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License tagging for Image:Top-gear-labradoodle.jpg[edit]

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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 Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 05:09, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Duplicate images uploaded[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:Labradoodledown.jpg. A machine-controlled robot account noticed that you also uploaded the same image under the name Image:Buffydown jpeg.jpg. The copy called Image:Buffydown jpeg.jpg has been marked for speedy deletion since it is redundant. If this sounds okay to you, there is no need for you to take any action.

This is an automated message- you have not upset or annoyed anyone, and you do not need to respond. In the future, you may save yourself some confusion if you supply a meaningful file name and refer to 'my contributions' to remind yourself exactly which name you chose (file names are case sensitive, including the extension) so that you won't lose track of your uploads. For tips on good file naming, see Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions about this notice, or feel that the deletion is inappropriate, please contact User:Staecker, who operates the robot account. Staeckerbot 14:15, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

License tagging for Image:Cina.jpg[edit]

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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 Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 15:07, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Not uploaded by me. Some error here?

License tagging for Image:AlfieLabradoodle.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:AlfieLabradoodle.jpg. 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 Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. --OrphanBot (talk) 14:05, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyright problem with Image:Labradoodle Brown.jpg[edit]

Image Copyright problem

Thank you for uploading Image:Labradoodle Brown.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. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 23:43, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Source data updated. Oracle7 (talk) 05:25, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright images[edit]

Please do not upload images that you have copied from other websites and use them on Wikipedia. Contrary to what you claimed, the image of Alan Jones is not your own work and you do not own the copyright on it. Thanks. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 20:37, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification for October 18[edit]

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Referencing[edit]

Hello, thanks for your contributions on the Alan Jones shame controversy article. I noticed you provided a bare url as a reference. This is considered inadequate because page addresses can change leaving dead links. This results in unverified statements and is a waste of your time. If you could read link rot and improve your references that would be excellent. I know it might seem a little complicated at first, however proper citations are very important. - Shiftchange (talk) 01:32, 27 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

November 2012[edit]

Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you recently tried to give Alan Jones shame controversy a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into another page with a different name. This is known as a "cut and paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is needed for attribution and various other purposes. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

In most cases, once your account is four days old and has ten edits, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page. This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other pages that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Cut and paste move repair holding pen. Thank you. St Anselm (talk) 20:20, 19 November 2012 (UTC) Thank you. Another editor has corrected ther move Oracle7 (talk) 13:20, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open![edit]

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:34, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open![edit]

Hello, Oracle7. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

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File:Labradoodle Brown.jpg[edit]

Do you know how old your dog was when File:Labradoodle Brown.jpg was taken? Hyacinth (talk) 23:34, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

She was about a year old at the time. Oracle7 (talk) 04:00, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just checked, and it was taken in October 2003, when Buffy would have been 9 months old. She was the most wonderful dog, and passed away in 2019 at the age of 16 years. Oracle7 (talk) 05:21, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Appeal re blocking IP 114.76.224.0/21[edit]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Oracle7 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

The range blocked for 2 years by Ohnoitsjamie includes my IP (114.76.224.0/21) and I had nothing to do with whatever the issue was. The only reason I could eventually access editing was that I'd created an account about 20 years ago. Unfortunately, I couldn't remember the password, and because I was blocked, I couldn't reset the password, nor create a new account. After much trial and error, I eventually remembered my old password. However, other users in the same IP range may not be as fortunate Oracle7 (talk) 05:38, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

This provides no reason to believe the block on that IP address range is invalid. Yamla (talk) 10:30, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

Thank you User:Yamla. I had a look at the log (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/114.76.224.0/21&target=114.76.224.0%2F21&offset=&limit=500), and it appears the block relates to edits about comics and superheroes that had to be reverted. The first edits were by IP 114.76.230.66 (between 17 June and 23 August 2023), and then by IP 114.76.227.246 (between 12 December and 18 December 2023). Isn't my blocked IP 114.76.224.0/21 outside that range, or am I reading that incorrectly? Best wishes, Oracle7 16.55 (AEST), 7 March 2024

114.76.224.0/21 consists of the IP addresses between 114.76.224.0 and 114.76.231.255. Note that this block wouldn't affect you, though. It's marked as anon-only, meaning anyone with an account is free to edit. You haven't indicated what IP address you are using so I can't tell if your specific IP address falls within this range. Again, though, it wouldn't matter if it did. --Yamla (talk) 11:07, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note that the particular user operating from that IP address was one of our long-term abusers. See Wikipedia:Long-term abuse. Such blocks are necessary to protect the project. They do mean good-faith users such as yourself are required to sign in to an account, but that's considered a reasonable trade-off to protect the project. Wikipedia isn't obligated to allow anonymous users operating from problematic ranges. --Yamla (talk) 11:11, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Yamla. Yes, I can see my IP does indeed fall within that range. It's a shame that this small minority of abusers have to mess things up for everybody else :( Oracle7 (talk) 02:46, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]