User talk:Josh Woolstenhulme

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Auawise Good luck, and have fun. --Λua∫Wi se ^(talk) 16:45, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits

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Copyright

If you have any questions about how to correctly upload images, and the acceptable image licenses on Wikipedia, feel free to leave a comment on my talk page. Wikipedia:Media copyright questions, a dedicated forum for asking questions about image copyright, and Help:Contents/Images and media, a page containing links to our various guidelines and policies on image uploads and use, should help with general information. Thanks, - auburnpilot talk 14:18, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

you don't have to quit wikipedia

you don't have to quit wikipedia because the rules are a little overwhelming at first. just keep at it, try to follow policies and guidelines, and don't listen to abrasive editors who have abusive tones towards you. they have no right to scare you away from editing here Theserialcomma (talk) 21:05, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyright problem with File:Kentuckyrifle.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Kentuckyrifle.jpg. You've indicated that the image is being used under a claim of fair use, but you have not provided an adequate explanation for why it meets Wikipedia's requirements for such images. In particular, for each page the image is used on, the image must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Can you please check

That there is a non-free use rationale on the image's description page for each article the image is used in.
That every article it is used on is linked to from its description page.

This is an automated notice by FairuseBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. --FairuseBot (talk) 23:33, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Continued piracy

You are being reported to the appropriate admins for continued misuse of copyrighted media. Fair use rationale does not absolve you from copyright obligations. I happen to know the author of the images you continue to misappropriate off of IMFDB, he is furious with your attempts to violate his intellectual property, a concept you clearly do not understand. Desist now. Koalorka (talk) 04:07, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright problems with [[:{{{pg}}}]]

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Orphaned non-free media (File:Nepalese Snider.jpg)

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Your recent edits

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Blocked indefinitely

I have blocked you indefinitely for your repeated copyright violations. You might have gotten off with merely a 72-hour block, but claiming you own images you don't really own is as serious a violation of this project's integrity as it gets. Blueboy 96 14:38, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hold on here.

Those images I uploaded of the Lebel rifle, was MY WORK. I took that picture using MY CAMERA FROM MY BOOK. So how is that not my work? The other images I uploaded, I know they were copyright violations, but I am new here and I am trying very hard to understand the policies. So blocking me soley for an accident is absolutley absurd.Josh Woolstenhulme (talk) 14:52, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I did a search on Yahoo, Google and Amazon. I could find no book by that title with you as author--which means you were misappropriating copyright. Blueboy 96 20:53, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Of course I'm not the author of the book. Are you stupid or something? I bought that book at a yardsale way back and I simply took a picture from it. So that's my image and therefore my work.

So you admit you aren't the author of that book ... therefore, that work isn't yours, and you have no right to claim that you own any images of it. I think we're done here. Blueboy 96 22:24, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]