User talk:KevinCarmody
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[edit] Image deleted
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The copywrite issues are very complex, even to me. Someone else tagged the image for speedy delete and I checked it and it bascially is from that flickr page which doesn't technically qualify as a fair use or public domain source. Aside from images uploaded by the U.S. Government, very few images that are from the internet can be used on Wikipedia. Sorry about that. Of course, any image you take personally can be uploaded.--MONGO 14:34, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] WikiProject relating to Kent
I noticed that you have been active on articles relating to Kent, Portal:Kent or various Kent related lists and hope you'd be keen to assist with a WikiProject relating to Kent, please reply to me on this or my Talk page.
If I've duplicated another Project, please let me know as I feel joining a Project is a sensible step to motivate us and share ideas or work in this mammoth encyclopedic task. Olive Oil 15:43, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Collaboration 18th - 25th March 2007
- Olive Oil -ŢάĽɮ - 14:11, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Results
[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Manston parish.jpg
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[edit] American football/ivy league
I'm not into RV battles. The reason I changed the Ivy League article is because the phrase Ivy League is known internationally (mainly because of movies). Internationally the phrase Football is used differently in different countries. Take a look at the football article. In fact, What you call soccer really called association football. I hope you understand and agree to revert the change to the Ivy League article yourself. KevinCarmody (talk) 12:07, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
- You have a very good point, and yes, I do know that the rest of the world plays soccer without helmets and a somewhat more spherical ball:). However, articles for Pacific-10 Conference and Big Ten Conference, (homes of Michigan, Berkeley, Stanford: all world recognized schools) reference football in the opening sections, but refer to it as plain Football, wikified to link to American Football. I've tried searching around WP for precedent on this, but cannot seem to find anything. My gut feeling is that it is proper to refer to a polysemic term in the vernacular of the country the article is about; so in this case, just football. What are your thoughts on this? Have you come across any relevant policy, either way, we should be following? cOrneLlrOckEy (talk) 13:38, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Possibly unfree Image:RamsgateHarbour2.jpg
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[edit] Speedy deletion of Image:TownleyHouse.jpg
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