Rickyboy (talk · contribs · block log)
Where did you get the image from? Image:Parts of an Oscilliscope.gif. Did you draw it yourself? We need to add copyright tags to the image. BTW welcome to wikipedia, you're gonna love it here. Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 18:03, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
You uploaded the image Image:Where hurricanes strike.gif. It has now been listed as a copyvio due to its having been copied from the World Book web site. Any other images you uploaded from there need to be removed and tagged for deletion as well. -- Cyrius|✎ 05:41, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
My images weren't taken from the World Book site, so I am reverting those articles. If you wish to remove the images, then tag them first for further discussion. --Rickyboy 01:33, 18 July 2005
Just because they are possible copyright violations does not mean that they are. I will not stop reverting your arbitrary actions. -- Rickyboy 01:51, 18 July 2005
I wouldn't do that if I were you...
Besides, even if they were violations of copyright law, they would still be justified because people shouldn't have to pay to learn things. A picture is worth a thousand words, and you're making all of those articles much more difficult to understand. So, let World Book defend itself if it wants to. The readership for World Book and Wikipedia are completely different.
In any case, they aren't even off the World Book site! -- Rickyboy 02:02, 18 July 2005
I created the graphics myself, and took the pictures myself as well. Since you are obviously convinced that I took them from World Book, I wrote hypothetically that even in that case such actions would be justified. Besides, you've done your due diligance and fulfilled your legal obligations for Wikipedia. So you can drop it now. If I violated the law (which I haven't), then I'll be the one liable now. --Rickyboy 02:30, 18 July 2005
Cheers. Rickyboy 02:45, July 18 2005
I'm writing some e-mails to some administrators to unblock me. I don't know why you're so angry at me. I never did anything to you. -- Rickyboy
My address is blocked only until tomorrow. -- Rickyboy
I tried very much to find a difference between the two pictures, but they seem to be identical in every aspect, you might say that it was a Innate idea, or that the world book stole it from you, but until it is figured out, it doesn't belong on any wikipedia page. --Eliezer 10:13, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
If you unblock me I won't upload any more pirated images. Also know that I never vandalized any articles. (I don't know where you got that idea.) --Rickyboy