Loveable Daveo

List of number-one albums from the 2000s (UK)

Hi there. I understand your desire to illustrate this page, however it is not possible to do so using album covers as they violate a policy on using copyrighted images. However, you can do what has been done on List of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK), using pictures of the artists, as long as they are released under a free licence. You can easily find images by going to the article of a particular singer or group and seeing if there are free images there - usually found in the infobox at the top of the page. Hope this helps. AnemoneProjectors (talk) 21:55, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining :] I'm a bit confused though, I read the link you provided on non-free images, but what I don't understand is why an album cover can be used on the album's page, but not on the number one albums list? Surely if it can be used on one page it can be used on another? Is there any way to get around it? Because I really think the page looks better with the album covers rather than the artist's picture, and it also enhances the article. Loveable Daveo (talk) 21:58, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Album covers can be used in the article about the album, and each image requires a separate fair-use rationale for every article it's used in. In theory this would be possible, but you would find other editors objecting to it, especially if you tried to get the article to featured list status. Having several album cover images in one article would be classified as fair use overuse, as there should be as little non-free content in an article as possible, and the images wouldn't necessarily significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic. Using free images is perfectly acceptable, so decorating the article with pictures of the singers would be a good idea. The image of Robbie Williams is free - if you click on it you'll see it says "This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons". Any image that says that should be fine to use. AnemoneProjectors (talk) 22:11, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Using YouTube as a source

Hello, Loveable Daveo. If you do not already know, YouTube is typically considered unreliable by Wikipedia. As such, your YouTube addition to the Beyoncé Knowles article not too long ago was removed by an editor. Here is a discussion about using YouTube on Wikipedia: Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 36#Youtube as a source. There have been plenty of debates/discussions about its use here at Wikipedia. It is sometimes permitted, but is more often prohibited. Flyer22 (talk) 21:17, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

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Hello. While I appreciate your Bold! changes to David Scott (astronaut) and David Scott, WP:COMMONNAME and WP:PRECISION tell us that preemptive disambiguation like this is not necessary. As such, I have undone your good-faith changes. Please let me know if you have any questions or issues. Thanks, — Kralizec! (talk) 13:52, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

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