User talk:LawrieM

License tagging for Image:Macauley Island.JPG
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Unspecified source for Image:Macauley Island.JPG
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Curtis Island and Lady Penryhn
See answer on my talk page andy 11:54, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

License tagging for Image:Dent1.jpg
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Image copyright problem with Image:PennatiaBaylisiana.jpg
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Duplicate images uploaded
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License tagging for Image:PoorKnightsIslands.PNG
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Image:AgathisSpathulata.jpg
Hi Lawrie - unfortunately, this is a species of Araucaria (probably Araucaria bidwillii), not Agathis spathulata. - MPF 08:44, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi Lawrie - yep, it is definitely an Araucaria. My guess is that maybe some labels in the park got switched (maybe accidentally at planting, or maybe vandalism) and the Agathis spathulata specimen is somewhere else nearby. Agathis spathulata is very different in appearance, with much broader leaves arranged in opposite pairs (quite similar to other kauri species, most like Agathis robusta) - MPF 20:44, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

License tagging for Image:Mergui Port.JPG
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Fixed the correct tag to the photo LawrieM9:53, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Image Snares
Can you upload your nice picture http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a7/Snares_N_Promonotory.jpg at Wikimedia Commons? I want to use it in wikipedia.de. --skraemer —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.143.98.109 (talk) 13:45, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Re the Snares Image - I would be happy to do this but don't know how to - are you able to do it? - if so please do LawrieM  - 5 August 2008

Mt Olympus pics
Great photos at Mt Olympus. You should upload them to Commons rather than Wikipedia though, since they're free licensed. Then they could be used by other language projects etc. Stevage 00:42, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

NowCommons: Image:CurtisM.PNG
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Warawara
Hi,

a good idea to provide more information on Warawara. I don't know much about it, but I'm looking forward to what you can write. After you've made the page on Warawara, we may check if there is any redundancy with Agathis australis etc. Greetings, Dick Bos (talk) 19:51, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Your draft article, User:LawrieM/sandbox


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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Hasteur (talk) 16:49, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

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Wikipedia and copyright
Hello LawrieM, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Torres Strait has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.


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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 21:39, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

August 2023
Your edit to New Zealand Cycle Trail has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images&mdash;you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Copying text from other sources for more information. You can't just copy-paste material from the web.  Schwede 66  04:09, 11 August 2023 (UTC)