User talk:Touchstonegsd

License tagging for Image:IMAG0015.GIF
Thanks for uploading Image:IMAG0015.GIF. Wikipedia gets thousands of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Wikipedia, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. This uniform and easy-to-understand method of indicating the license status allows potential re-users of the images to know what they are allowed to do with the images.

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This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Media copyright questions. 15:06, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

German Shepherd Dogs
If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with,
 * 2) participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors,
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 * and you must always:
 * 1) avoid breaching relevant policies and guidelines, especially neutral point of view, verifiability, and autobiography.

Please remember that Wikipedia is not an advertising service for you or your dogs.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see Business' FAQ. For more details about what constitutes a conflict of interest, please see Conflict of Interest. VanTucky (talk) 23:00, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Please remember that the burden of proof for a contribution to an article rests on the contributor. You need to discuss the issue on the appropriate talk section rather than edit warring. Continuing to do so can result in a block for violating WP:3RR. As to the content, the reasons for not including the "champion gsd" image are numerous. One, Wikipedia is not an advocate for the AKC or any other breed standard, and we do not favor dogs that fit that standard as it would violate a neutral point of view. To uniformly say that a certain dog's adherence to a particular standard (of which there are many) is taking a stance on a contentious issue. Wikipedia does not do this. Two, the image is a conflict of interest, as it is a self-made image of your or an associate's dog. Three, it is fuzzy and poorly composed. VanTucky (talk) 00:42, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Shepherd.png)
Thanks for uploading Image:Shepherd.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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