User talk:Neilbradford

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Hi Neil. I'm guessing that you have much to contribute to the Wikipedia articles which relate to photography, and I certainly hope that you will do so. However, please read Vanity guidelines before making any more edits which relate to you! Thanks, CLW 17:37, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as A.J. Downing, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to be a direct copy from http://www.fredericklawolmsted.com/ajdowning.htm. As a copyright violation, A.J. Downing appears to qualify for speedy deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. A.J. Downing has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. If the source is a credible one, please consider rewriting the content and citing the source. If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GFDL, you can comment to that effect on Talk:A.J. Downing. If the article has already been deleted, but you have a proper release, you can reenter the content at A.J. Downing, after describing the release on the talk page. However, you may want to consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you, and please feel free to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Mak emi 20:31, 25 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Please do not add copyrighted material to Wikipedia. Your article Bob Flowerdew was copied from, this is unacceptable. Thank you, Mak emi 20:59, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

License tagging for Image:ElephantsUK270px.jpg
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Topiary
Please do not add commercial links or links to your own private websites to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links to the encyclopedia. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. - MPF 13:16, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for pointing out the reasons this image and text have been removed... for the second time! I am not however the website owner of either the TopiaryArtDesigns.com website nor the charity website for the protection of endangered Asian elephants: elephantfamily.org - I do however know for a fact as a member of the European Boxwood and Topiary Society that the gentleman I refer to: Steve Manning is the ONLY professional topiary artist and sculpture in the UK and renowned in the art by all in the pertinent societies and organisations. He has also won 3 Gold medals at Chelsea as well as numerous other awards and featured on many TV programmes including Blue Peter! If the subject is Topiary and sub headings: Topiary in the 20th Century and Topiary in Europe... How can Steve Manning NOT be included. Another note of interest may be that it is now the 21st Century and topiary has become increasingly popular and also metamorphosised from the traditional concept of it being grown as solely Box! Steve Manning's website may offer services but it also contains a large gallery of images... all of Topiary! ElephantFamily.org is NOT a commercial website.... It is a charity and the famous Elephant Family as featured on the front cover of LIFE magazine was created by Steve Manning for them. I fail to see why my entries have repeatedly been removed and until this evening, without notification! The copyright tag may appear easy to use for some others... but I only figured out where to put it and how it should read today and then only by example from another image placed there by another person!

Thanks

Neil J Bradford


 * Hi Neil - regardless of whose website it is, the External links policy clearly states that commercial links should not be used other than in exceptional circumstances. However great Steve Manning is, it is not the purpose of wikipedia to advertise his website for him; the only place where a link to his website might be appropriate is a biographical article about the man himself (and even there, it should be secondary to any independant non-commercial information sources), and not the topiary page. As to his importance, please bear in mind that wikipedia is international in scope; he may well be important here in Britain, but how relevant is his work to readers in, say, Australia, or China, or the USA?


 * Of the elephant pic, the topiaryart website page on which it occurs very clearly states "Copyright © 2005/2006 Steve Manning 'Topiary Art Designs Ltd". I don't see where you got the 'permission to copy' etc., from; it is not stated on his website. If the picture is to be used on wikipedia, it must be accompanied by clear proof of the claim of free use (such as a verbatim copy of a signed statement from the copyright holder expressly releasing the photograph into the public domain). Remember too that the intention of information and pictures on wikipedia is that they may be freely copied by any third party, including for commercial use. Please see Image use policy and Copyrights for more info.


 * Hope this helps - MPF 20:40, 25 September 2006 (UTC)