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I have reopened a case that you were commenting and ruling on. [1]-- Taylornate ( talk) 20:45, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I've taken a few files from time to time. But you tagged some of them. Were they not ok or was it just a "Lets have a look at these later"? Perhaps you could check a few so we can get this empty? -- MGA73 ( talk) 21:44, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Yeah. As I remember it Multichill moved about 9.000 files to Commons and we moved about 100 to that category for further check because of FOP and 100+ more because there was more than 1 file in file history. I guess we just have to take a few each day and the category will soon be empty. -- MGA73 ( talk) 08:21, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
[2] Up to his old tricks again, is it OK to revert this guy on sight? Do his edits construe vandalism as he is a sock? Darkness Shines ( talk) 21:41, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Nope, different ISP, does not geolocate to me at all. Feel free to open an SPI. Darkness Shines ( talk) 21:54, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
keep an eye on Kiaxar ( talk · contribs) who you blocked recently for edit-warring, esp. on Median Empire (which should be a redirect anyway) and Medes as he is pov edit-warring on both. Real life is going to keep me busy today and probably until Monday. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 08:43, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
I was just looking at File:La Coupole museum.jpg and remembered an issue where this came up in the past - I'm a little confused, can English Wikipedia host images of copyrighted French buildings under a free license because US law allows FoP on buildings? Kelly hi! 01:00, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
{{
FoP-USonly|France}}
which treats such images as free and {{
Non-free architectural work}} which treats them as unfree. Currently, both templates seem to have the same meaning. See also the discussion at
Template talk:FoP-USonly. I'm always tagging as {{
FoP-USonly}} when I see any photo of a building ineligible for Commons. --
Stefan2 (
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02:08, 22 March 2012 (UTC)Am I right in assuming it comes down to a question of where the image is published? If it was published in the US (i.e. by being uploaded to en Wikipedia) then it's {{
FoP-USonly|France}}
, but if it was published in France it's {{
Non-free architectural work}}?
Kelly
hi!
03:36, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Before you delete files because they are also available on Commons you need to make sure that the information about the file is correct on Commons. For example File:UK road A9.PNG on Commons did not correctly say who the author was. Instead it said that author was "original uploader was Mahahahaneapneap", who did not create the image. I think I have fixed it now. But it is easier to do that when the edit and upload history on Enlgish Wikipedia is still available here. / 217.210.57.95 ( talk) 08:50, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Magog, could you please look into this IP attack on my Talk page, and all the other edits/vandalism by them? I suspect this is user:Kiaxar who was blocked before giving the message and the city the IP is arising from (Kermanshah). Thanks. عمرو بن كلثوم ( talk) 15:29, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
Have you happened to see any news on possible fixes for the Commons upload bots? Kelly hi! 15:01, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
I may hold off a few days - got a busy weekend, and also have plenty to do flagging Flickr copyvios. Kelly hi! 15:18, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
CommonsHelper seems to be fixed, by the way. Kelly hi! 00:26, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
I have a request for information from you, since I know that you are well versed in copyright rules.
I am wondering how copyright rules apply to books with multiple editions.
If my ancestors printed a book in 1830 it would be PD. I could take a photo of the cover and put it on commons.
However, if I then make some changes to it and print it in 2012, would there be a new Copyright? At what point does my edition have it's own copyright? If I make minor changes, would it be irrelevant? If I add some chapters to the the original text (like adding to a journal) would it be copyrighted again? If I redesign the cover, is it now copyrighted?
Thanks in advance for any input you have.-- ARTEST4ECHO ( talk/ contribs) 21:18, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Good to know, sorta I hate it when thing are subjective. It makes it hard to know if your following the rules.
Let me give you the situation I'm in and I will let you both comment on if I'm going to violate copyright rules.
My family history in Latter Day Saints, but I am not. I enjoy uploading image from Latter Day Saint history since they are my family history.
I would like to upload an image of the
Doctrine and Covenants. I have some images from the 1921 version. However, in 1981 the Doctrine and Covenants along with the
Book of Mormon were edited. According the LDS Church the Book of Mormon was Typographical and Arrangement changes only, and no substantive changes were made. However, LDS critics disagree and claim that significant changes were made to the Meanings of the words. The D&C had the same type of changes and 3 new sections added, the last of which was the
Official Declaration—2 from 1978. The other two are from before 1923, so they are PD.
Then in 2000 additional Maps were added to the D&C.
So my question is. Do these "Typographical and Arrangement changes" (per the who would be the copyright holder) meet the "threshold of originality" making a photo of the current Book of Mormon a Copyvio. Dose those same changes and the addition of the Official Declaration—2 make a photo of the cover of the Doctrine and Covenants, along with the Book of Mormon, a copyvio?
However, there is a kink in this issue I should bring up. The Cover of the D&C along with BofM might not be copyrighted anyway. If you look at it (see image) both the D&C and BofM there is nothing to it. Only one color and some text. The cover might not meet the "threshold of originality" simply because of {{
PD-text}}
That is why I haven't upload a photo of the current Doctrine and Covenants yet. My confusion on the Book of Mormon also worries me as there are alot of image on commons of those books--
ARTEST4ECHO (
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contribs)
13:36, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
Yes I am an American and I am scanning an American text. Do you think I should use the "PD-US" or "PD-ineligible" tags? My guess is "PD-US" for Book of Mormon images, and "PD-ineligible" for the D&C images. Since the D&C hard section added, there may be an issue with using "PD-US".-- ARTEST4ECHO ( talk/ contribs) 15:19, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
{{
PD-because}}
.
Magog the Ogre (
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16:33, 27 March 2012 (UTC)Hi! I noticed you closed this discussion as "keep" without removing the {{ puf}} notice on the relevant file page. Was this inadvertent or intentional? Gabbe ( talk) 11:38, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
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For you work on the Republican Primary County Map. Going the extra mile. Jack Bornholm ( talk) 20:49, 27 March 2012 (UTC) |
... File:Wands14.jpg and many other files. I had to go and when I returned the problems was fixed :-D -- MGA73 ( talk) 18:15, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Magog. Regarding this request, I'm curious if the e-mail received by OTRS specifies the actual author of the file. My understanding is that it was created by an outside agency at RIT's request, rather than produced in-house (and even if done in-house, the file description page ought to list the actual artist). Powers T 20:12, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
I'm not concerned with copyright, actually, as I'm confident that RIT does hold it for this particular image. But the CC-by-sa license does not specify that the copyright holder must be credited, rather, that the author be credited. As such, determining the correct authorship is vital for maintaining our compliance with the license. Powers T 02:14, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Hmm, you may be right, then. I've asked for clarification at WP:OTRSN#Verifying attribution - Gene Polisseni Center. Thanks! Powers T 14:43, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi! I was hoping someone knowledgeable would respond to my request for assistance. Basically, users at Shooting of Trayvon Martin want to include images of the chief of police (who failed a motion of confidence) and an image of the representative who gave the "hoodie speech" I tried to help the users there out, but obviously I did something nonstandard or bureaucratically incorrect.
The shooting of trayvon martin is a very important topic that has led news stories consistently for over a week. It's important we "get this right". I am not up to the task. Can you help the editors get the images they need, with proper justifications? -- HectorMoffet ( talk) 23:28, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Is it really a fact that Wikipedia has to respect CSPAN copyright? Can you see how I would be a little troubled at that? We went black over the problem of aggressive copyright expansion. Using copyright to LIMIT US citizen's understanding of their own democracy seems antithetical to the spirit of Wikipedia (and the US).
Beyond the specific image, I am really concerned that American's can't upload images of their own elected body. CSPAN may have govt-granted monopoly over broadcast television, but I find it deeply troubling that this 'copyright monopoly" is being used to squelch public awareness about their own democracy.
In nature, you hear a good song, you repeat it for the rest of your life for free. In America, our govt grants artists a brief monopoly. Do you really think CSPAN deserves this level of control over information, that even showing a still from one of their House broadcasts is impermissible in a free society?
I'm sorry, Magog, if I sound like a lunatic. It's just that some people on Wikipedia have a very draconian view of copyright at the same time that I know our community and our board have a very liberal view of copyright. This discrepancy is troubling to me.
How can Copyright apply to a still from the US House of Congress? is there any space in the world more 'public record' than that space, created just for public discourse. As an American, I find it deeply troubling that some people are using "Copyright" as a way to prevent people from reading about what their own representatives are saying on their behalf.
(Mind you, my editorial decisions are totally in question-- some have expressed the image wasn't good for editorial reasons, and that's an entirely different issue open to debate. There's wiggle room on what the "best image" is, but it's these claims that a cspan still is an "illegal image" that disturb me. I submit no image created in the US Congress can ever be exempt from PD/Fair Use.
But how can the laws of the US prevent me from coming to Wikipedia to see an image of my congressman on the house floor? This is absurd. I do not know where the error lies, but this is clearly
reduced to absurdity. A law from congress that prevents people from view evidence of congress's behavior?
Whether you call it fair use or public domain, we need a major overhaul in how WP handles US public records. Democracy > copyright, always.
I apologize if this rant annoys you--- I hope it didn't. But you see, I'm a nobody on wikipedia. I need you help. In a weird way, I feel like you are now on a "mission from god" to help spread this knowledge, that copyright should not take precidence over democractic politics.
I also apologize that I'm not "easy to work with". I know I'm different. I've grown up in academica, accustomed to the 'priviledge' that my thoughts matter. I don't mean to suggest you are doing a bad job or anything like that. I just need your help to get Wikipedia to understand that copyright statutes are being vastly overinterpreted if CSPAN stills are forbidden.
Think about it. How can a disenfranchised minority in Mississippi participate in democracy if he doesn't have the "right" to share the actions of his own representative in DC??
I respect the ideals of Open Souce that led wikipedia to the conclusion, but unless absolutely condemned by WMF lawyers, we should allow users to upload transcripts, stills, and videos from their respective democractic bodies.
Democracy is greater than copyright. We understand this on SOPA, but we forget it on CSPAN. --
HectorMoffet (
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11:04, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
user's page Ran into it while trying to work on Category:Wikipedia files with disputed copyright information. What I've seen so far of the images, they're all licensed CC 3.0 but don't see a source for them. Thanks, We hope ( talk) 17:15, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Will go through the images and do that. Hope you get your internet issues solve soon-thanks! We hope ( talk) 17:50, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Re: your wireless card, do we have an "EWW!" smilie? :-) All images on the user's page were licensed identically. Have tagged all and sorry I had to "tag bomb" the person's user page to list all notices. We hope ( talk) 18:23, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Magog, could you please have a look at this image --> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Osu,_Ghana.jpg, and then please help me to correct the name of the image, as the location of the image is Labone, Accra and not Osu, Ghana (correct wikilink Osu, Accra). Labone, Accra and Osu are two different cities. The up-loader of the image made a mistake in the naming of the file. That is why I had to re-upload another file of the image, with a the name from the wrong image name of Osu, Ghana to the correct name of the city --> Labone, Accra. Please help me change the file name to the correct location of the city, of Labone, Accra. Regards, ---> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Osu,_Ghana.jpg. MarkMysoe ( talk) 01:20, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
This image used to show up in my Commons upload file, here. After all, I uploaded it, not "OgreBot". Now, it's not in my list anymore. Bots can undeservedly get the credit before humans (after the fact) for human uplaods is the lesson I'm taking away from this. That's what I work for - no pay and no recognition. Thanks! Doc talk 06:04, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
What are your thoughts on copyright status of The Spirit of Detroit? Kelly hi! 21:37, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Your advice would be appreciated in the thread at User talk:Sitush#Removal of Logo of Patna University, if you are willing. - Sitush ( talk) 00:15, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey could you comment at Wikipedia talk:Edit warring#Definition of a revert... there's a small misconception, rather difference of opinions on whether a first novel addition should be considered a revert in 3RR and especially in 1RR if it has been reverted and in cases if the first edit was a revert of content added some time ago. Previous dealings and precedence you've set could clarify things a bit up. -- lTopGunl ( talk) 08:22, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Can you please close this ANI? If you can't can you tell me where to ask? Last time, I spoke to an admin, User:Top Gun accused me of admin-shopping. AshLin ( talk) 09:54, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your quick response & for explaining. AshLin ( talk) 10:08, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Any opinion on File:Ph locator guimaras sibunag.png and Commons:File:Ph locator guimaras sibunag.png? Both show the same area and the Commons one is claimed to be from English Wikipedia but doesn't appear on the English Wikipedia file page. In my opinion, the Commons file isn't properly sourced for the moment. Is the Commons file maybe identical to the old Wikipedia revision deleted by TheCoffee on 2005-12-13T14:33:51? -- Stefan2 ( talk) 21:22, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
And again. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 02:15, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
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For looking into my case, Thanks and regards Ðℬig XЯaɣ 05:51, 14 April 2012 (UTC) |
placed an "admin help" question regarding an image on my talk page, please check if you can help here, thanks-- Ðℬig XЯaɣ 06:28, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
I read your edit summary, and I'll tell you. The Fotos International was established by Max B. Miller. [3] However, whether Fotos Intl. is part of Getty is unclear. Nevertheless, File:Jaleel White Steve Urkel.jpg must have been used for publicity purposes, such as press or merchandises (lunch boxes and trivia booklets, for example, unless they count as commercial opportunities). I'm sure that using the photo in Wikipedia does not affect profits or sales, as low-resolution digital files will be inferior to other files. -- George Ho ( talk) 08:44, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
In that case, leave it alone and treat it like a promo image, correct? We know that this image of Jaleel White in that outfit truly represents Urkel, and I'm not using any other images of Jaleel for infobox. If I want to use a free image of him not in that outfit, then I'll just put it in a section where appropiate. -- George Ho ( talk) 08:56, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
But I uploaded it as non-free with greater rationale. That is for Hulabaloo to decide. Since Begoon is gone, can I nominate File:2005 0308 urkel.jpg for deletion as an orphan, or can you? -- George Ho ( talk) 09:00, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Well, who must put the promo image under non-deletion review? You, I, or Hula? I, for one, believe it to be a promo image, as it is intended for usually ABC affiliates. -- George Ho ( talk) 09:11, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
In that case, I'll wait and see what happens. -- George Ho ( talk) 09:18, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Can you review this report as Salvio has been taking too much load of this recently (or refer another admin). Don't think ANI helps in our case. -- lTopGunl ( talk) 10:42, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
No problem. Kind of stale now. -- lTopGunl ( talk) 10:54, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
update: I have requested a temporary mentor. Is this okay? -- George Ho ( talk) 19:07, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
You are already my mentor since January 2012 or December 2011 per User:George Ho/Block History and User talk:George Ho. I just asked if I'm allowed to post that request? -- George Ho ( talk) 18:18, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
Are you planning to make Puerto Rico's results division by representative districts? Here File talk:Republican Party presidential primaries results by county, 2012 (corrected).png you wrote, that you'll do it. Greetings Bielsko ( talk) 14:19, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
Don't you think that Puerto Rico should be divided by representative districts? They are the closest administrative units to counties (regarding to data which we have). http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cs_metadata.html#bar Bielsko ( talk) 19:20, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
Is it just me, or is there something wrong with policies, such as WP:PRECISION, and guidelines, such as WP:disambiguation? The discussion proves my concerns about interpretations from administrators (no offense), such as JHunterJ, and about my own arguments. I'm just... concerned. I don't know who is wrong or right, unless I'm exaggerating.
As for the "Trollhunter" part, I used WP:OR, WP:ENGVAR, and WP:UE as examples there, yet people oppose by citing rules. However, I tried to convince people about interpreations of WP:TRANSCRIPTION and translation-related pages, but I don't know how I misused steps to achieve impact on consensus. -- George Ho ( talk) 09:22, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
I am new to this, but I merely posted a summary of a very good athlete's career and links to his pages. You deleted me for lack of significance shown however I had not finished the article: I was planning on writing more and explaining how important of a prospect he was. My question is why did you delete it?
One of those "nice" cases where someone has transferred a thumbnail of a file without any kind of source. Try transferring old versions of this using
tools:~magog/oldver.php. It says that "Rev #2" is "unchanged from previous upload" but the file size differs: no other version seems to have the same number of bytes. Do you know why this is happening? --
Stefan2 (
talk)
22:22, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Annoying bug. I wish User:Rjd0060 would have checked the resolution before deleting the file. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 23:38, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Too much data to download and then I assume that I would have to import it to MySQL before I can extract the files. It took a lot of time just to import a table with all image EXIF data when I made a list of English Wikipedia files needing rotation last year. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 23:48, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
The number of bytes differs. The log comment "Lightened and set levels. Sharpened slightly." implies that some pixels differ, but I don't think I saw any difference, although I didn't compare them very carefully. I think I only looked at thumbnails of the old version, and never anything bigger than the one used by your oldver.php tool. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 01:10, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the info! I'll bookmark your tool. Rjd0060 ( talk) 23:46, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
I need help. I and Elen of the Roads are having difficulties with Tenebrae. Noetica and Neotarf are having difficulties with him, as well. Look at contributions by User:Tenebrae ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs). -- George Ho ( talk) 01:18, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
I've requested closure in WP:AN/RFC and reported this in WP:ANI. What do you think? -- George Ho ( talk) 01:30, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
What about WP:ANI? -- George Ho ( talk) 01:40, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
Just to notify you: Dr. K responds to unpleasant comments by Tenebrae in my talk page. -- George Ho ( talk) 02:55, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
Ok, I'm here. Let's talk. ThomasC.Wolfe ( talk) 01:34, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
You blocked two editors who engaged in an edit war at 2012 World Snooker Championship. The IP has hopped to another address and continued editing. I don't think it's very fair if one editor is forced to serve his block while the other is allowed to evade it in this manner. Betty Logan ( talk) 09:46, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
File:Lady-gaga-in-meat-dress.jpg and this. Was working on files with disputed copyright info when I ran into it. Thanks, We hope ( talk) 04:26, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks-will do! We hope ( talk) 16:36, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, if you have a moment to spare, could you have another look at the latest section of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Lagoo sab/Archive? We could do with your advice. Thanks, – Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:01, 28 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)
Hi, please revdel this obscene Hindi/ Urdu abuse. [4] Btw, where are revdels normally requested? ANI? -- lTopGunl ( talk) 11:10, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
Will do, didn't know the process. Thanks. --
lTopGunl (
talk)
18:34, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
Ok, that also talks about admin talk page and IRC. Don't know what standard ones are lol, but I'll ask some one who is used to the process. --
lTopGunl (
talk)
18:36, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
Could you please tell me what information is missing from the files? I sent the copyright owner with the entire copyright template, and they explicitly stated "First option" I believe. If anything else is required, please tell me. ~*~ Ankit Bhatt~*~ 13:48, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
You deleted this, but there was clearly not consensus in the Wikipedia:Possibly_unfree_files/2012_March_25#File:Lenin_in_Seattle.jpg discussion. The parallel discussion on Wikimedia Commons (which has stricter conditions thatn Wikipedia) remains unsettled, and I really think that should be taken into account particularly when the PUF reasoning was based on the -- presumed -- copyright status of the work. Not sure why you chose to ignore both the questions in the discussion as well as the discussion on Commons before deleting. - Keith D. Tyler ¶ 20:58, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Hey Magog, another clerk or myself might have already contacted you about this, but since you looked into the original Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ThomasC.Wolfe case, I was wondering if you could determine what needs to be done so we can close it out? (I ask because of the backlog again) Thanks, -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 14:27, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks :D -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 01:10, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Magog, since you were the last admin to block JCAla ( talk · contribs), I thought you might be interested in WP:ANI#User:JCAla, source falsification and tendentious editing. Thanks, – Fut.Perf. ☼ 15:46, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
I can sympathize with that. Well, here's the executive summary. I saw two instances of rather blatant falsification of sources. One case I tried to fix in this edit [5] (detailed explanation: [6]), the other as explained here [7]. The first of these goes back to his very first edits on Wikipedia, back in 2010, and has stood in the article ever since (cf [8], [9]); the second was a recent edit [10]. JCAla reacted to these charges with the argument that there were other sources that did support the claims he was making, as if that could justify ascribing those claims to sources that obviously didn't. All the WP:SOUP defense you noticed basically boils down to that. In the process, he also managed to break 3RR on Ahmed Shah Massoud. Fut.Perf. ☼ 22:33, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
Quousque tandem abutetur Icala patientia nostra? Quam diu etiam furor istius nos eludet? Quem ad finem sese effrenata iactabit obstinatio? Administratores haec intellegunt, forum videt; hic tamen scribit. – Oh man, seriously, in my days we would simply smack them down with a six months block on the spot. Why do so many admins have this sudden reluctance to simply do what is needful as soon as you realize it? There can of course be no hope that this user will mend his ways, because POV-warring is his sole motivation for being here. The only possible change is that through all this attention we'll be grooming him to become a more sophisticated and more subtle POV warrior – which means his net effect on the project will be even worse. Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:16, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
Oh, the Latin just felt appropriate for my present state of rightful soapboxy indignation. ;-) But why do you feel a block wouldn't stick? Fut.Perf. ☼ 15:15, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
I am new to this, but I merely posted a summary of a very good athlete's career and links to his pages. You deleted me for lack of significance shown however I had not finished the article: I was planning on writing more and explaining how important of a prospect he was. My question is why did you delete it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justinrc3 ( talk • contribs) 02:03, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Magog, could you please look into the edit history of this page? I have tried to provide a balanced representation of all view points, but two users are rejecting one source calling it "fake". Thanks. عمرو بن كلثوم ( talk) 14:57, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your response. عمرو بن كلثوم ( talk) 16:16, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Any chance that you could spare time to comment at User talk:Sitush#Hello Sitush? I rarely get it wrong at Commons but my success rate here is not particularly good and I rather think that it might be about to become worse! - Sitush ( talk) 21:09, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
I appreciate your response and am about to begin the self-flagellation process for missing the obvious. - Sitush ( talk) 23:01, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi there. I would appreciate it if you could visit Talk:Muhammad. The article, Muhammad, has changed significantly since it originally passed WP:GA several years ago. It now states in the opening paragraph that Mohammad is the Founder of Islam and has relegated to a note at the end of the article that Muslims, themselves don't believe this. I have started a discussion on the talk page concerning this and would value your input. Thanks so much. Veritycheck ( talk) 00:59, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
because you saved a picture of mine today and I often look at user pages of other editors I intersect (don't we all? Or . .. is it just me??). And then i saw something about your maps, and I'm a map person, so dug a little deeper and was hooked. Then I ran across a section of your page wherein folks are asking you, "Can you do this?" or "How about that?" and then I realized that I too had the need of a map. A part of the explanation can be found [12], but the other part is . . .my understanding is that if I send you a list of the zip codes of say 2,000 places, then you can put them all on a map and the size of the dot in a place is proportionate to the number of hits on and around it? My project is not a money making one (I wish it were), just in case that matters. Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 03:00, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey. My attempt to create a link above was a complete flop. My many of my other trys at the inside part of wikipedia. Anyway, the site is here.
http://www.archsculptbooks.com/home.htm
Carptrash (
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03:09, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Actually, More like 700. It always pays to double check numbers. Just.... it seemed like more. Carptrash ( talk) 03:58, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Well I currently have neither, but zip codes would probably be easier to get, tho I suspect you'd know better than I. My intention was NOT to put you to work but to play. I too have a hard drive that needs saving. It includes, among things, all my pictures in a drive from Dixon, New Mexico to Cleveland, Ohio. Probably several thousand images of sculpture & architecture - and both combined. I feel your pain. Carptrash ( talk) 14:53, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
"Scape?" I'll get you something tomorrow. Where should I send it/them? Carptrash ( talk)
I guess I'm still a rookie because I've never used that email link before. You can learn something everyday if you start out dumb enough. I went to your scrape and was immediately insulted when the link for "Icelandic"Skrappa" (or something) took me to a Swedish definition. Those usurpers! But I digress. I have 700 or so zip codes to look up. Carptrash ( talk) 03:23, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Ah. No I don't think I have this info in scrapable format. You have reason to chuckle, if you wish, about my discovering that pulling together the zip codes is going to take a tad bit longer than I had anticipated, esp. since I have a business breakfast (about a web site. More stuff I don't get all that well) in an hour and more "day off" stuff this PM. This is what I am getting, -BOSTON MA 02110 - and I am putting them in numerical order. Will that work for you? Carptrash ( talk) 14:16, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
I am wondering if you received the list I sent and if it is okay? This is not to rush you, I've lived 60+ years without the map and can go many more. I am just seeking information/confirmation. Carptrash ( talk) 15:35, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Unveiled here
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn
Carptrash (
talk)
03:29, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Try again
http://www.facebook.com/groups/330287573704918/ I told you that I was not very good at this.
Carptrash (
talk)
03:35, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
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I have reopened a case that you were commenting and ruling on. [1]-- Taylornate ( talk) 20:45, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I've taken a few files from time to time. But you tagged some of them. Were they not ok or was it just a "Lets have a look at these later"? Perhaps you could check a few so we can get this empty? -- MGA73 ( talk) 21:44, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Yeah. As I remember it Multichill moved about 9.000 files to Commons and we moved about 100 to that category for further check because of FOP and 100+ more because there was more than 1 file in file history. I guess we just have to take a few each day and the category will soon be empty. -- MGA73 ( talk) 08:21, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
[2] Up to his old tricks again, is it OK to revert this guy on sight? Do his edits construe vandalism as he is a sock? Darkness Shines ( talk) 21:41, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Nope, different ISP, does not geolocate to me at all. Feel free to open an SPI. Darkness Shines ( talk) 21:54, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
keep an eye on Kiaxar ( talk · contribs) who you blocked recently for edit-warring, esp. on Median Empire (which should be a redirect anyway) and Medes as he is pov edit-warring on both. Real life is going to keep me busy today and probably until Monday. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 08:43, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
I was just looking at File:La Coupole museum.jpg and remembered an issue where this came up in the past - I'm a little confused, can English Wikipedia host images of copyrighted French buildings under a free license because US law allows FoP on buildings? Kelly hi! 01:00, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
{{
FoP-USonly|France}}
which treats such images as free and {{
Non-free architectural work}} which treats them as unfree. Currently, both templates seem to have the same meaning. See also the discussion at
Template talk:FoP-USonly. I'm always tagging as {{
FoP-USonly}} when I see any photo of a building ineligible for Commons. --
Stefan2 (
talk)
02:08, 22 March 2012 (UTC)Am I right in assuming it comes down to a question of where the image is published? If it was published in the US (i.e. by being uploaded to en Wikipedia) then it's {{
FoP-USonly|France}}
, but if it was published in France it's {{
Non-free architectural work}}?
Kelly
hi!
03:36, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Before you delete files because they are also available on Commons you need to make sure that the information about the file is correct on Commons. For example File:UK road A9.PNG on Commons did not correctly say who the author was. Instead it said that author was "original uploader was Mahahahaneapneap", who did not create the image. I think I have fixed it now. But it is easier to do that when the edit and upload history on Enlgish Wikipedia is still available here. / 217.210.57.95 ( talk) 08:50, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Magog, could you please look into this IP attack on my Talk page, and all the other edits/vandalism by them? I suspect this is user:Kiaxar who was blocked before giving the message and the city the IP is arising from (Kermanshah). Thanks. عمرو بن كلثوم ( talk) 15:29, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
Have you happened to see any news on possible fixes for the Commons upload bots? Kelly hi! 15:01, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
I may hold off a few days - got a busy weekend, and also have plenty to do flagging Flickr copyvios. Kelly hi! 15:18, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
CommonsHelper seems to be fixed, by the way. Kelly hi! 00:26, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
I have a request for information from you, since I know that you are well versed in copyright rules.
I am wondering how copyright rules apply to books with multiple editions.
If my ancestors printed a book in 1830 it would be PD. I could take a photo of the cover and put it on commons.
However, if I then make some changes to it and print it in 2012, would there be a new Copyright? At what point does my edition have it's own copyright? If I make minor changes, would it be irrelevant? If I add some chapters to the the original text (like adding to a journal) would it be copyrighted again? If I redesign the cover, is it now copyrighted?
Thanks in advance for any input you have.-- ARTEST4ECHO ( talk/ contribs) 21:18, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Good to know, sorta I hate it when thing are subjective. It makes it hard to know if your following the rules.
Let me give you the situation I'm in and I will let you both comment on if I'm going to violate copyright rules.
My family history in Latter Day Saints, but I am not. I enjoy uploading image from Latter Day Saint history since they are my family history.
I would like to upload an image of the
Doctrine and Covenants. I have some images from the 1921 version. However, in 1981 the Doctrine and Covenants along with the
Book of Mormon were edited. According the LDS Church the Book of Mormon was Typographical and Arrangement changes only, and no substantive changes were made. However, LDS critics disagree and claim that significant changes were made to the Meanings of the words. The D&C had the same type of changes and 3 new sections added, the last of which was the
Official Declaration—2 from 1978. The other two are from before 1923, so they are PD.
Then in 2000 additional Maps were added to the D&C.
So my question is. Do these "Typographical and Arrangement changes" (per the who would be the copyright holder) meet the "threshold of originality" making a photo of the current Book of Mormon a Copyvio. Dose those same changes and the addition of the Official Declaration—2 make a photo of the cover of the Doctrine and Covenants, along with the Book of Mormon, a copyvio?
However, there is a kink in this issue I should bring up. The Cover of the D&C along with BofM might not be copyrighted anyway. If you look at it (see image) both the D&C and BofM there is nothing to it. Only one color and some text. The cover might not meet the "threshold of originality" simply because of {{
PD-text}}
That is why I haven't upload a photo of the current Doctrine and Covenants yet. My confusion on the Book of Mormon also worries me as there are alot of image on commons of those books--
ARTEST4ECHO (
talk/
contribs)
13:36, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
Yes I am an American and I am scanning an American text. Do you think I should use the "PD-US" or "PD-ineligible" tags? My guess is "PD-US" for Book of Mormon images, and "PD-ineligible" for the D&C images. Since the D&C hard section added, there may be an issue with using "PD-US".-- ARTEST4ECHO ( talk/ contribs) 15:19, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
{{
PD-because}}
.
Magog the Ogre (
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16:33, 27 March 2012 (UTC)Hi! I noticed you closed this discussion as "keep" without removing the {{ puf}} notice on the relevant file page. Was this inadvertent or intentional? Gabbe ( talk) 11:38, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
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For you work on the Republican Primary County Map. Going the extra mile. Jack Bornholm ( talk) 20:49, 27 March 2012 (UTC) |
... File:Wands14.jpg and many other files. I had to go and when I returned the problems was fixed :-D -- MGA73 ( talk) 18:15, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Magog. Regarding this request, I'm curious if the e-mail received by OTRS specifies the actual author of the file. My understanding is that it was created by an outside agency at RIT's request, rather than produced in-house (and even if done in-house, the file description page ought to list the actual artist). Powers T 20:12, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
I'm not concerned with copyright, actually, as I'm confident that RIT does hold it for this particular image. But the CC-by-sa license does not specify that the copyright holder must be credited, rather, that the author be credited. As such, determining the correct authorship is vital for maintaining our compliance with the license. Powers T 02:14, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Hmm, you may be right, then. I've asked for clarification at WP:OTRSN#Verifying attribution - Gene Polisseni Center. Thanks! Powers T 14:43, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi! I was hoping someone knowledgeable would respond to my request for assistance. Basically, users at Shooting of Trayvon Martin want to include images of the chief of police (who failed a motion of confidence) and an image of the representative who gave the "hoodie speech" I tried to help the users there out, but obviously I did something nonstandard or bureaucratically incorrect.
The shooting of trayvon martin is a very important topic that has led news stories consistently for over a week. It's important we "get this right". I am not up to the task. Can you help the editors get the images they need, with proper justifications? -- HectorMoffet ( talk) 23:28, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Is it really a fact that Wikipedia has to respect CSPAN copyright? Can you see how I would be a little troubled at that? We went black over the problem of aggressive copyright expansion. Using copyright to LIMIT US citizen's understanding of their own democracy seems antithetical to the spirit of Wikipedia (and the US).
Beyond the specific image, I am really concerned that American's can't upload images of their own elected body. CSPAN may have govt-granted monopoly over broadcast television, but I find it deeply troubling that this 'copyright monopoly" is being used to squelch public awareness about their own democracy.
In nature, you hear a good song, you repeat it for the rest of your life for free. In America, our govt grants artists a brief monopoly. Do you really think CSPAN deserves this level of control over information, that even showing a still from one of their House broadcasts is impermissible in a free society?
I'm sorry, Magog, if I sound like a lunatic. It's just that some people on Wikipedia have a very draconian view of copyright at the same time that I know our community and our board have a very liberal view of copyright. This discrepancy is troubling to me.
How can Copyright apply to a still from the US House of Congress? is there any space in the world more 'public record' than that space, created just for public discourse. As an American, I find it deeply troubling that some people are using "Copyright" as a way to prevent people from reading about what their own representatives are saying on their behalf.
(Mind you, my editorial decisions are totally in question-- some have expressed the image wasn't good for editorial reasons, and that's an entirely different issue open to debate. There's wiggle room on what the "best image" is, but it's these claims that a cspan still is an "illegal image" that disturb me. I submit no image created in the US Congress can ever be exempt from PD/Fair Use.
But how can the laws of the US prevent me from coming to Wikipedia to see an image of my congressman on the house floor? This is absurd. I do not know where the error lies, but this is clearly
reduced to absurdity. A law from congress that prevents people from view evidence of congress's behavior?
Whether you call it fair use or public domain, we need a major overhaul in how WP handles US public records. Democracy > copyright, always.
I apologize if this rant annoys you--- I hope it didn't. But you see, I'm a nobody on wikipedia. I need you help. In a weird way, I feel like you are now on a "mission from god" to help spread this knowledge, that copyright should not take precidence over democractic politics.
I also apologize that I'm not "easy to work with". I know I'm different. I've grown up in academica, accustomed to the 'priviledge' that my thoughts matter. I don't mean to suggest you are doing a bad job or anything like that. I just need your help to get Wikipedia to understand that copyright statutes are being vastly overinterpreted if CSPAN stills are forbidden.
Think about it. How can a disenfranchised minority in Mississippi participate in democracy if he doesn't have the "right" to share the actions of his own representative in DC??
I respect the ideals of Open Souce that led wikipedia to the conclusion, but unless absolutely condemned by WMF lawyers, we should allow users to upload transcripts, stills, and videos from their respective democractic bodies.
Democracy is greater than copyright. We understand this on SOPA, but we forget it on CSPAN. --
HectorMoffet (
talk)
11:04, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
user's page Ran into it while trying to work on Category:Wikipedia files with disputed copyright information. What I've seen so far of the images, they're all licensed CC 3.0 but don't see a source for them. Thanks, We hope ( talk) 17:15, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Will go through the images and do that. Hope you get your internet issues solve soon-thanks! We hope ( talk) 17:50, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
Re: your wireless card, do we have an "EWW!" smilie? :-) All images on the user's page were licensed identically. Have tagged all and sorry I had to "tag bomb" the person's user page to list all notices. We hope ( talk) 18:23, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Magog, could you please have a look at this image --> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Osu,_Ghana.jpg, and then please help me to correct the name of the image, as the location of the image is Labone, Accra and not Osu, Ghana (correct wikilink Osu, Accra). Labone, Accra and Osu are two different cities. The up-loader of the image made a mistake in the naming of the file. That is why I had to re-upload another file of the image, with a the name from the wrong image name of Osu, Ghana to the correct name of the city --> Labone, Accra. Please help me change the file name to the correct location of the city, of Labone, Accra. Regards, ---> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Osu,_Ghana.jpg. MarkMysoe ( talk) 01:20, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
This image used to show up in my Commons upload file, here. After all, I uploaded it, not "OgreBot". Now, it's not in my list anymore. Bots can undeservedly get the credit before humans (after the fact) for human uplaods is the lesson I'm taking away from this. That's what I work for - no pay and no recognition. Thanks! Doc talk 06:04, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
What are your thoughts on copyright status of The Spirit of Detroit? Kelly hi! 21:37, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
Your advice would be appreciated in the thread at User talk:Sitush#Removal of Logo of Patna University, if you are willing. - Sitush ( talk) 00:15, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey could you comment at Wikipedia talk:Edit warring#Definition of a revert... there's a small misconception, rather difference of opinions on whether a first novel addition should be considered a revert in 3RR and especially in 1RR if it has been reverted and in cases if the first edit was a revert of content added some time ago. Previous dealings and precedence you've set could clarify things a bit up. -- lTopGunl ( talk) 08:22, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Can you please close this ANI? If you can't can you tell me where to ask? Last time, I spoke to an admin, User:Top Gun accused me of admin-shopping. AshLin ( talk) 09:54, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your quick response & for explaining. AshLin ( talk) 10:08, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Any opinion on File:Ph locator guimaras sibunag.png and Commons:File:Ph locator guimaras sibunag.png? Both show the same area and the Commons one is claimed to be from English Wikipedia but doesn't appear on the English Wikipedia file page. In my opinion, the Commons file isn't properly sourced for the moment. Is the Commons file maybe identical to the old Wikipedia revision deleted by TheCoffee on 2005-12-13T14:33:51? -- Stefan2 ( talk) 21:22, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
And again. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 02:15, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
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For looking into my case, Thanks and regards Ðℬig XЯaɣ 05:51, 14 April 2012 (UTC) |
placed an "admin help" question regarding an image on my talk page, please check if you can help here, thanks-- Ðℬig XЯaɣ 06:28, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
I read your edit summary, and I'll tell you. The Fotos International was established by Max B. Miller. [3] However, whether Fotos Intl. is part of Getty is unclear. Nevertheless, File:Jaleel White Steve Urkel.jpg must have been used for publicity purposes, such as press or merchandises (lunch boxes and trivia booklets, for example, unless they count as commercial opportunities). I'm sure that using the photo in Wikipedia does not affect profits or sales, as low-resolution digital files will be inferior to other files. -- George Ho ( talk) 08:44, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
In that case, leave it alone and treat it like a promo image, correct? We know that this image of Jaleel White in that outfit truly represents Urkel, and I'm not using any other images of Jaleel for infobox. If I want to use a free image of him not in that outfit, then I'll just put it in a section where appropiate. -- George Ho ( talk) 08:56, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
But I uploaded it as non-free with greater rationale. That is for Hulabaloo to decide. Since Begoon is gone, can I nominate File:2005 0308 urkel.jpg for deletion as an orphan, or can you? -- George Ho ( talk) 09:00, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Well, who must put the promo image under non-deletion review? You, I, or Hula? I, for one, believe it to be a promo image, as it is intended for usually ABC affiliates. -- George Ho ( talk) 09:11, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
In that case, I'll wait and see what happens. -- George Ho ( talk) 09:18, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Can you review this report as Salvio has been taking too much load of this recently (or refer another admin). Don't think ANI helps in our case. -- lTopGunl ( talk) 10:42, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
No problem. Kind of stale now. -- lTopGunl ( talk) 10:54, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
update: I have requested a temporary mentor. Is this okay? -- George Ho ( talk) 19:07, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
You are already my mentor since January 2012 or December 2011 per User:George Ho/Block History and User talk:George Ho. I just asked if I'm allowed to post that request? -- George Ho ( talk) 18:18, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
Are you planning to make Puerto Rico's results division by representative districts? Here File talk:Republican Party presidential primaries results by county, 2012 (corrected).png you wrote, that you'll do it. Greetings Bielsko ( talk) 14:19, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
Don't you think that Puerto Rico should be divided by representative districts? They are the closest administrative units to counties (regarding to data which we have). http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/cs_metadata.html#bar Bielsko ( talk) 19:20, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
Is it just me, or is there something wrong with policies, such as WP:PRECISION, and guidelines, such as WP:disambiguation? The discussion proves my concerns about interpretations from administrators (no offense), such as JHunterJ, and about my own arguments. I'm just... concerned. I don't know who is wrong or right, unless I'm exaggerating.
As for the "Trollhunter" part, I used WP:OR, WP:ENGVAR, and WP:UE as examples there, yet people oppose by citing rules. However, I tried to convince people about interpreations of WP:TRANSCRIPTION and translation-related pages, but I don't know how I misused steps to achieve impact on consensus. -- George Ho ( talk) 09:22, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
I am new to this, but I merely posted a summary of a very good athlete's career and links to his pages. You deleted me for lack of significance shown however I had not finished the article: I was planning on writing more and explaining how important of a prospect he was. My question is why did you delete it?
One of those "nice" cases where someone has transferred a thumbnail of a file without any kind of source. Try transferring old versions of this using
tools:~magog/oldver.php. It says that "Rev #2" is "unchanged from previous upload" but the file size differs: no other version seems to have the same number of bytes. Do you know why this is happening? --
Stefan2 (
talk)
22:22, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Annoying bug. I wish User:Rjd0060 would have checked the resolution before deleting the file. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 23:38, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Too much data to download and then I assume that I would have to import it to MySQL before I can extract the files. It took a lot of time just to import a table with all image EXIF data when I made a list of English Wikipedia files needing rotation last year. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 23:48, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
The number of bytes differs. The log comment "Lightened and set levels. Sharpened slightly." implies that some pixels differ, but I don't think I saw any difference, although I didn't compare them very carefully. I think I only looked at thumbnails of the old version, and never anything bigger than the one used by your oldver.php tool. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 01:10, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the info! I'll bookmark your tool. Rjd0060 ( talk) 23:46, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
I need help. I and Elen of the Roads are having difficulties with Tenebrae. Noetica and Neotarf are having difficulties with him, as well. Look at contributions by User:Tenebrae ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs). -- George Ho ( talk) 01:18, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
I've requested closure in WP:AN/RFC and reported this in WP:ANI. What do you think? -- George Ho ( talk) 01:30, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
What about WP:ANI? -- George Ho ( talk) 01:40, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
Just to notify you: Dr. K responds to unpleasant comments by Tenebrae in my talk page. -- George Ho ( talk) 02:55, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
Ok, I'm here. Let's talk. ThomasC.Wolfe ( talk) 01:34, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
You blocked two editors who engaged in an edit war at 2012 World Snooker Championship. The IP has hopped to another address and continued editing. I don't think it's very fair if one editor is forced to serve his block while the other is allowed to evade it in this manner. Betty Logan ( talk) 09:46, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
File:Lady-gaga-in-meat-dress.jpg and this. Was working on files with disputed copyright info when I ran into it. Thanks, We hope ( talk) 04:26, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks-will do! We hope ( talk) 16:36, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, if you have a moment to spare, could you have another look at the latest section of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Lagoo sab/Archive? We could do with your advice. Thanks, – Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:01, 28 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)
Hi, please revdel this obscene Hindi/ Urdu abuse. [4] Btw, where are revdels normally requested? ANI? -- lTopGunl ( talk) 11:10, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
Will do, didn't know the process. Thanks. --
lTopGunl (
talk)
18:34, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
Ok, that also talks about admin talk page and IRC. Don't know what standard ones are lol, but I'll ask some one who is used to the process. --
lTopGunl (
talk)
18:36, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
Could you please tell me what information is missing from the files? I sent the copyright owner with the entire copyright template, and they explicitly stated "First option" I believe. If anything else is required, please tell me. ~*~ Ankit Bhatt~*~ 13:48, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
You deleted this, but there was clearly not consensus in the Wikipedia:Possibly_unfree_files/2012_March_25#File:Lenin_in_Seattle.jpg discussion. The parallel discussion on Wikimedia Commons (which has stricter conditions thatn Wikipedia) remains unsettled, and I really think that should be taken into account particularly when the PUF reasoning was based on the -- presumed -- copyright status of the work. Not sure why you chose to ignore both the questions in the discussion as well as the discussion on Commons before deleting. - Keith D. Tyler ¶ 20:58, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Hey Magog, another clerk or myself might have already contacted you about this, but since you looked into the original Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ThomasC.Wolfe case, I was wondering if you could determine what needs to be done so we can close it out? (I ask because of the backlog again) Thanks, -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 14:27, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks :D -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 01:10, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Magog, since you were the last admin to block JCAla ( talk · contribs), I thought you might be interested in WP:ANI#User:JCAla, source falsification and tendentious editing. Thanks, – Fut.Perf. ☼ 15:46, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
I can sympathize with that. Well, here's the executive summary. I saw two instances of rather blatant falsification of sources. One case I tried to fix in this edit [5] (detailed explanation: [6]), the other as explained here [7]. The first of these goes back to his very first edits on Wikipedia, back in 2010, and has stood in the article ever since (cf [8], [9]); the second was a recent edit [10]. JCAla reacted to these charges with the argument that there were other sources that did support the claims he was making, as if that could justify ascribing those claims to sources that obviously didn't. All the WP:SOUP defense you noticed basically boils down to that. In the process, he also managed to break 3RR on Ahmed Shah Massoud. Fut.Perf. ☼ 22:33, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
Quousque tandem abutetur Icala patientia nostra? Quam diu etiam furor istius nos eludet? Quem ad finem sese effrenata iactabit obstinatio? Administratores haec intellegunt, forum videt; hic tamen scribit. – Oh man, seriously, in my days we would simply smack them down with a six months block on the spot. Why do so many admins have this sudden reluctance to simply do what is needful as soon as you realize it? There can of course be no hope that this user will mend his ways, because POV-warring is his sole motivation for being here. The only possible change is that through all this attention we'll be grooming him to become a more sophisticated and more subtle POV warrior – which means his net effect on the project will be even worse. Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:16, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
Oh, the Latin just felt appropriate for my present state of rightful soapboxy indignation. ;-) But why do you feel a block wouldn't stick? Fut.Perf. ☼ 15:15, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
I am new to this, but I merely posted a summary of a very good athlete's career and links to his pages. You deleted me for lack of significance shown however I had not finished the article: I was planning on writing more and explaining how important of a prospect he was. My question is why did you delete it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justinrc3 ( talk • contribs) 02:03, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Magog, could you please look into the edit history of this page? I have tried to provide a balanced representation of all view points, but two users are rejecting one source calling it "fake". Thanks. عمرو بن كلثوم ( talk) 14:57, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your response. عمرو بن كلثوم ( talk) 16:16, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Any chance that you could spare time to comment at User talk:Sitush#Hello Sitush? I rarely get it wrong at Commons but my success rate here is not particularly good and I rather think that it might be about to become worse! - Sitush ( talk) 21:09, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
I appreciate your response and am about to begin the self-flagellation process for missing the obvious. - Sitush ( talk) 23:01, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi there. I would appreciate it if you could visit Talk:Muhammad. The article, Muhammad, has changed significantly since it originally passed WP:GA several years ago. It now states in the opening paragraph that Mohammad is the Founder of Islam and has relegated to a note at the end of the article that Muslims, themselves don't believe this. I have started a discussion on the talk page concerning this and would value your input. Thanks so much. Veritycheck ( talk) 00:59, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
because you saved a picture of mine today and I often look at user pages of other editors I intersect (don't we all? Or . .. is it just me??). And then i saw something about your maps, and I'm a map person, so dug a little deeper and was hooked. Then I ran across a section of your page wherein folks are asking you, "Can you do this?" or "How about that?" and then I realized that I too had the need of a map. A part of the explanation can be found [12], but the other part is . . .my understanding is that if I send you a list of the zip codes of say 2,000 places, then you can put them all on a map and the size of the dot in a place is proportionate to the number of hits on and around it? My project is not a money making one (I wish it were), just in case that matters. Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 03:00, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey. My attempt to create a link above was a complete flop. My many of my other trys at the inside part of wikipedia. Anyway, the site is here.
http://www.archsculptbooks.com/home.htm
Carptrash (
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03:09, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Actually, More like 700. It always pays to double check numbers. Just.... it seemed like more. Carptrash ( talk) 03:58, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Well I currently have neither, but zip codes would probably be easier to get, tho I suspect you'd know better than I. My intention was NOT to put you to work but to play. I too have a hard drive that needs saving. It includes, among things, all my pictures in a drive from Dixon, New Mexico to Cleveland, Ohio. Probably several thousand images of sculpture & architecture - and both combined. I feel your pain. Carptrash ( talk) 14:53, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
"Scape?" I'll get you something tomorrow. Where should I send it/them? Carptrash ( talk)
I guess I'm still a rookie because I've never used that email link before. You can learn something everyday if you start out dumb enough. I went to your scrape and was immediately insulted when the link for "Icelandic"Skrappa" (or something) took me to a Swedish definition. Those usurpers! But I digress. I have 700 or so zip codes to look up. Carptrash ( talk) 03:23, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Ah. No I don't think I have this info in scrapable format. You have reason to chuckle, if you wish, about my discovering that pulling together the zip codes is going to take a tad bit longer than I had anticipated, esp. since I have a business breakfast (about a web site. More stuff I don't get all that well) in an hour and more "day off" stuff this PM. This is what I am getting, -BOSTON MA 02110 - and I am putting them in numerical order. Will that work for you? Carptrash ( talk) 14:16, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
I am wondering if you received the list I sent and if it is okay? This is not to rush you, I've lived 60+ years without the map and can go many more. I am just seeking information/confirmation. Carptrash ( talk) 15:35, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
Unveiled here
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn
Carptrash (
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03:29, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Try again
http://www.facebook.com/groups/330287573704918/ I told you that I was not very good at this.
Carptrash (
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03:35, 12 May 2012 (UTC)