User talk:Admiral capn

Welcome, roadfan![edit]

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Again, welcome! Imzadi 1979 → 22:34, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

File source and copyright licensing problem with File:US-222 S Maryland Line.jpg[edit]

File Copyright problem

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Regarding your addition to U.S. Route 50[edit]

Howdy, FYI, I undid your addition to the U.S. Route 50 article at [1]. The reason why I did this is that, per Wikipedia's Manual of Style, specifically the section at WP:LEAD, the lead (or introduction) of the article should not contain any new material. Per this guideline, the lead section should be a summary of what is contained in the body of the article. While there are thousands of articles not in compliance with that guideline, the article for US-50 is rated as a Good Article, which does mean that it has been reviewed by at least one outside editor and determined to be in compliance with at least the most important portions of the Manual of Style. That's why I undid this.

However, I do support the addition of such factoids to articles, when done properly. If you can find an appropriate way to work this into one of the other sections, citing your source (as wikipedia's policies prohibit Original Research) I will happily support the inclusion of this factoid in the article.

Regards, Dave (talk) 23:23, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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File source and copyright licensing problem with File:US Military Vehicles.jpg[edit]

File Copyright problem

Thanks for uploading File:US Military Vehicles.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status and its source. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously.

If you did not create this work entirely yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the page from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of the website's terms of use of its content. If the original copyright holder is a party unaffiliated with the website, that author should also be credited. You will also need to state under what licensing terms it was released. Please refer to the image use policy to learn what files you can or cannot upload on Wikipedia. The page on copyright tags may help you to find the correct tag to use for your file.

Please add this information by editing the image description page. If the necessary information is not added within the next days, the image will be deleted. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem.

Please also check any other files you may have uploaded to make sure they are correctly tagged. Here is a list of your uploads. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Fut.Perf. ☼ 18:50, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File source problem with File:US Military Vehicles.jpg[edit]

Thank you for uploading File:US Military Vehicles.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the page from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of the website's terms of use of its content. If the original copyright holder is a party unaffiliated with the website, that author should also be credited. Please add this information by editing the image description page.

If the necessary information is not added within the next days, the image will be deleted. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem.

Please refer to the image use policy to learn what images you can or cannot upload on Wikipedia. Please also check any other files you have uploaded to make sure they are correctly tagged. Here is a list of your uploads. If you have any questions or are in need of assistance please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Fut.Perf. ☼ 15:12, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop[edit]

Please stop re-uploading that file File:US Military Vehicle collage.jpg repeatedly. There was a reason it had to be deleted twice. Just trying the same thing over and over again won't solve your problem.

You need to document the sources and copyright status of these images. You are not the author. Please make a list of where you took each component image from, together with their authors and copyright status. If all of the component images can be shown to be either freely licensed or in the public domain, we can keep the image, but we need that information. Fut.Perf. ☼ 22:26, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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