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Your picture of Prince in 1977 edit

I very much enjoyed your picture of Prince composing at the piano in 1977. However somebody deleted this image in July, citing lack of a fair-use rationale. Perhaps you could upload it again and explain the source so it does not get deleted again? Unfortunately Wikipedia policy is pretty strict about images these days, so gems like yours tend to be boldly deleted... Cheers, JFG 13:07, 13 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Jonishine.jpg edit

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Openyourboxalbum.jpg edit

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Fair use rationale for Image:Bjork, Debut album cover, 1993.jpg edit

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Bjork, Debut album cover, 1993.jpg edit

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Sean PenningShort circuit edit

Have nominated this redirect for deletion at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion. The redirect does not appear to be relevant and is not mentioned in the target. Thanks. 82.26.80.211 (talk) 12:10, 1 March 2008 (UTC)Reply

Redirects for Discussion edit

Eight redirect articles that were "credited" to you last year are up for deletion discussion at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2008 March 22. Heads up! B.Wind (talk) 18:53, 22 March 2008 (UTC)Reply

Trent from Punchy edit

He is not a notable resident, he is a fictional character conjured by an actor on you tube. Please do not add to suburb article again. J Bar (talk) 23:35, 4 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Re: Portable Life edit

I'd say it counts as a release. I'll add something about it to the article tomorrow, if you don't want to. --Fritz S. (Talk) 21:17, 6 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

Good work updating all the articles. --Fritz S. (Talk) 08:12, 9 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

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Image copyright problem with File:Beck sea change alt cover 1.jpg edit

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Image copyright problem with File:Todd rundgrens utopia.jpg edit

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New Radicals edit

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Scatman John edit

Hey! Um... so this is really digging through old Wikhistory, but I'm trying to track down a quote from Scatman John. The article says that "He maintained a positive attitude throughout, declaring that whatever God wants is fine by me... I've had the very best life". It's such a great quote, and I'd love to be able to access the interview where he said that! I went through the edit history, and it looks like you might be the one that added this quote almost five years ago. If you are (I know it's been a looong time), I was wondering if you might be able to help me figure out where this quote came from... I've tried Googling for it, but all I get are Wikipedia mirrors and user profiles :( If you're still around and could help me track it down, I'd be most grateful. Thanks,

-- Joren (talk) 03:41, 25 September 2010 (UTC)Reply

Darn it! Had a look at the Wayback Machine only to find that some domain squatter grabbed scatmanjohn.com and set a robots.txt to exclude all searches, which also had the effect of removing all the old info from the archive. See archive.org's blocking notice. I'm at a loss to understand why a domain squatter would specifically disallow web spiders, but oh well. I wonder if the maintainer for the original site might be able to help...? Anyhow, thanks for your response, I appreciate you getting back to me.
-- Joren (talk) 23:35, 26 September 2010 (UTC)Reply

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February 2011 edit

  Please do not add or change content without verifying it by citing reliable sources, as you did to Brother from the Same Planet. Before making any potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. -- Cirt (talk) 15:29, 18 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

  Please do not add unsourced content, as you did to The Trouble with Trillions. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. -- Cirt (talk) 16:16, 18 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

File:Beck sea change alt cover 2 2.JPG listed for deletion edit

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Dhindo water listed at Redirects for discussion edit

 

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Steamed hams listed at Redirects for discussion edit

 

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"Steamed hams" listed at Redirects for discussion edit

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