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Contents 1 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Irish coin 1p (1980).jpg 2 League of God's House and Three Leagues 3 London Meetup - January 12, 2008 4 LGBT WikiProject Newsletter 5 Reminder/request/idea/memo/suggestion/[insert a word of your choice] 6 Flagicons 7 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:1 New Israeli Sheqel (1994-1995).jpg 8 Orphaned non-free media (Image:Wappen Thal.png) 9 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:1 New Israeli Sheqel (1994-1995).jpg 10 LGBT WikiProject Newsletter 11 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:1 New Israeli Sheqel (1994-1995).jpg 12 Sean Gallagher 13 London Meetup - April 13th 14 Image:Flag of Haiti civil.svg 15 Third Reich 16 Fair use rationale for Image:9Tail Fox cover (Amazon).jpg 17 London Meetups - Sunday May 11th 18 Image copyright problem with Image:British coin 1p (1980).jpg 19 Fair use rationale for Image:Absolution Gap cover (Amazon).jpg 20 Fair use rationale for Image:Ac preussen.jpg 21 Fair use rationale for Image:Altered Carbon cover 1 (Amazon).jpg 22 Fair use rationale for Image:Black Man cover (Amazon).jpg 23 Fair use rationale for Image:Broken Angels cover (Amazon).jpg 24 Consensus on reasoning for LGBT Project Articles 25 User page layout

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Irish coin 1p (1980).jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Irish coin 1p (1980).jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 19:58, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Resolved more pointless copyright paranoia. — OwenBlacker (Talk) 12:16, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] League of God's House and Three Leagues

Thanks for the comments on the article Grey League! I've created a article on the League of God's House and will eventually do one for League of the Ten Jurisdictions. If you have time, take a look at the League of God's House and see if you want to use anything in the Three Leagues or if I missed something in the article. Tobyc75 (talk) 18:34, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] London Meetup - January 12, 2008

Hi! There's going to be a London Wikipedia Meetup coming Saturday January 12, 2008. If you are interested in coming along take part in the discussion over at Wikipedia:Meetup/London7. The discussion is going on until tomorrow evening and the official location and time will be published at the same page late Thursday or early Friday. Hope to see you Saturday, Poeloq (talk) 03:04, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] LGBT WikiProject Newsletter

The LGBT studies WikiProject Newsletter

The LGBT studies WikiProject Newsletter! Issue XII - December 1, 2007 Ms Julie is .. unavailable .. this month, so Isaac and Gopher have stepped in to put this newsletter thing together. We may not be as funny as you're used to, but if you'd like a free drink, come see me at the bar. That might help. Maybe. And no, there aren't any flashing lights or fancy pictures this month - I'm still recovering from a whopping hangover. Julie's recovering too, but that's a story I'll let her tell. Two New Featured Articles (and...) Emma Goldman was promoted to Featured status on 2007 December 27. If you don't know Ms. Goldman, she was a Lithuanian anarchist. Aren't many of those around, really, so having one of our very own is special. She'll be dancing the Cha-Cha on the Promenade deck later tonight. Ann Bannon was promoted to Featured status on 2007 December 3. Faithful readers may remember Moni moaning that we didn't mention this promotion in the last newsletter. Happy now? Ludwig Wittgenstein seems to have been dropped from the vaunted roles - he was downgraded to "B class" on 29 December 2007. What a way to end the year! Let's see - we started December with 35 FAs. We added two and dropped one. So somewhere there's a missing FA - has anyone seen one lying around? Jumpaclass Contest winner The winner of 2007's Jumpaclass competition is Fluffball70 (talk · contribs)! Congratulations, Fluffball! Despite strongly being urged to select Love Boat as the next WikiProject Collaboration, she has chosen LGBT Symbols as her prize: please contribute to its improvement - or enter the competition for this year! Ze Portal The marathon efforts of Dev920 against her astonishing abilities of procrastination continued this month, and she managed to update the Portal's main articles. Whether she will finally beat her procrastination pixies in submission and update the biographies remains to be seen, but Jeffpw has leapt to the rescue and taken it upon himself to do all our lovely news. Friends, lend us your goodwill and your eyeballs, and mosey on over to see all Jeff's hard work. Also, back in October 2007, Allstarecho and Benjiboi worked diligently on the "WP:LGBT Random Quote" and "WP:LGBT Random Picture" sections of the portal. They added many new quotes and pictures but, and yes here's the cat's meow friends... you can now use these on your own user pages! To add the "WP:LGBT Random Quote" to your own userpage, use: {{Portal:LGBT/Quotes}} And to add the "WP:LGBT Random Picture" to your own userpage, use: {{Portal:LGBT/Pics}} If you'd like to see it in action, check out Allstarecho's userpage for both in action and Benjiboi's talk page for the Quotes in action! The long, slow race toward FP status continues... Bisexual Awareness Month Folks in Utah are celebrating Bisexual Awareness Month. For our own wikicelebration, Alison suggests we try to bring Bisexuality at least up to good article status. Working on the Utah article would be encouraged, but do it stealthily - they don't like us to be *too* open. A cunning plan In a move sure to bring her fame and fortune at last, Dev920 (talk · contribs) has proposed that an FA buddying system be set up, to help nudge frightened tikes who also happen to write killer ass articles over that initial first FAC hurdle. Anyone interested in shepherding duties, or anyone interested in being made to lie beside still waters (handcuffs are optional), do drop Dev an RSVP so she can start battering those darned pixies... New members Let's give a big Love Boat welcome to all our new members: Mike1981, RAShippy, CoppBob, Altairisfar, Dureo, LessThanClippers William P. Coleman, Grrrlriot, Queer Scout, Kentucky1333, Melty girl, Phenominus, Avazina, Dfeuer, and Lycanthropiclion. We're glad to have you all aboard! New task-force? Zigzig20s has mentioned a desire to work on .. desire. Specifically literature by and about LGBT desire. To facilitate "LGBT Literature" taskforce, there will be shuffleboard and lesbian fiction on the foredeck later in the afternoon. Signup if you're interested. To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please let us know here. If you have any news or any announcements to be broadcast, do let Your Cruise Director know.

Delivered sometime in January 2008 (UTC). SatyrBot (talk) 23:48, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reminder/request/idea/memo/suggestion/[insert a word of your choice]

Hello! I suppose you barely remember me... Well, it has been some time, has it not? As you might guess, I am here on SBS business. Alas, I have to be a little pressing at times, no matter how much I might hate myself for it. The problem is that participation in WikiProjects is on a purely voluntary basis, so it is both highly impolite and extremely insensitive for me to be taking such steps, but... Well, call me eccentric and it's settled (I hope).

To the subject: as always, there is a severe activity deficiency in the project—too much to do, and nobody to do it. I am not as much concerned about the editing progress, as this is supposed to be done by all editors. No, I am more worried about the guidelines and the templates, where there are still many things to be taken care of, numerous holes to be closed, countless loose ends to be tied up, immeasurable improvements to be made. In four words: decisions to be made. All I am asking for is a helping hand once in a while: add the SBS page to your watchlist (if you have not done so until now), and vote in the polls; as the majority of the proposals are rather uncontroversial, polls usually suffice for business to move on. If, of course, there is the slightest disagreement (succession boxes are rather straightforward, after all), more discussion can take place, until consensus is reached in the good old Wikipedia way. The fact is that the entire process will not take up more than a few minutes of your valuable time in any given day—and it is a rare event indeed to see more than two or three proposals submitted in a week. Actually, that speed would be ideal, as things right now move at much slower rates.

If we are to note any progress, we need participation. If you are interested enough to have signed up, I am not asking for much, am I? After all, aren't we all here because we are trying to make a difference? Waltham, The Duke of 22:21, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

P.S.: Ever heard of hard spaces? They are required in many cases by the Manual of Style, but most editors seem to ignore them entirely. There is an initiative attempting to change this situation; click here if you are interested. – Waltham

[edit] Flagicons

I removed the flagicons you added to Anthony Fedorov per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (flags). Aspects (talk) 23:05, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

And I removed the flag icon you added here as it added nothing to the article. --John (talk) 17:37, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:1 New Israeli Sheqel (1994-1995).jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:1 New Israeli Sheqel (1994-1995).jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 19:00, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Wappen Thal.png)

Thanks for uploading Image:Wappen Thal.png. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media 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. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BetacommandBot (talk) 04:24, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:1 New Israeli Sheqel (1994-1995).jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:1 New Israeli Sheqel (1994-1995).jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it may be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 06:50, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Will someone PLEASE sort out these bloody irritating bots with their copyright paranoia so they're at least only paranoid about the right damn things?! — OwenBlacker (Talk) 11:35, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] LGBT WikiProject Newsletter

The LGBT studies WikiProject Newsletter

The LGBT studies WikiProject Newsletter! Issue XIV - February 29, 2008 Article Milestones The leprechaun is a male faerie in Irish mythology. We have one new Featured Article this month - Emily Dickinson was recently promoted thanks to the hard work of Yllosubmarine! We also have 4 new GA-class articles: Ben Daniels, J. Michael Bailey, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Walt Whitman were promoted this month, but Dante's Cove was demoted. Wikinews Things are happening over at Wikipedia sister project Wikinews. First, Nicholas Turnbull became the first openly-Trans reporter to gain (resounding) accreditation by the Wikinews community. Second, project member David Shankbone is going to Rio de Janeiro at the invitation of the Rio Convention & Visitor's Bureau. Wikinews:Portal:LGBT Lambda Book Report Project member Moni3 has been working on the article for Barbara Gittings and noted that the Lambda Literary Foundation used the lead paragraph from Wikipedia, skillfully and lovingly written by Moni3, verbatim in the Lambda Literary Pioneers calendar. Moni3 contacted the Lambda Literary Foundation to let them know, and to ask if we could get a little write-up in the next Lambda Book Report. There is a preliminary text you can find here. Feel free to add to it. It should be no longer than 1,000 words, and it needs to be submitted by March 15. New members Let's give a big LGBT welcome to all our new members: Dylankidwell (talk · contribs), Jay*Jay (talk · contribs), Ftmichael (talk · contribs), AgnosticPreachersKid (talk · contribs), Phyesalis (talk · contribs) , Tullerk (talk · contribs), Ravenwhitehorse (talk · contribs), TigressofIndia (talk · contribs), Yohan euan o4 (talk · contribs), Masculinity (talk · contribs), Renegade Replicant (talk · contribs), and Youngwebprogrammer (talk · contribs)! User categories Place yourself in a user category so you can collaborate with other LGBT/Allied Wikipedians! Mostly for allies of LGBT people; To place yourself in Category:Wikipedians interested in LGBT issues, just add [[Category:Wikipedians interested in LGBT issues|?]] to your userpage and change the question mark to your username OR add this userbox by placing {{User:UBX/LGBTinterest}} on your userpage. Mostly for people who identify as either Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender; To place yourself in Category:LGBT Wikipedians, just add [[Category:LGBT Wikipedians|?]] to your userpage and change the question mark to your username OR add a userbox found at User:Xaosflux/UBX/Sexuality#Sexual orientation. St. Patrick's Day In honor of Saint Patrick's Day, why don't you consider improving one of these articles: Homosexuality and Roman Catholicism, LGBT rights in the Republic of Ireland, Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform, Recognition of gay unions in Ireland, List of gay and lesbian resource centres in Ireland, or any of the articles in our to-do list? Women's History Month March is Women's History Month in the United States. Help us celebrate by improving History of lesbianism or Lesbian American history! You could also find references for women in our giant list of LGB people to be sorted. To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please let us know here. If you have any news or any announcements to be broadcast, do let us know.

Delivered by SatyrBot around 17:14, 3 March 2008 (UTC) SatyrBot (talk) 17:50, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:1 New Israeli Sheqel (1994-1995).jpg

Thank you for uploading Image:1 New Israeli Sheqel (1994-1995).jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this image under "fair use" may not meet the criteria required by Wikipedia:Non-free content. This can be corrected by going to the image description page and add or clarify the reason why the image qualifies for fair use. Adding and completing one of the templates available from Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy. Please be aware that a fair use rationale is not the same as an image copyright tag; descriptions for images used under the fair use policy require both a copyright tag and a fair use rationale.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it might be deleted by adminstrator within a few days in accordance with our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions, please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 05:46, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Yet again, a buggy bot tagging an image incorrectly. — OwenBlacker (Talk) 18:03, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sean Gallagher

Hi, OwenBlacker! Do you have the Feb issue of Attitude referenced at Sean Gallagher? That info was originally added by an IP, so I wanted to check on it. And of course, they don't seem to have archived their issues on the web, the Ludites! Many thanks :) -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 21:40, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Ping? -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 05:31, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] London Meetup - April 13th

London Wikipedia Meetup number 8 is happening next Sunday lunchtime (April 13th 1pm) in Holborn. Come along!

-- Harry Wood (talk) 09:57, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Flag of Haiti civil.svg

Image:Flag of Haiti civil.svg delinked. I think I got all the usages. --- RockMFR 23:32, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Third Reich

I noticed that you created a map of the French Empire under Napoleon. Could you make one for Nazi Germany? The map in the template gives the divisions, but I feel that a map that gives full view of the European territories of the Reich is more appropriate. I you can't, than that's fine. However, do you known anyone else who could make it because I really do not known. --- Hpfan1 {talk) 15:10, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

My reply is at User talk:Hpfan1#Third Reich map; hopefully Hpfan1 will reply here  ;o) — OwenBlacker (Talk) 12:50, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:9Tail Fox cover (Amazon).jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:9Tail Fox cover (Amazon).jpg. You've indicated that the image meets Wikipedia's criteria for non-free content, but there is no explanation of why it meets those criteria. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. If you have any questions, please post them at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions.

Thank you for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 17:04, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Done. Though it'd be nice if someone would write a bot to put bloody {{book cover fur}} on the images, rather than just tagging them for deletion. But no, that would be helpful and contribute to a better Wikipedia; we can't have that(!) — OwenBlacker (Talk) 12:47, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] London Meetups - Sunday May 11th

We're hoping to have regular meetups in London. The next one is on May 11th Wikipedia:Meetup/London 9. Another Sunday lunch in Holborn. Come along! -- Harry Wood (talk) 11:38, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Glad to see you (maybe) signing up for Wikipedia:Meetup/London 9. Hope to see you tomorrow! -- Harry Wood (talk) 15:47, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:British coin 1p (1980).jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:British coin 1p (1980).jpg. You've indicated that the image is being used under a claim of fair use, but you have not provided an adequate explanation for why it meets Wikipedia's requirements for such images. In particular, for each page the image is used on, the image must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Can you please check

• That there is a non-free use rationale on the image's description page for each article the image is used in.
• That every article it is used on is linked to from its description page.

This is an automated notice by FairuseBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. --23:36, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Removed incorrect call to {{non-free currency}} — OwenBlacker (Talk) 14:29, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Absolution Gap cover (Amazon).jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Absolution Gap cover (Amazon).jpg. You've indicated that the image meets Wikipedia's criteria for non-free content, but there is no explanation of why it meets those criteria. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. If you have any questions, please post them at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions.

Thank you for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 14:09, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Done. Again, though, it would be nice if someone would write a bot that constructively leads to a better encyclopædia, say by adding {{book cover fur}} in an automated fashion, rather than destructively tagging images for deletion, leading to a less useful encyclopædia. — OwenBlacker (Talk) 08:49, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Ac preussen.jpg

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Thank you for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 14:19, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Removed incorrect copyright paranoia from Image page. The image in question is public domain and is on the Commons. This appears to be (yet another) bug in (yet another) bot. — OwenBlacker (Talk) 16:47, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Altered Carbon cover 1 (Amazon).jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Altered Carbon cover 1 (Amazon).jpg. You've indicated that the image meets Wikipedia's criteria for non-free content, but there is no explanation of why it meets those criteria. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. If you have any questions, please post them at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions.

Thank you for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 00:36, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Done. I must get round to getting some kind of bot operating that will automate these pointless pieces of copyright paranoia. — OwenBlacker (Talk) 08:59, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Black Man cover (Amazon).jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Black Man cover (Amazon).jpg. You've indicated that the image meets Wikipedia's criteria for non-free content, but there is no explanation of why it meets those criteria. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. If you have any questions, please post them at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions.

Thank you for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 06:49, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Done

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Broken Angels cover (Amazon).jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Broken Angels cover (Amazon).jpg. You've indicated that the image meets Wikipedia's criteria for non-free content, but there is no explanation of why it meets those criteria. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. If you have any questions, please post them at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions.

Thank you for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 16:36, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Done

[edit] Consensus on reasoning for LGBT Project Articles

A new discussion you may be interested in:Consensus on reasoning for LGBT Project Articles. The Bookkeeper (of the Occult) 07:30, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User page layout

Hi there Owen, Ged from Thingbox here. I was wondering if you could give me a hand in organising my userpage, specifically the userboxes because yours are nice and organised and mine are a mess! I can't get the hang of table formatting on wiki, so any help would be greatly appreciated! Ged UK (talk) 09:35, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Well, tbh, your table style on the right hand side for the userboxes, then i can muddle my way through the rest on the left hand side. Feel free just to edit my userpage, I imagine that's easiest, if that's OK with you Ged UK (talk) 15:24, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Couple or three columns will be fine. Wikitables make me cry! Added you. Ged UK (talk) 15:39, 3 June 2008 (UTC)