User talk:Noitall

Listing of images for deletion

Hi,

I notice you've listed several images for deletion on the basis of copyright. One of them was contributed by me - Image:SunsetBoulevardWilliamHolden.jpg. While I approve of efforts to reduce the number of suspect copyright images, there is a legitimate case for fair use. With this particular image I established fair use to the satisfaction of other contributors during Wikipedia:Featured article process for the article Sunset Boulevard. I have correctly acknowledged copyright, so for you to say that it's "clearly copyrighted" suggests you haven't actually taken the time to read what I've added to the description page. I have tagged and justified the images as per Wikipedia: fair use and Wikipedia:Image description page. I object to you randomly asking for images to be deleted. I say "randomly" because there are 3 screenshot images in the Sunset Boulevard article, all tagged similarly and all with identical copyright, and you've chosen to nominate only one for deletion. I haven't looked at everything you've nominated, but my comments apply equally to the promo photos used in Iron Maiden. Thanks Rossrs 11:28, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

I did read it. As you noted on another talk page, I noted on Jimbo's page that the copyright actions of a few are greatly harming Wiki. I have not run into you before, so I hope you don't take anything personally. Unfortunately, the only copyright policy on Wiki is currently the revenge deletion policy. There is no consistency and valid and valuable images have been targeted for deletion while other entirely inappropriate and unencyclopeic remain. Throw on top of this the deletions on the spot by any editor for no reason and the attack deletion policy of juvenile and disruptive editors, and you have a real Wiki problem. The pictures you note above have far less copyright protection than many images that have been targeted and deleted recently. Therefore, in the name of consistency, they must go. It is truly a shame that others have set such a poor policy for no reason whatsoever. --Noitall 03:15, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

The bottom line is that the use of the image complies with Wikipedia's guidelines and policies as stated in Wikipedia:Fair use, Image description page etc. Whether you agree, or even understand, is beside the point. I don't understand your argument, or the randomness of the choices you've made, or the fact that you have not actually addressed my comments. I also don't understand how your approach in nominating certain images for deletion compensates for other deletions that you disagreed with. You know, that's all fine. "Fair use" does have a legal status, and in Jimbo's various comments about fair use, he acknowledges that their use is acceptable under the very conditions in which I used this particular image. Ultimately it won't be decided by you, or by me, whether it stays or goes.

I'm not taking this personally as you suggested I shouldn't but I do feel there is malice in your nomination, although it is not directed at me personally. I take exception to your assertion that you are acting "in the name of consistency". That's the biggest load of self-serving nonsense I've read because your nominations are anything but consistent. There are thousands of screenshots and "fair use" images where the contributor has made zero effort to establish a case for "fair use". Nominate them all, then I'll accept that you are working for "consistency". In the meantime, reading Darkfred's comments about your "no source" image contributions, it does appear that you have an axe to grind. Is the real issue that you've been uploading "no source" images and they've been deleted? I accept you and I have no quarrel nor even any previous history, but it seems that purely by chance you have selected an image contributed by me to make a point. Well thanks. It's nice to meet a user with such a sense of community. Rossrs 15:13, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Noitall, please don't make deletion nominations solely for the purpose of making a point. Reasoned, polite discussion on the appropriate pages–even on the talk page of Jimbo himself–will get you much further...and will avoid irritating innocent editors, to boot. If there are specific admins you believe are engaging in sloppy deletion, try (politely) bringing it to their attention through their talk pages. If you feel that there are serious policy lapses occurring, bring them up on the incidents page at the administrator's noticeboard.

Protesting what you believe to be harmful practices by deliberately causing additional harm is counterproductive. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 03:59, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

As I have been told many times, it is not harm if there is a copyright violation. In fact, the reason you and others are here is because lots of "favored" images are far worse than ones inappropriately targeted already. These images have clearly labeled copyright notices on them and are far worse violators than any I have seen recently targeted. It is ridiculous targeting "unsourced" images when sourced ones clearly state that it is a copyright violation.--Noitall 04:04, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

In the case of Image:SunsetBoulevardWilliamHolden.jpg above there is likely no copyright infringement—a clear 'fair use' argument is spelled out on the image description page. (In the absence of a fair use argument, I agree that reproducing a copyrighted image such as that one would be infringement. Further, if the image were used in other placed for which the narrow fair use rules did not apply, the image would need to be removed from those articles.) Once again, if you would like to discuss or clarify your understanding of the fair use doctrine in U.S. copyright law, there are many appropriate venues. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 12:40, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Your images with no source

I know you are aware of Jimbos decree that all Fair use images with no source should be deleted, since you have been involved on his talk page on this issue. I know you don't agree with the new speedy delete policy. But we have always required that fair use labeled images give a source (It is legally necessary for us to attribute a source when invoking fair use). Please label your images with the sources from which you obtained them. I know it is a lot of work, but you are the only one who knows. Ps: with some it is pretty obvious, (fox etc), but the model shots are more difficult. Thanks, --Darkfred ^{Talk to me} 13:57, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Your accusations

:( If you're going to make accusations [1] and attempt to defame me [2], it would be good if you'd at least have the courtesy to provide diff links to whatever I did towards you which you found objectionable. --Gmaxwell 00:02, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

I've still not heard from you. I would hate to open an RFC over such a petty issue, but if you're not going to reply I don't see what other choice I have. I have no clue why you're calling me names on the wiki, but I'd like to set things right if I've done something wrong. --Gmaxwell 23:43, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

RfArb against Zephram Stark

I've requested arbitration against Zephram Stark. Please add any details or comments you feel are appropriate. Carbonite | Talk 19:21, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

"Image:Killing of Civilian Contractors in Falluja, Iraq 5 - March 31, 2004.jpg"

Seems as if this image has been deleted. It can be see here. I've asked if there is a undeletion ... primarily for template:fairuse. JDR 20:11, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Info on images, please

Please go to Image:Leslie Glass 1.jpg and edit that image description page to give the source (URL, if online; ISBN, if scanned from a book; and if you've taken the image yourself, just say so) and the licensing status (the list of image copyright tags might be useful) of this image. All our images should have this information. Thank you. Lupo 10:41, 26 September 2005 (UTC) (Also Image:Leslie Glass 2.jpg. If you claim "fair use" on an image, you should also provide a detailed fair use rationale addressing the four points of fair use.)

Also Image:Jordan 11.jpg and Image:Jordan 15.jpg, please. Lupo 10:45, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

And Image:CandiceMBeckman.jpg. Lupo 10:56, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Lord Voldemort

User:Hipocrite has nominated User:Lord Voldemort for adminship here. I encourage you to go and vote as he seems wholely unfit for adminship. Agriculture 23:09, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Howdy

One of your old buddies is back User:-Ril-....he just made a strange edit to the encyclopedic merit project...me eyes are on him.--MONGO 20:14, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Arbitration case involving Yuber

The Arbitration case centred on Yuber, to which you gave comment, has closed. As a result of this:

• Both Yuber and Guy Montag are each placed on Wikipedia:Probation for one year from the date of closing this case (9th of October, 2005). Should any sysop feel that it is necessary that either of them be banned from an article where they is engaged in edit warring, removal of sourced material, POV reorganizations of the article, or any other activity which the user considers disruptive they shall place a template {{Yuber banned}} or {{Guy Montag banned}} as appropriate at the top of the talk page of the article, and notify them on their talk page. The template shall include the ending date of the ban (one year from this decision) and a link to Wikipedia:Probation. The template may be removed by any editor, including them, at the end of the ban. If they edit an article they are banned from, you will be briefly blocked from editing Wikipedia, for up to a week for repeat offenses.
• Yuber is instructed to use only this account, and no anonymous IPs. What editing constitutes Yuber's is up to any sysop to decide. If Yuber violates this, any sysop is authorised to ban them for up to a week.
• Guy Montag is banned from editing any article related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the date of closing this case (9th of October, 2005).

Yours,

James F. (talk) 11:44, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

question

Noitall, we've run into each other before dealing with images for washington monuments, so i thought i would drop you a line since you're semi-familiar with my work. i'm currently running for an admin position so i thought i'd let you know if you wanted to check out the vote page. If you've liked my work and think i'm worthy, i'd appreciate you checking it out. thanks in advance and if you ever need anything drop me a message. --ScottyBoy900Q 01:39, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Comment on talk page

Looking over (old) comments on the Republican Party talk page I was left wondering by your comment here (third from the bottom). It seemed especially terse and I wondered to whom you were responding. Rkevins82 - TALK 23:54, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Final decision

The arbitration committee has reached a final decision in the Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/-Ril- case. →Raul654 02:54, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Hi, Fred Bauder has drafted a finding of fact describing the focus of the dispute in the Zephram Stark arbitration case, and has added it to the proposed-decision page at Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Zephram_Stark/Proposed_decision#Focus_of_dispute, where it is currently being voted on. It says:

"The focus of this dispute is the article terrorism which according to Zephram Stark deteriorated due to the aggressive editing and other actions of Jayjg and SlimVirgin. He has waged a campaign to restore what he considers an adequate article, free of the complex ambiguities introduced by his opponents, see Talk:Terrorism/Archive_6#NPOV_solutions and Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Zephram_Stark/Evidence#ZS.27s_changes_to_Terrorism."

I feel this is not an accurate way to summarize the dispute. As I understand you were involved in this on Talk:Terrorism, would you mind taking a look, please, and perhaps commenting on it? The discussion is taking place at Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Zephram_Stark/Workshop#Focus_of_dispute. Many thanks, SlimVirgin ^(talk) 21:04, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Could you please help me?

I've gotten into a nasty revert war and could use some help--1 ^ 03:22, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

CfD

If you got a minute can you take a look at Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2005 November 7#Category:Soviet spies to Category:Aed Soviet spies. This is a challenge to the sourcing of Venona project materials & direct related article series. Thank you. nobs 20:43, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

User:Sherurcij

You may be interested in Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship#Sherurcij. Cheers, SlimVirgin ^(talk) 06:26, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Are you in violation of No Personal Attacks?

Hello, I see you have Gmaxwell listed as a vandal. That can't be right, he's one of our key anti-vandalism bot operators. Please either substantiate your claim with diffs, or remove it.

Possibly the other people you list are indeed vandals, but you might have to check each one to see if there aren't further false positives.

Problems like this is why it's generally not wise to have lists of comments on users on your user page. Consider removing the list entirely.

Kim Bruning 02:07, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

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Situation of administrator abuse

Hi, I'm in a potentially awkward position with an Administrator. I have read the Wiki pages on dispute resolution but I'm still not sure how to proceed.

The Admin ContiE has a personal grudge against me for reasons I do not fully understand. He has been this way since I began frequenting wikipedia.

I have done work improving the furvert article. He has basically gone on a crusade against any edit I make. He controls every furry category article and several others ruthlessly. He is an iron fist and bans anyone he edit wars with. I had uploaded pictures and he deleted them with no talking. He seems to believe I am every person he has had an edit war against. He is always using personal attacks, calling me troll without reason. I uploaded them again and he voted them for deleted, but to his surprise the person who runs the images, thank you Nv8200p, found they were acceptable once I tagged them properly. Just recently he removed both the images without himself discussing it in the talk page (unless he was the same person who discussed only one) with the edit here [3] Then ContiE assumed bad faith, added his constant insult of troll in the talk page. It appears on a completed different wiki, a comedy one in all things, somebody else stole my username and I believe this was Conti himself and uploaded them. ContiE showed it as his reason. While vandalism like his, I would revert and mention it, he would ban me permanently if I undid his edit. That is why I am asking admins for help. He holds a couple of accounts on wikipedia and I think they are administrators so I have to be careful who I tell about this. Arights 06:43, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

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Mitt Romney

Noitall,

I saw that you have edited this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney

This page is the #2 site that comes up when doing a "Mitt Romney" google. In my opinion, it is better than any other Mitt Romney article. However, it is not very comprehensive. I'm trying to make something more like a Mitt Romney book, instead of a Mitt Romney Article. The website is here:

http://myclob.pbwiki.com/

I examine many additional topics, but I want more perspectives than just my own. I would like you to help contribute, if you would like. Just e-mail me at: mike.laub@gmail.com, and I will give you the password!

Until we get more people working on it, I would like to keep the password a secret. I do not have enough time to correct graffiti.

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Image:Blaze_Starr_movie_2.jpg

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Lincoln

"By the way, where is Lincoln, Nebraska?" - where is Nebraska? -Ashley Pomeroy 14:45, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Lakemont Memorial Gardens

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:UK Sun Front Page,Beslan School Terror, 2,Sept 6,2004.jpg

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NowCommons: Image:Balt. Fire 1904 - West from Pratt and Gay Streets 3a.jpg

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Taney and the Republican Party

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Nikki Benz

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This is why only 4th graders and power-hungry no-lifes edit on Wiki. If you looked at the 3 THREE sources I provided, the name is well-known. EVEN MORE, SHE PUTS HER OWN NAME ON HER OWN FACEBOOK PAGE. But instead, we have serial reverters who do no work, check no sources, and are either really lazy or just power hungry fools. AND EVEN MORE, A POWER HUNGRY FOOL SUCH AS YOU THREATENS ME BECAUSE IT IS YOUR LITTLE SANDBOX THAT YOU WANT TO PLAY IN, AND WIKI GIVES YOU ALL THE POWER. Instead, how about editing and making it better, ha?

Orphaned non-free image File:Blaze Starr movie 2.jpg

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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The Resilient Barnstar

		The Resilient Barnstar
		For insisting on the public-friendly term for the article on the public issue of Islamic terrorism. Nxavar (talk) 11:22, 17 August 2021 (UTC)