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Fair use rationale for File:Ausonia09-da.jpg
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File copyright problem with File:Carnival spirit in Ixtapa.jpg
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File:Carnival spirit in Ixtapa.jpg
If it's your own image and you are releasing to PD, it doesn't need an FUR :), Just information on what it is, that you created it , and the relevant PD licence tag :) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 16:47, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Renaissance01.jpg
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Wikipedia is inappropriate for referencing
I noticed that this edit uses the French wikipedia as a reference. This is not allowed per our reference policies. Instead of completely removing this, I'll given you an opportunity to make an edit to remove that particular reference and replace it with one that meets WP:RS and WP:V. Thanks, -MBK004 21:54, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

Image uploads
I've noticed that you have uploaded quite a few images of ocean liners recently. Unfortunately, your uploads are breaking numerous policies. The images are claimed to not be owned by the website you've sourced them from and that the copyright owner has no stake in their reproduction anymore. Even if the website is allowed to host the image, you have stolen them without permission and just because a ship no longer exists does not give you permission to violate copyrights. That is a major no-no here, it gets the images deleted immediately and you can be blocked for future problems. If you are going to use a fair-use image in an article, you need to be absolutely sure of who owns the image and link it appropriately. Then fair-use images cannot be used on any article that does not have a valid fair-use rationale and they absolutely cannot be used on your userpage. Since you've admitted to these violations in your FURs and upload messages, the images have been deleted as unabashed copyright violations. Please do not do this again or you will be sanctioned for violating our image upload policies. This is very serious, and you even bragged to another user how to do what you did in an attempt to circumvent our strict image policies. I'm giving you enough rope to hang yourself WP:ROPE. -MBK004 02:35, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
 * And with your upload of [[File:RotterdamRembrandt.jpg]], which again, is a blatant steal from the website, who also does not own the image, you've hung yourself. Not to mention having licensed the image as Public domain even though you yourself are not legally capable of licensing the image as such. For these repeated violations of our image upload and copyright policies, I have blocked your account for 24 hours. If you continue to embark upon this behavior once your block expires, further blocks of increasing duration will be applied until you are indefinitely blocked. Just stop uploading images that are not in the public domain or do not belong to you.

Image galleries
I saw your introduction of an image gallery at Carnival Spirit. Unfortunately, per policy, since is in the article's external inks, image galleries are not allowed in the article per WP:IG and WP:NOTREPOSITORY, and the gallery you have inserted has therefore been removed. -MBK004 23:51, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Sapphire 2010-06-02.jpg
Thank you for uploading File:Sapphire 2010-06-02.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this file on Wikipedia may not meet the criteria required by Non-free content. This can be corrected by going to the file description page and adding or clarifying the reason why the file qualifies under this policy. Adding and completing one of the templates available from Non-free use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your file is in compliance with Wikipedia policy. Please be aware that a non-free use rationale is not the same as an image copyright tag; descriptions for files used under the non-free content policy require both a copyright tag and a non-free use rationale.

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File permission problem with File:OldKyle.jpg
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File permission problem with File:SSKyleJune1509.jpg
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If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in [ your upload log]. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Magog the Ogre (talk) 23:39, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

WP:FILMS Welcome
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Non-free files in your user space
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File permission problem with File:Juanmarch.jpg
I have tagged this image for deletion, as the email to permissions has been received, but does not appear to establish that the image may be freely licensed as you have indicated. VernoWhitney (talk) 16:09, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

The Last Airbender
Regarding this edit summary. Please note, I'm not the editor responsible for removing the sentence (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). I may have removed the sentence in the past, before we had reached a consensus on wording, but I have not done so recently. The only thing I've done recently is change the sentence so that we're not favoring Rotten Tomato's position over that of the other review material; or that the wording is written in a colorful (or editorial like manner) as to mislead the reader into thinking everything was bad, despite the fact there are positive and mixed reviews (1, 2). Akerans (talk) 23:41, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

WP:FILM October 2010 Newsletter
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American Classic Voyages
I appreciate you cleaning up the article. I had hoped to go back and polish it up and insert citations late on when I had more time. Hopefully someone can come back later and fill in additional missing information. I think Delta Queen Steamboat and the coastal vessels deserve their own pages, which presently don't exist.

It wasn't a minor edit, the original article was a very small stub that contained very little, and mostly patently wrong information (eg, that AMCV itself was the name of the cruise line, established in 2000 as a subsidiary of USL, a company that had ceased to exist 14 years previous). American Classic had no connection to the original United States Lines, founded in 1921. That company went bankrupt and the remaining shell of the company was dissolved in 1992. The court appointed receivers later abandoned the trademark, allowing American Classic Voyages to re-use the name for the cruise operation between 2000 and 2001. Since the bankruptcy, the trademark has gone dead again, though a new container line called "U.S. Lines LLC" was set up in 2003 and now owned by CMA CGM Group. I'm not sure who was behind that, or what variations on the trademark they own, but it is yet another new usage of the name with no legal connection to the former companies.

I included the info on the Greene Line as its debatable whether American Classic Voyages was a truly new company or the old Greene Line renamed and reconstituted. Delta Queen Steamboat was bought by a Chicago-based consortium headed by Sam Zell in about 1986 or so and the same group acquired American Hawaii in 1993 and organized AMCV as the parent company for the two lines. If Delta Queen was used as the vehicle for the acquisition, then it was really a renaming of the old firm, but if it was a startup holding company or merger, than it was brand new. If the latter is correct, than the Greene Line is certainly outside the scope of the article and best covered on Delta Queen Steamboat page, if one is ever created.

A couple corrections: AMCV's corporate headquarters was in Chicago. I have copies of the company's old letterhead which confirms that, along with SEC filings, annual reports, press releases, and a great deal of other documentation that confirms that. The company was incorporated in Delaware and had operations offices in New Orleans and Honolulu, but the head office was Chicago. As the scope of the article is of the parent company, the Chicago location is probably most relevant. The company stayed privately held until 1999, when it went public sometime around the 1st quarter.

Also, the name of the coastal cruise operation was "Delta Queen Coastal Voyages", not "American Coastal Voyages". A minor correction, but a correction nonetheless.

Again, thanks for the clean-up. I'll leave any future edits to registered Wikipedia users, I'm just glad to see the article filled out and corrected. The original version was horrendous.

They never came anywhere close to using the name of the parent company or any version of it in their actual operations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.38.213.168 (talk) 02:43, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

WP:FILM November 2010 Newsletter
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Orphaned non-free image File:Lastexposter.jpg
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Spellings on Mary Rose
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DYK for The Nutcracker in 3D
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Speedy deletion nomination of Raze (video game)


A tag has been placed on Raze (video game) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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 * I've moved this to AFD, you are free to discuss it over here. –BuickCenturyDriver 20:48, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Usefication of Raze (video game)
As per your request, I've posted a copy of the article in your user namespace. It can be found User:1Matt20/Raze (video game). Feel free to make any improvements you need to on the user copy. Only after you can find reliable notable sources, then you may be able to post it back to the man article space. As it stands now the current copy is probably going to be deleted by AFD consensus though it's still open. –BuickCenturyDriver 13:15, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi Matt, I've deleted the article from namespace per your request. Whilst working on your draft, you may find this custom videogame google search helpful for finding references, and you can leave me a message if you need assistance. Cheers, Marasmusine (talk) 19:27, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

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File permission problem with File:Yaohua-liner.jpg
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Naval History
Aye there, '1Matt20', I'm a member of WikiProject Ships. To help naval historians here at Wikipedia in the effort of writing and citing naval history articles sometime ago I created the List of ships captured in the 19th century and Bibliography of early American naval history pages. Over the last year(+) I have been tracking down and including names of captured ships and naval history texts for inclusion in either of these articles. I like to think that I have included most captured ships (19th century) and most naval history texts (covering the 1700s-1800s) for inclusion in these articles, so if you know of any captured ships or naval history texts that are not included would you kindly include them, either on the page or the talk page of the appropriate article? Any help would be a big help and feedback is always welcomed. Thanx! -- Gwillhickers (talk) 22:02, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

San Diego Comic-Con International meetup proposal
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Hello Matt

I wanted to give you some advice about editing in the WP:ARBPIA topic area that I hope might be helpful. Just in case you are not aware, the topic area is covered by discretionary sanctions and WP:1RR, so you need to edit carefully and strictly comply with policy. It's important to avoid edits like this, with edit summaries like "Read the definition of war crime- this qualifies as one..." that constitute original research. A reliable source has to explicitly describe the event as a war crime per WP:V. Sourcing is especially important for things like infoboxes because the information there is in the unattributed neutral narrative voice of the encyclopedia. The discretionary sanctions that cover WP:ARBPIA remind editors that "when editing in subject areas of bitter and long-standing real-world conflict, it is all the more important to comply with Wikipedia policies such as assuming good faith of all editors including those on the other side of the real-world dispute, writing with a neutral point of view, remaining civil and avoiding personal attacks, utilizing reliable sources for contentious or disputed assertions, and resorting to dispute resolution where necessary." (my bolding). In a nutshell, the topic area is the Wikipedia equivalent of a minefield...  Sean.hoyland  - talk 19:43, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Alright, sorry if I caused any offense, and thanks for the advice. I'll revert that edit. 1Matt20 20:37, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
 * No problem. Thanks.  Sean.hoyland  - talk 20:47, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

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Please keep an eye on Satyagraha and madras cafe films..
makers of the film Satyagraha and madras cafe [ Indian hindi bollywood movies.. are are trying to create good impressions ,inflating box office figuress,reducing budget,showing false liking of audience/viewers..........  please... keep an eye on both the movie's pages.

real reports /figures -

satyagraha got negative response from public,its viewership declined by 70 percent in week 1 and further fall in week 2. its budget is 75 cr, collections..under 50 cr..

madras cafe opened low,average week 1, huge decline in week 2.collections 41 cr only...  budget 35 cr...

please do keep an eye... and dont allow any false figures........... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.99.65.151 (talk) 14:19, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

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South Tyrol
Hey, I noticed today that you translated the South Tyrolean secessionist movement page I created into French on that language's Wikipedia, and I just want to stop by to give you a tremendous thank you. It's a fascinating but sorely neglected subject that you've treated very with your mother tongue. From what I can gather we share a fascination with autonomist and secessionist movements in Europe. I'd love to collaborate with you on any projects you have floating around here on the English Wikipedia - sadly, my French is nonexistent. Again, thanks so much for that translation. I greatly appreciate it. -1Matt20 (talk) 00:00, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks you for your encouragement. It's true, I'm interested by nationalisms in Europe like you and especially in Italy. Don't hesitate to ask me if you think that an english article needs a french translation. Mazuritz (talk) 08:21, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

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A question of counting
Hello Matt, how are you doing? Back in 28 May 2013, you wrote for the Larak Island page that it has a population of 466, within that being 98 families. Now that is one humorous case of counting a population. It does not have a reference either. I am just curious to know how you discovered there are 98 families living there? Did you go to that island and count the families? I like it anyway, honestly, and I'd appreciate your response, dude! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Condomtopia (talk • contribs) 06:14, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

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Hi, in order to avoid breaking WP:3RR, I've decided to come to your talk page to discuss the article mentioned above. If you want to move this convo to the article's talk page, feel free to do so.

The citation you provided from CNN is from February 21. Pompeo has changed stance a plethora of times on running for Senate. The citation I added not long ago is from March 17. The accuracy in dates here is important. He obviously hasn't announced a candidacy, but in the articles provided from The Wichita Eagle and The Hill (both from the past two weeks, so this is still a current news story, and therefore always changing) but he is still exploring it. As he stated, 'the lord will get him to the right place'.

Just friendly advice to always use the most recently available coverage :)

EDIT: Here's a google search I did, with the most relevant words in quotes (Mike Pompeo, 2020, Kansas, Senate) which displays results from March 9 to March 30 (today, EST, UTC-5). None of them say that Pompeo is not running. There is solely speculation at the moment (no definitive answer).

––Redditaddict69 (talk) (contribs)  01:07, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

The McClatchy article - the SECOND RESULT - clearly reiterates his declining to run, on March 17. See further on relevant talk page. Your articles disprove your point. -User:1Matt20

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