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Better source request for Image:MSU_Libraries_Special_Collections.jpg

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DYK

On 2 April, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Red Forest, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

-- ALoan (Talk) 20:59, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies for the mixup - I have copied the "creator" notification here from User talk:KNM and swapped it there for a "nominator" one. -- ALoan (Talk) 19:31, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

On 22 April, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Michigan State University Libraries, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Carabinieri 13:50, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Brain Trust

Haha... how do you know I'm an atheist? ;) — BRIAN0918 • 2007-04-23 17:04Z

re: MSU comic book library

Nice section... but...

Cite format consistency: The in-line web link (#13 atm) should be moved to the reference section as the other cites in the section are (#17-#20 atm).

Content: All three paragraphs seem to be either complete or substantial direct lifts from the cited sources. Since the article is up for GA status, this needs to be addressed. While the numbers and types of items in the collection are hard facts, the presentation needs to be re-worded.

Numbers: This is related to content. Each of the three paragraphs give a different size for the size of the collection. What may be need is to put them in historical context. For example cite #18 appears to be a doc that was prepared in 1998, so the "100,000 items" is out of date. It may be useful though to show how the collection has grown over the past 9 years. Also, with the rewording mentioned above, the current numbers should be grouped together for clarity. On the side: It would be nice to have the size of the initial collection.

Questionable cite: #17 (current number) seems out of place. It links to what looks like the entry page to the on-line catalogue, but it doesn't contain any information.

Hope this helps.

- J Greb 17:18, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jerusalem FAC

The featured article candidate discussion of Jerusalem (archived here) has been restarted. Please check if the current version of the article has addressed your concerns, if any, and voice your opinion on the FAC at the current nomination. nadav 19:02, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Michigan State University student housing

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Michigan State University student housing, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Philippe 04:15, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Ubuntu 7.04 Screenshot.png)

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Image licenses

I've just marked Image:Waterloo Vase.jpg for deletion; you had uploaded it as cc-by, but the source said nothing of the sort - it explicitly stated it was copyright to the V&A.

Looking through your other uploads, the same can be said for Image:MSU Libraries Special Collections.jpg (no license quoted), Image:Michigan State University Libraries Main Building.JPG ("© 2007 Michigan State University Board of Trustees"), Image:Hidden lake Gardens logo (2).jpg (no license given at source), Image:The Cold War UofM v.s MSU.jpg (no license quoted), and Image:Entrouage 3.jpg (so blatantly a copyright-reserved image). There are more, at least as many again...

Is there some reason you're uploading these and claiming them as released under a license, when you're clearly not the rightsholder? Shimgray | talk | 18:14, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just remember the simple rule: do you own the rights to the image? Unless the answer is "yes", you can't say they're licensed under any terms not explicitly quoted from the place you obtained it... Shimgray | talk | 00:55, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Notability of Raymar Morgan

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Unspecified source for Image:Hiromi_Oshima.jpg

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Copyright Issues on Michigan State University Libraries

I've found that several of your additions to the article on Michigan State University Libraries are direct word-for-word duplications of text from the MSU website (e.g. your edit here seems a copy and paste from here).

I am assuming that the copyright to all text on the MSU site is reserved by Michigan State, and therefore cannot be duplicated elsewhere without their express permission (a citation is not enough). All phrases and sentences on Wikipedia must be original and unique per WP:COPYVIO. If I have in some way misunderstood your additions please feel free to let me know either here or on my talk page, but until then a great deal of the subject article may need to be deleted, even beyond those sections I have already removed. -Markeer 14:45, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WP:CVU status

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Image

Hi. I noticed you uploaded the image Image:Michigan State Police Logo.jpg but didn't provide any Fair-Use rationale, so I took the liberty of adding it for you. Without this information, images are likely to be deleted. Just thought I would let you know. - Rjd0060 03:33, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I hate to see useful images (such as that) get deleted because they are lacking a fu rationale. Anytime! - Rjd0060 15:06, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Michigan State Police Logo.jpg)

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Copyright problems

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Chris Martin

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The YouTube video link you added. Its copyrighted material and shouldn't be in any article. In this case, you added one to Chris Martins' article. The "block" thing is if you continue to add the link into the article. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 23:26, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

From my POV you didn't "vandalize", you just inserted material that Wikipedia doesn't go with. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 23:46, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Michigan State University Gleeclub logo.gif

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MSU Men's Glee Club

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Image:Ruins-Botiza.JPG

Hi. I suppose you're also Grosscha on Commons. Could you answer that question? I didn't really understand what your problem was about this picture... Thanks. Regards. --86.67.47.199 (talk) 12:17, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Choncordia

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Image:The Cold War UofM v.s MSU.jpg

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Replaceable fair use Image:Tom_Izzo_at_Midnight_madness.jpg

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GA Pass

Thanks for the props. I have already added the credit in a half dozen places (most importantly at WP:CHIFTD and WP:CHIGA, but also on several places in my user space). I still have to add it at my articles by project page, but I will get to it soon. If you like my work I am accepting tigers in a gallery on my user page. Thanks for the review. I still have a lot of work to do on the page to make WP:FA for the WP:FT drive. I have about 10 Time articles and about 50 or 60 New York Times articles to get to plus a 400 page book on the park. I have got one more possible Michigan GA up my sleeve. My current to do list is WP:CHIFTD, Jon Corzine, Jon Burge (GA attempt #4) and Michigan Wolverines men's basketball, which is a redirect.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 16:42, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cool Tiger.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 18:10, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

When I go to WP:GA, I do not see the article listed. Did you finish passing the article?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 18:35, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA Thanks

Thanks for your efforts:

This user helped promote Millennium Park to good article status.

--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 18:36, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed deletion of File:Hidden lake Gardens logo (2).jpg

The file File:Hidden lake Gardens logo (2).jpg has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Unused logo with no article used.

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Proposed deletion of Perfect Pass

The article Perfect Pass has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

The article is poorly sourced and feels close to an advert. The only one source the article contains has little to do with the article and lacks detail to be a valid reference for the text of the article.

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File permission problem with File:Jimmy siemers.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Jimmy siemers.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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