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This is to let you know that the article on Shadowyze has been targeted for deletion and needs support.

I have had numerous messages left on my talk page by this bot, for using a so-called "copyrighted image". In actual fact the image is part of a userbox that I got from an official userbox source. In addition, the image cannot be removed by the bot since it is a userbox template. This has resulted in numerous warnings by the bot, some within a minute of each other. Very annoying. Also I call into question the validity of the warning since it is a widely accepted userbox. If the image had been unacceptable I should think it would have been removed by now.

Image in question: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Catcher-in-the-rye-red-cover.jpg

And here is the userbox in question:

This user feels the urge to buy just one more copy of The Catcher in the Rye.

The coat-of-arms was granted to Estonia sometime around 1219. Estonian copyright law explicitly exludes coats-of-arms from copyright.

• The free image was loaded to Commons on 20 October 2005 by WikedKentaur.
• On 3 January 2007 User:Valentinian labeled the en. page with {{PD-Coa-Estonia}}, creating the en. page but soon reverted, as it was redundant to {{PD-EE}} in Commons.
• On 3 April 2007 User:Strangerer added categories and template {{Symbol}}.
• On 30 April 2007 User:Cydebot replaced template {{Symbol}} with {{Non-free symbol}}.
• On 16 May 2007 you removed the image as non free from the user page of User:3 Löwi.

The end result is, that a free image was removed without a cause. Something went wrong someplace, but what? -- Petri Krohn 23:55, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The edit at [1] pretty much caused the problems. The problem happened because people still tag images on the Commons with categories or with license tags, which makes an page for them "exist" on en.wikipedia. So, the next time you see something like that, you can delete the image page safely. I would caution Strangerer to not make those kind of edits again. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 07:15, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've been receiving messages from the bot about the Vesalius College mascot, the Silver Weasel logo. This logo was designed by a friend and myself (I digitised and vectorised it). It was the decision of the Student Government of the College as well as the Administration to make the addition and upload the mascot to the Wikipedia page. I therefore hold all rights to the image, and I do not wish for it to be removed either from the Vesalius College page or my personal page. This was made by me, I have the original work-in-progress files in my archives, so no one else has the right to claim this logo.

But since it is still tagged a logo, it cannot really be used on userpages, templates or anywhere outside of the article of Vesalius College. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 07:16, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This edit is just annoying. /(Image:|Bild:)?Imagename/g like this does not work. Kotepho 06:00, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]