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July 2008

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:DuncanDHunter.jpg}

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Replaceable fair use Image:DuncanDHunter.jpg

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:ZacharyQuintoSpock.jpg}

Thank you for uploading Image:ZacharyQuintoSpock.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this image under "fair use" may not meet the criteria required by Misplaced Pages:Non-free content. This can be corrected by going to the image description page and add or clarify the reason why the image qualifies for fair use. In particular, for each page the image is used on, the image must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Can you please check:

• That there is a non-free use rationale on the image's escription page for each article the image is used in.
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Please be aware that a fair use rationale is not the same as an image copyright tag; descriptions for images used under the fair use policy require both a copyright tag and a fair use rationale.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it might be deleted by adminstrator within a few days in accordance with our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions, please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 00:25, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Unexplained revert question

You reverted an apparent good-faith edit by anonymous newb, found here. It was deeply flawed, in that it lacked section headers and was dropped into the end of the section, but it was in something akin to wiki-syntax. As you didn't leave an edit summary, I feel it necessary to ask the following:

Do you have a reason to believe it was grossly inaccurate, a copyvio, or something else that can't be restored and cleaned up? I'd be willing to do it, given the fact that there's basically no real content on the page at the moment, but I'm not at all familiar with the subject matter and can't touch more than the grammar and syntax. MrZaius 11:08, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Brainpox

I'm curious as to why you think a separate article is needed about this fictional disease. Per the WP:NB guidelines (apologies, my earlier edit summary linked to WikiProject Books, not the notability guideline for books) and common Wikipractice, derivative articles are not generally needed, unless they demonstrate independent notability or the parent article is unmanagably large. Neither of these seems to be the case here. Why not make brainpox a section in the article about the book? gnfnrf (talk) 04:31, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

March 2009

Please do not add copyrighted material to Misplaced Pages without permission from the copyright holder, as you did to Kindred: The Embraced. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. Misplaced Pages takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. In addition to being excessive fictional details, this information was copy/pasted from other sources, which is against Misplaced Pages's policies. Do not continue attempting to restore such inappropriate information. -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 22:53, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

May 2009

Welcome to Misplaced Pages, and thank you for your contributions. One of the core policies of Misplaced Pages is that articles should always be written from a neutral point of view. A contribution you made to Fox News Channel appears to carry a non-neutral point of view, and your edit may have been changed or reverted to correct the problem. Please remember to observe our core policies. Thank you. ZimZalaBim 15:59, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Sixx

As previously stated, the content is not viable under Misplaced Pages biographies of a living persons. The event is described from a neural point of view, and under the guidelines Misplaced Pages:Biographies of living persons "Criticism and praise of the subject should be represented if it is relevant to the subject's notability...written in a manner that does not overwhelm the article or appear to take sides". From this guideline the word 'nigger' has very negative connotations and whilst i am not disputing the seriousness of the offense, anyone reading over the page will immediately assume he is racist, which is not relevant to the "subjects notability" as Nikki Sixx is famous for being the songwriter/bass player in Motley Crue, not as a racist. The incident is described in neutral tone and has a you tube video as a reference if people wish to watch the event too. For these reasons i removed the changes you made to the article. DrMotley (talk) 21:24, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Deletion review for Surnames by Country

The discussion for Misplaced Pages:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 June 6#Category:Surnames by country in which you participated was closed as delete and is now under review at Misplaced Pages:Deletion review/Log/2009 June 25#Category:Surnames by country. Your participation and input is invited. Alansohn (talk) 05:33, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Roesgen article BLP violations

Please refrain from making edits that are in violation of the Misplaced Pages BLP policy. Adding personal commentary and original research (such as saying she's fired when she wasn't; or that she's angry, when she wasn't; or changing employment dates from "present" to 2009 when no source indicates that; etc.) just to make the subject look bad is prohibited. As is piling on a bunch of similar criticisms, sourced or not. I have reverted your edits, as I am instructed to do by WP:BLP. Please do not re-insert them without first discussing them on the talk page. Thanks, Xenophrenic (talk) 18:23, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

July 2009

Your recent edit to Glenn Beck (diff) was reverted by an automated bot. The edit was identified as adding vandalism, or link spam to the page or having an inappropriate edit summary. If you want to experiment, please use the preview button while editing or consider using the sandbox. If you made an edit that removed a large amount of content, try doing smaller edits instead. Thanks! (Report bot mistakes here) // VoABot II (talk) 00:40, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Afghanistan War prisoners of war

Category:Afghanistan War prisoners of war, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. –BLACK FALCON 00:03, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry case

You have been accused of sockpuppetry. Please refer to Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Iadmitmybiaswhycantyou? for evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with notes for the suspect before editing the evidence page. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 04:56, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism

Perhaps you'd like to explain how I vandalised your talk page? If you are refering to the templates those are required by policy when expressing concerns over sockpuppetry. I would like to add however if I am wrong I do apoligize for getting you mixed up in it. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 05:19, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

As you will not or are not able to show how or where I vandalised your page, I respectfully request you strike your comments from the AFD board. (specifically the part accusing me of vandalism.) Hell In A Bucket (talk) 13:14, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Maybe you'd like to strike your personal attacks against me as this clearly wasn't a case of vandalism as applies to WP:VANDAL and you might want to read the article on sockpuppetry as well so you don't take this quite so personally.....Hell In A Bucket (talk) 21:14, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Evans--I don't recall encountering you, but this Buckethead believes we are one and the same. It may not be vandalism, technically, but it is abusive and foolish.Jimintheatl (talk) 00:24, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Just to clarify to you, I didn't pick your name from a list willy nilly. I had done research on an extensive sock farm and there were three articles everyone nominated had in common. They all edited a specific genre and had 3 articles in common Glenn Beck Tea Party protests and Susan Roesgen. one of the hallmarks in WP:SIGN is Editing identical articles I understand that 3 articles is a little rough however I did base my premise of my understanding of the policy.Hell In A Bucket (talk) 04:08, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

September 2009

Welcome to Misplaced Pages. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would like to remind you not to attack other editors. Please comment on the contributions and not the contributors. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 13:03, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

FYI.

You have been mentioned here ] at ANI, regards Off2riorob (talk) 16:22, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

It's not technically about you. This is regarding the other editor nominated on the sockpuppet investigation. Please feel free to comment. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 16:24, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

October 2009

I'm sorry, i accidentally clicked your link, when I meant to click the link of the previous editor. Not only didn't you vandalize the article, you actually removed vandalism, please accept my apology. While we are on the subject though, when you remove vandalism, it would be helpful if you would add a warning to the talk page of the vandal. you do not need to be an administrator to do so, and it helps spread the load a but more. Thank you for your efforts to protect America's Next Top Model, Cycle 13 from vandalism -... MistyWillows  09:44, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Killian documents controversy

What is your reasoning for removing the category "political forgery" from this article? Just curious - certainly the documents were forged, and certainly for political reasons.... Mark Shaw (talk) 19:56, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

I didn't remove the category "political forgery" from the article! I added it! What are you smoking? -- Evans1982 (talk) 20:01, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Whoops, you are quite right! My apologies, I must indeed have been "smoking something," at least figuratively. I agree with your addition. Mark Shaw (talk) 20:07, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Evans1982! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 1 of the articles that you created is tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. Please note that all biographies of living persons must be sourced. If you were to add reliable, secondary sources to this article, it would greatly help us with the current 1 article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the article:

1. Shannon Bream - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 23:14, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Galactica

We need to stop this back-and-forth; however, the text you're adding is still problematic. In particular, this text:

"means that unlike most space opera science fiction stories, the series was a tale of ancient history rather than future history"

borders on user-generated analysis and opinion. For example, we would need a reference to support the claim of "unlike most science fiction stories"; while this may well be the case, it has to come from a third party, not from a Misplaced Pages editor doing an assessment. Please try another pass so that we can discuss it; if you're unable to do so, I'll rework it in a few days to move it more in line with what is needed. --Ckatz_spy 06:39, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

FYI, the use of misleading and dishonest edit summaries is frowned upon. My edit was in no way whatsoever "vandalism"; you have (despite my request) failed to provide a source for your analysis. This text parallels that present in the Battlestar Wiki, which is not considered a reliable source. I would ask that you discuss this rather than reverting, so that we can resolve the mater amicably. Thank you in advance. --Ckatz_spy 22:49, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for responding. We need to take the matter up on the article's talk page. FYI, while you may think "only an idiot would dispute" this matter, you have to remember that Misplaced Pages is very different from the Galactica wiki. The rules and requirements here are much stricter with regard to sourcing, references, and absence of editor analysis. --Ckatz_spy 03:11, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Your behaviour with regard to this matter is troubling. I had moved the text to the talk page, and was just about to leave you a note explaining just that. There was no need whatsoever to do what you did. I would strongly encourage you to undo your most recent revert, and participate in a discussion on the talk page. --Ckatz_spy 18:22, 5 February 2010 (UTC)