C.wolke

Copyright issue with International Mine Water Association

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I am the General Secretary of IMWA and originally made those texts. Yet, the entry has been remade and is absolutely different form IMWA's web site now. --C.wolke (talk) 20:07, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with File:Devco new.png

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• 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. --FairuseBot (talk) 09:13, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

done. --C.wolke (talk) 20:19, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

PADRE

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It is possible that the bot is confused and found similarity where none actually exists. If that is the case, you can remove the tag from the article. The article will be reviewed to determine if there are any copyright issues.

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I am the Vice-Chairperson / Treasurer of PADRE and originally wrote those texts. They are my own words in both cases C.wolke (talk) 05:05, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

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I am not new here. I am editing and contributing since 2006 and asked some South African students to contribute to missing SA subjects, which are still underrepresentated in Wikipedia. C.wolke (talk) 17:30, 16 November 2024 (UTC)