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Image copyright problem with Image:Baron-&-Friends.jpg

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Baron Wolman

Since you appear to be Baron Wolman's assisatn you reallt should not be editing the article on him. It is extremely hard for people to write neutrally about subjects with which they have a close perosnal involvement. Just zis Guy you know? 21:59, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

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No, I am not Baron Wolman's assistant and in no way whatsoever work for him. I am acquainted with him and a long-time admirer of his work for Rolling Stone magazine.Scribblerman (talk) 01:28, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Possibly unfree Image:Baron-&-Friends.jpg

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Image permission problem with Image:Baron-&-Friends.jpg

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Image permission problem with Image:Tim-ware-group-1983.jpg

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Image copyright problem with Image:Baron-&-Friends.jpg

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Scribblerman

I created the entry for the graphic designer Michael Patrick Cronan. He provided a photo which was taken by a mutual friend and which he owns completely. It was deleted by the bot. Please let the photo remain. Thanks!

It would be best for the mutual friend, or copyright holder to upload the image into Wikipedia. Then they can grant permission as they do it. If someone else uploads it they have to prove that permission is given, which is much harder. One possible way is to have Terry Lorant put a message on his web site granting permission for the use of a picture there. The license granted must be one of the free ones appropriate for Wikipedia, such as CC-BY-SA. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:53, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with File:Michael-Patrick-Cronan.jpg

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Unreferenced BLPs

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File source and copyright licensing problem with File:Dr-Darryl-S-Inaba.jpg

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Proposed deletion of Darryl S. Inaba

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Scribblerman

I have added the reference to Dr. Inaba's entry -- sorry about that! -- as well as provided the source of the photo of Dr Inaba, which is his personal property.

Please let me know if I need to do anything else to comply with Wikipedia's terms. Scribblerman (talk) 01:26, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Hello, I saw your post here and I have a few questions/comments for you. First of all concerning the article on Mr. Inaba. It looks like a good start, but I think it could possibly use a few more citations... particularly inline citations (example User:Feinoha/CiteExample). Another thing that I noticed was that, while you did state that Mr. Inaba, was the source of the file File:Dr-Darryl-S-Inaba.jpg you did not state what conditions he published the image under. I hope this helps, but if not please feel free to post a message to my talk page and I'll try to elaborate on your problem. Feinoha ^{Talk, My master} 04:34, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Scribblerman

Thanks for the assistance. I added one reference using the ref tag. I also updated the image with copyright/usage info. Just let me know if more is needed. I'm looking into adding more references. Scribblerman (talk) 05:25, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

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These links have been fixed. Thanks for the heads up! Scribblerman (talk) 16:14, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

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File:Cover Art for "Shelter From the Norm" LP, by Tim Ware Group, 1983.jpg listed for deletion

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File:Cover Art for "Shelter From the Norm" LP, by Tim Ware Group, 1983.jpg

I'm confused, do you own the rights to this or is it being used under a claim of fair use?

If you own the rights to this album cover (as you say in this edit summary), please see WP:CONSENT for how you can send a message to permissions-en@wikimedia.org with a statement of permission. (Messages sent to this address are handled by me or one of the other OTRS volunteers. Anything you submit is confidential and will not be posted here. It is important that we be able to verify the authenticity of the permission in order to protect you from having someone plagiarize your work and falsely claiming to "license" it.)

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File:Tim-mando-mickey.jpg

I would also like to ask about File:Tim-mando-mickey.jpg, if I may. The caption in the article says, "photo by Steve Smith". The image description page says (probably incorrect, since selfies were not a thing at the time) "Tim Ware, 1981 Photo by Tim Ware". I'm assuming that the image description page is simply wrong.

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I was just notified that the email sent to confirm Todd Boekelheide's permission to use the photo of him taken by his wife was insufficient because it wasn't from his wife. She will send an email confirming she's the copyright holder and grants permission to her husband to use the photo she took of him Scribblerman (talk) 21:25, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

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Lugnuts I received notification that you'd reverted the entry for Todd Boekelheide due to its using IMDb as a cite/reference. I'm sorry for my ignorance on this error and I am redoing the entry to eliminate all such uses and will repost the content. Hopefully it will then pass muster. Scribblerman (talk) 16:32, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

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