User talk:Haku8645

American and British English
In general, we don't spend a lot of time switching articles between the two spelling standards, because Wikipedia uses both, and neither gets preference. As long as the spelling standard is consistent throughout the article and correct for the style it's written in, we don't worry about it too much. National variety of English, from the Manual of Style. -FisherQueen (Talk) 23:25, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

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Wikimeetup Dubai
Hi, if you're from UAE or will be around Dubai on November 23/24/25, Is there any possibility of arranging first meetup between Wikipedians? Do let me know what do you think.-- Saqib talk 15:59, 13 November 2009 (UTC)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Saqib Qayyum (talk • contribs)

Spelling and edit summaries
Hi Andrew, I know and I am fairly certain that you know that Right- and left-hand traffic is written in British English, and has often had misguided attempts to convert to American spelling (which left a link to the Loccurbie bomb trial of 2000.  I also note that you normally add an edit summary, but just forgot earlier today.

Anyway, this is a suggestion (request) that when you do change the spelling as per WP:RETAIN or similar, could you include something to that effect in your edit summary, please? It's not only a help for me and others who have this on their watchlist, but for others who don't immediately realise that you are changing the spelling to British English (or American English) for consistency, and not that you just think the spelling is wrong.

By the way, there's an option in the Editing tab of My Preferences to "Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary" which I find very useful. I've added this page to my watchlist, should you wish to reply here. Tim PF (talk) 08:42, 26 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Tim PF. I was indeed switching the spelling standard and had just become slightly complacent and in my fervour to seek out every spelling misstep, I overlooked the inclusion of an edit summary. Nonetheless, thank you for your message and it's good to know that others take the integrity of that particular article as seriously as I do! Haku8645 (talk) 01:30, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Right- and left-hand traffic
Hi, Haku8645. The title of the subject article is under discussion again. I am alerting you because you participated in a previous discussion on the matter. —Scheinwerfermann T&middot;C 01:33, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Non-free image use
Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia. We always appreciate when users upload new images. However, it appears that one or more of the images you have recently uploaded or added to a page, specifically List of passports, may fail our non-free image policy. Most often, this involves editors uploading or using a copyrighted image of a living person. For other possible reasons, please read up on our Non-free image criteria. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:42, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * The passport images you re-added weren't "missing"; they had been removed because they are non-free images and their use in that particular article does not comply with Wikipedia's policy on non-free use. Not every image found on Wikipedia is freely licensed or in the public domain, so it's a good idea to check an image's licensing before adding it to any article. It's also good practice to check the article's edit history to see if the image may have been previously removed for a specific reason and not just at random. If you're ever unsure about the licensing of a file or how it may be used, you can always ask for assistance at WP:MCQ. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:50, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I checked the images' uses and do not understand how they would not qualify for use under the page I edited. They are all straight from each individual passport's Wiki page, where they are used to demonstrate what that passport looks like. I cannot image how the use and intent on each individual passport's page would differ at all from a page that is simply a list of passports and would surely be fair use in that context? Perhaps you can enlighten me. I could certainly understand how, for example, an image of a Canadian passport could not necessarily be used as an illustrative example in an article about a man convicted of passport forgery.Haku8645 (talk) 22:36, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Each use of a non-free file is required to satisfy all 10 non-free content criteria in WP:NFCCP. The files you re-added fail WP:NFCC, WP:NFCC and WP:NFCC. Non-free use is supposed to be kept to a minimum; this does not mean only one use per image, but it does not mean usage should be minimized as much as possible and restricted to cases where it is contextually significant to a high degree. The passport article is a list article that s basically one big image gallery. This type of image usage is more decorative than contextual and decorative non-free use is not allowed by WP:NFCC. There are links to pages where the file's can be seen as explained in number 6 WP:NFC, so the image is not needed. You can ask others about this at WT:NFCC, WP:FFD or WP:MCQ if you want. Maybe you can make a persuasive argument for non-free use in this case and change the current consensus. -- Marchjuly (talk) 23:33, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

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