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Meelar (talk) 01:37, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)

Hey. I noticed the poster on the page 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Elfenpromoposter.JPG'. May I ask where I can obtain a real copy of the poster? I shall come back to read from here as I am not a user.

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Hi, I am quite confused and I hope that I won't become disappointed too - please help me with this one! :

On 15 of April, I got a message from you on my talk page, stating that an image had been in violation. I had received a prior message from 'STBotI' and I am completly aware that the image was not in proper accordance to copyright, I was going to change it but never quite got around to it until now.

However, I now wanted to view the page I had created both in English and Chinese and ITS GONE. Maybe I am just going mad, but the whole page I can't find. This was my very first wikipedia page and I did try to make it as good as possible, all apart from the image was fine - and I knew that and was going to fix it. I also checked my 'my contributions' list and there is no record, which totally confuses me, as the page on 'Joanna Wang' took me at least two hours to make and it had been up and running for a few weeks after I finished all the adjustments and took it from 'construction phase' to being open. Please tell me that it was not all deleted because of the image. :(

I am not that familiar with the wikipedia world and forums and stuff, so I hope you get this message and that I can find out from you what happened. --Lexxus2010 (talk) 17:22, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Melesse. I thought I should let you know that all the hard work you do cleaning up CAT:ORFU isn't necessary - there at least three helpful adminbots that run 24/7, doing that thankless task. Otherwise, keep up the great work! east.718 at 08:41, March 10, 2008

Thanks for uploading Image:(001) Always is ~ Of Mary's Blood.jpg. You've indicated that the image is being used under a claim of fair use, but you have not provided an adequate explanation for why it meets Wikipedia's requirements for such images. 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. The following images also have this problem:

• Image:Don Kanonji.JPG
• Image:BECK - Title Anime.jpg
• Image:Arcueid Zelretch.jpg
• Image:AnthyHimemiya.jpg
• Image:Americangothic.jpg
• Image:AmerSwee.jpg
• Image:Alea Jacta Est.jpg
• Image:Air1Radio.jpg
• Image:After the Gold Rush.jpg
• Image:A&jdvd.jpg
• Image:7f12.jpg
• Image:3li137.jpg
• Image:1776-musical.jpg
• Image:12cover.jpg
• Image:1 Giant Leap.jpg
• Image:007GoldfingerComic.jpg
• Image:0 Ontario Pavilion Expo67 - A Place to Stand.jpg

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All the images i have used so far is being diplayed in a separate page (User:Shivaji Mitra/LesTout.com) as requested by Admin עוד מישהו Od Mishehu. Should I add the {{not orphan}} ?

Please, before you tag an image for speedy deletion because it's orphaned, can you read the file links section. SimpsonsFan08 (talk)

I think all those images you've tagged are all in 1 article . that's my user page User:MightySaiyan

Hi!

Refer to: (cur) (last) 00:06, 12 February 2008 Melesse (Talk | contribs) (29,857 bytes) (rmv image notices) (undo)

I simply do not understand why you deleted an image on article about IDEA. After deletion the text below the image became meaningless. Did you read the article after "removing vandalism". Likely many others than just me would appreciate good explanation in stead of "rmw". It requires much efforts for us to get images on the Wikipedia, but it takes only a second or two to delete it.

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Sorry to keep bugging you, but you seem like a nice editor :). I'm thinking of making a proposal regarding featured articles, basically suggesting that policy is that they be made semi-protected for the day they're main page news, as from my rv'ing experience i know they get vandalised basically constantly for that 24 hours period. Do you know where i'd post this, if it's likely to be accepted...? i appreciate i'm a new-ish user and i dont know if they'd be willing to listen. Ironholds 21:29, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

hi, it seems that you had earlier reduced one of the screenshot i took. There is another one of the same type. Would be glad if you could reduce this one to fair use policy as well. Cheers. Tarun2k (talk) 16:17, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Have seen the fair use version. Thanks. Tarun2k (talk) 22:33, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I'm still learning the ropes here. I'm working on putting together my first article (testing on my user page) and uploaded the company logo Fi-linx-logo.jpg for that article. Should I have waited until after the article was created to upload the image? Can I remove the "orphaned" tag if I plan to create the article soon (i.e. this weekend)? Skiguy330 (talk) 21:08, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just a question: have you even bothered to read the fair-use rationale for the image, or are you one of those people who just like to say that almost any fair-use image is replaceable? Besides, you didn't even take the time to notify the uploader (me).

Okay, so I now have another similar question for you; have you even bothered to read the templates you use? Notify the uploader with:. Imperative mood! It does not say "you may notify the uploader", it says "notify the uploader."

Now, let's move on to your claim. Why don't we propose Image:Arwen.jpg for deletion? Surely someone could write to New Line Cinema and ask them to release their rights for this particular picture? Is it impossible that they will feel generous and accept? No, I don't think so. And a free replacement need not be impossible to obtain, it's just got to be reasonably impossible. a subject for which a free image might reasonably be found. It says so explicitly in the template you use. But then again, I guess you don't like reading. Leptictidium (mt) 10:35, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It seems you've changed your mind, at first it was a normal deletion procedure, now it's a speedy deletion! I wonder what made you change your mind... Leptictidium (mt) 10:50, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Melesse. I saw some excellent work that you did on a Fair use rationale Here. About a year ago, editors removed nearly all of the images illustrating the article musical theatre (although not the public domain ones for the part of the article covering periods prior to 1923). The removed images were mostly CD covers or original posters for well-known musicals that were discussed in the article. Do you think that you could write a fair use rationale for that would allow some images to illustrate the parts of the article pertaining to the period 1923-present? If so, let me know, and I will suggest some Images that I think would be good choices for the article. This diff shows many of the images that were removed. Best regards, -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:34, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the message. Many images for musicals articles are about to be deleted as linked here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:SFTVLGUY2 Some of them are photos that probably do not qualify under Wikipedia guidelines, but many of them are logos, CD covers, posters, etc that just need Fair Use rationales. I have been adding fair use rationales to the best of my ability, but I cannot keep up with the rate at which they are being put up for deletion. Best regards, -- Ssilvers (talk) 03:22, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there Melesse, thanks for adding fair use rationales to the images. I'm a bit concerned by the rate at which you're adding them though - some of the rationales really don't seem to apply to the articles, so you should really consider carefully whether the FURME standard rationales are applicable or not. Take Image:PatrickTopaloff.jpg for example: The fair use rationale you added justifies inclusion of the image in Patrick Topaloff by saying that it is required as an accompaniment to a section of text about the book. In reality, it is being used in the article to show what Topaloff himself looks like - the caption even suggests this! Commentary about the book cover is limited to only one line, and the fair use rationale is really not strong enough to support its inclusion.

I agree that a good number of the nominated images are being used fairly, but I think you're being a bit too liberal with the default FURME rationales at the moment. I'd prefer not to have to do a load of IfDs on these! Papa November (talk) 06:36, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks a lot. I'll check through them all properly when the nominations expire anyway. Cheers, Papa November (talk) 06:46, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for what you did on the Image:The Children's War.gif. I'm still a noob when it comes to Wikipedia. Zombie Hunter Smurf (talk) 15:04, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I remember in your RFA that you were an image-related admin. I also posted this at WP:AN, but there's a backlog at Category:All images on Wikimedia Commons ready for deletion, for images that can be deleted. Spencer^T♦C 22:21, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]