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Image:Joseph Wright.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Joseph Wright.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. J Milburn (talk) 10:44, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Replied again on the talk page. We may have good a compromise here. J Milburn (talk) 16:24, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Image source problem with Image:Joseph_Wright.jpg

Image Copyright problem

Thanks for uploading Image:Joseph_Wright.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, their copyright should also be acknowledged.

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Possibly unfree Image:Belgrave Mill.jpg

An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:Belgrave Mill.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the image description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. J Milburn (talk) 15:37, 11 August 2008 (UTC) --J Milburn (talk) 15:37, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I have withdrawn the nomination and clarified the source on the image page. There shouldn't be any further issue with this image. J Milburn (talk) 16:06, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Joseph Wright image

I'm not a lawyer, so I can't really be sure what the copyright on this image is. This is a rather awkward case- the image copyright may belong to you, but it may belong to a descendent of the photographer. The fact it was taken by an (out-of-business) company makes it even more complicated. I recommend you ask at the media copyright questions page. If I'm honest, uploading images is kind of throwing yourself in at the deep end- many new and even experienced users find our image policies to be horrifyingly bureaucratic and convoluted. Please be assured that you and your contributions are welcome here- there are just a series of awkward rules to follow with images, and it's important that all of our images follow them. You're welcome to contact me on my talk page if I can be of help with anything. J Milburn (talk) 16:12, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Well, if that's not viable, then I recommend posting to media copyright questions, or, probably a better bet, finding the equivilent board on Wikimedia Commons and asking there. My knowledge of copyright is pretty much limited to Wikipedia policies and guidelines, and things like this don't crop up every day. J Milburn (talk) 16:54, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

I don't understand what "Wikipedia Commons" is/are and what your relationship to it/them are. I can't find anything on Commons "Boards". Wikipedia help seems to be written by Wikipedians for Wikipedians. I expect the image to be removed and need to get on with other things.

Wikimedia Commons is a free media repository: we can upload images to Wikipedia or to Wikimedia Commons, and anything uploaded to Commons can be used on any Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikinews (etc) project in any language. I reccomended searching for help on Commons as Commons users are often copyright experts. I have replied on the talk page, and well done with your thorough research into the previous publication of this image- it does appear to be public domain, you'll just need to clarify the previous publication on the image page. J Milburn (talk) 12:23, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

August 2008

Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary, which wasn't included with your recent edit to Bagley & Wright. Thank you. Also, the lead para needs to be edited to remove the redundant heading and to comply with WP:LEAD. Let me know if you need any help. ukexpat (talk) 16:05, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Join us?

Hello, Oldhamhistory! Thank you for your recent contributions to one of Wikipedia's Greater Manchester-related articles. Given the interest we're assuming you've expressed by your edits, have you considered joining WikiProject Greater Manchester? It's a user-group dedicated to improving the overall quality of all Greater Manchester-related content. There is a discussion page for sharing ideas as well as developing and getting tips on improving articles. The project has in-house specialists to support and facilitate your ideas. If you would like to join, simply add your name to the list of participants. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask at the project talk page. We hope to be working with you in the future!

--Jza84 |  Talk  18:47, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

User name

I never said there was anything wrong with your user name. – ukexpat (talk) 19:48, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

I understand your question now. I edited your user page to remove the redirect to the Bagley & Wright article. The redirect was an artifact of the move of the article from your user page to the article mainspace. My comment in the edit history was just to point out that it is not usually appropriate to redirect your user page to an article. What you can do is put a Wikilink to the article on your user page - in fact I will do that for you - so you can access it quickly or just click on the "my contributions" link at the top of the page and that will display a complete list of all your contributions. BTW the article is coming along nicely - please let me know if you need help with copy editing etc. Happy to help out.  – ukexpat (talk) 20:17, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

And me. I'm based in Shaw and Crompton and work on Oldham content. Keep me in the loop, this looks an interesting article! --Jza84 |  Talk  22:56, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Image:BnWMills.jpg

Hello, could you please revisit the page for Image:BnWMills.jpg? You are required to specify more details, such as where you found the image, what the image is of, and when it dates from. I've started you off, but I don't know the rest of the details.

Images without such information may be deleted at any time. --Jza84 |  Talk  22:20, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Wesleyan Methodism in Glodwick

Hello there,

This appears to be an awfully niché topic for an article on Wikipedia. It is most unusual, given that even England and the UK don't have dedicated articles on Wesleyism.

Could I make a suggestion so that it conforms more to our Manual of Style? We retitle this article to Trinity Wesleyan Methodist Church, Glodwick (I can make this so if you're unsure), and write this article about the history of the church and its congregation? This would tie it more in with articles about churches already in the region, like Oldham Parish Church. Some of the history surrounding the area would still be suitable for inclusion I imagine. --Jza84 |  Talk  15:50, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi there! Thanks for the contact. The best idea, really, would be to make your suggestions at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Greater_Manchester#Wesleyan_Methodism_in_Glodwick, where a centralised discussion has started to take place. Wikipedia works around the notion of consensus amongst editors so the greater input there the better. :) --Jza84 |  Talk  19:41, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

You're quite welcome. You will find that you will get help with most technical things, the tricky bit can be with policy and guidelines. For future information, the process is to click the tab at the top marked 'move' and you can shift it where you like (see WP:MOVE). The advantage of moving a page is that the edit history stays with it, whereas if you cut/paste/delete you lose the history. When you think it's in a decent shape, you could either move it back into article-space yourself, or there's plenty of people who'll help. Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 16:47, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

File source problem with File:B&W advertisement.jpg

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File source problem with File:Brighteye.jpg

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If you have uploaded other files, consider verifying that you have specified sources for those files as well. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged per Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion, F4. If the image is copyrighted and non-free, the image will be deleted 48 hours after 17:46, 10 June 2010 (UTC) per speedy deletion criterion F7. If you have any questions or are in need of assistance please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 17:46, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

File source problem with File:Memo Header.jpg

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File source problem with File:Benjamin Wright in 1897.jpg

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File source problem with File:Ralph Bagley in 1897.jpg

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