User talk:KevinCarmody

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talk to myself, yada yada yada.

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The flickr page licenses this image with no derivative works clause, this is unacceptable for Wikipedia use. Image licensed under a Creative Commons license that specifies "for non-commercial use only" which was either uploaded after May 19, 2005, or is not used in any articles, and which lacks a fair use assertion. See: WP:CSD.--MONGO 13:48, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The copywrite issues are very complex, even to me. Someone else tagged the image for speedy delete and I checked it and it bascially is from that flickr page which doesn't technically qualify as a fair use or public domain source. Aside from images uploaded by the U.S. Government, very few images that are from the internet can be used on Wikipedia. Sorry about that. Of course, any image you take personally can be uploaded.--MONGO 14:34, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiProject relating to Kent

I noticed that you have been active on articles relating to Kent, Portal:Kent or various Kent related lists and hope you'd be keen to assist with a WikiProject relating to Kent, please reply to me on this or my Talk page.

If I've duplicated another Project, please let me know as I feel joining a Project is a sensible step to motivate us and share ideas or work in this mammoth encyclopedic task. Olive Oil 15:43, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi fellow WikiProject Kent Member, you may have already seen this on our Kent project talk page. We are planning a small drive on the Kent article this week, 19th to 25th Feb. All we are asking is for you to read the page and talk page carefully. After digesting that information, then we would like you to make one edit.

This edit can be to either the main article or to the talk page. Something as small as a spelling, grammar or punctuation correction is all we are asking. Alternatively, make suggestions on the talk page. Which sections need a rewrite, is the section order logical, are there any questionable facts. Anything! In the words of Wikipedia, BE BOLD.

MortimerCat 19:32, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Collaboration 18th - 25th March 2007

Hi fellow WikiProject Kent Member, you may have already seen this on our Kent Article Improvement talk page. We are planning a small drive on the Kent related articles this week, 18th to 25th March, to grade and categorise them.

All we are asking is, as you read/edit a Kent related page, for you digest the information, then add the template {{WP:Kent|class=|importance=}} to the top of the articles talk page. Instructions are available on the Project page or template page.
Please try to grade according to the guidelines to enable us to prioritise future work.
After saving the template, add comments in the section created by the template.

- Olive Oil -_ŢάĽɮ - 14:11, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Results

Hello again KevinCarmody, following our collaboration to tag Kent-related articles, we have ear marked 931 articles as being Kent related, however, as of the 26th March, 137 articles are still to be assessed.

Could you please look at any, some or even one of the 137 unassessed articles and change the {{WP:Kent|class=}} template, on the talk page, to a "class=Stub/Start or B category".
Please try to grade according to the guidelines to enable us to prioritise future work.

Kent articles		Importance
Kent articles		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA			1			1
	A			1			1
	GA			1			1
	B		3	4	6		13
	Start	1	12	49	137	2	201
	Stub		5	17	552	3	577
	Assessed	1	20	73	695	5	794
	Unassessed	0	2	5	130	0	137
	Total	1	22	78	825	5	931

- Olive Oil -_ŢάĽɮ - 01:45, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Manston parish.jpg

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American football/ivy league

I'm not into RV battles. The reason I changed the Ivy League article is because the phrase Ivy League is known internationally (mainly because of movies). Internationally the phrase Football is used differently in different countries. Take a look at the football article. In fact, What you call soccer really called association football. I hope you understand and agree to revert the change to the Ivy League article yourself. KevinCarmody (talk) 12:07, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You have a very good point, and yes, I do know that the rest of the world plays soccer without helmets and a somewhat more spherical ball:). However, articles for Pacific-10 Conference and Big Ten Conference, (homes of Michigan, Berkeley, Stanford: all world recognized schools) reference football in the opening sections, but refer to it as plain Football, wikified to link to American Football. I've tried searching around WP for precedent on this, but cannot seem to find anything. My gut feeling is that it is proper to refer to a polysemic term in the vernacular of the country the article is about; so in this case, just football. What are your thoughts on this? Have you come across any relevant policy, either way, we should be following? cOrneLlrOckEy (talk) 13:38, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly unfree Image:RamsgateHarbour2.jpg

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Speedy deletion of Image:TownleyHouse.jpg

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state clearly the source of the image. If it has been copied from elsewhere on the web you should provide links to: the image itself, the page which uses it and the page which contains the license conditions.
add the relevant copyright tag.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on [[ Talk:Image:TownleyHouse.jpg|the talk page]] explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Polly (Parrot) 23:34, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Scrine Foundation

Hello fellow Thanet dweller. I've been looking at the Scrine Foundation article and noticed twas you that started it. I'm trying to assertain the notability of this group and could do with finding some third party references. Can you point me to any? --Lord Matt (talk) 06:11, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's a good start - cheers. --Lord Matt (talk) 12:19, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Europe 10,000 Challenge invite

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