User talk:DonCalo/Archive 2010AutoreviewerHi DonCalo, I just read one of your articles at newpage patrol, and was surprised to see that an editor who has been contributing articles since 2006 hadn't already been approved as an wp:Autoreviewer. So I've taken the liberty of rectifying that. ϢereSpielChequers 14:17, 18 January 2010 (UTC) Fair use rationale for File:Africo panorama.jpgThanks for uploading or contributing to File:Africo panorama.jpg. I notice the file page specifies that the file is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the file description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. FASTILYsock(TALK) 05:27, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
Edit-warring over the issue will achieve nothing. The image has been deleted for the reasons which were twice explained to you. Angus McLellan (Talk) 21:01, 5 February 2010 (UTC) Hi DonCalo -- I noticed that you added to an article I recently created, Placido Rizzotto. I then saw from your user page that you seem to be interested in labor union leaders, Socialist movements, etc who have fought against the Mafia. As I'm sure you're aware, the United States government played a large role in working with the Mafia to fight these socialist movements, both in Italy and the United States. I have created a new article called Collaborations between the United States government and Italian Mafia, to catalogue important events in this area. If you have time, I'd love to have your help working on it. It's only a stub right now, but I've got a few books listed as sources to start out with. Looking forward to working with you! -- Jrtayloriv (talk) 03:37, 1 February 2010 (UTC) And I took the liberty of fixing the "Leave me a new message" link at the top of your talk page here -- it was still pointing to your old user talk page (Mafia Expert). Hope you don't mind. Jrtayloriv (talk) 03:42, 1 February 2010 (UTC) Fair use image on Salvatore MiceliHello. I notice you restored File:Salvatore Miceli-en.jpg to Salvatore Miceli. Please note that our WP:NFCC policy prohibits the use of fair use images when free content could be created. While Mr. Miceli is in custody, he is not permanently imprisoned at this time. Therefore, creating a free alternative is possible. The Wikimedia Foundation has taken a prohibition stance with regards to non-free imagery of living people being used for depiction purposes, as you are attempting here. Please see Foundation:Resolution:Licensing policy. I am re-removing this image from the article. Please do not place the image on the article again. If you have questions regarding this issue and wish further input, you may take up the issue at WT:NFC or WP:NFCR. Thank you, --Hammersoft (talk) 17:11, 5 February 2010 (UTC) File:Salvatore Miceli-en.jpg listed for deletionAn image or media file that you uploaded or altered, File:Salvatore Miceli-en.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Hammersoft (talk) 20:06, 5 February 2010 (UTC) Missing fair use rationales for a number of imagesI have reviewed the images you have uploaded and I have noticed a number of files specify that they are being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. I have listed all the files below. Please go to the file description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been tagged as missing this fair use rationale, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. I've observed that previously you failed to provide a rationale for File:Africo panorama.jpg, and removed the tag indicating it was missing a fair use rationale twice from that image. Subsequently, the image was deleted for failing to have a rationale. Please understand that removing the missing fair use rationale tag from these images will not result in these images being kept, and further that removing such tags without providing the rationales constitutes vandalism of the project. Do NOT remove the missing fair use rationale tags without providing a proper rationale. Please see WP:FURG for direction on how to create such a rationale. The images are as follows:
If you have questions, ask. Simply reverting the tagging of these images will not be productive. --Hammersoft (talk) 14:34, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
Replaceable fair use File:Nicola Panaro.jpgThanks for uploading File:Nicola Panaro.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:
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Mafia move follow-upYou recently participated in a move request of Mafia. Since the final location of the page was not settled, please discuss it at Talk:Mafia (disambiguation) if you care. — AjaxSmack 02:41, 30 May 2010 (UTC) You are now a ReviewerHello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, is currently undergoing a two-month trial scheduled to end 15 August 2010. Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under pending changes. Pending changes is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial. The list of articles with pending changes awaiting review is located at Special:OldReviewedPages. When reviewing, edits should be accepted if they are not obvious vandalism or BLP violations, and not clearly problematic in light of the reason given for protection (see Wikipedia:Reviewing process). More detailed documentation and guidelines can be found here. If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. Courcelles (talk) 03:02, 17 June 2010 (UTC) Fair use rationale for File:Mariano Agate.jpgThanks for uploading or contributing to File:Mariano Agate.jpg. I notice the file page specifies that the file is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the file description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. VernoWhitney (talk) 16:08, 19 June 2010 (UTC) Marcello Dell'UtriI found your roll back rather rude. I didn't mess up old fact with new sources. If you you want to discuss this please do so on the talk page of Marcello Dell'Utri. Otto (talk) 11:20, 4 July 2010 (UTC) HiHow many articles on Italian organized crime groups on Wikipedia are there?
or there any more that I missed from the list Thanks --JoeyBR (talk) 15:51, 5 July 2010 (UTC) Corleonesi clan
Thanks --JoeyBR (talk) 22:28, 5 July 2010 (UTC) Hi. I am interested in your story about Giuseppe Coluccio. I was wondering what if a person wanted to write to him? How could they get the address to do that? Your stories are awesome. Great work. Dawn Hanlin —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.61.139.66 (talk) 03:39, 19 July 2010 (UTC) 1900 map of mafia activityI've seen references to a map made in 1900 by Antonio Cutrera that shows Sicilian towns with mafia activity. I downloaded a Google scan of his book, "La mafia e i mafiosi", but couldn't find any map in it. Where should I look? Kurzon (talk) 12:01, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
I've decided to purchase a copy of Cutrera's book for myself. If you saw this map, what was the cover design of the edition you saw it in? I do not want to accidentally buy a copy that doesn't have the map. Kurzon (talk) 11:00, 25 August 2010 (UTC) Did the edition you read have a yellow border with a white centre? Kurzon (talk) 15:24, 25 August 2010 (UTC) Protection racketsI know little of protection rackets beyond what I read in books about the Mafia. Some of the things I read may be distinctively Sicilian and may not appear in other cases (eg yakuza). If I read studies of protection rackets outside Italy, I will expand the main article further.Kurzon (talk) 16:23, 24 August 2010 (UTC) Camorra clansHi, I'm working on List of Camorra clans page. Just wanted to known if there were are any Camorra clans operating in these Province's. Thanks for your help. --JoeyBR (talk) 23:33, 26 August 2010 (UTC) DYK for Siderno Group
— Rlevse • Talk • 00:07, 28 September 2010 (UTC) Mapping the MafiaI managed to get a scan of Cutrera's map. Do you know of any other similar maps of Mafia density, particularly ones that are public domain? Also, I'm trying to compile a list of all known existing Mafia clans in Sicily. I've already made a few tables based on reports from the DIA, but it's far from comprehensive. Do you know where I can get more info? Do you think this is a worthwhile endeavor?Kurzon (talk) 16:20, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
Gambetta made a map in The Sicilian Mafia: The Business of Private Protection that compiled information from 1874, 1900 and 1987. The 1874 stuff came from Relazioni dei Prefetti Siciliani al Ministro degli Interni, from a book by a certain "Russo". Have you seen this book, and does it have a map?Kurzon (talk) 11:37, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
I went to a library and got a better scan for free. The book I paid 40 euros for changed the color scheme of the map and ruined the key. I should complain to the publishers (Arnaldo Forni Editore).Kurzon (talk) 00:41, 7 October 2010 (UTC) CiaoCiao Don... I see you're checking my latest additions about DC's exponents, many of them, in a way or another, connected to mafia (especially the nice members of Andreotti's corrente :D). Can you help with my English where you've left the Copyedit markup? Grazie e buon divertimento. --'''Attilios''' (talk) 18:23, 19 October 2010 (UTC) Amintore FanfaniSorry, but your paragraph in Amintore Fanfani sounds hopelessly as WP:Original Research. I think it could be solved by putting there a complete quote of the original source. What do you think? Ciao. --'''Attilios''' (talk) 18:39, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
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