Talk:Virginia Military Institute/Archive 2

Merge Ratline article

Suggest we merge the Ratline Ratline article into the Student life section of this article. The Ratline article by itself doesn't seem to be Wikipedia worthy and other schools have a more detailed student life section than this current article. Rillian 02:45, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

It's a good example of how merging can give character and depth to articles. What would the objections be? (We'll know soon enough.) --Wetman 02:49, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

I object to Rillian and his posse of nerds messing with this article any more. Please spend time on another page, you bunch of computer dorks, and for goodness sake, get a life. Signed, Nate Nate —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 153.26.176.34 (talk • contribs) 22:29, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

(This is the vandal that is deleting picture captions at this entry.) --Wetman 03:44, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

(I'm just trying to get you freaking geeks to leave this page alone!! And by the way, you guys are the vandals!) --Nate —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 153.26.176.34 (talk • contribs) 23:43, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Ratline section expanded with merged content. Rillian 00:57, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Photos

We have some good photos on the article, but none of them have sources or copyright information. If anyone knows the source, please add to the image page before a Wikipedia admin delete the files for potential copyright violations. Thanks Rillian 01:43, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Photos obtained from VMI's website Nate —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 153.26.176.34 (talk • contribs) 00:40, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Then we need to find replacements. Photos from VMI's web site would be copyrighted and not usable in Wikipedia. Any alumni out there with photos that they can release to the public domain? Rillian 00:32, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

ACTUALLY, we do not need replacements. We may use the photos that are on display. Those photos were made open to the public. User:Nate —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 153.26.176.34 (talk • contribs) 00:18, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

VMI's web pages are copyrighted and so is all the content on them with the notice "©Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA 24450-0304" on each page. Not sure what you mean by "made open to the public"? For use in Wikipedia, we need images that are not copyrighted. Rillian 21:54, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

VMI made the images available for public/non-profit use. These pictures are good to go As Is. Nate —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 153.26.176.34 (talk • contribs) 20:24, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

That's good to hear, but where does it state that on the VMI web site? Please post a URL or other source. Thanks Rillian 19:16, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Pictures are OK to use. You can call to verify if you wish, but we can use the pictures. Thanks, User:Nate —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 153.26.176.34 (talk • contribs) 06:10, 5 September 2005 (UTC)