User talk:John shaftman

Re: Kold Sweat Records
Re your message: I think the article established enough notability to not qualify to be speedy deleted, if that is what you are asking. I recommend incorporating the external links as references instead of leaving them as external links as that would help towards notability. Just out of curiosity, how did you find me to ask me about the article? I don't recall us crossing paths before. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:41, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi there Gogo, you seem like a fair chap :), I got your details from the records of the last deletion of this page in 2009. You deleted it based on something from another article written from someone I do not know, but your name was there as an admin. Therefore I thought I'd rewrite the document, research and re post. Thanks again for your help. JonS (talk) 06:53, 2 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Ah, okay. I didn't notice that I had deleted the article long ago.  Thanks for clearing that up. =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 19:50, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Your welcome..Have a grand day :) JonS (talk) 17:16, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Soul Garden concern
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Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Soul Garden concern
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Your draft article, Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Soul Garden


Hello John shaftman. It has been over six months since you last edited your WP:AFC draft article submission, entitled "Soul Garden".

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 17:02, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

File:MARK-NEO-DAWN.jpg
Hello. I have deleted this image because Wikipedia does not accept licences for image uploads like "Wikipedia only". What we need are free licences that include the opportunity to make derivatives of the file and use it commercially. These include the Creative Commons CC-by licence and GNU Free Documentation License. If you have permission from a photographer to use their image only on Wikipedia, I'm afraid that is not sufficient to keep the photo. However, if the photographer agrees to release his work under a free licence, please ask him to write an email as outlined in WP:CONSENT. De728631 (talk) 17:24, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Thank you for your message, I have since forwarded correspondence from the source. Let me know if all is ok or if i need to re-submit the image..Thanks 17:42, 1 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Thank you for forwarding the email with the letter of permission. I have now sent that to Wikimedia Commons for evaluation. Please note though that the letter of permission refers to a specific licence Cc-by-4.0 while the online statement at http://www.blakprophetz.com/wiki-authorize.asp states it is free to use for anyone without specific restrictions like attribution etc. that would come with a Creative Commons licence. So it would probably be helpful if you could clarify this with the Blak Prophetz people. They are welcome to email permissions-commons@wikimedia.org for details or a new statement. As the file is now being hosted by the Commons, it has also become the responsibility of the administrators at Commons to verify the licence, but I have no administrative rights over there. De728631 (talk) 13:43, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:BLAK PROPHETZ.JPG
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Hi MrBigrTex, We've just sent an email to permissions, Let us know if there's anything else you need us to do. Validation was verified 13-Aug-2013 Please see - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blak_Prophetz_Photo.jpg JonS (talk) 15:06, 23 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Hello there. I can't read your email but I have temporarily restored the file. The voluntary permission team will now check your email and then decide whether the file can be kept. I don't see any problems though because you have already released the original photo into the public domain. De728631 (talk) 18:34, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

Deletion pending for File:BLAK PROPHETZ.JPG
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Funk Division (September 19)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Sam Sailor was:

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.


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Draft:Funk Division concern
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Your draft article, Draft:Funk Division


Hello, John shaftman. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "Funk Division".

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing.  Onel 5969  TT me 13:10, 8 May 2016 (UTC)