 Freqently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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Q: Why have you reduced the size of my file?
A: In accordance with Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria 3(b): An entire work is not used if a portion will suffice. Low, rather than high-resolution/fidelity/bit rate, is used (especially where the original could be used for deliberate copyright infringement). If you believe I have made an error in reducing the image, please let me know. If there was no error is the lowering in the resolution, please keep the image reduced and keep it tagged until an administrator has deleted the larger versions of the image.
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Q: Why have you tagged my file as {{di-bad fair use}} 10(c)?
A: I have tagged it as in violation of Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria 10(c): The name of each article (a link to each article is also recommended) in which fair use is claimed for the item, and a separate, specific non-free use rationale for each use of the item, as explained at Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline. The rationale is presented in clear, plain language and is relevant to each use. Meaning, provide a fair use rationale on the file description page, every time you use it on a different article. Otherwise it does not meet criteria for inclusion and it can be nominated for deletion.
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Q: Why have you removed my image from an article because of 10(c)?
A: The file does not have a fair use rationale on the file description page for why it is on that article. If you add a rationale, you are free to use the image on the article once again.
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Q: Why have you tagged my file as {{di-bad fair use}} 10(a)?
A: I have tagged it as in violation of Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria 10(a): Identification of the source of the material, supplemented, where possible, with information about the artist, publisher and copyright holder; this is to help determine the material's potential market value. A source for where the image was taken from needs to be specified, otherwise it will be marked for deletion.
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Q: Why have you added {{deletable image-caption}} to an article?
A: This is to notify users that the image next to the caption is a candidate for speedy deletion in a number of days due to problems specified on the image description page.
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Q: Couldn't you just fix this image problem yourself?
A: While I tag and re-sizing images, I do keep a look-out for things I can fix, rather than tag it for fixing. There is somewhere near 340,000 non-free images on Wikipedia, so I can't do this alone.
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Q: Are you an administrator?
A: No, I am not an administrator here. I can not protect or delete pages, move over redirects, or block users. For a full list of privileges I have, and projects where I have them, see this page. Also, if you offer to nominate me for adminiship, I will probably decline. I have had a few nominations in the past, the last being in 2006. If I ever run again, it will be a long time from now.
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I repaired a mistake, my apologies.Berton 00:19, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hey there - I'm impartial on this one, but there was a bit of wonder as to this edit of yours, and why you redirected an article on Indonesian naming patterns to a oppressive Indonesian leader (see this edit to WP:SPLICE). Anyhow, just letting you know and while I'm assuming good faith you may want to drop the fellow a note of explanation. Cheers, Snoutwood (talk) 15:59, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- That's pretty much what I figured - no worries, catch you around the wiki! Snoutwood (talk) 16:14, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
What is your source for him legally changing his name? TJ Spyke 21:45, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- The wrestler, Andrew "Test" Martin. You moved the page and said he legally changed his name, but you provided no source. TJ Spyke 21:50, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
WP:LA
I see that Steve Block just did an update. Your earlier edits caught most of the newly inactives beforehand, but many inactives that returned to active or semiactive, you did not get. You also made me decide to combine the active and semiactives on my list together, since such distinctions are unimportant to me (while inactive and former are important to me). Just some rambling thoughts :). Cheers, NoSeptember 11:43, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
- I try to make my list useful by having differences between it and WP:LA (in fact, I added a bit about how the lists differ to my list). Given that, I'm OK with having both active and semi-active as separate sections at WP:LA, I just think we shouldn't get too obsessed with constantly keeping it perfectly updated. The point is, when someone wants to contact an admin that they are directed to the active ones, so that they get a better response, so removing semi-actives from the actives made sense (and was first implemented in July 2005 IIRC). NoSeptember 14:00, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
It is incorrect to list me along with users who lost their adminships as a result of arbcom sancation. The case you referred to was a "spurious arbitration on relatively flimsly evidence" according to Neutrality and Snowspinner. Instead, I gave up my adminship by quitting Wikipedia. I assume you are acting in good faith, however, as I cannot expect you to be familiar with the details of a case that came up before you even became a Wikipedia editor. 172 | Talk 09:49, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't appreciate the tone of your reply on my talk page. I am not a user in bad standing. I am one of Wikipedia's veteran editors, and I have donated quite a lot of time to this site for which I probably could have been paid for the same kind of work anywhere else. And I did not abuse my adminship. If you have no interest in discussing this matter with me, take it to the arbcom for clarification. I recommend asking Simon P in particular, who assured me once by email that he would clarify things to any user under the confusion with which you're dealing. 172 | Talk 03:56, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Look, I think you are a good, well-intentioned user, and you're merely confused about a situation which took place before you started work on the site. I don't want us to be on bad terms. I'm sorry if my replies to you came across as terse earlier. If you want, we can can both go ahead and restore the messages from each other on our respective pages and settle this matter in a more friendly manner. 172 | Talk 04:15, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Do you have an email account to which I can send some exchanges with arbitrators? I also recommend you take a look at this comment [1] by long-time arbitrator Neutrality noting that I gave up my adminship. 172 | Talk 04:22, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Are non-admins allowed to close AfDs with a clear consensus to be kept?
Exir KamalabadiJoin Esperanza! 09:09, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes they can. --Terence Ong (T | C) 09:33, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I convey my best wishes on your birthday. All the best! --Bhadani 00:01, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- I know Wikipedia is highly addictive, and it makes one forget so many personal things! I do believe that you must have surely forgotten your birthday. --Bhadani 00:12, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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