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BTW - Please don't take my vote to delete your presidential candidates templates the wrong way (and, from the current looks of the vote, they won't be deleted). We've had an issue for a while where the guidelines for when to use a navigational template (such as yours) vs. when to use a category vs. when to use a list are not clear. Some folks (including me) object to the "visual clutter" induced by stacking up several of these at the bottom of an article. Other folks (presumably now including you) don't mind. I agree that navigational templates are VERY useful (I've created dozens of them). If I can get a discussion about this issue going, please feel free to participate. And, again, welcome! -- Rick Block (talk) June 30, 2005 02:56 (UTC)

Edward VIII image

Hey,

Love the new picture of Edward VIII. One thing though. We need all pictures to be sourced so that we know their copyright status. We could claim {{fairuse}} possibly and be able to use it. If it is {{CrownCopyright}} it is a bit more complicated. Could you give information as to where it came from? Unsourced images, and certainly one with no defined copyright status, are routinely deleted to protect Wikipedia from being sued from breach of copyright. It would be a pity if this good one was deleted on that basis if we were legally able to use it. We need to be able to know if we can. Slán FearÉIREANN\^(caint) 01:39, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Paul vi.jpg

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Image copyright problem with Image:Queenvictoria.jpg

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Image Tagging Image:Edgarportrait.jpg

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Image copyright problem with Image:Benedict XVI 05.jpg

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Image Tagging for Image:Gregory_xvi.jpg

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Image copyright problem with Image:John_XXIII.jpg

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Fair use rationale for Image:Elizabeth II 80th.jpg

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Fair use rationale for Image:Edward-viii-sm.jpg

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Thanks for uploading Image:Edward-viii-sm.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. When you use a generic fair use tag such as {{fair use}} or {{fair use in|article name}}, 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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The Johnson image

I just nominated that for deletion at the commons. --evrik ^(talk) 00:43, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

• Yours was better ... but the other link had precedence. --evrik ^(talk)

Orphaned non-free image File:Monaco-louis2.jpg

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