User talk:Toonguy85
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[edit] Image Tagging Image:BillHewitt.jpg
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Thanks for uploading Image:BillHewitt.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.
If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{GFDL}} to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, please read fair use, and then use a tag such as {{fairusein|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.
If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. -- Longhair 12:08, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Image Tagging Image:JeffWilsonSml.jpg
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Thanks for uploading Image:JeffWilsonSml.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then there needs to be an arguement why we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then it needs to be specified where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.
If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then one should be added. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, consider reading fair use, and then use a tag such as {{fairusein|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.
If you have uploaded other media, consider checking that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Shyam (T/C) 09:31, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia!
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Hello, Toonguy85, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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[edit] Cartooning Team X
I did indeed propose for deletion the article Cartooning Team X with a concern of "Intramural hockey teams are not notable, no matter how badly they lost every game. This should not be included because Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information." If you look closely, you'll see that the last bit of the concern is a link to the policy page Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. The phrase I use in the link is a specific sub-heading in that policy. Truth is not enough reason for something to be in Wikipedia - it also has to be an article that an encyclopedia would cover.
You posed me the questions "If there were an actual place called Brainless Inlet, NWT, Canada, without a soul having set foot on it, or even caring it ever existed, does that make it an indiscriminate collection of information, or a factual, valid part of world geography? In other words, doesn't everything that has ever existed in the physical world have the right to be so documented?" As described, Brainless Inlet is a place that nobody even cared it ever existed. That is an easy call, if nobody cares, it wouldn't belong here.
There are three levels of policy here: official policy like WP:NOT that must be followed, guidelines like Wikipedia:Article size that should be followed unless there is very good reason otherwise, and essays like Wikipedia:Interpret all rules that are basically just someone's claim to have said something wise. We also have some processes, some proposed policies, and some records of failed policy proposals.
We have a whole series of discussions on notability standards . That link is to the core standard, which is an essay but often gets treated as a guideline. I wasn't around when it was formed, so can't speak accurately to the history - but to my eyes part of why it should be only an essay is that the scope of coverage is too broad to cover with solid rules. There are more specific ones like WP:BIO (for biographies of people) or WP:CORP for companies that are guidelines. Sometimes notability is a shorthand for importance and meeting the WP:NOT test. Sometimes it is shorthand for being widely enough known that an article can be written meeting the policy on verification using reliable sources. I hope this helps - and if you follow the links you will get a better feel for what articles should and shouldn't be. GRBerry 01:07, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Johnniewalters1.jpg)
Thanks for uploading Image:Johnniewalters1.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently specifies that the image is unlicensed for use on Wikipedia and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy).
If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Gay Cdn (talk) (Contr.) 19:22, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Image:CartooningTeamX.jpg listed for deletion
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:CartooningTeamX.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in its not being deleted. Thank you. Gay Cdn (talk) (Contr.) 19:24, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Image:OldCKNXlogo2.jpg listed for deletion
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:OldCKNXlogo2.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in its not being deleted. Thank you. Gay Cdn (talk) (Contr.) 19:25, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
