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Mike Collins

Nice work starting that one up. (Emperor 00:11, 7 August 2006 (UTC))

License tagging for Image:AMGOTH cover.gif

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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. 09:04, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

I suspect that still isn't adequate to stop fully describe the copyright situation. Its not strictly speaking the cove of 2000 AD - its the image that was used as the basis for the cover [1] - this puts it in a different category - something I learned with the FutureQuake cover. You have to usually supply a link to the source (if its online) but the version there is bigger than the one on his MySpace page [2] and I can't find it on his hompeage so I'd guess he has supplied you with the image to use (or you are him) in which case you can use the "withpermission" tag - if you go to the edit page of the FQ cover you can lift the tags straight from there. Hope that helps - its a great image and I'd like to see it kept in but unless everything is crystal clear on the copyright front then someone might make a move to remove it (if you aren't sure about the copyright situation then feel free to message me the details and I'll come up with some ideas and/or directly add the bits need to clarify things) (Emperor 01:26, 18 August 2006 (UTC))

Fair use rationale for Image:American_Gothic_colourart1.jpg

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Image:American Gothic cover art.jpg

This has been marked as a Copyright violation on the Wikimedia Commons. If you are Mike Collins or have permission to use the image please follow the link and update the source or permission fields. --Simon Speed (talk) 02:53, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Image source problem with Image:MikeCollinspic.jpg

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If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 01:00, 29 January 2008 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Genisock2 (talk) 01:00, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:American_Gothic_colourart.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:American_Gothic_colourart.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. -Nard 22:56, 19 June 2008 (UTC)