User talk:Colin.faulkingham

Hi

A quick point.. in general there's no need to convert english spelling of words to american spelling. In general we try to stick to american spellings, but it's not considered to be an important enough issue to bother to change articles from one to the other. There's a page about it somewhere on wikipedia - probably have to search for it heh.

Johnflux 07:05, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Image needed
The zig-zag bridge article needs an image similar to http://community.webshots.com/photo/35283097/35283775atqSqK - is it possible that you could provide one? Thanks, Leonard G. 00:54, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Devils Tower National Monument


Hi Colin. Just to let you know that I've slightly edited your photograph of Devils Tower to reduce "surplus" sky and trees. Essentially so that the subject dominates the image. The size alteration came out of a discussion I had with another editor (Walter Siegmund) about the images on the page. I hope that you don't mind, but please feel free to revert to your original image if you prefer it. Cheers, --Plumbago 11:23, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Image Copyright issues
Hi there. I've been flipping through a lot of St. Louis related articles and have noticed that you've submitted a large amount of photographs for the article. However, you've marked them with an obsolete copyright tag. I wanted to ask you to either do it yourself or give permission before I go through and change the tags to. --jcarkeys 02:51, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Criteria for Deleting Links?
So, what criteria are you using to justify your deletion of quaility and relevant links on Big_Bend_National_Park? What are the URLs to this criteria in Wikipekia's policies? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Npgallery (talk • contribs)
 * Look at Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-02-06 Pschemp. Nationalparks 21:53, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

And then consider ignoring Npgallery. Pschemp | Talk 22:12, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
 * The above is clearly a personal attack by Pschemp —Preceding unsigned comment added by Npgallery (talk • contribs)
 * I agree! Nationalparks 22:17, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
 * The above is clearly a personal attack by Nationalparks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Npgallery (talk • contribs)

Wikipedia's external links policy guideline is pretty clear on the matter.

--Colin Faulkingham 23:59, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Mount Augustus
Thanks for pointing out that the current image is marked for deletion. I am chasing a number of web sites for permission to use their image for Wikipedia. Garglebutt / (talk) 06:45, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:Zostera.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Zostera.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, then you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, then their copyright should also be acknowledged.

As well as adding the source, please add a proper copyright licensing tag if the file doesn't have one already. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the GFDL-self tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Fair use, use a tag such as or one of the other tags listed at Image copyright tags. See Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following [ this link]. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 22:42, 28 June 2007 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. ShakespeareFan00 22:42, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:Saint-louis-art-museum-horse.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Saint-louis-art-museum-horse.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, then you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, then their copyright should also be acknowledged.

As well as adding the source, please add a proper copyright licensing tag if the file doesn't have one already. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the GFDL-self tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Fair use, use a tag such as or one of the other tags listed at Image copyright tags. See Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following [ this link]. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 23:33, 29 September 2007 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Calliopejen1 23:33, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Apotheosis-of-saint-louis.jpg
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Apotheosis-of-saint-louis.jpg, has been listed at Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 21:16, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

You're invited to Wikipedia Takes St. Louis!


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