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	Hey. I kindly ask that you please refrain from updating scores for several sporting games which are currently in progress. It isn't Misplaced Pages's responsibility to host up-to-the-second scores on games. This is too WikiNews-ish. We are an encyclopedia, not ESPN.com. Please stop. --'''<font color="FF0000">]</font>''' <small>(])</small> 02:04, 22 May 2007 (UTC)		Hey. I kindly ask that you please refrain from updating scores for several sporting games which are currently in progress. It isn't Misplaced Pages's responsibility to host up-to-the-second scores on games. This is too WikiNews-ish. We are an encyclopedia, not ESPN.com. Please stop. --'''<font color="FF0000">]</font>''' <small>(])</small> 02:04, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
			:Responding to your comment on Ksy92003's talk page; Actually there is rule in place against what you are doing. ], (Number 6 in the linked section) which is an official policy of the English Misplaced Pages. Please stop. --] 03:01, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

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Shallow water blackout photo

Hi there. Whilst it's showing as uploaded by me, Image:SWB3 temp.jpg was originally taken by User:Ex nihil. You'd be best off asking him for the details. Shimgray | talk | 12:42, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Fair Use Images

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Uploading images

I'm uploading a few images, but I still don't know exactly how to upload without problems.

Note, most images if not all are from sportslogos.net, so if I could get copyright info there I'd greatly appreciate it. Soxrock 23:08, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

For logos of sports teams, select "logo" from the dropdown menu and put the name of the team it's for and where you got the logo from in the summary box. --Carnildo 07:08, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Cincinnati Reds logo

Soxrock -- I'm confused about the image of the 1961 logo you've reposted on the Cincinnati Reds article. The 1961 logo did not have a point on the back of the C -- the image you've posted has a point. And now there's a caption that calls it a "non-wishbone" logo, when clearly it's the same Wishbone C as in the other logos. Please discuss in the Cincinnati Reds discussion page before reposting. Acsenray 14:26, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

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Not only that, but criterion #9 of WP:FUC clearly states you may not use fair use images on user pages. I have removed them. Roguegeek (talk) 01:46, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

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Fair use image above 500px

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The amount of copyrighted work used should be as little as possible. Low-resolution images should be used instead of high-resolution images (especially images that are so high-resolution that they could be used for piracy).

I have marked numerous images that are above 500px because that take up a majority of the screen on 800x600 monitors. Please do not remove the {{fair use reduce}} tags unless you are willing to save a smaller copy. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 20:51, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, but Chris will tell you that he does not own any of the sports logos on his site -- all of the teams and leagues do. Chris does not have the power to grant usage rights to you or Misplaced Pages. Thus, they still fall under the fair use rules.

If you have some sort of image program, I suggest you reduce the images before you upload them to Misplaced Pages.

Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 20:58, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Please stop reverting my fair use reduction of images. --MECU≈talk 23:13, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Fair use policy

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Indianapolis Colts seasons

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2007 New York Yankees season

I am writing to ask you if you would like someome to work with to keep the article on the 2007 Yankees season up to date. I am more than willing to help you, because I know it is a large article to keep up with. --Willy No1lakersfan (Talk - Contribs) 01:42, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

I fully understand why you signed up to maintain that article. I was getting ready to sign up for it when I noticed that you had, and I wanted to ask if you would like some help maintaining it. Please let me knowin which ways you wuld like me to help out, becaue I would lie to make the Yankees artcle one of the best. --Willy No1lakersfan (Talk - Contribs) 14:32, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Why

Why do you completely ignore the talk page of the Green Bay Packers article and continue to engage in an edit war without discussing anything? I mean, you don't even have an edit summary in this edit. Would you please use the talk page?++aviper2k7++ 01:43, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Can you discuss this on Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject National Football League before changing EVERY SINGLE LOGO to a larger, unneeded, duplicate version?++aviper2k7++ 02:02, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

If you want to settle this dispute, we can have an arbitration request. Read Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration.++aviper2k7++ 02:15, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

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Colts Logo.

Hi,

I reduced the size of your images to 100px, because it is too large for the format of the articles.

Your uploaded image is too large to begin with and should have been reduced offline. But in the meantime, it should be a smaller image to be in line with other logo images, the size of the text blocks in the articles and the fair use policy. I would appreciate it if you would give me a rationale for them remaining at 150px or reduce them yourself. No sense in us just swapping back and forth.

Thanks!

Take care,

Larry Lmcelhiney 01:38, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

The Kingdome

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Thus, the article should be Kingdome not The Kingdome. If you feel strongly that this should not be the case, please let me know ASAP before I or someone else moves the article back. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 02:57, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

True, but I've never heard it of "The Netherlands" informally called "Netherlands", yet that is the example cited on the policy page I mentioned. Plus, throughout the article, there are numerous instances where "the Kingdome" is used. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 03:06, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium, etc.

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Lawrence Taylor

I noticed you are a member of the Wikiproject National Football League, I'd like to ask a favor of you. I've done a lot of work recently to improve the Lawrence Taylor article and recently made a request to have it peer reviewed. Would you mind looking it over and giving me advice on what to do next? The peer review page is here. Thanks in advance. Quadzilla99 14:02, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

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Tags on images

Hi Crazy Canadian/Soxrocks,

What's going on? Suddenly there are tags everywhere. Can that stop, because it's been fine for now, why is it bad now? Crazy Canadian 19:35, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Please read the fair use guidelines.

These images do not state their copyright holder. It is NOT copyright sportslogos.net and it came from sportslogos.net. They specifically state on their website that they are not the copyright holder and cannot grant permission for use.

Second, many of these images do not have fair use rationale, "why" they can be used as fair use. Please read the copyright notice on each of the images. It requires the Uploader to provide a rationale.

Third, please do not remove these tags without resolving the issues and communicating them on the talk page. Simply putting a comment in the edit summary is not adequate.

Thanks for your interest in helping.

Take care,

Larry Lmcelhiney 20:18, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi Soxrocks,

I see that you have started using the Fair Use Rationale statements which I sent to you. They were a talisman for me, so I hope that you will find them useful as well. If it is your intent to create a version for use on the LOGOs and apply it to those which I'd previously tagged, I will be pleased to leave them alone. Please let me know if that is your plan?

Of course, that still leaves the image size issue unresolved and I realize that is not as simple as a written statement. I do believe that it will continue to be an issue until resolved, as I saw that others have also mentioned it to you.

I hope to hear from you soon!

Take care,

Larry Lmcelhiney 04:00, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale.

Hi Soxrock,

I have modified the Cleveland Browns helmet image with fair use rationale per our discussions:

Place a simple description at the beginning without any further copyright or location information:

Cleveland Browns helmet image (2006)

Then place the following statement (with modifications) as shown (remove the "nowiki" tags and leave the comments, if you want to make the rationale usable for others):

User:Soxrock asserts that the limited use of this copyrighted image in Misplaced Pages articles directly pertaining to it is a fair use of the image, for the following reasons:

It is of the logo, helmet or uniform of an NFL team which retains the copyright.
It was obtained from the Sportslogos.net website  which serves only to collect and archive these images.
No free-license alternatives are available that convey the same information.
The image is no larger, and of no higher quality, than required for its use in articles.
It is used in Misplaced Pages only for educational purposes and is not used for profit.
Its use on Misplaced Pages does not compete with the copyright holder.
Its use on Misplaced Pages is not expected to decrease the value of the copyright to its holder.

Of course, you will still need to resolve the image size issue, as that puts WikiPedia in a difficult postion.

In future, just place all of the information in the box when you upload an image, along with the "logo" tag.

Hope that this helps.

Take care,

Larry Lmcelhiney 14:03, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Los Angeles Dodgers logo section

Hi there. I understand that you want to include as many of the old logos as possible, but the captions obviously do not match the logos. Half of them are mis-identified. I'm going to delete those bad ones again. If you want to put them back, please correct the images. Thanks! --Chancemichaels 21:19, 22 February 2007 (UTC)Chancemichaels

Fair Use Rationale (cont'd)

Hi Soxrock,

I appreciate your attempt at putting copyright information on the Image:IndianapolisColts_1001.png, however it can be as simple as just saying that the Indinapolis Colts are the copyright holder...

On the other hand, you still have not addressed the Fair Use Rationale issue. Even something as simple as the bulleted list that I have provided for your use above would be adequate, but you must assert it there on the page, not on the Talk page or in the Edit Summary.

So, please do not remove the Fair Use Rationale tag until you have completed this step. You might also consider doing all of the others which you have uploaded under Soxrocks and any of your other aliases.

Thanks!

Larry Lmcelhiney 00:43, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

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Carolina Panthers

May I ask why you deleted half the Panthers article? JTRH 20:01, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

I found the History page that you created, but I'm still wondering why you chose to delete the Seifert Era from the main page, while leaving Capers and Fox? JTRH 20:10, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

re: spliting content

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Hope this helps. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 00:33, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Added Tags

Hi Soxrock,

I noticed that you'd identified User:CollegeGameDayRocks! with this account as well. I went ahead and placed a tag on your three user pages, User:Soxrock, User:Crazy Canadian, and User:CollegeGameDayRocks! to more clearly identify that you are not attempting to violate policy WP:SOCK. Please feel free to add this tag to any other accounts that you might use or remove these if you feel that my assumption is incorrect.--Lmcelhiney 16:55, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

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Multiple accounts

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Actually multiple accounts don't always constitute violation of WP:SOCK. This does raise questions, though, since that sort of practice is so often employed by problem editors. Soxrock, thank you for declaring that these accounts are all yours. You could help ease the worries of other Wikipedians by posting an explanation of each account's purpose. I've been asked to look into this and I'd appreciate your help. Regards, Durova 16:48, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Would you post the explanation in your user space, please? That would be a help to other editors who wonder what's up. Durova 22:31, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

In re:

I have replied on my talk page. Navou / _contribs 22:23, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Leonard Davis

I saw that you have reversed the colors of the Dallas Cowboys for Leonard Davis and you shouldn't do that because thats the Patriot's colors. --Phbasketball6 15:52, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Future Dolphins season pages

First of all, you probably should have made the 2008 and 2009 seasons at all. Secondly, you completely butchered them, by doing things like putting WRONG opponents on the schedule at times, talking about how they "look to do better" and assuming Cameron will still be there. I think it's a dumb idea to even have these pages at this point, but if you're going to do it then do it right.Chris Nelson 02:23, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

By incorrect schedules, I mean listing the Miami Dolphins as an opponent of the Miami Dolphins in 2009. Also, obviously you always look to do better, but to phrase it the way you did is to speak about it as if 2008 is in the past, and it's not. Plus for all you know, they could win the Super Bowl in 2008. Even though it's unlikely, if it happens no one would say they are "looking to do better" than they did in 2008. You don't know what will happen in 2008 and you don't know if Cameron will be there (even if it's probable) so there is no point in talking about those things as if it's already happened.Chris Nelson 03:08, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

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Sox - I see you've uploaded most of the Giants logos/unis that now reside at Logos and Uniforms of the New York Giants, and even though it appears that you followed wiki rules about sourcing, copyright and fair use, etc., they are being deleted one by one. I have a vested interest in that page, and the Giants, and I'll see if I can get these images restored, if you don't have time. Thanks, 808 13:50, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi 808,

If you want to help to keep the affected images at Logos and Uniforms of the New York Giants and get others restored, the path is simple:

Identify the copyright holder. It is not sportslogos.net as identified on this image page.

New York Giants primary logo 1950-1955, claiming fair use Copyright: Sportslogos.net

Add a detailed Fair Use Rationale Statement per the requirments:

User:Soxrock asserts that the limited use of this copyrighted image in Misplaced Pages articles directly pertaining to it is a fair use of the image, for the following reasons:

It is of the logo, helmet or uniform of an NFL team which retains the copyright.
It was obtained from the Sportslogos.net website which serves only to collect and archive these images.
No free-license alternatives are available that convey the same information.
The image is no larger, and of no higher quality, than required for its use in articles.
It is used in Misplaced Pages only for educational purposes and is not used for profit.
Its use on Misplaced Pages does not compete with the copyright holder.
Its use on Misplaced Pages is not expected to decrease the value of the copyright to its holder.

That is really all that is necessary! Let me know if you have questions, please.

Take care,

Lmcelhiney 15:14, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

2007 Articles

Hello. I greatly appreciate the edits you have made to the articles. However, please refrain from working on articles that you have not been assigned to monitor. The list is at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Baseball/2007 MLB team articles. This causes confusion for those who have been assigned to work on them. Ksy92003 23:05, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

I understand that. But still, it causes confusion for people like me who expect to have some work to do on the articles and to see that somebody has already taken away their responsibilty. I admire your work ethic, but if it's possible, unless an article has fallen drastically behind, please try to limit the edits you make to the articles which other people have signed up to do. Ksy92003 23:09, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

The only reason I was late updating mine was because I was at the game ;) ++aviper2k7++ 23:19, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Carl Lewis

Just to let you know, I restored the red links you removed from the Carl Lewis article. Red links serve a valid purpose on Misplaced Pages as a guide for expansion of the encyclopedia's coverage. See WP:RED for more. --Dystopos 21:00, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Updating stats in baseball player articles

Hi ... I'm a relative newcomer to WP and an avid Cleveland Indians fan. As such, I have all of the Indians players' pages on my watchlist. I see that you updated the stats in the info box on Grady Sizemore's page today. Are you planning on keeping each player's statistics up to date (or is there some group of people who are doing this)? It's certainly a monumental task and seems to me to be unnecessary in an encyclopedia since there are ump-teen other more reliable sources for current statistics. The problem I have with it is that unless the statistics are updated for every player on a regular basis, the currency of the player pages will be uneven. Also, the info box on the Sizemore page is now inaccurate since it says "Selected MLB statistics (through 2006)".

Do you know if this topic has been discussed by the community anywhere ... perhaps at WP:WPBB or WP:WPBBP? --Sanfranman59 22:40, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

I'd just like to add in on this topic, while I appreciate the enthusiasm it must take to update all sorts of player's stats, you should really just wait until each game is official, because technically, the stats aren't updated until the game is declared official (usually 30-60 minutes after the game). Misplaced Pages is not a news service. -- KirinX 02:22, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

You updated the stats for Jason Giambi but not the as of date. Could you make sure to make them match? Corvus cornix 22:56, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

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AfD nomination of 2009 Pittsburgh Steelers season

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2009 Jacksonville Jaguars season

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I have also added {{prod}} templates to the other 2009 NFL team articles:

Each of these articles contains speculation about where the teams will play (teams may move or change stadiums, disasters occur, etc), who will coach the teams, and how the league will be structured for home/away series. While some of these are more likely than others, I feel it is too soon to start speculating, and the AfD deletion of Green Bay's 2009 article and nomination of Pittsburg's seem to back that up. Bigr Tex 21:30, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

List of top 100 Major League Baseball home run hitters

I've requested that List of top 100 Major League Baseball home run hitters be merged into List of top 500 Major League Baseball home run hitters -- 500 should be able to cover anything you've put into 100. Jpers36 13:28, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Comments

Would you mind commenting here? They're thinking about re-opening that poll about the NFL infoboxes. Quadzilla99 21:59, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

2007 NFL Draft

Please don't edit the page to post selections that have not occurred yet. Brady Quinn has not been selected 3rd yet, so putting that information there is deliberatly trying to add misinformation to the article. Pepsidrinka 16:37, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Again, do not add Brady Quinn for the sake of edit conflicting others.--Wizardman 17:29, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi. I just wanted to remind you that positions and universities are only linked the first time they are mentioned. Thanks. --Maxa megalon 2000 19:30, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Again, would you mind not making duplicate links? --Maxa megalon 2000 19:50, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

NFL rookies on roster templates

Please stop putting rookies under the wrong positions on team rosters. If you don't know enough about the players being chosen, it's best to avoid editing things involving them altogether.Chris Nelson 21:11, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Also, if you're going to put drafted rookies on there, put the R notations!

Mistake

When you are creating new articles on players that are being drafted, when you add categories it says Brian Robison, for example this was on Dewayne Wrights page:

Category:Buffalo Bills player|Robison, Brian

Dewayne Wrights should say:

Category:Buffalo Bills players|Wright, Dewayne --Bucs10 16:20, 29 April 2007 (UTC)Bucs10

please stop adding 2007 NFL season to players infoboxes like you did with Jamarcus Russell and Calvin Johnson. It doesn't really make sense when only 2007 rookies have it when players like Michael Vick and Peyton Manning don't have that.--Yankees10 21:14, 3 May 2007 (UTC)Yankees10

where is it on the NFL project page. In my opinion it really isnt neaded because you can only go to the rookie year and not any other year.--Yankees10 21:26, 3 May 2007 (UTC)Yankees10

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Colors on Yankees Infoboxes

why are you taking the gray off the Yankees player infoboxes?--Yankees10 23:47, 7 May 2007 (UTC)Bucs10

The gray looks much better though, and every other team has 2 different colors on there infoboxes, and if you changed it then the Yankees would be the only team with one color--Yankees10 01:17, 8 May 2007 (UTC)Yankees10

Do you have an example of what that looks like--Yankees10 01:37, 8 May 2007 (UTC)Yankees10

I think the way it was would probably be the best right now--Yankees10 01:44, 8 May 2007 (UTC)Yankees10

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Detroit Red Wings

It was agreed at WPTP (months ago) to leave the diacriticals off NHL team pages 'current roster' sections. Please respect this gentlemen's agreement. Thank you. GoodDay 22:45, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

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Yankees Yearly

Hi, i saw the edits you made to the 1921 yankee season. i really liked the way you did the info box and the stats, and i need to add stats to the other pages (1903-1913) since thats on my job list for the WikiYank Group. wanna help? ThirdPoliceman 16:35, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

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J.R. Richard

Sorry, but I had originally thought you were adding some random colors to the infobox to make it more aesthetically pleasing. In any case, I personally think it would be better to use current team colors, so that it will be easier for people to identify past and current players from the same team by looking at the player's infoboxes. Thanks, Nishkid64 (talk) 14:23, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Y	Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s): Problem with autoblocks, now resolved. Request handled by: Martinp23 22:24, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Preakness Game

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Updating scores

Hey. I kindly ask that you please refrain from updating scores for several sporting games which are currently in progress. It isn't Misplaced Pages's responsibility to host up-to-the-second scores on games. This is too WikiNews-ish. We are an encyclopedia, not ESPN.com. Please stop. --Ksy92003 (talk) 02:04, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Responding to your comment on Ksy92003's talk page; Actually there is rule in place against what you are doing. Misplaced Pages is not a publisher of news reports, (Number 6 in the linked section) which is an official policy of the English Misplaced Pages. Please stop. --Michael Greiner 03:01, 22 May 2007 (UTC)