User talk:Bodeekwa

Please do not add commercial links (or links to your own private websites) to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links to the encyclopedia. See the welcome page to learn more. Thanks. Egil 12:37, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Image:1395664689_m.jpg listed for deletion
Dear uploader: The media file you uploaded as Image:1395664689_m.jpg has been listed for speedy deletion because you selected a copyright license type implying some type of restricted use, such as for non-commercial use only, or for educational use only or for use on Wikipedia by permission.  While it might seem reasonable to assume that such files can be freely used on Wikipedia, a non-profit website, this is in fact not the case. Please do not upload any more files with these restrictions on them, because content on Wikipedia needs to be compatible with the GNU Free Documentation License, which allows anyone to use it for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial.

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Unblock request
A few words in response:
 * Looking in your recent edit history, I don't see any significant effort on your part to discuss what were clearly controversial edits. Please take note of core guidelines and processes, including Wikipedia's dispute resolution process. In any collaborative project, communication among users is essential to building consensus. I'd appreciate it if you could indicate times you have attempted to discuss this, and/or if you would be willing to commit to such discussion in the future.
 * I'm not sure what you mean by "they had the nerve to delete the actual source of the information, www.streetgangs.com" -- could you please elaborate on that?
 * When you say "We should not be blocked," you seem to imply that you have a conflict of interest, and that you are representing a specific website. Please take a moment to review WP:COI.
 * Last, but not least, you appear to have made a legal threat. Per current policy, any further legal concerns should be communicated to the Wikimedia Foundation directly, using the "Contact Wikipedia" link. You're welcome to make use of your full array of legal options, but we must ask that you avoid doing so on the wiki, or that you avoid editing the wiki while engaging in or seriously considering relevant legal action. I don't mean this to be a slap in the face, but you're not likely to get a second warning, on this particular count -- legal matters are not handle on-wiki, and should be referred directly to the Foundation.

I look forward to any response you may have in mind. For the time being, I'll leave your request up for another administrator, should they choose to review the request immediately, or wait for your reply as well. Thank you for your time. – Luna Santin  (talk) 09:08, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * After looking at the two web sites, I can confirm that their essays describing gang history (I reviewed the Crips articles on both sites) are very, very similar, and if the essay were added to Wikipedia, it would definitely be removed as a copyright violation. Thehoodup.com has a copyright date of 2007; I didn't see a copyright date on streetgangs.com.  I think this user may be correct that thehoodup.com is the copyright violator, and just didn't understand that it was necessary to explain what she was doing on the talk page. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 12:17, 9 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm confused by this message; according to the note above and your block log, you were unblocked two days ago. Are you still unable to edit? -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 23:10, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

I just realized I was unblocked, thanks, bodeekwa