User talk:Sehome Bay

Welcome!

Hello, Sehome Bay, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions relating to roads. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions.

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Fidalgo Island

Hey there, I saw you added Fidalgo Island to the list of San Juan Islands, but I've been under the impression the the San Juan Islands only consisted of the islands in San Juan County, plus the "interior" San Juans of Samish, Guemes, Vendovi, Lummi, Cypress, Sinclair, and Eliza Islands. Do you have a list that says otherwise by chance? I've had a hard time finding a formal list of all the San Juans. Cheers! Murderbike (talk) 18:41, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

US-Spur

Which state are you having issues with? I tried Colorado, and it works:

US 50 Spur

--NE2 15:10, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I tried it in Idaho entering this: {{Jct|state=ID|US-Spur|95|dab1=Payette}} and {{Jct|state=ID|US-Spur|95|dab1=Weiser}}, which produces this:

US 95 Spur

I tried troubleshooting the problem. How does the "state=XX" variable affect acceptable route types? Sehome Bay (talk) 00:39, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. The red links you saw were additional templates that had not been created. Typically you can copy the code over, for instance from Template:Infobox road/CO/shield US-Spur to the new Template:Infobox road/ID/shield US-Spur. The state parameter determines which of those templates is used. --NE2 00:41, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fifteen (song)

In your edit to Fifteen (song), you removed critical interpretation of a song citing the BLP policy. I can appreciate the BLP concerns, but believe critical opinion is an important component to a song article and rephrased the sentence as "Swift has never explicitly explained the line, but several critics interpret it to concern the loss of virginity.". I was going to bring it up on the WP:BLPN noticeboard, but I figured I should ask you first to see if you think it is still necessary. If you reply here, please leave me a talkback message. Thanks, liquidluck✽talk 08:19, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'll be gone for the next two days, so I won't be able to respond to any replies until the 28---so if you find the sentence contentious, please hold off on major discussions until I get back. You're welcome to remove the sentence in the meantime. liquidluck✽talk 08:22, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the material in question because it violated the biograhpies of living persons (BLP) policy. In making that decision, I carefully read the article and cited sources. I reviewed the actual lyrics and what Taylor Swift says/writes about her song writing. Per BLP, objectionable material should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion. Contentious material should NOT be reinserted. The burden rests with an editor who wants to add or restore material.

Critical commentary is important on Wikipedia. Where a living person is concerned, editors must exercise caution and good judgment. We are writing about real people. We need to respect and protect the right to privacy. I removed the material because it was misleading as written AND violated a young woman's privacy.

The material misrepresented critical commentary. Cited sources had no consensus of several critics. At best, one author may infer a reference to virginity. Why is that the only interpretation mentioned? The line is "... [name] gave everything she had to a boy who changed his mind and we both cried." The line could have many meanings such as falling in love with a boy who later broke up with her.

The young woman has a right to privacy in her personal relationships. This is especially true of intimate (sexual) relationships. The events inspiring that line are private. "Taylor Swift has never explicitly explained the line." That fact is clear evidence that Taylor's friend desires privacy. BLP creates a strong presumption of privacy that protects this woman. She is a relatively unknown person or low profile person. She was a minor at the time in question. Speculation about sexual activity could harm her reputation. Any critical commentary would be speculative and invade her privacy. The commentary must be removed according to BLP. Sehome Bay (talk) 01:55, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BLP Others template

I have reverted your addition of the Template:BLP others template to Talk:Best Days of Your Life since that template should be used in an article about a deceased person but that has information about living people. Since this is a song, this template does not apply. Aspects (talk) 00:59, 9 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The template BLP others is appropriate for Talk:Best Days of Your Life and most Taylor Swift songs. Biographies of deceased people are not the only articles where it is useful. Taylor writes her songs in a very autobiographic way. That fact is documented in some articles. In many cases, specific living people have been associated with a song. BLP violations have occurred on some articles, especially Fifteen (song). This template appears to be the best existing template address these BLP issues. It would be too time consuming to add an individualized BLP message on each song's talk page. Feel free to suggest other ways to address BLP problems related Taylor's songs.

You also removed the template from Talk:Fifteen (song)‎ and Talk:You Belong with Me‎. Please explain why you believe BLP others was/is an incorrect template on these 3 pages. Sehome Bay (Leave a message) 19:50, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

Hello, Sehome Bay. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion.
Message added 01:14, 24 September 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Forest Route markers

Just to let you know, the underlying design of the Forest Route marker is in the public domain as part of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, a work of the FHWA which is a federal agency. It's not appropriate for you to claim a new copyright on it, which is what would be required to use the Creative Commons license. You can't request attribution as well. I've updated the file description pages to reflect the correct copyright status. Imzadi 1979 → 16:40, 12 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am not claiming a copyright on the FHWA design, which is in the public domain. The Forest Route marker files are derivative works and can be copyrighted independently. I have a copyright on MY work and can license MY work as I see fit. As an example, see the Jungle Book. Listed adaptations are copyrighted even though the underlying Rudyard Kipling book is in the public domain. You should have contacted me first; your change infringes my copyright. You can request that I change how the files are licensed. Sehome Bay (Leave a message) 21:58, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I don't agree that you can claim a copyright on a PD-design derivative just by changing the number. There's no "creativity" required to create the image. Imzadi 1979 → 21:59, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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