User talk:Kevin W.

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If you created this media file and want to use it on Wikipedia, you may re-upload it (or amend the image description if it has not yet been deleted) and use the license {{GFDL-self}} to license it under the GFDL, or {{cc-by-sa-2.5}} to license it under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, or use {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain.

If you did not create this media file but want to use it on Wikipedia, there are two ways to proceed. First, you may choose one of the fair use tags from this list if you believe one of those fair use rationales applies to this file. Second, you may want to contact the copyright holder and request that they make the media available under a free license.

If you have any questions please ask at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. Thank you. —Pilotguy (ptt) 00:16, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Your "by permission only" image uploads

Hi-

I saw where you uploaded several images for Colonial Forces (Battlestar Galactica) and indicated that they are used with permission. As the green messages above point out, these images cannot be used on Wikipedia. When I look at old versions of the article - [1] - it looks like they were already images of the rank insignia there that were freely licensed. I know nothing whatsoever about Battlestar Galactica so please forgive my ignorance - is there something inadequate about the images that we there? If not, it is Wikipedia's policy to always prefer free images over non-free ones and to never use images where we only have permission unless they would qualify for fair use even without the permission. --BigDT 03:40, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

The images that were used previously were inaccurate as screen caps from the show prove. How would I get them approved for use on Wikipedia? I communicate with the creator of the ranks on a regular basis and the creator has said in writing that the ranks can be used on this site. --Kevin W. 04:41, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for details on the kind of permission Wikipedia needs. Essentially, we would need for them to be released under a "free" license, like the GFDL, or to be released into the public domain. The bottom of Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission has a sample form letter that you can use to ask for permission. Also, you may want to discuss the issue on Talk:Colonial Forces (Battlestar Galactica). It actually looks like a very inactive page ... so there probably isn't anyone to discuss it with ... but it would be a good idea to mention on there why you removed the old images and what the problem was. That way, six months from now, someone doesn't wonder why they were removed and simply add them back. --BigDT 05:35, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

I redirected Template:Kuro-RPG image to Template:Db-noncom; the images were uploaded after 2005-05-19 and have improper licenses and, thus, meet the third criterion for speedy deletion of images. --Iamunknown 03:35, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

I nominated Template:Kuro-RPG image for deletion. You may participate in the discussion at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2007 April 29. --Iamunknown 23:26, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Riley L. Pitts

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[edit] Rollback

I have granted rollback rights to your account, because after a review of some of your contributions it appears that we can trust you to use rollback correctly by using it for its intended use of reverting vandalism: and believe you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Rollback feature and Rollback school. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck. Yamamoto Ichiro 会話 04:55, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] List of assassinated American politicians

Hello, Kevin W! Nice to make your acquaintance. I'm sorry to have to tell you that I need to undo your recent edit to List of assassinated American politicians. You see, that list is a sortable list. A reader who wishes to may sort the dead ones by last name (the default), by year of assassination, place of assassination, whatever. On a normal static table, your edit would have been very good, because it would make clear that the men died in the same incident. But in this case, by tying them together, when they get sorted, you can get some weird results. (Right now I'm looking at it after sorting by "Office held", and it says that Muscone's "office" was "Gunshots to abdomen and head"!). Anyway, good attempt there, and keep it up. And welcome! Unschool (talk) 07:34, 26 February 2008 (UTC)