User talk:MaverickWithGoose

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Hi, thanks for your contributions so far! I noticed you uploaded an image for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds which was later deleted, and I wanted to quickly explain why. You uploaded the image to Wikimedia Commons, a sister project to Wikipedia where all images must be freely licensed (i.e. Creative Commons or in the Public Domain). The logo of a video game is copyrighted (the vast majority of the time), and so cannot be uploaded there for inclusion in Wikipedia articles. However, on the English Wikipedia we operate a system of limited fair use. This means that you can upload a copyrighted image here provided it fits the criteria; the most important for video game logos being that it will be used as the primary image on the article, that the file size will be small (something like less than 400 pixels on the longest side, as a ball park figure), and that it has a proper fair use tag denoting the source and fair use rationale. What that means in practice is that if you're uploading fair use images to Wikipedia, you should use the File Upload Wizard here, and fill out the relevant fields to denote the image as fair use. See the rationale for the image I just uploaded for the article. Let me know if you have any questions or need any help :) Sam Walton (talk) 08:53, 13 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks a ton for the help. I am new so getting my feet wet with how everything works. Definitely appreciate the assist and all the info. Hopefully I got the right template tag to thank you :). MaverickWithGoose (talk) 14:54, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hey no worries - Yeah that's the right one, though you can write it shorter with just re, like in my comment here. Also, because we're using effectively a plain text editor as a forum, we indent comments with increasing levels of colons (again, see my comment here and I out-dented yours). :) Sam Walton (talk) 15:15, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the tip :). It's a learning curve, but fun to contribute. MaverickWithGoose (talk) 15:21, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I challenge you to find someone who says it's easy to start! Sam Walton (talk) 15:39, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:Product photo for new Sony a9.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Product photo for new Sony a9.jpg. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of fair use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of fair use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:


 * 1) Go to the file description page and add the text  below the original replaceable fair use template, replacing   with a short explanation of why the file is not replaceable.
 * 2) On the file discussion page, write a full explanation of why you believe the file is not replaceable.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace this non-free media item by finding freely licensed media of the same subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or similar) media under a free license, or by creating new media yourself (for example, by taking your own photograph of the subject).

If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified how these media fully satisfy our non-free content criteria. You can find a list of description pages you have edited by clicking on [ this link]. Note that even if you follow steps 1 and 2 above, non-free media which could be replaced by freely licensed alternatives will be deleted 2 days after this notification (7 days if uploaded before 13 July 2006), per the non-free content policy. If you have any questions, please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. (talk) 12:37, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of News Ledge


The article News Ledge has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "No indication that this is a notable website. Most of the references cited do not mention it or its founders, and the other references are primary sources. Google search brings up no significant discussion of the site in reliable sources."

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. ... disco spinster   talk  21:38, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

News Ledge
Your edit history appears to consist mainly of adding links to News Ledge articles, and writing articles about News Ledge. If you have some kind of association with this website, you need to make that clear by adding to the talk page of the articles that you've created or made significant edits to. ... disco spinster   talk  22:50, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Absolutely not. You can actually go through my history and see I make a number of edits from a variety of sources. Instead, you accused me of spamming over a page I had initially said should be deleted last year due to sourcing. Talk about making junior editors unwelcome. MaverickWithGoose (talk) 23:22, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Ahunt. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added to Quadcopter‎ have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. - Ahunt (talk) 23:51, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Hello, MaverickWithGoose. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the page News Ledge, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the COI guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the request edit template);
 * disclose your COI when discussing affected articles (see WP:DISCLOSE);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Ahunt (talk) 23:51, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

I have zero relationships with any of the sites. I created a few pages on cameras and drones. Some in space when I saw something cool. I've run across News Ledge a lot on cameras and drones. Two things I like. They always seem to be one of the first to cover breaking news. I've created camera and drone pages with zero issues. I will fully admit to my mistake in creating one for a media site. Obviously, I didn't know how or it's different from when a camera launches. For that, I apologize. Not the most wiki-literate editor, but I try :). Do they deserve a Wikipedia page? I have no idea. How does a two-person website get into Google and Bing News and regularly appear on reddit? I guess how does a media source become a noteworthy subject when that's not their place? Again, my apologies for trying to create the page.

MaverickWithGoose (talk) 00:01, 24 June 2019 (UTC)