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Hello, I noticed your plight trying to retag this image to satisfy the automatic deletion tag. Part of the problem is it cannot be both public domain and non-free fair use. They're total opposites.
- If it's fair use, it must have a valid fair use rationale in addition to a license tag (and be used in at least one article (not user page) or it will still get deleted after a one week grace period).
- If you legally own the rights to the logo and are happy to release it under a free license, such as into the public domain, you should clean up the other tags such as "non-free logo".
Have at a look at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/All, for the full list of free and non-free license tags you can use, such as the Creative Commons attribution licenses.
In any case, any condition of "permission had been granted for use on wikipedia" or similar, is problematic as it's contradictory to the license tags. Either remove such conditions or let the file be deleted. • Anakin (talk) 12:53, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
- I've gone ahead and deleted the image for now due to the unclear copyright status of the image. Fair use and public domain are mutually exclusive. One cannot also be the other. Once you figure out how you want to license the image, feel free to upload again. SchuminWeb (Talk) 13:11, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
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Hey, I was just looking over the list of members on the Podcasting group and wanted to see if you were still active in the project. If so, it looks like the project could use a little jump-start. In particular, I think notability requirements and assessment guidelines could be added/updated. Please check out the page if you're still interested and move your name to the 2011 active list. Thanks! Udeezy (talk) 22:17, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
List of The Amaz!ng Meeting speakers
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WikiProject Podcasting active members
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Bovril
Sid, I removed the information about Ripping Yarns you added to the Bovril article. We generally don't list every passing mention of the topic in a work of a fiction because such a list could go on for pages without actually adding to the reader's understanding. For more on that rationale, I'd read the trivia guideline (or see this relevant xkcd). Have a great day! —Neil 01:37, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
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