User talk:Raskolnikov4138

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Image Tagging Image:Rick barnes.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Rick barnes.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then there needs to be an argument why we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then it needs to be specified where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

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Falcely licenced images
Remember: Users who upload content with false license declarations ... may be blocked. feydey 04:03, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you.
Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. --Fire Star 03:25, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Assume good faith
Hey - I suggest you do two things. First is to assume good faith - it's an important part of wikipedia. Instead of assuming that someone is vandalizing they might just be trying to make wikipedia better and have a different opinion of 'better' - they probably aren't ignorant either. The other thing is I suggest you sign your comments with --~ so that people know you wrote things. Cheers! --Matt 02:55, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Copyright problems with Image:Lbjfountain.jpg
An image that you uploaded, Image:Lbjfountain.jpg, has been listed at Copyright problems because it is a suspected copyright violation. Please look there if you know that the image is legally usable on Wikipedia (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), and then provide the necessary information there and on its page, if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. jareha (comments) 18:17, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps you'd care to explain why you changed the edits to the "Cruz Bustamante" entry?

What was wrong with-

"In 2001, Bustamante was speaking before a group of approximately 400 black labor activists when he used the word "nigger" to refer to African Americans whilst reading from a list of black labor groups that came into existence during the last century.[4] Bustamante apologized to his stunned audience and later offered the following explanation:

"If you heard what I think I heard, I want you to know it wasn't me. It's not the way I was raised, it's not the way I was taught, it's not the way I raised my children and it's not what's in my heart."

Despite Mr. Bustamante's mea culpa, there remained (and do remain) questions of whether or not Mr. Bustamante harbors racist sentiments.[5][6]

“You don’t make a slip like that,” said audience member Gwendalyn Bello, “unless it is something you say normally.”[7]

“What was troublesome to a lot of people,” said San Francisco labor organizer and state president of the A. Phillip Randolph Institute James Bryant, “was that the word came out very naturally.”[8]

It contained full citations, was fair (contained both Bustamante's explanation and apology, as well as independent criticism) and did not include original research. I suggest you voluntarily change it back or I will and I'll get protection for the entry.

Thank you.

Image Tagging Image:Carnegie mellon overhead.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Carnegie mellon overhead.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then there needs to be an argument why we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then it needs to be specified where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

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 * The images Image:Orlando figes.gif, Image:Colt mccoy.jpg, and Image:Kirk watson.gif are also missing information on their source. Without this information, we can not verify your claim that the all of the rights to the images have been released, including those for commercial works and derivative works.  The images may be deleted in seven days if we can not discover this information and verify their status. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. ×Meegs 05:40, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

AfD on Cryptodynasty (Sports)
Hi -- I've nominated this article for deletion. If you want to participate in the debate, there's a link at the top of the article page. Since you're the article creator, I figured I should inform you. Mango juice talk 05:27, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Non-free use disputed for Image:Bbcwwii.jpg
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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Heinzlogo.gif
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Unspecified source for Image:Andrewcarnegie.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Andrewcarnegie.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, then you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, then their copyright should also be acknowledged.

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