User talk:Pennsy22

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Destroyers of France

Hi, I noticed several problems with your uploads:

• You use photos from Navsource.org, but not the high-resolution ones, see USS Cates (DE-763)[1]
• The Cates was DE-763 and not DE-764
• The DE-designation is not a destroyer but a "destroyer escort", since 1975 also with the U.S. Navy known as "frigates".
• The photos of the French DEs are not copyright-free. There is no proof on Navsource that these were taken by U.S. personnel.
• The abbreviation "FNS" (French Navy Ship) does only exist at "Jane's Defense". No Frenchman would call his ship with an English prefix. Jane's invented these for almost any navy on the world, no matter if these exist or not.
• Categories: I categorized the photos, e.g. USS Cates (DE-763) -> Canon class destroyer escorts.
  

Cheers Cobatfor (talk) 09:34, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Well, another thing: you can overwrite the files, you do not need to upload the new ones and delete the old ones. Also, please give the direct links were you found the photos, see: File:USS Cates (DE-763).jpg. Navsource.org has hundreds, probably thousands of photos. I also would recommend to give the photos more illustative names, like "USS Cates (DE-763) off New York in November 1944" or so, because there could be other photos of the same ship and it is easier to distinguis them. Cheers Cobatfor (talk) 13:51, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

Feel free to ask and I hope I can be of assistance. :-) Cheers Cobatfor (talk) 15:23, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Copyright status: File:Minnesota (BB-22) cropped port side view.jpg

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No required license templates were detected at this file page. Please correct it, or if you have any questions please check my FAQ or contact me on my talk page. Yours sincerely, Jarekt (talk) 12:24, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Copyright status: File:LFD 13 ex LST 13 Greenock 1944.jpeg

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Yours sincerely, Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 04:23, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

Category:USS_LST-32

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Robby (talk) 16:14, 28 July 2019 (UTC)