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All comments welcome!

Have spent many, many hours on wikipedia, so ask me a question if you would like. I probably know the answer :-) (Cardsplayer4life 00:24, 7 May 2005 (UTC))

Images

Hi there. I was clearing out some copyright question from WP:CP and came across Bud Walton Arena and War Memorial Stadium (Arkansas), both of which you have rewritten around the copyright, which is great. So I removed the infrining versions from the articles' histories. However, none of the images in either article has any source information attached (apart from one). Without the source, we cannot be sure of the copyright status of images. Please add a source and correct copyrighting information to these images within the next 7 days, or they will have to be deleted. Thanks. (PS: You can find this rule written down at WP:CSD in the Images section). -Splash 21:51, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

I'm sorry. I meant that the image pages do not, at present, say where you got the image from. This means that, even when you say it is public domain, we can't be sure of that fact without being able to check the source. Did you make the images yourself originally? If so, you can edit the page and add {{PD-self}} to it (or {{GFDL-self}} if you prefer to use the Gnu free documentation license, the Misplaced Pages default).

If, however, you have taken the images from somewhere else, as it looks likely in at least some cases (e.g. the layouts) you need to add a message to the image page saying clearly where they came from, and under what copyright you claim they are available for use on Misplaced Pages. There is sometimes recourse to the 'fair use' doctrine, and in this case you would probably have a good chance at that. See the Misplaced Pages:Image copyright tags to choose the most appropriate one(s), if you have not created the images yourself.

Once you have added source and copyright information to the images, you can remove the {{nosource}} tag yourself. Does that help? If not, drop me a line again. (PS The new image you uploaded is quite blurry.) -Splash 22:34, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm on the case. (Cardsplayer4life 23:00, 26 September 2005 (UTC))

Image:Techniquesforfingers.jpg

Can you add more specific source information for Image:Techniquesforfingers.jpg? Without a source (other than just "public domain"), it may be deleted. tregoweth 22:45, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

U.S. Senate elections, 2006 Grisham edit

Hi there. Saw you edited U.S. Senate elections, 2006 to say John Grisham may have serious interest in running for Senator Allen's seat in 2006. I couldn't find any serious published reports about this. Could you cite your source? Thanks. Velvetsmog 17:04, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the sources. Well appreciated. Velvetsmog 16:07, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Images listed for deletion

--The_stuart 17:01, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! I did not upload all of those, but I will try to get all the source info I can to keep them from deletion. :) (Cardsplayer4life 23:00, 6 January 2006 (UTC))

Very cool and, thanks for donating those images to the public domain. --The_stuart 00:39, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Burning Man editors category

I noticed you editting the Burning Man article. If you are someone who attends Burning Man or similar regional events you can add yourself to Category:Wikipedian Burners by editting User:Cardsplayer4life to include the text ].

Oh, and the photo and map are a great benefit to the article. Kit O'Connell (Todfox: user / talk / contribs) 03:48, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

UArk

Continuing with my assumption that you are connected with UArk... many universities have official "archivists" or "historians," often affiliated with the library, and it might be worth the effort of trying to meet with one and get some suggestions on where to go for material for the UArk history section. You might ask about this rather odd-sounding statement that comes up in a Google book search for "frederick rudolph" "university of arkansas" fayetteville:

The new university spirit was likely to turn up almost anywhere, and in 1884, although the president of the University of Arkansas actually rejected it, he publicly charged that two subversive-minded faculty members had imported from the University of Virginia the two habits that were doing Arkansas the most harm: high standards of scholarship and faculty neglect of student conduct outside the classroom.

Dpbsmith (talk) 15:25, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately I do not attend the University of Arkansas anymore, and live a long way away, I will pass on your info to someone who I think is there though. (Cardsplayer4life 19:28, 7 February 2006 (UTC))

Copyright Problem with article Brian Wowk

Hello, and welcome to Misplaced Pages! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Brian Wowk, but we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. Perhaps you would like to rewrite the article in your own words. For more information, take a look at Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines. Happy editing! 24.126.34.97 06:52, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

I will repost it in a more encyclopedic way. I was a little intoxicated when I did the first one, sorry! (Cardsplayer4life 09:59, 20 February 2006 (UTC))

Hi Cardsplayer4life,

If you look at Misplaced Pages:Articles_for_deletion/Brian_Wowk, you will see that the administrator Shanel has ruled that "The result of the debate was keep ".

There was substantial argument for deletion by mikka (t), but Tawker, the person who originally marked the page for deletion, changed his vote from delete to keep for the re-written version. As you can see from the Misplaced Pages:Articles_for_deletion/Brian_Wowk the vote was overwhelmingly to keep the piece. Shanel posted a note about the ruling at the bottom of the Some references indicating the significance of Brian Wowk section of Talk:Brian Wowk. I know that you meant well, but lifting copyrighted material to compose the article was a bad way to start. --Ben Best 09:08, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks! I wouldn't call myself anywhere NEAR stellar yet. But give it time ;) Nach0king 00:18, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Pig

Haha, indeed! You are correct. Good call. :-) Zsinj 04:35, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I must say, that was funny :) Imagine if it had been about the page Crackpot or Penis. — Deckiller 04:38, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

You dudes are crazy ;-) Cardsplayer4life 04:39, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Image:Barnhillarena.jpg listed for deletion

—fuzzy510 01:49, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

I really don't understand the objection listed. It sounds like from the cryptic statement "Free alternative could be taken" that the pic could be changed, but it isn't necessary unless I (or someone else) has an alternative. Until further clarification is provided, I will take it as such. (Cardsplayer4life 07:47, 29 May 2006 (UTC))

Help or advice

I can see from your contributions that you are still a very active Wikipedian. You had good intentions to be helpful to the cause of cryonics in Misplaced Pages with your earlier efforts. You must now have had considerable experience with edit wars and how to handle them. Your help or suggestions to deal with an revert war currently happening on the Ben Best page would be appreciated. Background on the edit war can be found at Talk:Ben_Best#You_no_longer_own_this_biography and below. A quick glance at the history of Ben Best will show you that CRANdieter has been attempting to use that page as a means of disparaging me and of disparaging cryonics -- and that this has resulted in a revert war between him, his new sock puppet Freezer Man and 71.160.248.79, a cryonicist using an IP address. Assistance or advice from a more experienced Wikipedian such as yourself would be appreciated. --Ben Best 02:52, 9 August 2006 (UTC)