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Image:Wimbledon view.jpg has been listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded, Image:Wimbledon view.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you.

Image Tagging Image:London Olympic stadium.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:London Olympic stadium.jpg. I notice the image page currently doesn't specify who created the image, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created the image yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the image on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the image yourself then you should also specify where you found it, ie in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the image also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture then you can use {{gfdl}} to release it under the GFDL. If you can claim fair use use {{fairuse}}.) See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other images, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thanks so much. --Secretlondon 16:47, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Image:London Olympic stadium.jpg has been listed for deletion

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Image:Mall London2012.jpg has been listed for deletion

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Your userpage was briefly delisted by a rogue admin

This user believes that only articles need reflect a NPOV, and that displaying political, religious, or other beliefs using userboxes and user categories should not be banned.

You have a userbox Template:User UN which links your userpage to United Nations Wikipedians. There is currently a movement to ban userboxes from Wikipedia which are shared and which create Lists of Wikipedians. Certain admins have taken it upon themselves to preemptively sabotage and/or delete such categories and template. Here is the incident report which reported damage to yours, in which hundreds of userpages were delinked from categories without the users' knowledge. They have been stopped, barely, and the damage reverted— for now.

There is a Wikipedia:Userbox policy poll, which if passed, will make required by policy the damage done to categories and templates such as User UN/United Nations Wikipedians. If you do not want this to happen, I urge you to vote Oppose. in the poll. Support is currently running at about 66%, and your vote could make the difference. It is said to require 75%-80% to be deemed reflective of consensus.

Thank you,

StrangerInParadise 23:37, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Jamesarbuthnot.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Jamesarbuthnot.jpg. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator.

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you have questions about copyright tagging of images, post on Wikipedia talk:Image copyright tags or User talk:Carnildo/images. 06:04, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sensible Censorship

May I suggest you join the debate on Wikipedia:Censorship? Gerard Foley 19:33, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia_talk:Censorship

A watered-down version of the proposed policy against censorship is now open for voting. Will you kindly review the policy and make your opinions known? Thank you very much.Loom91 17:59, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Winston_Baldwin_SPENCER.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Winston_Baldwin_SPENCER.jpg. The image has been identified as not specifying the copyright status of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the copyright status of the image on the image's description page, using an appropriate copyright tag, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided copyright information for them as well.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

• Wikipedia:Image use policy
• Wikipedia:Image copyright tags

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 06:19, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for updating Constitution of Thailand

Thanks for updating the Constitution of Thailand article for the coup. Patiwat 10:28, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Marjorie Husted

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Marjorie Husted, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at Talk:Marjorie Husted. You may remove the deletion notice, and the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. UKWiki 20:17, 30 November 2006 (UTC).

Take a look at my citation for her birthdate. -- Zanimum 20:24, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Burn Your Wishes

You had tagged this as a poss speedy delete, the author has removed this - I'm unsure whether I can re-add it (it looks like an obvious speedy to me), but you look like you've been around longer so will know what to do. Cheers, Davidprior 14:38, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Fiji project

I just added a bit to your proposed project page. I also added my name to the list of interested parties. My primary interest in wikipedia is in making sure that projects which I feel to be important to the development of wikipedia be given as much help by me as I am able to offer. This includes all the national projects. As a result, my to-do backlog is, shall we say, frightening. I will offer what assistance I can to the project, but that will most likely be in terms of template construction and assessment. But, if there is anything I can do, please feel free to let me know. Good luck. Badbilltucker 19:42, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Fiji Wikiproject

Thank you for the invitation! I am honoured to accept. At the moment I am more pressed for time than usual so have been less active in recent months, but yes, I do have a passionate interest in Fiji and still contribute whenever and whatever I am able. For a couple of years, I worked virtually alone on Fiji-related articles, but in the last year a couple of others have pitched in. Hopefully, this project you're starting will attract a much larger number of contributors who will be familiar with all the facets of Fijian politics, economy, geography, history, flora and fauna, etc. Once again, thank you so much for the inviation. David Cannon 22:37, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

BTW, please invite the following colleagues to join the project! Xork1000 (a Fijian who has provided MUCH NEEDED advice and checked all of my articles for inaccuracies and POV, etc.), Girmitya, a Fiji Indian/Indo-Fijian who has contributed a wealth of material on the Indian contribution to Fiji, and Laulad, who has provided a great deal of material on Fiji's chiefs. (You should have invited them before you invited me: they're the experts!) David Cannon 23:31, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Captain John Bury

I have removed your tag as I working on it when you attacked! Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! ^(Whisper...) 19:34, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Digital Spy

Hey there. I added your template to my page!

I'm "Ste..." from DS, btw... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Stoosh (talk • contribs) 22:17, 24 December 2006 (UTC).

Wikinews: Bangkok bombings

If you want, merge yours into mine. I've just heard on Thai TV that the New Year's countdown at Central World is cancelled and people are urged to go home. — WiseKwai 13:30, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Intelligentsiya

Hi there UKWiki, nice to have u on board with Wikiproject Fiji. I just started this article on intelligentsiya (blog), pls have a read and let me know what you think. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mattbray (talk • contribs) 02:02, 11 March 2007 (UTC).

United Nations Parliamentary Assembly

Here is an article on a proposed new UN body. Please vote at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/United Nations Parliamentary Assembly. Thanks, Sarsaparilla (talk) 21:21, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Startwithoutyou.JPG

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Orphaned non-free image File:Hartlogo.gif

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Thanks for uploading File:Hartlogo.gif. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently 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. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Skier Dude (talk) 04:57, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Under the Tree (song) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Under the Tree (song) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Under the Tree (song) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:30, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

New Page Patrol survey

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Possibly unfree File:Hardcandy madonna jellybeans.JPG

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Orphaned non-free media (File:Mambo USA.jpg)

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File permission problem with File:Elizabeth II Court, Winchester.jpg

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Orphaned non-free image File:Lady gaga paparazzi.jpg

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 22:37, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Tower Hamlets First logo.png

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July 2015

Hello, UKWiki. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you have an external relationship with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Tower Hamlets First, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies. Note that Wikipedia's terms of use require disclosure of your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. -- Urquhartnite (talk) 13:38, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

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Ways to improve National Agency for Prevention of Corruption

Hi, I'm Ammarpad. UKWiki, thanks for creating National Agency for Prevention of Corruption!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Please add sources to your article. If you're not yet ready in adding sources create your articles in draft, and when ready then move them to mainspace. Thanks.

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse.

–Ammarpad (talk) 18:49, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Corruption in Ukraine

Corruption in Ukraine is a sensitive topic, in which content needs to be backed up by citations. Your edit added content without citations, and has been reverted. Please could you find some citations for it.-- Toddy1 (talk) 19:12, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

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