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Please remember in the future, when removing unlicensed media from articles where their use does not comport with our copyright policies, if you are reverted, you should block the reverter as well as reverting their edit. Editors who deliberately and knowingly violate our unlicensed media use policy may be blocked without further warning. Usually 24 hours is enough. If the person disagrees with the removal, they are required to discuss it first; reverting is not acceptable. When it comes to unlicensed media, we err on the side of exclusion. Regards, Kelly Martin (talk) 21:22, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
You're mentioned at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/MatthewFenton. Jkelly 21:34, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
I noticed that you removed the sports logos from the pages Minnesota and Minneapolis-Saint Paul which I put there, and I was wondering why you did that. Is there a rule or a guideline that frowns upon logos in articles? If so, could you give me a link? Thanks in advance Smarterthanu91 03:26, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
I apologise for any inconvienence it caused. Will (Take me down to the Paradise City) 18:23, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
I appreciate your efforts to enforce Wikipedia's copyright guidelines. However, in many articles such as Atlantic Hockey, you have removed the images, leaving what are essentially duplicate lists of the teams in the leagues. It might have been more prudent to incorporate the team names from the gallery with the schools listed above. Powers 13:53, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Just curious, why did you remove the logos from the article? AriGold 14:46, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Ed, you are acting unilaterally in your interpretation of policy yet again. There is no consensus in support of the actions you are taking. You are well aware of the ongoing discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Logos#Clarification_on_use_of_sports_team_logos. You have decided to decentralize the discussion by unilaterally acting on all these different article pages. Therefore, the Talk pages of those articles is a good place to leave a pointer to the current discussion. Since you prefere I not address the message to you, I will change it to a simple pointer. Johntex\talk 16:22, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
I believe you are aware of Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-08-01 Fair Use Images on Sports Page - College Football Specific, but if not, please forgive me for not notifying you before now. Could you please state here whether you will or will not agree to the mediation process? Failure to reply within 7 days (with proven activity over that time, ie, that it is assumed that you are therefore aware of this message) will result in a negative response (ie, that you will not agree to mediation) to be assumed. Thank you. --MECU≈talk 18:27, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
This is what became of the protection request. I'm not sure how much more "stern" one might get. I'll have to admit that I am at a bit of a loss as to what the best way to proceed is. My impression is that blocking users over this issue is contentious, reverting it repeatedly got you blocked, and protection isn't the right tool. Discussion at WP:AN perhaps? Are you subscribed to wikien-l? Jkelly 01:33, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
Hello, could you please help me resolve the dispute with User:Lowg on the SCG/SER issue on both UEFA Champions League 2006-07 and UEFA Cup 2006-07? I feel that the two flags adequately represent the situation and this is a good compromise, but Lowg refuses to budge and this is turning into an edit war. Since you're aware of the issue and had weighed in on an earlier compromise, could you please add another voice to this discussion? Thanks. - Pal 19:24, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Is there anyway we could put the conference logo images to a vote about whether they are needed and are a copyright violation? --Josh 04:36, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
Heja, I can see why you cleaned up these both templates, but why did you deleted the colors of the background, too? Phoe 16:58, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
Could you swing by Talk:Dark Castle if you have time? The discussion concerns use of software computer icons for identifying a product, which in this instance is used for what I believe to be a decorative purpose. Combination 19:21, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
You've taken a picture of Jimbo? 8-0 Rock on! $ΡЯΙNGεrαgђ (-T|ε|C|L-) 21:11, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I've removed the "no license" tag from this image. This tag produces "This image does not have information on its copyright status." That is clearly not the case - the copyright status, copyright owner and source are all very clearly stated. Now you may wish to list it for deletion as non-compatible with Wikipedia, but this was not the way to go about it. Mark83 22:13, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
You left a message on my talk page about an image of Jack Straw I uploaded. Looking at the image, you appear to have commented that crown copyright is not sufficient. Should I put the copyright holder as the Foreign and Commonwealth Office? TreveXtalk 23:55, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Why are you reverting my edits? Why shouldn't the individuals be in alphabetical order or the organizations have logos, ha? It took me some time adding them, BTW.190.40.23.107 03:32, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Ed. I have been indicated to be an Administrator and, as I work mostly on the same kind of things as you (fair use vigilance), I believe you may have a relevant opinion on either I may be helpfull in that position. If you have the time, leave your opinion on my RFA. Thanks in advance. Best regards, --Abu Badali 00:52, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
I have replied to your message on my talk page. Thank you. BigDT 14:17, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
On User talk:Dino, you note,
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Gee, if crown copyright isn't good enough, I guess the image's toast. Oh well.
dino 18:55, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
Please see talk page for the Big East Conference article before removing images again. If you are going to remove them from this page, you will also need to remove them from all similar pages that are listed out on the talk page. This is the only way to be consistent. If you remove them from ONLY this football conference page and not all the rest of them, it has generally been seen as due to a personal bias. I have restored these images several times and to be honest, I have no problem with them staying or going...but if you are going to remove them from here, please remove them from all the similar articles listed. Thank you. --ScottyBoy900Q 02:11, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
You were previously involved in discussions relating to whether the wording of templates such as {{otheruses}} should simply say "For other uses" as it currently does or should read differently. I've started a discussion on the issue at Wikipedia talk:Disambiguation#"Other uses" of what? and thought you might be interested. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 03:01, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
I read your comments on ScottyBoy's talk page and to be quite honest, I'm completly and honestly disgusted. I've never felt so insulted on Wikipedia, not EVER!!! And I've been involved in some nasty vandal affairs. Contrary to what you may think about us sports editors, I'm 100% fully aware about what Wikipedia stands for and what the grand picture of this website is. However, I also believe that we cannot rule this entire website on the basis of guidelines if there is a large amount of confusion on some of the policies, like fair use for example. What may be black and white to you and a few others is not so to the rest of the editors here, and that is something that you should recognize. Also, you must know that ALL of my edits on wikipedia was made to make wikipedia better as an encyclopedia, and not to make it look like ESPN or Sports Illustrated. The inclusion of the NBA logos were an encyclopedic tool to be used to help track the course of a team through NBA History. The current logos on the main NBA page were a tool to help visually identify a team, since there are no other alternatives to logos anyway. This isn't "Man, Wikipedia looks boring. Let's spruce things up a little!" as it seems like you are putting it. To me, this whole issue ISN'T about logos. I mean I would personally prefer them on, but that isn't the issue here. This is about Wikipedia as a whole, and how not listning to new ideas simply because "It violates wiki-policy" will not only harm wikipedia's potential for growth, bit will deter new users and potential editors from participating on what is otherwise a fantastic project. Considering the fact that you are indeed an administrator, your actions and your (now apparant) biases concerning Wikipedia's editors, myself included, is sad indeed. You make it sound like sports editors are out to ruin Wikipedia, when that isn't the case at all. My intentions were to make Wikipedia the best web resource available and all of my edits were in accordance to my interpretation to Wikipedia's policy, always have been and always will be. But if you think that I am too misguided to edit here, then maybe I shouldn't edit here at all. But I believe in Wikipedia so much to let it end like this. I hope you know that I'm not at all impressed with your attitude about this whole issue, especially your decision to ignore our concerns. Dknights411 04:11, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Your use of AWB to repeatedly remove previously accepted image infobox's from NCAA related articles is in violation of the rules of use of AWB (specifically using it to make controversial changes) which can be viewed here. I ask that you cease and desist immediately, or measures regarding this matter will have to be taken, in accordance with WP policy. Thank you! -- CollegeSportsGuy 08:31, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
User created images must be uploaded under a free license, please either release the image under an appriopriate license, or if you really don't want to do that, let the image be deleted. Thanks, ed g2s • talk 17:19, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
There are two other images on Urquhart Castle already, with no copyright problems. Image:Urquhart castle.jpg can die, with no great loss. Ain't worth it. I'll be more careful in the future.
dino 18:44, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi, please can you correct your correction on Template:S-off and Template:S-jud; it had made the templates looking like here Neil Kinnock. Thanks Phoe 21:05, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick work Phoe 21:28, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
On the List of Cornell University people page you deleted most of the images with the edit summary comment: "please do not use fair use image to decorate this list." I read what material I could find on fair use, and I'm afraid I don't see the problem. I'm sure I missed something, but your explanation is not sufficient for me to identify it. I don't see a conflict with the counterexamples at Wikipedia:Fair_use#Images. I'd appreciate it if you would cite the relevant Wikipedia policy and post a slightly fuller explanation on the Talk:List of Cornell University people page. Also, if you have suggestions for how we might get acceptable images of famous and widely identifiable people (like Dr. Joyce Brothers, to cite just one example among many), I'd be grateful. Thanks. -DoctorW 23:19, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi Ed. An editor complained that you were being a bit heavy handed with threatening to block editors for including sports team logos in galleries and such. A block threat, even in an edit summary, is pretty hair-raising to most editors. Anyway, I'm sure you're not really going to block other long-term productive editors for single reverts over sports team logos while all this is being straightened out (right?), so it really seems kind of like verbal overkill.
I would say that I'd never seen reference to a talk page as indication of a policy before. If somebody wants to put together a task force to clean up all the sports teams logos if and when it's agreed that it needs to be done, that'd be different. Herostratus 03:39, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
I can get an e-mail sent to me I suppose but I do not see what further evidence of permission that it would add. If I had been lying up to now about getting permission orally, inventing an e-mail would not be beyond me. JMcC 16:30, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
I noted your reversion of Rochdale's first team kit a few days ago. Your comments on team kits would be appreciated on this discussion. After consensus has been reached, we will take it from there as to whether the Nike trim should be on or not. It should be noted though that the Nike trim in question is used by a few other teams, and therefore isn't just a 1-team specific image. -- Boothman /tɔːk/ 12:26, 12 August 2006 (UTC).
i will happily change my summary, however teh template had been functining very well for several weeks and has been implemented into alot of articles very succesfully. I do also plan to further your idea on using templated colours however that will take some time, but also hex functionality should remain. Matthew Fenton (Talk | Contribs) PS: For ease lets converse on the talk ;)! Matthew Fenton (Talk | Contribs) 12:48, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
You shouldnt revert without discussion either, everything was working well for several weeks. But if you dont intend to revert i intend to improove it ASAP. Matthew Fenton (Talk | Contribs) 22:55, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
Also note; You your self did not propose the changes you just made, so i dont understand why you are upset with the colour adition?. Matthew Fenton (Talk | Contribs) 23:06, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
I believe your being pretty bias here, you just made major changes without proposing them, i added an optional value (also wikipedia is not papaer, colour is encouraged); Look i dont want to argue so lets just leave it at this ok? I intend to imrpoove it in a short time. Matthew Fenton (Talk | Contribs) 23:12, 12 August 2006 (UTC) PS: They do change appearance, text was centerd which is now left'd. Matthew Fenton (Talk | Contribs) 23:13, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
I find the colours do make it look profesional in that they visually link. If a concensous says remove then so be it, but it should be left there till then. Matthew Fenton (Talk | Contribs) 23:41, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
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