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#1: Oct 19th 2011 at 5:43:49 PM

It's a picture of a guy taking a picture of himself. He isn't promoting himself or anything. It's a classic case of JAFAAC; if not for the caption there wouldn't be any hint at self promotion.

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#2: Oct 19th 2011 at 6:47:28 PM

Yeah, I think we can do without that.

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#4: Oct 19th 2011 at 6:50:08 PM

Seconding pull.

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#6: Oct 19th 2011 at 7:36:43 PM

It should have been taken quickly after his death if only for being Harsher in Hindsight, let alone taken down before then for using an image of a real-life politician, which seems to go against Rule Of Cautious Editing Judgment guidelines at least twofold.

edited 19th Oct '11 7:37:39 PM by HiddenFacedMatt

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#7: Nov 13th 2011 at 4:13:01 AM

I think I found a better image. Is it ok?

When someone's self-promotion gets this bad... not even your home is safe.

edited 13th Nov '11 4:53:20 PM by Ckuckoo

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#8: Nov 13th 2011 at 4:15:54 AM

I don't know how they do it around other parts of the world, but around where I live, that's not exactly shameless or over the top.

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Ckuckoo Since: Nov, 2010
#9: Nov 13th 2011 at 4:52:17 AM

Seriously? I would have thought it was illegal. Unless it's your own house, obviously.

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#10: Nov 13th 2011 at 4:56:50 AM

What, is that his house? Looks like a public lavatory or something. (Or will that make a difference?)

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Ckuckoo Since: Nov, 2010
#11: Nov 13th 2011 at 5:06:31 AM

It's a family home, specifically a lighthouse. I put in a caption with the picture when I stuck it on the page, which was supposed to refer to that, but I don't know how to put captions in a forum post like Willbyr did.

People round where I live would consider sticking promotional posters on other people's front doors shameless and offensive, but I'm not much of a traveller, so I don't know what people elsewhere round the world think.

20LogRoot10 Since: Aug, 2011
#12: Nov 13th 2011 at 7:03:33 AM

For the record, you're supposed to get consensus before putting it up on the page. That said, just remove the -right from the caption markup to get it to work on the forum.

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#13: Nov 13th 2011 at 7:10:17 AM

What about... using Duckluck's avatar...? tongue

(Though as it turned out, s/he doesn't have one.)

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Ckuckoo Since: Nov, 2010
#14: Nov 13th 2011 at 4:46:44 PM

^^ Sorry. I didn't see anything to that effect on the How To Pick A Good Image page though, maybe I missed it. My bad.

k thanks, I can see how it works now.

edited 13th Nov '11 4:55:27 PM by Ckuckoo

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#16: Jan 17th 2012 at 4:19:55 AM

Clock's up; locking for inactivity/lack of consensus. No further action is to be taken based on this thread.

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