User talk:GO-PCHS-NJROTC/Archive 1

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RE: 144.226.173.68

Actually, it is a valid message. Abuse reports are not investigated unless the account has been blocked at least 5 times. Given that this account was never blocked, there is no need for a report. More information is available at Wikipedia:Abuse Reports. - Rjd0060 (talk) 15:51, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

There are some on this page. - Rjd0060 (talk) 16:28, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps/NJROTC Host Schools in Florida

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps/NJROTC Host Schools in Florida, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add {{db-author}} to the top of Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps/NJROTC Host Schools in Florida. KurtRaschke (talk) 03:09, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Your legal threats at Talk:Port Charlotte High School

I appreciate you're a new user, but regarding these comments, please familiarise yourself with Wikipedia:No legal threats, Wikipedia:Ownership of articles and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest before making threats of this nature. Threats like "Do not vandalise this fine article unless you want your internet disconnected" are far more likely to result in one of "those crazy admins" blocking you. Please note that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that anyone can edit; other users have just as much right as you to edit the article.

I've also removed some of the more biased comments from this article. Please ensure you're familiar with Wikipedia's neutrality policy, which is a non-negotiable core policy of Wikipedia, before re-adding them or anything similar.

Welcome to Wikipedia, and I hope the above hasn't put you off; it's not a personal attack on you; a number of new users are unfamiliar with Wikipedia policies and inadvertently fall foul of them. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask me or anyone else around here. — iridescent 02:39, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Fcat.gif

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Fcat.gif. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. — iridescent 02:45, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: Outsidepchs.jpeg

Hi! The image was deleted because it didn't meet our media policy: specifically, non-free images of existing buildings are generally unacceptable. Hope this helps! east.718 at 11:41, December 30, 2007

That would be great! This is one reason why non-free content is restricted - it encourages the creation of free content. east.718 at 01:16, December 31, 2007

My edits to Port Charlotte High School

As per your (now deleted) question, I'll briefly talk through the cleanup I did on that article to explain why each part was done:

  1. "Most Pirates are alumni of..." & "The school's top rivals are..." weren't removed, they were just moved up a paragraph. Besause I deleted the part about the "much vaunted" teams etc (these aren't facts but your personal opinions, so shouldn't be in Wikipedia), it left the remaining paragraph very short so I merged it with the paragraph above;
  2. The "Pirate PRIDE" section I deleted as a clear violation of neutrality policy;
  3. Image:Fcat.gif has been tagged for possible deletion as a likely copyright violation. By posting an image to Wikipedia (aside from a very limited number of "fair-use" cases), you're granting anyone the right to use & edit it. Since I assume you're not the owner of the copyright, you're not in a position to give permission;
  4. I changed "our" and "we" to "their" and "they" throughout; this should be an article about the organisation, not by it. Although it's not forbidden, the conflict of interest policy strongly discourages writing articles about anything you're connected with, as it's very difficult to maintain a neutral point of view;
  5. The part about copyrights I deleted; either it is copyright material, in which case you shouldn't be posting it on Wikipedia (or anywhere), or it's not copyright in which case the warning is irrelevant;
  6. "Frequently recognized for its distinguished performance at conferences at both the national and international level" I've tagged {{fact}}; for a claim like this, you need to provide a source;
  7. "Reputation for excellence" and "A fine course to consider" I've deleted as blatant advertising, as well as non-neutral;
  8. Finally, I've deleted your orders to anyone editing the page. The moment you post the article, you don't own it, the Wikimedia Foundation does; any other editor has just as much right to make any edit they like to the article (although unhelpful edits will quickly be reverted).

Hope that all helps. As I said on your talkpage, don't take my edits to the article as a personal attack or an attack on the subject — Wikipedia policies can be very confusing until you're used to them. By and large, the article's fine; it just needs a slight cleaning up. If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to get back to me. — iridescent 17:00, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

    • Actually, I encourage anyone who wants to edit the article to do so, as long as they don't vandalize. I would like to thank anyone who reverts vandalism, it ccertainly helps my cause. Also, I did not write the article myself, I'm simply trying to improve it. If you have any more ideas on how to improve it, please do so, my goal is to get it rated at least a GA, but hopefully an FA. And you're right, it needs a neutral point of view, it can't get such a high rating with a bias. GO-PCHS-NJROTC (talk) 17:16, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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Orphaned non-free media (Image:PCHS CHAMPS CAFE.gif)

Thanks for uploading Image:PCHS CHAMPS CAFE.gif. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media 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 media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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Re:Charlotte High School Notable Alumni

WP:REF#Dealing with citation problems states when a link "goes dead", it should be repaired or replaced if possible, but not deleted. « ₣M₣ » 01:49, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Unblock

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Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s):

Autoblock of 71.3.210.131 lifted or expired.

Request handled by: — Rlevse • Talk • 01:48, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't recognize that user name. I had some friends over, maybe they've done something.

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