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User talk:Gnome (Bot)

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My master is Eagle 101 (talk)

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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.

thanks for telling me this will not be repeated in future

Jesus Christ, you are the spammiest bot I have ever seen in my life.

Hi, this bot removed an image of me, made by me, and released to the public domain. The image was File:P-10-4-D70B.png and it appeared on my user page.

From reading the archives of this talk page it seems that although the owner/operated of this bot feels it is not malfunctioning it actually is (otherwise it wouldn't be generating so many errors found by real people).

I would greatly appreciate knowing the rationale for which the image was removed.

Thank you Dananimal (talk) 02:43, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As the image in question is part of a user’s communication with me, I am content to leave the placeholder as it is. — Knowledge Seeker দ 07:40, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]