User talk:Billy Hathorn/Archive 4

Flags
Hi, just stopped by to tell you I removed some flags from articles you created. Per Manual of Style (flags) flags or not allowed/discouraged from being in infoboxes. Garion96 (talk) 20:50, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Linking years
Just don't do it. You've been told several times by various people above that this is not the Wikipedia style, yet you went through Russell B. Cummings and re-linked all of the years that I had de-linked. You also added back in a bunch of links to plain English words and unnecessary spaces between article sections. And you left no edit sumamry to explain why you had done this. These edits are just a waste of your time and my time. Ground Zero | t 15:43, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Don Cazayoux & Steve Scalise
They're not members of the House of Reps until they are sworn in.--Dr who1975 (talk) 04:49, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Belated awards
About time someone got around to awarding these. Well done Billy! Gatoclass (talk) 12:05, 7 May 2008 (UTC)


 * BTW you may want to enter yourself in the DYK Hall of Fame. You have 57 DYK's by my count (not including DYK's deleted through AFD's, which I don't think would count). Cheers, Gatoclass (talk) 12:14, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Eddy Shell
You need to use the template to get the ref to display correctly. is the minimum information required to make it work. Mjroots (talk) 05:07, 16 May 2008 (UTC)


 * How to use the cite web template:-

Say you want to use this website as a reference:-

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080508/OBITUARIES01/805080334/1060/NEWS01


 * Using the template, the url goes in here
 * Then the title of the aricle goes in here
 * Then the access date goes in here
 * Finally the publisher goes in here , which, when given a refname produces a ref like this. and appears in the reflist like this:-

Hope that explains things for you. Mjroots (talk) 12:51, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

IMDB
Wikipedians have decided in their wisdom that IMDB does not qualify as a reliable source. IIRC, that is because IMDB is itself a kind of Wiki that anyone can edit.

I don't make the rules, I just help ensure that DYK abides by them. Gatoclass (talk) 04:23, 19 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Can't really help you there Billy, You will have to look around for some good alternatives. BTW I think you have to register to be able to edit at IMDB. Gatoclass (talk) 12:43, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Wrangler Award winners
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License tagging for Image:JohnHenryBaker.jpg
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R.T. Moore
Thanks so much for your editing of the page for Randle Moore! It looks great! Dlayiga (talk) 00:10, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

— I know I have the obituary somewhere, I'll see if I can get my hands on it. I also have two short bios from a pair of books written about prominent Shreveporters in the 1920s, so I'll find a way to incorporate those as well.Dlayiga (talk) 17:15, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

DYK

 * About time you archived your talk page, Billy! Gatoclass (talk) 12:30, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

License tagging for Image:BELLE MINA 2-1-.jpg
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License tagging for Image:Georgia O'Keeffe Historical Marker IMG 0089.JPG
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This is my own picture.Billy Hathorn (talk) 01:29, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

License tagging for Image:Hudson Getimage.jpg
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Your recent image uploads
I notice that you have uploaded several images and noted that the site on which you found them does not expressly claim copyright. However, copyright doesn't work like that. By default, when something is published - to the web or any other medium - it is automatically copyrighted unless there is an explicit release stating otherwise. That's the reason many of your recent uploads have been caught by our image-patrol bots as you see in the above messages. If you want to use these images, you have two options:
 * Use them despite their copyright, subject to the standards of our Non-free content policy.
 * Write the copyright holders and have them send a clear statement that they release the image(s) to the public domain, or under a Wikipedia-compatible license such as the GFDL or a Creative Commons license, to permissions-en@wikimedia.org

Thanks - let me know if you have questions. I know our image policies can sometimes be overwhelming. (ESkog)(Talk) 02:14, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Oops, just thought of something else - I noticed too that you write on several description pages that you do not know the copyright status of an image. If you don't know whether an image is copyrighted, in future you should avoid uploading it until you can confirm it one way or the other. It can take a lot of work to clean up after unconfirmed uploads such as these. (ESkog)(Talk) 02:16, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Buffalo Gap, Texas
Good work expanding Buffalo Gap, Texas. Regarding your DYK nomination, as the article stands, it is 2,814 characters short of 5x expansion. Unfortunately, the images cannot be counted to the article length. I've tagged the article as maybe and have left the final decision to be made by another reviewer. Just FYI.--Millbrooky (talk) 21:11, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Dying 07-04-2008 02;16;39PM.JPG
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Image copyright problem with Image:Foster 07-04-2008 02;45;34PM.JPG
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Image copyright problem with Image:Dallas 07A370~1 (11).JPG
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This is a private picture. I took it and posted it. It is not copied from anyone. Billy Hathorn (talk) 20:55, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Placement of images in articles
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Speedy deletion of Image:Billy Joe Booth Billy 202.jpg
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Possibly unfree Image:Booth Billy 202.jpg
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Image:Dublin Dr Pepper IMG 0959.JPG listed for deletion
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Speedy deletion of Image:Ponce De Leon IMG 0288.JPG
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DYK? noms

 * NB: You may want to shorten your talk page. There are two ways: either archive your talk page (preferred) or refactor it.

I'm pretty sure you already know, but just to be certain, two of your submissions recently did not meet all of the newness criteria. To help, I'll reproduce that relevant criteria below. Remember that the 5x expansion refers to the readable prose:


 * 1) New - A nominated article must be new.
 * 2) * For purposes of DYK, a "new" article is no more than five days old . This does not include articles split from older articles.
 * 3) * Former redirects, stubs, or other short articles that have been expanded fivefold or more within the last five days are also acceptable as "new" articles. Existing articles that have been expanded to only twice or three times their previous length are not eligible for DYK.
 * 4) Long enough - The article must be of sufficient length.
 * 5) * Articles should have a minimum of 1,500 characters (around 1.5 kilobytes) in main body prose (ignoring infoboxes, categories, references, lists, and tables) . The number of characters may be measured using this tool.

 CB ( ö)  02:09, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Duplicate Image:C. Bobcats IMG 0689.JPG
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Howard Paul
As you generally know every famous person to have come out of Lubbock, are you able to comment at Articles for deletion/Howard Paul? – iride  scent  22:17, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Wikimedia Commons
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 * For archiving, see User:MiszaBot/Archive HowTo. This page is too long LegoKontribsTalkM 05:10, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Possibly unfree Image:Sharon Brown in 1961 Gem's 2018.jpg
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Image source problem with Image:Len Blaylock on school board 003.jpg
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Image source problem with Image:Blaylock and Goldwater 002.jpg
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Image source problem with Image:2nd Lt. Len Blaylock 001.jpg
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Image source problem with Image:Len Blaylock as U.S. marshal.jpg
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Re: Message left on my talk page
(Note that new messages should be at the bottom of the page). If the image was taken so recently, why do you believe that it is out of copyright? J Milburn (talk) 20:06, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

It was a snapshot taken at a GOP meeting by a friend of Mr. Blaylock, who has it in his possession. He gave it to me for use, and I will return it thereafter. 21:42, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Blaylock photos
All four photos were sent to me as a gift from Mr. Blaylock, who had them in his scrapbook. I told him I would return them after use.21:43, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Until you can verify that the copyright holders of the images (probably the people who took them) have released the images into the public domain, they should not be used. J Milburn (talk) 21:51, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Copyright problems with Image:Frank Norman photo IMG 1421.JPG
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 * The photo at city hall is copyrighted and you talking a picture (digitally reproducing it) doesn't change this.--Natl1 (Talk Page) (Contribs) 22:21, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Piano 07-04-2008 02;49;47PM.JPG
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What you need to do
Then, it's all done. Have a good work! Regards, Sdrtirs (talk) 02:03, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
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DYK
Thank you for your contributions! - Mailer Diablo 13:57, 26 August 2008 (UTC)