Roachetta

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COI question

Hello, Roachetta. Do you work for West Texas A&M University? If so, you may want to read WP:Conflict of interest. Corky | Chat? 22:15, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi Corky, I do and I have. Did I cross the line somehow? I don't think that I did but if so I would like to know. Roachetta (talk) 16:39, 28 April 2015 (UTC)Roachetta

WTAMU logo

I fine with the vertical logo, but at least make it transparent of a vector image. Obviously you work for the Marketing Dept. there, you can get a good quality image. The you have listed now is .jpg image, which are not good images. Corky | Chat? 22:50, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

University seals

If you don't like the use of university seals, nominate them for deletion, so we can see what the community thinks. But we are not beholden to the whims of the universities or their staff. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 08:46, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

This has nothing to do with me liking or disliking anything. I do work for the University but I haven't violated the conflict of interest. I am not subjecting you to the whims of a biased opinion. The community's opinion that using this seal is OK doesn't make it correct. The seal is not an an accurate logo representation for the University and I tried to provide an image that is. Corky said he is fine with the changing to this logo and you say to nominate it for deletion. I will do whatever I need to. If I want to nominate something for deletion does that mean to just post it to the talk page? When does it become OK to delete? Roachetta (talk) 16:58, 28 April 2015 (UTC)Roachetta

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Roachetta. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article West Texas A&M University, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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Per this comment. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 08:49, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Horizontal Logo for WTAMU in the correct web color.png

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 15:50, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:WTAMU-Official-Logo.jpg

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 16:38, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:West Texas A&M University Logo.png

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Thanks for uploading File:West Texas A&M University Logo.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 16:40, 12 April 2015 (UTC)