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Image:OsbertLancaster PocketCartoon.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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BetacommandBot ( talk) 20:20, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi Folks!! Being as I am sick and freaking tired of dealing with wankbots and their droid masters, I have instituted a policy of not doing anything in the slightest about image deletion notices. Therefore, if you want the above image to remain, I suggest you hack your way through the cruft and put in the necessary template. Djdaedalus ( talk) 21:47, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
It's not clear that Lancaster illustrated a Parkinson's Law series (was it a series?). Amazon.com turns his name up on a number of C. Northcote Parkinson titles, but most of these have citation errors (such as giving the author as "Northcote"), and none offer a "Search inside" feature or a book cover image for verification. I suspect that some of them simply saw the title, looked it up on Amazon or elsewhere, and miscopied some information, resulting in Lancaster being overattributed. Parkinson's Law is still in print, but I can't find an in-print edition with Lancaster as illustrator. For now, I'm substituting a Parkinson/Lancaster title In-laws & Outlaws for "Parkinson's Law series", after finding [ this book-cover image]. Note that it has the word "law" in it (twice!) which might help explain some confusion. Nevertheless, the book Parkinson's Law went through a number of editions, propably including some earlier British ones, so it's possible Lancaster illustrated some of these before the American illustrator, Robert C. Osborn, became Parkinson's main illustrative collaborator. I'd welcome any help with this problem. Yakushima ( talk) 09:20, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Would you show me where in Fowler, Gowers or other reputable BrE style guide your prescription "don't use a comma in a list of two prepositional phrases" is mentioned? Looks like an AmE superstition to me. I haven't met it in English usage. Tim riley talk 14:04, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
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Image:OsbertLancaster PocketCartoon.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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BetacommandBot ( talk) 20:20, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi Folks!! Being as I am sick and freaking tired of dealing with wankbots and their droid masters, I have instituted a policy of not doing anything in the slightest about image deletion notices. Therefore, if you want the above image to remain, I suggest you hack your way through the cruft and put in the necessary template. Djdaedalus ( talk) 21:47, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
It's not clear that Lancaster illustrated a Parkinson's Law series (was it a series?). Amazon.com turns his name up on a number of C. Northcote Parkinson titles, but most of these have citation errors (such as giving the author as "Northcote"), and none offer a "Search inside" feature or a book cover image for verification. I suspect that some of them simply saw the title, looked it up on Amazon or elsewhere, and miscopied some information, resulting in Lancaster being overattributed. Parkinson's Law is still in print, but I can't find an in-print edition with Lancaster as illustrator. For now, I'm substituting a Parkinson/Lancaster title In-laws & Outlaws for "Parkinson's Law series", after finding [ this book-cover image]. Note that it has the word "law" in it (twice!) which might help explain some confusion. Nevertheless, the book Parkinson's Law went through a number of editions, propably including some earlier British ones, so it's possible Lancaster illustrated some of these before the American illustrator, Robert C. Osborn, became Parkinson's main illustrative collaborator. I'd welcome any help with this problem. Yakushima ( talk) 09:20, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Would you show me where in Fowler, Gowers or other reputable BrE style guide your prescription "don't use a comma in a list of two prepositional phrases" is mentioned? Looks like an AmE superstition to me. I haven't met it in English usage. Tim riley talk 14:04, 2 July 2020 (UTC)