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Best to keep the discussion on-Wikipedia- it's generally quicker, and others are able to see it this way. If the image belongs to you (as in, you took the picture) then you can upload it here under a free license. Just say something like 'I took this picture.' and add a free license tag- {{PD-self}} puts it into the public domain, {{GFDL-self}} releases it under the GFDL and there are several others. If you didn't take the picture, then you probably do not own the rights to it, and so cannot release it. Does this help? Please reply on my talk page. J Milburn (talk) 21:39, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The person who took the image owns the rights to it, and so it is only them who can upload it. Could it not possibly be replaced by an image that you personally created? J Milburn (talk) 21:12, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Living Word Christian Fellowship

The article Living Word Christian Fellowship has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done because the article, which appeared to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, did not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the notability of the subject may be deleted at any time. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources.

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Deleted again -- there doesn't appear to be anything that has been recognized as noteworthy about this church by reliable independent sources. See WP:ORG. NawlinWiki (talk) 18:21, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of New Wine Church

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Revelation TV

Akpantue, I see that you're hard at work on the article Revelation TV; still wouldn't you be better off creating or editing in the Sandbox and then moving it rather than repeated changes on a hosted page? You're really going about it the hard way and there's easier ways. You may wish to read the introduction to editing and its related help page for more information. We're really glad to have earnest and passionate editors like yourself contributing here; Thank you. Portia327 (talk) 19:08, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're very welcome; I'm certainly old school, too. I think it's great that you want to bring more good and solid information to Wiki; we're writing the encyclopedia for posterity and I approach it with the seriousness it deserves. Portia327 (talk) 21:48, 10 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Prosperity Gospel

Hey Akpantue! Thanks for stopping by the Prosperity gospel article. I'm sorry, but I had to remove one of your edits; you listed five sources and said that many prosperity gospel teachers have the largest churches within their area/sphere of operation. While I personally believe it's probably true, I took a look at each source, and as far as I can tell, none of them actually say that most prosperity teachers have the largest churches, and therefore we can't include that claim right now. If you find a (verifiable, reliable) source that says "many" or "most" prosperity teachers have the largest churches, great, then we can add the claim :-) But... simply finding a couple large churches that happen to be prosperity gospel churches isn't enough. Also, some of the sources didn't even use the words "prosperity gospel" :/

Anyway, I wanted to let you know I did have to remove that, sorry! Please feel free to read more about what is considered original research, but the gist is this: whatever claim we make in the article, the claim also has to be made in the source. If the source doesn't actually make the claim, then Wikipedia becomes the source of the claim, and that's never a good thing :-) Thank you for your understanding,

-- Joren (talk) 20:19, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of City of Faith Church

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Deletion

My main concern is the spammy language vibrant... popular... successful... and so on, this is supposed to be an encyclopaedia, not a come-and-worship leaflet. However, I can see you're working on it, so for now I'll just add the page to my watchlist. One minor style thing, headings should only have the first word capitalised Jimfbleak - talk to me? 08:26, 31 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of New Wine Church for deletion

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A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For City of Faith Church :). Ironholds (talk) 00:59, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Per promotional text taken from [1]. Did you add other copied content to the article as well? 2601:188:180:1481:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 15:50, 14 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please read the above notices, and don't add a fluff source like this again [2], nor unsourced personal life content. I'm assuming that WP:COI is an issue here. 2601:188:180:1481:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 15:57, 14 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your advise regarding presenting articles professionally, like Toby Foyeh. I note that I allowed some poor habits to creep in. Do go ahead as you have done and I appreciate you letting me know. Akpantue (talk)

File source problem with File:Toby Foyeh wiki image.jpg

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Hi Whpq, please can you check that the image copyright information for Toby Foyeh is now OK. Thanks. Akpantue (talk)

You uploaded a different picture with a different license statement. Who is the photographer for each of the images you uploaded? -- Whpq (talk) 14:00, 15 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Whpq, the photographer for each of the images was Toby Foyeh himself and he sent me the images to add to the page. How do I show this on the licence statement? Thanks. Akpantue (talk)

Those images do not look like selfies. That he is the photographer doesn't seem very credible. The copyright of an image is usually held by the photographer and not the subject. Regardless, I've tagged the image as lacking evidence of permission. There is a warning message in a section below about the file lacking evidence of permission. That message includes the instructions to be followed for providing the permission. -- Whpq (talk) 20:48, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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April 2019--regarding unsourced, promotional content added to multiple articles

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Hi, thanks for the information on COI. Duly noted as of now. Akpantue (talk)

Good. Now per the guidelines, 'duly noted' is meaningless. If there's a conflict of interest, that must be disclosed. 2601:188:180:1481:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 17:27, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I have disclosed the conflict of interest, above, as per the guidelines. However I think my editing skills are now getting challenged as I am not sure I have done this properly. Happy to keep learning. Akpantue (talk)

"I see--have you received financial compensation for your edits here? Thank you, 2601:188:180:1481:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 21:24, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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