User talk:Lavath

Notability of Lou lancaster
A tag has been placed on Lou lancaster requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

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For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. --Seascic T/C 17:40, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

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Lou Lancaster Deletion before the article was even finsihed, I added the 'hang on' tag but it was removed before I was allowed to explain in discussion
Lou Lancaster Deletion before the article was even finsihed, I added the 'hang on' tag but it was removed before I was allowed to explain in discussion

Lancaster
Sorry about that; we deal with a LOT of crap on a daily basis, and occasionally there's a false positive.

Here's the thing. What you had for the article... it didn't really assert notability. It didn't really say much about why anyone should care about Lou Lancaster. Since you ran his official website, you may not have been the most impartial person in the world to make the decision.

On the other hand... he performed at the Magic Castle eighteen times? Whoa.

I'm going to restore the article, and fix it up a bit so as to more clearly show why he should be mentioned. DS (talk) 14:48, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the help given to me, a true newbie...
Thanks for your help! I hope you might be able to help me further. Before I ask I want to state that I do not truly run the Lou Lancaster site, but the server the site is on is one of the machines that I admin. I did a small amount of work on the site because magicians and the owner of the server asked me to. Now to my question :) I was invited to the wake of Mr. Lou Lancaster, well they call it a Broken Wand ceremony.  In this meeting famous magicians attented and Lou turned out to be pretty much the best slight of hand close up magician in memory.  That was agreed upon in general.  However, specifically the famous Magician; Jeff McBride stated some things about Lou that seem to me to be truly noteworthy such as Lou taught him and showed many techniques to him that he uses to this day.  This was usual for Lou; he was really that good and everybody knew him but he never got the money or huge fame.  He taught Mohammed Ali the ways of Magic.  He created some set pieces of illusion such as the "Twister Illusion" and a version of "Dissapearing Cage" I uploaded the broken wand ceremony video to youtube, also a slide show I put together under direction of the executor of Lou's estate.  Please could you tell me if this content and the statements Mr. McBride makes, for instance (in the Broken Wand video), would merit Lou's acticle becoming officially 'noteworthy'? I also have Lou's resume from the 1970's and permission to use any/all media on Lou/from Lou to use as I wish - the resume shows Lou being on TV several times would this help to establish noteworthyness?

The Broken Wand media: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKqaifYC-Pg

Thanks, Lavath.

File copyright problem with File:McGuff Company Inc.png
Thank you for uploading File:McGuff Company Inc.png. 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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If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation.  F ASTILYsock  (T ALK ) 00:03, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I think I have edited the image's tags in a sufficient manner?
I copied the style of an existing example File WesternDigitalLogo

Orphaned non-free image (File:McGuff Company Inc.png)
 Thanks for uploading File:McGuff Company Inc.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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Image is and has been in use
Hi. Using the image for an article. The article is being created. The wikipedia guidelines say not to rush, but to make the article better, not faster. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lavath/MyTestMcGuff is where the image is in use. ...So it has been in use and is currently in use, thank you.
 * Non-free images such as logos are not allowed to remain indefinitely in non-article space (such as user-space "sandboxes"). If & when you think that the article is worthy of being placed in the mainspace, you can either re-upload the image or ask any sysop/admin to restore the image for placement on the article. Also, you need to let someone know that you're talking back to them on your own talk page, with something like talkback, as most editors don't watch every talk page they edit.   Skier Dude  ( talk ) 02:45, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Please restore Image
Howdy, Skier Dude I, a newbie and others are trying our hands at each creating a new wikipedia article. The focus is on proper referencing. I am ready to show mine to them, could I please have the image back on or about Monday, Dec. 21, 2009? After they help me proof it (a couple of days at most), I would like very much to make the article live - I am sure to get critical feedback after thie, but hope that with prep work my required revisions will be minimal, or at least less than theirs. So please be so good as to restore the image! (plus I forgot how I made the image tags.) Thanks for letting me know about the talkback tags Lavath (talk) 00:47, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I've restored the image, it will be up for another week for your use. If it is restored to article space, make sure the deletion template is removed from the image and the correct article name (backlink) is on the "fair use" template" Skier Dude  ( talk )

Hello again, Skier Dude. I thank you for your help, and ask for more help! I have attempted to follow your suggestions.
 * 1. I have named the article "McGuffCompanies" but am unsure if "McGuff_Companies" would be more proper.
 * 2. I updated the image tag, but am unsure if I have done so correctly.
 * 3. I do not think that I am able to "make sure the deletion template is removed from the image" I do not think my access is sufficient to allow this.

I do not lightly ask all this mess of questions of you! I have spent much time attempting to research and find the answers myself. I ask you the questions to which I was unable to find answers for. Thank you, and I appreciate any help you are willing and able to provide me!
 * page is at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGuffCompanies

Lavath (talk) 19:32, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I've moved the article to McGuff Companies and the image tag has been updated to match the correct article title. Skier Dude  ( talk ) 03:15, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:MrLouLancaster.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:MrLouLancaster.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

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Thank you ESkog, I have complied, please note:

 * Regarding the image: “MrLouLancaster.jpg” for Wikipedia uploaded at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MrLouLancaster.jpg


 * The original image is located at http://www.loulancaster.com/MrLouLancaster.jpg


 * Please find the permission text located on Mr. Lancaster’s site at the following link: http://www.loulancaster.com/index.htm


 * Here is a copy of the text in question: The image, "MrLouLancaster.jpg" is released to the public domain for any purpose provided the photo is not modified and the website http://www.loulancaster.com/ is included as a visible reference.

Lavath (talk) 18:04, 28 December 2009 (UTC)