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Orphaned fair use image (Image:Klein-fritz.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:Klein-fritz.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently specifies that the image can be used under a fair use license. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful.

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I don't know how I managed to mess this one up (I've added images successfully before). When I added it, I got the warning message (fair use, etc.) even though I thought I had tagged the image correctly for use here. The weirdest part was that I could not find the submitted image again. I couldn't find it associated with its article or elsewhere. I'm sure I screwed something up.

If I still have it and it's OK to try to add it again (it seems to fit the fair use guidelines: it was taken from an obituary from one of the local news agencies -- which I thought I'd indicated, lol), I'd be happy to do so. If it's OK to "add" it again and it's still on the site, would you let me know how to find/access it? Thank you. Richard G. Shewmaker 19:21, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

It's fine to add the picture again. You can use it under a claim of fair use as long as it's acceptable for use under the Wikipedia fair-use policy. However, the image has been deleted from Wikipedia; you will have to upload it again. The reason it was deleted is because copyrighted images used under a claim of fair use must be used in articles; if a fair-use image is not used anywhere, there is no reason for it to exist on Wikipedia. Let me know if you need help or have any questions. —Bkell (talk) 19:43, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. I'll try to put it back in now. I hope it's all right to remove the "warning" image -- it was a little overwhelming. Richard G. Shewmaker 19:04, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

No problem. I don't really like that warning image, either. —Bkell (talk) 19:10, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Glad you're online. I was going to upload the image but found there was no category in the set list that looked valid. The only one that seemed to fit was "found the image somewhere" and that, under the warning just above not to use images from Web sites, got me worrying. I thought I'd search through the different help documents here to see if I could find something that fit the situation (such as image from an obituary) but had no luck. Is it better just to leave this alone? I'd rather not do something if it will probably waste people's time discussing later.

Forgot to sign that but it's probably ok anyway. I provided links to three articles about the guy with images of him. Richard G. Shewmaker 19:46, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

There's a more-or-less complete list of fair-use tags at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use. If none of them look right, you can use {{Non-free fair use in|Article}}, replacing Article with the name of the article the image will be used in, and then give a rationale for why the image qualifies as fair use. This rationale should explain why the use of this image in the article satisfies the ten points of the Wikipedia fair-use policy.

You may not be able to choose the right license when you upload the image. In this case, just pick "None selected" when you upload the file, and go back and edit the image description page to add the correct license (or you can include the license in the summary when you upload it). —Bkell (talk) 19:47, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Honestly, it just gets too exhausting trying to justify one's contributions, be they images or text, despite the documentation which indicates their validity. I guess this should get its own entry since it's worth explaining why I feel it's for the most part a waste of time to attempt to contribute to Wikipedia. Tadiew (talk) 18:07, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Image:Calvino-italo.jpg listed for deletion

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What a beautiful cover! (from one of the few titles I haven't found a copy of yet...) Thanks for saving/uploading it! That's all, I was just looking around the Calvino pages. :) -- Quiddity (talk) 04:25, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

table of contents of bulfinch's mythology

hey dude, i rescued your table of contents of bulfinch's mythology. it had gotten deleted off of the Thomas Bulfinch article... i was digging ther and found your TOC (and the many wiki links others put in there)... so i figured it put it in an article about the book Bulfinch's Mythology... which had been redirectd to Thomas Bulfinch, but i fixed that too.

you are quite welcome.. thanks for starting it in the first place... and for making all those wonderful links.... i found your TOC as i was trying to figure out who wrote the 'unnecessary sex and violence' sentence in the Bulfinch article history... and stumbled upon your work . they said they deleted the TOC because it didn't fit in a biography article.. but i think they would have a hard time justifying deleting it from the 'book article', considering all the other stuff that gets huge detailed articles on wikipedia (anime, modern films, tolkien, etc)

Orphaned non-free image (File:Windows on the world stationery.png)

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Bulfinch's Mythology

awesome work Decora (talk) 01:59, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

thank you and good luck . i am lucky to have a part time job. by the way what do you think about adding abunch of images and stuff to the bullfinch's page? actually here is another idea.. what if we made an illustrated version of bullfinch using public domain images, and then sold paper copies of it based on 'just in time' publishing, from one of those 'on demand' publishing doohickeys? i know nothing about business matters and am very bad with money but it is just a thought. Decora (talk) 00:52, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

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Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Calvino-italo.jpg

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No idea how that happened or why. Glad there are tools which find errors like these. (And, yes, fixed it.) Tadiew (talk) 01:42, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

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