User talk:Zerbey

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I check this page several times a day. If you really need a faster response try my ICQ number: 18279005, but make it clear you're a Wikipedian or I'm likely to ignore you. I can also be reached via e-mail, chris at horry dot org.

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[edit] Michael Cretu

Hi mate, I just wanted to say that I have added loads of information to the Michael Cretu webpage, that you originally wrote the stub for. I'm also a baseball fan, but thankfully I'm a Seattle Mariners fan :-) Thanks for the "kudos to the anonymous bloke who recently added some info" line that you left for me on the MC discussion page. It's great to be a few weeks and three topics into my Wikipedia career :-) --Mart Owen 22:53, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Frances Shand-Thingy

Thanks for the heads-up, but I really don't have anything else to say about her (and I'm not really bothered enough to go and look; there'll be full obits in all tonights's papers, I suppose). I just wanted to get a mention of Seil in on the article, but you'd already beaten me to it. 73s, –Hajor 17:05, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Svetlana Boguinskaya

:-)

You may nor may not have seen this page already (it's near the top of the Google results for her), but if you're planning on expanding her bio, have a read of Svetlana Boguinskaya: A Swan For Belarus Through A Time of Turmoil, plenty of info there. —Stormie 02:45, Jul 2, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Laika copyright clear!

Under Soviet law, all works created before 25 May 1973 in the Soviet Union are public domain. So I replaced your Romanian stamp with a Russian one. The article is clear! - David Gerard 23:58, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)

That's great news :-)
Now Matt Crypto's decided he wants a pile more added of course ;-) And my added stamp is apparently Albanian. Dammit ... - David Gerard 13:12, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Pac-Man

thanks for your work on Pac-Man - no need to acknowledge this message, we're all busy people... ;o) --bodnotbod 01:50, Jul 22, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Natasha

Thanks for writing it in the first place. Wikipedia was the first I'd heard of Natasha! - Nunh-huh 20:58, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Great Storm

I love it when I write an empty link and someone fills it in. Thanks for writing the Great Storm of 1987. Do you think this is the best title by the way? It seems to be used in other places, but perhaps there were other Great Storms in other parts of the world in the same year. Mintguy (T)

[edit] Thanks!

It was a pleasure to help with the Laika story! - Ta bu shi da yu 14:24, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Tampa Wikimeet

Pardon the impersonality; I'm pasting this on every Wikiuser's page who lives in eastern Florida. We're scheduling a Wikimeet this Saturday, September 11. Jimbo still has to decide the place but he's looking into Panera Bread locations here in Tampa. Please post on User:Jimbo Wales and tell us if you're interested in coming. Thanks! Mike H 18:47, Sep 7, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Wellington

I'm afraid I have not done any research on the Duke of Wellington; if a reliable source suggests that he did have this nickname, then, by all means, one may add it to the article. -- Emsworth 21:12, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Meaning

It has no meaning. You must realise I'm not a big fish. - Ta bu shi da yu 02:33, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Shrine of Remembrance FAC

What more do you think needs to be in the lead section? I'm happy to add it, but I'm just not sure what more is needed there. Ambi 05:57, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)


[edit] Oasis

Could I please recruit you to give me a hand with the noel gallagher page? you seem to know your stuff. Also, my back hurts. Cheers bud. Nice picture. Click.--Crestville 21:56, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC).--Crestville 11:31, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Right so, Back to me then. Cheers.--Crestville 11:31, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks, Z

for your support on "bicycle", from a fellow Bostonian (the U.S. one). i did a lot of reading to get the British stuff up to speed. it's discouraging when some dreadfully written stuff gets "featured", and then some guy goes off on an article because he doesn't like the darn picture! Sfahey 01:43, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for helping out with Wiki Syntax

Hi Zerbey, thanks for helping out with the Wiki Syntax, and I'm sorry you didn't have much luck with those 5 items! I had a quick look at them to make sure the software is OK, and they were all real problems, it's just that two of them had already been fixed (part of the difficulty of the Wikipedia being a constantly moving target!), and the other two were quite fussy and hard to find:

  • Scooby-Doo was fixed on the 6th Nov (Doh - just after the list was produced!)
  • Scientology and the legal system had one square bracket in nowiki tags, but not the other, so I added it for the other one, so that they're balanced.
  • Schizophrenia had a newline in the external link, but it was really hard to tell because the URL was so long (I've deleted the newline now).
  • With Schubert compositions D number 505-998 there previously was a square bracket on a line by itself, but it got deleted by someone on or before the 6th Nov.

Honestly, I think you were very unlucky to have 4 out of the 5 be such tricky ones and already fixed ones :-( I do hope it doesn't put you off too much though because every bit of help really is appreciated. All the best, Nickj 05:18, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] OK Soda

Zerbey, thanks for your input on WP:FAC. I've made most of the changes you suggested where I could, and I did some prelimary research by browsing through texts on Amazon. Any other suggestions? --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 17:53, Nov 16, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] FAC: Saturn V

I was wondering if you still object to the nomination of the article? IMHO, I feel that your objections have been fixed--Enceladus 03:04, Nov 17, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] FAC: Mozilla Firefox

I'd like you to take a look at the Firefox FAC nomination - the features section has been expanded extensively. Andre (talk) 03:12, Nov 22, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] The Humungous Image Tagging Project

Hi. You've helped with the Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Syntax, so I thought it worth alerting you to the latest and greatest of Wikipedia fixing project, User:Yann/Untagged Images, which is seeking to put copyright tags on all of the untagged images. There are probably, oh, thirty thousand or so to do (he said, reaching into the air for a large figure). But hey: they're images ... you'll get to see lots of random pretty pictures. That must be better than looking for at at and the the, non? You know you'll love it. best wishes --Tagishsimon (talk)

[edit] Article Licensing

Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 2000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

Option 1
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Option 2
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Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" with "{{MultiLicensePD}}". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man (comment| talk)

[edit] Steve Dalkowski

Maybe you could reword it, something like, "most recently", or something like that? RickK 05:04, Jan 23, 2005 (UTC)

It's just rather jarring to see quintessentially American subjects written about in British spelling. Especially in cases like this, where the reader is probably most likely to be a casual reader of very US-centric sports media. In most other situations, I would only care about consistency, and I don't think you should be forced to change your writing style. I don't spend too much effort myself at using British spelling when it's called for, I let other people who are better at it fix it for me.

I actually noticed the article because of FAC. I usually have pretty high expectations of featured articles, so I think it's not ready yet, but it's a good start, and rather than objecting I figured I would put a little effort into actually working on it. --Michael Snow 21:17, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ivan Noble

I was just wondering where you heard that there were plans to publish a book of the tumour diary? I have been following it for probably around a year and half, maybe more, and was obviously terribly saddened to read his last column. --User:Lochaber 16:12, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the ref, I seem to have missed that one, I couldn't find it on the drop down menus.

--User:Lochaber 17:44, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Steve Dalkowski

Have added a comment to Wikipedia:Peer review/Steve Dalkowski/archive1. Interesting article! I think that if you can fixup those issues you'll be well on your way to a featured article there :-) Good work! Ta bu shi da yu 16:43, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Hey. There are so many articles on peer review that it's sometimes hard to comment on them all! I've been trying, but it's tough work. You should go through them and do the same, the more constructive criticism, the better the articles get! If you want lots of feedback (after you've made some alterations as per my suggestions) then list it on WP:FAC. Don't stress if lots of people object to it being featured, they always have an actionable reason. If you work on their suggestions, then this will make your article tighter and it'll become featured! - Ta bu shi da yu 04:48, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Cheers mate, I'll leave it on peer review for a while :) I'll try to work through it... I hope that this can get out of peer review in such a state that we can get it onto FAC without too many issues! - Ta bu shi da yu 03:44, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
I've merged the trivia section into the article. Do you want to double-check this? - Ta bu shi da yu 23:58, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Kit Krieger wrote the post I've quoted to you on the Society for American Baseball Research email lists (SABR-L) in 2003. When writing him, mention my name Joshua Raisen, and say that I am a SABR member referring you, please. You caught the Dalkowski picture I linked to on the discussion page, didn't you?

I scanned the picture out of the Cult Baseball Players book, where it is credited to the Baseball Hall of Fame. I'm sure a quick email there would take a week to get answered--but in the positive. http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/contact/index.htm

[edit] Give it another shot

For sure... you might want to note on the talk page that literally the only photo that can be found of the guy is a copyrighted one. We aren't too crash hot about copyrighted images! In this case, I can understand why we have to use it. A great bit of tracking down the image however! - Ta bu shi da yu 04:29, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Supported :-) It's almost 5pm here however... Ta bu shi da yu 05:32, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hardcore music

Fuck that nasty hardcore rap shit, I listen to REAL hardcore, the stuff you UK folks actually understand :) A bit of the gabba/happy gabba... but mostly Freeform/HHC/Old Skool.  ALKIVAR™ 22:38, 22 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Dalkowski FAC nom

Just wanted to apologize for raising concerns about this on the FAC page and then forgetting to check back before it dropped off the page (which seemed to happen quickly in this case). I appreciate that you tried to address my concerns anyway. Jgm 14:29, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Hey wanted to let you know i'm up for Adminship if you want to go vote. Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Alkivar  ALKIVAR™ 05:42, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Afternoon? no.

Morinin' Boss. How's tricks?--Crestville 23:28, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Been worse. broke me fuckin arm last night.--Crestville 14:09, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Oldest person

When I click on the image of Mrs. Van Andel on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrikje_van_Andel and I noticed your name.

With the picture is the notice:

This work is copyrighted. The individual who uploaded this work and first used it in an article, and subsequent persons who place it into articles assert that this qualifies as fair use of the material under United States copyright law.

I would like this image used on the Dutch en German pages instead of the ugly one that is there now: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henny_van_Andel-Schipper, http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrikje_van_Andel-Schipper

Is that OK with you? 82.156.237.68 17:15, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

It's a fair use picture, which means it is copyrighted but we have not been given the official nod by the owner to use it. (Read the wikipedia page on Fair Use). Therefore, it's not my permission to give. As far as I can tell, legally we're OK to use this picture if that helps. Zerbey 15:45, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Steve Dalkowski

Congratulations, you got the article to the main page! - Ta bu shi da yu 02:25, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Boston

Pleasure! (RJP 15:36, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC))

If the dog's breakfast at the end has a use, it is a different one from that of the illustrative map links in the text. As a courtesy to the reader let’s assume that if he wants to play the lottery, he will do it somewhere else.:-)
(RJP 3 July 2005 20:53 (UTC))
No, I mean the catch-all link at the end. It seems so sad that such a potentially useful thing as the illustrative map links should be rendered unusable because of the fear that someone will follow on by planting that useless bomb. How is the reader supposed to judge which of the umpteen options to select when, in many cases, he doesn't know what result the click will bring and if he did, he has no way of knowing what he is looking for, even when he has found it? Its use as an illustrative device is nil. It is simply a short course in map-aversion therapy. (RJP 3 July 2005 21:19 (UTC))

Concerning the featured article proposal, I didn't know about such things but I have had a random dip into the list and find that those I looked at Bath, Charles II of England and Trench warfare were of a higher standard than Boston, Lincolnshire is. Uniformity is not everything but I think the Boston page should be looked at with a view to presenting the day to day factual material in a way similar to that of other town articles. I am not convinced of the merits of presenting the list of attractions as a bald list as the Bath page does but some policy thought is perhaps needed here as the Boston page is semi-narrative in this section. That part is too, as yet incomplete. One obvious omission as yet, is a references section. However, there are other omissions and shortages. It is nearly all history in one way or another. It needs something on provision in fields such as education, health, business etc. The footnote links in the Bath page are worth thinking about as a way of tying the references into the statements in the text. I think it best to wait and see if someone can come up with something in these areas. (RJP 6 July 2005 11:01 (UTC))

[edit] William Clarke

Hi, if you get a chance. When you get more information on William Clarke can you keep an eye out for information on his step-children the Storers. I've been working on that family too. Genealogy/family history is a lot of fun isn't it? :)

Thanks for starting the article on him. --Teri 15:09, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sesame Street on FAC

Hi there, you supported Sesame Street becoming a featured article by in 2004, I was wondering if you'd mind looking again at the article, and possibly supporting the current campaign? Thanks for your time! -- user:zanimum

[edit] Class D driver's licenses do exist, silly

Hello:

I'm reverting your edit right now. Please run factual assertions unknown to you through Google before changing them! If you search on Google for "Class D driver's license," you will immediately come across Web pages from several states that currently issue such a license as their general regular license, including Arizona, Illinois, and Montana. In several other states, Class D is used for military personnel licenses or learner's permits.

As you should be aware (since you emigrated here), the U.S. operates under a federal system where all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states. The federal government has refrained from federalizing driver's licenses despite its ability to do so under the Commerce Clause. Therefore, states are free to organize their internal affairs, like driver's licenses, in any way they like. I know that some states like Florida have abolished Class D, but other states have not. That is the wonderful thing about the federal system; the states are free to experiment with their internal governance in many ways, which differs dramatically from the limited powers of the counties in the UK and the departments in France.

--Coolcaesar 15:24, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging Image:John Peel.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:John Peel.jpg. I notice the image page currently doesn't specify who created the image, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created the image yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the image on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the image yourself then you should also specify where you found it, ie in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

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Glad you tagged it fair use using the proper tag... but... we still need a link to where you snagged it from. Otherwise its still considered a no-source image and up for deletion :/  ALKIVAR™ 02:36, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
Sorry the BBC said no, but these are the problems when trying to make something ANYONE can use :( Thank you for your efforts tho!  ALKIVAR™ 03:06, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Natasha

Cheers, Chris. I re-arranged the Natasha article to dis-ambiguate the nice article on the monkey, and the radio presenter. I felt it was appropriate and trust it is satisfactory, with all due deference ! Someone has already tried to vandalise it. There are apparently several other Natasha's waiting for dis-ambiguation. BTW, I hope the Peel photo gets resolved. It was a great photo ! -- (Bob) Wikiklrsc 19:54, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Excellent, Chris ! Many thanks for your blessing. Hey, I'm visiting near Boston, just for fun. Oh, America's Boston, to "dis-ambiguate" ! ;) Best Wishes as ever. -- (Bob) Wikiklrsc 20:39, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Change for Wikipedians from Florida

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[edit] Did this actually appear ?

Hi Chris. Does anyone know if this ever really appeared in Maxim Magazine's September 2005 issue as claimed, or is this bogus ? I can't verify it, but I also don't have access to the magazine. Would you know who the authority or monitors are who check this or that can be asked ? The article in question is Maxim magazine's 20 Most Annoying Songs Ever! -- Wikiklrsc 08:41, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Cheers, Chris! Thanks for your thoughts, as ever. Someone at the Village Pump was kind enough to find the original published Maxim magazine article for verification. [1]. It turned out to be the October 2005 issue, and not September 2005 as in the Wikipedia article. I fixed that. I don't read the magazine, either, but found the article subsumed under Lists of songs which I was looking at, and wondered if the Maxim article could be real, as such. It was a bit harsh. I guess the larger Wikipedia community at large should decide if it's up for a Vfd or not. There are other Wikipedia articles based on song valuations there in the list, too. Personally, I think Maxim's list is a bit fiddly, although I would tend to agree with your musical taste proferred on the song mentioned. Many thanks, again, Chris, as ever. -- (Bob) Wikiklrsc 23:00, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
Chris, believe it or not, "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani has been nominated for two 2006 Grammy awards: (1) Best Pop Female Vocal Performance and (2) Record of the Year ! ;) -- (Bob) Wikiklrsc 01:42, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The matter of Dr. James R. Russell's article

Hi Chris. Perhaps you can help out. I wrote Professor/Dr. James R. Russell's article as he is indeed a world known scholar in his field and very notable. I checked that his colleague, Dr. Wheeler Thackston had an article, which he has since 2004. They are both in the same department at Harvard, and on comparable par. Dr. Russell's opus "Zoroastrianism in Armenia" is a major work published by Harvard University amongst other works of his. The article is not a vanity article and Dr. Russell who occupies the Mashtots Chair in Armenian Studies, at Harvard University, which is a very prestigious chair, is more than noteworthy. As much as Dr. Wheeler Thackston is. Dr. Russell's article is James R. Russell. I have no idea who User_talk:Dsc is and why the person flagged it. The stated objections are not valid. The warning should be removed. I don't know where else to turn to. Thanks. --- (Bob) Wikiklrsc 20:49, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi Chris. Thanks for your help. We do need some kind of help on this. Sannse User:Sannse, from the Wikipedia arbitration committee removed the warning as spurious, but then the original objector User:Dsc has put the warning back up with no discussion as asked. So I wrote to Sannse again but I myself removed the warning since no discussion was offered by the objector except the ludicrous claim that Sannse's lifting of the warning was "vandalism" which is nonsense. I have no doubt that Dr. Russell's article is very relevant for Wikipedia. I documented the reason's very carefully on the article's talk page. Yes, we are in need of further help. It's ridiculous to spend time editing out the warning when the user has no valid claim or desire for discussion. Please help out. I'm getting exhausted by it all. Can there be nothing done to stop the user ? Thanks, Chris. --- (Bob) Wikiklrsc 22:08, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi Chris. Thanks for your kind message. It isn't really resolved. User:Sannse formerly of the Wikipedia arbitration committee had removed the warning in the light of reason, and the person User:Dsc has slapped on the warning again on Dr. James R. Russell's article without any discussion. I do hope this gets resolved but (a) I don't feel the warning is justified and it should not be there (b) the person has taken no time to discuss it as per your suggestion, and (c) I have no easy internet access on this end due to serious outages, and (d) the objection by the person does not stand up to reason and a test. I am writing this from a stand-up kiosk in a library. If you could do something appropriate, I would be appreciative. The person is acting in my opinion, irrationally. Thanks. --- (Bob) Wikiklrsc 21:09, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pioneer 10

Hi, I just checked the pioneer 10 page to update it regarding the failed attempt to contact it. Apparantly someone (YOU !) were faster than me updating it ;-) I was the one entering the remark about the possible attempt on March .... Well Done ;-) ! Well, mars orbiter insertion is due in a couple of days for MRO, I'd guess you'd be following it as well on Nasa TV on Friday ? Kind regards, Koen.

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[edit] Boston

Hi Chris. Having recently walked down Saint Botolph's Street, I was prompted to look him up. It's whence Boston derived its name ! Cheers and Bests. --- Bob Wikiklrsc 12:40, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

As well, Chris, you might get a giggle out of our discussion. User_talk:Wikiklrsc#Long_Island.2C_Boston.2C_Massachusetts and User_talk:Rich_Farmbrough#Long_Island_.28Boston.29_v._Long_Island.2C_Massachusetts. ;) Bests. ---(Bob) Wikiklrsc 20:03, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Laika stamp

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[edit] Laika

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[edit] More Laika

Hope I haven't stepped on your toes with this - I was going to leave to see if anybody worked on it, but while looking for photos I found a lot of sources that were easy to add as refs, so I just sort of evolved into working on it. I know WP is very clear on people not owning articles, but its also hard not to get attached when you've done most of the work. If it's any consolation, it was very comprehensive - I think it's the most thorough coverage anywhere on the web. Cheers, Yomanganitalk 09:24, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

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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 07:06, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Steve Dalkowski FAR

Steve Dalkowski has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 20:40, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Jimmy_Morris_-_Pitching.jpg

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Jimmy_Morris_-_Pitching.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use. Suggestions on how to do so can be found here.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. 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 any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sherool (talk) 22:55, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Belkastrelka1.jpg

I have tagged Image:Belkastrelka1.jpg as {{no rationale}}, because it does not provide a fair use rationale. If you believe the image to be acceptable for fair use according to Wikipedia policy, please provide a rationale explaining as much, in accordance with the fair use rationale guideline, on the image description page. Please also consider using {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. Thank you. MER-C 09:06, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Replaceable fair use Image:Russian_Sputnik_2_Space_Capsule.jpg

Replaceable fair use

Thanks for uploading Image:Russian_Sputnik_2_Space_Capsule.jpg. I noticed the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:

  1. Go to the image description page and edit it to add {{di-replaceable fair use disputed}}, without deleting the original Replaceable fair use template.
  2. On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace the fair use image by finding a freely licensed image of its subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or a similar) image under a free license, or by taking a picture of it yourself.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our fair use criteria. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that even if you follow steps 1 and 2 above, fair use images which could be replaced by free-licensed alternatives will be deleted 2 days after this notification (7 days if not used in an article), per our Fair Use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Calliopejen1 15:02, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image source problem with Image:Professional Wrestler Big Daddy.png

Image Copyright problem

Thanks for uploading Image:Professional Wrestler Big Daddy.png. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, their copyright should also be acknowledged.

As well as adding the source, please add a proper copyright licensing tag if the file doesn't have one already. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 20:19, 18 December 2007 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. —Remember the dot (talk) 20:19, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Professional Wrestler Big Daddy.png)

Thanks for uploading Image:Professional Wrestler Big Daddy.png. 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. BetacommandBot (talk) 14:48, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Joshua Bryant and Lillian Martin

I have nominated Joshua Bryant and Lillian Martin, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joshua Bryant and Lillian Martin. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. TRAVELLINGCARIMy storyTell me yours 18:30, 6 March 2008 (UTC)