User talk:Mathewignash/archive1

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Magmatron

Magmatron was marked as a copyvio by User:Crzrussian and deleted by User:Mushroom. Best to contact them for any follow-up. By rights you should have received a message on your talk page about the deletion, but this doesn't always happen. Earlier in the day, the page had been marked for "speedy deletion" possibly for the same reason. Any material copied from other sources may lead to such deletions. Wikipedia is very strict about copyvio and the philosophy "it's on the Net so it's public domain" is not accepted here. Hope this helps. 23skidoo 21:50, 2 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Additional - according to the copyvio archive, the claim is that a substantial portion of the page was identical to [1] and after a quick glance I have to agree. After looking at other postings on your talk page, I recommend you review Wikipedia's copyright policy. 23skidoo 21:55, 2 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your text

Magmatron is a Transformers character who first appeared in the Japanese Beast Wars Neo series, and was later released in the Beast Machines Dinobots line. His body is made up of 3 smaller robots who take the form of a Gigantosaurus, Elasmosaur and a Quetzalcoatlus. They can combine into a humanoid robot form, or that of a giant Fuzor with attributes of all three beasts. His only has one personality, and seems to be somehow related to the Generation One Duocons, only with 3 split forms instead of 2. Magmatron appeared in the Transformers: Universe - Wreckers comics in the US as leader of the Dinobots, as well as a Predacon leader in the IDW Beast Wars comics.

This is your text. If the other text was on the original box it's probably copyrighted, so you can't use it without permission. Please don't add it back, maybe you could rewrite it using different words. Thank you. Mushroom (Talk) 11:58, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If it's a translation, you need permission from both the original author and the translator. The main reason for this is that everything that is put on Wikipedia is automatically released under the GFDL license, so the text becomes free to use and the author loses some rights over it. This is illegal without the author's explicit consent. You can read more about this at Wikipedia:Copyrights or Wikipedia:Copyright FAQ. If you find similar cases of copyright violation on Wikipedia, please report them to WP:CV. Thank you. Mushroom (Talk) 15:52, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tech Specs

Please do not use Wikipedia to promote your fanmade tech specs. If there is information you wish to add, put them in actual text form, not in images. ' ^{(Feeling chatty? ) (Edits!)} 21:42, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Again, stop readding your crap. ' ^{(Feeling chatty? ) (Edits!)} 02:29, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stop it. ' ^{(Feeling chatty? ) (Edits!)} 01:29, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. These are not encyclopedic in any way. Just upload the images you use on the cards, not images that include all of the fake technical information you create for them. They are good pictures, but none of it is fact created by either Mainframe, Hasbro, or the other companies that have produced or been involved with the Transformers franchise. Ryulong 16:33, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Again, do not use the Tech Specs. If you are using them for purposes as an image to show the character, please crop the image as to only show the image. Do not add the fan-made tech specs. Ryulong 22:25, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Links

Links are not supposed to be in section headings, nor is Megatron a "main article" for Megatron (Cybertron). They're different characters. ' ^{(Feeling chatty? ) (Edits!)} 02:29, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pretender Category

DO NOT USE THIS CATEGORY FOR YOUR FANCRUFT. The category concerns something more important than a minor subline of Transformers. ' ^{(Feeling chatty? ) (Edits!)} 02:31, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I created a new category for Category:Pretenders (Transformers), thanks. user:Mathewignash

Links in headers

Noticed you've been doing this a bit lately - haven't rv'd them myself, but I figured I ought to let you know that the Manual of Style says it's a no-no. I've been guilty of violating it a few times myself, and I'm tryin' not to lately. - Chris McFeely

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 17:07, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

License tagging for Image:Csranger.jpg

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This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 14:05, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:Crosswise1.jpg

This media may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:Crosswise1.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then there needs to be an argument why we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then it needs to be specified where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then one should be added. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, consider reading fair use, and then use a tag such as {{fairusein|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other media, consider checking that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Fritz Saalfeld (Talk) 11:32, 10 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ransack

Another editor has added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Ransack, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the editor doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Importance). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia or discuss the relevant issues at Talk:Ransack. If you remove the {{prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached.

Again, please do not remove tags on articles placed by other editors. This can be seen as vandalism and can result in a block. Also, please assume good faith when dealing with other editors. Calling out other users as "morons" is not acceptable behaviour. Thanks. --Madchester 20:21, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

June 2006

You have been blocked temporarily from editing for abuse of editing privileges. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

If you believe that there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.

{{unblock|I did remove the maintenance tag on the [[Ransack]] page and put in thr talk why I thought it shouldn't be deleted. Where do I go to talk about the pages' possiblke deletion then? Does someone else remove the tag after a while? What is the proper amount of time? As for the maintenance note, I'll leave it there, but I'll still state my reason why I think the article is fine. Is that acceptable?}}

To quote your first edit summary "(rv - removed moron addition - Ransace is the name of several characters - one Insecticon and several Decepticons", please see the policies for no personal attacks and civility. --pgk^(talk) 16:46, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the removal of the {{unsourced}} tags wikipedia relies articles to be cited from reliable sources and does not permit original research. Someone watching the show and writing about it or reading a box is totally inadequate. --pgk^(talk) 16:50, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Talk page comments and warnings

This is your last warning. Removing warnings from your talk page is c-onsidered vandalism. You will be blocked from editing Wikipedia and your talk page will be protected from editing if you do it again.

Please stop removing comments and warnings from your talk page. Thanks. --Madchester 18:53, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I can't even remove a warning tag about an image having no copyright info, where the image has now been fixed? I was just trying to save space once the issue was closed. Sorry user:mathewignash - 6-22-06

The warning was a bit harsh but it is correct. The only way to remove stuff from a talk page is to archive it. See Wikipedia:How to archive a talk page. Cheers! Sasquatch t|c 04:55, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Copyrights

DO NOT USE FULL TECH SPEC/BIO TEXT! That is copyrighted work, and Wikipedia:Copyright#Using copyrighted work from others expressely forbids that. No, that much does not fall under fair use. At all. Please remove all Tech Spec/Bio text, or I will be forced to list all of the offending articles on Wikipedia:Copyright problems and report you. ' ^{(Feeling chatty? ) (Edits!)} 05:50, 25 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

License tagging for Image:Sideswipe-armada.jpg

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