User talk:Philosopher

If you are aware of any former Iowa legislators who are in the news, let me know and I'll try to get their Wiki-article going.

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Re:Chuck Grassley

While I have found other sources listing him as Charles, [1] [2] [3] I suppose the sources that you found are more official. I guess that keeping the article at Chuck Grassley will be fine. Captain panda 22:20, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Deletion request

Could you help me delete this image? Thanks. --Amazonien (talk) 06:05, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

 Done. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 06:07, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Peter Schechter page

Hi, The texts were released into the Public Domain. Heather Freeman is the PR consultant of Peter Schecter and the Bio (the text) was released to the public. Please approve the page. Thanks very much, Shlomi. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Szadok (talk • contribs) 20:00, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Peter Schechter page another question

Heather Freeman wishes to remove the page from her website. Will that help? Szadok (talk) 21:35, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Um. I don't think so - regardless of where/if the work is published, the author retains copyright unless it is explicitly given up. But how to do that if the page is taken down? I don't remember, sorry. Perhaps you could ask at Wikipedia talk:Copyright problems. Wish I could help more. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 03:50, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

This is basically the approach I took. I'm going to do my best to help Szadok. Thanks! Nyttend (talk) 11:20, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Peter Schechter Copyright problem

Hi, I originally posted the following at User:Nyttend's discussion page, I just wanted to keep you on the loop, as I really want to solve this and add the Peter Schechter page. Thanks.

Hey, I also noticed (sadly) that you deleter Peter Schechter for copyright infringment. I do not know how to express myself better, but the texts were written by Peter Schechter and edited myself and the texts realeased under GFDL license by Mr. Peter Schechter and myself. Now, a similar text was posted at heatherfreeman.com and was removed completely, mainly to avoid any copyright disputes, as the texts that were under heatherfreeman.com were written by Peter Schechter and edited by Mrs. Heather Freeman (Mr. Schechter's PR).

I would like to re-enter the texts again to Peter Schechter value. Can I do that, or do I need other type of proof, to show that the text is free to the public under GFDL license? If yes, What type of proof?. Thanks alot, Please feel free to contact me also at: info (AT) israel-hosting(DOT)net Szadok (talk) 11:21, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

CSD on Dragonfly Executive Air Charter

Your reasoning on removing my CSD on Dragonfly Executive Air Charter does not follow. It serves no airports. It is based at Cardif airport but only flies charter to where ever the customer wishes, potentially 1000s of airports. But that does not make it notable in any way. The article has been changed to show that. I am holding off on the AfD to see how it devolopes, but by Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) it clearly fails. --triwbe (talk) 09:25, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

The article appeared to show that it served several airports - which I took as an assertion of notability - remembering that speedy deletion can't be used on non-notable articles that at least assert notability. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 09:50, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Unwrapped steel

An article that you have been involved in editing, Unwrapped steel, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Unwrapped steel. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? User A1 (talk) 02:28, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Russian Mordor rises again

User:Abkhazeti-online is, I believe, a duplicate of the page Мордор, which you deleted as an attack page. Since I cannot read Russian, I can't be sure, but it looks like the same thing and was created around the same time by the same person. Beeblbrox (talk) 03:50, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up! The text is different than that at Мордор, Google Translate says it means "MIG Abhazeti - an international initiative group 'Abhazeti'" which sounds innocent enough. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 04:34, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

Thank you. I'll bear your injunction in mind. Kanguole (talk) 15:38, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Deletions

What do you consider required to allow a page like bass pro shops stay? I would like to recreate our page in a manner fits the wikipedia requirements? What suggestions would you have? —Preceding unsigned comment added by TFH1982 (talk • contribs) 19:10, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry, are you referring to THE FISHIN' HOLE which I recently deleted or are you referring to a different article? Either way, I would suggest reading the suggestions at Wikipedia:Starting an article and the notability requirements at Wikipedia:Notability for general principles related to article development. If you have a more specific question, feel free to ask. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 19:18, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Philosopher, Yes I did post the article for The Fishin' Hole. I thought I had made it within requirments for wikipedia. Where or what can I change? I would like to have a similar post to that of Bass pro or Cabela's. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TFH1982 (talk • contribs) 20:24, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Uw-vandalism5

Good point. I can actually speedy it myself if you want. Khoikhoi 23:22, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Done. Khoikhoi 23:25, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Re:Rollback

Thank you very much! I promise to use it wisely! :) --Skunkboy74 (talk) 04:44, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

I've read your note and will be sure to take it very seriously. Thank you very much. Magiciandude (talk) 22:38, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Customer-centric

Hello Philo. I see that you stubbed Customer-centric after not seeing any advertising. The author has already spammed this article over at Customer Centric Selling‎ which is exactly the same as what customer-centric was before he chopped the links off of it. It's meant to drive people to the corporate page of the author as well as their book. So that's where my original CSD request came from if you were wondering. Rob Banzai (talk) 19:12, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know - I've deleted the latter article for advertising and warned the user to stop creating inappropriate articles. The stubbed version appears to be fine, though (with regard to advertising, I can't comment on its appropriateness as a marketing/sales article). --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 19:19, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Possible Copyright problem

Hi Philosopher,

I understand that you're quite familiar with possible copyright problems. I was thinking of uploading a couple of pictures to these articles, however I'm not to sure about the copyright. . .

• this picture is permitted, I understand (due to Flickr)
• this picture of the exact same event, I'm not so sure about, even though it looks like it belongs to a user page (hence the domain http://www.users.bigpond.com), and also considering this event was published widely, it may be listed in Archives as an ubiquitous 'household' image. .

Could I get some help. . . Thanks in advance --124.181.8.159 (talk) 09:12, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

I'll look into it and get back to you. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 10:04, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

It looks like the latter image [4] is under the copyright here. The former image [5] states explicitly that it was a press photo and therefore presumably copyrighted by the press agency that took it. As a result, neither image would be appropriate for these articles (at least not as a main image) as Wikipedia:Non-free content#Policy states (point #1) that "Non-free content is used only where no free equivalent is available, or could be created, that would serve the same encyclopedic purpose." As the annual event is still occurring and the athlete in question is alive, it would be possible to create a free equivalent by taking a picture of the event/person. Indeed, in the case of Mark of the Year, the primary picture is currently a free image.

The rules may be slightly different if you intend to use the pictures to illustrate a particular event that has already happened - in which case, let me know how you would like to use the image and I'll get back to you again.

All the best, Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 21:55, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi Philospher,

Thanks for the feedback. The 2nd picture from Flickr, I managed to find in various locations such as here and here. I'm not sure, but maybe these pictures constitute {Non-free historic image}, and therefore they maybe OK. . .? In the article Mark of the Year, the current primary image is part of a template, and I wanted to upload the picture of Alex Jesaulenko's mark (known as the 'mark of the century') and use it as an image within the article.

The photo however I could only find once. Its over here with this being the Main Page of that particular portal, and, I couldn't find a copyright in what appears to be a user page (much the same as a myspace or facebook page).

Under the acceptable use policy, it says that Images with iconic status or historical importance may be used, and I think these images have somewhat of an 'iconic' status (certainly within Australia). How can I get these pics onto wikipedia?

Thanks once again, (I wasn't logged in at the time when I sent you the above message.) --Superflewis (talk) 08:38, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

If you believe the images meet the requirements of our policy for fair use, I suppose it doesn't matter that much what their actual copyright status is. The way to upload an image is to click on "Upload file" in the "toolbox" on the left-hand column of the screen and follow the instructions on the page - you should be able to upload it directly from the website it's on. Be sure that after the file is uploaded it has a clear "Fair use rationale" for its use on each Wikipedia page you use it on. If you have any further questions or concerns, let me know and I'll try to help. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 15:44, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi Philosopher, just one more thing: What would I need to do in order to get this article: Mark of the Year to featured lists status? Thanks --Superflewis (talk) 06:50, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

(outdent) As far as that goes, I'm afraid you know as much as I do - I don't have any featured content to my name. Sorry. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 06:55, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of IRrelevant Astronomy

An article that you have been involved in editing, IRrelevant Astronomy, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/IRrelevant Astronomy. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Corvus cornix_talk 23:43, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice - though I wasn't really involved in editing the article. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 23:45, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

About Damaged Goods article

Sorry, the category was assigned in error. However, the fact remains that this page should belong to Wiktionary, and not here on Wikipedia. Arbiteroftruth (talk) 00:07, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Lucky Star albums/singles

Mind telling me why you deleted the Lucky Star articles? I'm a little pissed off, to be honest. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Doggiedoggie (talk • contribs) 07:02, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

If you want to know why an article was deleted, you can click the "logs" tab in the "toolbox" section of the bottom left column of the page to see the deletion log. In the case of List of Lucky Star character song singles, I deleted it because the sole author requested deletion. The same goes for List of Lucky Star singles and albums. The only content of the articles was a redirect anyway - perhaps the articles you're looking for are the ones at List of Lucky Star albums and List of Lucky Star character song albums? --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 15:48, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Still cant use AWB after im approved

When i log in to AWB it says ' ' Jer10 95 is not enabled to use this"Jer10 95 Talk 22:02, 15 September 2008 (UTC)