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Fair use rationale for Image:Strays movie poster.jpeg edit

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Strays movie poster.jpeg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

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Chemical synapse edit

Hi -- Wikipedia is full of images that aren't fully readable at thumbnail size. It seems to me that it unbalances the appearance of the article as you've scaled it up. It would of course be nice to have an image with larger text, but it is extremely difficult to find good scientific images that meet Wikipedia's use criteria, and I felt pretty lucky to have found that one. Regards, looie496 (talk) 19:43, 8 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

Notification: changes to "Mark my edits as minor by default" preference edit

Hello there. This is an automated message to tell you about the gradual phasing out of the preference entitled "Mark all edits minor by default", which you currently have (or very recently had) enabled.

On 13 March 2011, this preference was hidden from the user preferences screen as part of efforts to prevent its accidental misuse (consensus discussion). This had the effect of locking users in to their existing preference, which, in your case, was true. To complete the process, your preference will automatically be changed to false in the next few days. This does not require any intervention on your part and you will still be able to manually mark your edits as being 'minor'. The only thing that's changed is that you will no longer have them marked as minor by default.

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Thank you for your understanding and happy editing :) Editing on behalf of User:Jarry1250, LivingBot (talk) 22:10, 14 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

File:Strays movie poster.jpeg missing description details edit

Dear uploader: The media file you uploaded as:

is missing a description and/or other details on its image description page. If possible, please add this information. This will help other editors make better use of the image, and it will be more informative to readers.

If the information is not provided, the image may eventually be proposed for deletion, a situation which is not desirable, and which can easily be avoided.

If you have any questions, please see Help:Image page. Thank you. Theo's Little Bot (error?) 10:29, 14 April 2013 (UTC)Reply