User talk:Homan05

Image:Graduates.JPG
Hi Homan05. You note that the source of this photo is Militaryphotos.net. Do you have any evidence that it has been released under the GFDL, as you claim it has? If not, it will need to be removed for copyright reasons. --Rlandmann (talk) 05:14, 24 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Image:APC-70.JPG as well. --Rlandmann (talk) 05:16, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Possibly unfree Image:Graduates.JPG
An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:Graduates.JPG, has been listed at Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the image description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Rlandmann (talk) 22:04, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Copyright - final warning
Hi again. Since you didn't reply to my question above, I did some exploring of my own and was able to find the source of the APC-70 photo on militaryphotos.com. Since there was nothing there to say that the photo was released under the GFDL, it has been deleted as a copyright violation. I couldn't find the source of the Graduates photo, so this has been listed as Potentially Unfree, and will be deleted in two weeks if no evidence of its free status can be found.

I notice that you've been warned a number of times in the past about uploading images that don't belong to you, so this will be your final warning. The next time that you upload images (or text) that belong to somebody else without any evidence that they've released it under a free licence, you will be blocked from editing.

If there's any part of Wikipedia's copyright policy that you don't understand or need help with, please don't hesitate to ask, but don't keep taking other people's work and claim it as your own. --Rlandmann (talk) 22:13, 28 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the apology - I really don't like to have to hand out these warnings, but copyright problems are a constant issue here at Wikipedia.
 * Could you please tell me whether the person who took the "Graduates" photo really did release it under a "free licence" like you claimed? If they didn't, I can just delete it and avoid wasting other people's time over on the PUI page. We can then put all this behind us and start fresh :) Cheers --Rlandmann (talk) 00:01, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Mass deletion
Please refrain from doing mass deletions as you just did to the Mexican Air Force article. It was not constructive or useful. BatteryIncluded (talk) 21:33, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of Content
Please stop. If you continue to blank out or delete portions of page content, templates or other materials from Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing. --Nukes4Tots (talk) 21:04, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

FAM
I allowed some more vandalism to proceed so that a request for protection had grounds. Unfortunately, when I performed the request yesterday, it was denied:. Just check the article often and use the Undo or Revert methods. MAKE sure you write VANDALISM in the edit summary, as the reason for undoing the edit. That will easily show the frequency of vandalistic edits to the administrators when glimpsing at the History section. -Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 15:23, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Operation Quintana Roo
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Speedy deletion nomination of Operation Chihuahua
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Mexican Naval Aviation
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 * Hello, could you please let me know the reason you removed the Panther helicopter image from the Mexican navy article? (Image:Dauphin Panther (Mexican Navy).jpg) thanks, BatteryIncluded (talk) 20:09, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * PS:never mind, i just noticed you moved it to Mexican Naval Aviation, which is a very cool article. Thanks. --BatteryIncluded (talk) 20:25, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:Mexican Naval Air Force Roundel.JPG
Thank you for uploading File:Mexican Naval Air Force Roundel.JPG. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the file. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

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Possibly unfree File:Naval Air Force Roundel.JPG
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Don't forget to Categorise your articles
Greetings, I just added cats to your articles Mexican Naval Infantry and Mexican Naval Aviation. They had dropped to WP:UNCAT where they are unlikely to be found. Please add at least one category to all your articles to ensure they are integrated into the Wikpedia system. MatthewVanitas (talk) 03:46, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:Mexican_Special_Forces.JPG
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Possibly unfree File:Military_Air_bases.JPG
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Military_Air_bases.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. file is not own work, but copied from http://www.scramble.nl/mil/8/mexico/airforce-orbat.htm. Just removing the upper part where the logo used to be does not make it own work, but makes it deliberate copyright infringment. Please delete! Antheii (talk) 09:03, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Copyright problems with File:Military Air bases.JPG
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However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright concerns very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Thank you. Antheii (talk) 22:45, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:El_indio.JPG
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File copyright problem with File:ARM Durango.JPG
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Blocked
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for posting copyright violations. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text below, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Nick-D (talk) 11:10, 15 June 2010 (UTC) I've noticed that you've uploaded a large number of photos of Mexican military operations as your own work. These images are surprisingly small for self-made photos, lack metadata and don't cover the kind of topics non-military amateur photographers would have access to. As you have been repeatedly warned for this behavior I am blocking this account to prevent further copyright violations. I note in particular photos such as File:Mi-178_in_a_anti_drug_operation.JPG, File:Armoured Yukon.JPG, File:Sierra class.JPG (clearly taken from an aircraft or helicopter), File:Soldiers and Dead body.JPG. Your claims that you personally created the following military seals are patently false: File:Fuerza Naval Del Pacifico.JPG, File:Fuerza Naval Del Golfo.JPG and File:Mexican Naval Air Force seal.JPG. Nick-D (talk) 11:10, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I've deleted all the photos you uploaded which appeared to be clear copyvios. These files will be viewable to other admins though should you chose to appeal your block. It would seem that you sourced them from http://media.militaryphotos.net/ or a similar site. Nick-D (talk) 11:27, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Unblock request
I've received the following email from this editor asking that their block be lifted and am posting it here so another admin can review my block:


 * I apoligize for any incovenience to wikipedia, but i was trying to contribute photos even though i was not doing it the right way. I have though contribute to the creation of a number of articles and placing correct references, and therefore would like to continue. If i am to be considered to be blocked for a minimal time or even a lenghty time i understand. thank you for taking up your time in reading this email.

I blocked this editor for taking large numbers of photographs and several other images from the internet and uploading them to Wikipedia under false claims that they created the the images. As this editor was given a final warning for this exact behavior in December 2008 (see User talk:Homan05) and has since received a large number of automated warnings for copyright problems (which appear to have resulted in the image being deleted in most cases), my view as the blocking admin is that they cannot be trusted to edit without breaching copyright and the block should remain in place. In particular, I'm concerned that as they've deliberately sought to evade copyright restrictions covering photos they may very well also have been copying and pasting copyright-protected text into articles - this is strongly suggested by this warning: User talk:Homan05. Nick-D (talk) 23:59, 19 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Per this discussion on my talk page, I'd like to stress that I've posted this unblock request on behalf of Homan05 only as a) they emailed me as the blocking admin and I didn't want to return the email to explain the block or the procedure to use to get a second opinion as this would reveal my email address and b) I'm assuming that as they used an email rather than requesting an unblock here they are unaware that they are not blocked from editing their own user and talk pages. I don't support the block being lifted for the reasons outlined above, and have no problem with the request being either turned down or removed until the editor posts it themselves if I've messed up the procedure. Nick-D (talk) 11:48, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

I have not posted pictures since 2010.


 * You are free to request an unblock of this account. To do so, put at the bottom of the page (replacing "Your reason here" with a suitable reason). However, requesting an unblock of an autoblock which is caused by a block on your own account is no good: that is only for use by an editor caught in collateral damage due to a block on someone else. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 12:11, 22 May 2014 (UTC)