User talk:Anchorman

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Please add a source to the image you uploaded. Thanks and welcome.--MarkieTalk 17:32, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

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Picture: Image:Christopher Barrios.jpg

Pictures from news sources that we compete with such as First Coast news, has images that they pay for from the AP or otherwise and are copyrighted, so they cannot be used on Wikinews.

DragonFire1024 21:24, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

as this is about an ongoing missing child alert, i think we have a good claim for using the photo, so i've restored the image and added them back to the article and main page lead.  — Doldrums(talk) 21:26, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

• The image - in all probability - originated with the family of the missing child, and if we could have got a copy from them we could have used that. Of course, now would not be a good time to bother them. If there hadn't been a free alternative I would have contacted First Coast and asked what the copyright on the image was, I'm sure we would have - eventually - got permission to use it.

That brings me on to another thing, your username. Are you affiliated with First Coast News? If not then your username might be construed as misleading. You've not a high edit could so a rename is relatively trivial. Some of us even use our real names. (unlike EssJay). --Brian McNeil / ^talk 22:14, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Username

I'll dig round or ask about a username change and let you know the procedure - I know it is possible if you've not too many edits, you see if you can dream up a new username. More later. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 22:24, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

• That didn't take long... You want to look at this page. Take your time thinking about a new username; who knows if you'll get hooked on contributing and want things like accreditation? --Brian McNeil / ^talk 22:28, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Your username move was done successfully by Cspurrier.  Thunderhead  ►  02:52, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Image

Please provide a source to Image:President - Immigration Speech.jpg or it may be deleted. DragonFire1024 21:41, 29 May 2007 (UTC)