User talk:Torshaw

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Need to confirm copyright status ASAP
Several of your recent edits quote material from books by Terry R. Shaw. If you are that author, then please review Copyrights and its supporting articles for the proper procedure for granting Wikipedia the rights to use your previously copyrighted material under its license. If you are NOT that author, or do not grant Wikipedia rights to the material in a timely fashion, all of your edits risk being deleted. Engineer Bob 06:17, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Shaw-Allen-Shaw
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The Defiants
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Text of Torshaw private email to Engineer Bob dated 3/8/06: "You flagged some articles of mine about bands (Defiants and/or Shaw-Allen-Shaw) concerning copyright infringment. I am the author of the books that this material is taken from.  I OWN THE COPYRIGHT.  Put my articles back please.  Thank you."


 * For the record, I'm not the one who tagged the two specific articles you mention; I just posted an inquiry here on your talk page giving you the opportunity to explain. And while I think we all appreciate you sharing your knowledge, Wikipedia policy is pretty rigid on the use of copyrighted material from other sources. Here's my suggestion on how you might want to proceed:
 * Send a letter to the Wikipedia legal office that gives them the right to distribute the material under the GFDL -- this is explained under one of the links I provided above.
 * Once you've done that, you can revert any deleted articles yourself
 * Remove the source citation from the text of each article (some might consider it self-promotion)
 * Add a source citation on each article's talk page that indicates where previously published, and your assertion that you personally (and not your publisher) own the copyright
 * Unfortunately, if you don't give Wikipedia a solid legal leg to stand on, people will continue to flag your articles. Engineer Bob 06:47, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

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Think before you link
In your article on The Great Willmar Minnesota Raid you included a number of links which don't go to the right place. For example the link Gibbon is a link to an article on the tree-swinging apes and not the town of Gibbon, Minnesota as you intended. You need to either write Gibbon, Minnesota or use "pipe links" such as, in this case, Gibbon which will link to the first part, before the pipe symbol ("|"), but display the second part, i.e. Gibbon. --Spondoolicks 20:44, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

The Great Willmar, Minnesota Raid
The Great Willmar, Minnesota Raid has been proposed for deletion. Please see the aricle for details. NickelShoe 22:58, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * It is now being discussed at Articles for deletion/The Great Willmar, Minnesota Raid. Please review WP:V and WP:NOT and contribute to the deletion discussion. NickelShoe (Talk) 03:24, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Important: Please read
Before you create any more articles, please please please read the following policies and guidelines: WP:NOT, WP:BIO, WP:VAIN.

You obviously have a very different idea of what is notable enough to warrant an encyclopedia article to the rest of us and that is why I have proposed several of your pages for deletion. Also, please do not use Wikipedia to promote yourself, your book, your bands or members of your family. It is frowned upon for obvious reasons. --Spondoolicks 22:13, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Copyrights
The correct place to contest a copyright violation is at Copyright problems. Search for the relevant article and add a line explaining. NickelShoe (Talk) 03:26, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:GAR - 1885.jpg
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Image Tagging Image:Van Spence.jpg
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Images again
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Welcome
As a fellow editor from Minnesota, welcome to Wikipedia. I'm sorry you've had a tough reception here in some ways. I hope it doesn't drive you away; you've added some good stuff. (And we have a policy against biting the newbies.) It was a close decision, but your T. Shaw articles got deleted. If you like, though, I can move the information from them to your user page. Let me know if you want that. Regards. Jonathunder 23:16, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

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Username signature use in Wikipedia articles
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June 2006
Please refrain from adding nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to Perry Como. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Netsnipe 13:51, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Notability of Calvary Lutheran Church (Willmar, Minnesota)
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Speedy deletion nomination of "Truck Drivin' Man"
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Proposed deletion of The Defiants


The article The Defiants has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "Appears to be a WP:YAMB, except from the pre-MySpace era. The article fails WP:BAND; they did get inducted into a Hall of Fame, but only a local one which doesn't have a Wikipedia article, therefore conferring little in the way of notability. None of the band members are notable for their musical careers; Mike Shaw was apparently a heart surgery patient, again, this doesn't make his band notable."

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Nomination of The Defiants for deletion
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Nomination of Van Spence for deletion
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