Udar

Lyrics

Hi, I noticed you've been creating a number of articles which include the complete lyrics to songs. You might want to read the following policy, Wikipedia:Don't include copies of primary sources. Wikipedia articles should generally not include the complete text of songs, poems, and so on. The lyrics, as they are presumably not copyrighted due to their age, can be posted to Wikisource, and then a link to the wikisource text could be posted in a wikipedia article.

(If you find this to be too difficult or too much trouble, probably others will copy the lyrics to wikisource and then remove them from the wikipedia articles eventually. However, this does make more work for others...) --Xyzzyplugh 17:04, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Apologies and thanks; I wasn't aware of that. Because I just copied the layout from an existing page, I had assumed it was OK. As you've probably guessed, I'm a relative newbie--but I do want to do a good job. I'll take care of the suggested edits asap.--Udar 04:06, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:4ttb.01.jpg

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:FTB001.jpg

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:FTB002.jpg

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:FTB003.jpg

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Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Udar! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 3 of the articles that you created are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. if you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 306 article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:

1. Martin Kelleher - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
2. Patrick Clifford - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
3. Keith O'Neill (fiddler) - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 23:55, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

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Replaceable fair use File:Patrick Clifford, Promotional Photo 2010.jpeg

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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Orphaned non-free image File:Patrick Clifford American Wake Cover.jpg

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