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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 65.78.13.238 (talk) at 04:19, 21 February 2008 (→Piping and templates: new section). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

In regards to your question, that picture was deleted because it did not have a copyright tag on it. For an image to be used here, of course anyone viewing the image has to know what the copyright status is on it, whether it's Template:PD, Template:Non-free television screenshot, or otherwise. These tags are representation of where we can use said images, so they are vital, and images lacking them are deleted. With the way our image policies are, that's what I have to do. Wizardman 04:05, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply] 

{{help me}}

Thanks for your help and courtesy, Wizardman. So if I add

and upload it again will that be OK? ThanksFoofbun 07:04, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that'll suffice. Dihydrogen Monoxide 07:53, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I've noticed that the still in 'Red Nightmare' has been removed. As it is 1) prior to 1978, and 2) the film was initially made for, commissioned by, and shown by the US Government I believe it is exempt from copyright; can it be restored please? Thank youFoofbun 07:33, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You can re-upload it, or ask the admin who deleted it. Dihydrogen Monoxide 07:53, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you everyone for your help and courtesy.Foofbun 08:42, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image removals

If ImageRemovalBot removed an image, it's because somebody deleted it. Without knowing exactly which image was deleted, I can't tell you why. --Carnildo 08:39, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Thank you for your prompt reply, your help and courtesy. I'm slowly getting used to thisFoofbun 08:42, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Question on image to Carnildo

{{help me]] Hi Carnildo,

I've a question on the deletion of the image Bondthrillers. jpg from 'The James Bond Theme' article in Wik. My reasons for believing it no longer copyrighted, are 1)pre 1978, 1965 actually 2)the record company is no longer in business 3)there are no stills from any film or any actors appearing in the picture; the characters in the picture are models. I believe the image is attractive and well suits the theme of 'covers'.

Otherwise do you know how I could trace the copyright on a record cover that doesn't feature performing artists from a record company that is now defunct (through conglomerations and take overs)?

Thanks for your help and patienceFoofbun 08:50, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

PS That same image of the male model with a gun on the London album cover was also reused on a Cheltenham Orchestra (Wyncote Records) cover of Bond themes, so as Wyncote was an American firm I don't think there would be any copyright as they weren't suedFoofbun 21:24, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

John Goddard (adventurer)

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Tin soldier

Hi, I moved your recent link from the tin soldier page to the toy soldier page instead - it's proper place, since they're plastic... ;-) Greetings, --Janke | Talk 08:45, 9 December 2007 (UTC) Good thinking, Janke. I think that the plastic comic book flats are the only flat figures most Americans are familiar with. Thanks for letting me knowFoofbun (talk) 11:03, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of British anti-invasion preparations of World War II (disambiguation)

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Speedy deletion of Brad Harris

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AfD nomination of Brad Harris

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Your edit to Theater (structure)

Hi. I reverted this, partly because it was a self link and partly because it is such an uncommon word (outside of Australia and New Zealand, that is) that it merits an explanatory sentence of its own. Something along the line of “In Australia and New Zealand [or wherever the term applies] these are a feature of... [perhaps naming communities that have them] where they are known as ‘theatrettes’ ” . You could give a reference from The Australian Oxford Dictionary, ISBN 0195517962. What do you think? --Old Moonraker (talk) 08:30, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Belated Welcome + Waltzing Matilda

Firstly I note no -on has welcomed you !?! - so here it is with hopefully some helpful links and tips: Welcome!

Hello, Foofbun, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question and then place {{helpme}} before the question on your talk page. Again, welcome! --Matilda talk 22:05, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Next ... you wrote at Talk:Waltzing Matilda#Waltzing Matilda and the 1st Marine Division: As a former Marine of the 1st Mar Div and an Australian I challenge the statement that 'Waltzing Matilda' is an official march of the Division. As a participant in many Division parades I have never, ever heard the tune played.

  • I have tagged for a citation. A possible source is http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/WM/ which has been cited elsewhere in the article. Note that this is not an endorsed ANU page but a personal page of a member of staff (These community service pages are a joint offering of the Australian National University (which provides the infrastructure), and Roger Clarke (who provides the content). + Visiting Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology which probably does not make him an academic on this subject).
Clarke states:

I understand that the tune (without the words) is the marching song of the U.S. 1st Marine Division. In 2003, Col Pat Garrett USMC confirmed that it was/is played every morning immediately after The Marines Hymn ('From the Halls of Montezuma . . .') following the raising of the National colo(u)rs at 0800, and at Divisional parades. Further, "The Division was raised at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina in early 1941, and became associated with Waltzing Matilda when the Marines came to Melbourne in early 1943 for rest and refit following the successful retaking of Guadalcanal, and before it returned to combat at Cape Gloucester in New Britain in the Northern Solomons in September of that year"

I would be interested in your response regards Matilda talk 22:05, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]


    • The news story on the 65th anniversary sounded reasonably official. Unfortuantely the websites supporting the Marines - ie.mil - were down this morning and I couldn't check any of the links from pages put up by Marines. That would be my preference too for a citation to support the claim. Regards --Matilda talk 06:06, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Piping and templates

Please remember that when the article title includes an identifier, such as Tightrope (TV series), you can and should use the pipe symbol "|" just before the closing "]]" of the link. This will automatically convert the link so that although it still points to "Tightrope (TV series)", it appears to a reader as just "Tightrope". Remember, we want to show the reader the actual name of the show, not the name that Wikipedia picked for the article on that show. (The exceptions, of course, are Wikipedia's disambiguation pages, where we are trying to identify which of multiple Wikipedia articles with similar titles is the one the reader actually wants.)

Also, since you seem to work on many film and TV articles, you will probably want to learn how to use the templates {{imdb title}} and {{imdb name}}. -- 65.78.13.238 (talk) 04:19, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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