User talk:LouriePieterse/Archive 1

WP:SAFRICA
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Image policy
I appreciate your work on the Skyfox article but it may be usefull to read the guidlines about image use policy in particularly about non-free images. If you copy a non-free (copyrighted) image from another website it most cases it can not be used on Wikipedia particularly in the Skyfox article when free images are available. Any copyrighted images must really be something not available as a free image and a case has to be written up for each use. MilborneOne (talk) 13:28, 22 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Slapsnot - thanks for the message, you have made a good effort with Cessna 160 and Skyfox but you need to take notice of the format of other articles and the depth of information that is required for Wikipedia. Remember it is not a technical manual and only notable information is required. If you are unsure about any of the guidelines and policies for aircraft articles either ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aircraft which is where all the editors of aircraft articles hang out or leave me a message on my talk page. MilborneOne (talk) 22:21, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Cessna 160
Thanks for your work on this interesting aircraft and for finding some useful references for it.

Just to let you know - you can't just cut and paste text from another website into Wikipedia as you did here which was copied from Wings Over Kansas, as this is a copyright violation. I have rewritten the article to remove the violation. You can note it is perfectly acceptable to use information from cited sources, but you have to rewrite it into your own words. Other peoples' exact words are subject to copyright, but ideas are not. I hope this helps you in the future. If you have any questions please drop me a note or respond here. - Ahunt (talk) 23:40, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Image permission problem with Image:PUTCO Bus 1.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:PUTCO Bus 1.jpg I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the image (or other media file) agreed to license it under the given license.

If you created this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either
 * make a note permitting reuse under the GFDL or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
 * Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to [mailto:permissions-en@wikimedia.org permissions-en@wikimedia.org], stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the image to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the image has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to [mailto:permissions-en@wikimedia.org permissions-en@wikimedia.org].

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Non-free content, use a tag such as or one of the other tags listed at Image copyright tags, and add a rationale justifying the image's use on the article or articles where it is included. See Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Images lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. J Milburn (talk) 12:38, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Why do you believe these images are licensed under a CC license? I can't see anything on the website. J Milburn (talk) 13:26, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I have contacted the company yesterday by telephone. I asked them if they have any copyrights. Ive told them Iam busy with a Wikipedia article about them. They then said I can modify the images in anyway I want. So I then did modify them and uploaded them to Wikipedia. Thats why my name is as the Auther. They dont care. They are just and Bus Company. Slapsnot (talk) 13:32, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid that doesn't really hold water. Could you possibly email them, get an email saying they release the images under X license and forward the email to our OTRS address? Otherwise, we simply have no evidence that the images are licensed as you say they are, and they will wind up deleted. J Milburn (talk) 13:56, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay. Ill contact them later this week. I just dont know when will they open again. Can you please just not delete the images until then? Ill try to solve the issue as quickly as possible.

Speedy deletion of Questek Transit Technologies
A tag has been placed on Questek Transit Technologies requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a company or corporation, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for companies and corporations.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. --Unpopular Opinion (talk) 14:36, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Hello UO. Can you please tell me why you have deleted my article? Ive put an and  tag in the header.
 * The article was not edited for a long time, so somebody removed the inuse/underconstruction tags and I tagged it for speedy deletion as the article did not assert the notability of the subject. Please develop the article in your userspace if you want extra time. --Unpopular Opinion (talk) 07:55, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, I understand UO. But you cant expect someone to work over Christmas... Hahahaha. I hope you enjoy 2009. Regards LP.

Thanks, best wishes. --Unpopular Opinion (talk) 08:06, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

PUTCO Assessment
Hi Ahunt. I'm only editing Wikipedia for a month of so, and has one question for you. I think you should be able to help met with it. I've seen that the PUTCO article is listed under the Stubs Needing Work section. I then completed the article and filled in the template on its Talk page. Even after I've completed the templates the article was a still Stub-class article. When I checked now, it was a a B-class article. Can you please explain to me how the assessment changed. I've seen that you changed to page after me, so I thought it was maybe you. Thank you! Slapsnot (talk) 14:56, 28 December 2008 (UTC)


 * It wasn't me! On the talk page this edit by you changed the assessment to "B" class. On the article page itself the stub tags were added by User:NJR ZA here. All three of the stub tags were removed by you here. Hope that helps! I don't think they are needed anymore anyway - you have added a lot of information to the article - Ahunt (talk) 15:55, 28 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Hahahaha, yes I know I have removed the Stubs tags and changed the assessment to "B" Class. But even if you change the assessment on the Talk page, the assessment on the article itself doesn't change. Iam talking about the assessment underneath the articles name. Thanks for the reply! Slapsnot (talk) 17:48, 28 December 2008 (UTC)


 * "Iam talking about the assessment underneath the articles name" - I am not sure where you mean on that. - Ahunt (talk) 19:12, 28 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Take a look at this picture:http://www.slapsnot.com/PUTCO.JPG I've put a triangle around the assessment Iam talking about.Slapsnot (talk) 19:47, 28 December 2008 (UTC)


 * That is an interesting picture! Are you using a Firefox plug-in like AWB? If so i think it reads that from the talk page. Those statements don't show up on my version of Firefox 3 with no plug ins. - Ahunt (talk) 19:54, 28 December 2008 (UTC)


 * No, you can active it here: Special:Preferences. Display an assessment of an article's quality as part of the page header for each article. I now see there is documentation on it... :| The doc says that it reads the assesment from the Talk Page. Its funny because, there is alot of articles who is a Class-B in their Talk page, but on the article page a Stub or Start Article...Slapsnot (talk) 20:04, 28 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Ah, okay - there you go then! Maybe the ones that don't add up have a format problem on the talk page that caused the front page to display wrong. - Ahunt (talk) 20:07, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Re:Userbox
While the userbox is transcluded on the WikiProject page, it will continue to appear in the category. The easiest way around that would be to simply copy the code of the userbox, removing the category section, rather than actually transcluding it, so that a user can see what it looks like, but the userbox doesn't actually appear on the page. Alternatively, just link it by using tl, don't even bother showing it on the project page. The tags mean that the section contained will be included only when the template is transcluded, and the mean that the contained section will not be included when it is transcluded, but are included on the main template. J Milburn (talk) 20:48, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you Milburn! The Userbox works now perfect! Slapsnot (talk) 22:42, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Table Background
Sorry, I'm pretty terrible with tables. I find it's best to just choose the one you want and copy it exactly from Help:Table. Perhaps your best bet would be to ask at the technical village pump. J Milburn (talk) 16:07, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

The racer
A tag has been placed on The racer, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a redirect to a nonexistent page.

If you can fix this redirect to point to an existing Wikipedia page, please do so and remove the speedy deletion tag. However, please do not remove the speedy deletion tag unless you also fix the redirect. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Kingpin13 (talk) 12:54, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not really one to say. Is it possible to create the Westland Wizard page first and then recreate the redirect (or remove the db then if it hasn't been deleted)? This would be what I suggest. - Kingpin13 (talk) 13:01, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * No its okay. I don't want to bent any rules. The redirect can be deleted then. I usually finish my articles completely in My Sandbox, because sometimes it gets deleted if it has too little information. Sorry for the hassle! Kind regards Slapsnot (talk) 13:07, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

My Usertalk
Hi Ben. Ive seen that I had a new message, but I couldnt have seen it. I then looked at the changes page, and Ive seen this link, with a lot of spaces. After that you have fixed my talk page. Was that just a vandal, or what? Iam just curious! Thank you! Slapsnot (talk) 14:51, 18 January 2009 (UTC)


 * It was a vandal spamming around users webpages with web links. Canterbury Tail   talk  16:48, 18 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Thank you for removing the spam Ben! Slapsnot (talk) 17:09, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

South-Africa
Hi, in answer to your post on my talk page. Some tips: Welcome and happy editing. — Deon Steyn (talk) 07:50, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) WP is an English language resource so try and keep posts in English even though we both speak another language.
 * 2) Please sign your posts on any talk page (see Signatures for help and Talk page guidelines for more guidelines.
 * 3) Try and combine several changes into one edit, by using the preview option. If you make many small changes it makes it hard to follow the page history on the history tab. See Help:Show preview.
 * 4) I have reverted your edits to the banners on Talk:Angolan War of Independence, because you removed one banner without explanation

Image copyright problem with File:ThreeMileIsland seen from bridge.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:ThreeMileIsland seen from bridge.jpg. The image has been identified as not specifying the copyright status of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. Even if you created the image yourself, you still need to release it so Wikipedia can use it. If you don't indicate the copyright status of the image on the image's description page, using an appropriate copyright tag, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you made this image yourself, you can use copyright tags like PD-self (to release all rights), (to require that you be credited), or any tag here - just go to the image, click edit, and add one of those. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided copyright information for them as well.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:
 * Image use policy
 * Image copyright tags

This is an automated notice by STBotI. For assistance on the image use policy, see Media copyright questions. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 14:46, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Copyright problems with File:ThreeMileIsland seen from bridge.jpg
Hello. Concerning your contribution, File:ThreeMileIsland seen from bridge.jpg, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). As a copyright violation, File:ThreeMileIsland seen from bridge.jpg appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. File:ThreeMileIsland seen from bridge.jpg has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License (CC-BY-SA) then you should do one of the following:


 * If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at and send an email with the message to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". See Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
 * If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) and CC-BY-SA, under CC-BY-SA, or released into the public domain leave a note at with a link to where we can find that note.
 * If you hold the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the CC-BY-SA and GFDL, and note that you have done so on.

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. — Jeff G. (talk&#124;contribs) 06:49, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Abuse report
Abuse reports are for long term vandals, those vandals with over 6 blocks. Otherwise, you should report vandals to WP:AIV.-- Terrillja talk  20:23, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:WestlandWizzard 1.jpg
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:WestlandWizzard 1.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.

Possibly unfree File:WestlandWizzard 2.jpg
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:WestlandWizzard 2.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.

Possibly unfree File:WestlandWizzard Diagram.jpg
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:WestlandWizzard Diagram.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. .Nigel Ish (talk) 18:20, 19 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi Nigel. The reason I've listed these Westland Wizzard images as in the Public Domain, is because Ive looked at the Flight International copyright history, at this webpage: Flight international 727-100. There I've seen that Flight International first started to publish their work in 1984 under copyright. The images I've used were published long before that date, so I've assumed they were in the Public Domain. I didn't just upload them, I really thought they are in the public domain. I've also looked at this page: Copyright Term and the Public Domain. Thanks for your time! Regards Slapsnot (talk) 09:53, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
 * That refers to United States copyright - Flight was first publishedin the UK and is therefore subject to British copyright - the tag you added is only appropriate if it was first published in the US.Nigel Ish (talk) 09:59, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I understand. What do you suggest I should do? Slapsnot (talk) 10:51, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Specify area
Beste Mr Pieterse, dankie vir jou waardevolle wikipedia bydraes. Ek verskil egter persoonlik dat Victoria West gespesifeer moet word as Victoria West, Northern Cape. Na die beste van my wete is daar slegs een Victoria West, en sou name soos Knysna dan ook aangepas moet word, na Knysna, Western Cape. Victoria West sonder die beskrywer dui, soos ek dit sien, aan dat die naam uniek is. Ook mag sodanige skuif stadiger verwysingskakels veroorsaak via die ou naam. Met Loxton stem ek egter saam, weens die gelyknamiges. Mag ek ook vra dat jy jou gebruikernaam aanpas, want ek vind dit onaangenaam. Ook so die verwysing na BS op jou voorblad, onnodig plat na my mening. JMK (talk) 21:48, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Middag JMK. Eks jammer oor die misverstand. Ek het gesien dat ander dorpe word so aangepas sodat mens kan sien aan watter provinsie behoort die dorp. Ek het dit ook snaaks gevind om artikels te vernoem, byvoorbeeld vanaf X na X, Northern Cape. Ek het dit nie gedoen om moeilikheid te maak nie, ek het maar gedink dis hoe dit gedoen moet word. Ek sal dit in vervolg slegs doen indien 'n dorp op twee plekke voorkom. Ek is in die proses om my gebruikers naam te verander. Ek wou hom al vroeër verander het, maar my aanvraag was toe geweier, want my edits was nog te min. Ek het ook my oppervlakkige userboxes verwyder. Dankie vir die raad, ek het nog nie so na dit gekyk nie. Groete Slapsnot (talk) 13:07, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Dis gaaf! Wat die plekname betref, ek het die wikipedia beleid opgespoor. Geographic naming conventions meld dat: South Africa, Only disambiguate towns where necessary; use placename, province where this is unambiguous. Die beleid verskil egter plek tot plek. JMK (talk) 21:22, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Changing username
Hi AD. I want too rename my user account, but has a few questions. I've looked at what the Change username page say, but I'm still not sure about everything. In the Effects of a username change section I don't understand the following points:


 * This change will not affect signatures you have already left on talk pages, or other places where you signed your username with ~ . Those pages will continue to display your signature (including the link to your old username) unless edited manually.
 * Be aware: Once you have been renamed, your old account will no longer exist and may potentially be recreated by a third party. This is true even if your old account pages have been redirected towards your new account. To guard against impersonation, you may wish to recreate the old account yourself.

Regarding the first point, when my username is changed, will the link to the old username be a redirect to my new username? Like on the talkpages, will that link point somehow to my new username? The last point, am I allowed to recreate my old username and add only a redirect in his heading to my new username? Thank you! Regards Slapsnot (talk) 13:40, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry for cutting in, but yes, you may recreate the old account and set up the user and usertalk pages to redirect to the new account. It is often a good idea to do this, to avoid potential impersonation. Useight (talk) 21:36, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Useight. Thanks for helping me on the issue! Regards Slapsnot (talk) 15:10, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the Warm Welcome Slapsnot! I hope someday I become as accomplished a wiki user as you are. Best Regards,

SilenceDoogood (talk) 10:50, 7 June 2009 (UTC)