Mr. Bergstrom

July 2008

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Non-free media can't be used outside the article space, and we only keep fair use material if it is being used in the article space. You could draw your own version, but you would have to keep it fairly different from the actual one otherwise it constitutes a derivative work, which the original copyright holder (EG, Fox) retains the rights to. J Milburn (talk) 18:06, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

No problem- you're welcome to message me if I can be of any help with anything. J Milburn (talk) 18:11, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Photo question

Sadly, though that license is somewhat free, it isn't completely free by Wikipedia's standards. The license has the conditions that attribution is needed (which is fine) but it also states that derivative works and commercial use are prohibited. To be completely 'free', both of those need to be allowed. J Milburn (talk) 22:21, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I agree it can seem a little strange- especially as we're a non-commercial project ourselves. We aim to have content that's free for anyone for any purpose, and that's why we don't allow content under such licenses. We do allow some non-free content, but it must meet our non-free content criteria. This doesn't, as it is potentially replaceable- someone could take a picture. Non-free images of living people are generally not allowed, unless the subject is a recluse, in prison or something. If the party is pro-free content, it may be worth emailing them and asking them if they are willing to release some of their images under a free license. You can then forward the email to Wikimedia OTRS as explained here, so that the licensing information is accessible by other Wikipedians. J Milburn (talk) 22:40, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Re:Book jacket question

Uploading the image of the book cover (providing you upload it in a low resolution) is fine as long as you provide a fair use rationale and copyright tag- copy and paste the template below and add the name of the article to 'article', remove all but infobox from 'use', then add the relevant answers to 'title', 'author', 'publisher' and 'year' (as well as, if you know it, 'cover artist', but don't worry if you don't). Add the URL you found it on to 'website' and the template will produce an extensive fair use rationale with all the information you need. On the drop down menu on the upload screen, clarify that you are uploading a book cover. Thanks for caring about our image policies- so many newcomers don't. J Milburn (talk) 22:19, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

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Jerry in the lobby

Thanks for the note and can see your point, to a point. I edited the section to finesse any dispute, using a currently under-utilized edit tool and hope it suffices for now. I am in a very long process of trying to plug some gaping wiki-holes in (what I see as) its current presentation of American policy in the Middle East, because, in a prefect wiki-world we should be able to do this Ford thing with an internal link.

In his Presidential memoir, A Time to Heal, Ford writes, “No foreign-policy challenges occupied more of my time in the early months of 1975 than the deteriorating situations in both the Middle East and Indochina.” Unfortunately, if you look here, the Middle East didn’t exist as an issue. Lenczowski writes in American Presidents, and the Middle East, “In procedural terms Ford’s incumbency was characterized by the increased role Congress began to play in foreign-policy and by the corresponding curb on the powers of the President. This was made clear by developments in two major substantive issues during Ford’s presidency: the Cyprus crisis, and Arab-Israeli relations”

I will leave it there for now, but should demonstrate the depth of that ‘hole’ and my commitment to NPOV with this edit.[1] See talk in a bit. Regards, CasualObserver'48 (talk) 03:15, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

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Joe Wilson

When I locked the page, it was to enable editors to discuss the article and sort out their differences in a (hopefully) civil matter. By locking the page an edit war is avoided, and with it the need for admin action related thereto. The article was only locked for a week. I'm not getting involved in the arguments on either side, but as I stated, if consensus is reached early the article may be unlocked. Mjroots (talk) 15:17, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Okay, that is fair. Thanks for your reply. --Mr. Bergstrom (talk) 15:23, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Callista G

Hello, Mr. B. In an effort to put an end to the "edit-warring" over "third wife" in Callista Gingrich's article, there is (now in progress) a !vote about it on the article talk page. I don't know if you know that. --Kenatipo ^speak! 21:11, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

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