User talk:Anthony J Pintglass

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April 2012

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, but when you add or change content, as you did to the article Hanover, Brighton, please cite a reliable source for your addition. This helps maintain our policy of verifiability. See Wikipedia:Citing sources for how to cite sources, and the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. See WP:USERGENERATED. Logical Cowboy (talk) 17:51, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. As this article is from a newspaper, what evidence would be necessary to verify the presence of a Great Horned Owl in this district? Would a photograph be sufficient? Anthony J Pintglass (talk) 17:56, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As previously suggested, you should read WP:RS and WP:USERGENERATED. This was a newspaper article about user-generated content on an open forum, where anyone can post anything, anonymously and without any verification. I could post on that forum that I saw a giraffe in Picadilly Circus. If a newpaper wrote a brief article about my forum post, without any further verification, that would not mean there is WP:RS evidence of a giraffe in Picadilly Circus. Logical Cowboy (talk) 18:06, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Surely this then raises a much more serious issue about Wikipedia's policy of using newspaper reports as reliable sources in general? Why should you be more trustworthy than a second rate journalist when it comes to urban wildlife? Anthony J Pintglass (talk) 18:07, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not introduce incorrect information into articles, as you did to Tea (meal) with this edit. Your edits appear to be vandalism and have been reverted. If you believe the information you added was correct, please cite references or sources or discuss the changes on the article's talk page before making them again. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. — Jeff G. ツ (talk) 18:16, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Jeff G. The sheer quantity of ^{[citation needed]} tags and unreferenced statements in that article led me to believe that it warranted a "References Needed" tag. I am sorry if this was incorrectly placed, but it does not appear to me to be a very referenced article at all! Anthony J Pintglass (talk) 18:20, 17 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of File:A photograph of April the Tapir.jpg

A tag has been placed on File:A photograph of April the Tapir.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F9 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted images or text borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Eeekster (talk) 18:33, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello and thank you for your message. I fear I am misunderstanding how to find pictures on Flickr which are fair use? That image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ambertq/2956069887/sizes/l/in/photostream/ claims to be creative commons licenced - is this not ok for use on Wikipedia? Please let me know as I am keen to have a picture of April the Tapir on the article. Thanks! Anthony J Pintglass (talk) 20:13, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Just in case you missed my follow-up point at Help

To follow-up, because that image was a nice one, I have had success, on occasion, talking to the photographer and getting them to change the rights. If you let them know it is for Wikipedia, and their name will show up on the image page, they might be willing to make the change. That particular image is available in multiple sizes, so they might be willing to change the license for one of them to a conforming license. --SPhilbrick (Talk) 18:06, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse!

Hello! Anthony J Pintglass, you are invited to the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. Please join us! Sarah (talk) 02:27, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of April the tapir

The article April the tapir has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

This isn't really the best of pages. It also isn't complete. We do not need to know about all the tapirs in the world.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Algamicagrat (talk) 20:09, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of April the tapir for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article April the tapir is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/April the tapir until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Shirt58 (talk) 11:47, 19 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

removal of non-free image from User page

I am removing a non-free image from your User page. Please see WP:User pages and WP:FUC. Logical Cowboy (talk) 20:08, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]