User talk:Cobbit

Humbug (album) page creation
Hi Cobbit - thanks for creating a new page at Humbug (album). Unfortunately, I noticed you copy-pasted the content on the page from the original article at Arctic Monkeys' third studio album. This is what is known as a splice, and is something we try to avoid at all costs as it results in the loss of the page history.

I've placed a template on the new page that should get the situation rectified, but for future reference, please use the move page function in similar circumstances.

Thanks,  DJR  ( T ) 20:22, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Frankie Boyle image
I know it is annoying to be reverted, so this is just to explain the problem with Channel 4's Frankie Boyle image. The Wikipedia "rules" are that you cannot use someone else's copyright image if it would be feasible to get a non-copyright image (it's the first point at WP:NFC). The idea is that you don't need to use a copyright image, because you could always go and photograph Frankie Boyle yourself as he is a living person. So if you want a picture for the Frankie Boyle article you can't use C4's promo image. Instead, you must either find one that is licensed for re-use, or take a photograph of your own. However, there is an exception for articles about films and TV programmes (points #4 and 5 of WP:NFCI), which permits use of a low resolution image (if it is specifically relevant to the film or broadcast) as part of critical commentary in an article about the film or programme. That's why the C4 image is OK to use in the Frankie Boyle’s Tramadol Nights article. Even so, you have to add a specific "Non-free media use rationale" claim to the image page, once for each article the image is used in. For an example, see File:Tramadol Nights - C4 promo image.jpg. I hope this is clear but if you have any questions please drop me a line on my talk page. Happy editing! - Pointillist (talk) 22:01, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

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