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Image:Gastank.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Gastank.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. SchuminWeb (Talk) 16:09, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

As an add-on to the canned message, I see the image as causing a violation of our neutral point of view article just about anywhere you could place it on Wikipedia. I think it's a great image, and actually saved a copy for myself for possible future use (if you see it at a DC-area protest, thank me), but I don't think Wikipedia is the place for it. SchuminWeb (Talk) 16:13, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

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