User talk:Shoffer@smcusa.com

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Now that I've welcomed you, I have to ask: are you personally able to release Image:Examples of Actuators.jpg under the GFDL? If not, we might have to remove it; please see Image use policy and Copyrights. Melchoir 02:14, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Examples of Actuators.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Examples of Actuators.jpg. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this:.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me, or ask them at the Image legality questions page. Thank you. Shyam ( T / C ) 16:55, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

July 2007
Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles, as you did to Pneumatic actuator. Advertising, and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox", is strongly discouraged. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Nposs 22:17, 27 July 2007 (UTC)