User talk:Shanilea

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Image copyright problem with File:Energy codes community.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Energy codes community.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.

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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) 19:58, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Files listed for deletion
Some of your images or media files have been listed for deletion. Please see Files for deletion/2009 August 24 if you are interested in preserving them. Thank you. Gump Stump (talk) 22:26, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

User:Shanilea/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
You have a user page (User:Shanilea/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) which is apparently a direct copy of the Wikipedia article Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Keeping copies of articles in your user page space is against Wikipedia policy--see WP:UP#NOT for the policy, and Miscellany for deletion/Fyksland pages for a similar recent example. Let me know if you have any questions, - Gump Stump (talk) 22:39, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * This is my development area for this article. It is a copy of the original submitted article so that PNNL can keep track of what was originally posted.  Shanilea (talk) 23:07, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The user space is intended as development space, but not as an archive. You can keep a local copy of the article (on your computer), or you can look through the article history at any time to see older versions of the article. Unfortunately you cannot keep a copy of the article in your user space. - Gump Stump (talk) 06:31, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

PNNL logo
I saw that you reverted my edit that restored the use of the PNNL logo I uploaded. The version I uploaded is an SVG file, and it does not contain a slogan. This is preferred to the version you uploaded (see WP:Logos and WP:Images for more information). - Gump Stump (talk) 06:31, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

File:RichlandWaPNNL_1.jpg
Please do not upload your image over File:RichlandWaPNNL_1.jpg again. That image was uploaded and released into the public domain by another user. If you want to upload your image, upload it as usual and then replace it in the article only. - Gump Stump (talk) 06:42, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use Image:Program drivers for BECP.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Program drivers for BECP.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:


 * 1) Go to the media description page and edit it to add, without deleting the original replaceable fair use template.
 * 2) On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace this non-free media 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 taking a picture of it yourself.

If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified how these images 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 our non-free content policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

The same applies to File:Above vs baseline code requirements.jpg and File:Energy codes community.jpg. The problem with all these images is that Wikipedia policy WP:NFCC says, “Non-free content is used only where no free equivalent is available, or could be created, that would serve the same encyclopedic purpose.” But someone could easily make their own diagrams, graphs, etc, to replace these images. —teb728 t c 04:03, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Re: PNNL Logo, article, and other photo files
Hello, Shanilea, I saw your comment on my talk page. Hopefully I can address your concerns and help inform you about Wikipedia policy a bit: I'm happy that you appreciate the values of neutral point of view and factual accuracy, and I hope you choose to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Copyright is taken seriously here, and it's a bit of a minefield--if you have any questions, let me know. - Gump Stump (talk) 19:17, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Whether the laboratory includes the slogan or not in its own publications is somewhat irrelevant. Often corporate entities mandate that kind of thing; I assume in this case it is their intention to advertise the long-standing relationship between the lab and Battelle. Nonetheless, the slogan is not part of the logo (ie. the visual identity) it is just a phrase that includes Battelle's logo as well. Wikipedia policy (see WP:Logos) is to not include slogans. However, the slogan can be written in the article text or infobox.
 * The images you added to the PNNL article were great, but unfortunately there was a problem with copyright. The PNNL website says that PNNL materials "may be freely distributed and used for non-commercial, scientific and educational purposes" (from the PNNL website). Unfortunately, for text or images to be released under a free license, commercial uses must be allowed as well. If text or images are not free, then there are only very limited circumstances in which that text or images can be used on Wikipedia. For text, that may mean quoting it with a reference. For images, one of the restrictions is that it cannot be replaced by a freely licensed file; another is that it must be necessary (eg. it is an iconic image, or it aids reader understanding in a way text could not). The images you added to the article, since they are promotional images made by the PNNL, are non-free; because they did not meet the criteria for non-free content (they are replaceable by free files, and they aren't critical to the article content), they had to be deleted. If you could take images of the same things yourself, and upload them to Wikipedia using a free license, they would be excellent additions to the PNNL article.
 * If you would like to see the specific rationales for deleting the images you uploaded, see the discussion here (and the two entries below that). More generally, you can read Wikipedia policies (which are explained better than I just did) here: Non-free content explains the guidelines for free and non-free content, while Non-free content criteria covers the requirements for using non-free content. If you are interested in uploading your own images (which would be welcome), the pages Image copyright tags and Copyrights may help.
 * The tone of your comments ("[the images] should not have been removed without permission of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory", "I have direct authority from PNNL management to replace the file") makes me think that you have the wrong impression about ownership of Wikipedia content. Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopedia, and neither the PNNL article nor any of its content (with the exception of the PNNL logo) is owned exclusively by the PNNL or anyone else. Note that below the editing box it says "You irrevocably agree to release your contributions under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 and the GFDL. You agree to be credited, at minimum, through a hyperlink or URL when your contributions are reused in any form. See the Terms of Use for details" and "If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly or redistributed for profit by others, do not submit it". When you contribute to Wikipedia, you retain ownership of your contributions, but you also license anyone to be able to edit, reproduce, and use what you contribute (though you must be credited for your work, and they must share what they produce in the same way you did). Images and other media are a different case, but the vast majority of images, movies, and sounds on Wikipedia are licensed in a similar way. What Wikipedia is not might be a good read to learn more.
 * The image File:RichlandWaPNNL 1.jpg was released into the public domain by its author, so it is a freely licensed image. If you would like to add a new image of the PNNL to the article (and that would be welcome, believe me!) take your own photo, and upload it with a free license. Then, your image can be put into the article instead of the outdated one.

Ownership of PNNL article
I notice in your posts in an FfD discussion and on GumpStump’s talk page that you seem to have the mistaken notion the content of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory article is subject to the approval of PNNL and/or Battelle. Although the article is about PNNL, it is not owned by PNNL: See WP:OWN. PNNL’s preference for article content does not override Wikipedia’s policies and guidelines, and it has no weight in the collaborative editing of the article. (An article may even contain negative information about a company if it is published in a reliable source; see for example Halliburton.) —teb728 t c 21:31, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Sign small 300px.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Sign small 300px.jpg I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the 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 CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
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If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to .

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 file'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. Files 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.

If this is a PNNL work, then the PD-USGov tag is invalid, for PNNL is a private contractor. —teb728 t c 06:00, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Shanilea DoE pages
Shanilea DoE pages, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Miscellany for deletion/Shanilea DoE pages and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Shanilea DoE pages during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. --Gump Stump (talk) 20:38, 14 October 2009 (UTC)