User talk:DanMacDonald

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Some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Dan MacDonald may not be sufficiently well-known to merit articles of their own. The Wikipedia community welcomes newcomers, and encourages them to become Wikipedians. On Wikipedia, each user is entitled to a user page in which they can describe themselves, and this article's content may be incorporated into that page. However, to merit inclusion in the encyclopedia proper, a subject must be notable. We encourage you to write or improve articles on notable subjects. GeorgeStepanek\^talk 07:47, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dan MacDonald article deleted

Hi Dan. As you know by now your Dan MacDonald article has been deleted. You are welcome, of course, to keep the copy of the deleted article which you currently have on your user page just the way it is, but it can't be accepted for inclusion as a new article in the encyclopedia. You should know that Wikipedia looks very gravely at so-called "vanity pages". A vanity page is an article written by the person whom the article is about. What particularly made your article liable for deletion is notability; all topics in Wikipedia must meet certain standards of notability. As I wrote in the deletion listing, "Literally tens of thousands of aspiring artists, actors, musicians, directors, et cetera create Wikipedia pages for themselves. While all the information therein may be factual, the vast majority of self-created pages are simply not notable from an encyclopedic viewpoint. For an actor or stuntman, you're going to need several major movie credits (i.e. not student/web films, and not just as an extra) before being deemed worthy of inclusion." In other words, you need to get beyond the "aspiring" or "looking to get into the industry" stages. Please don't take it personally; all such vanity pages get deleted. Best of luck with your film career. StarryEyes 12:45, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Dansamkriscasaloma.jpg listed for deletion

--Sherool (talk) 15:45, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Dansamkriscasa.jpg listed for deletion

--Sherool (talk) 15:45, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Daninphk.jpg

Hi. When you uploaded Image:Daninphk.jpg, you did not specify complete source and copyright information. Another user subsequently tagged it with {{GFDL-presumed}} and, for some time, it has existed on Wikipedia under the assumption that you created the image and you agreed to license it under the GFDL. This assumption, however well-meaning, is not legally sufficient and the tag is being phased out. Images using it are being deleted.

This image has been tagged for deletion and will be deleted in one week if adequate copyright information is not provided.

If you, personally, are the author of this content, meaning that you took the photograph yourself or you created the chart yourself (and it does not use any clipart that you did not create), please retag the image with a free image copyright tag that correctly describes your licensing intentions, usually {{GFDL-self}} or {{PD-self}}. Please also make sure if you have not already done so that you write a good description of what the image depicts, when you took the photo, and other important details. This will allow Wikipedia to continue using the image.

If you did not create the image or if it is derived from the copyrighted works of others, please keep in mind that most images on the internet are copyrighted and are not suitable for use on Wikipedia. Wikipedia respects the copyrights of others and does not use images unless we know that they have been freely licensed. Any creative work is automatically copyrighted, even if it lacks a copyright notice. Unless the copyright holder has specifically disclaimed their rights to the image and released it under the GFDL or another compatible license, we cannot use it. If you did not create the image, and cannot make the image compliant with Wikipedia:Non-free content, simply do nothing and it will be deleted in a week. All other non-free images must follow these rules.

Please feel free to contact me on my talk page or leave a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions with any questions you may have. Thank you. Aksibot 21:50, 2 June 2007 (UTC)