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hello. i need your help. i don't understand how this stuff works, or where on this page i'm supposed to write stuff. (i'm probably in the wrong spot right now) my photo "Les Pattinson Cebu City.jpg" is going to be deleted tomorrow, but i got permission and left another message on my talk page on the 8th. the photographer has written on the photo on his facebook: "This picture is published under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license." as you suggested for me to have him do, but i don't know what i'm supposed to do next!! this is really all gobbledigook to me. i tried looking through the site on all the help pages, etc, but i can't figure it out. i had no problem editing the actual page, but this photo stuff is beyond me. can anyone help me get the photo onto the page?? please. thanks Red ( talk) 00:24, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Nirmal,
12 FEB, 2012
Subject: SORRY LETTER FOR RUDE BEHAVIOR
Dear Sir,
I am extremely sorry for my rude behavior on the Wikipedia talk page. I have rudely behaved with you and acted impolite and in a immature way.When you were deleting all my precious work i was angry,but now i realize it was for the good. That’s the reason I kept that in my mind and behaved so badly with you.The way I behaved with you was totally wrong. Please forgive me and please guide me while i rewrite the whole Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation an Indian revenue service page,please guide me.Please do not keep reverting i will have to see the old material to edit and put the good material in the Indian revenue service page.
Yours truly,
Mr.Nirmal Mathew (Nirmal95 (talk) 05:13, 12 February 2012 (UTC))
The time has come to block User:Nirmal95. He is constantly vandalizing the Wikipedia article of Indian Revenue Service. It is no way possible that the images that Nirmal has posted by him in Wikimedia commons is his (owned or personally shot by him by his personal camera or that the images he has does not come with a license). It is very likely that the images are from somewhere else - like a blog, Federal Government website or the IRS official websites. It seems to me that the images are stolen. Also, all the test created into the Indian Revenue Service article by User:Nirmal95 has neither inline citations or proofs for reference or validation. The article just goes on and on without any logical reference and editing patterns. It is seen that all the text (by Nirmal - posted by him) is copied and pasted from somewhere else. Hence, User:Nirmal95 should be blocked from editing as he is proven to conduct vandalism again and again with utmost persistence and dedication. Thank You.-- Varghese Jacob ( talk) 17:55, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
I'm asking you to retract this statement: [1] Anyone who's edited a wiki knows all it takes is to click "edit this page", copy the text, and then paste it to another wiki, which seems to be what has happened here. This whole business is very lulz-worthy, and there's no evidence that the info was copy-pasted by Mbz1. I can think of dozens of (mostly banned) users who'd do it just to troll. Risker ( talk) 02:28, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
I have worked with BarkingMoon, and with PumpkinSky, see my talk and their's, and they feel like two different people. What I can imagine: that they sat together, one teaching the other, and both edited on the BarkingMoon account, but that is not the same. The similarities found just tell me that BarkingMoon copied his friends model. Someone trying a cleanstart would avoid those similarities, right? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:37, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Hello, firstly I would like to say that Iam not asking the end of my topic ban [ [2]]. Last months I tried to edit articles about economy, culture and geography and I had no edit warring or problems with other users. But I would like to have one exception in this phrase: "topic-banned indefinitely from all Hungarian-Slovak national and ethnicity issues, for continued tendentious battleground editing". Iam sure that I can better control myself, so I have an idea to make an experiment that I can react to talkpages in the articles about "Hungarian-Slovak national and ethnicity issues". At least in this one case: [ [3]]. If my mentality will again battleground or if I will break the rules, I agree with definite ban about "Slovak-Hungarian national disputes". New phrase of my ban should be smthng like: "topic-banned indefinitely from all Hungarian-Slovak national and ethnicity issues, for continued tendentious battleground editing (except talkpages)" Thanx for answer. -- Samofi ( talk) 12:38, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
The purpose of the tag is to let others know that an article is being rewritten, restructured, expanded or extensively copyedited. This notification becomes especially important when the article in question is an FA or has a large number of viewers per day; both of these are true with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Work can be extensive, take several weeks and vary on the amount of work being done at one time. Some sections will be heavily copywritten or edited, while others will need less work. The time needed to complete this work can also depend on how many editors are at work and other priorities such as job, illness and other factors. Not everyone can be a Wiki editor 24/7—we also have lives to lead outside Wikipedia. If you are not sure whether work has stopped on an article and the tag should be removed, the best thing is to first ask the editor doing the majority of work on the article. This information can be easily accessed in the article's edit history. If you don't get a response from that editor within, say, a week, then it might be alright to remove the tag. Otherwise, patience can be the best course. (To User Perfect at Sunrise: I am copying everything above to 14jbella for his or her reference. You may answer the following on my talk page, but I would really like to know what business a third, previously uninvolved party has in commenting on I would consider a private talk page. If it is a legitimate policing function to ensure that abuse is not being perpetrated (one BTW that I had previously not heard of), that is one thing. Otherwise, I will report you to the proper authorities with all speed.) Jonyungk ( talk) 15:06, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
It's a long time past, but could you provide a more detailed source for File:Bouboulina.JPG. The link you've given is dead and the Wayback Machine has failed me. I just want to make sure all the ts are crossed before deleting it here. Danger High voltage! 00:30, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Nirmal ( Nirmal95 ( talk) 14:07, 16 February 2012 (UTC))
Dear Sir, I am extremely sorry for my work done in Wikipedia.I understand i am a very poor editor and need some time in perfecting my editing skills.I was under the impression the Hindu paper releases the images in the said license.The purpose of this is to convey to you my sincere apologies for any inconvenience you have experienced during these few weeks. I just returned from college and found your message in my talk page.I have also seen the complaints made against by another user.I have in a true sense not vandalized Wikipedia but wanted others to get authentic information.I have use the information from government websites.If i have done something wrong,please correct me. Sir, let me assure you that what happened was not vandalizing but out of laziness to provide citations.Can i copy the info from the info from govt websites and then add citations and references??( Nirmal95 ( talk) 14:07, 16 February 2012 (UTC))
Some falafel for you! Nirmal95 ( talk) 15:00, 16 February 2012 (UTC) |
Hello!
I would like to draw your attention on the Žigmund Pálffy article. I've added a well-referenced info about his Hungarian origin a few months ago, which became a target of vandals and later the issue was also moved to the talk page. While I presented a number of sources there, offered a solution by my best knowledge, and also invited a third opinion user via 3O, the other user, Omen1229 ( talk · contribs), tendenciously declines every recommendation by both of us. Recently, the talk stucked at a point and instead of using the recommended ways to solve the problem, the dispute went totally off-topic. What is more, the article is muddled up by strange edits, wording, and a load of tags, which has nothing to do with it, since as written above, Omen1229 does not follow the steps he should make after tags are added to solve the problem.
The reason why I write to you is that you have put Omen1229 on topic ban per WP:DIGWUREN "due to a persistent history of ethnic battleground editing [4]". I don't know if this breaks the topic ban, however, his editing habits, which concentrates only on the above mentioned topics, and his attitude to push his point without taking the suggested steps, makes me think that his lone intention is to keep this situation up and to extend his battleground mentality on other articles that may be out of the reach of the topic ban.
Since it really looks like for me that it cannot be done on the normal way, I would like to ask you to take a look at the article and the talk page, and relying on your wisdom and knowledge, help the dispute to be solved. Thanks, Thehoboclown ( talk) 16:34, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
[User:Varghesejacob|Varghese Jacob]] has created a new page Central Civil Services (India).Some of the services listed are not got through the civil service exam as listed by him( http://www.upsc.gov.in/exams/notifications/2011/CS2011/cs2011_eng.pdf)--My reference In addition, most of his writings are not backed by references and is his personal commentary.I request you to please revert thte said page and ask him to add refrences and deleted unsourced material,if i do it he may call me a vandalizer again!!( Nirmal95 ( talk) 11:39, 17 February 2012 (UTC))
Since you helped me before, I hope you can again. I found that over half of the article [[JS Bach] was plagiarized from a copyrighted book. I put a link on the talk page to the book, and deleted the copyrighted info, but I am not sure what else I have to do about it. Please help. Thanks 14jbella ( talk) 17:07, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
Also, could you please help me cite sources on the JS Bach page. I am trying to use the <ref name> tag, since I am trying to cite the same source more than once, but I keep getting a message that says "Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Baroquenet; see Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text." I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Thanks!~~~~ 14jbella ( talk) 01:42, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Hey Fut.Perf., I thought you might be interested in this as you keep tweaking your upload wizard. Steven Walling and I just wrapped up a template A/B test with ImageTaggingBot, which identifies files that are missing source and/or license information. We tested some alternate warnings for a month, and here's the data from a month's worth of bot warnings. We're going to dig into this with the help of our data analyst Faulkner to see if changing the wording made any difference in people's ability to figure out how to save their files. But for now, one very obvious and interesting data point is that it seems many more users upload images and leave the source and especially the license fields blank than even attempting to put any information there. What this suggests to me is that they a) don't know what "source," "license," and "tag" mean, and/or b) assume those fields are optional and ignore them. I just thought you might find that info useful, especially the fact that the license tag seems to be a particularly significant pain point. I'll let you know if we find anything else useful in the data. Good luck with the wizarding and keep me updated :) Maryana (WMF) ( talk) 00:59, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
ETA: The numbers, in case you don't want to wade through that enormous Google doc :)
Thanks for this. It more or less confirms my impression from patrolling, and it also fits my figures from February. For instance, I found that one out of ten new files had a completely blank description page; with new contributors it was one out of three. This, to my mind, points towards simply not being aware of the importance of licensing/sourcing in general. I believe there are several other typical categories of errors:
In my wizard I'm trying to catch most of these errors, especially by giving more descriptive labels to the license box depending on the different cases, and by insisting that all fields are filled in before the upload can technically be done. Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:40, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Future Perfect. Just wondering if you could take a look at the edits there by Gogofoto ( talk · contribs), who seems to be rewriting the policy without consensus. Kafka Liz ( talk) 14:41, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
I understand your anxiety to delete/reduce to a link the Euboean alphabet in order to promote and expand your article that you have created ( Archaic Greek alphabets), yet, on behalf of a number of contributors I urge you to let this article expand. -- Odysses (₪) 23:15, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
I don't know what your intentions were, but the new system is no good. It removes the form to select categories to upload no-free images. Or its there, and too difficult to locate quickly and easily. Jasper420 16:38, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi there,
thanks for working on improving to improve the file upload process.
As you know, we put significant effort into the Wikimedia Commons Upload Wizard as the preferred method to upload free media files. It supports batch uploads, automatic metadata extraction, and other features. It also has a built-in licensing tutorial, but minimizes form/instruction creep along the way. We've run a large number of user tests to validate and iterate its design.
However, we didn't improve the Wikipedia entry point and the process for uploading non-free files significantly, and I agree there's still significant room for improvement there.
One concern I have about the new method is that it reduces the visibility of the Commons Upload Wizard, and in fact pushes people through the old Commons form under some circumstances. Our goal probably ought to be to get people to Upload Wizard for the highest % of free licensing cases that we can.
But the main point of my message is to ask whether you'd be interested in getting access to
usertesting.com credits. This is an easy way to ask people to complete uploads through the new system, compare it with the old system, and see where they fail/struggle. You'd have to clean up after the test uploads, and you'd need to give them step-by-step instructions what to do (I could help you with the latter to ensure the test design doesn't bias the testers). But I'd be happy to give you access to some 10-20 tests as you develop the feature. These result in video recordings (
example). Let me know if you'd like that, or email me at erik at wikimedia dot org
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23:25, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
In any case, my initial impression is that the number of (real or allegedly) free items uploaded through the new form has actually been fairly low during the first hours of this test run, so maybe the system isn't that bad at getting the Commons recommendation across to its users after all. I certainly don't expect it to be worse in this respect than the old system. Fut.Perf. ☼ 10:38, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
I am confuzzled, which tag is the correct one for pictures of panels? Thanks.-- FLStyle ( talk) 15:43, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
I don't see what the problem is, I uploaded an edited picture of one already available on Wikipedia, one which was originally uploaded by the owner, and which clearly stated that the owner had no problems with the picture being edited and re-used (so long as he was still credited, which he was). This is all linked to in the evidence section. Jesus.arnold ( talk) 16:07, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia changed the upload format and I dont know where to put the mac about us.png screenshot mind helping me? Thanks!
hey I saw your script for uploading files to english wikipedia. I want to do the same for Hindi wikipedia. I have created a page and copy-pasted your code but your javascript doesn't load. Can you please help me tweak your code/provide a code that would work for hindi wikipedia. AJ 17:08, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi, You removed the head of Hypatia claiming that it's unbearably ugly and historically worthless.
Ugly or not is a
WP:POV. In my POV she's not ugly. I was wondering if you'll replace it with another more appropriate or leave the Infobox headless? --
Odysses
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23:16, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
I just posted at Wikipedia talk:File Upload Wizard#File upload seems to be broken at the moment that file upload seems to be broken at the moment. Thanks! Banaticus ( talk) 21:23, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Since you were involved in the AN:I discussion and the block before (and since it seems you were the one who posted a notice about his latest upload), I thought I might point out that the licensing info he has added to the most recent image is false and he clearly has not tried to understand the intellectual property policies that the block was intended to give him time to learn. This is the second time since the 48-hour block that he has done this. Should I take this back to AN:I, or is notifying you of this disruptive editing enough? Thanks for your help. LaMenta3 ( talk) 07:03, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
I really hate to keep bugging you about this, but an IP that has already been established as belonging to this user has been editing post-block. In particular, this turned up in my watchlist and appears consistent with the disruptive behavior. It really does seem that he wants to help (in fact, he has been keeping the article about Georgia Tech's current basketball team up-to-date), but this is nonetheless problematic. Thanks in advance for looking into this. LaMenta3 ( talk) 09:21, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Future Perfect at Sunrise, I had uploaded the following image file from the website http://pakteahouse.net/2011/01/04/the-ilm-ud-din-narrative-and-murder-of-salman-taseer/ . I've very clearly mentioned the copyright status as well as source of the file. The essence of the source is that it traces the origins of the current intolerant situation of current Pakistan. One of these posts on this social networking website sums up the general views of the society and the complex fall outs. The English translation is referred in the article and the Urdu text is uploaded to support it. I therefore request you to restore the deleted image and, inline with your experience, modify the description, if you find any anomaly. Regards, Hindustanilanguage ( talk) 10:34, 1 March 2012 (UTC).
Hi. I've done what you asked me for the issues over the Kalashnikov rifle picture. Please remove template for deleting file. Thanks!
I've uploaded this image of the study which is my image - I assume I've uploaded it to the wrong place as it seems to look like it's not my own image. Could you please tell me where I can upload this image? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Llanelly House ( talk • contribs)
{{self|cc-by-sa 3.0}}
Hi. Don't you think those accounts User:CanarianIsland and User:Speminerror look exactly the same as the multi blocked User:BouzoukiGr (and his multiple socks)? Same field of interest, same obsessions with making Greek things more Greek and more Ancient Greek, same English and so on...-- Phso2 ( talk) 20:51, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
my edits Let the ancient Greece by the side, You confuse the arabic with turkish it is easily to pass me like troll because you are just...older? My Writing in english is correct and Turkish makams are far away different from arabic -- CanarianIsland ( talk) 20:58, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
See User talk:Lvivske#WP:1RR violation at Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia, where I mentioned your name regarding a previous DIGWUREN sanction on Lvivske. If I made any mistakes in my summary, please comment. Thanks, EdJohnston ( talk) 17:13, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Integrity | ||
awarded to Future Perfect at Sunrise for tiresome admin tasks in difficult areas, who has shown to be a person of integrity. A true Wikipedian is more than just an editor of articles. Thank you. Poeticbent talk 19:45, 5 March 2012 (UTC) |
[5]. Is "leaving". ASCIIn2Bme ( talk) 14:36, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
After reading the talk page, I see you've been harangued by all sides. Just wanted to commend you on sticking with it and making a (bold) attempt to help Wikipedia's upload schema. Killiondude ( talk) 05:11, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
Seen and responded. --biblbroks (talk) 23:55, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
I already wrote a reply, but just wanted to leave a note here just in case. Marrante ( talk) 20:46, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Editing from IPs he's making the same edits as a couple of months ago [6] [7].-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 00:54, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
This barnstar is for "anyone who has enhanced Wikipedia through their technical work (programming and tools, bot building, link repair, Mediawiki developers, etc.). This award may also be given to Cabalists, Mediators and Arbitrators – whose work is essential to the functioning of Wikipedia. Alternative: {{ The Technical Barnstar}}." — WP:*#General Barnstars
Looking at some Gadgets, I noticed in the page history of MediaWiki:FileUploadWizard.js that you single-handedly developed the script for Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard. This is fantastic work and deserves to be recognised. Well done, and thank you! AGK [•] 19:40, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
I don't think you seem to understand the photo process. They're all under a fair-use license, with credit going towards the owners of it. With that license, the purpose is the secondary thing to thing of, but not as vital than a legit license, so there's no reason to have these pictures deleted. RAP ( talk) 15:51 14 March 2012 (UTC)
Aren´t pictures from social media free license ???? -- Nakurio ( talk) 18:45, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
who are you to remove my posts in the talk pages like that and why? i think some "wikipedians" have passed the limit of sencorship in international "relations" issues and i should contact the wikipedia employees
"following wikipedia policy"? and what policy says you can remove posts whenever you like from talk pages? pleeeeasssseeee don't try to pass this BS TO ME . i am now here and will call other greeks too, we'll not tolerate the suppression of greek statement. i will reopen the discussions about the names soon. you people are unprincipled and what you've been doing enraging-- Frizstyler ( talk) 11:17, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
you think you run wikipedia don't u? haha so pathetic. wait and see. calling fellows to troll like you do is indeed wrong, but calling fellows to state opinions in the talk page is nothing but a right thing to do when you are being outnumbered by internet clowns-- Frizstyler ( talk) 13:21, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
I disagree with your speedy of this file although I won't be asking for restoration. Please see my comments at ANI for more on my reasoning. Dpmuk ( talk) 13:56, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi -- I gather that you have imposed some strict conditions on User:Bandurist regarding editing on Ukrainian topics. Can you please review his edits today at John Demjanjuk, particularly this one, a revert (with no effort to discuss) of my earlier edit. thanks, Nomoskedasticity ( talk) 14:14, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
I believe the image in non copyrighted and i was given permission by the owner carson allen, so it should be fine Ericdeaththe2nd ( talk) 18:45, 19 March 2012 (UTC)ericdeaththe2nd Ericdeaththe2nd ( talk) 18:45, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Dude, this is just one meaningless frame from a video. Sure I can generate such a video myself, but the point was to show that even professional videos can look bad if not converted correctly. I don't think that this frame somehow infringes copyright of video owner. There is nothing in this image that makes sense to anyone besides showing that the video has technical issue. Please, reconsider your intention to remove it. Mikus ( talk) 18:52, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
[8] Noted, and thanks for your intervention. Prioryman ( talk) 20:57, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
I noticed that you deleted all the images on Iranian rial banknotes in this list. While I agree with your deletion, the information regarding when the copyright expires for Iranian currency expires is being discussed here. It is my belief that they were in fact not copyrighted. While, at the time, it was believed that they expired at 70 year, per Iranian law, it is probable that the 30 year exception for "legal personality" applies here, making all of these image PD.
Anyway to my question. The reason you listed these for deletion was "G5: Creation by a blocked or banned user in violation of block or ban". I wonder, if it turns out the image are actually PD, does the fact that the uploader was blocked, prevent the images from being "Undelete"? Can I request they restored without having to upload them all again? Also, how do I go about requesting they be undeleted?-- ARTEST4ECHO ( talk/ contribs) 16:06, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello FP, while I agree it would be very good if PotW stayed away from the Jim Hawkins (radio presenter), his declining to do so is not sufficient reason for a block. Blocking is a reasonable solution for when someone is actively doing something which a block can technically prevent. You can only block to prevent damage from what someone is doing, not because of what they are NOT doing, imho. He has appealed his block and it would be a good gesture if you were the one to reverse it. Kim Dent-Brown (Talk) 12:54, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi, as I can see from your contributions, I can see you have deleted one image, and listed one for deletion. Now, like I said, I have seen from your contributions. Now, next time please notificate me on my talk page. However, I do have a bone to pick, have you read those two images rationales? They both have clear rationales, with both of them being needed. I really hope you have checked the differences from the 1st revision of the image to the 2nd, as you will see that it has a stronger rationale than before. Now, these images have a purpose, and are needed to broader the readers knowledge of the subject. So please re-instate them. Mayhem Mario 16:18, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
As a recent recipient of a "threat charge" from Cla68, you may wish to see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Cla68/threat charges (2nd nomination). Prioryman ( talk) 21:02, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi FP, Sorry about being a bit snarky here, but if you've got an 8.2 meter telescope, along with a whole facilities worth of astro-photographic equipment, located in dark skies at or above 4200 meters, then I'd love to hear about it. I'll gladly take thousands upon thousands of pictures and upload them to Commons with free licenses.
I mean... come on man. I understand that we should prefer free imagery. I don't completely agree with the NFCC, but I'm not fighting it, and I'm certainly not out to intentionally subvert it (unless you're seeing something in my editing history to indicate otherwise?). To be blunt, from my perspective it appears that you're simply marking every new image with even a remote chance of being deleted and hoping for that to stick. Your history doesn't give me any confidence to assume good faith. Anyway, I'm not here to argue with you. I'm not even here for an explanation, to be honest. If you want to get
File:Galaxy LEDA 074886.png deleted, either speedily or otherwise, then that's fine. I don't care to hear about it, so I'd appreciate it if you would quit posting those (rude) canned notices on my talk page.
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You recently had to delete many images uploaded by User:Wikiwatcher1 - could we get you to look at his/her newest stolen images uploaded. See here for the new copyright images uploaded recently. Moxy ( talk) 01:05, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi FPaS, as I regard you as someone who is willing to look at the hard issues, could you please look at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#Russavia for me. You will see many of the familiar names there, plus a few new ones. I respect your opinion in these matters, even if others have been quick in the past to shut you down from investigating further. Russavia ლ(ಠ益ಠლ) 19:30, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi there FPS, VASCO from Portugal here,
since you blocked the user in the first place, i thought i'd brief you on the following: User:Aciyokrocky was blocked indef for some wiki-crimes, as the upload of copyrighted (does that word exist?) images, and i also know for experience he also removed stuff in box without explanation.
For instance, he edited massively at Luis Enrique Martínez García, removing stuff in the infobox. Now, he could have had returned, as User:Steadyfingers, in García's page, he inserted a picture - having already been warned by someone it's not acceptable - and removed the same stuff in box he had already removed as Aciyokrocky. I rolledback the rest; this could also be him, as anon (here, and you can "see" him remove the stuff i told you about in box http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Luis_Enrique_Mart%C3%ADnez_Garc%C3%ADa&diff=prev&oldid=483880388).
Is it possible to "execute" a checkuser to be sure about this? Thanks a lot in advance, keep up the good work - -- Vasco Amaral ( talk) 22:49, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
u mean i shudnt upload image 2 wikipedia. मूक्ता ( talk) 12:20, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
if i take a picture f a wwe superstar or wwe diva on a live event or at a signing, am i then the owner of the picture or is it still trademarked and can´t be uploaded to wiki?-- Nakurio ( talk) 19:10, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
How are you old buddy? I hope you are doing great. I need an admin favor from you, I hope I can't get it? I nominated List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2011 (U.S.) for featured list, however, during the process the discussion here was opened. You can see that it was inactive for two weeks and I can't see any concencus. Could you close it? Thanks — Tomica (talk) 18:31, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Maybe you could answer the question about dropdown menus at File:Edmund Fitzgerald Passing Under the Bluewater Bridge.jpg#I don't get it? The file seems to have been uploaded using your file upload wizard, so you probably know better than I what dropdown menu he is talking about. I know that the discussion isn't on the talk page, but the user started it on the file information page and since the file is just going to get deleted per WP:NFCC#8 anyway, I don't think that it really matters where the conversation takes place. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 15:54, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
You deleted this file when in fact it was uploaded with the full permission of the author and owner of the work, with all rights released. As the basis for deleting the image you linked to a page ( http://1061evansville.com/tags/lloyd-winnecke/) which cites WinneckeForMayor.com (this website is temporarily down), a website which I myself designed at the request and direction of the subject, Lloyd Winnecke. The bottom line is that you deleted this image without justification. It was up correctly and needs to be restored.-- YHoshua ( talk) 19:34, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
You deleted this file when in fact it was uploaded with the full permission of the author and owner of the work, with all rights released. This file is owned by the Evansville Convention and Visitors Bureau, whose previous chairman, Steve Schaefer, granted full permission to upload the work to Wikipedia. It was up correctly and needs to be restored.-- YHoshua ( talk) 19:34, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, and thank you for stepping in. Given several clues - timing, wording, subjects, mannerisms, "humor" - and the IP ( clue), he is most likely User:Anittas. Check out my talk page on rowiki - he's my numero uno fan there as well. Not exactly a sock"master", but getting there. Dahn ( talk) 13:54, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for cleaning up my sloppiness. Please review the file noted here and let me know if you concur with the licensed use.-- YHoshua ( talk) 13:14, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
File:Želimir Žilnik, Dec 2011.jpg was taken by me and so I don't see the copyright issue. Did I license it wrongly? The content shows the subject at the debate referenced in the corresponding section of the Marx Reloaded article, it is not a generic image of the subject and is context-specific. Proudhonjunior ( talk) 17:43, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
You deleted this as F9. Could you check if it is identical to Commons:File:SM-100 knife examle (Strider Knives).jpg which was uploaded by the same user and claimed to be own work? If so, it should probably be deleted from Commons. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 20:24, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi. Any news re: this? I'd really like to be able to process image redlinks properly... Thanks, Nik the stoned 13:38, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Well I'm not an advance editor of Wikipedia, here is my original correspondence with Mr Benjamin,of Pedalmag- the supposed author of the work, who gave his consent.
[...] Benjamin Sadavoy [...] Apr 2 (3 days ago)
to me:
Please do as Wikipedia standards are, thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KATURQUOTE ( talk • contribs) 19:05, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
It says that you understand Greek. Could you check File:PanosKammenos.jpg and correct the licence template? I don't think that Greek Wikipedia ever was the copyright holder of that file. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 18:51, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Can you pls explain why you've deleted "Official parliamentary headshot of Andrew Leigh MP.jpg"? Andrewleigh ( talk) 00:33, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello FP. After a complaint on my talk page by Nmate, the scope of Omen1229's topic ban from "all edits relating to Slovak-Historian history" has been discussed at
I advised Omen1229 not to edit Slovaks or its talk page, and suggested that he might ask you if he needs any further clarification. Thank you, EdJohnston ( talk) 05:45, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Samofi and Omen: your topic bans include discussion of these ethnic topics on talk pages, including your own talk page and mine. A brief notice to me about a perceived need of administrative investigation of something might have been okay, but why are you again engaging in your topic squabbles here? CoolKoon: in reverse, please do not provoke these editors by engaging them in debates in topics they should not in fact be discussing at all. Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:00, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Fut.Perf.: Thank you for fast reaction about my violation of topic ban. I will more careful. So I will point very short now. You told I should edit different topic as my opponent Fakirbakir. You told you will keep your eyes on him. I changed topics but he is wikistalking me at article Pannonian steppe which I created: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Pannonian_steppe&action=history and ruined my work. There was merger proposal about merging with Puszta from february and nobody reacted. Similar in the article about Carpathian highwaymen together with Koertefa http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Bety%C3%A1rs&action=history . He use negative POVs in the article about Slovas. From Kamuszela who is problematic author from whom are Polish academical distanced and also this "The modern Slovak nation is the result of radical processes of modernization within the Habsburg Empire in the 19th century. [1] The Slovak historical developments correspond to Gellner's theory of nationalism (It states that modern nations are products of nationalism rather than the other way round). [1] This is contrary to the Slovak myth, which traces the beginnings of the Slovak nation back to the 9th century or even earlier.": http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Slovaks&diff=484520963&oldid=484516775 He made here strong POV and synthesis. Sourceses told "proces which finished in 19th century" not that Slovaks are from 19th century.. He also called me nationalist and told that Slovakia is neo-fascist state ( http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk%3ASlovakization&action=historysubmit&diff=366380475&oldid=364719731 http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk:Principality_of_Hungary&diff=prev&oldid=447867205 and http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:RHaworth/2011_Sep_06&diff=prev&oldid=447866999). How is it possible this kind of behavior without sanctions and he can edit Slovak related articles? Is he neutral? -- Samofi ( talk) 11:50, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Fut.Perf.: Fakirbakir is all the time stalking me. Is he obsessed by me? He again reacts to me outside of his usual topics: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk:List_of_English_words_of_Hungarian_origin&action=history Is this normal? Will you ignore this? -- Samofi ( talk) 18:40, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Someone named Robman180 persistently vandalizes pages by uploading irrelevant and fanmade posters, such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dark_knight_rises_poster.jpg. Also can you please remove the history of the image? Thanks. Fanaction2031 ( talk) 03:01, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello FPS. I want to ask you something about the phonetic transcription. Is there any standardization regarding the way of phonetic transcription of the languages on Wikipedia? To be more precise, I will illustrate this example:
So, do I need to use the phonetic transcription or the romanization of the Macedonian? Do I put English translation in brackets and do I use italics for the Cyrillic letters? I know how to do all these things academically, but I was wondering if Wikipedia has established some principles regarding this. I am writing the Macedonian grammar article and I need this stuff. User Taivo reverted all grammar section in Macedonian language just because of the phonetic symbols. Best-- MacedonianBoy ( talk) 17:48, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
{{
nihongo|English|Japanese|Transcription}}
produces English (Japanese, Transcription) and {{
nihongo| |Japanese|Transcription}}
produces Transcription (Japanese). Wouldn't the same output syntax be applicable to other languages too? --
Stefan2 (
talk)
12:41, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
But tell me why are you deleting files without notification!-- Skashifakram ( talk) 09:42, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
but you deleted images altogether,without speedy deletion tag.
How to proceed on Sara Niemietz?
WP:COI Close relationships may apply in the case of... Closeness to a subject does not mean you're incapable of being neutral, but it may incline you towards some bias. Be guided by the advice of other editors.
I have been using Sandra Bullock and Whitney Houston bios as a guide and using some of the newer templates such as UPC, YouTube and IMDb -- perhaps these should be on stub pages.
WP:PEACOCK does include the word "notable" and the word does appear at least twice in my edits. In my defense, "Notability" is one of the reasons that the article was put up for deletion. Again, in some cases the photo-art (I was in the process of uploading) may tell parts of this story better than using the Quotation template and I had time set aside for these edits.
I thought it was fairly clear from the article's Talk page that I had volunteered to clean up this article. My benefit from this project is and always was to learn the Wikipedia scripting interface. 009o9 ( talk) 20:53, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the notification. I believe I have addressed NFCC#8, do I have to wait for someone to double check this or should I remove the template? -- Lemonade51 ( talk) 13:33, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey... the image File:Sanjeev kumar-3-650x700-2008-12-12.jpg that you tagged for deletion is of a deceased Bollywood actor. Where can i find the format for the fair-use rationale of deceased people? §§ AnimeshKulkarni ( talk) 17:58, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Ok, firstly I would like to query when you visited Kenya and/or how you are such an expert on the Wanga Kingdom? Wikipedia is an online encyclopaedia for the purposes of generating information for public knowledge. As a Wanga I take great exception to your high-handedness in unilaterlally deleting information that I compiled from openly available public material and for purposes of public knowledge especially for the thousands of young Wanga children who do not have a simple, compiled and generally accurate knowledge of their history. If you dont have a history or culture then don't disrespect the history and culture of others.
But Choky Ice is an award-winning performer. How is that "puffery" or considered bias? It's not like I said he was legendary or something along those lines.-- LowKey08 ( talk) 08:42, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
I disagree with your consensus and feel you did not really study any differences between both the prototype design and the actual manufactured production vehicle. There are clearly visual differences between the clay model from 3 years prior to production and the 1998-2001 models. Obviously there are all-red taillights, much shorter lower body cladding in black plastic on the sides of the mock W163. A design element which never showed up on the 1998-1999 ML320 that had the two-tone design in lower grey plastic cladding nor the full body-coloring of the 1999-2001 ML430 and 2000-2001 ML320. The grille is also different as there are 5 bars in it versus the 3 bars on the production models in 1997 and the 1998 ML430. Most importantly, it's a clay model. Not an actual motor vehicle, but the source of its design which is pivotal to its existence as to why I included it. Carmaker1 ( talk) 08:31, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
On 9 April, you wrote:
Claimed to be public domain with a reasoning based on the fact that the trademark representing the company is no longer trademark-protected. However, since copyright and trademark are entirely different things, this is hardly a valid argument for PD. Might conceivably be PD for some other reason (non-renewal etc.). Fut.Perf. ☼ 22:17, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
As noted by me on 9 April, the document does carry a trademark but does not carry a corpright. As I've also noted, The US Patent and Trademark Office records state "This registration was not renewed and therefore expired." This status change happened on December 15, 2000. Serial Number: 73157988, Registration Number: 1119161. The last renewal was on May 29, 1979. The trademark was transferred to AT&T on July 12, 1985 and they never renewed it.
Yet, I do not see the discussion closed. How do I escalate this issue within Wikepedia to get resolution? Wa3frp ( talk) 14:42, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
You never commented at Wikipedia:Files_for_deletion/2012_April_15#File:Pilot_.28The_Cosby_Show.29_monopoly_lesson.png on whether you would consider evaluating images like all the other Image reviewers do.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 17:32, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
First, I do not have the time to engage in a sustained debate over several days for each, highly repetitive, case of a random non-free image that an uploader chooses to dig in his heels over. I made my point, and you made yours. Second, I simply do not accept that whatever people do at FA reviews has any bearing on the correct application of NFC policy. In my experience, people at FA are no more competent and only marginally more careful than the average user when it comes to judging NFC issues. NFC policy is shaped at WT:NFC and at FFD, and I know what the consensus is there. Your suggestion that we should submit to a "majority decision" of FA reviews of some kind makes no sense to me at all. If a majority of FAs have some non-free image, then every article can have some random one? That's absurd.
As for tagging, I use Twinkle for nominating images for deletion, as do most other people who do this job with some regularity, and Twinkle is supposed to do whatever tagging is necessary. Given the high volume of bad images that have to be nominated every day, and the tedious and mechanical nature of manual notifications, I personally refuse to do any tagging beyond what is automated. If you want more notifications in other places, please ask some bot programmer to help. What I do has been the common practice at FFD for years, and if there are still some normative texts anywhere around that suggest there is an obligation to do more, those texts have been out of touch with reality for a long time. Fut.Perf. ☼ 17:58, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
...here's a few of mine you can recommend to save you the trouble of looking:
Glad I could save the trouble of looking for them! — WylieCoyote ( talk) 00:05, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Don't know the background here, but it looks like User:Gotthethrill is User:Lung salad:
Tom Harrison Talk 11:27, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, looks like SeikoEn, whom you have topic-banned last year, is back using two other accounts. The checkuser has confirmed that these accounts are run by a same person, but couldn't confirm their identity with SeikoEn (and his previous sock Vitaly N.), because the accounts appear to be stale. I think their identity is pretty obvious and thus they both should be indeffed on grounds of the duck test. -- glossologist ( talk) 16:51, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey there :). You're being contacted because you're an edit filter manager, At the moment, we're developing Version 5 of the Article Feedback Tool, which you may or may not have heard about. If you haven't; for the first time, this will involve a free-text box where readers can submit comments :). Obviously, there's going to be junk, and we want to minimise that junk. To do so, we're working the Abuse Filter into the tool.
For this to work, we need people to write and maintain filters. I'd be very grateful if you could take a look at the discussion here and the attached docs, and comment and contribute! Thanks :). Okeyes (WMF) ( talk) 18:16, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I think Tacitus on Christ needs to be semi protected for 3 months or so, given the persistent sockpuppet issues. Now we just had a new user whose first edit was a statement which did not correspond to the source. It may well be a new strategy for the indef-blocked user. He may come back with totally new accounts to just add items that have no source, but will claim sources for them, etc. as happened today. He seems to be very persistent and it will be just to hard to deal with unless there is semi-protection. Thanks. History2007 ( talk) 00:58, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
To save me opening half a dozen PUI's when we've already been there with Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2012 February 2#File:Owen Paterson Official.jpg. Latest sock from a serial copyright abuser has uploaded more images which have the same licensing problem. They have uploaded some others that are OK and some others which need to go to PUI for a new discussion, but these are the ones that can hopefully be deleted straight away.
Thanks. 2 lines of K 303 16:17, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
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I did say who the source was. I clearly put Rebel propaganda image. The image was made by opposition/rebel activists and uploaded for dissemination for propaganda purposes. I don't understand what the problem is. If you still think that's not enough than I'll just get an image grab from one of their low-resolution videos from youtube which I think will be more in line with Wiki policy, but again I think that all the bases have been covered here. EkoGraf ( talk) 18:48, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello Future Perfect at Sunrise,
I do not want to badger you, but there is an ongoing problem with Samofi. As you might be aware of it, he does not adhere to his topic-ban you are placed under. If you do not want to enforce it, then it is an advice and not an ArbCom resolution that has no compulsory power. However, I do not think that Samofi is apt to be taken to WP:AE, I might report him for a topic-ban violation, but, it won't solve anything. Perhaps, he could get a block for a duration of one week, and then he will refrain from editing the moot articles, he is topic-banned from until 2-3 days at best. It is true that Sammofi has a POV, however, my main problem with this user is that the way in which he conducts himself permanently does not indicate any consistency or logic. I do not know how to call his behaviour so that lest it fall under WP:NPA, therefore; I would call it confused.
It is just a thing that this user does not want to adhere to his topic-ban, but that he made two attempts at block-shopping aimed at two Hungarian users including me, yesterday, it just goes beyond all reason that I should yet tolerate. [22] [23] Not to mention that his reports abundantly cover his topic-ban in any possible sense...
-- Nmate ( talk) 08:16, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
As I saw in the debate over including Arabic text to Abu Musa Island or not , your opinion is "We always include names in all relevant languages in articles about disputed territories" . My two cent is the extent of the territorial dispute is determining , and we shall not include names in all relevant languages in all occasions . As in comparison , we does not include the Persian language to the article about Bahrain , because the territorial dispute is not so serious . Overall I think because including or not including is a matter of debate , your tone of warning to that editor is not so appropriate ( but I agree that the Arabic text may remain in this particular article , because the territorial dispute is serious enough ). -- Alborz Fallah ( talk) 08:29, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
I disagree with your decision to remove the alternate cover from the article. I would have thought such circumstances would be congruent with the reason for the template extension. Nevertheless, have a good day. My76Strat ( talk) 11:44, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
I'm in two minds myself. But Talk page discussion is required before twice blanking an article. In ictu oculi ( talk) 07:36, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
thumb|right|This is a version uploaded by a user who did not include source information. The file I uploaded titled "File:RSS march India.jpg" had accurate fair use justification. The image of the RSS march that I uploaded happened to already be uploaded, you deleted it because it was already uploaded and also on inaccurate claims that the article I used it in, the Fascism article was not related to it. When in fact in the article there is a section where it is specifically discussed by material from prominent historian on fascism, Stanley Payne who says that it has strong similarities to fascist ideology, and furthermore there is known evidence of the RSS leader Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar in his book Our Nation Defined (1938), praising Adolf Hitler's policies of purging Jews from German society and stating that this model of purification should be adopted by India.-- R-41 ( talk) 16:38, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
I resent being called tendentious when I'm trying to create a compromise by treating the two different languages equally. As far as I know, no agreement concerning these settlement has been ever reached, so the current versions have by no means reached a consensus. There are strong arguments for including Bulgarian at least alongside with Macedonian, so removing it without a real explanation doesn't seem objective to me. Kostja ( talk) 09:44, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Since there are multiple articles which are affected by this issue, it makes sense to have some standard on which names to use. And right now these articles push another point of view - why is that any more acceptable. Kostja ( talk) 11:25, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
The files I uploaded are under fair use. In no way do I intend to gain anything from them. They are just to improve wikipedia. However, if it is against the rules I wont do it.
As a courtesy, I wanted to inform you that I mentioned you at ANI, where I suggested that a less seemingly-involved admin would have been better placed to issue a warning to User:Pigsonthewing. Perhaps you might be willing to agree with me that it's often just as important to avoid any perception of being involved? If Andy's behaviour is really as bad as it is claimed, then other admins with no previous history of interaction would surely notice the problem and advise him of it. -- RexxS ( talk) 19:00, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
Would you kindly reopen [ [http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:Files_for_deletion/2012_April_16&action=edit&oldid=489144957. The substantive value of this picture was discussed by many editors. And you commented in the discussion. Thanks. Alanscottwalker ( talk) 12:39, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
The result of the deletion discussion for the Massoud/Qadir image was in no way "delete". I ask you to revert your unilateral decision which in no way comes even close to reflecting the consensus - which was actually "keep". Multiple editors addressed the NFC issue. JCAla ( talk) 13:10, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of File:Massoud and Qadir 2.PNG. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Alanscottwalker ( talk) 21:26, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
Hiya there,
Thanks for swiftly reverting the Macedonian references that User talk:Dim.vas.nikol made across Eurovision articles. I have posted a sincere caution on their talk page. However, some of their edits appear to have gone over the 1RR policy set out at ARBMAC; and I'm wondering if we should leave the caution as it is, or also add their name to the list of potential violators? Wesley ☀ Mouse 14:51, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Since there has been ongoing discussion in the archive, I have unarchived the case and reopened it. — DoRD ( talk) 14:32, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Someone is unable to just sit their twelve-hour block out. This is a bit ominous as well. -- tariqabjotu 07:48, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
I have permission from Reuters who said the use of Aaron spelling image is "fair use". You may reply there. -- George Ho ( talk) 10:56, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I honestly don't know why I did that but it has really been awhile sense I have uploaded pictures (probably sense November 2011) and ever sense my last upload wikipedia introduced the new format and that just confused me. Anyway I can give you proof that I am the creator via my pictures I uploaded in the past. Just go here User:Arsenalkid700#Pictures. Copy and paste into the search bar at the top right and you will see that all these pictures are of my own work. Very sorry for the inconvenience but like I said I am learning how to upload via the new picture upload format. Cheers. -- Arsenalkid700 ( talk) 15:45, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
I got permission; you may reply there. -- George Ho ( talk) 18:05, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
I see you removed the Megitza image from Queue 6 (DYK) - I have sent the permission from Megitza to the permissions-commons email. Could the image be added back on? -- Tomtomn00 ( talk • contributions) 18:38, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
I have given proof of correspondance. You may reply. -- George Ho ( talk) 00:33, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
I'm wondering why you deleted files of people and said they were "obviously replaceable." — Preceding unsigned comment added by ReformedArsenal ( talk • contribs)
delete or no consensus? -- Dweller ( talk) 09:02, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi, since you're one of the few decent admins around nowadays, I thought I'd bring this to your attention. Could you keep an eye on Germanic peoples? There have been a few problems there recently, with new User:Prophet of Hell, an IP from northern Italy and a few other accounts insisting on inserting one of the most ludicrous ethnic infobox collages Wikipedia has ever seen (it contains both Hitler and Jörg Haider). I and other users keep removing it but Prophet of Hell in particular insists on its reinstatement. He's not very communicative, possibly because - I suspect - he is using machine translation. This was his latest declaration of intent on the talk page [29]. Since then he hasn't bothered justifying his reverts. Cheers. -- Folantin ( talk) 12:18, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
I saw that you warned XtremeFanatic about uploading copyvios: he has received a number of warnings for disruptive editing but just blanks his talkpage and keeps going. I think a block is long overdue. Thanks, ⊂| Mr.choppers |⊃ ( talk) 17:24, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
I have changed the picture I have used for my page and I now believe it complies with copyright laws. Apologies for the original mistake. I am quite new to wikipedia editing
{|class="wikitable sortable |+ Occupation groups in 1881 |- !Occupation !! Male !! Female |- |General/local government || 9 || – |- |Defence of the country || 1 || – |- |Professionals || 34 || 34 |- |[…] || ... || ... |- |}
Occupation | Male | Female |
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General/local government | 9 | – |
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Just a suggestion. – That said, I still wonder if you could respond to my earlier question. Is there some way I or some other person from wikipedia could communicate with your group as a whole, for instance through your teacher?
Fut.Perf.
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18:06, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
-- Happy to talk, although the deadline for the articles our students are supposed to do is tomorrow, so there's probably no point. We made our students aware of potential copyright issues, but it is obviously a complex issue, especially for first year students. Alex 14:00, 2 May 2012
Hello, I see you have re-edited my page again. Was it just for the sentence saying the village had hardly changed? If so can I not just edit this out and keep the rest? As it seems clear that the information is justifiable and appropriate for anyone wishing to read up on the village. Thanks too for removing the picture I posted, I realise now breached copyright but as a new user I didn't fully understand how to upload a photo! And still don't to be fair... Thanks for your time. Josh
can i have rollback rights? :) Baboon43 ( talk) 00:33, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
actually those edit warring was with socks and i was a newbie but yea i guess i need experience in vandalism cleanup first Baboon43 ( talk) 10:40, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Fut. Perf., I'd just like to give you a heads-up that I have mentioned you in the course of a request for the enforcement of a community sanction at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Community sanctions enforcement request: Delicious carbuncle, concerning the violation of a community-imposed interaction ban. You are welcome to comment if you wish. Prioryman ( talk) 18:05, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi. You deleted this picture. I guess I don't understand the license system properly. Can you give me a brief rundown on the reason for deletion & what license I need to be able to use the picture please? Thanks, Tom. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomas_Neill ( talk • contribs)
You may be interested in knowing Namuslu's behavior is currently at ANI ( WP:ANI#Namuslu's ownership issues at Istanbul). -- tariqabjotu 01:30, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
Permissions letters have been sent to permissions-en@wikimedia.org by the owner of the photos and tags updated. Hopefully this satisfies the requirements. Sorry for the hassle. The advisory sent to my Talk page was very helpful in consolidating the information needed to do this properly. -- Romansperson ( talk) 23:32, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello Fut.Perf, in reference to your remark that the photo I have included in the article of the border guard is not directly relevant to the events in the text, I want to inform you that I have nothing against you removing that photo. Instead, I have included two low-resolution photos that have direct connection and give excellent illustration on the character of the fighting during the initial offensive of the MK security forces in March 2001. Could you please tell me what do you think of the new images I inserted in the article. Thanks in advance.-- Модернист ( talk) 01:43, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
I suspect you may have seen this but just in case I thought that I would let you know that after you left a message about the topic ban BG archived your message (which is no problem as I know they have every right to do that) but they also added a reply. You can see it here User talk:BruceGrubb/archive 1#Topic ban. If you were aware of it please feel free to archive or delete this message as you wish and thanks for your time. MarnetteD | Talk 04:41, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello User:Future Perfect at Sunrise, so let me get this straight, you think that adding a false canvass notice below every comment of a respected Wikipedia user is appropriate? Just to let you know, the reviewing administrator, User:DGG, stated that "the addition of that note multiple times was not appropriate." How would you feel if someone repeatedly added a note underneath every one of your comments and stated that you arrived to the discussion by canvassing, when you did not? I hope this clears things up and that you can see my point. I hold no hard feelings against you and wish you well. With regards, Anupam Talk 06:00, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
I think it is normal for users to even maintain pages with specific diffs. This is a mere collection of archived discussions regardless of who was involved in the dispute or discussion for future reference to my old, settled or current disputes. You might want to re-think over the nomination after taking another look at the page contents. -- lTopGunl ( talk) 10:05, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
The Istanbul article is up for a peer review at Wikipedia:Peer review/Istanbul/archive1 and I thought you might be interested in providing some feedback. Feel free to do so when you get a chance. -- tariqabjotu 05:17, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
I have at WP:AN raised a request to topic ban the editor DeknMike from Messianic Judaism related articles. One of the responders has requested an editor who is not involved with religion related content review the matter. You have a history of dealing with divisive issues of a nationalist sort, which I think is probably the closest approximation to this divisive religious issue. On that basis, I would request that you review the material at the AN request, and comments elsewhere, particularly at the Talk:Messianic Judaism page, and offer any input in any of the discussions that you might see fit to make. Thank you for your time, and, if you should so choose, any involvement you might choose to engage in. John Carter ( talk) 18:16, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello you said in my talk page "is being used under non-free content criteria, but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia is acceptable. Please go to the file description page, and edit it to include a non-free rationale." for my image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grampa_vs._Sexual_Inadequacy_Screenshot.png i dont understand what you are saying can you give me a little better explanation? thanks ManSkirtDude101 ( talk) 22:17, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Alright i have fixed the problem and fixed the purpose. -- ManSkirtDude101 ( talk) 21:17, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Are the PD claims regarding the media files on Železarsko lake killings legitimate? On CNN the label is not vetted meaning that the first file hasn't been checked by any CNN editor. That being said the edit-wars have started and are entering into BLP violation policies.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 16:20, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
As you have worked with User:Agent00f, I wanted to make you aware of Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Agent00f. I know it's moving backwards, but I'd like to have all previous attempts at least tried before going for the final solution. Hasteur ( talk) 01:38, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I don't know why you deleted my file. If you go to the URL provided, it clearly says at the footnote at the bottom, "Our website consists only free public domain photos." That is not any reason to delete. TRLIJC19 ( talk) 19:53, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Okay, I will embark for a new photo. Thank you. TRLIJC19 ( talk) 22:11, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Considering your blocking history, you might be interested in the discussion at Commons:Commons:Requests for checkuser/Case/Dogwalkerz. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 12:46, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
What's wrong with the new picture? TRLIJC19 ( talk) 13:04, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Your old friend is back. I checked the IP range and it's him or her. Tom Reedy ( talk) 17:57, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
I will gladly replace them with free photos if I could find suitable alternatives. I cannot find any free photos of the cave visited in TAR19, with photos of Kraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat being the only place with free photos out there, and the only location with a free photo I can find for the TAR18 episode is Kolkata Town Hall which in itself has nothing to do with the events (there is a particular fountain visited, but there are no free photos of that either). What are your suggestions?— Ryulong ( 竜龙) 08:09, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Good block, but indef?! Bearian ( talk) 19:45, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
I was the agent who processed the request.
My initial reaction was that the photo looked too good. However, when I saw the claim that the uploader was an art student, I considered the possibility that an art student might have the technical skills, especially if being tutored an expert, to take such a good photo.
I did not notice the copyright tag you observed. I should have, but I didn't. In my opinion, this does not conclusively prove the claim is false, but it does change the burden of proof.
I note that the image is for sale; it seems hard to believe that Lessing would be willing to sell an object he does not own. This makes it more likely that the permission is invalid, and even introduces the unlikely , but possible scenario in which the uploader is correct in asserting that the uploader is the photographer, but may have missed that rights were signed away at some time.
I have an email out to the uploader, who has not yet responded, even to reply that attempts to confirm are in progress. My original thought was to wait some time, then send an email directly to Lessing. I'm now inclined to repeal the permission, and ask for removal of the image, and put the burden of proof back on the uploader. WE can always restore if Lessing supports the claim. Would you concur?-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 20:21, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
With all my respect i have to tell you that i am a journalist in turkey.All of my information was true.The subject is a criminal person so what can i write about him Uyarici ( talk) 21:31, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
Dear administrator,i noticed all of your advices and wiki policy .İ know all of the criminal judgements records about this prson .And all of them are trustable resources which collected by myself.As your advice i will edit the new sources when i can reach in time.Thank you for your interest and attention Uyarici ( talk) 22:26, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I recently uploaded File:Sofia ring road, dragalevtsi roundabout.jpg and File:The Russian Church of Sofia.jpg and now I see that you've deleted them because of "improper license". I believe the license to be suitable for Wikipedia as it gives permission "to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt the work" and this author has tens of photos on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons and all of them are using exactly the same license. Nicksss93 ( talk) 11:44, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
Dear administrator,i have all of the sources about this people but they are all court records and in turkish i wnted time to just get them translated to english.Your behaviour is not heartening for the new users of wikipedia.can you explain please are the sources enough in this article like ( Ali Yasak) i couldn t understand the policy maybe so i will be very sorry about it and i will be grateful if you explain this if you can spent a little time for me.Best wishes and thanks Uyarici ( talk) 21:39, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence | |
For the work taken in discussion and cleanup of the Manav Gupta images. Diego ( talk) 09:33, 18 May 2012 (UTC) |
I saw your name in the history of Zeibekiko ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). Can you review the recent activity over there? I reverted one persons edit, then reverted back further after reviewing what appeared to be consensus. The material has since been updated again. As I can't read the most recently added ref, and as I'm not familiar with the history of the dispute at the article, I wanted to ask someone with more of a history over there to look over it. I'll also be asking JamesBWatson to take a look. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 18:19, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
This user is now vandalizing and edit-warring at Taos, New Mexico ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) in apparent retaliation for whatever problem he has with me. Yworo ( talk) 00:17, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
And is now engaging in personal attacks. Yworo ( talk) 03:32, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
I have a couple concerns about this editor and I was wondering if you could address them. First off, an edit by User:Mlaffs was reverted and a template placed on Mlaffs' talk page. This wouldn't be a problem if User:Yworo didn't use Rollback to revert Mlaffs edit. It wasn't vandalism. I checked User:Yworo's contribs and found several examples of him/her using Rollback inappropriately ( 1, 2, 3 which included a warning, 4 same user another warning, 5 with warning). Those are just going back to March, there are probably more. Those are clear violations of the Rollback rules and misuse of vandalism templates. I would request his Rollback be revoked until he can learn to use the tool properly (one mistake is one too many), but that is your decision. I do feel that someone needs to talk with him. I have left a post on his talk page, but coming from an admin, it will carry more weight. Thanks. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 11:24, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
Hey there, I'm a returning user interested mainly in clearing up nationalist historiographies from wikipedia Ottoman Empire related articles. The article on Kosovo is very problematic as there seems to be a concerted effort to stop the debate about merging the article with the Republic of Kosovo. Some users take it upon themselves to archive the discussion as if its closed. What are the options for someone interested in a wikipedia where nationalists do not prevail? Ottomanist ( talk) 00:17, 20 May 2012 (UTC))
My previous username was interestedinfairness- just thought i'd clear that up. Ottomanist ( talk) 19:22, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello Future, how are you? I just wanted to tell you that I started a discussion on the talk page. I also invited other users to take part in the debate. Regards. -- Модернист ( talk) 17:50, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello Future. I originally intended to bring that perpetual RM on Talk:Kosovo up on ANI, but since you're there already, should I bother with that? -- Director ( talk) 20:19, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello Future! Since you are already familiar with this guy, it may not surprise you that he didn't learn much from his brevious block for WP:BATTLEGROUND: [39]. Cheers, Constantine ✍ 07:39, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
I responded at Wikipedia:Files_for_deletion/2012_May_21#File:Berke.jpg - thoughts? Calliopejen1 ( talk) 18:51, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#File redlink should not lead to godawful upload form apparently involves a change you made. Could you comment there please? (the discussion is actually quite polite and calm, despite section-title:) DMacks ( talk) 02:18, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
I was wondering if you wouldn't mind giving me a little more information on the recent block of Historiographer, to keep things in one place, I am about to leave a note on his/her page. Penyulap ☏ 14:25, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Per this, would you consider granting me reviewer rights? I will not be if you deem me not to be suitable for the right, and will not request it again from any admin for at least a month.-- Gilderien Chat| List of good deeds 20:44, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
You do realize that Sepahan Isfahan F.C. is a major Asian football team, involved in a major ongoing Asian tournament? By locking the page for 6 months, you're essentially preventing the updating of the page of this club for 6 months by anyone and everyone, in the middle of a major tournament. This is unprecedented in the history of Wikipedia If you want to prevent disruption by the socks, you can semi-protect the page instead. Kurdo777 ( talk) 22:58, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Well, there was a Champions League game today, and I tried to edit Sepahan 's page for the result and it was locked by Future Perfect at Sunrise. It's been fixed now. Thanks. Kurdo777 ( talk) 23:11, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
For almost a year, an SPA, Quione ( talk · contribs) has engaged in sporadic non-constructive sniping [41] [42] [43] [44] which has evolved to direct COI accusations [45] [46] on the Talk:Aspartame controversy page. Several warning have been issued on the user's talk page. With a "final warning" issued, I am contacting you to determine the best course of action. For your convenience, I am linking the prior case involving this article in which the role of discretionary sanctions was discussed. In this case, I feel the disruptive behavior is the main issue. Because you are familiar with the issues, I am referring the matter to you, directly; I hope that is not inappropriate. Thank you. Novangelis ( talk) 19:28, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
..having a look at the edits/deletions at WP:COMMONNAME? Thanks. In ictu oculi ( talk) 01:28, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Earth Exploding Live, which revealed a sock whose username was created to parallel yours. Nyttend ( talk) 02:23, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
I have given the non-free rationale at File:Spider-Man 2 still.jpg. Please check it up. Thanks and regards.-- Plea$ant 1623 18:59, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
Thank you. History2007 ( talk) 17:41, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello Future Perfect. I wanted to let you know that I made a request at WP:ANI for an uninvolved administrator to review the block of Xenos2008 as I believe it was made in contravention in policy. You are mentioned in the summary of events. — Psychonaut ( talk) 21:07, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi! There's a problem with an obsessed user that insists to add his original research essay about a supposed bad mastering of the album Not Your Kind of People. He's all over Youtube, Amazon, etc. with the same opinion. Can you stop him? Deepblue1 ( talk) 22:10, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
My proposals for the improvement of this article are:
1. There is also a pseudo historian accepted theory of the origin of the dance, which is support that the name comes from the words Zei, as a derivative of
Zeus, and the phrygian word
bekos, which means bread according to
Herodotus.
with citation: • Dance studies: Volume 16
2. The name used to symbolize the union of the spirit with the body. Supposedly it is believed that was danced in ancient times in honor of ancient gods.
with citation: • Cornhill: 1957 (as mentioned ).
I can see there is already a proclivity of the consencus. I believe that both of these references, will improve and inform this "longtime" pure article. So, I' ll be waiting for you answer. -- Dactarianou ( talk) 16:42, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
• University press (magazines, books, sites, etc.), which is also the source that I gave before Dance studies: Volume 16
• National Magazines or
• A locally valid and recognized document or Magazine etc. -- Dactarianou ( talk) 17:53, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
1.There is also a pseudo-historian theory of the origin of the dance, by Scarlatos Byzantios, which is support that the name comes from the words Zei, as a derivative of Zeus, and the phrygian word bekos, which means bread according to Herodotus. or 2.It is also accepted the folkloric view, that the name, comes from the words Zei, as a derivative of Zeus, and the phrygian word bekos, which means bread according to Herodotus. The name used to symbolize the union of the spirit with the body and it is believed that was danced in ancient times in honor of ancient gods. (Citations above) So, I'll be waiting for any agreement. -- Dactarianou ( talk) 18:06, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello, no pb to delete the picture ,i read the new guidelines, if i want to use that kind of pictures like this chart File:Delta IV growth options.png (aside from less than 300 by 300 and 30 kb), what is the applicable section ?
File:Eads space tourism project concept.jpeg was also a pb (wrong filling), i wanted to use it to show the closenes of another project, Rocketplane XP, the eads plane does not show the similar configuration (only the inside but not the full outside).
Any advice ? Thanks in advance and sorry for the disturbance. -- Beaucouplusneutre ( talk) 18:42, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Shacktown123 has restored their version of Jeff Rowley three times; I've reverted twice so I'd appreciate it if you would handle it from here. Best regards, None but shining hours ( talk) 13:12, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
I've been contacted as an OTRS agent, by an editor who is upset about the treatment of both the article Jeff Rowley and the editor.
Let me start by saying I am in agreement that the article before the stubification was in need of overhaul.
However, I disagree that labeling it a "monstrosity" meets our AGF goals.
I'll note, as an aside, that the editor is not Jeff Rowley. That does not mean that we do not have to worry about COI, but it isn't an AUTO problem.
Please forget your extensive experience with Wikipedia, and view the situation through the eyes of the editor for a moment. An editor, unfamiliar with the rules of Wikipedia, starts an article in September of 2011. Over time, substantial text is added, with many references to multiple sources, and many images. There have been recent issues regarding image licensing, which the editor is addressing.(This issue came to my attention because I've spent literally hours dealing with the licensing of many, many images.)
Over the eight months of the articles existence, there are virtually NO concerns expressed by anyone about the article, save the technical issues about image licensing, which have been mostly resolved. (You and I both know that with almost million articles, it is most likely that this slipped beneath the radar, rather than explicit approval by other editors, but there is no reason for a new editor to know this)
Out of the blue, with no warnings, almost all of the article is removed. It is perfectly understandable that someone with little Wikipedia experience might assume it was vandalized, and attempted to restore it. Please keep in mind that while we all know about 3RR, it isn't exactly an obvious rule, and until explained, it is perfectly understandable that an editor may think the best response to removal of material is restoration.
None of this means that violations of our requirements for articles should be relaxed, but I note that the editor is being told they may be blocked, even though there is zero prior evidence that anyone has indicated any problems with the article.
Could you suggest either a relevant project, where there may be some editors willing to help, or a specific editor, who might be willing to help this editor expand the article about Rowley, without running afoul of our guidelines regarding promotion?-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 18:04, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 22:56, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Future!
You may recall requesting this image for deletion, on the grounds that it, "illustrates a subject for which a free image might reasonably be found or created that adequately provides the same information, or which could be adequately covered with text alone". However, I believe otherwise; and have disputed the deletion, claiming that there are no free images available, and our description of the subject would be in violation of OR - as we all may describe the individual, differently.
Furthermore, I notice that you have stated, that [on free images] "might reasonably be found" - if this image were to be deleted, could you please assist me in looking for an appropriate free image of the subject? I personally haven't found any, however a fresh pair of eyes, is always best! Regards, -- MST☆ R (Chat Me!) 07:54, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello Fut! I've initiated a move request at Talk:Army of Macedon, and would greatly appreciate your input there. Constantine ✍ 13:02, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
I am not Jeff Rowley but someone interested in improving the Jeff Rowley article
I've now read the Conflict of Interest Policy and now have a better appreciation of your concerns. I did not know about that policy prior to today, and think it would have been better if they had been sent with a more polite message, but I would like to move on and learn how I can contribute to an article about Jeff Rowley, and do so in compliance with guidelines. Can you suggest someone who might help me? Shacktown123 ( talk) 12:24, 4 June 2012 (UTC)Shacktown123-- Shacktown123 ( talk) 12:24, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
I got involved in two issues in the last few hours, and I am very glad to see you have fixed both of them (one was at WP:ELN where someone was concerned about an IP spamming an external link to MET-Art, and the other was a sock harassing a user that I mentioned at WP:AN. While the time the community wastes in pointless debate over problem editors is amazing, I have been totally dismayed by the complacent acceptance of the harassment from that particular sock. I guess the underlying issues are too complex for people to bother, but cutting through the bs and blocking that long term abuser is clearly the only strategy that will help. Thanks! Johnuniq ( talk) 12:35, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
I just wanted to thank you for your work on WP. Your concern for people's use of "ss" and "ß" honours you. (Sorry for the half-edit just before -- got a new keyboard.) I did actually catch myself sighing happily upon reading your comment on that sorry User:Prophet of Hell business. Keep up the good work. Trigaranus ( talk) 12:24, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I have left a message on the file page disputing your decision to nominate the image for deletion. Can you please read my message on the file page and post a message on my talk page with your response. Thanks!-- Dom497 ( talk) 22:17, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
Since you discussed Penyulap's behaviour on the administrator's noticeboard a while back, perhaps you might like to venture an opinion on all this. Uncle G ( talk) 12:09, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
To voice my thoughts/questions in one word → what? ΚΛΤΛΝΛGØD Τλłκ 11:09, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
Okay, then, seriously. You uploaded File:Hammock near the rocky mountains British Columbia.png, saying it was "from a friend" of yours, it showed a place in Canada, and that it was "ineligible for copyright". Now, the last claim is patently false: photographs are always copyrightable, so even if this really was given to you by a friend, we'd need an explicit, verifiable licensing statement from that friend. However, given the fact that it was previously published here, with a different description (saying that it was a place in Norway), I have my doubts. Fut.Perf. ☼ 11:33, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
Wouldn't you say that the knowledge of the individual possessed by an account registered a few weeks ago strike you as suspicious (or a call for attention)?— Ryulong ( 竜龙) 07:39, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
Seeing as you are anyway involved in AE adjudication, could you take a look at this AE which as The Blade of the Northern Lights states: "Comments from other admins would be really nice too." Ankh. Morpork 15:57, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
Please can you explain why this file has been deleted. No you cannot - because there was no reason. This image is perfect. When I uploaded it, I stated quite clearly about permissions. People like yourselves need to consider - is this Wikipedia (the free encyclopaedia which anyone can edit) or is it just for an 'exclusive' group of people who discriminate against less experienced editors? Oneill05 oneill ( talk) 18:39, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
It's such a shame that there are no Negative Barnstars. It's lucky for you, however, because I would quite happily have given you several after you deleted the image for NO REASON. Oneill05 oneill ( talk) 18:48, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
{{subst:Award2 |image=Thumbs down red.svg |topic=The Negative Barnstar |text=I hereby award you this negative barnstar, for being an abusive admin, an overall horrible person, and for deleting my image. }}
OK
Hi. I've no idea what's happenning there! Anyway, you may have noticed that the wording in {{ di-replaceable fair use-notice}} has now been amended. Cheers. -- Trevj ( talk) 13:08, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Future Perfect at Sunrise!
I hope you won't mind my writing to you. I have a question about uploading pictures and after scouring all the pages, and discussion pages, on image policy i thought it might be easiest to ask you directly, as you seem to be an authority on these things :)
I'm a bit of a newby to wikipedia and one of the tasks I've set myself is to improve pages on Caribbean writers such as E. A. Markham, Fred D'Aguiar, Wilson Harris, Caryl Phillips and others. One of the things I would like to do is to get an infobox with a picture up on their pages. From what I've read so far, it seems to me like the best way of doing this would be to write to institutions with which these writers are affiliated, or - where I can track them down - authors of particular pictures and ask them if they would release a picture of the author in question under the conditions of free use, or - at the least - give permission for it to be used on Wikipedia under the conditions of fair use. I have already attempted to do this for Wilson Harris though, some 3 weeks later, I have not received a response and I anticipate that my requests regarding the other writers might well be met with similar upresponsiveness! The policy on fair use is still a little unclear to me, so my question is: is there something I'm missing? Is it likely that some of the pictures of these authors that are on the internet would qualify for fair use (and, if so, what am I looking for?). Or am I best patiently sticking to my plan of action, and trying to get permissions for photographs to be used?
With all best,
Loriski ( talk) 13:13, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
Thank you so much for clarifying - this is really helpful. I will keep writing to people in the hope, in which case, but much more happily now I'm able to rid myself of the niggling thought that there might be a much more time-efficient way of doing things that I just hadn't managed to figure out :) Loriski ( talk) 17:37, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
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hello. i need your help. i don't understand how this stuff works, or where on this page i'm supposed to write stuff. (i'm probably in the wrong spot right now) my photo "Les Pattinson Cebu City.jpg" is going to be deleted tomorrow, but i got permission and left another message on my talk page on the 8th. the photographer has written on the photo on his facebook: "This picture is published under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license." as you suggested for me to have him do, but i don't know what i'm supposed to do next!! this is really all gobbledigook to me. i tried looking through the site on all the help pages, etc, but i can't figure it out. i had no problem editing the actual page, but this photo stuff is beyond me. can anyone help me get the photo onto the page?? please. thanks Red ( talk) 00:24, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Nirmal,
12 FEB, 2012
Subject: SORRY LETTER FOR RUDE BEHAVIOR
Dear Sir,
I am extremely sorry for my rude behavior on the Wikipedia talk page. I have rudely behaved with you and acted impolite and in a immature way.When you were deleting all my precious work i was angry,but now i realize it was for the good. That’s the reason I kept that in my mind and behaved so badly with you.The way I behaved with you was totally wrong. Please forgive me and please guide me while i rewrite the whole Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation an Indian revenue service page,please guide me.Please do not keep reverting i will have to see the old material to edit and put the good material in the Indian revenue service page.
Yours truly,
Mr.Nirmal Mathew (Nirmal95 (talk) 05:13, 12 February 2012 (UTC))
The time has come to block User:Nirmal95. He is constantly vandalizing the Wikipedia article of Indian Revenue Service. It is no way possible that the images that Nirmal has posted by him in Wikimedia commons is his (owned or personally shot by him by his personal camera or that the images he has does not come with a license). It is very likely that the images are from somewhere else - like a blog, Federal Government website or the IRS official websites. It seems to me that the images are stolen. Also, all the test created into the Indian Revenue Service article by User:Nirmal95 has neither inline citations or proofs for reference or validation. The article just goes on and on without any logical reference and editing patterns. It is seen that all the text (by Nirmal - posted by him) is copied and pasted from somewhere else. Hence, User:Nirmal95 should be blocked from editing as he is proven to conduct vandalism again and again with utmost persistence and dedication. Thank You.-- Varghese Jacob ( talk) 17:55, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
I'm asking you to retract this statement: [1] Anyone who's edited a wiki knows all it takes is to click "edit this page", copy the text, and then paste it to another wiki, which seems to be what has happened here. This whole business is very lulz-worthy, and there's no evidence that the info was copy-pasted by Mbz1. I can think of dozens of (mostly banned) users who'd do it just to troll. Risker ( talk) 02:28, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
I have worked with BarkingMoon, and with PumpkinSky, see my talk and their's, and they feel like two different people. What I can imagine: that they sat together, one teaching the other, and both edited on the BarkingMoon account, but that is not the same. The similarities found just tell me that BarkingMoon copied his friends model. Someone trying a cleanstart would avoid those similarities, right? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:37, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Hello, firstly I would like to say that Iam not asking the end of my topic ban [ [2]]. Last months I tried to edit articles about economy, culture and geography and I had no edit warring or problems with other users. But I would like to have one exception in this phrase: "topic-banned indefinitely from all Hungarian-Slovak national and ethnicity issues, for continued tendentious battleground editing". Iam sure that I can better control myself, so I have an idea to make an experiment that I can react to talkpages in the articles about "Hungarian-Slovak national and ethnicity issues". At least in this one case: [ [3]]. If my mentality will again battleground or if I will break the rules, I agree with definite ban about "Slovak-Hungarian national disputes". New phrase of my ban should be smthng like: "topic-banned indefinitely from all Hungarian-Slovak national and ethnicity issues, for continued tendentious battleground editing (except talkpages)" Thanx for answer. -- Samofi ( talk) 12:38, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
The purpose of the tag is to let others know that an article is being rewritten, restructured, expanded or extensively copyedited. This notification becomes especially important when the article in question is an FA or has a large number of viewers per day; both of these are true with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Work can be extensive, take several weeks and vary on the amount of work being done at one time. Some sections will be heavily copywritten or edited, while others will need less work. The time needed to complete this work can also depend on how many editors are at work and other priorities such as job, illness and other factors. Not everyone can be a Wiki editor 24/7—we also have lives to lead outside Wikipedia. If you are not sure whether work has stopped on an article and the tag should be removed, the best thing is to first ask the editor doing the majority of work on the article. This information can be easily accessed in the article's edit history. If you don't get a response from that editor within, say, a week, then it might be alright to remove the tag. Otherwise, patience can be the best course. (To User Perfect at Sunrise: I am copying everything above to 14jbella for his or her reference. You may answer the following on my talk page, but I would really like to know what business a third, previously uninvolved party has in commenting on I would consider a private talk page. If it is a legitimate policing function to ensure that abuse is not being perpetrated (one BTW that I had previously not heard of), that is one thing. Otherwise, I will report you to the proper authorities with all speed.) Jonyungk ( talk) 15:06, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
It's a long time past, but could you provide a more detailed source for File:Bouboulina.JPG. The link you've given is dead and the Wayback Machine has failed me. I just want to make sure all the ts are crossed before deleting it here. Danger High voltage! 00:30, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Nirmal ( Nirmal95 ( talk) 14:07, 16 February 2012 (UTC))
Dear Sir, I am extremely sorry for my work done in Wikipedia.I understand i am a very poor editor and need some time in perfecting my editing skills.I was under the impression the Hindu paper releases the images in the said license.The purpose of this is to convey to you my sincere apologies for any inconvenience you have experienced during these few weeks. I just returned from college and found your message in my talk page.I have also seen the complaints made against by another user.I have in a true sense not vandalized Wikipedia but wanted others to get authentic information.I have use the information from government websites.If i have done something wrong,please correct me. Sir, let me assure you that what happened was not vandalizing but out of laziness to provide citations.Can i copy the info from the info from govt websites and then add citations and references??( Nirmal95 ( talk) 14:07, 16 February 2012 (UTC))
Some falafel for you! Nirmal95 ( talk) 15:00, 16 February 2012 (UTC) |
Hello!
I would like to draw your attention on the Žigmund Pálffy article. I've added a well-referenced info about his Hungarian origin a few months ago, which became a target of vandals and later the issue was also moved to the talk page. While I presented a number of sources there, offered a solution by my best knowledge, and also invited a third opinion user via 3O, the other user, Omen1229 ( talk · contribs), tendenciously declines every recommendation by both of us. Recently, the talk stucked at a point and instead of using the recommended ways to solve the problem, the dispute went totally off-topic. What is more, the article is muddled up by strange edits, wording, and a load of tags, which has nothing to do with it, since as written above, Omen1229 does not follow the steps he should make after tags are added to solve the problem.
The reason why I write to you is that you have put Omen1229 on topic ban per WP:DIGWUREN "due to a persistent history of ethnic battleground editing [4]". I don't know if this breaks the topic ban, however, his editing habits, which concentrates only on the above mentioned topics, and his attitude to push his point without taking the suggested steps, makes me think that his lone intention is to keep this situation up and to extend his battleground mentality on other articles that may be out of the reach of the topic ban.
Since it really looks like for me that it cannot be done on the normal way, I would like to ask you to take a look at the article and the talk page, and relying on your wisdom and knowledge, help the dispute to be solved. Thanks, Thehoboclown ( talk) 16:34, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
[User:Varghesejacob|Varghese Jacob]] has created a new page Central Civil Services (India).Some of the services listed are not got through the civil service exam as listed by him( http://www.upsc.gov.in/exams/notifications/2011/CS2011/cs2011_eng.pdf)--My reference In addition, most of his writings are not backed by references and is his personal commentary.I request you to please revert thte said page and ask him to add refrences and deleted unsourced material,if i do it he may call me a vandalizer again!!( Nirmal95 ( talk) 11:39, 17 February 2012 (UTC))
Since you helped me before, I hope you can again. I found that over half of the article [[JS Bach] was plagiarized from a copyrighted book. I put a link on the talk page to the book, and deleted the copyrighted info, but I am not sure what else I have to do about it. Please help. Thanks 14jbella ( talk) 17:07, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
Also, could you please help me cite sources on the JS Bach page. I am trying to use the <ref name> tag, since I am trying to cite the same source more than once, but I keep getting a message that says "Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Baroquenet; see Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text." I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Thanks!~~~~ 14jbella ( talk) 01:42, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Hey Fut.Perf., I thought you might be interested in this as you keep tweaking your upload wizard. Steven Walling and I just wrapped up a template A/B test with ImageTaggingBot, which identifies files that are missing source and/or license information. We tested some alternate warnings for a month, and here's the data from a month's worth of bot warnings. We're going to dig into this with the help of our data analyst Faulkner to see if changing the wording made any difference in people's ability to figure out how to save their files. But for now, one very obvious and interesting data point is that it seems many more users upload images and leave the source and especially the license fields blank than even attempting to put any information there. What this suggests to me is that they a) don't know what "source," "license," and "tag" mean, and/or b) assume those fields are optional and ignore them. I just thought you might find that info useful, especially the fact that the license tag seems to be a particularly significant pain point. I'll let you know if we find anything else useful in the data. Good luck with the wizarding and keep me updated :) Maryana (WMF) ( talk) 00:59, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
ETA: The numbers, in case you don't want to wade through that enormous Google doc :)
Thanks for this. It more or less confirms my impression from patrolling, and it also fits my figures from February. For instance, I found that one out of ten new files had a completely blank description page; with new contributors it was one out of three. This, to my mind, points towards simply not being aware of the importance of licensing/sourcing in general. I believe there are several other typical categories of errors:
In my wizard I'm trying to catch most of these errors, especially by giving more descriptive labels to the license box depending on the different cases, and by insisting that all fields are filled in before the upload can technically be done. Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:40, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Future Perfect. Just wondering if you could take a look at the edits there by Gogofoto ( talk · contribs), who seems to be rewriting the policy without consensus. Kafka Liz ( talk) 14:41, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
I understand your anxiety to delete/reduce to a link the Euboean alphabet in order to promote and expand your article that you have created ( Archaic Greek alphabets), yet, on behalf of a number of contributors I urge you to let this article expand. -- Odysses (₪) 23:15, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
I don't know what your intentions were, but the new system is no good. It removes the form to select categories to upload no-free images. Or its there, and too difficult to locate quickly and easily. Jasper420 16:38, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi there,
thanks for working on improving to improve the file upload process.
As you know, we put significant effort into the Wikimedia Commons Upload Wizard as the preferred method to upload free media files. It supports batch uploads, automatic metadata extraction, and other features. It also has a built-in licensing tutorial, but minimizes form/instruction creep along the way. We've run a large number of user tests to validate and iterate its design.
However, we didn't improve the Wikipedia entry point and the process for uploading non-free files significantly, and I agree there's still significant room for improvement there.
One concern I have about the new method is that it reduces the visibility of the Commons Upload Wizard, and in fact pushes people through the old Commons form under some circumstances. Our goal probably ought to be to get people to Upload Wizard for the highest % of free licensing cases that we can.
But the main point of my message is to ask whether you'd be interested in getting access to
usertesting.com credits. This is an easy way to ask people to complete uploads through the new system, compare it with the old system, and see where they fail/struggle. You'd have to clean up after the test uploads, and you'd need to give them step-by-step instructions what to do (I could help you with the latter to ensure the test design doesn't bias the testers). But I'd be happy to give you access to some 10-20 tests as you develop the feature. These result in video recordings (
example). Let me know if you'd like that, or email me at erik at wikimedia dot org
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Eloquence
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23:25, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
In any case, my initial impression is that the number of (real or allegedly) free items uploaded through the new form has actually been fairly low during the first hours of this test run, so maybe the system isn't that bad at getting the Commons recommendation across to its users after all. I certainly don't expect it to be worse in this respect than the old system. Fut.Perf. ☼ 10:38, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
I am confuzzled, which tag is the correct one for pictures of panels? Thanks.-- FLStyle ( talk) 15:43, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
I don't see what the problem is, I uploaded an edited picture of one already available on Wikipedia, one which was originally uploaded by the owner, and which clearly stated that the owner had no problems with the picture being edited and re-used (so long as he was still credited, which he was). This is all linked to in the evidence section. Jesus.arnold ( talk) 16:07, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia changed the upload format and I dont know where to put the mac about us.png screenshot mind helping me? Thanks!
hey I saw your script for uploading files to english wikipedia. I want to do the same for Hindi wikipedia. I have created a page and copy-pasted your code but your javascript doesn't load. Can you please help me tweak your code/provide a code that would work for hindi wikipedia. AJ 17:08, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi, You removed the head of Hypatia claiming that it's unbearably ugly and historically worthless.
Ugly or not is a
WP:POV. In my POV she's not ugly. I was wondering if you'll replace it with another more appropriate or leave the Infobox headless? --
Odysses
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23:16, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
I just posted at Wikipedia talk:File Upload Wizard#File upload seems to be broken at the moment that file upload seems to be broken at the moment. Thanks! Banaticus ( talk) 21:23, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Since you were involved in the AN:I discussion and the block before (and since it seems you were the one who posted a notice about his latest upload), I thought I might point out that the licensing info he has added to the most recent image is false and he clearly has not tried to understand the intellectual property policies that the block was intended to give him time to learn. This is the second time since the 48-hour block that he has done this. Should I take this back to AN:I, or is notifying you of this disruptive editing enough? Thanks for your help. LaMenta3 ( talk) 07:03, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
I really hate to keep bugging you about this, but an IP that has already been established as belonging to this user has been editing post-block. In particular, this turned up in my watchlist and appears consistent with the disruptive behavior. It really does seem that he wants to help (in fact, he has been keeping the article about Georgia Tech's current basketball team up-to-date), but this is nonetheless problematic. Thanks in advance for looking into this. LaMenta3 ( talk) 09:21, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Future Perfect at Sunrise, I had uploaded the following image file from the website http://pakteahouse.net/2011/01/04/the-ilm-ud-din-narrative-and-murder-of-salman-taseer/ . I've very clearly mentioned the copyright status as well as source of the file. The essence of the source is that it traces the origins of the current intolerant situation of current Pakistan. One of these posts on this social networking website sums up the general views of the society and the complex fall outs. The English translation is referred in the article and the Urdu text is uploaded to support it. I therefore request you to restore the deleted image and, inline with your experience, modify the description, if you find any anomaly. Regards, Hindustanilanguage ( talk) 10:34, 1 March 2012 (UTC).
Hi. I've done what you asked me for the issues over the Kalashnikov rifle picture. Please remove template for deleting file. Thanks!
I've uploaded this image of the study which is my image - I assume I've uploaded it to the wrong place as it seems to look like it's not my own image. Could you please tell me where I can upload this image? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Llanelly House ( talk • contribs)
{{self|cc-by-sa 3.0}}
Hi. Don't you think those accounts User:CanarianIsland and User:Speminerror look exactly the same as the multi blocked User:BouzoukiGr (and his multiple socks)? Same field of interest, same obsessions with making Greek things more Greek and more Ancient Greek, same English and so on...-- Phso2 ( talk) 20:51, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
my edits Let the ancient Greece by the side, You confuse the arabic with turkish it is easily to pass me like troll because you are just...older? My Writing in english is correct and Turkish makams are far away different from arabic -- CanarianIsland ( talk) 20:58, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
See User talk:Lvivske#WP:1RR violation at Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia, where I mentioned your name regarding a previous DIGWUREN sanction on Lvivske. If I made any mistakes in my summary, please comment. Thanks, EdJohnston ( talk) 17:13, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Integrity | ||
awarded to Future Perfect at Sunrise for tiresome admin tasks in difficult areas, who has shown to be a person of integrity. A true Wikipedian is more than just an editor of articles. Thank you. Poeticbent talk 19:45, 5 March 2012 (UTC) |
[5]. Is "leaving". ASCIIn2Bme ( talk) 14:36, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
After reading the talk page, I see you've been harangued by all sides. Just wanted to commend you on sticking with it and making a (bold) attempt to help Wikipedia's upload schema. Killiondude ( talk) 05:11, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
Seen and responded. --biblbroks (talk) 23:55, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
I already wrote a reply, but just wanted to leave a note here just in case. Marrante ( talk) 20:46, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Editing from IPs he's making the same edits as a couple of months ago [6] [7].-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 00:54, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
This barnstar is for "anyone who has enhanced Wikipedia through their technical work (programming and tools, bot building, link repair, Mediawiki developers, etc.). This award may also be given to Cabalists, Mediators and Arbitrators – whose work is essential to the functioning of Wikipedia. Alternative: {{ The Technical Barnstar}}." — WP:*#General Barnstars
Looking at some Gadgets, I noticed in the page history of MediaWiki:FileUploadWizard.js that you single-handedly developed the script for Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard. This is fantastic work and deserves to be recognised. Well done, and thank you! AGK [•] 19:40, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
I don't think you seem to understand the photo process. They're all under a fair-use license, with credit going towards the owners of it. With that license, the purpose is the secondary thing to thing of, but not as vital than a legit license, so there's no reason to have these pictures deleted. RAP ( talk) 15:51 14 March 2012 (UTC)
Aren´t pictures from social media free license ???? -- Nakurio ( talk) 18:45, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
who are you to remove my posts in the talk pages like that and why? i think some "wikipedians" have passed the limit of sencorship in international "relations" issues and i should contact the wikipedia employees
"following wikipedia policy"? and what policy says you can remove posts whenever you like from talk pages? pleeeeasssseeee don't try to pass this BS TO ME . i am now here and will call other greeks too, we'll not tolerate the suppression of greek statement. i will reopen the discussions about the names soon. you people are unprincipled and what you've been doing enraging-- Frizstyler ( talk) 11:17, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
you think you run wikipedia don't u? haha so pathetic. wait and see. calling fellows to troll like you do is indeed wrong, but calling fellows to state opinions in the talk page is nothing but a right thing to do when you are being outnumbered by internet clowns-- Frizstyler ( talk) 13:21, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
I disagree with your speedy of this file although I won't be asking for restoration. Please see my comments at ANI for more on my reasoning. Dpmuk ( talk) 13:56, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi -- I gather that you have imposed some strict conditions on User:Bandurist regarding editing on Ukrainian topics. Can you please review his edits today at John Demjanjuk, particularly this one, a revert (with no effort to discuss) of my earlier edit. thanks, Nomoskedasticity ( talk) 14:14, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
I believe the image in non copyrighted and i was given permission by the owner carson allen, so it should be fine Ericdeaththe2nd ( talk) 18:45, 19 March 2012 (UTC)ericdeaththe2nd Ericdeaththe2nd ( talk) 18:45, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Dude, this is just one meaningless frame from a video. Sure I can generate such a video myself, but the point was to show that even professional videos can look bad if not converted correctly. I don't think that this frame somehow infringes copyright of video owner. There is nothing in this image that makes sense to anyone besides showing that the video has technical issue. Please, reconsider your intention to remove it. Mikus ( talk) 18:52, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
[8] Noted, and thanks for your intervention. Prioryman ( talk) 20:57, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
I noticed that you deleted all the images on Iranian rial banknotes in this list. While I agree with your deletion, the information regarding when the copyright expires for Iranian currency expires is being discussed here. It is my belief that they were in fact not copyrighted. While, at the time, it was believed that they expired at 70 year, per Iranian law, it is probable that the 30 year exception for "legal personality" applies here, making all of these image PD.
Anyway to my question. The reason you listed these for deletion was "G5: Creation by a blocked or banned user in violation of block or ban". I wonder, if it turns out the image are actually PD, does the fact that the uploader was blocked, prevent the images from being "Undelete"? Can I request they restored without having to upload them all again? Also, how do I go about requesting they be undeleted?-- ARTEST4ECHO ( talk/ contribs) 16:06, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello FP, while I agree it would be very good if PotW stayed away from the Jim Hawkins (radio presenter), his declining to do so is not sufficient reason for a block. Blocking is a reasonable solution for when someone is actively doing something which a block can technically prevent. You can only block to prevent damage from what someone is doing, not because of what they are NOT doing, imho. He has appealed his block and it would be a good gesture if you were the one to reverse it. Kim Dent-Brown (Talk) 12:54, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi, as I can see from your contributions, I can see you have deleted one image, and listed one for deletion. Now, like I said, I have seen from your contributions. Now, next time please notificate me on my talk page. However, I do have a bone to pick, have you read those two images rationales? They both have clear rationales, with both of them being needed. I really hope you have checked the differences from the 1st revision of the image to the 2nd, as you will see that it has a stronger rationale than before. Now, these images have a purpose, and are needed to broader the readers knowledge of the subject. So please re-instate them. Mayhem Mario 16:18, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
As a recent recipient of a "threat charge" from Cla68, you may wish to see Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Cla68/threat charges (2nd nomination). Prioryman ( talk) 21:02, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi FP, Sorry about being a bit snarky here, but if you've got an 8.2 meter telescope, along with a whole facilities worth of astro-photographic equipment, located in dark skies at or above 4200 meters, then I'd love to hear about it. I'll gladly take thousands upon thousands of pictures and upload them to Commons with free licenses.
I mean... come on man. I understand that we should prefer free imagery. I don't completely agree with the NFCC, but I'm not fighting it, and I'm certainly not out to intentionally subvert it (unless you're seeing something in my editing history to indicate otherwise?). To be blunt, from my perspective it appears that you're simply marking every new image with even a remote chance of being deleted and hoping for that to stick. Your history doesn't give me any confidence to assume good faith. Anyway, I'm not here to argue with you. I'm not even here for an explanation, to be honest. If you want to get
File:Galaxy LEDA 074886.png deleted, either speedily or otherwise, then that's fine. I don't care to hear about it, so I'd appreciate it if you would quit posting those (rude) canned notices on my talk page.
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V = IR (
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22:11, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
You recently had to delete many images uploaded by User:Wikiwatcher1 - could we get you to look at his/her newest stolen images uploaded. See here for the new copyright images uploaded recently. Moxy ( talk) 01:05, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi FPaS, as I regard you as someone who is willing to look at the hard issues, could you please look at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#Russavia for me. You will see many of the familiar names there, plus a few new ones. I respect your opinion in these matters, even if others have been quick in the past to shut you down from investigating further. Russavia ლ(ಠ益ಠლ) 19:30, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi there FPS, VASCO from Portugal here,
since you blocked the user in the first place, i thought i'd brief you on the following: User:Aciyokrocky was blocked indef for some wiki-crimes, as the upload of copyrighted (does that word exist?) images, and i also know for experience he also removed stuff in box without explanation.
For instance, he edited massively at Luis Enrique Martínez García, removing stuff in the infobox. Now, he could have had returned, as User:Steadyfingers, in García's page, he inserted a picture - having already been warned by someone it's not acceptable - and removed the same stuff in box he had already removed as Aciyokrocky. I rolledback the rest; this could also be him, as anon (here, and you can "see" him remove the stuff i told you about in box http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Luis_Enrique_Mart%C3%ADnez_Garc%C3%ADa&diff=prev&oldid=483880388).
Is it possible to "execute" a checkuser to be sure about this? Thanks a lot in advance, keep up the good work - -- Vasco Amaral ( talk) 22:49, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
u mean i shudnt upload image 2 wikipedia. मूक्ता ( talk) 12:20, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
if i take a picture f a wwe superstar or wwe diva on a live event or at a signing, am i then the owner of the picture or is it still trademarked and can´t be uploaded to wiki?-- Nakurio ( talk) 19:10, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
How are you old buddy? I hope you are doing great. I need an admin favor from you, I hope I can't get it? I nominated List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2011 (U.S.) for featured list, however, during the process the discussion here was opened. You can see that it was inactive for two weeks and I can't see any concencus. Could you close it? Thanks — Tomica (talk) 18:31, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Maybe you could answer the question about dropdown menus at File:Edmund Fitzgerald Passing Under the Bluewater Bridge.jpg#I don't get it? The file seems to have been uploaded using your file upload wizard, so you probably know better than I what dropdown menu he is talking about. I know that the discussion isn't on the talk page, but the user started it on the file information page and since the file is just going to get deleted per WP:NFCC#8 anyway, I don't think that it really matters where the conversation takes place. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 15:54, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
You deleted this file when in fact it was uploaded with the full permission of the author and owner of the work, with all rights released. As the basis for deleting the image you linked to a page ( http://1061evansville.com/tags/lloyd-winnecke/) which cites WinneckeForMayor.com (this website is temporarily down), a website which I myself designed at the request and direction of the subject, Lloyd Winnecke. The bottom line is that you deleted this image without justification. It was up correctly and needs to be restored.-- YHoshua ( talk) 19:34, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
You deleted this file when in fact it was uploaded with the full permission of the author and owner of the work, with all rights released. This file is owned by the Evansville Convention and Visitors Bureau, whose previous chairman, Steve Schaefer, granted full permission to upload the work to Wikipedia. It was up correctly and needs to be restored.-- YHoshua ( talk) 19:34, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, and thank you for stepping in. Given several clues - timing, wording, subjects, mannerisms, "humor" - and the IP ( clue), he is most likely User:Anittas. Check out my talk page on rowiki - he's my numero uno fan there as well. Not exactly a sock"master", but getting there. Dahn ( talk) 13:54, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for cleaning up my sloppiness. Please review the file noted here and let me know if you concur with the licensed use.-- YHoshua ( talk) 13:14, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
File:Želimir Žilnik, Dec 2011.jpg was taken by me and so I don't see the copyright issue. Did I license it wrongly? The content shows the subject at the debate referenced in the corresponding section of the Marx Reloaded article, it is not a generic image of the subject and is context-specific. Proudhonjunior ( talk) 17:43, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
You deleted this as F9. Could you check if it is identical to Commons:File:SM-100 knife examle (Strider Knives).jpg which was uploaded by the same user and claimed to be own work? If so, it should probably be deleted from Commons. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 20:24, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
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HERE to participate. You are receiving this invitation because you have had some activity in dispute resolution over the past year. For more information, please see the associated research page. Steven Zhang DR goes to Wikimania! 11:28, 5 April 2012 (UTC) |
Hi. Any news re: this? I'd really like to be able to process image redlinks properly... Thanks, Nik the stoned 13:38, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Well I'm not an advance editor of Wikipedia, here is my original correspondence with Mr Benjamin,of Pedalmag- the supposed author of the work, who gave his consent.
[...] Benjamin Sadavoy [...] Apr 2 (3 days ago)
to me:
Please do as Wikipedia standards are, thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KATURQUOTE ( talk • contribs) 19:05, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
It says that you understand Greek. Could you check File:PanosKammenos.jpg and correct the licence template? I don't think that Greek Wikipedia ever was the copyright holder of that file. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 18:51, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Can you pls explain why you've deleted "Official parliamentary headshot of Andrew Leigh MP.jpg"? Andrewleigh ( talk) 00:33, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello FP. After a complaint on my talk page by Nmate, the scope of Omen1229's topic ban from "all edits relating to Slovak-Historian history" has been discussed at
I advised Omen1229 not to edit Slovaks or its talk page, and suggested that he might ask you if he needs any further clarification. Thank you, EdJohnston ( talk) 05:45, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Samofi and Omen: your topic bans include discussion of these ethnic topics on talk pages, including your own talk page and mine. A brief notice to me about a perceived need of administrative investigation of something might have been okay, but why are you again engaging in your topic squabbles here? CoolKoon: in reverse, please do not provoke these editors by engaging them in debates in topics they should not in fact be discussing at all. Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:00, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Fut.Perf.: Thank you for fast reaction about my violation of topic ban. I will more careful. So I will point very short now. You told I should edit different topic as my opponent Fakirbakir. You told you will keep your eyes on him. I changed topics but he is wikistalking me at article Pannonian steppe which I created: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Pannonian_steppe&action=history and ruined my work. There was merger proposal about merging with Puszta from february and nobody reacted. Similar in the article about Carpathian highwaymen together with Koertefa http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Bety%C3%A1rs&action=history . He use negative POVs in the article about Slovas. From Kamuszela who is problematic author from whom are Polish academical distanced and also this "The modern Slovak nation is the result of radical processes of modernization within the Habsburg Empire in the 19th century. [1] The Slovak historical developments correspond to Gellner's theory of nationalism (It states that modern nations are products of nationalism rather than the other way round). [1] This is contrary to the Slovak myth, which traces the beginnings of the Slovak nation back to the 9th century or even earlier.": http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Slovaks&diff=484520963&oldid=484516775 He made here strong POV and synthesis. Sourceses told "proces which finished in 19th century" not that Slovaks are from 19th century.. He also called me nationalist and told that Slovakia is neo-fascist state ( http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk%3ASlovakization&action=historysubmit&diff=366380475&oldid=364719731 http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk:Principality_of_Hungary&diff=prev&oldid=447867205 and http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:RHaworth/2011_Sep_06&diff=prev&oldid=447866999). How is it possible this kind of behavior without sanctions and he can edit Slovak related articles? Is he neutral? -- Samofi ( talk) 11:50, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Fut.Perf.: Fakirbakir is all the time stalking me. Is he obsessed by me? He again reacts to me outside of his usual topics: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk:List_of_English_words_of_Hungarian_origin&action=history Is this normal? Will you ignore this? -- Samofi ( talk) 18:40, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Someone named Robman180 persistently vandalizes pages by uploading irrelevant and fanmade posters, such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dark_knight_rises_poster.jpg. Also can you please remove the history of the image? Thanks. Fanaction2031 ( talk) 03:01, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello FPS. I want to ask you something about the phonetic transcription. Is there any standardization regarding the way of phonetic transcription of the languages on Wikipedia? To be more precise, I will illustrate this example:
So, do I need to use the phonetic transcription or the romanization of the Macedonian? Do I put English translation in brackets and do I use italics for the Cyrillic letters? I know how to do all these things academically, but I was wondering if Wikipedia has established some principles regarding this. I am writing the Macedonian grammar article and I need this stuff. User Taivo reverted all grammar section in Macedonian language just because of the phonetic symbols. Best-- MacedonianBoy ( talk) 17:48, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
{{
nihongo|English|Japanese|Transcription}}
produces English (Japanese, Transcription) and {{
nihongo| |Japanese|Transcription}}
produces Transcription (Japanese). Wouldn't the same output syntax be applicable to other languages too? --
Stefan2 (
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12:41, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
But tell me why are you deleting files without notification!-- Skashifakram ( talk) 09:42, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
but you deleted images altogether,without speedy deletion tag.
How to proceed on Sara Niemietz?
WP:COI Close relationships may apply in the case of... Closeness to a subject does not mean you're incapable of being neutral, but it may incline you towards some bias. Be guided by the advice of other editors.
I have been using Sandra Bullock and Whitney Houston bios as a guide and using some of the newer templates such as UPC, YouTube and IMDb -- perhaps these should be on stub pages.
WP:PEACOCK does include the word "notable" and the word does appear at least twice in my edits. In my defense, "Notability" is one of the reasons that the article was put up for deletion. Again, in some cases the photo-art (I was in the process of uploading) may tell parts of this story better than using the Quotation template and I had time set aside for these edits.
I thought it was fairly clear from the article's Talk page that I had volunteered to clean up this article. My benefit from this project is and always was to learn the Wikipedia scripting interface. 009o9 ( talk) 20:53, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the notification. I believe I have addressed NFCC#8, do I have to wait for someone to double check this or should I remove the template? -- Lemonade51 ( talk) 13:33, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey... the image File:Sanjeev kumar-3-650x700-2008-12-12.jpg that you tagged for deletion is of a deceased Bollywood actor. Where can i find the format for the fair-use rationale of deceased people? §§ AnimeshKulkarni ( talk) 17:58, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Ok, firstly I would like to query when you visited Kenya and/or how you are such an expert on the Wanga Kingdom? Wikipedia is an online encyclopaedia for the purposes of generating information for public knowledge. As a Wanga I take great exception to your high-handedness in unilaterlally deleting information that I compiled from openly available public material and for purposes of public knowledge especially for the thousands of young Wanga children who do not have a simple, compiled and generally accurate knowledge of their history. If you dont have a history or culture then don't disrespect the history and culture of others.
But Choky Ice is an award-winning performer. How is that "puffery" or considered bias? It's not like I said he was legendary or something along those lines.-- LowKey08 ( talk) 08:42, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
I disagree with your consensus and feel you did not really study any differences between both the prototype design and the actual manufactured production vehicle. There are clearly visual differences between the clay model from 3 years prior to production and the 1998-2001 models. Obviously there are all-red taillights, much shorter lower body cladding in black plastic on the sides of the mock W163. A design element which never showed up on the 1998-1999 ML320 that had the two-tone design in lower grey plastic cladding nor the full body-coloring of the 1999-2001 ML430 and 2000-2001 ML320. The grille is also different as there are 5 bars in it versus the 3 bars on the production models in 1997 and the 1998 ML430. Most importantly, it's a clay model. Not an actual motor vehicle, but the source of its design which is pivotal to its existence as to why I included it. Carmaker1 ( talk) 08:31, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
On 9 April, you wrote:
Claimed to be public domain with a reasoning based on the fact that the trademark representing the company is no longer trademark-protected. However, since copyright and trademark are entirely different things, this is hardly a valid argument for PD. Might conceivably be PD for some other reason (non-renewal etc.). Fut.Perf. ☼ 22:17, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
As noted by me on 9 April, the document does carry a trademark but does not carry a corpright. As I've also noted, The US Patent and Trademark Office records state "This registration was not renewed and therefore expired." This status change happened on December 15, 2000. Serial Number: 73157988, Registration Number: 1119161. The last renewal was on May 29, 1979. The trademark was transferred to AT&T on July 12, 1985 and they never renewed it.
Yet, I do not see the discussion closed. How do I escalate this issue within Wikepedia to get resolution? Wa3frp ( talk) 14:42, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
You never commented at Wikipedia:Files_for_deletion/2012_April_15#File:Pilot_.28The_Cosby_Show.29_monopoly_lesson.png on whether you would consider evaluating images like all the other Image reviewers do.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 17:32, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
First, I do not have the time to engage in a sustained debate over several days for each, highly repetitive, case of a random non-free image that an uploader chooses to dig in his heels over. I made my point, and you made yours. Second, I simply do not accept that whatever people do at FA reviews has any bearing on the correct application of NFC policy. In my experience, people at FA are no more competent and only marginally more careful than the average user when it comes to judging NFC issues. NFC policy is shaped at WT:NFC and at FFD, and I know what the consensus is there. Your suggestion that we should submit to a "majority decision" of FA reviews of some kind makes no sense to me at all. If a majority of FAs have some non-free image, then every article can have some random one? That's absurd.
As for tagging, I use Twinkle for nominating images for deletion, as do most other people who do this job with some regularity, and Twinkle is supposed to do whatever tagging is necessary. Given the high volume of bad images that have to be nominated every day, and the tedious and mechanical nature of manual notifications, I personally refuse to do any tagging beyond what is automated. If you want more notifications in other places, please ask some bot programmer to help. What I do has been the common practice at FFD for years, and if there are still some normative texts anywhere around that suggest there is an obligation to do more, those texts have been out of touch with reality for a long time. Fut.Perf. ☼ 17:58, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
...here's a few of mine you can recommend to save you the trouble of looking:
Glad I could save the trouble of looking for them! — WylieCoyote ( talk) 00:05, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Don't know the background here, but it looks like User:Gotthethrill is User:Lung salad:
Tom Harrison Talk 11:27, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, looks like SeikoEn, whom you have topic-banned last year, is back using two other accounts. The checkuser has confirmed that these accounts are run by a same person, but couldn't confirm their identity with SeikoEn (and his previous sock Vitaly N.), because the accounts appear to be stale. I think their identity is pretty obvious and thus they both should be indeffed on grounds of the duck test. -- glossologist ( talk) 16:51, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey there :). You're being contacted because you're an edit filter manager, At the moment, we're developing Version 5 of the Article Feedback Tool, which you may or may not have heard about. If you haven't; for the first time, this will involve a free-text box where readers can submit comments :). Obviously, there's going to be junk, and we want to minimise that junk. To do so, we're working the Abuse Filter into the tool.
For this to work, we need people to write and maintain filters. I'd be very grateful if you could take a look at the discussion here and the attached docs, and comment and contribute! Thanks :). Okeyes (WMF) ( talk) 18:16, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I think Tacitus on Christ needs to be semi protected for 3 months or so, given the persistent sockpuppet issues. Now we just had a new user whose first edit was a statement which did not correspond to the source. It may well be a new strategy for the indef-blocked user. He may come back with totally new accounts to just add items that have no source, but will claim sources for them, etc. as happened today. He seems to be very persistent and it will be just to hard to deal with unless there is semi-protection. Thanks. History2007 ( talk) 00:58, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
To save me opening half a dozen PUI's when we've already been there with Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2012 February 2#File:Owen Paterson Official.jpg. Latest sock from a serial copyright abuser has uploaded more images which have the same licensing problem. They have uploaded some others that are OK and some others which need to go to PUI for a new discussion, but these are the ones that can hopefully be deleted straight away.
Thanks. 2 lines of K 303 16:17, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
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I did say who the source was. I clearly put Rebel propaganda image. The image was made by opposition/rebel activists and uploaded for dissemination for propaganda purposes. I don't understand what the problem is. If you still think that's not enough than I'll just get an image grab from one of their low-resolution videos from youtube which I think will be more in line with Wiki policy, but again I think that all the bases have been covered here. EkoGraf ( talk) 18:48, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello Future Perfect at Sunrise,
I do not want to badger you, but there is an ongoing problem with Samofi. As you might be aware of it, he does not adhere to his topic-ban you are placed under. If you do not want to enforce it, then it is an advice and not an ArbCom resolution that has no compulsory power. However, I do not think that Samofi is apt to be taken to WP:AE, I might report him for a topic-ban violation, but, it won't solve anything. Perhaps, he could get a block for a duration of one week, and then he will refrain from editing the moot articles, he is topic-banned from until 2-3 days at best. It is true that Sammofi has a POV, however, my main problem with this user is that the way in which he conducts himself permanently does not indicate any consistency or logic. I do not know how to call his behaviour so that lest it fall under WP:NPA, therefore; I would call it confused.
It is just a thing that this user does not want to adhere to his topic-ban, but that he made two attempts at block-shopping aimed at two Hungarian users including me, yesterday, it just goes beyond all reason that I should yet tolerate. [22] [23] Not to mention that his reports abundantly cover his topic-ban in any possible sense...
-- Nmate ( talk) 08:16, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
As I saw in the debate over including Arabic text to Abu Musa Island or not , your opinion is "We always include names in all relevant languages in articles about disputed territories" . My two cent is the extent of the territorial dispute is determining , and we shall not include names in all relevant languages in all occasions . As in comparison , we does not include the Persian language to the article about Bahrain , because the territorial dispute is not so serious . Overall I think because including or not including is a matter of debate , your tone of warning to that editor is not so appropriate ( but I agree that the Arabic text may remain in this particular article , because the territorial dispute is serious enough ). -- Alborz Fallah ( talk) 08:29, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
I disagree with your decision to remove the alternate cover from the article. I would have thought such circumstances would be congruent with the reason for the template extension. Nevertheless, have a good day. My76Strat ( talk) 11:44, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
I'm in two minds myself. But Talk page discussion is required before twice blanking an article. In ictu oculi ( talk) 07:36, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
thumb|right|This is a version uploaded by a user who did not include source information. The file I uploaded titled "File:RSS march India.jpg" had accurate fair use justification. The image of the RSS march that I uploaded happened to already be uploaded, you deleted it because it was already uploaded and also on inaccurate claims that the article I used it in, the Fascism article was not related to it. When in fact in the article there is a section where it is specifically discussed by material from prominent historian on fascism, Stanley Payne who says that it has strong similarities to fascist ideology, and furthermore there is known evidence of the RSS leader Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar in his book Our Nation Defined (1938), praising Adolf Hitler's policies of purging Jews from German society and stating that this model of purification should be adopted by India.-- R-41 ( talk) 16:38, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
I resent being called tendentious when I'm trying to create a compromise by treating the two different languages equally. As far as I know, no agreement concerning these settlement has been ever reached, so the current versions have by no means reached a consensus. There are strong arguments for including Bulgarian at least alongside with Macedonian, so removing it without a real explanation doesn't seem objective to me. Kostja ( talk) 09:44, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Since there are multiple articles which are affected by this issue, it makes sense to have some standard on which names to use. And right now these articles push another point of view - why is that any more acceptable. Kostja ( talk) 11:25, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
The files I uploaded are under fair use. In no way do I intend to gain anything from them. They are just to improve wikipedia. However, if it is against the rules I wont do it.
As a courtesy, I wanted to inform you that I mentioned you at ANI, where I suggested that a less seemingly-involved admin would have been better placed to issue a warning to User:Pigsonthewing. Perhaps you might be willing to agree with me that it's often just as important to avoid any perception of being involved? If Andy's behaviour is really as bad as it is claimed, then other admins with no previous history of interaction would surely notice the problem and advise him of it. -- RexxS ( talk) 19:00, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
Would you kindly reopen [ [http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:Files_for_deletion/2012_April_16&action=edit&oldid=489144957. The substantive value of this picture was discussed by many editors. And you commented in the discussion. Thanks. Alanscottwalker ( talk) 12:39, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
The result of the deletion discussion for the Massoud/Qadir image was in no way "delete". I ask you to revert your unilateral decision which in no way comes even close to reflecting the consensus - which was actually "keep". Multiple editors addressed the NFC issue. JCAla ( talk) 13:10, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of File:Massoud and Qadir 2.PNG. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Alanscottwalker ( talk) 21:26, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
Hiya there,
Thanks for swiftly reverting the Macedonian references that User talk:Dim.vas.nikol made across Eurovision articles. I have posted a sincere caution on their talk page. However, some of their edits appear to have gone over the 1RR policy set out at ARBMAC; and I'm wondering if we should leave the caution as it is, or also add their name to the list of potential violators? Wesley ☀ Mouse 14:51, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Since there has been ongoing discussion in the archive, I have unarchived the case and reopened it. — DoRD ( talk) 14:32, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Someone is unable to just sit their twelve-hour block out. This is a bit ominous as well. -- tariqabjotu 07:48, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
I have permission from Reuters who said the use of Aaron spelling image is "fair use". You may reply there. -- George Ho ( talk) 10:56, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I honestly don't know why I did that but it has really been awhile sense I have uploaded pictures (probably sense November 2011) and ever sense my last upload wikipedia introduced the new format and that just confused me. Anyway I can give you proof that I am the creator via my pictures I uploaded in the past. Just go here User:Arsenalkid700#Pictures. Copy and paste into the search bar at the top right and you will see that all these pictures are of my own work. Very sorry for the inconvenience but like I said I am learning how to upload via the new picture upload format. Cheers. -- Arsenalkid700 ( talk) 15:45, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
I got permission; you may reply there. -- George Ho ( talk) 18:05, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
I see you removed the Megitza image from Queue 6 (DYK) - I have sent the permission from Megitza to the permissions-commons email. Could the image be added back on? -- Tomtomn00 ( talk • contributions) 18:38, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
I have given proof of correspondance. You may reply. -- George Ho ( talk) 00:33, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
I'm wondering why you deleted files of people and said they were "obviously replaceable." — Preceding unsigned comment added by ReformedArsenal ( talk • contribs)
delete or no consensus? -- Dweller ( talk) 09:02, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi, since you're one of the few decent admins around nowadays, I thought I'd bring this to your attention. Could you keep an eye on Germanic peoples? There have been a few problems there recently, with new User:Prophet of Hell, an IP from northern Italy and a few other accounts insisting on inserting one of the most ludicrous ethnic infobox collages Wikipedia has ever seen (it contains both Hitler and Jörg Haider). I and other users keep removing it but Prophet of Hell in particular insists on its reinstatement. He's not very communicative, possibly because - I suspect - he is using machine translation. This was his latest declaration of intent on the talk page [29]. Since then he hasn't bothered justifying his reverts. Cheers. -- Folantin ( talk) 12:18, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
I saw that you warned XtremeFanatic about uploading copyvios: he has received a number of warnings for disruptive editing but just blanks his talkpage and keeps going. I think a block is long overdue. Thanks, ⊂| Mr.choppers |⊃ ( talk) 17:24, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
I have changed the picture I have used for my page and I now believe it complies with copyright laws. Apologies for the original mistake. I am quite new to wikipedia editing
{|class="wikitable sortable |+ Occupation groups in 1881 |- !Occupation !! Male !! Female |- |General/local government || 9 || – |- |Defence of the country || 1 || – |- |Professionals || 34 || 34 |- |[…] || ... || ... |- |}
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Just a suggestion. – That said, I still wonder if you could respond to my earlier question. Is there some way I or some other person from wikipedia could communicate with your group as a whole, for instance through your teacher?
Fut.Perf.
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18:06, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
-- Happy to talk, although the deadline for the articles our students are supposed to do is tomorrow, so there's probably no point. We made our students aware of potential copyright issues, but it is obviously a complex issue, especially for first year students. Alex 14:00, 2 May 2012
Hello, I see you have re-edited my page again. Was it just for the sentence saying the village had hardly changed? If so can I not just edit this out and keep the rest? As it seems clear that the information is justifiable and appropriate for anyone wishing to read up on the village. Thanks too for removing the picture I posted, I realise now breached copyright but as a new user I didn't fully understand how to upload a photo! And still don't to be fair... Thanks for your time. Josh
can i have rollback rights? :) Baboon43 ( talk) 00:33, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
actually those edit warring was with socks and i was a newbie but yea i guess i need experience in vandalism cleanup first Baboon43 ( talk) 10:40, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Fut. Perf., I'd just like to give you a heads-up that I have mentioned you in the course of a request for the enforcement of a community sanction at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Community sanctions enforcement request: Delicious carbuncle, concerning the violation of a community-imposed interaction ban. You are welcome to comment if you wish. Prioryman ( talk) 18:05, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi. You deleted this picture. I guess I don't understand the license system properly. Can you give me a brief rundown on the reason for deletion & what license I need to be able to use the picture please? Thanks, Tom. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomas_Neill ( talk • contribs)
You may be interested in knowing Namuslu's behavior is currently at ANI ( WP:ANI#Namuslu's ownership issues at Istanbul). -- tariqabjotu 01:30, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
Permissions letters have been sent to permissions-en@wikimedia.org by the owner of the photos and tags updated. Hopefully this satisfies the requirements. Sorry for the hassle. The advisory sent to my Talk page was very helpful in consolidating the information needed to do this properly. -- Romansperson ( talk) 23:32, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello Fut.Perf, in reference to your remark that the photo I have included in the article of the border guard is not directly relevant to the events in the text, I want to inform you that I have nothing against you removing that photo. Instead, I have included two low-resolution photos that have direct connection and give excellent illustration on the character of the fighting during the initial offensive of the MK security forces in March 2001. Could you please tell me what do you think of the new images I inserted in the article. Thanks in advance.-- Модернист ( talk) 01:43, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
I suspect you may have seen this but just in case I thought that I would let you know that after you left a message about the topic ban BG archived your message (which is no problem as I know they have every right to do that) but they also added a reply. You can see it here User talk:BruceGrubb/archive 1#Topic ban. If you were aware of it please feel free to archive or delete this message as you wish and thanks for your time. MarnetteD | Talk 04:41, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello User:Future Perfect at Sunrise, so let me get this straight, you think that adding a false canvass notice below every comment of a respected Wikipedia user is appropriate? Just to let you know, the reviewing administrator, User:DGG, stated that "the addition of that note multiple times was not appropriate." How would you feel if someone repeatedly added a note underneath every one of your comments and stated that you arrived to the discussion by canvassing, when you did not? I hope this clears things up and that you can see my point. I hold no hard feelings against you and wish you well. With regards, Anupam Talk 06:00, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
I think it is normal for users to even maintain pages with specific diffs. This is a mere collection of archived discussions regardless of who was involved in the dispute or discussion for future reference to my old, settled or current disputes. You might want to re-think over the nomination after taking another look at the page contents. -- lTopGunl ( talk) 10:05, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
The Istanbul article is up for a peer review at Wikipedia:Peer review/Istanbul/archive1 and I thought you might be interested in providing some feedback. Feel free to do so when you get a chance. -- tariqabjotu 05:17, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
I have at WP:AN raised a request to topic ban the editor DeknMike from Messianic Judaism related articles. One of the responders has requested an editor who is not involved with religion related content review the matter. You have a history of dealing with divisive issues of a nationalist sort, which I think is probably the closest approximation to this divisive religious issue. On that basis, I would request that you review the material at the AN request, and comments elsewhere, particularly at the Talk:Messianic Judaism page, and offer any input in any of the discussions that you might see fit to make. Thank you for your time, and, if you should so choose, any involvement you might choose to engage in. John Carter ( talk) 18:16, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello you said in my talk page "is being used under non-free content criteria, but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia is acceptable. Please go to the file description page, and edit it to include a non-free rationale." for my image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grampa_vs._Sexual_Inadequacy_Screenshot.png i dont understand what you are saying can you give me a little better explanation? thanks ManSkirtDude101 ( talk) 22:17, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Alright i have fixed the problem and fixed the purpose. -- ManSkirtDude101 ( talk) 21:17, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Are the PD claims regarding the media files on Železarsko lake killings legitimate? On CNN the label is not vetted meaning that the first file hasn't been checked by any CNN editor. That being said the edit-wars have started and are entering into BLP violation policies.-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 16:20, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
As you have worked with User:Agent00f, I wanted to make you aware of Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Agent00f. I know it's moving backwards, but I'd like to have all previous attempts at least tried before going for the final solution. Hasteur ( talk) 01:38, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I don't know why you deleted my file. If you go to the URL provided, it clearly says at the footnote at the bottom, "Our website consists only free public domain photos." That is not any reason to delete. TRLIJC19 ( talk) 19:53, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Okay, I will embark for a new photo. Thank you. TRLIJC19 ( talk) 22:11, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Considering your blocking history, you might be interested in the discussion at Commons:Commons:Requests for checkuser/Case/Dogwalkerz. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 12:46, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
What's wrong with the new picture? TRLIJC19 ( talk) 13:04, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Your old friend is back. I checked the IP range and it's him or her. Tom Reedy ( talk) 17:57, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
I will gladly replace them with free photos if I could find suitable alternatives. I cannot find any free photos of the cave visited in TAR19, with photos of Kraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat being the only place with free photos out there, and the only location with a free photo I can find for the TAR18 episode is Kolkata Town Hall which in itself has nothing to do with the events (there is a particular fountain visited, but there are no free photos of that either). What are your suggestions?— Ryulong ( 竜龙) 08:09, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Good block, but indef?! Bearian ( talk) 19:45, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
I was the agent who processed the request.
My initial reaction was that the photo looked too good. However, when I saw the claim that the uploader was an art student, I considered the possibility that an art student might have the technical skills, especially if being tutored an expert, to take such a good photo.
I did not notice the copyright tag you observed. I should have, but I didn't. In my opinion, this does not conclusively prove the claim is false, but it does change the burden of proof.
I note that the image is for sale; it seems hard to believe that Lessing would be willing to sell an object he does not own. This makes it more likely that the permission is invalid, and even introduces the unlikely , but possible scenario in which the uploader is correct in asserting that the uploader is the photographer, but may have missed that rights were signed away at some time.
I have an email out to the uploader, who has not yet responded, even to reply that attempts to confirm are in progress. My original thought was to wait some time, then send an email directly to Lessing. I'm now inclined to repeal the permission, and ask for removal of the image, and put the burden of proof back on the uploader. WE can always restore if Lessing supports the claim. Would you concur?-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 20:21, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
With all my respect i have to tell you that i am a journalist in turkey.All of my information was true.The subject is a criminal person so what can i write about him Uyarici ( talk) 21:31, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
Dear administrator,i noticed all of your advices and wiki policy .İ know all of the criminal judgements records about this prson .And all of them are trustable resources which collected by myself.As your advice i will edit the new sources when i can reach in time.Thank you for your interest and attention Uyarici ( talk) 22:26, 16 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I recently uploaded File:Sofia ring road, dragalevtsi roundabout.jpg and File:The Russian Church of Sofia.jpg and now I see that you've deleted them because of "improper license". I believe the license to be suitable for Wikipedia as it gives permission "to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt the work" and this author has tens of photos on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons and all of them are using exactly the same license. Nicksss93 ( talk) 11:44, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
Dear administrator,i have all of the sources about this people but they are all court records and in turkish i wnted time to just get them translated to english.Your behaviour is not heartening for the new users of wikipedia.can you explain please are the sources enough in this article like ( Ali Yasak) i couldn t understand the policy maybe so i will be very sorry about it and i will be grateful if you explain this if you can spent a little time for me.Best wishes and thanks Uyarici ( talk) 21:39, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence | |
For the work taken in discussion and cleanup of the Manav Gupta images. Diego ( talk) 09:33, 18 May 2012 (UTC) |
I saw your name in the history of Zeibekiko ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). Can you review the recent activity over there? I reverted one persons edit, then reverted back further after reviewing what appeared to be consensus. The material has since been updated again. As I can't read the most recently added ref, and as I'm not familiar with the history of the dispute at the article, I wanted to ask someone with more of a history over there to look over it. I'll also be asking JamesBWatson to take a look. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 18:19, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
This user is now vandalizing and edit-warring at Taos, New Mexico ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) in apparent retaliation for whatever problem he has with me. Yworo ( talk) 00:17, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
And is now engaging in personal attacks. Yworo ( talk) 03:32, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
I have a couple concerns about this editor and I was wondering if you could address them. First off, an edit by User:Mlaffs was reverted and a template placed on Mlaffs' talk page. This wouldn't be a problem if User:Yworo didn't use Rollback to revert Mlaffs edit. It wasn't vandalism. I checked User:Yworo's contribs and found several examples of him/her using Rollback inappropriately ( 1, 2, 3 which included a warning, 4 same user another warning, 5 with warning). Those are just going back to March, there are probably more. Those are clear violations of the Rollback rules and misuse of vandalism templates. I would request his Rollback be revoked until he can learn to use the tool properly (one mistake is one too many), but that is your decision. I do feel that someone needs to talk with him. I have left a post on his talk page, but coming from an admin, it will carry more weight. Thanks. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 11:24, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
Hey there, I'm a returning user interested mainly in clearing up nationalist historiographies from wikipedia Ottoman Empire related articles. The article on Kosovo is very problematic as there seems to be a concerted effort to stop the debate about merging the article with the Republic of Kosovo. Some users take it upon themselves to archive the discussion as if its closed. What are the options for someone interested in a wikipedia where nationalists do not prevail? Ottomanist ( talk) 00:17, 20 May 2012 (UTC))
My previous username was interestedinfairness- just thought i'd clear that up. Ottomanist ( talk) 19:22, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello Future, how are you? I just wanted to tell you that I started a discussion on the talk page. I also invited other users to take part in the debate. Regards. -- Модернист ( talk) 17:50, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello Future. I originally intended to bring that perpetual RM on Talk:Kosovo up on ANI, but since you're there already, should I bother with that? -- Director ( talk) 20:19, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello Future! Since you are already familiar with this guy, it may not surprise you that he didn't learn much from his brevious block for WP:BATTLEGROUND: [39]. Cheers, Constantine ✍ 07:39, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
I responded at Wikipedia:Files_for_deletion/2012_May_21#File:Berke.jpg - thoughts? Calliopejen1 ( talk) 18:51, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#File redlink should not lead to godawful upload form apparently involves a change you made. Could you comment there please? (the discussion is actually quite polite and calm, despite section-title:) DMacks ( talk) 02:18, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
I was wondering if you wouldn't mind giving me a little more information on the recent block of Historiographer, to keep things in one place, I am about to leave a note on his/her page. Penyulap ☏ 14:25, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Per this, would you consider granting me reviewer rights? I will not be if you deem me not to be suitable for the right, and will not request it again from any admin for at least a month.-- Gilderien Chat| List of good deeds 20:44, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
You do realize that Sepahan Isfahan F.C. is a major Asian football team, involved in a major ongoing Asian tournament? By locking the page for 6 months, you're essentially preventing the updating of the page of this club for 6 months by anyone and everyone, in the middle of a major tournament. This is unprecedented in the history of Wikipedia If you want to prevent disruption by the socks, you can semi-protect the page instead. Kurdo777 ( talk) 22:58, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Well, there was a Champions League game today, and I tried to edit Sepahan 's page for the result and it was locked by Future Perfect at Sunrise. It's been fixed now. Thanks. Kurdo777 ( talk) 23:11, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
For almost a year, an SPA, Quione ( talk · contribs) has engaged in sporadic non-constructive sniping [41] [42] [43] [44] which has evolved to direct COI accusations [45] [46] on the Talk:Aspartame controversy page. Several warning have been issued on the user's talk page. With a "final warning" issued, I am contacting you to determine the best course of action. For your convenience, I am linking the prior case involving this article in which the role of discretionary sanctions was discussed. In this case, I feel the disruptive behavior is the main issue. Because you are familiar with the issues, I am referring the matter to you, directly; I hope that is not inappropriate. Thank you. Novangelis ( talk) 19:28, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
..having a look at the edits/deletions at WP:COMMONNAME? Thanks. In ictu oculi ( talk) 01:28, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Earth Exploding Live, which revealed a sock whose username was created to parallel yours. Nyttend ( talk) 02:23, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
I have given the non-free rationale at File:Spider-Man 2 still.jpg. Please check it up. Thanks and regards.-- Plea$ant 1623 18:59, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
Thank you. History2007 ( talk) 17:41, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello Future Perfect. I wanted to let you know that I made a request at WP:ANI for an uninvolved administrator to review the block of Xenos2008 as I believe it was made in contravention in policy. You are mentioned in the summary of events. — Psychonaut ( talk) 21:07, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi! There's a problem with an obsessed user that insists to add his original research essay about a supposed bad mastering of the album Not Your Kind of People. He's all over Youtube, Amazon, etc. with the same opinion. Can you stop him? Deepblue1 ( talk) 22:10, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
My proposals for the improvement of this article are:
1. There is also a pseudo historian accepted theory of the origin of the dance, which is support that the name comes from the words Zei, as a derivative of
Zeus, and the phrygian word
bekos, which means bread according to
Herodotus.
with citation: • Dance studies: Volume 16
2. The name used to symbolize the union of the spirit with the body. Supposedly it is believed that was danced in ancient times in honor of ancient gods.
with citation: • Cornhill: 1957 (as mentioned ).
I can see there is already a proclivity of the consencus. I believe that both of these references, will improve and inform this "longtime" pure article. So, I' ll be waiting for you answer. -- Dactarianou ( talk) 16:42, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
• University press (magazines, books, sites, etc.), which is also the source that I gave before Dance studies: Volume 16
• National Magazines or
• A locally valid and recognized document or Magazine etc. -- Dactarianou ( talk) 17:53, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
1.There is also a pseudo-historian theory of the origin of the dance, by Scarlatos Byzantios, which is support that the name comes from the words Zei, as a derivative of Zeus, and the phrygian word bekos, which means bread according to Herodotus. or 2.It is also accepted the folkloric view, that the name, comes from the words Zei, as a derivative of Zeus, and the phrygian word bekos, which means bread according to Herodotus. The name used to symbolize the union of the spirit with the body and it is believed that was danced in ancient times in honor of ancient gods. (Citations above) So, I'll be waiting for any agreement. -- Dactarianou ( talk) 18:06, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello, no pb to delete the picture ,i read the new guidelines, if i want to use that kind of pictures like this chart File:Delta IV growth options.png (aside from less than 300 by 300 and 30 kb), what is the applicable section ?
File:Eads space tourism project concept.jpeg was also a pb (wrong filling), i wanted to use it to show the closenes of another project, Rocketplane XP, the eads plane does not show the similar configuration (only the inside but not the full outside).
Any advice ? Thanks in advance and sorry for the disturbance. -- Beaucouplusneutre ( talk) 18:42, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Shacktown123 has restored their version of Jeff Rowley three times; I've reverted twice so I'd appreciate it if you would handle it from here. Best regards, None but shining hours ( talk) 13:12, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
I've been contacted as an OTRS agent, by an editor who is upset about the treatment of both the article Jeff Rowley and the editor.
Let me start by saying I am in agreement that the article before the stubification was in need of overhaul.
However, I disagree that labeling it a "monstrosity" meets our AGF goals.
I'll note, as an aside, that the editor is not Jeff Rowley. That does not mean that we do not have to worry about COI, but it isn't an AUTO problem.
Please forget your extensive experience with Wikipedia, and view the situation through the eyes of the editor for a moment. An editor, unfamiliar with the rules of Wikipedia, starts an article in September of 2011. Over time, substantial text is added, with many references to multiple sources, and many images. There have been recent issues regarding image licensing, which the editor is addressing.(This issue came to my attention because I've spent literally hours dealing with the licensing of many, many images.)
Over the eight months of the articles existence, there are virtually NO concerns expressed by anyone about the article, save the technical issues about image licensing, which have been mostly resolved. (You and I both know that with almost million articles, it is most likely that this slipped beneath the radar, rather than explicit approval by other editors, but there is no reason for a new editor to know this)
Out of the blue, with no warnings, almost all of the article is removed. It is perfectly understandable that someone with little Wikipedia experience might assume it was vandalized, and attempted to restore it. Please keep in mind that while we all know about 3RR, it isn't exactly an obvious rule, and until explained, it is perfectly understandable that an editor may think the best response to removal of material is restoration.
None of this means that violations of our requirements for articles should be relaxed, but I note that the editor is being told they may be blocked, even though there is zero prior evidence that anyone has indicated any problems with the article.
Could you suggest either a relevant project, where there may be some editors willing to help, or a specific editor, who might be willing to help this editor expand the article about Rowley, without running afoul of our guidelines regarding promotion?-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 18:04, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
-- — ZjarriRrethues — talk 22:56, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Future!
You may recall requesting this image for deletion, on the grounds that it, "illustrates a subject for which a free image might reasonably be found or created that adequately provides the same information, or which could be adequately covered with text alone". However, I believe otherwise; and have disputed the deletion, claiming that there are no free images available, and our description of the subject would be in violation of OR - as we all may describe the individual, differently.
Furthermore, I notice that you have stated, that [on free images] "might reasonably be found" - if this image were to be deleted, could you please assist me in looking for an appropriate free image of the subject? I personally haven't found any, however a fresh pair of eyes, is always best! Regards, -- MST☆ R (Chat Me!) 07:54, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello Fut! I've initiated a move request at Talk:Army of Macedon, and would greatly appreciate your input there. Constantine ✍ 13:02, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
I am not Jeff Rowley but someone interested in improving the Jeff Rowley article
I've now read the Conflict of Interest Policy and now have a better appreciation of your concerns. I did not know about that policy prior to today, and think it would have been better if they had been sent with a more polite message, but I would like to move on and learn how I can contribute to an article about Jeff Rowley, and do so in compliance with guidelines. Can you suggest someone who might help me? Shacktown123 ( talk) 12:24, 4 June 2012 (UTC)Shacktown123-- Shacktown123 ( talk) 12:24, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
I got involved in two issues in the last few hours, and I am very glad to see you have fixed both of them (one was at WP:ELN where someone was concerned about an IP spamming an external link to MET-Art, and the other was a sock harassing a user that I mentioned at WP:AN. While the time the community wastes in pointless debate over problem editors is amazing, I have been totally dismayed by the complacent acceptance of the harassment from that particular sock. I guess the underlying issues are too complex for people to bother, but cutting through the bs and blocking that long term abuser is clearly the only strategy that will help. Thanks! Johnuniq ( talk) 12:35, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
I just wanted to thank you for your work on WP. Your concern for people's use of "ss" and "ß" honours you. (Sorry for the half-edit just before -- got a new keyboard.) I did actually catch myself sighing happily upon reading your comment on that sorry User:Prophet of Hell business. Keep up the good work. Trigaranus ( talk) 12:24, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I have left a message on the file page disputing your decision to nominate the image for deletion. Can you please read my message on the file page and post a message on my talk page with your response. Thanks!-- Dom497 ( talk) 22:17, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
Since you discussed Penyulap's behaviour on the administrator's noticeboard a while back, perhaps you might like to venture an opinion on all this. Uncle G ( talk) 12:09, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
To voice my thoughts/questions in one word → what? ΚΛΤΛΝΛGØD Τλłκ 11:09, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
Okay, then, seriously. You uploaded File:Hammock near the rocky mountains British Columbia.png, saying it was "from a friend" of yours, it showed a place in Canada, and that it was "ineligible for copyright". Now, the last claim is patently false: photographs are always copyrightable, so even if this really was given to you by a friend, we'd need an explicit, verifiable licensing statement from that friend. However, given the fact that it was previously published here, with a different description (saying that it was a place in Norway), I have my doubts. Fut.Perf. ☼ 11:33, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
Wouldn't you say that the knowledge of the individual possessed by an account registered a few weeks ago strike you as suspicious (or a call for attention)?— Ryulong ( 竜龙) 07:39, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
Seeing as you are anyway involved in AE adjudication, could you take a look at this AE which as The Blade of the Northern Lights states: "Comments from other admins would be really nice too." Ankh. Morpork 15:57, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
Please can you explain why this file has been deleted. No you cannot - because there was no reason. This image is perfect. When I uploaded it, I stated quite clearly about permissions. People like yourselves need to consider - is this Wikipedia (the free encyclopaedia which anyone can edit) or is it just for an 'exclusive' group of people who discriminate against less experienced editors? Oneill05 oneill ( talk) 18:39, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
It's such a shame that there are no Negative Barnstars. It's lucky for you, however, because I would quite happily have given you several after you deleted the image for NO REASON. Oneill05 oneill ( talk) 18:48, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
{{subst:Award2 |image=Thumbs down red.svg |topic=The Negative Barnstar |text=I hereby award you this negative barnstar, for being an abusive admin, an overall horrible person, and for deleting my image. }}
OK
Hi. I've no idea what's happenning there! Anyway, you may have noticed that the wording in {{ di-replaceable fair use-notice}} has now been amended. Cheers. -- Trevj ( talk) 13:08, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Future Perfect at Sunrise!
I hope you won't mind my writing to you. I have a question about uploading pictures and after scouring all the pages, and discussion pages, on image policy i thought it might be easiest to ask you directly, as you seem to be an authority on these things :)
I'm a bit of a newby to wikipedia and one of the tasks I've set myself is to improve pages on Caribbean writers such as E. A. Markham, Fred D'Aguiar, Wilson Harris, Caryl Phillips and others. One of the things I would like to do is to get an infobox with a picture up on their pages. From what I've read so far, it seems to me like the best way of doing this would be to write to institutions with which these writers are affiliated, or - where I can track them down - authors of particular pictures and ask them if they would release a picture of the author in question under the conditions of free use, or - at the least - give permission for it to be used on Wikipedia under the conditions of fair use. I have already attempted to do this for Wilson Harris though, some 3 weeks later, I have not received a response and I anticipate that my requests regarding the other writers might well be met with similar upresponsiveness! The policy on fair use is still a little unclear to me, so my question is: is there something I'm missing? Is it likely that some of the pictures of these authors that are on the internet would qualify for fair use (and, if so, what am I looking for?). Or am I best patiently sticking to my plan of action, and trying to get permissions for photographs to be used?
With all best,
Loriski ( talk) 13:13, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
Thank you so much for clarifying - this is really helpful. I will keep writing to people in the hope, in which case, but much more happily now I'm able to rid myself of the niggling thought that there might be a much more time-efficient way of doing things that I just hadn't managed to figure out :) Loriski ( talk) 17:37, 12 June 2012 (UTC)