User talk:Bart80

Copyright problems with Image:Sedona.jpg
An image that you uploaded, Image:Sedona.jpg, has been listed at Copyright problems because it is a suspected copyright violation. Please look there if you know that the image is legally usable on Wikipedia (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), and then provide the necessary information there and on its page, if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Jpers36 16:54, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Chemtrail theory
Bart80, your comment on my userpage did not address the issues, but instead made accusations against my intentions. Let's please stick to the subject -- whether your recent edits to Chemtrail theory improved Wikipedia content or not.

I claim they don't. First, your edits violated multiple Wikipedia guidelines and policies. These include avoid weasel words ("Some believe", "It is reported", "Some blame this"); No original research (your own selection and splicing together of Sedona pictures), and Verifiability (you provided no sources for your own claims about Sedona).

The most critical, though, was probably copyright infringement -- you pulled a copyrighted picture from a blog, then first claimed it as (part of) your own creation and now claim it is in the public domain. The claim that the image was your creation seems to be false, since your own claim when you uploaded it was that it was found via google search. Unless you are the original creator of the photograph and disclaim all copyright to the picture, or you can show that the original creator of the photograph disclaims all copyright to the picture, Wikipedia cannot legally include or distribute this image. Jpers36 09:21, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Bart80, this is from Wikipedia:Copyright: Images and photographs, like written works, are subject to copyright. Someone owns them unless they have been explicitly placed in the public domain. Images on the internet need to be licensed directly from the copyright holder or someone able to license on their behalf. In some cases, fair use guidelines may allow a photograph to be used. The image you took from the blog is automatically subject to copyright simply by the very fact that it was taken. Again, unless you can show that the original creator of the photograph disclaims all copyright to the picture, Wikipedia cannot legally include or distribute this image. Jpers36 23:08, 12 November 2006 (UTC)