User talk:BetacommandBot: Difference between revisions

If you are here to register a complaint regarding this bot's edits, before doing so please note: There is a very clear policy regarding having fair use rationales on fair use images. This policy is located at Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria point #10(c). Rationales must be provided for each use of an image. Also please see Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline. We do not permit fair use, copyrighted images to exist on Wikipedia if rationales for that image's use are not provided. Please see Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion#Images.2Fmedia #6. Also please see the Wikimedia Foundation's resolution on this matter at m:Resolution:Licensing policy point #4. For quite some time, we have attempted to encourage people to provide rationales. The results of this effort have been dismal at best. The creator of this bot has come under fire for performing this work manually. One of the main complaints is that the effort to tag images could just as readily be spent providing rationales. This is not the case; the uploader and/or user of each fair use image is the person who should provide the rationale. A non-involved editor can not know under what principles the user of an image intended such use as fair use. The use of fair use, copyrighted images on the Wikimedia servers is covered by United States law. Our policies with respect to this bot's actions are based on that law. Please see Fair_use#Purpose_and_character. Bug reports are very welcome; tagging images as this bot is doing per policy is not a bug.

Favorite statements about ORFU images:

Thank you for the message, Mr. Bot, but you have to understand that this image was used in an article, but the article got deleted. PK 18:19, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Just a friendly reminder that if the bot didn't remind you, you'd wonder why your image just vanished without any sort of warning. Also, you're still required to be civil here. The bot may not have feelings (though I betcha Betacommand is working on that...) but the creator sure does. Thanks! ~Kylu (u|t) 04:40, August 21, 2007 (UTC)

Many fair use images ARE being used in articles with correct rationale, but with the current bug in the system, these articles are not being seen in the Image use section on the image page. Maybe this could be corrected before further tagging of images and talk pages?? Bob 08:48, September 17, 2007 (UTC)

It would be nice if the Bot put a warning. As Lakeside school built the Lakeside School wiki entry and fully approves the use of the Crest

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