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Fluorite -- Calcium fluoride
Hi - the fluorite article is about the mineral, I moved your chem info box to calcium fluoride which was just a redirect. That now needs to be filled out as a chemical article. There is a mineral infobox table available (see sodalite) in WikiProject Rocks and minerals which I plan to insert into the fluorite article soon. Vsmith 13:08, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Image:Na-Light.jpg
This image lacks source and copyright information, I'd be grateful if you could edit the image description and tell us where this image comes from and how it is licenced.  — Zeimusu | Talk 09:03, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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Copyright tags
Hello, could you put copyright tags for images on this page? Thank you. -- 85.76.79.162 11:05, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Aldebaran-Sun image
Hi, could you give me the original URL of the NASA picture Image:Aldebaran-sun.gif so I could tag it as public domain? Thanks. Mysid ( talk ) 07:36, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

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Sun
Hi, Skatebiker, I reverted the Sun Microsystems reference at the top of Sun because it is already referred to in Sun (disambiguation). There is a perennial tendency for folks to put lots of outside references into the "pre-article" stuff at the top, so it's preferred to put Sun Microsystems and all other Sun-like references into the disambiguation page. Cheers, zowie 17:12, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

I need help
Hello VSmith, Femto, Iain.mcclatchie, Skatebiker and Ultramarine. I need help with regards to the damage(in my opinion) done by user Theo Pardilla. Please look at his contribution page, and in the history of some the articles he contributed to, please look at my contributions, under Sillybilly. What is the correct way to proceed in such cases? I'm fairly new to wikipedia, and not well versed in the control methods, if there are any.

 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Negawatt
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Theo_Pardilla

Sillybilly 01:06, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Web-screenshot tag
The copyright status of Image:Flame-Rb.jpg is unclear. Please update or clarify. Femto 18:49, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

I've noticed you've uploaded some images tagged with web-screenshot. This tag is not meant to be used for images that came from Web pages; it's meant to be used for images of Web pages (such as Image:Wikipedia.PNG, for example). I've retagged the images below as having no license information. Please edit the image description pages to include information about the licenses these images are under. —Bkell 17:38, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
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I repeat, Image:Flame-Rb.jpg from is not a screenshot. Please read up on what a screenshot is and what exactly the Image copyright tags mean before using them. Then retag those images as appropriate to their copyright status, or if all else fails mark them for deletion. Femto 12:55, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:Na-light.jpg
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Izarf (talk) wonder how you came about creating the image. Spectral lines are awesome! Izarf (talk) 08:09, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

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Image:Goodfriday.jpg
Can you please advise who the artist was for Image:Goodfriday.jpg? Your tag states GFDL, this implies you created the image - is that the case?--A Y Arktos\talk 20:44, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

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Skull and crossbones thing
I was wondering about the rationale and plans for your placement of skull and crossbones on articles about certain chemicals. I recommend that you write about your plans at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chemistry. Thank you,--Smokefoot 20:46, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

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Color gadients in Redgiants.jpg
Hello Skatebiker, I'm working on a Dutch version of Image:Redgiants.svg, which was based on your Redgiants.jpg (now deleted). I was wondering if the color gradients you chose have anything to do with the temperatures of the respective layers or if you just found them pleasing to the eye. Kind regards, Wielewaal 23:16, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Traction power voltage
Hi - regarding your edits to Overhead lines, could you give some reference for the voltage? Looking at the photo caption the insulators do appear to be too short to be for 110 kV and would be consistent with 15 kV - I had assumed there was a 110 kV transmission network and 15 kV step-down for the catenary over each rail line. but please, comment and supply any refernce you can (this information isn't easily available on this side of the Atlantic). Thanks. --Wtshymanski (talk) 01:59, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

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WIFI
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Will you please be so kind to upload this image to commons (category:Nijmegen). Thanks, --Algont (talk) 19:44, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

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Do you have a citation for the statement that the average power used by a Western household is about 1 kW? --Gerry Ashton (talk) 18:17, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

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This image has been around on Wikipedia since a year. so I don't see the problem.... S k a t e b i k e r (talk) 17:43, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

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The copyright note was modified by somebody else. I have modified it back with a legal copyright notice and source as it was. S k a t e b i k e r (talk) 17:23, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

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I uploaded this page in October 2006 and did not change it since then. Somebody else modified the copyright tag so it became invalid. Irestored it back to the 'public domain' (as it was)so it is fixed. S k a t e b i k e r (talk) 09:24, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Dobsonian telescope comment and question
I saw your subsection on the Herschel 40 foot telescope and thought it to be very useful information. However I doubt the usual editors of Dobsonian telescope will let it stay as it is does appear out of place in the flow of the article. I wonder if you could either find a place in the introduction of the article or create a historical background section to hold information about Hershel and other historical altazimuth telescope makers? Perhaps something linking to both the 40 foot telescope and ? (Personally I find the Dobsonian article to be mildly POV and slanted toward his followers' opinions but I hesitate to make any great changes in its direction. Dobson's work is clearly a derivative design itself, borrowed from historical astronomers like Herschel so there is a definite need for some historical perspective to make the article more neutral and encyclopedic.) Good luck.Trilobitealive (talk) 13:53, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
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This is the second time I resetted the original correct image tag PD-USGov to his image. When others modify this (which is done again on Jan 8) I am not responsible for this. I don't know what is really going on with these image copyright tags. Keep it simple and don't mess it up with complex copyright statements which are only understandable by masters in law. Images on the internet are free as long as the source and copyright holder is mentioned.S k a t e b i k e r (talk) 20:11, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

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I set the copyright note to PD_Self with a note on it with the original location of the file and that site as the copyright holder. This is due to the very complex copyright rules of Wikipedia which is only understandable by masters in (American) law.

I hope these are to be simplified. Everything on the web (which is accessible without payment or logon) is free as long the original maker / issuer / owner of the images is clearly specified as copyright holder. S k a t e b i k e r (talk) 17:49, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

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This is no advertising but a short description of the product. If you cosider this page as advertising, remove the advertising tags. I removed the too much promoting tags. The reason I made this page is because this commonly used building material has no page yet in Wikipedia while most other materials have good pages on Wikipedia. I have no connections with Xella or any other building materials company or other reason to advertise this product. S k a t e b i k e r (talk) 16:46, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

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I have mentioned the source of the image so what is the problem ? Moreover, the book is 70 years old, so the copyright holders have long been deceased. S k a t e b i k e r (talk) 08:34, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

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I have mentioned the source of the image so what is the problem ? Moreover, the book is 70 years old, so the copyright holders have long been deceased. S k a t e b i k e r (talk) 11:17, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

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This is a public domain file and is four years old. S k a t e b i k e r (talk) 11:35, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

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reprinting photo
Hi Skatebiker

We'd like to use your hydrogen spectrum photo in a commercial book and wanted to let you know and double-check that we have your permission. Also, we'd like to correctly credit you as the owner. Please send me an email letting me know how you would like to have it credit. The book will be "The Space Book: 250 Milestones in the History of Astronomy" By Jim Bell and will be published in fall 2012.

thanks! ˜˜˜˜ maureenbell4@gmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Maureenbell4 (talk • contribs) 00:10, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Of course, everything which is public on the web you can use as long as you mention the source and copyright holder in case it is copyrighted.

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I thought that this page was the constellation page. I changed it to the proper link. S k a t e b i k e r (talk) 02:18, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

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Stacked Frames of Alpha Centauri
Good sir!

I was wondering if you could explain how you got that wonderful image of the Alpha Centauri binary system. As a new astrophotography enthusiast, it would really help educate me.

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nice add
{http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sirius&curid=28017&diff=501217380&oldid=499166804 nice add] - you wouldn't have a ref for it, would you? It can be tricky trying to keep Featured Articles fully referenced...cheers Casliber (talk · contribs) 09:08, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

This can be calculated by every planetarium app such as Stellarium. S k a t e b i k e r (talk) 11:57, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

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Just confirming as you've done here, this image was taken over the Andaman sea? I am taking the Canis Major article to FAC soon. Nice photo. Cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:41, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

You might want to look at this page

 * Extraterrestrial skies. I don't normally advocate placing unsourced material, but that article's barely sourced anyway so I don't think anyone would care. :-)  Serendi pod  ous  23:34, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

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That is indeed an open source astronomy app. That can indeed be a reliable reference. www.stellarium.org or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellarium S k a t e b i k e r (talk) 18:22, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

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 * Sorry I had to revert your edits to Twilight, however, we don't start sentences with "And" or "But". Also, the balance of your sentences are grammatically incorrect. You would need to supply citations for the additions you made as well. Best of luck - Pocketthis (talk) 19:13, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

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Well at full moon the sky does look like this. But when people undo these edits of facts which are true, I am no longer willing to cooperate to pages on Wikipedia. S k a t e b i k e r (talk) 16:26, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

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