User talk:Zscout370

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Kola Boof

For some reason which is not clearly stated, the *entire* Kola Boof page has been deleted and protected to prevent future edits. Why would this happen, and how can I, as a wikipedia user, reverse this, or vote on its reversal? Thanks. Brainvoyager 19:44, 29 August 2007 (UTC) (PS, I accidentally put this in your third page of archives before, whoops)

e-mail

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I can certainly e-mail you the photos i took....just message me with your addy. [User:Dowew]

Deletion of Miles Levin Article - Notability

Hi. You deleted the article on Miles Levin with the note that "CNN tends to report a lot of people who have diseases; even ESPN does it." I agree with that, but I think the blog that Miles wrote and the number of people who read it (thousands, internationally) probably do make him notable for this context.

I did not write or see the earlier article and only saw the note in the log when I went to see what, if anything, had been entered. I did write most of the article for WikiNews Miles Levin - Teen Blogger Dies before 19th Birthday. Would you please take a look at that and the associated talk page? Then consider undeleting the article, and I'll use it as a starting point. The obit on WikiNews really just reports his death, but after the discussion there, I think it would make sense to put an article on his life, writings and their inpact in an article on Wikipedia.

Please let me know what you think. CocoaZen 17:14, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Other than blogging about his disease and getting press for it, I just do not believe Mr. Levin stands out from the rest of the other bloggers. Sad to say, but bloggers like him are a dime a dozen, since people use the blog world to share about their disease. However, what I am going to do is send other administrators to review the deletion and whatever course of action they take, I will support. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 04:03, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Would you mind reviewing WP:NOTE and explaining why you feel that, as an individual, he merits inclusion in an encyclopedia as opposed to merely being a current event (which would rightly belong on a news site such as you had already done?) ~Kylu (u|t) 04:05, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

The article when it was deleted gave no credible assertion of notability. The mention on CNN seems nothing more than a passing human-interest note. It would be more reasonable to mention Levin in an article on cancer victims. — Carl (CBM · talk) 04:09, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Picture removing

Why did you remove the picture off the userbox of mine? --Destructo^{Talk to me} 03:42, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Copyright reasons. In our policy on fair use images, they cannot be used in userboxes or anywhere outside of articles. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 04:08, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Ronald Reagan photo removal

I have a question. Why did you remove two photographs from the Ronald Reagan page? I know they were fair use, and copyrighted, but they fell under the WP:FU guidelines and fair use rationales were provided on both images. The first, Image:REAGAN1996 is very rare, because Reagan rarley had photos taken of him while he had Alzheimer's. The second, Image:REAGANSKISS2000 is one of, if not the, last pics taken of Reagan before his Alzheimer's took a turn for the worst. These pics were properly cited and licensed so I'm not sure why they were removed. It also extremely hard to find free pics of Reagan in his post-presidential years (beleive me - I've tried), so this was all we had. Please get back to me. Happyme22 22:17, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

There were concerns, by others, about the image licenses. Plus, you mentioned the pictures were purchased from said agencies. The pictures were not purchased; I was able to find the same pictures, same sizes and formatting. Second, even if they were purchases, US Fair Use law will prevent us from using it. If we purchase the photo, then put it up for people to download for free, we are undercutting the power of the AP and Time to sell their photos to others. I do understand finding photos of him now are hard pressed, but lying about the photographs in the methods I showed above, me and others could not stand at all, hence the deletion. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 06:59, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

South Dakota Flag article stripped

Why did you remove all the info I added to the South Dakota flag article? I think taking all of the relevant info out of the article made it much less informative. Aren't we supposed to help stubs? (MandyBarberio 18:17, 27 August 2007 (UTC))

The article is about the state flag, so having a picture of the state seal and information about the seal is not needed. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 04:42, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

I beg to differ considering the seal is part of the flag. You can't really describe anything about the flag without describing the seal in the middle. <MandyBarberio 18:26, 29 August 2007 (UTC)>

Image issue

You told me previously that the fair use policy on images states that they can not be used outside of the article space. User:Bmedley Sutler has several images, both on his user page and his talk page. Could you take a look and let me know what you think? Ursasapien (talk) 07:03, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

I just checked now and whatever fair use was there, I cannot see it now or it has been removed. But I will see if my eyes are sharper at noonish tomorrow. But, if I can be honest, his talk page is a little bit inflamatory. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 07:27, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

A post on FOTW

Hi Zach. Since you're a contributor to FOTW, would you mind posting a follow-up concerning the bottom image on [1]. The Danish Resistance never used a flag of its own, so the image is a hoax. not contemporary. Good design though :) Happy editing. Valentinian ^{T / C} 20:55, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

I'll be ... I just stumbled over this image from a museum. I've never heard about the Resistance using any flags during the skirmishes around 5 May 1945, so the flag hasn't seen "live" action. It is not officially recognized and it must have been created at some later date. Perhaps by veterans or as a pseudo-regimental banner? Valentinian ^{T / C} 21:13, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

I personally have no idea when the flag existed and most follow ups by Danish nationals are getting nowhere. Oddly enough, I was the one who did the image you mentioned in this post. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 04:40, 30 August 2007 (UTC)