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== TOWN OF LONG ISLAND.com ==

Is a publicly funded site. Therefor' all images are public domain images. The only images that probably are "questionable" were the car ferry, the freighter, and the summer home. ] 03:18, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
:The postcards are also public domain, no one specifically owns those pictures, although they sell them EVERYWHERE. ] 03:19, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
::Regarding the images from http://townoflongisland.com: As already posted here ], publicly funded does not equal "Public Domain."

::Also see: ]: works of the *Federal* government may be public domain, but public domain "applies only to the U.S. Federal government. Most state governments retain the copyright on their work."

::Most "publicly funded" stage governments retain copyright. Ditto for town governments, unless explicitly stated otherwise. ] 04:09, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

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ALMOST FAMOUS

TALK

Could someone please explain to me what those symbals mean, that appear on my watchlist: N User: whatever or M: usertalk: whatever so on and so forth? Almost Famous 20:35, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

ERROR MESSAGE

I received this error message when trying to view my watchlist, can anyone tell me what it means?

A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was:

(SQL query hidden) from within function "wfSpecialWatchlist". MySQL returned error "1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '<<<<< .mine AND rc_this_oldid=page_latest ======= AND rc_ (10.0.0.2)".

That's the message I'm trying to decode Almost Famous 18:00, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

This indicates a bug in MediaWiki. Please file a bug report using the Wikimedia Bug Tracker at bugs.wikimedia.org. Thanks. Kelly Martin (talk) 18:07, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

ANSWERS

Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, Almost Famous, and welcome to Misplaced Pages! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Misplaced Pages:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!  --Pilot|guy 13:39, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Re: I Have A Friendly Question

Why is your page a target for vandals? Are you heavily into the AFD discussions? Just curious, and could you respond on my talk page? Almost Famous 08:48, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

I wish I knew, perhaps it's because I RC patrol among other things, it was pretty bad for a while there. --Pilot|guy 13:38, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Re: Article Copies on User Pages

In an effort to study Misplaced Pages, its users, and the general operations of the site I've been monitoring the administrator's notice board and someone has commented on a user who has copied one of the articles and pasted it into their User Page? Why would this be against policy? RE: to talk page if possible. Thank you, Almost Famous 05:21, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

If you can point me towards the specific issue I might be able to better answer your question. I don't know any policy that might prohibit such a thing, but I don't see the point in doing it (one may wish to provide a link to the article, however). --Pilot|guy 19:53, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright

Please see Misplaced Pages:Copyrights#Image guidelines, specifically:

Images and photographs, like written works, are subject to copyright. Someone owns them unless they have been explicitly placed in the public domain. Images on the internet need to be licensed directly from the copyright holder or someone able to license on their behalf.

The images you uploaded are from sites such as http://townoflongisland.com. Images from this site have already been deleted from Misplaced Pages. As the above states, if they are not explicity public domain or released under a free license such as the GDFL, they must be licensed directly.Econrad 02:06, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

I wasn't aware that they had been uploaded alreayd. Almost Famous 01:58, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

TOWN OF LONG ISLAND.com

Is a publicly funded site. Therefor' all images are public domain images. The only images that probably are "questionable" were the car ferry, the freighter, and the summer home. Almost Famous 03:18, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

The postcards are also public domain, no one specifically owns those pictures, although they sell them EVERYWHERE. Almost Famous 03:19, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Regarding the images from http://townoflongisland.com: As already posted here Image talk:LILibrary.jpg, publicly funded does not equal "Public Domain."
Also see: Misplaced Pages:Copyright_FAQ#Public domain: works of the *Federal* government may be public domain, but public domain "applies only to the U.S. Federal government. Most state governments retain the copyright on their work."
Most "publicly funded" stage governments retain copyright. Ditto for town governments, unless explicitly stated otherwise. Econrad 04:09, 11 May 2006 (UTC)