User:Philosopher

If you are aware of any former Iowa legislators who are in the news, let me know and I'll try to get their Wiki-article going.

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While I'm not terribly active at the moment, I am a former administrator here, so I know my way around the wiki – if you have a problem, let me know how I can help!

I am currently an administrator on the English Wikipedia and am familiar with the OTRS system, so if you need help at either of those, please let me know.

• To do: Go over the government public domain rules and check them against Commons' licensing templates for accuracy, completeness, and clarity.

Templates

I often find {{Iowa General Assembly official portrait permission}} to be useful.

Licensing

In all cases where I don't add a specific license to an uploaded/modified image in addition to its original license, (I may forget.) it is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license (CC-BY-SA-3.0).

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This user tries to do the right thing. If they make a mistake, please let them know. This user is an administrator on the English Wikipedia. (verify) (contribs) This user runs a bot, Philosopher-Bot. It performs tasks that are extremely tedious to do manually. This user has file mover rights on Wikimedia Commons. (verify) This user has AWB rights on Wikimedia Commons. (verify) This user enjoys reading The Signpost. This user is a lawyer. JD This user has a Juris Doctor degree. BA This user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. This user lives in the U.S. State of Iowa. This user has a page on Wikimedia Meta-Wiki.

Unified login: Philosopher is the unique login of this user for all public Wikimedia projects.

Note: Even though I am interested in the law, I do NOT offer legal advice via Commons or other projects of the Wikimedia Foundation. Comments on copyright, etc. are in reference to the various Wikimedia policies and should not be relied upon for legal purposes. Similarly, edits related to legal topics are for general understanding (as in a Free Encyclopedia) and should not be relied upon for legal matters. It goes without saying, but an encyclopedic article or discussion can not substitute for a meeting with an attorney who is familiar with the specific facts of your case and who is familiar with the national, state/provincial, and local laws and regulations. See also: Wikipedia:Legal Disclaimer.