User talk:Karatenerd

Karatenerd 06:04, 3 June 2006 (UTC) ==sfsdfasdf==aSfkjfdklsdlfkjhKaratenerd 23:21, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for experimenting with the page Owned on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. --Conrad Devonshire ^Talk 02:55, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't actually see the picture, but when you inserted it, you accidentally blanked a paragraph of text. And about the message, it is an automated template message, not a personal one.--Conrad Devonshire ^Talk 03:00, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image tagging for Image:Gibsonpatriot.jpg[edit]

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Fair Usage[edit]

Regarding the above image please self-revert the Mel Gibson article as the image you've uploaded does not qualify for fair usage there. The Patriot (2000 film) article would be the only article that would qualify for usage of the patriot image you've uploaded. Thanks. (→Netscott) 19:00, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is a warning. Do not replace (through uncommenting out) this image in the Mel Gibson article. If you do so you are likely to face blocking per Wikipedia's blocking policy regarding such material. Thanks. (→Netscott) 19:21, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

By all means edit according to Wikipedia's fair use policy relative to any given article. (→Netscott) 19:24, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Do not make false accusations. You have now had your fair use image addtions reverted by not only myself but also by User:Freakofnurture. If you continue you will be blocked. I tried being polite with you and such politeness failed to get your attention. I suspect that a block will be slightly more attention getting. (→Netscott) 19:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Do not refer to User:Freakofnurture as "freak-head". You have not properly understood the policy. Because there is a viable free alternative image to show who Mel Gibson is there is no valid fair use rationale to use other images of him on the article about him. Rather than spend time arguing I would recommend that you try to find a free alternative image of him that meets your approval. (→Netscott) 20:01, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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

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Greetings again, please see Wikipedia:Fair_use#Counterexamples, specifically #5. This image belongs to the press agency Wireimage. This is why this image you've uploaded doesn't qualify for Fair use on the Mel Gibson article. Thanks.

Also know that User:Stellatomailing uploaded that exact image but after understanding the above explanation he requested its deletion. (→Netscott) 05:20, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Melpremiere.jpg listed for deletion[edit]

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Previous Fair Use example[edit]

Karatenerd, please see this talk regarding an image of Ayaan Hirsi Ali to better understand the whole question of free images vs. fair use images. Thanks. (→Netscott) 05:06, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Mel Gibson[edit]

I didn't realize until going through the history, what form your earlier comments had taken. I wasn't trying to be offensive or dismissive of your views, I was, probably inappropriately, expressing the dismissiveness w/ which I regard Gibson and anything he says, either against Jews or in apology for such remarks. I'm not surprised he made the statements he made, nor am I surprised he apologized profusely. While I still love watching the Lethal Weapon movies, I have long since lost any respect I once had for Gibson as a person, so his offensive remarks and reconciliatory pleas hold the same lack of interest for me. All I was saying, of relevance to the discussion on the article talk page, is that while until he says [soberly] "I hate Jews" or something like that, or starts funding the US Nazi Partei, etc., I don't support putting him in Category:Anti-Semites, but! I completely understand why pretty much any reasonable person could well-believe he fits in that category just as surely as Adolf Hitler or Haman. Tom e r ^talk 10:13, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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

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Orphaned fair use image (Image:Gibsonpatriot.jpg)[edit]

This file may be deleted.

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Image:Gibsonpatriot.jpg listed for deletion[edit]

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Fair use rationale for Image:Gibsonpatriot.jpg[edit]

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Thanks for uploading Image:Gibsonpatriot.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use.

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Image:Gibsonsigns.jpg listed for deletion[edit]

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Additionally, there is no copyright details. (→Netscott) 03:13, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use images and Wikipedia[edit]

Karatenerd, there is nothing wrong with the images you've uploaded but they do not qualify for fair use under the {{film-screenshot}} tag which states, "This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted film, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by the studio which produced the film, and possibly also by any actors appearing in the screenshot. It is believed that the use of a limited number of web-resolution screenshots

for identification and critical commentary on the film and its contents"

Please see Wikipedia:Images_and_media_for_deletion/2006_August_9. This was explained to you previously. Please cease trying to use unqualified fair use images on the Mel Gibson article and find a "free use" image that is suitable to your POV on it. (→Netscott) 03:42, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Now you appear to be understanding better. I suggest you add to the above Image for deletion thread saying that the above images are no longer being used on the Mel Gibson article but are now being used in the articles related to the films they correspond to. If you don't add such talk they likely will be deleted. Thanks. (→Netscott) 04:06, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use is only applicable to the Signs film. {{film-screenshot}} specifically states as much. Now you've got the image back in the Mel Gibson article. (→Netscott) 18:54, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No personal attacks[edit]

Please see Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy. Comment on content, not on the contributor; personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Note that continued personal attacks may lead to blocks for disruption. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. This post of yours constitues a personal attack don't make such posts. (→Netscott) 04:28, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism to User talk:152.163.100.71[edit]

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Saddam Hussein[edit]

Only admins can protect an article, and the {{protected}} tag doesn't do it. The article is already semi-protected. -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 03:22, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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dude why revert your Iran text saying nuke them today? you should leave it there! NUKE THEM TODAY!

Yeah you're right, can't let NPOV get in the view of providing information on wikipedia

Image:Leestrobel.jpg[edit]

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Unreferenced BLPs[edit]

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