Curiousexplorer

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re: Remembrance Day

Discussion from User talk:Solipsist

You recently removed a link from the Remembrance Day article

• Powerful piece by soldier who was at Dunkirk.

Perhaps if you had bothered to read the piece in question (by an old soldier no less), you would have seen that it was powerfully relevant. Also, many readers did follow the link. Perhaps there are times when usual protocol can be relaxed, especially when the piece linked to is definitely to the point! -- User:Curiousexplorer 10:31, 15 November 2005

Hi Curious,

I can understand how this might be a sensitive topic for you, but please be aware that the primary purpose of Wikipedia is to be an encyclopedia. As such external links in general are discouraged and should only be used to link to information directly about the topic concerned. In addition, editors are discouraged from linking to their own web sites - see Wikipedia:External links and related pages for more guidance.

Plenty of people try to add poetry links to various articles, yet about the only place they are truely relevant is on an article about the poet who wrote them. There are also a considerable number of high quality poems which are considered relevant to the topic of Remembrance Day, see for example this collection.

Nevertheless, which external links to include or leave out is not a decision that is purely down to me. Wikipedia is built on the basis of group consensus. If you can find several other editors who think that the link is a good idea, it might be possible to persuade people to include the link on that page. A good place to ask might be the talk page for Rememberance Day — although it might be an idea to wait a little while, there has recently started a complicated discussion about merging Rememberance Day with Armistice Day and a couple of other related articles that will probably consume the attention of most interested editors for a while. -- Solipsist 11:34, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:Lsignme.jpg

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Image removal

You have just removed my image (right) Image:reddoglogo2.jpg, though I indicated that I had the copyright & am therefore entitled to use it. Such sabotage is a criminal waste of my time. I posted 'Carnildo' to make it clear that this was my image, created by myself. I only upload images that are my property.I don't have time or energy to keep chasing this stuff up. Please stop wrecking my entries or I'll stop making contributions . Curiousexplorer 10:10, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

You uploaded it, and you may have the copyright to it, but you neglected to indicate what terms you were licensing it under. This is a basic requirement of uploading images on Wikipedia. I note you say you have permission to use some of the images you've uploaded on Wikipedia, but this isn't good enough -- you need to get permission to release the image under a free license. --Carnildo 19:12, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

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Davy King

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Davy King, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add {{db-author}} to the top of Davy King. Optigan13 (talk) 08:47, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

WHY was the article about a published & broadcast writer & performer deleted?

Please reinstate that page.

Speedy deletion of Davy King

A tag has been placed on Davy King requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

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Speedy deletion of Davy King

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Davy King

Curiousexplorer, I have restored Davy King as I think it makes enough of an assertion of importance for it to be not speedily deleted. However, the article still needs to be clearer about the subjects notability (see WP:N) and requires references, preferably independent (WP:V). Contact me if you need any assistance, Marasmusine (talk) 14:45, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Also, I've noticed Image:LDKing.gif in which it appears you say you are Davy King. If this is the case, or if you represent him in any way, I'd advise you not to make any further edits to the Davy King, as this is seen as a conflict of interest. Marasmusine (talk) 14:52, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Davy King

An article that you have been involved in editing, Davy King, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Davy King. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? — Arthur Rubin (talk) 13:59, 25 August 2008 (UTC)