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4,000 Years old Bronze Picture in History of China[edit]

Go head with the deletion. All the bronze pictues I uploaded got the approvals from the owner and I have attached the email from the owner too, if anyone can read the history of the images page or the files. From time to time, I got deletion tags and I have explain again and again and again how and from whom I got these pictures. The type of the tags had been changed at least 3 times too along with the policy change. Despite that, finally, they were all deleted now. Happy? you won? So, the only thing I try to say is that, you can delete those pictures, but you can not detroy the real 4,000 years fine bronze piece in China, and they are still there. Please read all the deletion notifications on my talke page and continue to abuse wikipedia's deletion friendly policies, continue to distort wikipedia and continue to turn wikipdedia into a coldwar machine!

You may cheat one person during entire of his life, or you may cheat all humans for a while, but you can not cheat all human in all time. Dongwenliang (talk) 15:35, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Hej[edit]

Hej there, Fred, I only just noticed this talkpage had been created, that's how observant I am. Thanks for your good wishes. Bishonen | talk 19:35, 17 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]

LOL, it's just nice you weren't dissing me on purpose. / Fred-Jn 20:09, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I have just noticed you reverted my edits to the Värmdö Municipality article. I believe this was unnecessary, as the sentence I removed was totally unreferenced. The sentence "Today, Värmdö is a rapidly expanding suburban area to Stockholm and also one of the most exclusive areas for summer houses in´Sweden," may be easily challenged, since the IP editor who added the sentence provided no sources for the sentence. I believe I acted correctly by removing the unsourced information, and I see no explanation for your reversion of my edits. Please explain your actions, and I will gladly accept them. Thank you. Yours truly, BoricuaeddieTalkContribsSpread the love! 23:59, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, can't we wait for someone to challenge it before removing it? Or just add a {{fact}}? / Fred-Jn 22:08, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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"Municipal towns" - a question[edit]

Hallo! I am currently working with the municipalities of Sweden. Presently I am writing own articles about the seats (centralorter) as in the Swedish and German WPs. I have a question to you. In some articles about municipalities there are lists of the tätorter in the municipality. They are sometimes called "Municipal towns". I have figured out that you have written some of those lists. A tätort is normally called locality by Statistics Sweden (SCB). Where did you find the term "municipal town"? To me it sounds like some home-spun translation of the swedish term "municipalsamhälle", which was something else. Before I make some large-scale changes of this terminology it would be interesting to know if municipal town really is a term used in English to describe non-administrative buit-up areas like the Swedish concept of tätort. --Muniswede 13:18, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Muniswede.
"Municipal towns" just literally refers to towns of the municipality. If you want to call them localities instead, it's OK -- I don't think it is a big deal.
Fred-Jn 13:45, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I just wondered if the term had been found in some English language litterature, or if it was an "own" construction. I think "municipal" in this case could be misleading. You mean "in or of the municipality", but it could be interpreted as "towns with a municipal capacity", which they don't have. --Muniswede 20:45, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ah yes, I now understand what you mean. Yes it is bad if it is interpreted in that way. / Fred-Jn 21:19, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ship Districts?![edit]

There are a lot of articles about various "Ship Districts" in Sweden. I think you have written them (as "Mic". On that page I was directed to FredChess. I don´t know for sure if you are all the same. If not, just don't mind my questions!) Questions: Is "Ship District" an accepted term in English for the Swedish word "Skeppslag"? Did you find it somewhere in serious English-language literature on the subject? Or is it just some home-made translation? --Muniswede 21:04, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, just letting you know that since a second club was given an article, I've added it to the AFD, and I invite your further comment if you so desire. FrozenPurpleCube 20:16, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you / Fred-Jn 20:36, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome, and I note your edit summary says "vote keep" but I'd like to inform you that AFD discussions are not votes. You may also wish to check WP:ATA and WP:!VOTE. FrozenPurpleCube 03:34, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Fred. You had two !votes at the Lunds ASK AfD#2, so I line one out so as not to confuse the admin closing the AfD#2. -- Jreferee 22:52, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! You recently reverted me on Economy of Sweden, and I posted a note explaining my rationale on Talk:Economy of Sweden#Figures_section. If you could comment there, it would be appreciated. Thanks! Henrik 08:13, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

We're live[edit]

Hi, Fred, we're live, I've emigrated to mainspace. Hope you like it. Bishonen | talk 09:46, 2 July 2007 (UTC).[reply]

July 2007 GAC backlog elimination drive[edit]

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Kite picture[edit]

Yes, I took that picture. I may be able to dig up the negative. I scanned and uploaded it to en.wikipedia.org years ago when wikipedia didn't keep track of a lot of things and before I started digital photography. Someone else moved it to Common. That is fine with me, but why the original history is lost? Beats me. I am not even a member of the Common. Besides, read near the bottom of my user page and associate me with some alternative identities. I might have done it in my altered ego. Kowloonese 06:19, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


En-6[edit]

That's a pretty accurate summary of the TfD debate surrounding the template. I would not be opposed to nominating it again, perhaps the consensus has changed. RyanGerbil10(C-Town) 18:27, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your reply.
Fred-J 15:08, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, i know you was the man who deleted that image, that image was used in spanish wikipedia for yuri gagarin article's image and result that we doesn't have that image, please can you upload it back because we need it for spanish wikipedia, Thanks.--69.125.75.220 16:26, 6 October 2007 (UTC). Fred please i need that image... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.125.75.220 (talk) 22:38, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I trust you but anyway thanks, i had another image for gagarin's article to upload it in spanish wikipedia is the

File:Gagarin space suite.jpg

please can you upload this image for me, i hope to not bother you, Thanks--69.125.75.220 00:33, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Hello, fred i waited you for one week, to upload this image, yuri gagarin in space suit. Thanks.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.125.75.220 (talk) 01:33, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply] 
I am unsure about the copyright. It doesn't state the original source and it is not possible to verify the copyright status. / Fred-J 16:03, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Neat article Helgeandsholmen[edit]

I found a really neat Sweden-related article, Helgeandsholmen, just randomly surfing wikipedia. It hadn't been tagged as part of the Sweden wikiproject, and it looks like sort of an orphan. The article seems really well developed though, with a few more refs this could easily be a Good Article. Just thought I point it your way. Jeff Dahl 05:52, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the information :-)
Fred-J 16:50, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Image Fair Use[edit]

the image description page This is a image I got permission from the owner Xu Hong to use them on wikipidia. This was discussed so many times with administrator Nardman1 and Jkelly [1] See here:[2]. I am not sure why you left these msg again. Please remove the deletion tag. I can forward the permission email if u want to see it.Dongwenliang 23:54, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I replied at User talk:N. / Fred-J 10:46, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Serbia = Sweden?[edit]

CoA of Serbia

So you really think that it's a good idea to base the Swedish CoA on the Serbian? --Camptown 20:05, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please --
I'm not saying the svg it looks good. Because I don't think it does. But -- it is accurate. Even if the cloth is based on the Serbian coat of arms. It is more important to be accurate than to be aesthetic.
I also didn't know the 1908 was wrong until I was informed of it recently.
Fred-J 20:08, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No, you (and your informer) are essentially wrong. But, I forgot that you are just a destructive editor who instantly reverts to edit wars, despite the fact that there is an agreement to wait for a better vectorized version of the Swedish coat of arms. It's only a waste of time to communicate with you. --Camptown 20:14, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your opinion. You are of course welcome to inform me and my informers why we are wrong, when the svg is following the blazon as it is described on Coat_of_arms_of_Sweden#General_Description. Perhaps you have further information, that me and my informers are unaware of? / Fred-J 20:15, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Image:Sweden greater coa1908-modern.png[edit]

Jag märkte att du håller på med att redigera en bild på det moderna stora riksvapnet. [3] Det finns redan en bild på det på Statens arkiv, vilket är platsen Camptown hittade bilden på det stora riksvapnet utan vapenmantel. [4] Varför inte ladda upp bilden av stora riksvapnet från Statens arkiv? –panda 22:30, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hej! Tack för ditt intresse. Om du bläddrar ner på sidan på Statens arkiv, så ser du att det står "© Riksarkivet. Gäller samtliga illustrationer". Det går alltså inte att ladda upp här.
Mvh Fred-J 23:42, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Betyder det då att man borde ta bort bilden som Camptown laddade upp [5]? Det kom alltså därifrån. –panda 23:53, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ja, det stämmer. Även andra bilder som baserats på denna bild måste raderas. / Fred-J 14:02, 27 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Contoso[edit]

Hey! I originally created the contoso page. I watched it evolve and get updated and added to. It eventually had a list of nearly every imaginary Microsoft company.... then one day it was deleted. I tried searching logs and finding it etc, but couldn't. I see that you restored it... THANK YOU! I am not sure how you came across it, or why you restored it (I would love the know the answer to both of those questions), but thanks! Is there a way to restore it back to its pre-deletion state? Spooons (talk) 18:38, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Deletion of article Bosnian Mujahideen - pls help me deal with a difficult editor[edit]

Hi, I'm having a problem with a The Dragon of Bosnia who has repeatedly deleted an article which I edit called Bosnian Mujahideen (see edit history here [6]). He has also deleted links to the article on other articles. [7][8][9][10]He seems to be basing his deletion of the article on two sets of arguments:

  1. that the term Bosnian Mujahideen does not exist. In fact the term is used by published (research and books) experts.[11]. I admit though that there are other terms often used, such as El Mujahid, El Mujaheed or just Mujahideen (spelled in various forms).
  2. claims the article is based on "false info/original research"[12] or "propaganda attempt or original research if you wish, based on unverified sources per WP:RS"[13]. As you will see from the references used in the article it is quite thoroughly sourced from what must be judged to be neutral and/or reliable sources.
  3. states that "there is already particular article"[14] This refers to an article called 7th Muslim Brigade, which The Dragon of Bosnia is an editor of. Not only do I find this article to be blatantly POV and lacking in verifiable sources it also does not cover the Bosnian Mujahideen.

In the interest of avoiding an edit war I would like some assistance from you as an adminstrator.Osli73 11:29, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't agree. There were no Bosnian Mujahideen, just particular units such as El-Mujahid, so I redirected that made-up term to the article about the unit (redundancy). According to ICTY, Serb propaganda fabricated much of these stories so this is not a right place for that. For example there is the whole article about Serb propaganda in the Stakić verdict:The media

One example of such propaganda was the derogatory language used for referring to non-Serbs such as mujahedin, Ustasa or Green Berets, although at the time there were no foreign volunteers in Bosnia.

Read: Wikipedia:No original research:

  1. Wikipedia is not a venue for publishing, publicizing or promoting original research in any way. No original research, or NOR, is a corollary to two other policies:
  2. Our original major content policy, neutral point of view (NPOV) encourages editors to add undisputed facts, including unbiased accounts of various people's views. It has traditionally forbidden editors from inserting their own views into articles, and demands that Wikipedia balance the relative prominence of differing viewpoints based on their prominence in the relevant field.
  3. Our verifiability policy (V) demands that information and notable views presented in articles be drawn from appropriate, reliable sources.

Osli73, you were earlier blocked many times because of your behaviour: [15] so I advice you to stop propagating false info/original research.

You shouldn't misuse Wikipedia by uploading unverified photos, too. The war is over, propaganda should be over too. The Dragon of Bosnia 11:31, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Reply to Dragon of Bosnia,

  1. the sources I cite (which you do not contest or mention) do specifically refer to the "Bosnian Mujahideen"
  2. yes, the Bosnian Mujahideen were often referred to as El Mujahid or El Mujaheed, as I state in the article.
  3. 'your' article on the 7th Muslim Brigade is, in my opinion, (a) considerably less NPOV, (b) less well sourced (and not verifiable sources either) and (3) deals more with the Mujahideen as they were used in Serb propaganda rather than discussing the actual unit.
  4. the article is based on verifiable and reliable sources (pls note the list of references). I have exclusively used American and British media and government sources as well as ICTY documents precisely to avoid the type of knee-jerk accusation of "Serb propaganda" which you claim.
  5. I agree that Bosnian Mujahideen was a part of Bosnian Serb propagande during the war. That doesn't mean they did not exist.

Given the above, I can't see what the basis of your opposition to this article is really based on. Osli73 11:49, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There are already articles called 7th Muslim Brigade, and The role of foreign volunteers. This is just redundant WP:OR article, based on unrelaible sources per WP:RS. On the other hand my sources are International court findings. The sources should be relaible, such as verdicts, verified documents, not blog, websites or unverified pictures/photo montague. You also tried to delete the cause of foreign volunteers arrival, and the cause were mass war crimes committed by Serb forces. This is the ICTY conclusion. So when you talk about NPOV, I juct can't understand your earlier actions. The Dragon of Bosnia 12:01, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reject[edit]

Hi, are you from Sweden? I want ask you, "Why my editing article always reject in Wikipedia Sweden?" Thank you.Mikhailov Kusserow (talk) 02:04, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In Swedish Wikipedia? I don't know. / Fred-J 10:59, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Swedish language[edit]

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Strindberg[edit]

I modified the statement about Strindberg a tad.[16] Do you still feel it would require a citation?

Peter Isotalo 15:53, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is better. But I think a citation would still be useful.
Fred-J 15:59, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Isn't this pretty common knowledge, though?
Peter Isotalo 16:03, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I added some of your suggested names to the text and removed the fact-tag. I hope you don't mind, but I thought that this pretty much addressed your complaints.
Peter Isotalo 12:35, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you[edit]

Thank you for taking time to GA review Gene Robinson. Cheers! Wassupwestcoast (talk) 19:33, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

I'm in the middle of a cursory cleanup of the IPA on Wikipedia. I see that back in Aug-Sept. 2005 you added pronunciations to these two articles, with a breve in front. Since a stranded breve is meaningless in the IPA, I deleted it, but wonder if you might have been indicating tone. It would be great if you were, as we almost never get Swedish tone in Wikipedia articles. Please let me know if you were, and we can work out some more intuitive way of representing it. kwami (talk) 23:17, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I can't help you. I didn't add the IPA to Växjö, it was added to Växjö Municipality at an earlier time ([17]) and I believe the same applies to Eskilstuna.
Fred-J 17:40, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
However, when it comes to IPAs, one person who is interested in it, and has added several, is user:Peter Isotalo.
Fred-J 17:42, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]


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Happy New Year! Here is the latest edition of the WikiProject GA Newsletter! Dr. Cash (talk) 03:58, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Þingalið[edit]

Hi. I've reviewed the article Þingalið, which you nominated for GA. I've got concerns over breadth and neutrality. There is also some debate over whether Þingalið is the correct or only term for the warriors discussed in the article. Please see the talk page. The GA nom is on hold til tomorrow, sorry for the late notice, but I mistakenly assumed Berig was the nominator, as you have not edited the article. Cheers. 4u1e (talk) 10:17, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, no problem. Still, thank you for reviewing.
There's not much I can add to the article anyways; it isn't my field...
Fred-J 15:55, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No trouble. I got some more expert advice in, so there are at least some good suggestions and links on the talk page now for the next time someone picks the article up. Cheers. 4u1e (talk) 09:48, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Prehistoric Sweden[edit]

Would you advise me to rename the Prehistoric Scandinavia article back to Prehistoric Sweden? I don't know enough about Norway and Finland to write the article under the current heading. And the current content does not fit that heading. Martin Rundkvist (talk) 09:33, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Sundsvall.jpg[edit]

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If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 06:20, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The February 2008 issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter is ready! Dr. Cash (talk) 05:30, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Victoria Station.jpg[edit]

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Boken om Pippi Långstrump, 1945.jpg[edit]

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility.jpg[edit]

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Orphaned non-free media (Image:Österåker City Arms.jpg)[edit]

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If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BetacommandBot (talk) 04:27, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The March 2008 issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter is ready! Dr. Cash (talk) 05:58, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"a unanimous"[edit]

Hi. (: I don't know if you care, but I just thought I'd let you know why I reverted this edit to the article Jerry Falwell. "A unanimous" is not incorrect usage because unanimous begins with a y sound. "A" would be used in this instance just as it would in "a year," "a university," or "a uniform." I didn't know if you would wonder why I reverted your edit or not; if it were me, I would be curious. See you around. (: Ashley {talkback} 02:22, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

April GA Newsletter[edit]

The April issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter is now available. Dr. Cash (talk) 03:51, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Fred J/Archive June-07 to June-08!

You are cordially invited to participate in WikiProject Christianity

The goal of WikiProject Christianity is to improve the quality and quantity of information about Christianity available on Wikipedia. WP:X as a group does not prefer any particular tradition or denominination of Christianity, but prefers that all Christian traditions are fairly and accurately represented.

You are receiving this invitation because you are a member of one of the related Christianity Projects and I thought that you might be interested in this project also - Tinucherian (talk) 04:39, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The May Newsletter for WikiProject Good Articles has now been published. Dr. Cash (talk) 22:16, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyright problem with Image:Bollnäs City Arms.png[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:Bollnäs City Arms.png. 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. Can you please check

  • That there is a non-free use rationale on the image's description page for each article the image is used in.
  • That every article it is used on is linked to from its description page.

This is an automated notice by FairuseBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. --21:11, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Norrköping_Symbol.png[edit]

I have tagged Image:Norrköping_Symbol.png as {{orphaned fairuse}}. In order for the image to be kept at Wikipedia, it must be included in at least one article. If this image is being used as a link target instead of displayed inline, please add {{not orphan}} to the image description page to prevent it being accidentally marked as orphaned again. Lokal_Profil 22:45, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Bollnäs City Arms.png)[edit]

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Fair use rationale for Image:Reptar.gif[edit]

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Reptar.gif. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.  Asenine  23:32, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

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Possibly unfree Image:Plenisalen Riksdagen Sweden 300dpi.jpg[edit]

An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:Plenisalen Riksdagen Sweden 300dpi.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the image description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. TwoMightyGodsPersuasionNecessity 18:10, 23 June 2008 (UTC) --TwoMightyGodsPersuasionNecessity 18:10, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A tag has been placed on Image:Plenisalen Riksdagen Sweden 300dpi.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an image licensed as "for non-commercial use only," "non-derivative use" or "used with permission," it has not been shown to comply with the limited standards for the use of non-free content. [18], and it was either uploaded on or after 2005-05-19, or is not used in any articles. If you agree with the deletion, there is no need to do anything. If, however, you believe that this image may be retained on Wikipedia under one of the permitted conditions then:

  • state clearly the source of the image. If it has been copied from elsewhere on the web you should provide links to: the image itself, the page which uses it and the page which contains the license conditions.
  • add the relevant copyright tag.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on [[ Talk:Image:Plenisalen Riksdagen Sweden 300dpi.jpg|the talk page]] explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. ViperSnake151 18:26, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]