User talk:Black Mesa

Welcome[edit]

Hi There. If you would like to contact me about anything, please do via:

Posting your query here
Emailing me at townfan10 (at) gmail (dot) com

Thank you, David

Image copyright problem with Image:Darren_Aronofsky.jpg[edit]

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Gavin & Stacey[edit]

Hi David. The text you added to the Gavin & Stacey article was lifted directly from the BBC Three website, which is copyrighted material. That means that you can paste it into a Wikipedia article, as that violates copyright law. So please do keep adding content, but make sure that it's stuff you've written yourself, not stuff you've "borrowed" from elsewhere! Let me know if you have any other questions. Thanks, CLW 20:21, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks[edit]

Thanks for reading. Beware of the spoilers, though. Sometimes I'm a prick about letting the ending go when I feel like ranting about it.Robixsmash 21:36, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

==Jack Barwell==

A tag has been placed on Jack Barwell, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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Blocked[edit]

It appears that this account has been compromised and is being used for vandalism. AS a precautionary measure and to prevent further vandalism I have blocked the account until further notice. If you wish to request an unblocking or dispute the block, you may contest the block by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} Waggers 11:12, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Black Mesa (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

Hi there. I was at school, and my friends saw that I was logged in on my account, and being the annoying little bastards that they are ^^ they decided to vandalize a bit... sorry about this... I wouldn't like to be blocked, I do enjoy editing on wikipedia :)

Decline reason:

Hi there, could you please email at unblock-en-l at lists.wikimedia.org from the email address listed on your talk page to verify that you've secured your account once more. Thanks. -- Netsnipe ► 06:32, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Original unblock request was improperly formatted. This has been corrected. --Sigma 7 02:55, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've contacted the blocking admin to request comments; in the meantime, please bear with us, and thanks for your patience. – Luna Santin (talk) 03:36, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just a note to the blocking admin: given the pages which were targeted during the vandalism spree, the explanation does kind of hold up. See User:Black Mesa. Pascal.Tesson 03:38, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm more than happy with the explanation, it certainly looked that way from the contribution history. I think it's safe to unblock this user - we can always re-block if the vandalism restarts. I'll proceed with the unblock. Waggers 09:42, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Black Mesa, you're now free to edit again. Welcome back. Waggers 09:46, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Barnstar[edit]

Hey, thank you for the barnstar! I didn't even notice it on my user page until today. I've moved it here, if you don't mind. What contributions of mine did you notice? If you ever have any questions about working on film articles, let me know, and I'd be happy to help out. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 15:34, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see from your contributions that you were the one that responded to my The Fountain request at the ref. desk. Thank you for the link, though I was not really able to use it. I am looking for academic studies of the film similar to what's here. It seems that the film is too new for such studies yet, but I was trying to see if any had come out yet. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 18:22, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I understand now. :) I'm a cinephile myself, so I enjoy using Wikipedia to learn about films (especially upcoming ones) and to share that knowledge as well. Best of luck with your pursuit, and I hope to see you around! —Erik (talk • contrib) - 19:21, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'll have to take a look when I get home -- I can't access YouTube at work! (I know, I'm editing at work... heh.) —Erik (talk • contrib) - 19:28, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Where did you read about Cloverfield being shot in digital? I'd like to add a citation for that information; a group of editors and I are fairly strict about verifying new information at the film article due to a lot of added speculation. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 19:48, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I found the information at the existing EW citation used in the article and re-formatted the information. Hope you don't mind! Just want to back every factoid up. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 19:56, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Web links are appropriate if they come from reliable sources. A lot of major media have their news online these days, so it's acceptable to use links from these. Of course, using IMDb forums as a link would not work. Thanks for the added bit, anyway! —Erik (talk • contrib) - 20:50, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Fair use rationale for Image:0345486218.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1111852300_.jpg[edit]

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WikiProject Filmmaking Announcement[edit]

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Speedy deletion of Spill (Website)[edit]

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WikiProject Films coordinator elections[edit]

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Fair use rationale for Image:This is england film poster.jpg[edit]

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Your You Tube Videos[edit]

As you may be aware, YouTube has recently come in for criticism over it's handling of copyrighted works.

I note that you have a number of potentially interesting videos on You Tube that you link to from your user page.

Instead of supporting troubled proprietary sites, Why not support projects that value creative talent and assist in ensuring that a viewing public can enjoy and expand upon it?

Wikimedia Commons is one project that needs creative content (under licensing that lets people enjoy and expand upon it).

It would be much appreciated if you would consider migrating videos for which you are the copyright owner to 'open' formats like Ogg Theora, and moving them from 'failed' proprietary sites like YouTube to community sites like Wikimedia Commons, under an appropriate license. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 21:07, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Music you don't own the rights to would need replacing, and you should probably do this anyway,

there is a growing selection of usable Creative Commons music if you know where to look :) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 11:47, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Video Notes[edit]

Assuming you still have the original source footage (i.e MPEG's, AVIS, Quicktime etc.. and are able to replace the music with appropriately licensed/atrributed Creative Commons material,

The following page on commons will assist in getting video to OGV format:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rama/video_commands

Sfan00 IMG (talk) 11:57, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

see also Wikimedia Commons,Creative Commons,Copyright in music on English Wikipedia . Sfan00 IMG (talk) 12:05, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Films roll call and coordinator elections[edit]

Roll call and Coordinator nominations

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WikiProject Films coordinator elections - voting now open![edit]

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