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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Mmna aerial.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Mmna aerial.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. 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 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 (talk) 20:54, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the tip on image transfers to Wikimedia. I appreciate it. Manxruler (talk) 19:54, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Category:Getrag transmissions

(originally posted at User talk:MZMcBride) I noticed you deleted this on January 5 under CSD:C1 (empty). This original (non-cap) category was created some time in 2005 by User:Sfoskett. A duplicate category, Category:GETRAG transmissions, was created by a user who disputed the non caps (at the same time he was also involved in several copy/paste page moves which also required subsequent repair). In this case, the user simply changed the capitalization of each categorized page from Getrag to GETRAG to populate the new, duplicate category, and although I pointed out our GFDL requirements to him on his talk page,[1] he refused to acknowledge this.[2] I've no idea whether it was the specific user, a bot, or a passing editor who requested deletion, but we now have a three year old category with no attribution to the author who properly created it. Doesn't this require an undeletion/history merge? --DeLarge (talk) 15:28, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Category:Getrag transmissions has one deleted edit and zero pages categorized in it. It was deleted because it was an empty category and it is still an empty category. The total content of that one edit (to create the category) was:

 {{Catmore1|[[List of Getrag transmissions]]}}
 [[Category:Automobile transmissions]]

There's no need to undelete anything or merge anything for that menial, methinks. : - ) --MZMcBride (talk) 20:37, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

(originally posted at User talk:Cool Hand Luke after bonking head briefly on keyboard) Hi, I know from your efforts at WP:SPLICE that you're one of the move repairers-in-chief, and I was wondering if you could assist in what I reckon is a small GFDL violation.

Category:Getrag transmissions was created some time in 2005, and existed for about two years. Then, late last year, another user created the duplicate Category:GETRAG transmissions instead of going to WP:CfD to get the original renamed. He depopulated the original category (here, here, and here), and I noticed yesterday that the "empty" original category had since been deleted per WP:CSD#C1.

I asked the deleting admin to restore and merge the cats' histories, as I felt that we were obliged by the GFDL to attribute the category's creation to the original author (User:Sfoskett), but he declined to do so. I wasn't sure if WP:SPLICE covered stuff like this, so I thought I'd come here first and get a more experienced hand with such issues to confirm (or allay) my concerns. --DeLarge (talk) 11:49, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

That's weird. It's not too hard to do (although many admins don't often merge histories). It's slight history, but we might as well restore the history and merge. Even if not needed for copyright reasons, it adds context and history to the "Gertrag/GERTRAG" wars. I'm merging it now. Cool Hand Luke 23:33, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Strike that. I'm wrong. this won't let me move the history. I'm puzzled because the mediawiki documentation implies that the editable part of categories should be movable. I guess you'll have to ask someone more accustomed to categories, but I doubt they'd find this merge worthwhile. I only favor it because it adds a an edit trail for the naming dispute. Cool Hand Luke 23:42, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

(originally posted at User talk:Cool Hand Luke) Cheers. I put a category redirect in place to ensure it doesn't get deleted again. --DeLarge (talk) 08:52, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:1982-sapporo-turbo.jpg Image:1976_Sapporo_2000_GSR.jpg

I have left a request for an independent admin to look at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2007 December 17 regarding these two images. There has been more than adequate time for the uploader to request the OTRS for this, which clearly hasn't been done as of yet. As there's no proof of the OTRS, I'm going to ask for their deletion. SkierRMH (talk) 20:21, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Singh pv544.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Singh pv544.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. 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.

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FU rationale added. --DeLarge (talk) 12:22, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Rallye Sanremo

Hey. I deleted your redirect at Rallye Sanremo before creating the page as a separate article. I hope you don't mind. Thanks, Prolog (talk) 01:17, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Not sure that was necessary—when I created Ian Duncan I just appropriated an existing redirect—but I don't think it makes much difference. Thanks for the courtesy of posting though; I hadn't watchlisted the redirect and no longer contribute to the Rally Project, so I'd never have noticed otherwise. --DeLarge (talk) 09:08, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, it was not necessary, but the slight advantage of starting from scratch is that the bots crawling through new articles can find it. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Organizations/New articles and User:AlexNewArtBot/ItalyLog, for example. Prolog (talk) 14:47, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Template:Mitsubishi Motors

A tag has been placed on Template:Mitsubishi Motors requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a deprecated or orphaned template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.

If the template is intended to be substituted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page indicating that it is substituted so as to avoid any future mistakes (<noinclude>{{transclusionless}}</noinclude>).

Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 22:26, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Mitsubishi_Motors.png

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Mitsubishi_Motors.png. 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. Project FMF (talk) 00:20, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Done for Mitsubishi Motors. Overlooked Mitsubishi Motors Australia, but User:OSX covered that one. --DeLarge (talk) 12:17, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Miev motor.jpg

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If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it might be deleted by adminstrator within a few days in accordance with our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions, please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 16:02, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Done (another round of pointless bureaucracy, moving the rationale from one template to another. Expect to have to do the same again when the current FU template gets deprecated...) --DeLarge (talk) 12:19, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use Image:Cowan gsr small.jpg

Replaceable fair use

Thanks for uploading Image:Cowan gsr small.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:

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Still competes? At 71? Uhh-huhh... Looks like the Andrew Cowan article's going to be image free, since I'll be politely declining your rather creepy suggestion that I hang around the Borders with my camera, stalking the man in his retirement. --DeLarge (talk) 12:27, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

An Invite to join Saskatchewan WikiProject

Hi, you are graciously extended an invitation to join the Saskatchewan WikiProject! The Saskatchewan WikiProject is a fairly new WikiProject. We are a group of editors who are dedicated to creating, revising, and expanding articles, lists, categories, and Wikiprojects, to do with anything Saskatchewan.

As you have shown an interest in Otto Buchanan Elliott we thought you might like to take an interest in this growing WikiProject.

Please assist with any ongoing requests

You might like to take an extra interest in our To Do list

Another project dedicated to Saskatchewan is the Saskatchewan Roads and Highways Wikiproject

Also, a descendant project for Saskatchewan is the WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods

We look forward to welcoming you to the project! SriMesh | talk 22:13, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Ha-ha, well at least someone noticed. I must politely decline; I wouldn't be much use, not being from the region or having any connection with it at all. I created Otto Buchanan Elliott only because I noticed a sole redlinked politician in the 1935 section of List of Social Credit/Créditistes MPs. (And don't ask me how on earth I reached that article...)

I'm a bit of a random redlink exterminator these days, hence the rather perplexing breadth of subject matter within the {{User:DeLarge/Author other}} template on my userpage. Cheers for asking, though, --DeLarge (talk) 09:59, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Selling coal to Newcastle

On 1 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Selling coal to Newcastle, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 04:02, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Trip Kuehne

Hi. I've nominated Trip Kuehne, an article you worked on, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Wikipedia:Did you know. You can see the hook for the article at Template talk:Did you know#Articles created/expanded on April 19, where you can improve it if you see fit. Black Falcon ^(Talk) 23:39, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Heh, I had a look at DYK last weekend after I created the article, but I gave up because I couldn't write a hook that satisfied me. I confess that I'm not nuts on this one, probably because it gives no indication of how life-changing the effect of the defeat was (i.e. he hadn't intended to eschew the PGA Tour until he lost), but I certainly won't complain if others are happy to use it. --DeLarge (talk) 20:09, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

On 25 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Trip Kuehne, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Victuallers (talk) 20:25, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

William Queen

On 20 May, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article William Queen, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 15:39, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use Image:Penttiairikkala.jpg

Replaceable fair use

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5/30 DYK

On 30 May, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Webster ruling, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Bedford ^Pray 00:17, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

6/12 DYK

On 12 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bruno Sacco, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Bedford ^Pray 00:11, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

John Boylan (actor)

On 22 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Boylan (actor), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 12:35, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Userfy Template:User:DeLarge/Contributions

Greetings. Please move Template:User:DeLarge/Contributions and any other personal templates that you have created into your user pages. Template:User:DeLarge/Contributions does not support encyclopedic content, so it is not really appropriate for the template namespace. You can still use the template as before once you move it, either directly by typing {{User:DeLarge/YourNewPagename}} along with any parameters when using it on your user pages, or by using {{subst}} with the appropriate syntax and parameters when using it in other namespaces. Thanks. --Thetrick (talk) 22:06, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Done, although of course moving pages from Template space to user space stops the "(v · d · e)" links working, forcing me to cobble together something that allowed me to edit the damn pages. Would it not have been simpler to create a hidden Category:Userspace templates? No, it's better that we get everything just so, and then you can waste thirty minutes trying to get half-broken Navboxes to work again, DeLarge. --DeLarge (talk) 20:33, 8 July 2008 (UTC)