User talk:Proud Nintendo Fan

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A quick suggestion on future edits - try and combine as many changes as possible into a single edit. It makes tracking changes to pages a lot easier. Otherwise, keep up the good work! Virogtheconq 00:10, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Mortal Kombat 2 Image Tagging Image:ReptileMKSM.jpg 3 Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Image Tagging for Image:SmallerShangTsung.jpg

[edit] Mortal Kombat

It was agreed upon in the discussion on the Wikiproject talk page that game titles in the characters boxes are going to be abbreviated. Longer game titles will take up two lines, and it messes up the structure and professionalism of the layout. For future edits, try to maintain the structures that are presented and agreed upon in the talk page. For example, abbreviations such as MK: Deadly Alliance, MK: Shaolin Monks, etc. should be used. (Notorious4life 01:13, 12 February 2006 (UTC))

• Thanks. (Notorious4life 01:31, 12 February 2006 (UTC))

Hey, Shadaloo here, just wanted to say that I really think the UMK3 Mileena pic in her article should stick to the right rather than the left, otherwise it just squishes the storyline text in between two boxes, and I think that kind of looks bad. Let me know what you think. Shadaloo 00:40, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

• Really? I'm looking at it now, and it looks okay to me. Shadaloo 01:21, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
  • It's possible. Check out Noob Saibot's page, I've just made a similar edit. How does that look? Shadaloo 01:38, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

• • That one looks fine. PNF 01:48, 17 February 2006 (UTC)Proud Nintendo Fan

• • • OK. Check Mileena's again. How now? Shadaloo 02:26, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

It was probably a difference in the way we've got our displays set up, I don't know what. What I did to fix it was to move the image tag a bit further down into the storyline section, between paragraphs. Shadaloo 02:59, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

re: verbatim character bios Hi. I noticed that for the Mortal Kombat: Deception article, you put in the char bios (I'm assuming) word for word. I posted on the talk page when I first noticed it that it's probably not a good idea, and thinking about it more I'm certain it's not. One, it's prob'ly not kosher to put it down word for word because of copyright issues. Two, it makes the MKD entry a lot longer than the recommended size (50+KB vs ~33KB). Three, I think that even if it's okay to put the bios verbatim, then they might be better on the individual char pages so as not to inflate (see #2) the article. For now, I'm gonna move it all to the MKD talk page. If you'd like to discuss it further, let me know, and maybe post something on the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mortal Kombat page. Thanks, dfg 18:24, 26 February 2006 (UTC) [re-edited dfg 16:21, 3 March 2006 (UTC)]

[edit] Image Tagging Image:ReptileMKSM.jpg

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Thanks for uploading Image:ReptileMKSM.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.

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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. Superm401 - Talk 19:57, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for telling me the source of the image. However, Wikipedia has to consider the copyright of all the files we include. In this case, the images are copyrighted by the game manufacturer; that means we can't use them without a fair use rationale. Please see Wikipedia:fair use and Wikipedia:image policy for more information. Superm401 - Talk 20:09, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately, it's a little complicated. You can't just put their copyright notice because you're still copying it without their permission. You could ask them, but they would probably say no. Luckily, the US has something called fair use. That allows use of copyrighted material without permission, but only under certain conditions. To figure out whether this might be fair use, see Wikipedia:fair use; if you're not sure, put the text {{fairusereview}} on the image page and someone will look into it. Superm401 - Talk 20:20, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, it's not a {{Promotional}} image because Midway didn't release it themselves to promote their product. If you think they did, show me the original source of the image. Superm401 - Talk 21:26, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

I see that he's an Administrator on the board. Does that mean he's a Midway employee? Superm401 - Talk 23:56, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough. I'll tag it as {{Promotional}}. Superm401 - Talk 00:05, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

In the future, please provide sources for all your images and tag them if you can. I'm always available for help. Superm401 - Talk 00:23, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sonic the Hedgehog

Hi Proud Nintendo Fan. Thanks for your contributions to the article on Sonic the Hedgehog. Please don't add the sentence regarding "many" fans wanting Ryan Drummond to return as the voice of Sonic. This borders on POV. See Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words for more info. Thanks! --Jtalledo (talk) 20:18, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging for Image:SmallerShangTsung.jpg

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