User talk:Visaliaguy

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September 2009[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed maintenance templates from Downtown Visalia. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Eeekster (talk) 09:20, 12 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Downtown Visalia has been reverted.
Your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline from Wikipedia. The external link you added or changed is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. I removed the following link(s): http://www.facebook.com/pages/Visalia-CA/Visalia-CA/103919851232 (matching the regex rule \bfacebook\.com).
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 09:59, 12 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Image upload problems[edit]

You may not have realised it but you uploaded the file File:Mill Creek.jpg which already existed before your upload and by doing that you overwrote the existing image with yours image. This also replaced the image in an article with your new image causing the wrong image to show up there. I have reverted it but you also uploaded the same image again as File:Mill Creek Visalia.jpg without doing anything about the overwritten image. Please be more careful when choosing a file name especially if the file name already exists and don't overwrite an existing image unless you are replacing an image that you really want to replace. Hope that helps.

File:VisaliaTransit1.jpg, File:Mill Creek Visalia.jpg, File:EDV Banner3.jpeg, File:EDV Banner2.jpeg, File:EDV Banner.jpeg, File:Visalia Cityscape.jpg, File:Visalia City Hall.jpg, File:Holy Family Church.jpg, File:Visalia6.jpg, File:Visalia Library 2.jpg, File:St. Mary's Church Visalia.jpg, File:Visalia Library.jpg, File:COSvisalia.jpg, File:Visalia Mural.jpg, File:Visalia Sunset.jpg,File:Visalia City Hall 1911.jpg, File:Visalia Municipal Airport.jpg, File:Visalia City Coach Map.jpg, File:Visalia Transit Center.jpg, File:Visalia, CA.jpg, File:Visaliaaerial.jpg, File:Map of Visalia, CA.jpg, etc.

You have copied all the above images from different websites such as Flickr without permission and other copyright sites. The copyright licence of these images are not public domain as you state and by uploading them here you cannot release them into the public domain because they are owned by someone else. Please stop uploading such images that are not yours and not freely licenced. ww2censor (talk) 04:44, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File permission problem with File:Visalia Main Street.jpg[edit]

File Copyright problem

Thanks for uploading File:Visalia Main Street.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

If you created this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either

make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-enwikimedia.org, stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to permissions-enwikimedia.org.

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Skier Dude (talk) 05:11, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File permission problem with File:Visalia circa 1900.jpg[edit]

File Copyright problem

Thanks for uploading File:Visalia circa 1900.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

If you created this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either

make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-enwikimedia.org, stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to permissions-enwikimedia.org.

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Skier Dude (talk) 05:11, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

--Visaliaguy (talk) 06:36, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You are uploading images from Flicker and other sources that are not yours - and yet you are licensing them as "CC3.0" (or "pd-self"). Others are from sites that note they hold and do not release (c) on the images. Therefore, the images are being tagged as copyright violations. Each of the ones listed above has the reason for the deletion on the image description page. Skier Dude (talk) 06:49, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You need to go to each image and follow the instructions found on the various image pages - mainly regarding obtaining permission from the actual (c) holders. The basic information can be found at WP:OTRS. As you are not the (c) holder of any of them, you need to have the actual (c) holder contact OTRS via e-mail and confirm that they have released the image under a license that is compatible with Wikipedia. Skier Dude (talk) 06:59, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File permission problem with File:Visalia, CA.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading File:Visalia, CA.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

If you created this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either

make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-enwikimedia.org, stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to permissions-enwikimedia.org.

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. ww2censor (talk) 16:23, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly unfree File:Map of Visalia, CA.jpg[edit]

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Map of Visalia, CA.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. --ww2censor (talk) 16:27, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly unfree File:Visaliaaerial.jpg[edit]

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Visaliaaerial.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. --ww2censor (talk) 16:32, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File permission problem with File:Visalia Infobox.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading File:Visalia Infobox.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

If you created this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either

make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-enwikimedia.org, stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to permissions-enwikimedia.org.

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. ww2censor (talk) 16:41, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File permission problem with File:Visalia Infobox.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading File:Visalia Infobox.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

If you created this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either

make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-enwikimedia.org, stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to permissions-enwikimedia.org.

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Skier Dude (talk) 04:19, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File permission problem with File:Visaliaaerial.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading File:Visaliaaerial.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

If you created this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either

make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-enwikimedia.org, stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to permissions-enwikimedia.org.

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. dave pape (talk) 04:42, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of List of districts and neighborhoods of Visalia[edit]

The article List of districts and neighborhoods of Visalia has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Mostly unpopulated with several blank subject areas. Not a citation or source of any type in sight. It is against all longstanding consensus on articles of cities and towns to have articles per separate neighborhood, even "downtowns", unless they are exceptionally notable. See "Downtown Chicago" even redirects to a historically-defined variant with legal edges.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the Proposed Deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The Speedy Deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and Articles for Deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. ♪ daTheisen (talk) 07:24, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Case at SPI for review[edit]

Sockpuppetry case[edit]

You have been accused of sockpuppetry. Please refer to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Visaliaguy for evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with notes for the suspect before editing the evidence page.

♪ daTheisen (talk) 07:40, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It has been established that you engaged in sockpuppetry by evidence presented here:
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Visaliaguy, and you are therefore blocked for a period of indefinately. You're welcome to make useful contributions after the block expires.
If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|Your reason here}} below, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first.

Skier Dude (talk) 00:39, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for File:Map of Visalia, CA.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:Map of Visalia, CA.jpg. I notice the file page specifies that the file 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 file 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 'file' 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 "File" 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. ww2censor (talk) 23:51, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly unfree File:Visalia Main Street.jpg[edit]

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Visalia Main Street.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. --Skier Dude (talk) 05:16, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File permission problem with File:Visalia circa 1900.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading File:Visalia circa 1900.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

If you created this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either

make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-enwikimedia.org, stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to permissions-enwikimedia.org.

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Skier Dude (talk) 05:30, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Encina Street[edit]

The article Encina Street has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Not notable. Supposed "famous" former residents do not appear notable and are not cited. Despite the "See also", the street is not on the US National Register of Historic Places. Gallery of homes could arguably be a BLP-type issue since they appear to be random images of random residences with the exact address given, and I'm not certain if the names listed are current residents. Even if all to be believed, no sources or references given.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the Proposed Deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The Speedy Deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and Articles for Deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. ♪ daTheisen (talk) 22:56, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for File:Visalia Main Street.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:Visalia Main Street.jpg. I notice the file page specifies that the file 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 file 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 'file' 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 "File" 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. Shell ^babelfish 17:17, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Articles for deletion nomination of Encina Street[edit]

I have nominated Encina Street, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Encina Street. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. ♪ daTheisen (talk) 02:44, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:Visalia Logo.jpg listed for discussion[edit]

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Visalia Logo.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Fumikas Sagisavas (talk) 06:43, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]