User talk:Dearing

Image copyright problem with Image:Esher.JPG

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License tagging for Image:Basingseicon.jpg

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Image copyright problem with Image:YTAS_logo.jpg

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This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 10:06, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

YouTube

Please DO NOT add links to YouTube hosted videos of Yu-Gi-Oh. This is copyright violation and can result in Wikipedia being prosecuted for aiding copyright violation. This is in accordance with Wikipedia policy at WP:EL and WP:NOT Also, as YouTube is reliant on Flash animation to display videos, it breaches further sections of WP:EL policy regarding rich media sites. Kind Regards - Heligoland | Talk | Contribs 14:20, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Esher.jpg

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Thanks for uploading Image:Esher.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. When you use a generic fair use tag such as {{fair use}} or {{fair use in|article name}}, 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.

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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 fair use images 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. --Slowking Man 17:09, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

AfD Nomination: Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, but all Wikipedia articles must meet our criteria for inclusion (see What Wikipedia is not and Deletion policy). Since it does not seem to me that Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series meets these criteria, I have started a discussion about whether this article should be kept or deleted.

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Discussions such as these usually last five days. In the meantime, you are free to edit the content of the article. Please do not remove the "articles for deletion" template (the box at the top). When the discussion has concluded, an administrator will consider all comments and decide whether or not to delete the article. --Slowking Man 17:09, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Links in Space colonization

I have again removed the link you added to Space colonization. If you are insistent that this link be included in the article, please explain your rationale at Talk:Space colonization before adding the link back. External links should be handled cautiously, particularly in the case of space colonization, where there are a very large number of possibilities. We must select the most notable, which I do not see in the link you have been adding. Thank you. Michaelbusch (talk) 19:08, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I removed your link on O'Neill Cylinder and I noticed that you twice added the link to Space colonization as well. In addition, when adding the link to Space Colonization the second time, you undid some of Michaelbusch's changes which were unrelated to your link. Please be more careful. I agree with your goal of promoting space colonies as a means to expand the human presence in space, and I don't want to see a battle over this.

I have some suggestions for you on how to do this while playing by the rules. For Project: O'Neill, it's possible that it may never merit inclusion in the external links of related pages on Wikipedia. There are some specific problems with the site right now. For one, the page includes intrusive advertising of the kind rarely seen on any link from Wikipedia. In order to fix this you probably need to move the site to a new web host. The second problem is that your site fails the notability test, as noted by Michaelbusch. To fix this within the scope of your project, you need a much larger community of contributors to your site or the backing of one of the more recognized space advocacy groups. The third problem is that it is improper for you to add a link to Wikipedia pointing to your own site. Once you have resolved the other problems, you should post the link to the discussion pages of the articles you would like to link to your site. You should include with the link an explanation of how your site would benefit the people reading the article.

There are some other ways you can approach the problem of getting people interested in space colonies, with or without the help of Wikipedia's popularity. You can create a user page for yourself and post the link there. You can work with the other editors to improve articles like Space Colonization. You could move your content to a community site like MySpace where you will have a lot more visibility. Best of luck, I really do hope you succeed in getting people excited about space colonization. -Wronkiew (talk) 20:04, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]