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Hyperlinks[edit]

Hello - glad you created your page! To follow up on your comment on my talk page, from our Gerald Durrell discussion, the problem with too many hyperlinks is that they can make a page hard to read! As wikipedia and wiktionary grow, eventually almost every single word could be turned into a hyperlink, which would be insane, so there's a definite effort to keep them non-reptitive, and to limit them to significant, useful terms. There's room for a lot of debate about this, though: for example, I find the habit some people have of linking every date to be distracting, unless the link goes to something useful, like 1950 in literature instead of just 1950. - DavidWBrooks 18:25, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Cameroonian topics[edit]

Hi, Pradiptaray! I noticed a bunch of new Cameroon-related articles lately, and I found that they lead back to you. As one of the very few editors covering Cameroon, I thought I'd drop by and say hello. Check out my talk page for links to my Cameroon-related stuff. I served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon from 2003-2005, and I've been trying to add to Wikipedia's articles on the country ever since. If you don't mind me asking, what's your connection to the country? BrianSmithson 02:04, 28 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Mohin[edit]

Many thanks for the pics. They finally fill out the article.

Also, since I'm not from Kolkata (oparer manush ami ;-) I was wondering if you could give the article a read and check it for factual accuracy? Whatever is there came from looking on the net, but I'm hoping it's all correct as far as it goes. Thanks again. -- Peripatetic 07:07, 28 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

hello[edit]

I heard that you're doing some work on Cameroon topics. I grew up in the North-West so I thought I'd say hi-nick.annejohn

Hi there, I was wondering if you might contribute to the Fon of Bafut article, particularly by names and reigns of all the fons. Cheers.

Gerald Durrell[edit]

Hi!

Your article on Durrell is very nice. Yes, I've seen the photo of the statue & also seen the original statue, I'll try to get a non-copyrighted photo of it. :) regards, Alensha 16:03, 5 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • I also want to complement you on your work on the article. Nice one! Sabine's Sunbird 17:45, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bonny Lass O' Fyvie[edit]

The song was actually on my playlist as I sat there watching Special:Newpages and saw Auchterless come up! "Brasselgeicht" is probably a corruption of "Braes o' Gight", i.e., "Hills of Gight", in the vicinity of Fyvie, "glen" of Auchterless should be "howe", and "Ethanside" should be "Ythan side", for the River Ythan. "Birks" are birches. For discussion of the song, I suggest you look at The Mudcat Cafe, which has extensive webbed discussions of various folksongs. In particular, [1] discusses the rather tangled evolution of this and cognate songs. By the time the song was adopted to Scotland, it's not clear that it had a theme beyond "Officer attempts to court/seduce local girl, is rejected, dies of grief or otherwise." Choess 21:37, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Said Holmes, "It is my business to know things." I suppose that's as good an excuse as any for my magpie-like collection of assorted facts. Choess 00:44, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please write a stub http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kur%C3%B3w - just a few sentences based on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kur%C3%B3w ? Only 2 -5 sentences enough. Please. Pietras1988 18:56, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings[edit]

Holi greetings. --Bhadani 16:15, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Peer review Kolkata[edit]

Hi! A request has been made for peer review of Kolkata. Could you please help improving the article? Thanks a lot.--Dwaipayanc 11:34, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Peer review suggestions[edit]

Hi Peadipta! Thanks for the peer review. I am going to discuss the points you raised here in details, and will also put a summary of this reply in the review page.

First, let me comment on the points on which I agree with you, but will need some help: 1. The map: Yes. the template of the map in Kaharagpur will be better I think. However, I do not know how to point out Kolkata in the template. I had a hard time highlighting Kolkata in the present map, as it was the first time in my life I was working with Photoshop! If you are adept at working with photoshop/ other photo editor tools, could you please prepare a Kolkata-highlited map from the template map as in Kharagpur?--Dwaipayanc 05:30, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

2. I have collected a map of Kolkata which almost mets your demand! See the map

File:Calcutta Map.jpg

. Do you like it? The problem is where should we place it in the article? may be in the geography section. In that case, the radar image has to be done away with. As I like the radar image very mush, I would oppose that. However, if we wikipedians reach a consensus that the proposed map is more appropriate for the article than the radar one, we should replace. Let's see what others have to say.

3. The informal sections (North, South...etc) have been spelt out in the "urban structure", though not in a listed form, rather in a prose form.

4. An iconic photo is what we are craving for! But alas, yet not have got one. Please try to search one.

5. Please go on and edit the Howrah bridge photo, and make it better. That will be great!

6. Thanks for pointing out that we had missed the fire service in "utility serbices". That would be added.

7. Copyediting - must be done. We are trying. Please help.

8. Your suggestion on "Education" is excellent. I shall try to modify it accordingly. Please edit it as you feel necessary.

Ok. Now let's discuss some points that I fear we cannot accomodate/ have been incorporated in some other form:

Before discussing these points I would like to draw your attention to Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities and especially the 3rd rule in this page.

Now, why the culture section is not sub-sectioned? because the Indian city projects guidelines tell that. Kolkata in art and the Trivia section cannot be accomodated for the same reason. You can see other Indian city articles like Mumbai. Chennai, Bangalore which went on to become FAs. I do not think naming 14 boroughs is needed. That can be added in the sub-article geography of Kolkata. There was a section on architecture,but as per the recoomended rule in Indian city projects, that had been incorporated into "culture". Please try to build up an article on the architecture of Kolkata. We can borrow a few points/ summary from that article and use it in Kolkata. You can even start a sub-section on architecture in Kolkata culture.

"Kolkata in art" is an extremely interesting proposal, but again I fear it cannot be accomodated separatly in Kolkata. You can start a separate article, under the category of Kolkata culture. Then a gist from that new article may be added in Kolkata may be in the culture section??

In conclusion, the goal is to make Kolkata a featured article. For that, we should abide by the guidelines laid out in the Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities. And we have to sacrifice many points which we would have been very happy to see in the article!! However, those points can easily be added in sub-articles/ new article created, and intelligently linked to the Kolkata article, or, at least, added to the template Template:Kolkata topics. There are many scopes to improve the article as it stands now, especially the photos. Please help!! Thanks a lot. Bye.--Dwaipayanc 04:55, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Pradipta, how are you. Kolkata is now Featured Article Candidate. As an important and old contributor of the article, please say something on the FAC page. Bye! Regards.--Dwaipayanc 05:30, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi[edit]

Hi Pradipta! You are late, you are late!! Kolkata is already a featured article. You must be very happy, because it was you who contributed in the article long ago. Bye! BTW, have a look at Darjeeling. It's way too far, but it is improving considerably. --Dwaipayan (talk) 14:35, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re:darjeeling and calcutta[edit]

Hi! I have seen your NP of India template many times already. It's very nice. I have been to Sundarban (both the article and the park itself !) And have also seen the Cameroon related articles, and, of course, Gerald Durrell template.

I do not think Calcutta portal would have 10 takers, 5 may be. I can name some users, you can drop a note to them. They are :

Soumyasch (talk · contribs), Besidesamiracle (talk · contribs), Aryasanyal (talk · contribs), BengalRenaissanceEccentrica (talk · contribs), Loom91 (talk · contribs), Blacksun (talk · contribs), Supten (talk · contribs), LordGulliverofGalben (talk · contribs), BobClive (talk · contribs) etc. Besides them, there are a lot of Indian wikipedians who may be intersted. But, there should be some sort of continurd effort besides the initial drive.

You can see Portal: Kerala for example.

You should start that etymology stuff soon. At least begin. Hope you have enough resource.

Regarding the photo of Ganga (Howrah Bridge under monsoon cloud), yes you should upload it , may be under cc, and then provide a link to the original photo, and also should tell that this photo has been made out of that photo etc.

Your suggestion on Lepcha will be in my mind. May be we'll add a line, (possibly within brackets), but not a paragraph, as there is already an article on Lepcha which has been linked to darjeeling article. Regards. --Dwaipayan (talk) 16:37, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See Kolkata discussion for photos in demand!--Dwaipayan (talk) 11:39, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Since you are in Kolkata, call me at 9433119619. We can meet, if I can manage some time! Bye.--Dwaipayan (talk) 10:45, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RE:Calcutta photos[edit]

Oh! That's bad! Basically it happens when you are with near and dear ones, after a long gap. Hope your stay here was nice. And waiting to see the photos. You can directly upload in the wikimedia commons under Category:Kolkata there. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 17:54, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi how are you? Saw you edited Sandakphu. How about the photos? Please have a look at West Bengal. I was improving the article when another user put it as a Featured Article Candidate! Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 17:11, 7 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Categories[edit]

Hi! There is a slight problems with your user page categories. As you have included the templates about Durrell and the National parks of India there, your user page can now be found in the corresponding categories. A way to resolve this problem would be to manually copy the information of the templates and exclude the categories. --Tail 14:44, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done Pradiptaray 22:05, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy Diwali[edit]

Hi! A belated happy Diwali!--Dwaipayan (talk) 19:26, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Catch-22 situation about Bangla-wikipedia[edit]

(emailed separately to Dr. Saptarshi and Dwaiypayanc

Hi, Saptarshi bhai has indicated this to me earlier, and I think this is somewhat true. The issue was:

Bengali Internet surfers from West Bengal are somehow feeling that Bangla-wikipedia is Bangladesh-centric, and therefore they have largely been staying away from it.

This is the classic Catch-22 situation ...("Dim age na murgi age" in Bangla :) )... we need more editors from WB to have more articles related to culture and things from WB, but unless we have those topics in bn-wiki, people from WB are not feeling interested.

This needs to change, if bn-wiki is to become stable, balanced, and properly accessible to both BD and WB Bengalis. With Saptarshi bhai's help, I've created articles on a large number of WB towns (I think I've got at least those created by Ganeshbot in en-wiki). Piyal had created a lot of small stubs on WB poets and artists. But still, these are not properly covering WB.

My knowledge, of course, is limited to Bangladeshi culture and Bangladesh. I wish I'd known enough about WB to start at least some stubs, but I'm can't. So, editors from WB have to take the lead here.

I suggest that:

1. You think about ways to bring more people to bn-wiki

2. Publicize bn-wiki in Kolkata/WB related mailing lists/websites/forums etc.

3. Try to get friends/people who you communicate with involved in bn-wiki.

Sorry for the large post, but this is a serious issue, and please look into this.

Thanks


--Ragib 05:02, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

FYI[edit]

Hi! West Bengal is in FAC. Express your views in the nomination page. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 09:00, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comments in the FAC. We absolutely missed the traditional foods! Trying to incorporate. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 07:33, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • sigh* this discussion doesn't seem to be going anywhere useful :( ... As the person who started the discussion, it would be helpful if you added another opinion in the mix.--Invisifan 15:49, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, I do not believe getting a properly licensed Suman Chatterjee image is trivial. I did try, but could not find any. You are welcome to look, and I will also look into it. With the exception of press releases, I do not see how it might be possible to obtain images. There is one easy way out though - to use an album cover. It is usually unacceptable to use album cover images to illustrate anything other than the album (say the artist in this case), but as the Suman Chatterjee article has a discography, this should not be a problem. I suggest the original image stays until someone can find and upload an alternative image. Pradiptaray 23:45, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Surprise[edit]

To the silent contributor to a plethora of India-related article, I award you this Barnstar. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 18:45, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know any specific person, but I will try. Keep up the good work. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 08:35, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

National Parks[edit]

Have u any plans about the national parks of India? Most of the articles are stubs. I have done with Sundarban, Manas, Khangchendzonga, Neora Valley, Buxa. Edited some other as well. Pls. let me know which NPs u are working or thinking of doing. I have planned to do with the NPs of Eastern India first then look at other. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Amartyabag (talkcontribs) 07:16, 4 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Happy New Year 2007[edit]

I take this as an occasion to wish you and your family the best in the days to come on Wikipedia and in real life. May this New Year invigorate you, bringing you more happiness and content. Happy New Year 2007!!! and Happy Wikipediaing -- Amartyabag (Talk) 16:30, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Pls. join newly created the wikiproject on Wikipedia: WikiProject Protected areas of India. Amartyabag (Talk) 13:53, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help in standarizing the WikiProject. As per your comments in the talk page for Collaboration of the Month. Let us select any well known NP which is stub and can expand it. I would suggest to go for Kaziranga National Park which is stub but is well known. Amartyabag (Talk) 10:04, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please check its talk page. I need your comments specially for the use of hindi. Other modification also needed. 10:52, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

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Duplicate Articles to be merged into one[edit]

Atulsnischal 03:52, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is reference material on all Indian Zoos in the official website of CZA:[edit]

Clickable map for all Zoos in India from Central Zoo Authority of India (CZA), Governing Authority of all Zoos in India

Thanks

Atulsnischal 04:29, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Honors[edit]

I notice you have expanded the zookeeper's article, and that he was given a Rai Bahadur. Is that the same as Rao Bahadur? DS 21:26, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ram Brahma Sanyal[edit]

Ram Brahma Sanyal is a great article on an unusual person. Thanks for putting it up. Why don’t you enter Alipore Zoological Gardens also for DYK? There still is time. Please put up your new articles in Wikipedia:Notice board for India-related topics/It's new – that will draw the attention of many persons. I have already included it in List of people from West Bengal. Looking forward to many more contributions from you. With regards. -- P.K.Niyogi 01:09, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your response. I have entered Alipore Zoological Gardens for DYK. To be very frank, I was not aware of the achievements of Ram Brahma Sanyal and certainly I could not have written it as well. I don’t know whether I would be able to be of any assistance to you. The Bengali biographical dictionary has around 2,000 entries but it is generally of a basic type. However, do get in touch whenever you need something. Regards. -- P.K.Niyogi 15:34, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Binomial names[edit]

Hi Pradipta, nice work on B K Tikader - but was not able to see the importance of some of the comments on the binomial names. The use of place names in zoological nomenclature is so common that it would normally not be considered of importance. cheers Shyamal 07:40, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Benoy Krishna Tikader[edit]

Sorry, I don't have any material on Benoy Krishna Tikader. It is great work, bringing to light the biography of such an interesting person. I will keep a watch. The present article doesn't have any references. I hope you will add it later. Regards. -- P.K.Niyogi 10:54, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have been able to locate some material in the second volume of the book, which I have procured recently, and have added it. There is another information in the same book - that the Asiatic Society honoured him with GCL in 1929. Now, what is GCL? If you have a clue, you can add it. Regards. -- P.K.Niyogi 03:34, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am sorry I never went deep into the dates, but that is what is printed for Tikder. It must be a printing mistake, but I shall be on the look out for what this GCL stands for. Regards. -- P.K.Niyogi 01:29, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Protected areas Boxes[edit]

Ray, You seem to be a WikiBoxGuru. Check out these 3 new WPAI Boxes They probably could use some fine tuning by you. Thanks,--Marcus 00:33, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Alipore Zoological Gardens, was selected for DYK![edit]

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Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 22:25, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK[edit]

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Thanks Ray[edit]

I made the PAI toolbox yesterday and tried it out on Tamil Nadu. Seems to work. Only 32 state articles left. Maybe you can sharpen the tools and add a couple more. You know this whole Wiki thing started when I was thinking back 35 years to living in Manjampatti Valley in a cave and meeting a Palayan woman and child who lived in another cave close by. I experimented doing Top Station, then did Manjampatti valley, Then spent a lot of time on Palani Hills National Park and today did Protected areas of Tamil Nadu. Standing back now, I see myself constantly reaching out to protect that mother and child and cave. Maybe time to go back to it. I am seriously thinking about going back to Kodaikanal next winter for 3 mo. with my son and/or brother, get some Wikiphotos, still have some friends there. We'll see.==Marcus 04:49, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome Back[edit]

Marcus 05:20, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good Idea. As you see I recently crossed the border to Kerala, an important PA state with a good Forest Dept. & new minister of the Department, Binoy Voswam. Good Web site too.
Also check out:Protected_areas_of_Tamil_Nadu#Regional_Cooperation.
I used to work for Dr. M. S. Swaminathan back in the early 70's when he was Director of I.C.A.R. and initiated earliest efforts to "Save Silent Valley". Though I was not involved with that, I was aware of it and recognized his forward thinking. Yes, Silent Valley is a good March Project. Also, Western Ghats really needs to be cleaned up. My Wikitime will be cutting down as I have to get ready to go back to work in April.==Marcus 05:58, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

JPL Mapserver?[edit]

Ray, Where/how did you get Image:Kazi-sat.PNG I want similiar images for some of my Tamil Nadu articles. Thanks,===Marcus 09:06, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

West Bengal Portal[edit]

Portal:West Bengal has been vastly improved by riana_dzasta and S.D. ¿п?. It is now a Featured portal candidate. Please have a look. Regards -- P.K.Niyogi 02:01, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Final touch needed[edit]

Final touch needed at Kaziranga National Park. Pls. help it. Amartyabag TALK2ME 14:38, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I have seen u and Marcus doing a lot in Silent Valley. Can u give a bit more attention to Kaziranga. I have already added a few more data. See the talk page and the last four links provided by me seem to be a gold mine for our works. I will be glad if u add the defects in Conservation management part and latest news then the article will be complete according to me, though it will need a thorough copyedit and a peer review after adding the data may be helpful for finding out the loopholes. Amartyabag TALK2ME 06:23, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See, if u can provide the reference needed tags in Kaziranga. I think u are busy all these days, If u can complete the article ASAP i will be glad. Amartyabag TALK2ME 08:59, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I Dug[edit]

Thanks, Got it, now getting lost looking in JPL. Point me.==Marcus 16:08, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Ray, It's good that =Nichalp «Talk»= joined WPPAI, You know him?
Sorry for the bother, but I tried as you said in Udig catalogue but got:
java.io.IOException: Could not connect to WMS. Possible reason: The element type "link" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "</link>".
I tried various permutations and got various error messages. [2] did work in Windows XP though. Ideas?==Marcus 19:36, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings[edit]

Happy Holi !!--Dwaipayan (talk) 06:05, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Thanks for all ur help. I have placed it in Peer Review for making it better.Kaziranga National Park, an Indian national park and an UNESCO World Heritage Site was selected as Collaboration of the Month (February 2007) on WIkiProject Protected areas of India and had undergone huge expansion. Now wanting review from expert editors to take this article to the FA level or atleast GA level. Please leave your comments at its peer review page. Amartyabag TALK2ME 12:10, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, u can find some of the improvement required in the article at the PR page. Amartyabag TALK2ME 14:07, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyright violations[edit]

Hi! I notice you have uploaded the following images from flickr:

and labelled it as cc-by-sa-2.0. The actual licence is cc-by-nd-2.0. These images are not to be used in wikipedia and can be speedily deletes within 5 days. Could you request permission for a cc-by-sa-2.0 licence for these images and forward the email to permissions AT wikimedia.org?

Also, Image:Kazi-rhino.jpg should have been uploaded to commons: instead of en-wiki. =Nichalp «Talk»= 12:24, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There's no such thing as "CC Commercial". For use in wikipedia, an image must be released with the following freedoms:

  1. Freedom to modify the image (derivative)
  2. Freedom to use the image commercially (commercial)

Take a look at these licence tags and the ones valid:

  • cc-by-[version] means that only attribution is required
  • cc-by-sa-[version] means that attribution is required and the derivatives can only be released under the identical cc-by-sa-[version]
  • cc-by-nc-[version] -- non commercial use only
  • cc-by-nd-[version] -- non derivative use only
  • cc-by-nc-nd-[version] -- non commercial, non-derivative use only

A flickr note is not sufficient as it can always be deleted. You need to get a permission email from the author and forward it to the email address mentioned above. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 13:39, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Requesting Help[edit]

Hi Bangalibabu can you please help by protecting these biographical two pages of Aashish Khan and Bahadur Khan. These pages are frequently getting vandalised by lobbyist people. Some people are trying to provide with silly wrong statements and thus trying to misinform people. Please help. Sarodiya 14:44, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jadavpur University[edit]

See the image Aro.JPG recently uploaded on Commons [[3]]. It may be confused with your image of university. Bye [[4]] 151.75.234.227 21:11, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maidan[edit]

I have expanded Maidan and put it up for DYK. Please have a look. With regards. - P.K.Niyogi 04:56, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Image:Yellowasphalt.jpg[edit]

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Image:Mombooks.gif[edit]

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Fair use rationale for Image:Wltdrk.gif[edit]

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Fair use rationale for Image:William Outlaw 1.JPG[edit]

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Non-free use disputed for Image:Thekomediant.jpg[edit]

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Hello[edit]

Hi Pradipta. How are you doing? --Dwaipayan (talk) 15:32, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Pennsylvania[edit]

Hello there!

I'm writing to inform you that we are now forming the first local Wikimedia Chapter in the United States: Wikimedia Pennsylvania. Our goals are to perform outreach and fundraising activities on behalf of the various Wikimedia projects. If you're interested in being a part of the chapter, or just want to know more, you can:

Thanks and I hope you join up! Cbrown1023 talk 04:14, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use Image:Anthea_bell.jpg[edit]

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Replaceable fair use

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Non-free use disputed for Image:Treetopsbk.jpg[edit]

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Kaziranga for FA[edit]

I have decided to be bold and have taken the article to FAC. See Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Kaziranga National Park. Aditya Kabir 15:45, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Gautamchatterjee1.jpg[edit]

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Image:Gdwithchimps.jpg[edit]

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Unspecified source for Image:Bauljazz1.jpg[edit]

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Kaziranga is now a FA[edit]

Thanks for all your help and co-operation you have shown to me to improve the article Kaziranga. For your knowledge, the article is now a FA. Cheers. Amartyabag TALK2ME 11:42, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use Image:Bookfair94.jpg[edit]

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Image:Jambo_Daily_mirror.gif[edit]

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Fair use rationale for Image:Amateur naturalist.jpg[edit]

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Fair use rationale for Image:Jacquiedurrell.jpg[edit]

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Fair use rationale for Image:Erotokritios.jpg[edit]

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Tamil Nadu[edit]

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Sanctuaryasia.jpg[edit]

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Sanctuarylogo.gif[edit]

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Mortelmans.jpg[edit]

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Lettersinthewind.jpg[edit]

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Orphaned non-free media (Image:Isiju.jpg)[edit]

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Siberiabotting.jpg[edit]

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Dendrite-adhesive-logo.jpg[edit]

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Thekomediant.jpg[edit]

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Orphaned non-free media (Image:Guimba.jpg)[edit]

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Replaceable fair use Image:Popup_sabuda.jpg[edit]

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Replaceable fair use

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Janetheunlucky.jpg[edit]

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Enterjanecopy.jpg[edit]

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Justjane.jpg[edit]

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Justwilliamorigcover.jpg[edit]

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Lowdownonflying.JPG[edit]

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Talkingparcel.JPG[edit]

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Wfn.jpg[edit]

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Another editor has added the {{prod}} template to the article Kathryn White (author), suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the editor doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia or discuss the relevant issues at its talk page. If you remove the {{prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. BJBot (talk) 03:00, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Bochhor20-front.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:Bochhor20-front.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 04:03, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Bafutpalace.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:Bafutpalace.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 17:55, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Hirschfeldbookcover.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:Hirschfeldbookcover.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 22:46, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Illus sabuda.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:Illus sabuda.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 23:11, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Margotdurrell.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:Margotdurrell.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 00:59, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Maohou.JPG[edit]

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Maohou.JPG. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Ricky81682 (talk) 09:05, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Ju_logo.gif[edit]

I have tagged Image:Ju_logo.gif as {{no rationale}}, because it does not provide a fair use rationale. If you believe the image to be acceptable for fair use according to Wikipedia policy, please provide a rationale explaining as much, in accordance with the fair use rationale guideline, on the image description page. Some examples can be found at Wikipedia:Use rationale examples. Please also consider using {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Non-free. Thank you. Project FMF (talk) 00:40, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyright problem with Image:2005bftheme.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:2005bftheme.jpg. You've indicated that the image is being used under a claim of fair use, but you have not provided an adequate explanation for why it meets Wikipedia's requirements for such images. 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.

The following images also have this problem:

This is an automated notice by FairuseBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. --20:42, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Ballamoussa.gif}[edit]

Thank you for uploading Image:Ballamoussa.gif. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this image under "fair use" may not meet the criteria required by Wikipedia: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) 19:24, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Socotra.jpg[edit]

I have tagged Image:Socotra.jpg as {{no rationale}}, because it does not provide a fair use rationale. If you believe the image to be acceptable for fair use according to Wikipedia policy, please provide a rationale explaining as much, in accordance with the fair use rationale guideline, on the image description page. Some examples can be found at Wikipedia:Use rationale examples. Please also consider using {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Non-free. Thank you. Rettetast (talk) 08:58, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyright problem with Image:Ffilogo.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:Ffilogo.jpg. You've indicated that the image is being used under a claim of fair use, but you have not provided an adequate explanation for why it meets Wikipedia's requirements for such images. 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 description page for each article the image is used in.
  • That every article it is used on is linked to from its description page.

This is an automated notice by FairuseBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. --FairuseBot (talk) 06:38, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Image source problem with Image:Yellowasphalt.jpg[edit]

Image Copyright problem
Image Copyright problem

Thanks for uploading Image:Yellowasphalt.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, their copyright should also be acknowledged.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 16:55, 13 September 2008 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 16:55, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed non-free use rationale for Image:Yellowasphalt.jpg[edit]

Thank you for uploading Image:Yellowasphalt.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this image on Wikipedia may not meet the criteria required by Wikipedia:Non-free content. This can be corrected by going to the image description page and add or clarify the reason why the image qualifies under this policy. Adding and completing one of the templates available from Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy. Please be aware that a non-free use rationale is not the same as an image copyright tag; descriptions for images used under the non-free content policy require both a copyright tag and a non-free use rationale.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under the non-free content policy, it might be deleted by an administrator 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. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 16:55, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]