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Proposed deletion of Landslide victory

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Wikipedia is not a dictionary, it is an encyclopedia. The Wikipedia article will fill a different need. Your idea is clearly misguided, if I may say so. This word is used in political science and may very well have its place here. Arms Jones (talk) 22:42, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

Yes, it is an encyclopedia, so a two sentence definition of the term Landslide victory with no expansion is pointless; that's why we have dictionaries. The Wiktionary definition of landslide (see wikt:landslide) already lists the political victory sense of the word. Now, if you had written an article as a list of notable landslide victories, that might be something, but the article you've written seems to serve no purpose whatsoever. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 22:51, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

So I am forbidden to start an article very shortly and continue working on it some hour later? It has to be a full essay from the start? I didn't know that was the Wikipedia way. Arms Jones (talk) 22:59, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

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Perhaps the category should be renamed to Category:Wikipedians interested in monarchism so that it wouldn't be an expression of beliefs but rather of interests. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 13:55, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Coat of arms of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

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You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 23:16, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

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Thank you! Arms Jones (talk) 22:17, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

Links from London borough infoboxes to coats of arms articles

I've added the ability to do this and made it work on the Barking & Dagenham and Bexley articles. You can easily do this for futher articles by filling in one field as I did here. MRSC (talk) 19:20, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

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Thank you. I have fixed the link from the coat of arms of the London County Council, but for the others I don't know how to disambiguate. For Ethelbert, I am not sure whom by that name it should link to and for bourne there is no more exact article than the disambiguating page. Arms Jones (talk) 15:00, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Question About Coats of Arms

Will you be rewriting the Blazon section of your articles? That section is difficult to read or understand. Thanks! JodyB _talk 17:47, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

No. The blazon is adopted officially and written with heraldic terminology. The blazon is quoted from the grant of arms and cannot be rewritten, it would be like rewriting a maths formula just to explain it. You have to have the explanation next to it instead. What the blazon says is described in the rest of the article and in the image. If you have any specific question about some blazon, maybe you can post that question on the talkpage and I will try to answer it. Arms Jones (talk) 18:01, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

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Thank you, I have made this change now, linking to crown (heraldry) instead. Arms Jones (talk) 15:01, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

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Coat of arms of the London Borough of Haringey

Hi Arms_Jones, regarding your recent revert. Kindly follow the link on Coat of arms of the London Borough of Haringey to the merge discussion. That is where you will find my rationale for the merge discussion. --Salimfadhley (talk) 20:37, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

OK. You should have added an explanation in the edit summary, I think. Arms Jones (talk) 21:47, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

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Thank you, however, I am not the one who have provided this text to Wikipedia. I just moved it from one article to another. Arms Jones (talk) 10:42, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

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On a related note, if Terbinium is deleted would you have any objection to that bit being removed from the Total Recall plot summary? It doesn't seem helpful to understanding the plot, and since your rationale was that there was a redirect... Anyway, with both of us favoring the deletion I suspect it will happen unless there's a pocket of supporters I'm unaware of. Thanks! DonIago (talk) 21:12, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Of course, that's only there for the redirect. Thanks for your message here, I reposted it on the talk pages of others who have been more involved with that redirect page than I have. Arms Jones (talk) 21:15, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

No problem! Apparently a few editors are in favor of keeping the redirect, so I guess we'll see how things pan out. DonIago (talk) 21:40, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

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Freshacconci, I think you should notify the person who contributed this from the start. As you can see in the history of the article, I merely moved the text from one article to another. Arms Jones (talk) 22:27, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, with Twinkle this is all automated and it's easy to get a bit lazy with these sorts of things. I'll let them know. Thanks.freshacconci talk to me 22:31, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

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I don't see the problem here, RadioFan. What would be the copyright infringement? The text is my own, based on two different sources. The image is posted to Wikipedia before and is used with permission and with fair use rationale. Arms Jones (talk) 05:43, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

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Thank you, I have made the correction now. Arms Jones (talk) 13:07, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

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Reviewed as part of part of page curation, interesting short article on heraldry. Perhaps Russian could be included in article title to enable better search. Kieranian2001 (talk) 12:33, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

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It's a good idea. However, I don't know the Russian name for it, I only used the information I got from the article on Russian heraldry and the English language page of the President of Russia which is linked from the article. I don't know enough Russian to be able to find the Russian name at that site. Arms Jones (talk) 13:09, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

January 2014

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No, it does not. I have gone through the policy and there is nothing there about these images. Arms Jones (talk) 21:12, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Usage of non-free files in galleries is not permitted. The next time you re-add them I will take this to ANI and request you be blocked for repeated violations of WP:NFCC Werieth (talk) 21:16, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Ignore him. Coats of arms are usually public domain and your use of those images do not fall under the non-free image policy. And Werieth is not permitted to revert image files more than once as he has proven himself to be a nuisance in the past. If he continues to revert your edits, I suggest filing an edit warring complaint. Cheers. freshacconci talk to me 21:19, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Show me where it says these files are not permitted. And please be consistent: if you remove these images, remove all the others in that gallery too. Arms Jones (talk) 21:21, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

The use of non-free images arranged in a gallery or tabular format is usually unacceptable. There are rare exceptions to this policy but this isnt one of them. Werieth (talk) 21:25, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

These images are not non-free in the manner meant in the sentence you quote. To use them in this form of gallery is fair use. Read the fair use information on the file page for each image. Arms Jones (talk) 21:29, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

He likes to selectively quote policy to fit his interpretation and then claim that it is the only interpretation. If a coat of arms does not have a fair use rationale, you can simply add one (there's a rationale on the Canadian coat of arms file for use on one page. Simply copy that and make it for the coat of arms page). Of course, the WP:NFCC link Werieth throws at you clearly says that is an acceptable option for non-free images, but he conveniently doesn't mention it. He mainly likes to delete things. That's all he does. Sorry you have to deal with him. freshacconci talk to me 21:38, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

I removed them for failing WP:NFG a rationale isnt going to fix that. Freshacconci, please stop spreading your incompetent understanding of WP:NFCC around. Werieth (talk) 21:41, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

"A file with a valid non-free-use rationale for some (but not all) articles it is used in will not be deleted. Instead, the file should be removed from the articles for which it lacks a non-free-use rationale, or a suitable rationale added." [Bold mine]. You were saying something about incompetence? freshacconci talk to me 22:16, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

But they are not failing WP:NFG and the use of them in the gallery is fair use. You can't just claim it is in violation without explaining why. Arms Jones (talk) 21:43, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia's policy on non-free material (which fair use is a subsection) is far more strict than fair use law. Usage of non-free media in galleries fails WP:NFCC#1,3,8. Werieth (talk) 21:47, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

You are reading the policies way to strictly. "The use of non-free images arranged in a gallery or tabular format is usually unacceptable, but should be considered on a case-by-case basis." You can't just say it shouldn't be there because it happens to be a gallery. The use of national coats of arms in this gallery is fair use, if anything is. Arms Jones (talk) 21:53, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

On wikipedia fair use is meaningless. Our policy on non-free media WP:NFCC is far far more strict than fair use law. Fair use law allows us to use a copyrighted image on Kim Jong-un, however WP:NFCC#1 forbids usage of non-free files for living people. Please stop trying to argue fair use, wikipedia policies are easily 10 times more strict than fair use law. Werieth (talk) 22:29, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

This discussion is about coats of arms, not living people. freshacconci talk to me 22:34, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Wow, seriously I cant make an example that is easily understood? I was making a point about the differences between fair use and wikipedia's policy on non-free media. Since you are obviously unable to understand WP:NFCC can you please stay out of the related discussions? Werieth (talk) 22:36, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Are you actually telling me where I can and cannot engage in a discussion? Am I hearing you correctly? How old are you exactly? I will ignore this flagrant incivility. For now. freshacconci talk to me 23:01, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

So you mean, if you can't explain your reasoning, it's the recipient's fault, not yours? I think I understand WP:NFCC quite well, but I can't understand your interpretation of it. Is that my fault or is it you who just can't explain yourself? Arms Jones (talk) 00:19, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

I think the target of my last comment was unclear, I was directing them at Freshacconci, who has made a spectacular point of demonstrating that they fail to understand the basic concepts of NFCC. They where not directed at you, my original example was meant as a basic example of just one of many cases where Wikipedia's policy on non-free media is far more strict than that of fair use law. I was making an attempt at explaining it when Freshacconci butts in and makes snarky irrelevant and factually incorrect statements which just muddy the waters. If you would like to sit down and discuss the complexities of NFCC I am more than willing to discuss them with you. As for the comment on my talk page, the biggest issue is that if we could get a free replacement for those coats we should already have it. We cannot void an existing copyright which the images are probably still under in order to bypass NFCC. Werieth (talk) 02:49, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

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Thanks, I took care of it now. Arms Jones (talk) 02:20, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

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Thank you, I have taken care of this now. Arms Jones (talk) 11:02, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

February 2014

Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia. We always appreciate when users upload new images. However, it appears that one or more of the images you have recently uploaded or added to an article, specifically Gallery of country coats of arms, may fail our non-free image policy. Most often, this involves editors uploading or using a copyrighted image of a living person. For other possible reasons, please read up on our Non-free image criteria. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Werieth (talk) 14:49, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Give it a rest. Do argue for your point of view instead. Arms Jones (talk) 17:05, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

February 2014

Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia. We always appreciate when users upload new images. However, it appears that one or more of the images you have recently uploaded or added to an article, specifically File:Coat of arms of Canada.svg, may fail our non-free image policy. Most often, this involves editors uploading or using a copyrighted image of a living person. For other possible reasons, please read up on our Non-free image criteria. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. See Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2013 July 31. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:36, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

You haven't read the discussion through. It is perfectly fine to use the file there, as the article is written now. Arms Jones (talk) 15:20, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

I have indeed read the discussion. What part of the discussion is it that you don't understand? As explained in User:Spartaz's closure, the image fails WP:NFCC#1, except in Arms of Canada. This means that you shouldn't add the image to other articles. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:28, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

You have not read the discussion, if that is your interpretation. Spartaz was not the person who [closed the discussion]. There has been a consensus since January that if the text is developed so that it compares the images to eachother, it is enough rationale to use all the files in the gallery. It is like that now. I have just waited for everyone to say OK to the new form of the page. Arms Jones (talk) 15:34, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

This is your final warning, do not re-add the file, the NFCR was closed as removing the file. Werieth (talk) 16:24, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Give it a rest, Werieth. Your actions are the main reason the article looks like a mess right now. You're just not interested in developing Wikipedia, you just want to delete images. I hope you are happy. Go **** youself. Arms Jones (talk) 16:32, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Final Warning

It seems that you are being resistant to advice from the users you are contending with so let me comment as an uninvolved admin. It would be a terrible shame to get yourself blocked because of this issue. Your last edit above was over the line and a more trigger happy admin might have blocked you for it.

You need to understand that the editing model for wikipedia is that we do not edit in isolation and that where there is disagreement the consensus wins out. In cases where there is a wider project consensus such as copyright and non-free content there are occasions where even a local consensus on an article talkpage has to give way to a wider project consensus - or, in the case of non-free content. a binding declaration by the foundation that our standard is far more restrictive then that permitted by US law. So what does this mean for you? In the first instance it means you cannot use the canada image on that page. Secondly, it means that if you keep edit warring to keep it in you will find yourself being blocked (you should also be aware that the 3RR does not apply to your opponents if they are removing violations of the NFCC so edit warring is pointless anyway). Finally, you are going to find yourself getting upset and vexatious with other editors over the issue and, unless you are a psychopath, you can't be enjoying that experience.

There really is no need to spoil your hobby over this so please just accept that the consensus is not with you today and move on to the next thing on your to-do list. I'm happy to discuss/debate anything that you are unclear about or disagree with. Spartaz ^Humbug! 20:40, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Opinion

Hi, i would like to have your opinion about a discussion which i started here, thank.Kingroyos (talk) 23:15, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

Splitting articles

Thanks for your new article Roundel (heraldry), a useful article long overdue its own page. For future reference, may I suggest you look at guideline WP:SPLIT for the correct procedure for splitting-off articles.(Lobsterthermidor (talk) 15:45, 28 March 2015 (UTC))

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