Dawniniowa

The Texas Tenors

I have removed the image from this article as an unambiguous copyright violation. As discussed on the image's deletion discussion on Commons, its source page is clearly copyrighted. If you disagree, please discuss the issue on Commons. Thanks. - SummerPhD (talk) 12:49, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

In your edit summary at Marcus Collins (actor), you state that we have permission to use this image. You will need to establish this through aregular channels. Please raise the issue at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions.

Until then, the image clearly derives from a copyrighted source and cannot be used here. Again, if you disagree, please address the issue on the image's deletion discussion on Commons. Thanks. - SummerPhD (talk) 12:55, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

October 2013

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed maintenance templates from The Texas Tenors. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. SummerPhD (talk) 02:04, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

Please discuss the issue on the article's talk page. - SummerPhD (talk) 12:04, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

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Notability Guideline for Music

• Cowboys & Indians Magazine vol. 21, issue 8, pp 208-211
• http://www.postindependent.com/news/grandjunction/8537634-113/texas-tenors-grand-junction
• http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/contestants/texas-tenors.shtml
• http://bransontrilakesnews.com/entertainment/article_b2063dc0-1fd1-11e3-9a8b-0019bb2963f4.html
• http://billingsgazette.com/entertainment/music/the-texas-tenors-ready-to-celebrate-new-year-s-eve/article_28492e2d-6a0f-58b0-a4fb-d0d74f05f602.html
• http://livedesignonline.com/texas-tenors-sing-grandma2-during-making-their-pbs-special
• http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2012-03-25/entertainment/31238176_1_highest-ranking-vocal-group-collins-texas-tenors
• http://www.unigleeclub.com/news.phtml?id=134
• http://wcfcourier.com/lifestyles/review-texas-tenors-show-extraordinary-showmanship-and-fine-musicality-at/article_3b8e3d2e-4475-11e2-b8cb-001a4bcf887a.html
• http://wcfcourier.com/lifestyles/texas-tenors-wows-wcfso-audience-with-unique-blend-of-opera/article_9bd83c54-74c7-11e0-b3d5-001cc4c002e0.html
• http://www.reverbnation.com/thetexastenors

Criteria for musicians and ensembles-

A musician or ensemble (note that this includes a band, singer, rapper, orchestra, DJ, musical theatre group, instrumentalist, etc.) may be notable if it meets at least one of the following criteria: Has been the subject of multiple, non-trivial, published works appearing in sources that are reliable, not self-published, and are independent from the musician or ensemble itself. Dawniniowa (talk) 04:14, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Marcus Collins.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Marcus Collins.jpg, which you've attributed to https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201482738408708&set=a.1640877900169.86700.1183454251&type=3&theater. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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Please see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission. While you have provided a claim that you own the image and are releasing it to the public domain, we need evidence that you do own the rights to the image. - SummerPhD (talk) 20:59, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Marcus Collins (actor)

Please note that the article is still up for deletion. There are still no independent reliable sources cited in the article. To prevent deletion, you will need to either provide such sources or discuss the issue at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marcus Collins (actor). Thank you. - SummerPhD (talk) 21:03, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Possibly unfree files

Some of your files may be unfree. See Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2014 February 23#OTRS pending since October. --Stefan2 (talk) 17:34, 23 February 2014 (UTC)