Talk:The Selfish Gene

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[edit] Survival machine

This is only a brief article, which I think should be merged here unless this one becomes around 30kb or more. An adequate discussion of survival machines can probably be given here even then. Richard001 11:02, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

  • support merge If the section here ever grows too large, the redirect can always be undone. – ornis⚙ 09:21, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
  • support merge. Snalwibma 09:56, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

I don't think there's anything really worth merging, so I'll just redirect it. We should probably have a brief summary of each chapter, however, in which case 'The Gene Machine' would cover this area in better detail than it currently is. Richard001 10:47, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Selfish Gene 3.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:07, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Someone corrected this already. Fred Hsu (talk) 03:51, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think.jpg

Image:How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 23:46, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

I added fair-use rationale to the image. But that is only for the article on the book, not The Selfish Gene. Perhaps we will need to remove this image from this article. Fred Hsu (talk) 03:51, 15 February 2008 (UTC)