Dialagranny

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Rogerthat ^Talk 23:26, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

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I also ask that in the future you gain hosts' permission to hotlink, as quite apart from being impolite, the act is actually stealing - using a resource without permission, for free that someone else has paid for..... I assume you aware of the irony. I also ask that you dont violate copyright regardless of how small the audience is. Thanks Dmanning 05:09, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Greetings. I find your tone somewhat confusing, as a link to an existing web element, regardless of its copyright status or the intentions of whomever is sharing it is not a violation of copyright. Posting it publicly, however small the intended audience, most certainly is. If I may, if you don't wish for the article in question to be viewed by the general public, perhaps you should either password protect it or remove the article from public view entirely. You will also find that this wiki permits people to make changes to, for example, references, as they see fit, without needing to direct others to do so. Good day. – ClockworkSoul 05:24, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Dropitlaps.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Dropitlaps.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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Talk?

Hi, Pete I am a student in a graduate degree in sociology in Boston. I am in the process of writing a paper on how people use and edit Wikipedia, and on the ways in which they participate. Would you be willing to talk with me about that? I am flexible about the time of the interview and media we use (phone, IM, email). Let me know what works best for you. Please leave me a message on my User page or email me if you would like to talk. Thanks! Buburuza (talk) 02:13, 9 October 2008 (UTC)