User talk:Steven Andrew Miller/Archive 1

WP:USAF
Thanks for starting it up. Time to start revitalizing it! &rArr;   SWAT Jester     Ready    Aim    Fire!  00:28, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Actually, I discussed it with Statjester and Looper, who apparently had no objections ;-)

But fair enough; are there any particular objections you have to merging the project? —Kirill Lok s hin 14:07, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject United States Armed Forces
Since there don't seem to be any more outstanding objections, I've gone ahead and merged it into the task force. If you have any problems with this course of action, please don't hesitate to let me know. —Kirill Lok s hin 18:16, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Your comments
Please stop posting comments on my talk page. You've made yourself clear. If you disagree with an edit I've made, just revert it. If you feel the need to sound off, do it on another page. I'm not interested in what you have to say, so keep it to yourself. Further communication will be considered harrassment. Brian G. Crawford 19:14, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Brian G Crawford
To be fair, Crawford wasn't the one who said "harassment", but he did use the inflammatory phrase "cease and desist". Although he wishes to dictate how his talk page is used, you're still within your rights to use it to formally notify and warn him of any behaviour against Wikipedia policy (including this case), as well as other limited uses. Fourohfour 13:21, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * On the other hand, re-inserting the Tony Danza section, which is completely unsourced (and even more cruty than the rest of the article), is clearly tendentious. Just zis Guy you know? 21:06, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Fair use images
I notice that you have a number of fair use images on User:Linnwood/gallery. However, please note that fair use of copyrighted images can only be claimed within mainspace articles - please could you therefore remove these images? Many thanks, CLW 12:37, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that, CLW 08:28, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Copyright problems with Image:Trumptowerheight.gif
An image that you uploaded, Image:Trumptowerheight.gif, 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. Hi, Unfortunately I have had to mark the image "Trumptowerheight.gif" as a possible Copyright Violation. Since the image has a significant amount of original work (appears to have been hand drawn by the Chicago Tribune, etc.), I do not believe that this qualifies as Fair Use on Wikipedia. Other sources, such as Encyclopedia Britannica, would not be able to use this Chicago Tribune image. Respectfully; hadley 22:28, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Tony Danza
Save The Tony Danza sex move! Smellmyfinger 21:54, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Please discuss your reversion
Hello. I'd be interested in your reasons for your recent reversion of Template:MLB. I've started a thread here with the reasons I am in favor of the version you reverted. Thanks. 66.167.139.143 08:24, 4 May 2006 (UTC).

Protection of User RC template
I noticed that you had edited the "user rc" template. FYI, the self-categorization feature has once again been stript away, and now the page is "protected" so that ordinary users cannot revert the changes.

The absurd thing is that one can easily get a list of users who employ the template by going to Template:User rc and simply clicking on "What links here." If one were so inclined, one could use that list to inform everyone using the template of the change, and remind each user that he can manually add to the bottom of his user page. &mdash; Eoghanacht  talk 01:56, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:Adrienne Barbeau.jpg
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George Felix Allen
I'm not sure what you thought you were doing, but that was not the way to do a page move. First off, there was a discussion going on as to the appropriate name with one option under consideration being renaming George Felix Allen to George Allen (U.S. Politician). Second, you don't move a page by copying some (or all) content to a new page and then putting the old one up as a speedy. This breaks the edit history and is considered a violation of the GFDL licensing for Wikipedia content. As to what you've done to the rest of the Allen related pages, people are going to have to look through everything now. Please, don't be bold when doing a change on a major figure such as this. Check and participate in discussions before acting in such a way. Thank you. --StuffOfInterest 21:44, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

George Felix Allen
Why do you keep removing the category without discussion. He is a Jewish-American Politician. By his own statement he is proud of his Jewish heritage. So why do you say that he is not Jewish? Jasper23 06:23, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

License tagging for Image:Beachwood reporter favicon.png
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Pipe versus redirect
This doesn't warrant further discussion on the article, but I thought I'd mention it here. The wikilink 2006 Congressional page sex scandal isn't as good as the wikilink 2006 Congressional page sex scandal, even though they look the same to the user. Why? Because the first one requires a redirect; the second does not. Why does that matter? Because if the Mark Foley scandal page moves, for whatever reason (rename, justified or vandalism), that causes a two-step redirect for the version you prefer, but only a one-step redirect for the version I prefer. Why does THAT matter? Because (I believe) a two-step redirect STOPS at the second redirect; it doesn't continue on. So the user ends up on a redirect page rather than at an article - highly undesirable. John Broughton |  Talk 00:08, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Image:AJ Pierzynski headshot 90x135.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:AJ Pierzynski headshot 90x135.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:
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Fair use rationale for Image:Pierzynski Barrett Fight.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Pierzynski Barrett Fight.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. When you use a generic fair use tag such as or , you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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Image:Doug Eddings.jpg listed for deletion
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Fair use rationale for Image:Michael J. Totten in Lebanon.jpg
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Unspecified source for Image:Michael Wilbon.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Michael Wilbon.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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 * I have also tagged the following as replaceable fair use images, as they are living people who make regular public appearances:
 * Image:Ozzie Guillén.jpg
 * Image:Scott Podsednik headshot.jpg
 * Image:Ozzie Guillén headshot 90x135.jpg
 * Mosmof 13:58, 21 January 2007 (UTC)