User talk:John Saunders
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[edit] Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander
Hello! You wrote that his best result was first equal with David Bronstein in the Hastings Tournament of 1953 but winning the Hastings International Tournament in 1946 a point ahead of the second is even better. What do you think? [1] --Niemzowitsch (talk) 07:46, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Image:Bcm2007.JPG
Hi John (sorry to use your first name, but we have actually corresponded in the past, and I do subscribe to BCM), I noticed you uploaded Image:Bcm2007.JPG under a GFDL license, and I wanted to check you realised what this means? The GFDL is actually quite a permissive license, in that it permits people to do quite a lot with the image and modify it and so forth. Most magazine and book covers are actually uploaded as non-free (a Wikipedia jargon term approximating to fair use) images. See WP:NFCC for the rather complex policy here, and see free content for some of the reasons behind all this. It is possible that {{non-free magazine cover}} with a non-free use rationale (I could write that for you if you wanted) would be a better way to fill out the "paperwork" on this image. If, on the other hand, you did intend to release most of the rights to the image (as per the GFDL), ignore me. Just wanted to make sure you realised what GFDL means here (to genuinely release an image of this cover under the GFDL, you would have to confirm that you were the copyright owner and that you and the owners of the magazine were willing to release the image - there are other image licenses available, but as I said above, the non-free route is simplest, as most commercial copyright holders elect not to release such images under a free license). Incidentally, what would be even better would be a scan of the covers of some of the early issues. Would you have access to those? Presumably the early issues of BCM would be public domain now, or did BCM renew its copyrights? Hope this is not too much too soon - Wikipedia can be a bit overwhelming at first to some, though I see you have made contributions to other articles as well. Let me know if you have any questions. Carcharoth (talk) 02:09, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
