Company

You should not have removed the AfD tag on this article. I have restored it. --Bduke 02:45, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Soviet Ore Refinery destroyed.png)

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[edit] Image:Springfield Secondary School Logo.jpg

Hello Gunman47, an automated process has found an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, such as fair use. The image (Image:Springfield Secondary School Logo.jpg) was found at the following location: User:Gunman47. This image or media will be removed per statement number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media will be replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. The image that was replaced will not be automatically deleted, but it could be deleted at a later date. Articles using the same image should not be affected by my edits. I ask you to please not re-add the image to your userpage and could consider finding a replacement image licensed under either the Creative Commons or GFDL license or released to the public domain. Thanks for your attention and cooperation. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 19:49, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Singapore Meetup 4 date changed

Singapore Meetup

Meetup 5
  • Status: Currently being planned
  • Date: 2008

Please indicate your interest at the meetup page.
v • d •  e

Hi Gunman47, you were originally invited to Singapore meetup 4. However, due to the lack of response, the date of the meetup has been changed to November. Please refer to this page for more information. -- ZhongHan (Email) 05:23, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Meetup/Singapore 4

Singapore Meetup

Meetup 5
  • Status: Currently being planned
  • Date: 2008

Please indicate your interest at the meetup page.
v • d •  e

Hi Gunman47, you have been invited to attend the SGpedians' meetup on 29 December 2007. We are planning to make this a full day event, but you may join/leave at anytime you wish. If you can or cannot make it, please leave your name here. It will be good to have you at the meetup. Terence (talk) 10:03, 10 December 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Springfield Secondary School Logo.jpg

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If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 05:34, 24 January 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:American Conquest.jpg

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[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:American Conquest Fight Back.jpg}

Thank you for uploading Image:American Conquest Fight Back.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this image under "fair use" may not meet the criteria required by Wikipedia:Non-free content. This can be corrected by going to the image description page and add or clarify the reason why the image qualifies for fair use. In particular, for each page the image is used on, the image must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Can you please check:

  • That there is a non-free use rationale on the image's escription page for each article the image is used in.
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