User talk:The Machine UK

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Hello, The Machine UK, 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 on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! Ashanda (talk) 15:51, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use Image:Kara_Scott_publicity_photo.jpg

Replaceable fair use

Thanks for uploading Image:Kara_Scott_publicity_photo.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:

Go to the media description page and edit it to add {{di-replaceable fair use disputed}}, without deleting the original replaceable fair use template.
On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.

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Re: Image:Kara_Scott_publicity_photo.jpg

Hi.

I don't understand why an image that I uploaded (Image:Kara_Scott_publicity_photo.jpg) was deleted (apparently without discussion) on grounds that "it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information", when:-

I contested its deletion
As I pointed out on the {{di-replaceable fair use disputed}} tag, no free-use alternative exists.

Surely that was enough to have the image kept? --The Machine (talk) 15:51, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nope. Fair use images of living people are only allowed under very very special circumstances. See this page. Seeing as Kara Scott is alive and seems to be in the public eye a fair amount, it is reasonable for someone to take their own photo of her and release it under a free license. Melesse (talk) 03:11, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well as of yet, it would appear that no-one has done, and that page that you pointed me to has a {{historical}} tag on it, which says, "Either the page is no longer relevant or consensus has become unclear."

As the page is still relevant, I can only assume that that means that there is currently no consensus regarding the use of fair-use images of living people. --The Machine (talk) 16:33, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's in the policy,here, I just like to use that page because it gives the most detailed explanation as to why. Melesse (talk) 21:18, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

lopado...

I was looking at the aforementioned article with a long title, and I noticed that you had added ouzo to the list of ingredients. If this was simply random nonsense, then you need do nothing further, as I have reverted it. However, if this was a good faith edit, then I would like to hear what your basis for it was. Please feel free to respond to this query on the article's talk page, as I have it on my watchlist. Many thanks. Atelaes (talk) 02:46, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have responded on the article's talk page. Atelaes (talk) 08:04, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oxford Wikimania 2010 and Wikimedia UK v2.0 Notice

Hi,

As a regularly contributing UK Wikipedian, we were wondering if you wanted to contribute to the Oxford bid to host the 2010 Wikimania conference. Please see here for details of how to get involved, we need all the help we can get if we are to put in a compelling bid.

We are also in the process of forming a new UK Wikimedia chapter to replace the soon to be folded old one. If you are interested in helping shape our plans, showing your support or becoming a future member or board member, please head over to the Wikimedia UK v2.0 page and let us know. We plan on holding an election in the next month to find the initial board, who will oversee the process of founding the company and accepting membership applications. They will then call an AGM to formally elect a new board who after obtaining charitable status will start the fund raising, promotion and active support for the UK Wikimedian community for which the chapter is being founded.

You may also wish to attend the next London meet-up at which both of these issues will be discussed. If you can't attend this meetup, you may want to watch Wikipedia:Meetup, for updates on future meets.

We look forward to hearing from you soon, and we send our apologies for this automated intrusion onto your talk page!

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