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License tagging for Image:Chris thile.JPG

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Lyrics

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Image tagging for Image:Smoothiesongscreenshot.JPG

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Top Chef (Season 2)

Please don't copy-and-paste Top Chef (Season 2) improperly. A so-called "copy and paste move" is a violation of the GFDL because it ruins edit history. If you can get a consensus to move the article to another title (and you should do so only if you can get a consensus on Talk:Top Chef (Season 2), you should move the article rather than copy-and-paste it to the new title. --Nlu (talk) 07:34, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned fair use image (Image:Neversettleforless.jpg)

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Orphaned fair use image (Image:Gailsimmons.jpg)

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Stub types

Please see Wikipedia:Stub for information on stub type templates. There should be at an absolutely minimum, 60 articles that would fit into the stub type in order for a stub type to be created. Also, images not under a free license may not be used in stub templates. —Centrx→talk • 19:49, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the information, although I didn't create the stub in the first place, I just used it. - Thamusemeantfan

Violinist-stub

Hi - I see you have recently created a new stub type. As it states at Wikipedia:Stub, at the top of most stub categories, and in many other places on Wikipedia, new stub types should be proposed prior to creation at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals, in order to check whether the new stub type is already covered by existing stub types, whether it is named according to stub naming guidelines, whether it reaches the standard threshold for creation of a new stub type, and whether it crosses existing stub type hierarchies. Your new stub type is currently listed at WP:WSS/D - please feel free to make any comments there as to any reason why this stub type should not be proposed for deletion at WP:SFD. And please, in future, propose new stub types first! Grutness...wha? 04:09, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Regarding edits to Lagunitas Brewing Company

Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia, Thamusemeantfan! However, your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove spam from Wikipedia. If you were trying to insert a good link, please accept my creator's apologies, but note that the link you added, matching rule beeradvocate\.com, is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. Please read Wikipedia's external links policy for more information. If the link was to an image, please read Wikipedia's image tutorial on how to use a more appropriate method to insert the image into an article. If your link was intended to promote a site you own, are affiliated with, or will make money from inclusion in Wikipedia, please note that inserting spam into Wikipedia is against policy. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! Shadowbot 00:38, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Image:Padmalakshmi.jpg

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Orphaned fair use image (Image:Nickelcreekalternate.jpg)

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Re: WikiProject Nickel Creek!

I don't even know which articles related to Nickel Creek I edited but thanks for the invitation anyway :-) Jogers (talk) 19:31, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Saralighthouse.jpg

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Fair use rationale for Image:Seanthisside.jpg

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Fair use rationale for Image:Chriswheninrome.jpg

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Image:Mas.jpg

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Category nominated for deletion

Hi, I'm afraid that I have had to nominate "Category:Artists who have performed at the High Sierra Music Festival", which you created, for deletion as a violation of Wikipedia's guidelines against performers-by-performance categories (see Wikipedia:Overcategorization#Performers by performance, especially the subsection on "performers by venue"). You are invited to participate in the discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 May 31#Category:Artists who have performed at the High Sierra Music Festival, but please keep in mind that this is a discussion, not a vote, and statements not based on Wikipedia policy or guidelines are likely to be discounted.

I admit to some personal regret here, as a fan of the festival and of several of the artists, but I still believe the category is inappropriate, if well-intentioned. Xtifr _tälk 01:25, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Kennychesney.jpg)

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Orphaned non-free image (Image:Thewaifsdebut.jpg)

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Image:Thamusemeantpromo.jpg

I have tagged Image:Thamusemeantpromo.jpg as {{no rationale}}, because it does not provide a fair use rationale. If you believe the image to be acceptable for fair use according to Wikipedia policy, please provide a rationale explaining as much, in accordance with the fair use rationale guideline, on the image description page. Please also consider using {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. Thank you. ShakespeareFan00 12:52, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

User:UBX/Waifs2

I noticed the userbox you created at User:UBX/Waifs2. Unfortunately, both images you used appear to be under copyright, allowing only for their fair use. Generally such images can not be used in userboxes or on userpages (see userpage policy). Sorry for the inconvience. --TeaDrinker 01:27, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Just noticed the same problem on User:UBX/Waifs, and changed the picture there as well. If you can find free content (GFDL or better) licensed material, you're welcome to change it as well. I am a bit curious why you did not create the boxes in your own space. I haven't followed the various moves of userboxes, so I am not sure what common practice is. All the best, --TeaDrinker 01:35, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

The Radiators

Hi, please stop linking directly to The Radiators, which is a disambiguation page pointing to three separate bands from three separate countries, as well as one album. For the High Sierra Music Festival and any similar articles, you should link to the US band, The Radiators (US), thus: [[The Radiators (US)|The Radiators]]. As a side issue, it's generally preferred to have only one link to a given article from any one article, so really, only the first reference to The Radiators in High Sierra Music Festival should be a link. (But that's a much more minor problem.) Thanks, Xtifr _tälk 19:06, 3 July 2007 (UTC)