User talk:Crazy Canadian

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Welcome!

Hello, Crazy Canadian, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! Dr Debug (Talk) 01:13, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your experiment at Germans

Thanks for experimenting with the page Germans on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks.

[edit] do not remove speedy delete tags

If you think that there's a good reason to keep the page add {{hangon}} to the page under the speedy delete tag and explain why on the article's talk page. --Acebrock 23:38, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Articles on scheduling of shows

Individual scheduling of shows aren't really notable. So, I have tagged them for proposed deletion. Just a reminder. --WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 00:34, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Presented by

Although many sports shows are "presented by" various sponsors, that is not part of the actual name of the show. The sponsor simply pays the broadcaster to announce the sponsor's name. You'll notice that these sponsorships change all the time - SportsCenter isn't always "presented by Subaru", for example. I can see how you would infer that the sponsor was part of the show's name, but it isn't. Rhobite 22:23, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ABC Sports and Bowl Championship Series

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article ABC Sports and Bowl Championship Series, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Importance). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree, discuss the issues raised at Talk:ABC Sports and Bowl Championship Series. If you remove the {{dated prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. --Maxamegalon2000 23:20, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] B.J. Averell

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article B.J. Averell, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Importance). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree, discuss the issues raised at Talk:B.J. Averell. If you remove the {{dated prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached.

Note that Tyler actually has a series of accomplishments outside The Amazing Race which make him meet the minimum benchmark of WP:BIO's requirements. Only notable racers (i.e., those with an expanded set of career highlights like Ron Young or Brittney Rogers) have articles on Wikipedia. --Madchester 00:32, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shallow water blackout photo

Hi there. Whilst it's showing as uploaded by me, Image:SWB3 temp.jpg was originally taken by User:Ex nihil. You'd be best off asking him for the details. Shimgray | talk | 12:42, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair Use Images

Please do not inline fair use images into non-article namespaces. This is against policy with respect to the use of fair use images. Only GFDL and other free images may be used on your User Page. Retropunk 00:15, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Uploading images

I'm uploading a few images, but I still don't know exactly how to upload without problems.

Note, most images if not all are from sportslogos.net, so if I could get copyright info there I'd greatly appreciate it. Soxrock 23:08, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

For logos of sports teams, select "logo" from the dropdown menu and put the name of the team it's for and where you got the logo from in the summary box. --Carnildo 07:08, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cincinnati Reds logo

Soxrock -- I'm confused about the image of the 1961 logo you've reposted on the Cincinnati Reds article. The 1961 logo did not have a point on the back of the C -- the image you've posted has a point. And now there's a caption that calls it a "non-wishbone" logo, when clearly it's the same Wishbone C as in the other logos. Please discuss in the Cincinnati Reds discussion page before reposting. Acsenray 14:26, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image deletion warning

I am afraid I have nominated the files from your user page for deletion. They are not being used in any articles (and apparently more suitable files have already been uploaded for use in the articles about the sports teams), and fair use images shouldn't be used on user pages. (Wikipedia is not an image gallery.) For more details, please see Wikipedia:Fair use and Wikipedia:Image use policy. Thank you. - Mike Rosoft 10:55, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Not only that, but criterion #9 of WP:FUC clearly states you may not use fair use images on user pages. I have removed them. Roguegeek (talk) 01:46, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please do not upload images in the GIF format

Hello and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I noticed that you've uploaded a number of images in the GIF format. In the future, please save GIF images in the PNG format before converting (see Wikipedia:Preparing images for upload). PNG images almost always have a smaller file size, which decreases the amount of time they take to load. There are a bunch of other advantages to the PNG format such as lossless compression that you can read about on its Wikipedia article. ---Remember the dot 03:24, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] License tagging for Image:Darrent Williams memorial.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Darrent Williams memorial.jpg. Wikipedia gets thousands of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Wikipedia, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. This uniform and easy-to-understand method of indicating the license status allows potential re-users of the images to know what they are allowed to do with the images.

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This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 15:10, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How can I...

How can I create a "bot" account. Do I need to ask an administrator? Thanks Crazy Canadian 16:56, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

For information on creating a bot account, requesting approval, and running the bot, please see Wikipedia:Bot policy. For information on actually writing the code for the bot, see Wikipedia:Creating a bot. —Mets501 (talk) 17:01, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

The reason I rejected this bot is because of other comments on this talk page. Look above; most of the comments are related to image licensing issues. —Mets501 (talk) 00:34, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re: Crazy Canadian

If the people you are trying to avoid are those in real life, that is understandable. However, if you are tying to avoid certain Wikipedians, especially those in which you have an editing dispute or some sort policy conflict, that will not be tolerated. there is a process for that. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 03:12, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Cleveland Browns B logo.PNG)

Thanks for uploading Image:Cleveland Browns B logo.PNG. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free 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. This is an automated message from BJBot 12:48, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tag on Images

What's going on? Suddenly there are tags everywhere. Can that stop, because it's been fine for now, why is it bad now? Crazy Canadian 19:35, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi Crazy Canadian,

Please read the fair use guidelines. e These images do not state their copyright holder. It is NOT copyright sportslogos.net and it came from sportslogos.net. They specifically state on their website that they are not the copyright holder and cannot grant permission for use.

Second, many of these images do not have fair use rationale, "why" they can be used as fair use. Please read the copyright notice on each of the images. It requires the Uploader to provide a rationale.

Third, please do not remove these tags without resolving the issues and communicating them on the talk page. Simply putting a comment in the edit summary is not adequate.

Thanks for your interest in helping.

Take care,

Larry Lmcelhiney 20:16, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale.

Hi Crazy Canadian,

I have modified the Cleveland Browns helmet image with fair use rationale per our discussions:

Place a simple description at the beginning without any further copyright or location information:

Cleveland Browns helmet image (2006)

Then place the following statement (with modifications) as shown (remove the "nowiki" tags and leave the comments, if you want to make the rationale usable for others):

User:Crazy Canadian asserts that the limited use of this copyrighted image in Wikipedia articles directly pertaining to it is a fair use of the image, for the following reasons:

It is of the logo, helmet or uniform of an NFL team which retains the copyright.
It was obtained from the Sportslogos.net website  which serves only to collect and archive these images.
No free-license alternatives are available that convey the same information.
The image is no larger, and of no higher quality, than required for its use in articles.
It is used in Wikipedia only for educational purposes and is not used for profit.
Its use on Wikipedia does not compete with the copyright holder.
Its use on Wikipedia is not expected to decrease the value of the copyright to its holder.

Of course, you will still need to resolve the image size issue, as that puts WikiPedia in a difficult postion.

In future, just place all of the information in the box when you upload an image, along with the "logo" tag.

Hope that this helps.

Take care,

Larry Lmcelhiney 14:10, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Duke Blue Devils logo

Hi, I noticed that you replaced the current logos with a new one from sportslogo.net. I have reverted your changes since the shade of blue on that site does not appear to be accurate. Looking at Duke's official athletic site ([1]) you can see that it should be a darker blue. It is possible that your monitor settings are incorrect and the logo on sportslogo.net appears to be darker, but then I assume the logo on goduke.com appears even darker so you should be able to see the difference. Also, you have added that black is an official color. I have not seen this anywhere. If you could provide a reliable source, that would be appreciated. According to the University archives, "the school colors [are] dark blue and white" Why a Blue Devil. Thanks! -Bluedog423^Talk 01:50, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps we have a different definition of "royal blue" or our monitor settings are different, but if you compare the sportslogo.net Blue Devil right next to the logo as seen on goduke.com, you can clearly see that the one on goduke.com is much darker. That is all I was saying. And yes, the basketball team does have a black jersey, but that does not mean that it is one of the school's official colors. Unless colors refers to "colors that athletic teams wear," I think that we should stick with official colors. See [2] which states that the colors are "Royal Blue & White." I'll post it on the discussion page to see what others think, but I am almost certain that common practice is to list the official colors. -Bluedog423^Talk 16:20, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ohio State Buckeyes logos

I have reverted your edits for the OSU logos on Ohio State Buckeyes football and Michigan-Ohio State rivalry as the logo you have added is inaccurate. It uses the wrong colors, the logo is printed in a darker shade of red than scarlet. See [3]. The logo you are posting is also of much poorer quality.

[edit] Tampa Bay Buccaneers Playrs

please do not change to colors of th Tampa Bay Buccaneers players infoboxes--Bucs10 01:58, 23 March 2007 (UTC)Bucs10

I didnt touch any of the Bills players, i didnt even know you changed them even--Bucs10 03:23, 24 March 2007 (UTC)Bucs10

Ok but just dont change the Buccaneers players--Bucs10 15:47, 24 March 2007 (UTC)Bucs10

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:ChicagoBears_1000.png

Thanks for uploading Image:ChicagoBears_1000.png. 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. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

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[edit] Please Vote

can you please vote on if retired players should have colors on there infoboxes or not, thanks. see Template talk:Infobox NFL player#Retired players.--Bucs10 22:34, 28 March 2007 (UTC)Bucs10

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