User talk:Christopher Edward John Ellis

Orphaned non-free image File:The Miners Arms.jpg
 Thanks for uploading File:The Miners Arms.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

PLEASE NOTE:


 * I am a bot, and will therefore not be able to answer your questions. If you have questions, please post them here.
 * I will automatically remove the request for deletion if the file is used in an article once again.
 * If you receive this notice after the image is deleted, and you want to restore the image, click here to file an un-delete request.
 * To opt out of these bot messages, add  to your talk page.
 * If you believe the bot has made an error, please ask an admin to turn it off here.

Thank you. DASHBot (talk) 15:17, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Allerdale Population.png
Thanks for uploading File:Allerdale Population.png. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

If you created this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either
 * make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
 * Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to , stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here. If you take this step, add OTRS pending to the file description page to prevent premature deletion.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to .

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Non-free content, use a tag such as or one of the other tags listed at File copyright tags, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See File copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in [ your upload log]. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read the Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:21, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:The Manor House.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:The Manor House.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

If you created this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either
 * make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
 * Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to , stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here. If you take this step, add OTRS pending to the file description page to prevent premature deletion.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to .

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Non-free content, use a tag such as or one of the other tags listed at File copyright tags, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See File copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in [ your upload log]. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read the Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 11:59, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:The Miners Arms.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:The Miners Arms.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information or which could be adequately covered with text alone. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:


 * 1) Go to the media description page and edit it to add, without deleting the original replaceable fair use template.
 * 2) On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace this non-free media by finding freely licensed media of the same subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or similar) media under a free license, or by taking a picture of it yourself.

If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our non-free content criteria. You can find a list of description pages you have edited by clicking on [ this link]. Note that even if you follow steps 1 and 2 above, non-free media which could be replaced by freely licensed alternatives will be deleted 2 days after this notification (7 days if uploaded before 13 July 2006), per our non-free content policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 12:00, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:Allerdale Population.png
Thanks for uploading File:Allerdale Population.png. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information or which could be adequately covered with text alone. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:


 * 1) Go to the media description page and edit it to add, without deleting the original replaceable fair use template.
 * 2) On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace this non-free media by finding freely licensed media of the same subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or similar) media under a free license, or by taking a picture of it yourself.

If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our non-free content criteria. You can find a list of description pages you have edited by clicking on [ this link]. Note that even if you follow steps 1 and 2 above, non-free media which could be replaced by freely licensed alternatives will be deleted 2 days after this notification (7 days if uploaded before 13 July 2006), per our non-free content policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:18, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Will you please stop?
Will you now please stop re-uploading File:The Manor House.jpg, again and again? Why do you think I've been deleting it, for the, what was it, fourth or fifth time? Don't you read the deletion summaries? You claimed there was a free licensing for it on its source website,. There is no such licensing statement on that website. Do you see one? No, there isn't. So, unless you have proof that the owners released it under a free license in some other way, we can't use it. Fut.Perf. ☼ 15:18, 29 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Okay, another thing. You say here that your work is part of some university project. That's great, and we really appreciate you guys working to improve our coverage of English villages. However, please understand that this fact doesn't earn you any special rights over the page, and it most certainly doesn't mean other editors can't modify your article. See what it says at the bottom of the edit window: "If you do not want your writing to be edited, used, and redistributed at will, then do not submit it here." That goes for university projects too. And it certainly applies when there are problems with the copyright and licensing of images you are using.


 * But now that you've said this is a university project, I've also got another question, because I've seen a lot of your fellow students struggling with difficulties over images and the like, on other similar village articles. Could you perhaps get me in touch with your instructor, so I can get a few words of advice about image use across to them, to forward to your class? (Don't worry, it's not like I want to complain about you, just make sure everybody gets the necessary information.) Fut.Perf. ☼ 15:25, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm afraid re-uploading it as File:Oughterside's Manor House.jpg and tagging it as non-free won't solve the problem either. It's neither a "unique historic image", nor is it the "topic of the article", nor is it the "object of discussion". It's obviously replaceable and therefore fails our non-free content criteria. There are three clean ways of solving this problem: (a) go to the place and take a picture yourself; (b) ask somebody else to do it for you; (c) write to the owners of that website and ask them if they would be willing to release the photograph under a free license, such as the CC-BY-SA license. Fut.Perf. ☼ 15:55, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Welcome
Hello, Christopher Edward John Ellis and welcome to Wikipedia! It appears you are participating in a class project. We encourage you to read our instructions for students. Your instructor or professor may wish to participate in either the School and University WikiProject or the Global Education Program. The Global Education Program is supported by the Wikimedia Foundation and offers official online and classroom support through the Ambassador Program.

Here are some other pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question.
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * Tutorial
 * How to edit a page
 * How to write a great article
 * Manual of Style

Before you create an article, make sure you understand what kind of articles are accepted here. Remember: Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and while many topics are encyclopedic, some things are not.

It is highly recommended that you place this text:  on the talk page of any articles you are working on as part of your Wikipedia-related course assignment. This will let other editors know this article is a subject of an educational assignment and should be treated accordingly.

We hope you like it here and encourage you to stay even after your assignment is finished! Jamietw (talk) 19:32, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

April 2012
Your addition to Oughterside has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other websites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of article content such as sentences or images. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Material copied from  GabrielF (talk) 19:52, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

In response to your feedback
First of all, calling other editors "idiots" is not going to get you anywhere. Please understand that when you contribute to Wikipedia your work will be reviewed by other people who will check to see that it conforms to the principles that our community has agreed on. We can't accept text that is copied and pasted from a website for instance.

I understand that our process may be very different from what you're used to: in most university assignments people that you do not know don't review your work. On the other hand, the advantage of Wikipedia is that, unlike most assignments, your work can reach an enormous audience.

I think you'll have a more successful experience if you read about our policies, accept that others will edit your work, and ask questions when you don't understand.

GabrielF (talk) 20:07, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

&#160;

Blocked
Okay, so since you wouldn't listen to good advice, and have continued both to reupload those images and to reinsert the copyright-violating text, you have been blocked from editing, initially for 24 hours. I strongly recommend you adopt a more collaborative attitude, because if you continue, your next block will be longer, and you might well miss out on getting your course credit for your work. Fut.Perf. ☼ 10:43, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Hello again, once your block is over, could you please have a look at the discussion at WP:ANI? Thanks, – Fut.Perf. ☼ 15:00, 1 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Oh come on. Trying to evade the block by editing logged-out is really lame [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oughterside&diff=490133623&oldid=490103642]. Look, you need to get away from this my-way-or-the-highway approach. You may not realize it, but I'm actually trying to help you guys. Just try working with people on this project, not against us. Fut.Perf. ☼ 17:07, 1 May 2012 (UTC)