TimMony

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ClockworkTroll 02:41, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Wack MC

Hey Tim, you're putting in a good deal of effort into your own article, you may as well vote to keep it. Every vote counts. Good luck! :) —[[User:Radman1|RaD Man (talk)]] 05:38, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Yeah, its wierd. Something tells me that it is encyclopedic but at the same time I can't honestly defend that argument. I'm waiting to be convenced by myself or somebody else as to whether or not it is legitimate. TimMony 05:43, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Images

Don't spam my talk page, don't illegally release my photographs into the public domain, and don't remove the CC licenses from my photos. Keep it up and I'll pursue legal action. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 01:46, Dec 12, 2004 (UTC)

I made a mistake. Sorry. TimMony

Well, everyone makes mistakes. I'll share with you why I was so angry. First, regarding the spam on my talk page... there was a message two above yours that was informing me about the image tagging project. That, and the fact that I had tagged all the images I had uploaded to the 'pedia seemed to me to be an indication that I was aware of the project. Plus, I hate spam messages on my talk page, as evidenced by my recent removal of campaigning spam regarding the ArbCom election.

Secondly, the CC license. It's not that you should have gotten permission, as much as you should have checked with someone who knew better. As you're new to the Wikipedia, I understand your desire to "be bold with editing". It's just that with copyright issues, it's not quite the same situation. There are deeper consequences to image licensing "errors" than errors in plain ol' Wikipedia articles. This leads me to...

Point three: by "releasing" my image in the public domain even for a brief time, you've potentially caused me a large problem. Even though you weren't ABLE to release them (because you didn't have copyright), the fact is that the Wikipedia briefly STATED that they were public domain. Given that Wikipedia is much mirrored, there could be many copies of the image around the web now that may or may not retain that erroneous tag of PD. Now, if someone goes and says, "Hey, this is a PD image, that's great, I'll use it" we have a problem. I'd have to go defend my copyright (that's if I was even aware of the misuse). Now, I'll grant that this is immensely unlikely, but the point is, that it's a very real danger when mucking about with image licensing.

The reason I got so upset and threatened legal action (not to sue you, per se) was that I could understand one mistake, or even two, but the three "provocative" "mistakes" one right after another seemed to me to be the actions of a troll (especially given your limited edit history and my history with attracting trolls because of my stance on certain issues on the 'pedia). Now, as you've apologized and explained it was an honest mistake, I'm certainly willing to accept your apology and explanation. No hard feelings. Now, don't be scared away from contributing to the articles, or the image tagging project, just please be a bit more careful about adding/removing tags, especially about tagging any images of unknown origin with PD. Cheers. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 21:19, Dec 12, 2004 (UTC)

Point taken. Thanks for helping me understand the problem better. This has been a learning experience. TimMony 22:42, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Return of the Untagged Image project

You were kind enough to contribute to the Wikipedia:Untagged images project; I beg to draw your attention to part 2 of the project - there are about 12,000 more images in need of tagging. Any assistance you could provide would be most welcome. thanks --Tagishsimon (talk)

You can set Special:Recentchanges to show only anon edits, and that way you can see all anon edits as they appear (and generally a good proportion are vandalism), and as an admin I have a rollback button which enables me to revert vandalism a little quicker than usual. Everyking 1 July 2005 04:42 (UTC)

Punk ideology

Nice work on the punk ideology. i really enjoyed it and how you set it up. maybe it should be a featured article soon. Jobe6 July 3, 2005 03:02 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:MrLifAndATree.jpeg

Latest comment: 16 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Thanks for uploading Image:MrLifAndATree.jpeg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you. —Remember the dot ^(talk) 02:43, 11 December 2007 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom elections are now open!

Latest comment: 9 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:52, 23 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

Trade center listed at Redirects for discussion

Latest comment: 5 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Trade center. Since you had some involvement with the Trade center redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Hildeoc (talk) 13:58, 2 June 2019 (UTC)Reply

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