User talk:ZooBlazer/Archive 1

July 2008
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 * Hello there. Retail sources are not reliable or verifiable sources for release dates, as they often use placeholders. Please don't add the information back to Call of Duty: World at War. Thanks! Fin©™ 23:06, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Mk vs dc.jpg)
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Image copyright problem with Image:Rose vs beasley.jpg
Thank you for uploading Image:Rose vs beasley.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. (ESkog)(Talk) 07:09, 19 July 2008 (UTC) The following other images also have this issue: Please fix these, and refrain from uploading further images with incomplete source and licensing information. (ESkog)(Talk) 07:14, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Image:Arthur grizz.jpg
 * Image:Oj grizz.jpg
 * Image:Luol Deng.jpg
 * Image:Cod5 oxm.jpg
 * Image:Samardo-Samuels.jpg
 * Image:Demar-derozan.jpg
 * Image:Beasley vs noah.jpg
 * Image:Brandonroy blazers.jpg
 * Image:Rosebulls.jpg

Your image uploads
As other editors have pointed out, there are a few issues with the photos you have uploaded. But the main thing is that Wikipedia does not accept copyrighted image, since we do not have permission to use them, as their rights belong to the original photographer or the photo agency like Getty Images or Reuters. Please review WP:IUP, and do not upload any more copyrighted images. If you have any questions, I will be more than happy to help. Mosmof (talk) 23:29, 22 July 2008 (UTC) As Mosmof said, you cannot take random pictures off of google and upload them to wikipedia. Corpx (talk) 09:25, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Lego joker.jpg)
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Orphaned non-free media (Image:Lego batman cover.jpg)
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Orphaned non-free media (Image:Lego batman boxart xbox360.jpg)
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Copyright problems
Hello. Concerning your contribution, Image:Demar-derozan.jpg, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). As a copyright violation, Image:Demar-derozan.jpg appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Image:Demar-derozan.jpg has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) then you should do one of the following:
 * If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Image:Demar-derozan.jpg and send an email with the message to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". See Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
 * If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the GFDL or released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:Image:Demar-derozan.jpg with a link to where we can find that note.
 * If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:Image:Demar-derozan.jpg.

However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you. Mosmof (talk) 23:21, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Please remember what I mentioned earlier - if you didn't take the photo, it's most likely copyrighted, and does not belong on Wikipedia. --Mosmof (talk) 23:25, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to introduce inappropriate pages to Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing. -- Alexf42 00:31, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Lego two face.jpg)
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Samardo Samuels
The article Samardo Samuels has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done because the article seemed to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, but it did not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the notability of the subject may be deleted at any time. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and for specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for musicians, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. -Gogo Dodo (talk) 17:51, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Demar DeRozan
The article Demar DeRozan has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done because the article seemed to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, but it did not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the notability of the subject may be deleted at any time. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and for specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for musicians, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. -Gogo Dodo (talk) 17:54, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: Demar DeRozan/Samardo Samuels
Re your message: They were deleted because they do not currently meet the notability guidelines for athletes. Generally, if the player is still in high school or just entering college, she/he is not likely to meet the notability guidelines. Unless he's LeBron James. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 17:51, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Madden NFL 2010
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AfD nomination of Madden NFL 2010
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Re: Demar DeRozan
Re your message: The start of the basketball season does not help the notability of Demar DeRozan. As I noted to you earlier, the problem is that he does not meet the notability guidelines for athletes. The start of the season does not change that. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 23:37, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Re your message: It's alright, I'm not bothered by your questions. Like I said, I don't think he is notable enough, but you are still welcome to recreate the article. I won't delete it. My recommendation is to make sure that you have proper references for him so that another admin does not delete it. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:08, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Re your message: You need to add references to articles about him from mainstream media. For example, newspapers or major basketball/sports websites. Stories written about him would be best. Passing mentions ("He scored the winning basket." or "He had the most points scored in the game.") would not infer notability. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 21:14, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Re your message: I think it's okay. Did you find any articles that featured him? -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 03:31, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Re your message: The link you added was an incomplete link. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 23:58, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Re your message: Sorry about not responding to your last message. I lost it in the shuffle. All three of the articles look good. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 01:57, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Live 09.jpg)
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Orphaned non-free media (Image:Lego two face.jpg)
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Fair use rationale for Image:Sm WoS.jpg
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Orphaned non-free image (Image:Nbalive09.jpg)
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Fair use rationale for Image:Nbalive09.jpg
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 * This does not constitute a fair use rationale. I recommend you read our guidelines on non-free content before uploading any more non-free media. J Milburn (talk) 16:59, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Nba live 09 pick&roll.jpg)
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Orphaned non-free media (Image:Nba-live-09-fiba.jpg)
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Can you please explain why you keep removing reference tags?
here and here. There are reasons why those still need reference tags. The game engine because someone wanted a citation and the dates because there still needs to be references to them regardless of whether or not the game was already released. Strongsauce (talk) 02:49, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

NBA Live 09 Soundtrack
Assume good faith. Try not to delete information just because you feel it is unnecessary, fix the errors instead of just deleting it all together next time.--Reezy (talk) 19:46, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:NCAABBall09.jpg)
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Resolved DEFAULTSORT conflict
Hi! Each of the biographies you have on your User page had a DEFAULTSORT value. This value may only appear once on a page whether overtly, as DEFAULTSORT, or as an alias, in PERSONDATA or the listas parameter. If it appears more than once on a page it creates an error message on the page and puts the page on the Category:Pages with DEFAULTSORT conflicts. We are trying to get that category down to no members. I removed the double braces from each of your DEFAULTSORT values. If any of the biographies need to be pasted into a real page you will need to re-insert the double braces. The biographies that already have their own pages could be removed from your page, could they not? By the way, I merely skimmed through the biographies but they appear to be very well done. There may be notability issues but each is probably as notable as some of the soccer players whose biographies I have seen because of their DEFAULTSORT conflict but only have four line of text and no citations or references. I hope I did not damage anything. I do not think I did.
 * JimCubb (talk) 00:00, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Samardo Samuels
I have recreated this article which you originally made and which was deleted. I restored all of your previous content and updated it as well as he is clearly now notable. Feel free to resume contributing to that page if you wish. Oren0 (talk) 21:35, 28 December 2008 (UTC)