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There is a very clear policy regarding having fair use rationales on fair use images. This policy is located at Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria point #10(c). Rationales must be provided for each use of an image. Also please see Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline.
We do not permit fair use, copyrighted images to exist on Wikipedia if rationales for that image's use are not provided. Please see Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion#Images.2Fmedia #6. Also please see the Wikimedia Foundation's resolution on this matter at m:Resolution:Licensing policy point #4.
For quite some time, we have attempted to encourage people to provide rationales. The results of this effort have been dismal at best.
The creator of this bot has come under fire for performing this work manually. One of the main complaints is that the effort to tag images could just as readily be spent providing rationales. This is not the case; the uploader and/or user of each fair use image is the person who should provide the rationale. A non-involved editor can not know under what principles the user of an image intended such use as fair use.
The use of fair use, copyrighted images on the Wikimedia servers is covered by United States law. Our policies with respect to this bot's actions are based on that law. Please see Fair_use#Purpose_and_character.
Bug reports are very welcome; tagging images as this bot is doing per policy is not a bug.

Favorite statements about ORFU images:

Thank you for the message, Mr. Bot, but you have to understand that this image was used in an article, but the article got deleted. PK 18:19, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Hello visitors

Just a friendly reminder that if the bot didn't remind you, you'd wonder why your image just vanished without any sort of warning. Also, you're still required to be civil here. The bot may not have feelings (though I betcha Betacommand is working on that...) but the creator sure does. Thanks! ~Kylu (u|t) 04:40, August 21, 2007 (UTC)

Suggestion to make the edit screen more readable

Is is possible to add comments to the uploader's talk pages with a line break before the title?

For example, it shows up currently on a talk page edit box as:

<nowiki>==Earlier section==

Blah, blah, blah.

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 Just a friendly reminder that if the bot didn't remind you, you'd wonder why your image just ''vanished'' without any sort of warning. Also, you're ''still'' required to be [[WP:CIVIL|civil]] here. The bot may not have feelings (though I betcha Betacommand is working on that...) but the creator sure does. Thanks! <b><i><font color="#FF00FF">~Kylu ([[User:Kylu|u]]|[[User talk:Kylu|t]]) </font></i></b> 04:40, August 21, 2007 (UTC)
-== Leave me a message! ==
-Hello,
-I have recently Asked you how to fill in the template for Image:Default JPG.Because Coolgirly's page was redirected to mine(I lost my password as coolgirly88),Am I responsible for the image?
-Also,you deleted my comment about the template on your talk page before you answered.Please answer this comment on my talk page or yours.Please show/tell me how to fill in the template.
-Thank you.
-[[User:IslaamMaged126|IslaamMaged126]] 10:40, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
-==Dispute on image==
-I posted a message regarding on your recent tagging ([[User talk:Betacommand#Dispute on image]]).--[[User:NAHID|'''NAH''']][[User talk:NAHID|''ID'']] 18:03, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
-== Shut it down! ==
-This bot keeps sending me messages that the images I download aren't [[fair use]] even though they are. It's especially bad with articles pertaining to [[Wheel of Fortune]].
---[[User:JoBrLa|JoBrLa]] 18:23, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
-I agree, what was wrong with this Image ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:2002.PNG])?  I think I fixed the "problem."  But it seems every single Image I upload has a copyright problem -_-. --[[User:Mooshykris|Mooshykris]] 21:05, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
-I also agree, my images are being tagged unnecessarily, something needs to change [[User:Crimson 05|Crimson 05]] 22:21, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
-:The problem is not with the bot, the issue is people not writing a correct [[WP:NFURG|rationale]]. [[User talk:Betacommand|β<sup><sub>command</sub></sup>]] 22:22, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 ==Suggestion to make the edit screen more readable==
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  <nowiki>==Earlier section==
 Blah, blah, blah.
-==Disputed fair use rationale for Image:XXX==
-Thanks for uploading Image:XXX. Blah, blah, blah. [[User:BetacommandBot|BetacommandBot]] 21:58, 29 October 2007 (UTC)</nowiki>
-It'd be much easier to read and distinguish the message if it were formatted like:
- <nowiki>==Earlier section==
-Blah, blah, blah.
-==Disputed fair use rationale for Image:XXX==
-Thanks for uploading Image:XXX. Blah, blah, blah. [[User:BetacommandBot|BetacommandBot]] 21:58, 29 October 2007 (UTC)</nowiki>
-I think that [[WP:TWINKLE|Twinkle]] does it. Thank you for your time, '''[[User:hmwith|<span style="background:#c0c0c0;color:#fff;padding:0 4px">нмŵוτн</span>]][[User talk:hmwith|<span style="background:#888;padding:0 4px;color:#fff;">τ</span>]]''' 22:57, 29 October 2007 (UTC)