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File permission problem with File:Kristina Vaculik & Elena Davydova.jpg edit

 

Thanks for uploading File:Kristina Vaculik & Elena Davydova.jpg. 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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Talkback edit

 
Hello, Geezerlaw. You have new messages at WP:MCQ.
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ww2censor (talk) 15:32, 8 August 2012 (UTC)Reply

File source problem with File:Elena Davydova 1980 AA Olympic Gold Medallist.jpg edit

 

Thank you for uploading File:Elena Davydova 1980 AA Olympic Gold Medallist.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the page from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of the website's terms of use of its content. If the original copyright holder is a party unaffiliated with the website, that author should also be credited. Please add this information by editing the image description page.

If the necessary information is not added within the next days, the image will be deleted. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem.

Please refer to the image use policy to learn what images you can or cannot upload on Wikipedia. Please also check any other files you have uploaded to make sure they are correctly tagged. Here is a list of your uploads. If you have any questions or are in need of assistance please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Peripitus (Talk) 12:05, 9 August 2012 (UTC)Reply

List of people who disappeared mysteriously edit

Hi. Please note that there is a consensus that only persons with articles be included in List of people who disappeared mysteriously. Thanks --Dmol (talk) 04:06, 27 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hi. There is nothing in the page that says that - and this is not consistent as there are a number of entries that do not have Wikipedia articles. The two items that I added are famous in Canada and should be on this list. Geezerlaw ([User talk:Geezerlaw|talk]]) 23:44, 26 January 2017

Hello again,

The policy is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Write_the_article_first . This list is for individuals and small groups/crews etc. Have a look at the edit histories to get a better idea. You are right, there are a few that have been added without articles and I'll go thru this later when I get a spare moment. --Dmol (talk) 05:33, 27 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

Please observe the long-running consensus that Dmol has mentioned above. Thank you, David J Johnson (talk) 09:31, 27 January 2016 (UTC)Reply