User talk:Alan Scott 35

I uploaded the video WITHOUT the leading and trailing "advertisements". However, I no longer get an appropriate (small) thumbnail like I got when I first uploaded it this morning. I hope you can easily fix that - sorry I tried but could not figure it out. Also, this shortened version of the Land & Sea, Inc. video is NOT copyrighted - it was made as a courtesy for Wikipedia use. Thanks for the help. Alan Scott 35 (talk) 01:10, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Not sure if you saw my question (below) if getting them to remove that front and rear stuff would make it okay. The did change it to remove the copyright, so I am guessing that clipping that off would therefore be fine at this point. Should I bother? Alan Scott 35 (talk) 20:00, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Would clipping off the lead-in and lead-out images (of the building and conference room) make it acceptable? 173.166.61.209 (talk) 19:27, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Not sure what you want me to edit. I did not actually create a page, or and/edit any TEXT. I did add the video on "How water-brakes work," but no text other than the thumbnail's title. So, I assume the issue is with the video itself. Can you give me some specific examples of what is wrong with it? I got the company to supply it without copyright, so I could put it up here - not sure what else they can do for me to make it pass. Alan Scott 35 (talk) 18:29, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Simply keep making sure you will not add any promotional and otherwise unacceptable material. Aside from that, looking through your welcome links will be helpful. SwisterTwister   talk  18:49, 3 May 2016 (UTC)


 * I removed the video because it looks more like an advertisement for DynoMite Dynamometer than an informative video. There might be lots of good information in there, but when it's sandwiched between heavy advertisements, Wikipedia does not want to include it in an article. See WP:NOTADVERT.Also, I just notice the video is hosted at http://www.dynomitedynamometer.com/dynamometer/dyno-mite_dynamometer_videos.htm and the content there doesn't appear to be licensed for reuse and modification, so we can't host a copy of the video anyway. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 19:25, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

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