User talk:Actdaveor

Welcome

Hello, Actdaveor, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Problems with uploading an image

Hello, I have noticed your feedback about wanting to put an image of yourself and not being allowed. I found out you attempted to upload a picture. I'll explain what was the problem you encountered. The picture you uploaded can also be found on several websites, and this puts the "Own work" declaration at doubt. Also, there's the problem that, being an official picture or something similar, the photographer should give permission too.
So what now? Two ways (assuming you are really David Sparrow):

If you want to use that image and no other, the way to do so is to send an e-mail to OTRS which confirms your ownership of the picture. Any e-mail address will do usually, but if you use an e-mail address from Dave Sparrow's official website (dave@davidsparrow.com, for example), I think there is no doubt that the copyright ownership will be confirmed. A good idea would be to use a boilerplate, such as this one.
Another way, the easiest one and the one I suggest, is to take a new picture of yourself, simply upload it as own work, and you won't have troubles of any kind.

All this assuming you're David Sparrow (if you're not, there's not much you can do to upload the image). Best regards Zidanie5 (talk) 01:39, 4 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]