Vincent shooter

Welcome

Hello, Vincent shooter, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for your contributions. I hope you like it here and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

• Community Portal
• The Five Pillars of Wikipedia
• How to edit a page
• Editing tutorial
• Picture tutorial
• How to write a great article
• Naming conventions
• Manual of Style

I hope you will enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! You can sign your name on talk and voting pages using four tildes, (~~~~), which produces your username, the time, and the date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump, or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! -- getcrunkjuice^contribs 19:53, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

User page

Hi! Bonjour! I see you have started on your user page! It's off to a good start. Here's a good guide on what you can put on there. By the way, it's a good idea to SUBST your templates, so that the code stays on your page, and to sign your comments on talk pages, using four tildes (~~~~). If you could, please sign your comment on my page, so I know what message is from which person. I also noticed that you have uploaded some images, here is a template message (Template:UploaderHints), which is a good guide. -- getcrunkjuice^contribs 23:47, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Hello!

Thanks for uploading some pictures to Wikipedia. I wanted to make sure you were aware of some of the requirements and good practices for uploaded images.

• Pick an image name.

When uploading an image, pick a file name that is descriptive, and unique. Remember that many images may be uploaded about the same topic, and remember that names are case sensitive.

• Source the image.

On the image description page, explain where the image came from. If you created the image yourself, then say so. If it's from the web, give a URL. If it's a screenshot of a movie or game, or a scan from a book, give the title.

• Provide copyright and license information.

This part is a little bit trickier, but it's very important. The copyright of the image generally belongs to whomever created it.

If it's a photograph you took, or an image you created (modifying an image that already exists doesn't count) in software like Photoshop or GIMP, then you own the copyright. To upload it to Wikipedia, you must agree to license it under the GFDL (which allows anyone to use it, but requires that they give credit to the original author and requires that any further edit to the image be licensed under the GFDL as well) or release it into the public domain (which allows anyone to use it for any purpose without restriction.) Do this by placing an appropriate tag on the image description page, like {{GFDL}} or {{PD}}. Be sure to mention that you created the image. If you're using {{PD}}, you may also want to use {{NoRightsReserved}}, since there is some dispute as to whether one may grant items into the public domain.

If you didn't create the image, or the copyright somehow belongs to another party (like a screenshot, which you might "create", but the copyright belongs to the author of the movie or video game), then you need to find another tag that describes the copyright status of the image. Images used on Wikipedia need to be free for our use and the use of sites which reproduce our content. This means that images cannot have a restriction such as "only for use by Wikipedia", or "for non-commercial use only", or "for educational use". Images without a free license may be usable in certain articles under fair use, but such a use should be justified on the image description page.

• Describe the image.

To another reader, the image may not be immediately understood. A caption in an article doesn't explain the image to a visitor who sees it on its image page. Put a brief explanation of what is in the image on the image description page, similar to what you might include in a caption on an article.

Some links to Wikipedia pages on this subject:

Copyrights, Copyright tags, Fair use, Image description page, Public domain, Images for deletion, Possibly unfree images, Copyright problems, Uploading images

Thanks again for your contributions. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me at my talk page. -- getcrunkjuice^contribs 23:47, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Translating articles

I believe it is legal to translate articles from the english Wikipedia to other Wikipedias, because the en-wiki text is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License (as it says at the bottom of every page). If you use an en-wiki article as the base for one in another language, that Wikipedia needs to be GFDL also and you need to CITE the sources on the new page, saying that the text was translated from the english Wikipedia. There is more info at Wikipedia:Copyrights#Users.27_rights_and_obligations. -- getcrunkjuice^contribs 19:40, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Liberal Wikipedians

Hi! I added that category after it was removed here as a "non-user category". I added it again, because it was a user category and it was previously on your page, as you can see here. Looks like I made a mistake, my apologies!-- getcrunkjuice^contribs 22:01, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Bill O'Reilly (commentator)

First, sign your posts with four tildes as a courtesy. OK, it is obvious that you would like to label everything as "liberal" that is liberal, that term being used by your kind as an insult the way you all used to use "socialist" and "communist". The article on FAIR states clearly that they are a liberal, progressive group (as opposed to conservative, retrogressive). Labeling them within the O'Reilly article is fair only if you also take the time to label references to organizations like Accuracy In Media as "conservative". If you are focusing only on the liberal label, then you are pushing your own personal agenda. Wahkeenah 10:54, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

• You signed it the right way this time. I don't hate O'Reilly, I watch him with interest. He's mostly a muckraker (carrying on his "Inside Edition" tradition); his show is mostly entertaining; and he doesn't always kiss up to the right wing agenda the way guys like Hannity and Limbaugh do. And if you listen closely, those guys DO use "liberal" as a disparaging label, the exact same way their predecessors used to use "communist". Ironically, they wear the badge "conservative" proudly, when it stands for a great deal of negativity and repression if you study it closely. Now, if you search for "Accuracy In Media" and label all of its occurrences as "conservative", also labeling it for what it is so as not to mislead the casual reader, then you're being fair. If not, you're pushing an agenda. Wahkeenah 12:21, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
• And if you look at my edits to the O'Reilly page, I think you'll see they are mostly to revert vandalism of stupid comments about him posted by IP addresses. His article deserves some defense here, even if his views don't, necessarily. Wahkeenah 12:24, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Like I just had to, a few minutes ago. Anyway, Horowitz's online news (or commentary) magazine is just that. You can tell in about 10 seconds, if don't already know Horowitz, what his editorial policy is. I don't see where it's necessary to label it, unless you're going to make a concerted effort to label all references to media watch groups and online commentaries in a like manner. I also don't like the term "watchdog", as it implies the opposite agenda, that FAIR is somehow "better" than O'Reilly. I would like to just call FAIR and AIM "watch" groups, which seems both accurate and neutral. Wahkeenah 13:03, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

reply regarding FAIR

Unless there was an edit mistake, I also added "liberal". No disagreement on my part, whatsoever. If I made a mistake that resulted in a revert, my apologies. Dubc0724 15:39, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

I took it away again, and also labeled it a "watch" group rather than a "watchdog" group (a slangy term) and took away the FAIR part since that is reverse POV-pushing. Wahkeenah 18:19, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Royal Moroccan Air Force

Hello, you have reverted my changes to the Moroccan Air Force article arguing that the Royal Moroccan Police Air Squadron" is the moroccan "gendarmerie". However according to Military of Morocco the Moroccan Gendarmerie is an independent force and not part of the Air Force. As such its aircraft should not be included in the Air Force article, don't you agree? Thanks in advance. --Victor12 02:44, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Upvvince.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Upvvince.jpg. 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.BetacommandBot (talk) 02:28, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:Naja-haje-legionis.jpeg

Thank you for uploading File:Naja-haje-legionis.jpeg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright and licensing status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can verify that it has an acceptable license status and a verifiable source. Please add this information by editing the image description page. You may refer to the image use policy to learn what files you can or cannot upload on Wikipedia. The page on copyright tags may help you to find the correct tag to use for your file. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem.

Please also check any other files you may have uploaded to make sure they are correctly tagged. Here is a list of your uploads.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. --Animalparty-- (talk) 20:52, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

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) 13:37, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom 2017 election voter message

Hello, Vincent shooter. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority 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 in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)