User talk:Veloman

First Impressions
OK, a little more about me. I'm a 60 year old retired silicon valley engineering executive. Most people would think I have above average computer skills, especially in the Windows and HTML domains. I thought it would be interesting to add a little content to Wikipedia as I have come to find it more relevant than I had previously thought. I collect and am interested in photography and noticed that there was no page for Ted Croner who is featured on the cover of the new Dylan album []. I figured it would be relatively easy to add a short bio and that's all.

Wrong! So far I have discovered that there is no WYSIWYG editor and there doesn't appear to be any draft area to work in while developing the necessary content. Wiki markup is very lame and the subtleties of integrating HTML are obtuse. This is very disappointing as a better user interface would facilitate many more authoritative articles by those who could care less for the underlying display syntax.

This is no doubt not a new issue or unique to my position. I am posting this only as documentation of my progress. --Veloman 02:31, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Help request
Is there a private space where I can develop a contribution over a period of time (2-3 days), like a private sandbox? I have been looking for help on this topic but have not found anything useful. I have searched for "draft" and "user sandbox". --Veloman 02:34, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Just create a subpage in your user-space, like at User:Veloman/Sandbox or User:Veloman/Draft. —Centrx→talk &bull; 02:38, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Orphaned fair use image (Image:Earlycolor.jpg)
Thanks for uploading Image:Earlycolor.jpg. 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 under fair use (see our fair use policy).

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Image:Earlycolor.jpg
Hello, Veloman. An automated process has found and removed an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, and thus is being used under fair use that was in your userspace. The image (Image:Earlycolor.jpg) was found at the following location: User:Veloman/Biography/leiter. This image or media was attempted to be removed per criterion number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media was replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg, so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. Please find a free image or    media to replace it with, and or remove the image from your userspace. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 03:00, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:Livingston2.jpg
Hello, Veloman. An automated process has found and will an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, and thus is being used under fair use that is in your userspace. The image (Image:Livingston2.jpg) was found at the following location: User:Veloman/Croner. This image or media will be removed per criterion number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media will be replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg, so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. This does not necessarily mean that the image is being deleted, or that the image is being removed from other pages. It is only being removed from the page mentioned above. All mainspace instances of this image will not be affected Please find a free image or    media to replace it with, and or remove the image from your userspace. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 18:27, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Saul Leiter Early Color.jpg}
Thank you for uploading Image:Saul Leiter Early Color.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this image under "fair use" may not meet the criteria required by Non-free content. This can be corrected by going to the image description page and add or clarify the reason why the image qualifies for fair use. In particular, for each page the image is used on, the image must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Can you please check:
 * That there is a non-free use rationale on the image's escription page for each article the image is used in.
 * That every article it is used on is linked to from its description page.

Please be aware that a fair use rationale is not the same as an image copyright tag; descriptions for images used under the fair use policy require both a copyright tag and a fair use rationale.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it might be deleted by adminstrator within a few days in accordance with our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions, please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 03:05, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Image:Saul_Leiter_Early_Color.jpg
I have tagged Image:Saul_Leiter_Early_Color.jpg as orphaned fairuse. In order for the image to be kept at Wikipedia, it must be included in at least one article. If this image is being used as a link target instead of displayed inline, please add article name to the image description page to prevent it being accidentally marked as orphaned again. Melesse (talk) 06:10, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

File:Saul Leiter Early Color.jpg listed for discussion
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Saul Leiter Early Color.jpg, has been listed at Files for discussion. Please see the to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. damiens.rf 16:29, 22 May 2017 (UTC)