Davekern

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Non-free image use

Hi Davekern. The reason some of the entries in Passports of the European Union were marked with "Link to image" was because the relevant files are licensed as non-free content and their use in the article doesn't comply with Wikipedia's non-free content use policy. Non-free files such as this are generally OK to be used for primary identification purposes in a stand-alone article about primary subject matter (e.g., an article about the individual passport/idenity card they represent), but they are pretty much never allowed to be used per WP:NFCC#1, WP:NFCC#3, WP:NFCC#8, WP:NFTABLES, WP:NFLISTS, item 6 of WP:NFC#UUI, etc. in more general articles such as the list of passports article. They can be linked to if desired, but not displayed. Image use on Wikipedia can be tricky because not every file you has the same type of copyright license; so, if you come across any more "link to image" types of entries in list articles like this, check the page's history to see if there's an edit sum explaining why the links were added or the relevant files were removed. I'm posting this here just to let you know because another editor JJMC89 has removed the files. You can re-add the link syntax if you want, but you shouldn't re-add the images themselves. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:49, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	Well done on a great new article with William Penn Cresson! Keep up the good work. Smirkybec (talk) 20:13, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

Embassy of Poland, Dublin moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Embassy of Poland, Dublin, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Roller26 (talk) 06:08, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Diplomatic missions of Republic of Ireland

Template:Diplomatic missions of Republic of Ireland has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. WikiCleanerMan (talk) 19:11, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

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Concern regarding Draft:Hôtel de Vatry

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Your draft article, Draft:Hôtel de Vatry

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Nomination of Embassy of Ireland, Bern for deletion

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