User talk:Spazm

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Hey, I don't have much more info. Mutt explains it all on this posting: http://www.sternfannetwork.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=99798 Redd Dragon 23:21, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

EXistenZ

I posted at Talk:EXistenZ. Cbrown1023 20:25, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Mikewalker.jpg

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Thanks for uploading Image:Mikewalker.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.

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You need to include the fair use rationale on the image page, as described in the link telling you what a fair use rationale is. Putting it on my talk page will not help. You can copy, paste, and then modify the sample fair use rationales to explain why it is fair use so that you will have the proper formatting when you are finished writing your rationale. One thing you forgot in the fair use rationale you put on my talk page was the effect of what your inclusion of the copied material will have on sales of the media being copied from. Fair use can apply if sales should not be impacted by the copying or if sales will be boosted. If sales will be hurt, the fair use will not apply. Jesse Viviano 19:20, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You did well for a first time at fair use. You just need to study Wikipedia formatting, and need to know the required assumptions on fair use rationales. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style and Wikipedia:How to edit a page for a formatting and style guide. As for fair use assumptions, the assumption is that every use must include its own fair use rationale, and that the fair use rationale will not apply to other uses of that image. Jesse Viviano 03:37, 23 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Notability

Hi there, please don't take my edits as vandalism to stern related articles. I saw your O&A comment, and can assure you I like both shows. But please re-read the tag from Eric the Midget. The important part about notability is to site news sources. I know he's a hugely popular stern figure, but if you could just add some sources to prove notability, it would fix the problem. Just being a common character doesn't prove notability. For the same reason I supported deletion of several O&A character articles. --Bill.matthews 02:51, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Vandalism"

On EXistenZ you reverted my edit as "vandalism" (damn you) i was un fact testing a template. You see, EXistenZ is not the correct title, the movie is in fact eXistenZ with a small "e", but wikimedia need a capital as first letter. In :fr:, we have this templace, so that while the url of the page is "EXistenz", the user see "eXistenz" : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/EXistenZ I'm bored to see that anyone without a login is immediately suspected of vandalising!

Regarding edits to Dave Mustaine

Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia, Spazm! However, your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove spam from Wikipedia. If you were trying to insert a good link, please accept my creator's apologies, but note that the link you added, matching rule sputnikmusic\.com, is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. Please read Wikipedia's external links guidelines for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! Shadowbot 13:47, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (Image:RobertASilvermanDarcyNader.jpg)

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I am sorry for failing to follow up on the majoredit tag on the creep AfD. Another !keep on the basis of the concept's significance in its field rather than one game's peculiarity could have swayed the outcome. --Kizor (talk) 03:03, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

December 2007

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Orphaned non-free media (Image:Greencreepcamp.jpg)

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NIN Wikiproject

I'd like to invite you to join the newly-formed Nine Inch Nails WikiProject. There's alot of NIN-related articles on Wikipedia that could use a little attention, and I hope this project can help organize an effort to improve them. So please, take a look and if you like what you see, help us get this project off the ground and a few more Nine Inch Nails pages into the front ranks of Wikipedia articles. Thanks! Drewcifer (talk) 10:26, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

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Replaceable fair use File:Mikewalker.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Mikewalker.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that this media item is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails the first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media item could be found or created that provides substantially the same information or which could be adequately covered with text alone. If you believe this media item is not replaceable, please:

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Replaceable fair use File:RobertASilvermanDarcyNader.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:RobertASilvermanDarcyNader.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that this media item is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails the first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media item could be found or created that provides substantially the same information or which could be adequately covered with text alone. If you believe this media item is not replaceable, please:

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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