User talk:DanWalter

Possibly unfree File:Harry Lonsdale.jpg

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The photo was GIVEN to ME by Harry Lonsdale. I uploaded it on wiki commons and statd that I own the photo. What is the problem?

It looks like another file with the same name was uploaded and was already deleted last month. The current image appears to have a valid usage license and should be OK. --Esprqii (talk) 17:12, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Harry Lonsdale

It looks like you have some good information about Lonsdale to add, but just replacing what was already written and cited is not the way to get your edits in place. If you have some good sources on Mr. Lonsdale and information to add, please provide it with verifiable, well-cited, and neutral point of view edits. You should also provide edit summaries so explain your edits. Simply wiping out the work of others makes your edits appear to be vandalism, which I'm sure is not your intent. Thanks! --Esprqii (talk) 15:52, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Is this a good way to communicate with you? DanWalter (talk) 16:03, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

I'm going to move this discussion to Talk:Harry Lonsdale. That's the right place to discuss changes to the article. --Esprqii (talk) 16:12, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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Help desk question

You asked a question at the help desk about infoboxes. I replied there asking which article you were referring to. Most info boxes are generated by one of a large number of templates and I'd need to know which template was involved to investigate further. RJFJR (talk) 16:13, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Sorry. I am unfamiliar with the mechanisms of communication here. Living Person Harry Lonsdale's bio is under "politician" -- from Oregon. The correct occupation is philanthropist (http://www.trdf.co.il/eng/kolkoreinfo.php?id=1427)from California (http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/harry-lonsdale.asp?cycle=12).

May 2012

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Wikipedia is currently posting an error in fact:

Living Person Harry Lonsdale's bio is under "politician" -- from Oregon. The correct occupation is philanthropist (http://www.trdf.co.il/eng/kolkoreinfo.php?id=1427)from California (http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/harry-lonsdale.asp?cycle=12).

How does this get corrected?

Lonsdale is notable due to his founding of Bend Research and his campaign for Senate in Oregon. His career as a philanthropist is not notable, though it could be mentioned in the article if you can provide some reliable sources. The second link above does seem to establish his current location, but the first gives no information about Lonsdale's philanthropy that I can see. As for the the infobox, again, his notability is not tied to philanthropy. No one sees the type of infobox anyway. Again, I strongly suggest you discuss changes on the talk page. --Esprqii (talk) 17:43, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Point taken. Isn't this the talk page? DanWalter (talk) 17:46, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Ummm.... no. This is your talk page. The talk page for the Lonsdale article is Talk:Harry Lonsdale. As to the substance: he is notable as a businessman, and as a politician; he is not notable as a philanthropist. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:48, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

That first link was incorrectly formatted but I see what you are referring to now--that award is already mentioned in the article, but doesn't really establish him as a philathropist. The best place to discuss this would be on the article talk page here. --Esprqii (talk) 17:43, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

I have incorporated updates to the article. I strongly suggest you step away from editing the article itself and make any further requested changes on Talk:Harry Lonsdale. You might also suggest to Mr. Lonsdale that if he wants to control his biography, he should provide the information on his own website. --Esprqii (talk) 18:02, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

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