User talk:Houstoneagle

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Image copyright problem with Image:Justice Stevens.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Justice Stevens.jpg. The image has been identified as not specifying the copyright status of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the copyright status of the image on the image's description page, using an appropriate copyright tag, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided copyright information for them as well.

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This is an automated notice by STBotI. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 01:21, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The copyright tag goes on the image page—not the article; I moved it there for you. See also how I made the image in the article a thumbnail and added a caption. I also removed your email address from the media copyright questions page; it is a risk to your privacy to post it there, and we do not reply via email anyway. —teb728 t c 02:22, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

John Paul Stevens

Have you thought of nominating John Paul Stevens at WP:GAC?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:50, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use File:Portrait of Hillary Clinton from the main page of her campaign website.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Portrait of Hillary Clinton from the main page of her campaign website.jpg. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of fair use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of fair use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:

Go to the file description page and add the text {{di-replaceable fair use disputed|<your reason>}} below the original replaceable fair use template, replacing <your reason> with a short explanation of why the file is not replaceable.
On the file discussion page, write a full explanation of why you believe the file is not replaceable.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace this non-free media item by finding freely licensed media of the same subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or similar) media under a free license, or by creating new media yourself (for example, by taking your own photograph of the subject).

If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified how these media fully satisfy our non-free content criteria. You can find a list of description pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that even if you follow steps 1 and 2 above, non-free media which could be replaced by freely licensed alternatives will be deleted 2 days after this notification (7 days if uploaded before 13 July 2006), per the non-free content policy. If you have any questions, please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Zzyzx11 (talk) 19:44, 11 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If you are looking for a photo of Clinton that has been taken this year, you can choose from these free content images: File:Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg or File:Hillary Clinton Philadelphia 2016 (cropped).jpg. The former image is already currently posted on the United States presidential election, 2016 article. There also several more 2016 images that have been uploaded on the Wikimedia Commons site (see Commons:Category:Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2016). Thanks. Zzyzx11 (talk) 19:44, 11 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:Portrait of Hillary Clinton from the main page of her campaign website.jpg

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May 2018

Hello, I'm Gladamas. I noticed that in this edit to Joseph diGenova, you removed content without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. –Gladamas (talk · contribs) 23:06, 22 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Discretionary sanctions

This message contains important information about an administrative situation on Wikipedia. It does not imply any misconduct regarding your own contributions to date.

Please carefully read this information:

The Arbitration Committee has authorised discretionary sanctions to be used for pages regarding all edits about, and all pages related to post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people, a topic which you have edited. The Committee's decision is here.

Discretionary sanctions is a system of conduct regulation designed to minimize disruption to controversial topics. This means uninvolved administrators can impose sanctions for edits relating to the topic that do not adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, our standards of behavior, or relevant policies. Administrators may impose sanctions such as editing restrictions, bans, or blocks. This message is to notify you that sanctions are authorised for the topic you are editing. Before continuing to edit this topic, please familiarise yourself with the discretionary sanctions system. Don't hesitate to contact me or another editor if you have any questions.

Meters (talk) 04:26, 11 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

June 2018

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Joseph diGenova. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Please be particularly aware that Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states:

Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made.
Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing.
Your removal of sourced material has been undone three times now, there's a discussion on the talk page you have not participated in, and your edit summary "this is apparently an editing war, and I am going to win it" makes it clear you know you are edit warring. Meters (talk) 04:32, 11 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours for edit warring, as you did at Joseph diGenova. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:30, 15 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If the edit warring continues, I will apply sanctions to you under the discretionary sanctions authorized per WP:ARBAP2. Please take time to reflect and understand that we cannot tolerate this kind of disruptive behavior - especially on articles that are under contentious topics like this. Thanks :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:41, 15 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

How do I appeal your horrible decision? Why are you tolerating this horrible left wing bias on that page? Why do the liberals always win on this site? I don't understand how to seek dispute resolutionHoustoneagle (talk) 02:26, 20 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Formal mediation has been requested

The Mediation Committee has received a request for formal mediation of the dispute relating to "joseph digenova". As an editor concerned in this dispute, you are invited to participate in the mediation. Mediation is a voluntary process which resolves a dispute over article content by facilitation, consensus-building, and compromise among the involved editors. After reviewing the request page, the formal mediation policy, and the guide to formal mediation, please indicate in the "party agreement" section whether you agree to participate. Because requests must be responded to by the Mediation Committee within seven days, please respond to the request by 27 June 2018.

Discussion relating to the mediation request is welcome at the case talk page. Thank you.
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Request for mediation rejected

The request for formal mediation concerning joseph digenova, to which you were listed as a party, has been declined. To read an explanation by the Mediation Committee for the rejection of this request, see the mediation request page, which will be deleted by an administrator after a reasonable time. Please direct questions relating to this request to the Chairman of the Committee, or to the mailing list. For more information on forms of dispute resolution, other than formal mediation, that are available, see Wikipedia:Dispute resolution.

For the Mediation Committee, TransporterMan (TALK) 13:22, 20 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Killing of George Floyd

Hey, Houstoneagle, it's best to discuss probably-controversial changes to highly-contentious articles on the article talk before making them. —valereee (talk) 19:10, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]