User talk:Vreda

helpmeWhile I've assigned someone in our design unit to explore why we can not seem to download our photos -- I'm really not just trying to expunge our logo, I've been trying to replace it with the one the University now officially uses -- I am more concerned and perplexed about the stated (by Wikipedia) lack of citations for the written articles.

I have added citations wherever the need was noted, and yet the citation boxes remain. It would help to know specifically which text still requires a citation.

While I love Wikipedia for my personal use, it is one pain in the NECK having my university wanting me to maintain the site when I can't embed our own university-owned photos or get rid of those lousy BOXES.

Yours truly, VReda Vreda (talk) 20:06, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

I have added citations in the two places -- in the rankings -- where I think they were asked for. Can I get some feedback on that?

Also, the two images in question -- of the East Campus and CNSE -- are both owned completely by the University and administered with totally legality by my office, Communications and Marketing. So, I am uncertain as how you need me to verify that.

Also, the main photo we keep putting in keeps disappearing, and I think a few others might have as well. These also are owned by the University and administrated by my office.

Let me know what I need to do to resolve this, please.

Vincent Reda
 * I happened to notice this post when I was leaving another message below. Ordinarily other people do not watch your user talk page. If you ask a question here, you should call attention to it by adding a helpme tag. Or you could ask at a forum like Help desk or Media copyright questions.
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Image copyright problem with Image:EastCampus.jpg
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Copyright problems with File:Cleanroom3.jpg
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However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you. 68.247.23.90 (talk) 02:39, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

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Content dispute over UAlbany seal
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UAlbany logo
I notice that in File:Logo A1 pms124 blk 200X148.gif, an image which you uploaded, you claim to be the copyright owner and that you grant a free license, which authorizes anyone to use the image anywhere for anything, including commercial use and modification. I suspect that you are mistaken, that the copyright owner is actually the Board of Trustees, and that they do not grant such a license. Acting on this assumption, I added a non-free logo tag and non-free use rationale. If I am correct that you are not the copyright owner, you should remove your self tag. In any case you may want to re-upload the image under a more descriptive filename. —teb728 t c 23:30, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Logo A1 pms124 blk 200X148.gif)
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Orphaned non-free media (File:Ualbany logo.gif)
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Orphaned non-free image (Image:Ualbany logo.gif)
 Thanks for uploading Image:Ualbany logo.gif. 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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 * Also File:UAlbany Nano.jpg. —Bkell (talk) 19:03, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

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