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File permission problem with File:David Sullivan photographer.jpg

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If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read the Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 16:06, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Watkins Glen photos

I take a lot of photos and some of them I put into articles. Many of the subjects I take already have photos, and I've very good at objectively comparing the photos and using the best one, regardless of whether it is mine or not. I have done this for hundreds of article, with hundreds of images. I did not retain my images because they are mine, but because they're better for the purpose they serve in the article. Yours are simply not as appropriate, because they require more real estate on the page to make their impact, and they are also too dark to work effectively. Please do not undo my edits again without discussing them on the articles' talk pages. Furthermore, please do not edit while logged out - now that you have an account, you should always edit with the account. Thanks.

BTW, please communicate with me me via User talk:Beyond My Ken not on my user page. Beyond My Ken (talk) 01:12, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Please see Talk:Watkins Glen State Park#Image dispute, and do not continue to edit war, whioch can lead to being blocked from editing. See WP:EDITWARRING for further information. Beyond My Ken (talk) 02:33, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a promotional medium

Please remove the solicitation on your user page. See WP:PROMO and WP:USERPAGE -- your user page may not be used to promote your business. Beyond My Ken (talk) 02:21, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for changing the wording, I think you're OK now. Beyond My Ken (talk) 16:19, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Formatting of Comments

First, thanks for your pic on Guelph, that's stellar! Second, when adding comments to talk pages, such as you did on Talk:Guelph, please refrain from bolding the whole thing. I have corrected you comments appropriately. If you want to bold your signature, you can change this in your preferences. Hit me up on my talk page if you have any further questions. Cheers! --Natural R_X 16:25, 4 October 2012 (UTC)