User talk:Chflitwick

Conyers, Davis and the first MI district
Davis did not represent the first district. While he was in office, his district was known as the eleventh district. The boundaries were redrawn in 1993. While the areas that Davis represented in the UP and northern MI may have been similar to the current boundaries of the first district, I think it is incorrect and misleading to say that he represented the first district. older ≠ wiser 17:08, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Michigan's 11th congressional district
Nice start on this. I'm not sure about the district images from the National Atlas. Not sure if you got this far, but they are from here. I think you need to preview the map, then right-click on the image and dave it to your hard disk. Then upload that image to Wikipedia. Yep, that's the ticket, I just uploaded the map for the 11th district. older ≠ wiser 02:13, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

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Bart Stupak
It looks like you figured out how to resize the image. If you use the tag, please be certain that any images you use it on is from a website of US Federal government. If the source is not a federal website, then you need to obtain explicit permission to use the photograph from the source (and perhaps use a different license tag). Cheers. older ≠ wiser 02:09, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

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Michael Prusi
Hi, and thanks for the message on my talk page. The template is just a note to tell people that the page doesn't properly conform to Wikipedia's Manual of Style, mainly because of the way it's structured. You don't have to do anything to fix it, because someone else will - eventually - but if you'd like to go for it anyway, there are some simple things you can do to clean it up a little:


 * 1) Make sure that there are no paragraphs shorter than two sentences or so. Short paragraphs make articles hard to read, and often contain no content that can't be included elsewhere.
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Those are just off the top of my head - if those changes are made, it'd be fine to remove the Wikify tag. Bear in mind, placing any tag like that is not a reflection on the person who created the page, but just a note to other people that it could be improved in one way or another.

Hope this helps, and happy editing! RandyWang ( chat me up/fix me up ) 02:42, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

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Please use appropriate image license tags
Hi, I've noticed that you've uploaded a number of images and tagged them as either GFDL or as public domain. Please do not do so unless you are certain that that is the correct license. For example,
 * Image:District map.jpg is not a work of the U.S. Congress
 * The source you provided for Image:JRockimage.jpg, The Hill is copyrighted. You cannot take an image from that site and claim it is GFDL
 * Same for Image:StromThurmond2001.jpg and Image:Levin Amdsrvscmttee.jpg.

older ≠ wiser 15:04, 4 September 2006 (UTC)


 * You need to be able to demonstrate that the copyright owner has explicitly agreed to release the image under the terms of the GFDL. As for the Michigan drawing, it would probably need to be recreated, even though there likely would not be much chance of any objection to our use of the image. The state maintains copyright on it's works, which makes it ineligible for use in Wikipedia (with the possible exception of claiming fair use -- although that also has come under close scrutiny lately). older ≠ wiser 15:19, 4 September 2006 (UTC)


 * You can put the email on the image page. For example, see Image:Barciaheadshot.jpg. I've not looked at the nominees' statements closely yet, so no pick yet. older ≠ wiser 15:31, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

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 * I notice that you tagged this image as, but the indicated source is not a government web site. Could you clarify on the image page how you determined it was appropriate to use that PD tag? older ≠ wiser 18:04, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

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 * Also, images Image:306.jpg, Image:4040.jpg have been nominated for deletion. --Tom (talk - email) 19:08, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

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Michigan.gov images cannot be used on Wikipedia
I emailed the Michigan House of Representatives regarding this issue, and they sent the following reply; I've bolded the important points: "As a public service provided by the State of Michigan, all information on our site (/house.mi.gov/) is provided for information purposes only, and use of it is granted for non-profit use. Alteration of the Representative's images, other than resizing, is strictly prohibited." Please do not upload images from their websites anymore. Thank you. --Tom (talk - email) 02:52, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

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Images for deletion
(replying to message on my talk page) — I don't know about the other images that you have uploaded, but the two that I recently nominated for deletion, Image:Mi14 109.gif and Image:Illinois2nd.gif, were replaced by identical images in the more efficient PNG format. There should not be a problem deleting the old, inefficient GIF copies. —Remember the dot (talk) 19:13, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Also, here's the stock message about making sure to sign your comments:

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 * Also, you should note that simply requesting permission for use on Wikipedia is not acceptable; you must ask if the images in question have usage restrictions, i.e. commercial-use or derivatives. I also emailed the Michigan House of Representatives, and they said that these images cannot be used for commercial purposes and that derivative work is strictly prohibited, which means that they can't be used on Wikipedia.  See also Copyright FAQ. --Tom (talk - email) 21:42, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

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Vincent Gregory
Yes, you are correct, he does meet WP:POLITICIAN. I failed to see the first level sub-national qualification. I will remove the notability tag. Thank you for your contributions! FingersOn  Roids  19:51, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

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Source and colors of UPAncbymunicipality.png
File:UPAncbymunicipality.png was recently removed from Upper Peninsula of Michigan because of concerns raised on the talk page. What is the source of the demographic information, and could you make the African American and French Canadian colors more distinct from each other? I can't distinguish them on the map. Galatee (talk) 18:52, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi, I was coming to ask the same thing. AFAIK, there is no place in the Upper Peninsula where African Americans are in the majority... — Ed   (talk  •  majestic titan)  02:48, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

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