Douglaspohl

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Reversion

Edits you've recently made on Northwest Passage have been reverted. Please read our guideline on source reliability. Wikipedia is only as good as the verify-ability of the facts in the article. Self-published content isn't a preferred method of sourcing information. Please cite reportage from a disinterested third-party with a good track-record.SwordsmanRyan (talk) 18:19, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

I am a third-party - nothing to do with the vessel or crew - did you examine the technical reference? Technical details on how a mariner proves the voyage route - Cowper used HAM radio transmissions publishing his GPS track line records in real time using APRS posted on the Internet domain aprs.fi. I understand that you might not appreciate this route accomplishment as a world record but it is - the first yacht in the recorded 161 year history since discovery to navigate the original route and make it an official Northwest Passage by crossing the Atlantic Arctic Circle and the Pacific Arctic Circle. I have re-posted this content.

At 1533Z on August 29, 2012, David Scott Cowper and Jane Maufe aboard motor yacht POLAR BOUND, became the first

yacht to navigate the original Northwest Passage through McClure Strait discovered by Captain Robert McClure aboard HMS INVESTIGATOR in 1851. The POLAR BOUND Departed the United Kingdom in August 2012 and arrived Nome Alaska in September 2012 to make it an official Northwest Passage by crossing both the Atlantic Arctic Circle and the Pacific Arctic Circle.

Douglaspohl (talk) 18:54, 27 November 2012 (UTC) Please respect the truth. 27 November 2012.

Please do not start an edit war. I am merely informing you of another user's reversions. Your edits were reverted initially because (as noted) blogspot is not a reliable reference. While my last message stated "third-party" I should have probably leaned more heavily on "reliability" as a key criteria. Please read our guideline on no original research. What you're doing is essentially using content self-published (by someone else) as a reference. We (the outside community) have no trust in a blog produced specifically to chronicle this event. If a reputable magazine or newspaper published this content, we may accept that they've checked their facts.

I don't doubt that this voyage happened as you've described and I can understand how excited you might be to announce this undertaking. If your data was published by ARRL, Fairplay (magazine), or some other journalistic source this wouldn't be an issue. Wikipedia has guidelines to constrain what content is posted because without verifiability Wikipedia can't/won't be trusted by the public. SwordsmanRyan (talk) 02:50, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Douglaspohl (talk) 22:03, 10 December 2012 (UTC) Note on 20121210 - I just received a personal message from David Scott Cowper and have made his requested revisions. Source: direct communications with the person.

Douglaspohl (talk) 00:34, 17 December 2012 (UTC) What the heck over - you guys are full of double speak - when David Scott Cowper sends me pictures and asks for help posting I believe you should respect his request and allow my posting for him. Get a grip on what is real.

Maybe you're aware of this, but in case not, please don't post Cowper's Winlink email address, or any other amateur/HF radio-related email address, whatever happens. It's imperative that such addresses not be released to the public domain. –Newportm (talk • contribs) 03:30, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Cowper 1-meh-fort-ross-86-88 jpg.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Cowper 1-meh-fort-ross-86-88 jpg.jpg, which you've sourced to Patty Killer Art. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

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File permission problem with File:Cowper 2-meh-lancaster-sound-86.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Cowper 2-meh-lancaster-sound-86.jpg, which you've sourced to Patty Killer Art. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

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If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read the Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 23:17, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Images by David Scott Cowper

David has supplied permission to OTRS. Two images undeleted, and all his images now have an OTRS ticket. If you later upload any more for him, then please add {{OTRS pending}} as "permission", and get David to send the file names to us at OTRS - I have replied to his message to advise him to keep the e-mail, so he can use it to reply, should he wish for any more images to be uploaded.  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 19:40, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

I'm so fed up with Wikipedia editors acting so holy that quit frankly I don't give a damn. I uploaded seven pictures for David Cowper - non are appearing after you removed them... so please fix them back.

Douglaspohl (talk) 21:38, 10 January 2013 (UTC)