User talk:Scapone

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Sorry, this is a bit late — still, better a late welcome than no welcome at all. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 17:10, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Image:Xanthone.gif listed for deletion[edit]

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Xanthone.gif, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in its not being deleted. Thank you. —MetsBot 19:21, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image tagging[edit]

Please do not upload images without tagging them (See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags). Untagged images or images with no source may be deleted in the future. - Thanks Nv8200p 18:36, 4 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Image Tagging Image:Spain empire.gif[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:Spain empire.gif. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag, so its copyright status is therefore unclear. Please add a tag to let us know its copyright status. (If you created/took the picture then you can use {{gfdl}} to release it under the GFDL. If you can claim fair use use {{fairuse}}.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know on the image description page where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Otherwise, see Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use. Thanks so much. --Secret london 19:23, 13 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked[edit]

I have blocked you for one month, so that you are likely to run into it, as I see you are an infrequent contributor. You have been left several warnings about your taggings of images and your misunderstanding of copyright puts the project at risk of a lawsuit. Please use this time to review Wikipedia:Copyrights. If you would like to continue contributing to Wikipedia, properly tagging your images and not uploading copyright violations, leave me a note and we can discuss the block. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 06:14, 19 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Image Tagging for Image:Spring_break.jpg[edit]

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This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 13:08, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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

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This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 23:07, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image tagging for Image:Tysonbuster.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:Tysonbuster.jpg. The image has been identified as not specifying the source and creator of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the source and creator of the image on the image's description page, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided source information for them as well.

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This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 21:09, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your continued misunderstanding of copyright issues[edit]

You are not permitted to upload images to Wikipedia unless you have explicit and independently verifiable permission to do so from the source (such as an email from the copyright owner), or the image is clearly used under fair use. Neither is true of the three images you recently uploaded. Magazines do not publish images for promotional purposes. Please stop doing this. I notice that you have been warned and blocked before for this behaviour. Please consider this a final warning. If you find an image, and are in any doubt whatsoever whether it qualifies under copyright law, please do not upload it. A further infringement is likely to result in a much longer block.

I also note that you reposted a previously deleted article (List of interracial, interethnic or intercultural couples) against Wikipedia policy. I assume this was a mistake. Best wishes, RobertG ♬ talk 11:48, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, thanks for your reply. Firstly, the article cannot be reposted because it was deleted after a consensus. It is Wikipedia policy that repostings of the same article after a consensual deletion like this can be speedily deleted.

If you want to use an image you clearly cannot just assert that it is being used fairly: it actually has to be fair use. Therefore, you must put a valid rationale for why the use of the image is fair. Such a rationale is not easy to write. Also, you cannot just find a picture in a magazine (like Sports Illustrated) or on a website, upload it, and say that it is "promotional". For any image you upload, you must tell everyone exactly where you got it, who the copyright holder is, what copyright terms they published it under, why you have permission to use it, and how Wikipedia may use it.

So I ask, why do you have permission to use the cover of Sports Illustrated September 20 1993? Do you own the copyright? If not, you can only claim fair use of the magazine cover if the article is discussing the magazine, you may not claim fair use if the article is about the subject of the image. Where exactly did you get Image:Tysonbuster.jpg from? It doesn't look promotional to me. Exactly the same comments apply to Image:Tysondouglasticketpicii.jpeg.jpg and Image:Tys spinks.jpg. Sorry, but I didn't make the law. --RobertG ♬ talk 17:02, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Diego Varas[edit]

It doesn't matter if it was his publicist who uploaded it; Wikipedia requires that all contributions be legally editable and OK under the GFDL - which his promo material definitely is not. --humblefool® 04:05, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Kerri kasem.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:Kerri kasem.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:

Go to the image description page and edit it to add {{Replaceable fair use disputed}}, without deleting the original Replaceable fair use template.
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Orphaned fair use image (Image:Tysondouglasticketpicii.jpeg.jpg)[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:Tysondouglasticketpicii.jpeg.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy).

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Unreferenced BLPs[edit]

Hello Scapone! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 1 of the articles that you created is tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring this article up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 876 article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the article:

Manu Daftary - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 09:50, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Manu Daftary for deletion[edit]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Manu Daftary is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Manu Daftary until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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JMWt (talk) 10:45, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]