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I really don't think that encouraging a blocked editor to evade a block, as you did here, is a good idea. JamesBWatson ( talk) 00:11, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
IP 99.100.71.36 went back to the same type of editing at the Young adult (psychology) article that he or she engaged in before being blocked. Flyer22 ( talk) 11:41, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
Why are my pages deleted? Did you even notice that someone blanked some parts of or all of the content of these pages???? MadisonGrundtvig ( talk) 15:59, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
Thank you very much for page-protecting all those pages!-- Mr Fink ( talk) 17:46, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi! You blocked Artistic Genius ( talk · contribs) a month ago. I think it might be time to remove talk page access, as this editor is constantly using the page for test edits. -- John of Reading ( talk) 21:17, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
A proposal has been made to create a Live Feed to enhance the processing of Articles for Creation and Drafts. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/RfC to create a 'Special:NewDraftsFeed' system. Your comments are welcome. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 06:22, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
Gooday Ron - as you predicted, the IP address user (where you semi-protected Tony Egginton article) from this conversation has returned after two weeks' inactivity, this time on another related article, one of just a few the user has been involved in.
Of three edits, I have reverted two with the third being - surprisingly - sensible! Worse, though, is that the talk page at the IP address has been blanked by the user here. As I do not know what, if any, protocols are in place for reverting the page appearance including all of the 2013 warnings and protecting or semi-protecting from deletions if appropriate, I placed as an interim measure a modified [[uw-disruptive1}} template as a new start-point. Could you advise, please?-- Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 20:11, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
Gooday Ron - IP address user has again blanked the talk page including IP template here. They have made just two recent changes to articles, one being to a celebrity's page with level-1 protection - both edits were soon reverted, so no harm done. It's difficult to AGF, as reading the edit history shows little value in the overall contribution made to Wikipedia and previous similar 'nonsense' edits to (different) celebrity pages, ergo indicative of a pattern from the same individual. Thanks, Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 21:34, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello Ron! I have no idea how to use Wiki. I have tried!!! I noticed that Brooklyn Roebuck's page has been completely deleted. There are many sources and articles and videos and other pages on Wiki that can be used to help create this page. I understand that the sources were not up to standard but I would hope that the page can be recreated using other sources. Please consider recreating the page. I can be contacted at lroebuck@sixsigmacanada.net. Sincerely, Linda Roebuck — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.95.138.46 ( talk) 17:14, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ron, would you consider changing your indef semi of DevOps ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) to pending changes? Callanecc ( talk • contribs • logs) 23:51, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ron, recently you deleted a few articles, due to a misunderstanding and error in procedure these articles included, Minister of Sports (Sri Lanka) and Minister of Finance (Sri Lanka), two that should not have been deleted. Could you please restore them. Thanks-- Blackknight12 ( talk) 05:23, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
The expired-BLPPROD was based on a tag timestamp of February 5, but the tag to have been added on Feb 13. I don't see any edits on Feb 5. I have no objection to the PROD itself, just didn't want someone's vandalism to sneak through. DMacks ( talk) 22:35, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Thanks, Ron. That page was left over from when we were considering taking Lucy-Marie/DeFacto to WP:LONGTERM. Ultimately, we did not do it, and the page fell into disuse. I should have blanked it months ago. But I find it suspicious that somebody found it at all - it does not link to much, if anything (a security measure to keep it away from Lucy-Marie/DeFacto), and you have to really know what you are looking for to find it. Prisonermonkeys ( talk) 00:21, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
Gooday Ron - I hope you have fared OK with the ongoing storms. I mentioned before Xmas that I might need some advice on commercialism; I dealt with that adequately, I think, but another situation has occurred which is beyond me.
I introduced a semi-section covering the Business Improvement District (BID) in the article for the town where I live which has now been changed and largely overwritten, I suspect by the staff at the BID, the usual new-user stuff at an IP address without completing the edit summary here. I had striven to format a balanced view, but it now reads as an exhaustive advert for BID right down to the trivia such as "chewing gum removal" "generic town centre advertising" (?) and "cardboard collection"
They have also deleted two separate correctly-sourced paragraphs on criticism, which is fairly conclusive of their motivation.
Accordingly, I suspect this part-section now fails WP:PROMOTION, WP:NPOV and WP:COI at least, maybe also Primary Sources as all of the citations added are from BID's own website. I haven't checked but I would surmise that much of the description of the BID remit and capabilities is WP:OR, ie. not found elsewhere.
In first instance I alluded to at the top of this message, the contributor had already (before my involvement) had a complete article deleted under G11 (Dec 2013). I know we have to consider WP:AGF and don't bite the newbie - and for my own part WP:NOTOWN, but considering that you recommended standard messages to User talk page I did not know what would be the protocol in this instance, so I just tagged it as {{advert|section]] to make them think about it, if they are monitoring. No changes have been made since and I don't propose to wade through the prose and sources to verify on their behalf and I'm not happy to leave it as-is since much of the new prose I suspect is unacceptable. There's also now some broken markup which I left for the moment.
Once again I haven't checked (as with most things now it's the Law of Diminishing Returns just to understand) but I imagine that whilst theoretically a non-profit organisation, it's also semi-commercial in that there are salaried professionals and employees. If you would be kind enough to have a look over and take appropriate action on any issues you see, I should be obliged. Thanks, -- Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 23:59, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Two lines of washing out today....Oo-er, missus... 8¬) Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 22:00, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
Dear Ron,
Thank you for your e-mail.
For the above file, I took two file maps available in the public domain and I can provide the references for these. I added the town labels for the towns myself. I then merged the two maps for the two districts. I am happy for the generated file to be available in the public domain. To the best of my knowledge, I have not violated any copyright. However, for the sake of complying with your e-mail, I have deleted the file until I have time to find a way around the compliance.
There was also another notification about the Exhibit picture. I took a picture of the poster but the quality is not adequate for reproduction because of the sun glare. In the interim, I produced the copy and again I have deleted this for the sake of compliance until such a time when I can do something about it.
Best regards,
M'hamed Lakrimi mlakrimi@yahoo.co.uk — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mhamed.lakrimi ( talk • contribs) 21:06, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
Thank you for blocking IP 164.58.209.140. This is a repeat offender; the next time that happens, I would block for a much longer time than 31 hours. Bearian ( talk) 21:28, 20 February 2014 (UTC) |
Hi, I see that you deleted Dennis Lewin's picture from his Wiki page today due to lack of authorization. On Feb. 18th Dennis Lewin sent an email to permission-en@wikimedia.org giving his permission to use the picure. He also gave permission for me to use any pictures I choose. I have been working with Ruby Murray to try and save his page. I'm wondering why you deleted his picture when he satisfied the request to authorize it. Thanks in advance for your reply Mmcard59 ( talk) 23:06, 23 February 2014 (UTC) Mmcarder59
Thank you Ron for putting Dennis Lewin's picture back up!! I'm think I need a Wikipedia for Dummies manual, lol! I tried to change his profile picture to one that he sent me today via email which I titled Dennis Lewin WCLV. In my effort to do that I have taken both away. My upload was successful and met wiki guidelines. Would you be able to put it on his page for me or at the very least put his old one back on there. We are trying hard to meet Wikipedia requirements so his page is not deleted. Thank you again in advance, I appreciate it Mmcard59 ( talk) 00:39, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Thank you Sir! It's all a bit confusing but I am gradually getting the hang of it. You are an enormous help! Thanks again! Mmcard59 ( talk) 00:52, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ron... I requested that Dennis Lewin resend his previous email authorizing use of his photos and include the photos in the email as requested. Can you help me out here and detail exactly what is needed to take the notification for possible deletion off of his homepage? I've done some rewording and adding but not sure what else we need to do. Thanks Mmcard59 ( talk) 04:43, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi
I have replaced the photo that I put up originally. it was a guy called Stefan who flagged it for deletion and I responded to his messages immediately << Hi Stefan Thank you for pointing out that there is an apparent permissions conflict on photos that I have posted on the Wikipedia article, namely for the two photos below
File:2013 V2 Youth World Cup Final.jpg
File:TomHildrethOnWayTo2013V2WorldChampionship.jpg
I notice from the alerts that have been posted that you need a written confirmation.
when I posted them I granted permission under the open license as requested and felt that was all in order as I took the photos and I own the photos, however, I had forgotten that when I edited them and posted them in an album on the VX International webpage that I had watermarked the image with the copyright VX International text for VX International to use them.
I can confirm that I took the photos and I own the photos and am happy for the photos to be re-usable under the open license. If, however, the watermark causes confusion I am quite happy to remove them (or for them to be removed) and I can then upload photos without the watermark, however, please note, the photo of Malingha Timothy doesn't have the watermark. Pmhildreth (talk) 15:23, 30 January 2014 (UTC) >>
but got no response.
as far as the watermarked photos go, I have been informed that they will not be removed, however I will replace them as soon as I can with unwatermarked ones to avoid any confusion. the photo of Timothy Malingha was taken by me, was used by me in a video I created and has no watermark and I felt I made that clear in my response to Stefan. I was surprised to get no response. clearly my reply to him was not enough.
Can you tell me what I need to do?
regards
Pmhildreth ( talk) 09:29, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ron
when I undid the photo removal it only replaced the text so I assume the photo had actually been totally deleted. I have therefore re-uploaded the original photo from scratch and in the information provided have noted that the photo has been used in a video and that the video was created and published by me.
I hope this is satisfactory
regards
Pmhildreth ( talk) 09:45, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
I am now proud owner of a TUSC account!
Could you explain why four maps were kept here? This page tells that you get a Wikipedia-only permission if you include the the indicated wikicode. Although the wikicode generates text which states that you may do other things in addition to uploading the maps to Wikipedia, both of the other sections in the FAQ make it clear that the permission doesn't apply to commercial use, invalidating the terms in the {{ attribution}} template. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 23:25, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
You may use maps generated by the Great Circle Mapper on Wikipedia so long as you
- Provide attribution to the Great Circle Mapper
- Include a link to this FAQ entry
- List the source as the URL used to generate the map, which allows readers to experiment with your map.
For example, the following Wikipedia markup would meet these requirements for a Blue Marble map of SFO-LHR:
The time stamp code you added on PROD templates was not the same as from the CSD templates. It was displaying different and was not transcluding properly. I reverted for that reason.
I'm not sure the reason for this. CSD's are usually handled under a day while Prods are atleast seven days. I personally edit alot of PRODed articles as they are new and usually have errors. There will be very few PRODed articles not touched after a PROD was placed. Bgwhite ( talk) 01:46, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
Stefan2 ( talk) 23:37, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello Ron, can you please check the new picture I've uploaded?, and if you can, delete the larger one you tagged?. Thank you. -- Japanesehelper ( talk) 02:49, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ron,
Recently you deleted a photo due to a misunderstanding and error in procedure. The photo was File:WVU Football Weight Room 2.jpg and the copyright holder of the work recently submitted her approval for the photo. Could you restore the file please?
Thank you, Swcrowe message 02:01, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ron. A while back you deleted some images I had uploaded, because I sent in only one OTRS email for multiple images and this created some fuzziness on the backend. I have uploaded about five images for the Fluor Corp. article, where I have a COI and have nominated the page for a GA review. I submitted only a single PDF of a signed consent letter from Fluor for all five images. I was wondering if there was anything I needed to do to make sure everything gets squared away nice and tidy on the backend? CorporateM ( Talk) 01:06, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
I could not find any ticket for those ones. However if you only put the file name in the PDF then I had no chance. If you sent an e-mail in, you should have had a reply with a ticket number in the subject - that number would help me find it and see if there is any issues. I'll have another search on your real name. Ronhjones (Talk) 21:11, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
I was the one who made the post and the request you dumb old fuck. Can you even read or are your eyes that bad.
If you look at my user page, I am Larry Wilbourn. I took this picture and am the one who uploaded to Wikipedia to be used.
At the end of the article in the link provided, the author or website stated, Content may be reprinted with credit to LiberationNews.org. The picture uploaded was credited to the website as I assume that they own the rights due to their copyright. Isn't this sufficient enough? I included this when I uploaded the photo. Savvyjack23 ( talk) 01:57, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Great thanks. Savvyjack23 ( talk) 02:04, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ron,
I am the Commissioning Editor for the Expert Opinion journal series and one of my titles is Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs. This is a journal that was launched in January 2013 and is therefore relatively new and we are currently waiting for MEDLINE approval which will mean the journal will be indexed in the PubMed database.
The page I created in January was deleted on the grounds that it is 'Non-notable new journal. Not indexed in any selective databases, no independent sources. Does not meet WP:NJournals or WP:GNG'. Does this mean that I will not be able to create a page for the journal until it is indexed? As Wikipedia is a major source of traffic to our website and drives a lot of people towards our other journal titles, I'm sure you can appreciate that we are keen to create a page for our newest journal to try to increase it's profile.
Please can you let me know what I should do next. Thanks very much, Emma L 213.212.70.122 ( talk) 10:25, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Having prodded Just Loving You, I've now realised the album charted. Could you restore it and move it to Just Loving You (album)? I'd like to put User:Launchballer/Just Loving You at Just Loving You because I think the song is better known than the album.-- Laun chba ller 13:35, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
F.G. Natesa Iyer was a famous freedom fighter, Indian National Congress leader, of South India: who pioneered Shakespeare and Tamil theatre - in the years from the beginning of the twentieth century for around fifty years. He has been featured on the covers of famous Indian periodicals around classical music and dance - like Sruti - issue 330 (please see http://sruti.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=316). The Indian Central Government sponsored journal Sangeet natak, also featured him on the cover, with some photographs in the main article(issue Volume XLII, Number 4, 2008).(please see http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/journal/2008%20Vol%20XLII%20No4.pdf). There are some images of him, floating around from the years of the first world war. What needs to be done, to get his images in his wiki article, F.G. Natesa Iyer? Some belong to his family, who have released the images a few decades ago, for public use? Others could be from the theater group he formed Rasika Ranjana Sabha - and could be around hundred years old? Anant ( talk) 18:21, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Dear Ron, I have sent many emails to the permissions email address, with forwards of the permissions of the person depicted and the person holding the camera. Both as emails and as screenshots.
I am the owner of this image and the keeper of the archive.
I am also a new wikipedia editor, and do not fully understand the copyright nuances from the various descriptions. I am taking a WIKISOO class, but my questions have not yet been answered - I imagine they will in the next weeks of the class.
Thank you. Netherzone ( talk) 02:55, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello, Ronhjones. I wonder if you have any thoughts about File:Gorillaz band photo.jpg, an image I happened upon today. It's a non-free image, and its rationale is incomplete; there is no description, and I don't think it is actually a magazine cover, as the template suggests. I just looked at the url in the rationale, and I didn't see the image there. My thought is that, since Gorillaz is a "virtual band", any image of the band or its members will be a drawing, presumably copyrighted by the artist. That would seem to suggest, to me anyway, that its not replaceable, and it just needs better NFC rationale. Cnilep ( talk) 06:02, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
I changed all the original files on Flickr putting the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Is it possible to stop deleting of all these files please, now that the license is correct? Thank you. Tc1591 ( talk) 10:30, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
01:02, 23 February 2014 Ronhjones (talk | contribs) deleted page File:9781906496708 front cover t1346CET260113 large.jpg (File deleted: F11: No evidence of permission for more than 7 days (TW)) Hi Ron, I am the rights holder of the image mentioned above, if you could reinstate the image then I will add the rights CC DE3.0 attribution. I put together the image for a WikiPedia Book to look at how WikiPedia is representing different types of scholarly publishing. Thanks MrChristian - Beyond the stars ( talk) 08:34, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello,
I saw that File:Shi DeRu and Shi DeYang.jpg was deleted for being possibly unfree ( discussion). I think this is a great loss, since it leaves Template:Chinese martial arts without an image.
I know one of the people in the photo, Shi Deru, since I take currently classes from him. Besides being one of the subjects of the photo, he probably knows who the photographer was.
What would be needed to get sufficient permission for this image to be usable and remain on Wikipedia?
Thank you. -- Bigpeteb ( talk) 21:51, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
You have tagged an image I uploaded several days before: Spiderman Flippy Disk. With this being now reduced to half size by me, the label text is now only about 360x120 pixels, which is less than a screenshot usually is. If thats ok, can you please finish the procedure until end? -- Koren ( talk) 04:26, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi, File:Photograph of Tony Sargeant.jpg has received permission via OTRS ( Ticket:2014021210000161). Are you able to restore the file please? Thanks -- Mdann 52 talk to me! 13:42, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ron.
First of all it's absolutely fantastic that such a conscientious editor as yourself should be paying any attention to a mere dabbler like myself. Not quite a newbie perhaps, then again you're not quite an administrator and it was only a template anyway, but still very flattering! Thank you.
What makes you think the image I uploaded in good faith can reasonably be expected to available as a free image? Nothing of the sort surely as my defense of the image makes clear
Did you doubt my good faith in my rationale when I said I had searched and found none? And did you check for free images yourself? Indeed there aren't any. So what really makes you think one might reasonably appear now?
In the edit description of my upload to the article Trial of Oscar Pistorius I asked that any issue be brought to my Talk page. You didn't really do that with your template did you? That is to say you did not first debate with me the issue of replaceability, rather you made a unilateral judgement of your own about that and then templated me.
If you had gone to my Talk page you would have seen that I have taken the trouble to address at some length my frustration at being templated like this. You will have seen that I, a retiree (more or less) free to indulge a little hobby in a modest sort of way if never on the exalted scale you exercise it, am considering retiring from editing. Becasue I don't have the time for this Ron (I'm not editing Wikipedia full time, imagine). And indeed, if you really can't do what you want to do because one's self-appointed wisers and betters administrators like you won't let you, won't even discuss it, what can be the point? Where's the fun in that? Being patronised all the time?
Coat of Many Colours (
talk) 11:42, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
I reply in detail at File_talk:Oscar_Pistorius_arrives_at_court_first_day_of_his_trial.jpg .
WP:NFCI 8b does not insist that the image should depict the event, but rather "significantly aid in illustrating historical events ...". It's been around since at least 27 August 2011 when User:Future Perfect at Sunrise conceded that community consensus was that "object of commentary" is not sine qua non and laid down three principles for a more general application: " they must meet all aspects of WP:NFCC, particularly no free alternatives, respect for commercial opportunity, and contextual significance". I paid fastiduous attention to all three criteria. Coat of Many Colours ( talk) 11:49, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello Recently you removed the file: JDonCapraMD.jpg on 22:37, 1 March 2014 . The original ticket creator was suppose to be contacted (see my talk page) so as to resend the email to the copyright holder so they could settle the copyright terms. I don't know if the copyright holder has received the email yet, but I can investigate. If they had and complied, is there a way this picture can be restored? Thank You so much. Andrewduty ( talk) 03:48, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
Could you move Commons:Category:Car's insurance either to "Car insurance" or "Automobile insurance"? I nominated it for moving more than two years ago, but there's been absolutely no helpful discussion at the CFD: one person said "you can move it", another made a comment that doesn't address the issue at all, and a third suggested giving it a name that would narrow the scope greatly. Thanks! Nyttend ( talk) 00:05, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
Dear RonHJones
"Astronomical unit" article as it stands right now reads as follows:
1 astronomical unit = 149597870700 metres (exactly) ≈ 92.955807 million miles ≈ 4.8481368 millionths of a parsec ≈ 15.812507 millionths of a light-year
Whereas it should read thus:
1 astronomical unit = 149597870700 metres (exactly) ≈ 92.955807 million miles ≈ 15.812507 millionths of a light-year ≈ 4.8481368 millionths of a parsec
Parsec = 3.26 light-years and the distances are listed according to the order of their magnitude, therefore, even though this point may seem minor, I would like to see this change upheld.
Thank you very much
Sincerely yours
Murodurus — Preceding unsigned comment added by MURODURUS ( talk • contribs) 16:01, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
The wiki page in Subject above was deleted by your due to G12. I myself created and maintain that page http://home.eng.iastate.edu/~rkumar/index_right.html. So am I not able to copy its contents in a wiki page? Ratneshsudha ( talk) 14:38, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ronjonees, if i have entered in a wrong way , apologies for that and if you can, please suggest me the procedure-- Rajachinababu ( talk) 05:09, 14 March 2014 (UTC)File:Sri Rajah Vatsavi Venkata Surya Narayana Jagapathi Raj Bahadur.jpg,-- Rajachinababu ( talk) 05:09, 14 March 2014 (UTC)Tuni Page-- Rajachinababu ( talk) 05:09, 14 March 2014 (UTC)awaiting for your reply
Hi ronjones,you have deleted-- Rajachinababu ( talk) 05:02, 14 March 2014 (UTC)(File:Sri Rajah Vatsavi Venkata Surya Narayana Jagapathi Raj Bahadur.jpg,), this pic from Tuni Page-- Rajachinababu ( talk) 05:02, 14 March 2014 (UTC) , saying some photosoped copy ..but i being last heir of the king , no further copyright is required, if u want any proof for that i will provide you ,
Went back over some tags because you PUF-ed something..:
Care to review this contributors uploads?:- /info/en/?search=Special:ListFiles/Samotny_W%C4%99drowiec
Sfan00 IMG ( talk) 18:13, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
You deleted File:Halloween Costumes.jpg and File:Halloween Costumes.jpg and File:Vigil of All Hallows, St. George's Episcopal Church (2010).jpg even though I sent OTRS the licensing information for these photographs. It seems like you also deleted other files I uploaded and you later realized that you made a mistake, such as this one - http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Log&page=File%3AHalloween+Scripture+Candy.jpg Could you please bring back the photographs you deleted? Maodhóg ( talk) 22:59, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Ron. Thanks for the note. I went back in after finding the correct template, which for some reason isn't one of the pulldown-menu options. Please let me know if that works. The image is part of a series at Wikipedia Common, Category:Spicy Mystery Stories. -- Tenebrae ( talk) 22:03, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
The OTRS tag does not contain any ticket number but a link to a different file information page. Please check. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 22:54, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi, sorry for the vandalism on the Bob Dylan page. It was my friend using my account to play a joke on me! 208 years old is impossible! Do I have permission to make a small edit on the Snoop Dogg page? -- Woodywyatt ( talk) 21:42, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
Could you take a look at this file [1] and see if its compliant? The photo appears on this website: [2] Also, the description for the photo is a copy vio picked up from this newspaper [3] PS Long time, no see, hope you are healthy and happy! Best, -- — Keithbob • Talk • 19:20, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
Why was this deleted? This image should be in the public domain. by cody 23:35, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
Sorry but I don't understand the revert. Did you see the Qatar entry list? All Ducatis are listed as factory option entries. – Gpmat ( talk) 20:20, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ron,
I was the Engineering Coordinator for American Skyship Industries, Inc., I commissioned the artwork, and the company no longer exists, nor does its parent.
To my knowledge, the work was never actually copyrighted, so the opportunity to do so no longer exists for the organization since it no longer exists; hence my poorly chosen words to describe that.
At the very least it should be a "fair use", since these were promotional materials we handed out to the media with full rights to publish granted...
What do you suggest?
Cheers, Cronkurleigh ( talk) 21:28, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
The whole thing is kind of funny since I was the guy who commissioned the artwork, and that will be a part of the page... Cheers, Cronkurleigh ( talk) 01:22, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
Thanks, Ron.
Meanwhile, newbie that I am, as I sort that out, have a gander at my sandbox if you're interested; I'm just trying to document an important (relative to the subject matter) but under-documented bit of Anglo-American airship history.
Many thanks and cheers, Cronkurleigh ( talk) 22:12, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
Meanwhile, please do have a gander at my sandbox /info/en/?search=User:Cronkurleigh/sandbox to see what I'm up to. Just trying to contribute, and learning my way on the go.
Cheers, Cronkurleigh ( talk) 22:08, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 02:59, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
The article was deleted and the reasons stated are repeating false info and personal bias posted by vandals in a 2007 article that was deleted. Talk:Vanna Bonta IMC.esq ( talk) 15:47, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
Isn't this a straight F9? The uploader took it from a website, didn't make any claim of fair use, and mistakenly announced it was a public domain artwork under the belief that "public domain" meant "picture that can be found in public in several places". -- McGeddon ( talk) 21:26, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ronhjones, just letting you know the Duplication Detector tool is back up. I just had to run "webservice start". I'm not sure why but this seems to be required now. Dcoetzee 09:42, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
Could you explain why you removed the "no permission" template from this file and some other files? The file has been tagged as "OTRS pending" since August, and the file was therefore tagged with "no permission" since it took too long time for the uploader to provide any permission. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 14:51, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
I don't see that there was ever any notice that this image was up for deletion. Maybe that was because there was a redirect. The article still referenced the redirect and not the moved name. Could that make the difference? Is there an external link or source so I can see if anything can be done to rescue it? Was it the image at the top of this webpage or more likely this one? ww2censor ( talk) 13:34, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
{{di-no fair use rationale|date=13 January 2014}}
Ron,
Thank you for your message.
I have posted in full the reasons why the image should be retained.
The photographer has been credited on the image page and in the article itself.
I do not know how a radio presenter who many people did know what she looked like, could be reprsented by text!
If this photo is removed are you intending to post an alternative?
Please explain how this photo could be retained?
Thank You
tpick1 Tpick1 ( talk) 19:03, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
You recently deleted File:Norman Birkett.jpg. I believe that this image can be used on wikipedia. Indeed it has been used on the german language version of wikipedia since 2004. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Richter_Birkett.jpg Please therefore re-instate the image. Thank you. Graemp ( talk) 07:26, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
The duration of the restored copyright is "the remainder of the term of copyright that the work would have otherwise been granted in the United States if the work never entered the public domain": 95 years from the date of publication for works published between 1923 and 1977, and 70 years from the death of the author for works published in 1978 or later.
Ron, this user has put up a userpage that contains the content from User:Courcelles. This includes userboxes and categories indicating the user is an admin, oversighter, ARB, and checkuser. Can you atleast delete the userpage? This user with one edit isn't an admin, checkuser, or oversighter, and he's not Courcelles, and didn't write those FAs and GAs. It's likely a sock of someone that Courcelles blocked. I would've told him, but he hasn't edited in a while. INeverCry 21:13, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello, my access to Persian Wiki has been limited by Vituzzu . I live in Iran and I have to use a VPN connection to have a fair access to free net. And the reason for my restriction is "Open proxy" policies on Wiki. I contacted Vittuzu and he did NOT answer me. I want to participate in writing articles on Persian wiki again. What should I do? Bbadree ( talk) 00:21, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ron, I noticed your reduced size tag on the logo of the organization AFCA Supportersclub, and I was curious as to what you mean exactly? The size of the image needs to be smaller? It is already smaller then the clubs logo, or not sure if I understood that correctly. Feel free to comment on my talk page and I will try to fulfill your request in regards to the logo. Unless of course you want to take it upon yourself, I am perfectly fine with that as well. Thanks again for the help. Regards, ( Subzzee ( talk) 17:00, 28 March 2014 (UTC))
Thanks for deleting the article, but I was kind of wanting to have the re-direct deleted so that I could start it from scratch without the re-direct the history. I believe the player meets WP:GNG and no longer needs to be re-directed.-- Yankees10 23:58, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
Can you do what you did to Bird with Derek Law?-- Yankees10 23:00, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
How about C. J. Edwards? There are other edits there but I added about 99% of it.-- Yankees10 22:19, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi, you deleted a file, Oleg Postnov's portrait from oleg postnov wiki. I had the photographer=copyright owner send the email to wiki permitting use, and I repeatedly emailed everybody on wiki I knew to alert them to that fact. I pasted a copy of the photographer's email again. It shows the time it came in. The photo is attached to the email. Please advise what more I can do to prove to you that everybody is OK with the photo being on wiki.
From: Константин Дьячков Subject: Photo for the article about Oleg Postnov Date: March 20, 2014 2:58:04 AM EDT To: permissions-en@wikimedia.org, aylward@aylwardfamilylaw.com, Oleg Postnov <oleg_postnov@mail.ru>
I hereby affirm that I, Konstantin Dyachkov, am the creator and the sole owner of the exclusive copyright of photo portrait of Oleg Postnov (which is attached here for identification)
I agree to publish that work under the free license "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported" and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts or back-cover texts).
I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.
I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites.
I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by me.
I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.
Konstantin Dyachkov
www.konstantindyachkov.com
www.noga-art.com
www.parsuna.org
the copyright holder
20.03.2014
ZCB135 ( talk) 11:55, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi there, a bit of a form letter from me, Cyphoidbomb, but I wanted to drop you a line and thank you for your support at my recent RfA. Although I was not successful, I certainly learned quite a bit both about the RfA process and about how the community views my contributions. It was an eye-opener, to say the least. I wish I could've swayed them. Looking forward to working with you again in the future. Thank you! Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 00:56, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello Ron, Could I please bring to your attention the current record of the above user, which you have previously blocked for a short period. It appears that this unregistered IP "editor" is still engaged in vandalism and unsourced edits. I would be grateful for you action/advice. Regards, David J Johnson ( talk) 23:35, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for your help with the image File:NothingToEnvyAlternativeCover1.jpg I uploaded of the Granta (British) publishing's cover of the book Nothing To Envy. It seems to say that an automated bot will adjust the size of the image after 24 hours, so will that be alright? And everything will be ok? I can resize it if necessary, I'm just not very familiar with the process. Thank you DavidBoudreau ( talk) 04:57, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
An editor agreed here that this non-free image I just uploaded would be much better than this one in the Treatment process section of the article here.
The logistics of using non-free images while following WP:COI are a bit challenging, since I can't include copyrighted images in my user-space draft and the image will usually be deleted for non-use faster than a Request Edit is answered. So I thought I would see if you were comfortable putting it in, since you have in the past responded fast enough before the image gets cleared out. CorporateM ( Talk) 13:33, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
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I really don't think that encouraging a blocked editor to evade a block, as you did here, is a good idea. JamesBWatson ( talk) 00:11, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
IP 99.100.71.36 went back to the same type of editing at the Young adult (psychology) article that he or she engaged in before being blocked. Flyer22 ( talk) 11:41, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
Why are my pages deleted? Did you even notice that someone blanked some parts of or all of the content of these pages???? MadisonGrundtvig ( talk) 15:59, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
Thank you very much for page-protecting all those pages!-- Mr Fink ( talk) 17:46, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi! You blocked Artistic Genius ( talk · contribs) a month ago. I think it might be time to remove talk page access, as this editor is constantly using the page for test edits. -- John of Reading ( talk) 21:17, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
A proposal has been made to create a Live Feed to enhance the processing of Articles for Creation and Drafts. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/RfC to create a 'Special:NewDraftsFeed' system. Your comments are welcome. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 06:22, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
Gooday Ron - as you predicted, the IP address user (where you semi-protected Tony Egginton article) from this conversation has returned after two weeks' inactivity, this time on another related article, one of just a few the user has been involved in.
Of three edits, I have reverted two with the third being - surprisingly - sensible! Worse, though, is that the talk page at the IP address has been blanked by the user here. As I do not know what, if any, protocols are in place for reverting the page appearance including all of the 2013 warnings and protecting or semi-protecting from deletions if appropriate, I placed as an interim measure a modified [[uw-disruptive1}} template as a new start-point. Could you advise, please?-- Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 20:11, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
Gooday Ron - IP address user has again blanked the talk page including IP template here. They have made just two recent changes to articles, one being to a celebrity's page with level-1 protection - both edits were soon reverted, so no harm done. It's difficult to AGF, as reading the edit history shows little value in the overall contribution made to Wikipedia and previous similar 'nonsense' edits to (different) celebrity pages, ergo indicative of a pattern from the same individual. Thanks, Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 21:34, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello Ron! I have no idea how to use Wiki. I have tried!!! I noticed that Brooklyn Roebuck's page has been completely deleted. There are many sources and articles and videos and other pages on Wiki that can be used to help create this page. I understand that the sources were not up to standard but I would hope that the page can be recreated using other sources. Please consider recreating the page. I can be contacted at lroebuck@sixsigmacanada.net. Sincerely, Linda Roebuck — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.95.138.46 ( talk) 17:14, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ron, would you consider changing your indef semi of DevOps ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) to pending changes? Callanecc ( talk • contribs • logs) 23:51, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ron, recently you deleted a few articles, due to a misunderstanding and error in procedure these articles included, Minister of Sports (Sri Lanka) and Minister of Finance (Sri Lanka), two that should not have been deleted. Could you please restore them. Thanks-- Blackknight12 ( talk) 05:23, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
The expired-BLPPROD was based on a tag timestamp of February 5, but the tag to have been added on Feb 13. I don't see any edits on Feb 5. I have no objection to the PROD itself, just didn't want someone's vandalism to sneak through. DMacks ( talk) 22:35, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Thanks, Ron. That page was left over from when we were considering taking Lucy-Marie/DeFacto to WP:LONGTERM. Ultimately, we did not do it, and the page fell into disuse. I should have blanked it months ago. But I find it suspicious that somebody found it at all - it does not link to much, if anything (a security measure to keep it away from Lucy-Marie/DeFacto), and you have to really know what you are looking for to find it. Prisonermonkeys ( talk) 00:21, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
Gooday Ron - I hope you have fared OK with the ongoing storms. I mentioned before Xmas that I might need some advice on commercialism; I dealt with that adequately, I think, but another situation has occurred which is beyond me.
I introduced a semi-section covering the Business Improvement District (BID) in the article for the town where I live which has now been changed and largely overwritten, I suspect by the staff at the BID, the usual new-user stuff at an IP address without completing the edit summary here. I had striven to format a balanced view, but it now reads as an exhaustive advert for BID right down to the trivia such as "chewing gum removal" "generic town centre advertising" (?) and "cardboard collection"
They have also deleted two separate correctly-sourced paragraphs on criticism, which is fairly conclusive of their motivation.
Accordingly, I suspect this part-section now fails WP:PROMOTION, WP:NPOV and WP:COI at least, maybe also Primary Sources as all of the citations added are from BID's own website. I haven't checked but I would surmise that much of the description of the BID remit and capabilities is WP:OR, ie. not found elsewhere.
In first instance I alluded to at the top of this message, the contributor had already (before my involvement) had a complete article deleted under G11 (Dec 2013). I know we have to consider WP:AGF and don't bite the newbie - and for my own part WP:NOTOWN, but considering that you recommended standard messages to User talk page I did not know what would be the protocol in this instance, so I just tagged it as {{advert|section]] to make them think about it, if they are monitoring. No changes have been made since and I don't propose to wade through the prose and sources to verify on their behalf and I'm not happy to leave it as-is since much of the new prose I suspect is unacceptable. There's also now some broken markup which I left for the moment.
Once again I haven't checked (as with most things now it's the Law of Diminishing Returns just to understand) but I imagine that whilst theoretically a non-profit organisation, it's also semi-commercial in that there are salaried professionals and employees. If you would be kind enough to have a look over and take appropriate action on any issues you see, I should be obliged. Thanks, -- Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 23:59, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Two lines of washing out today....Oo-er, missus... 8¬) Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 22:00, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
Dear Ron,
Thank you for your e-mail.
For the above file, I took two file maps available in the public domain and I can provide the references for these. I added the town labels for the towns myself. I then merged the two maps for the two districts. I am happy for the generated file to be available in the public domain. To the best of my knowledge, I have not violated any copyright. However, for the sake of complying with your e-mail, I have deleted the file until I have time to find a way around the compliance.
There was also another notification about the Exhibit picture. I took a picture of the poster but the quality is not adequate for reproduction because of the sun glare. In the interim, I produced the copy and again I have deleted this for the sake of compliance until such a time when I can do something about it.
Best regards,
M'hamed Lakrimi mlakrimi@yahoo.co.uk — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mhamed.lakrimi ( talk • contribs) 21:06, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
Thank you for blocking IP 164.58.209.140. This is a repeat offender; the next time that happens, I would block for a much longer time than 31 hours. Bearian ( talk) 21:28, 20 February 2014 (UTC) |
Hi, I see that you deleted Dennis Lewin's picture from his Wiki page today due to lack of authorization. On Feb. 18th Dennis Lewin sent an email to permission-en@wikimedia.org giving his permission to use the picure. He also gave permission for me to use any pictures I choose. I have been working with Ruby Murray to try and save his page. I'm wondering why you deleted his picture when he satisfied the request to authorize it. Thanks in advance for your reply Mmcard59 ( talk) 23:06, 23 February 2014 (UTC) Mmcarder59
Thank you Ron for putting Dennis Lewin's picture back up!! I'm think I need a Wikipedia for Dummies manual, lol! I tried to change his profile picture to one that he sent me today via email which I titled Dennis Lewin WCLV. In my effort to do that I have taken both away. My upload was successful and met wiki guidelines. Would you be able to put it on his page for me or at the very least put his old one back on there. We are trying hard to meet Wikipedia requirements so his page is not deleted. Thank you again in advance, I appreciate it Mmcard59 ( talk) 00:39, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Thank you Sir! It's all a bit confusing but I am gradually getting the hang of it. You are an enormous help! Thanks again! Mmcard59 ( talk) 00:52, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ron... I requested that Dennis Lewin resend his previous email authorizing use of his photos and include the photos in the email as requested. Can you help me out here and detail exactly what is needed to take the notification for possible deletion off of his homepage? I've done some rewording and adding but not sure what else we need to do. Thanks Mmcard59 ( talk) 04:43, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi
I have replaced the photo that I put up originally. it was a guy called Stefan who flagged it for deletion and I responded to his messages immediately << Hi Stefan Thank you for pointing out that there is an apparent permissions conflict on photos that I have posted on the Wikipedia article, namely for the two photos below
File:2013 V2 Youth World Cup Final.jpg
File:TomHildrethOnWayTo2013V2WorldChampionship.jpg
I notice from the alerts that have been posted that you need a written confirmation.
when I posted them I granted permission under the open license as requested and felt that was all in order as I took the photos and I own the photos, however, I had forgotten that when I edited them and posted them in an album on the VX International webpage that I had watermarked the image with the copyright VX International text for VX International to use them.
I can confirm that I took the photos and I own the photos and am happy for the photos to be re-usable under the open license. If, however, the watermark causes confusion I am quite happy to remove them (or for them to be removed) and I can then upload photos without the watermark, however, please note, the photo of Malingha Timothy doesn't have the watermark. Pmhildreth (talk) 15:23, 30 January 2014 (UTC) >>
but got no response.
as far as the watermarked photos go, I have been informed that they will not be removed, however I will replace them as soon as I can with unwatermarked ones to avoid any confusion. the photo of Timothy Malingha was taken by me, was used by me in a video I created and has no watermark and I felt I made that clear in my response to Stefan. I was surprised to get no response. clearly my reply to him was not enough.
Can you tell me what I need to do?
regards
Pmhildreth ( talk) 09:29, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ron
when I undid the photo removal it only replaced the text so I assume the photo had actually been totally deleted. I have therefore re-uploaded the original photo from scratch and in the information provided have noted that the photo has been used in a video and that the video was created and published by me.
I hope this is satisfactory
regards
Pmhildreth ( talk) 09:45, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
I am now proud owner of a TUSC account!
Could you explain why four maps were kept here? This page tells that you get a Wikipedia-only permission if you include the the indicated wikicode. Although the wikicode generates text which states that you may do other things in addition to uploading the maps to Wikipedia, both of the other sections in the FAQ make it clear that the permission doesn't apply to commercial use, invalidating the terms in the {{ attribution}} template. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 23:25, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
You may use maps generated by the Great Circle Mapper on Wikipedia so long as you
- Provide attribution to the Great Circle Mapper
- Include a link to this FAQ entry
- List the source as the URL used to generate the map, which allows readers to experiment with your map.
For example, the following Wikipedia markup would meet these requirements for a Blue Marble map of SFO-LHR:
The time stamp code you added on PROD templates was not the same as from the CSD templates. It was displaying different and was not transcluding properly. I reverted for that reason.
I'm not sure the reason for this. CSD's are usually handled under a day while Prods are atleast seven days. I personally edit alot of PRODed articles as they are new and usually have errors. There will be very few PRODed articles not touched after a PROD was placed. Bgwhite ( talk) 01:46, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
Stefan2 ( talk) 23:37, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello Ron, can you please check the new picture I've uploaded?, and if you can, delete the larger one you tagged?. Thank you. -- Japanesehelper ( talk) 02:49, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ron,
Recently you deleted a photo due to a misunderstanding and error in procedure. The photo was File:WVU Football Weight Room 2.jpg and the copyright holder of the work recently submitted her approval for the photo. Could you restore the file please?
Thank you, Swcrowe message 02:01, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ron. A while back you deleted some images I had uploaded, because I sent in only one OTRS email for multiple images and this created some fuzziness on the backend. I have uploaded about five images for the Fluor Corp. article, where I have a COI and have nominated the page for a GA review. I submitted only a single PDF of a signed consent letter from Fluor for all five images. I was wondering if there was anything I needed to do to make sure everything gets squared away nice and tidy on the backend? CorporateM ( Talk) 01:06, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
I could not find any ticket for those ones. However if you only put the file name in the PDF then I had no chance. If you sent an e-mail in, you should have had a reply with a ticket number in the subject - that number would help me find it and see if there is any issues. I'll have another search on your real name. Ronhjones (Talk) 21:11, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
I was the one who made the post and the request you dumb old fuck. Can you even read or are your eyes that bad.
If you look at my user page, I am Larry Wilbourn. I took this picture and am the one who uploaded to Wikipedia to be used.
At the end of the article in the link provided, the author or website stated, Content may be reprinted with credit to LiberationNews.org. The picture uploaded was credited to the website as I assume that they own the rights due to their copyright. Isn't this sufficient enough? I included this when I uploaded the photo. Savvyjack23 ( talk) 01:57, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Great thanks. Savvyjack23 ( talk) 02:04, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ron,
I am the Commissioning Editor for the Expert Opinion journal series and one of my titles is Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs. This is a journal that was launched in January 2013 and is therefore relatively new and we are currently waiting for MEDLINE approval which will mean the journal will be indexed in the PubMed database.
The page I created in January was deleted on the grounds that it is 'Non-notable new journal. Not indexed in any selective databases, no independent sources. Does not meet WP:NJournals or WP:GNG'. Does this mean that I will not be able to create a page for the journal until it is indexed? As Wikipedia is a major source of traffic to our website and drives a lot of people towards our other journal titles, I'm sure you can appreciate that we are keen to create a page for our newest journal to try to increase it's profile.
Please can you let me know what I should do next. Thanks very much, Emma L 213.212.70.122 ( talk) 10:25, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Having prodded Just Loving You, I've now realised the album charted. Could you restore it and move it to Just Loving You (album)? I'd like to put User:Launchballer/Just Loving You at Just Loving You because I think the song is better known than the album.-- Laun chba ller 13:35, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
F.G. Natesa Iyer was a famous freedom fighter, Indian National Congress leader, of South India: who pioneered Shakespeare and Tamil theatre - in the years from the beginning of the twentieth century for around fifty years. He has been featured on the covers of famous Indian periodicals around classical music and dance - like Sruti - issue 330 (please see http://sruti.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=316). The Indian Central Government sponsored journal Sangeet natak, also featured him on the cover, with some photographs in the main article(issue Volume XLII, Number 4, 2008).(please see http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/journal/2008%20Vol%20XLII%20No4.pdf). There are some images of him, floating around from the years of the first world war. What needs to be done, to get his images in his wiki article, F.G. Natesa Iyer? Some belong to his family, who have released the images a few decades ago, for public use? Others could be from the theater group he formed Rasika Ranjana Sabha - and could be around hundred years old? Anant ( talk) 18:21, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Dear Ron, I have sent many emails to the permissions email address, with forwards of the permissions of the person depicted and the person holding the camera. Both as emails and as screenshots.
I am the owner of this image and the keeper of the archive.
I am also a new wikipedia editor, and do not fully understand the copyright nuances from the various descriptions. I am taking a WIKISOO class, but my questions have not yet been answered - I imagine they will in the next weeks of the class.
Thank you. Netherzone ( talk) 02:55, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello, Ronhjones. I wonder if you have any thoughts about File:Gorillaz band photo.jpg, an image I happened upon today. It's a non-free image, and its rationale is incomplete; there is no description, and I don't think it is actually a magazine cover, as the template suggests. I just looked at the url in the rationale, and I didn't see the image there. My thought is that, since Gorillaz is a "virtual band", any image of the band or its members will be a drawing, presumably copyrighted by the artist. That would seem to suggest, to me anyway, that its not replaceable, and it just needs better NFC rationale. Cnilep ( talk) 06:02, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
I changed all the original files on Flickr putting the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Is it possible to stop deleting of all these files please, now that the license is correct? Thank you. Tc1591 ( talk) 10:30, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
01:02, 23 February 2014 Ronhjones (talk | contribs) deleted page File:9781906496708 front cover t1346CET260113 large.jpg (File deleted: F11: No evidence of permission for more than 7 days (TW)) Hi Ron, I am the rights holder of the image mentioned above, if you could reinstate the image then I will add the rights CC DE3.0 attribution. I put together the image for a WikiPedia Book to look at how WikiPedia is representing different types of scholarly publishing. Thanks MrChristian - Beyond the stars ( talk) 08:34, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello,
I saw that File:Shi DeRu and Shi DeYang.jpg was deleted for being possibly unfree ( discussion). I think this is a great loss, since it leaves Template:Chinese martial arts without an image.
I know one of the people in the photo, Shi Deru, since I take currently classes from him. Besides being one of the subjects of the photo, he probably knows who the photographer was.
What would be needed to get sufficient permission for this image to be usable and remain on Wikipedia?
Thank you. -- Bigpeteb ( talk) 21:51, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
You have tagged an image I uploaded several days before: Spiderman Flippy Disk. With this being now reduced to half size by me, the label text is now only about 360x120 pixels, which is less than a screenshot usually is. If thats ok, can you please finish the procedure until end? -- Koren ( talk) 04:26, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi, File:Photograph of Tony Sargeant.jpg has received permission via OTRS ( Ticket:2014021210000161). Are you able to restore the file please? Thanks -- Mdann 52 talk to me! 13:42, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ron.
First of all it's absolutely fantastic that such a conscientious editor as yourself should be paying any attention to a mere dabbler like myself. Not quite a newbie perhaps, then again you're not quite an administrator and it was only a template anyway, but still very flattering! Thank you.
What makes you think the image I uploaded in good faith can reasonably be expected to available as a free image? Nothing of the sort surely as my defense of the image makes clear
Did you doubt my good faith in my rationale when I said I had searched and found none? And did you check for free images yourself? Indeed there aren't any. So what really makes you think one might reasonably appear now?
In the edit description of my upload to the article Trial of Oscar Pistorius I asked that any issue be brought to my Talk page. You didn't really do that with your template did you? That is to say you did not first debate with me the issue of replaceability, rather you made a unilateral judgement of your own about that and then templated me.
If you had gone to my Talk page you would have seen that I have taken the trouble to address at some length my frustration at being templated like this. You will have seen that I, a retiree (more or less) free to indulge a little hobby in a modest sort of way if never on the exalted scale you exercise it, am considering retiring from editing. Becasue I don't have the time for this Ron (I'm not editing Wikipedia full time, imagine). And indeed, if you really can't do what you want to do because one's self-appointed wisers and betters administrators like you won't let you, won't even discuss it, what can be the point? Where's the fun in that? Being patronised all the time?
Coat of Many Colours (
talk) 11:42, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
I reply in detail at File_talk:Oscar_Pistorius_arrives_at_court_first_day_of_his_trial.jpg .
WP:NFCI 8b does not insist that the image should depict the event, but rather "significantly aid in illustrating historical events ...". It's been around since at least 27 August 2011 when User:Future Perfect at Sunrise conceded that community consensus was that "object of commentary" is not sine qua non and laid down three principles for a more general application: " they must meet all aspects of WP:NFCC, particularly no free alternatives, respect for commercial opportunity, and contextual significance". I paid fastiduous attention to all three criteria. Coat of Many Colours ( talk) 11:49, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello Recently you removed the file: JDonCapraMD.jpg on 22:37, 1 March 2014 . The original ticket creator was suppose to be contacted (see my talk page) so as to resend the email to the copyright holder so they could settle the copyright terms. I don't know if the copyright holder has received the email yet, but I can investigate. If they had and complied, is there a way this picture can be restored? Thank You so much. Andrewduty ( talk) 03:48, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
Could you move Commons:Category:Car's insurance either to "Car insurance" or "Automobile insurance"? I nominated it for moving more than two years ago, but there's been absolutely no helpful discussion at the CFD: one person said "you can move it", another made a comment that doesn't address the issue at all, and a third suggested giving it a name that would narrow the scope greatly. Thanks! Nyttend ( talk) 00:05, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
Dear RonHJones
"Astronomical unit" article as it stands right now reads as follows:
1 astronomical unit = 149597870700 metres (exactly) ≈ 92.955807 million miles ≈ 4.8481368 millionths of a parsec ≈ 15.812507 millionths of a light-year
Whereas it should read thus:
1 astronomical unit = 149597870700 metres (exactly) ≈ 92.955807 million miles ≈ 15.812507 millionths of a light-year ≈ 4.8481368 millionths of a parsec
Parsec = 3.26 light-years and the distances are listed according to the order of their magnitude, therefore, even though this point may seem minor, I would like to see this change upheld.
Thank you very much
Sincerely yours
Murodurus — Preceding unsigned comment added by MURODURUS ( talk • contribs) 16:01, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
The wiki page in Subject above was deleted by your due to G12. I myself created and maintain that page http://home.eng.iastate.edu/~rkumar/index_right.html. So am I not able to copy its contents in a wiki page? Ratneshsudha ( talk) 14:38, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ronjonees, if i have entered in a wrong way , apologies for that and if you can, please suggest me the procedure-- Rajachinababu ( talk) 05:09, 14 March 2014 (UTC)File:Sri Rajah Vatsavi Venkata Surya Narayana Jagapathi Raj Bahadur.jpg,-- Rajachinababu ( talk) 05:09, 14 March 2014 (UTC)Tuni Page-- Rajachinababu ( talk) 05:09, 14 March 2014 (UTC)awaiting for your reply
Hi ronjones,you have deleted-- Rajachinababu ( talk) 05:02, 14 March 2014 (UTC)(File:Sri Rajah Vatsavi Venkata Surya Narayana Jagapathi Raj Bahadur.jpg,), this pic from Tuni Page-- Rajachinababu ( talk) 05:02, 14 March 2014 (UTC) , saying some photosoped copy ..but i being last heir of the king , no further copyright is required, if u want any proof for that i will provide you ,
Went back over some tags because you PUF-ed something..:
Care to review this contributors uploads?:- /info/en/?search=Special:ListFiles/Samotny_W%C4%99drowiec
Sfan00 IMG ( talk) 18:13, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
You deleted File:Halloween Costumes.jpg and File:Halloween Costumes.jpg and File:Vigil of All Hallows, St. George's Episcopal Church (2010).jpg even though I sent OTRS the licensing information for these photographs. It seems like you also deleted other files I uploaded and you later realized that you made a mistake, such as this one - http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Log&page=File%3AHalloween+Scripture+Candy.jpg Could you please bring back the photographs you deleted? Maodhóg ( talk) 22:59, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Ron. Thanks for the note. I went back in after finding the correct template, which for some reason isn't one of the pulldown-menu options. Please let me know if that works. The image is part of a series at Wikipedia Common, Category:Spicy Mystery Stories. -- Tenebrae ( talk) 22:03, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
The OTRS tag does not contain any ticket number but a link to a different file information page. Please check. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 22:54, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi, sorry for the vandalism on the Bob Dylan page. It was my friend using my account to play a joke on me! 208 years old is impossible! Do I have permission to make a small edit on the Snoop Dogg page? -- Woodywyatt ( talk) 21:42, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
Could you take a look at this file [1] and see if its compliant? The photo appears on this website: [2] Also, the description for the photo is a copy vio picked up from this newspaper [3] PS Long time, no see, hope you are healthy and happy! Best, -- — Keithbob • Talk • 19:20, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
Why was this deleted? This image should be in the public domain. by cody 23:35, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
Sorry but I don't understand the revert. Did you see the Qatar entry list? All Ducatis are listed as factory option entries. – Gpmat ( talk) 20:20, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ron,
I was the Engineering Coordinator for American Skyship Industries, Inc., I commissioned the artwork, and the company no longer exists, nor does its parent.
To my knowledge, the work was never actually copyrighted, so the opportunity to do so no longer exists for the organization since it no longer exists; hence my poorly chosen words to describe that.
At the very least it should be a "fair use", since these were promotional materials we handed out to the media with full rights to publish granted...
What do you suggest?
Cheers, Cronkurleigh ( talk) 21:28, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
The whole thing is kind of funny since I was the guy who commissioned the artwork, and that will be a part of the page... Cheers, Cronkurleigh ( talk) 01:22, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
Thanks, Ron.
Meanwhile, newbie that I am, as I sort that out, have a gander at my sandbox if you're interested; I'm just trying to document an important (relative to the subject matter) but under-documented bit of Anglo-American airship history.
Many thanks and cheers, Cronkurleigh ( talk) 22:12, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
Meanwhile, please do have a gander at my sandbox /info/en/?search=User:Cronkurleigh/sandbox to see what I'm up to. Just trying to contribute, and learning my way on the go.
Cheers, Cronkurleigh ( talk) 22:08, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 02:59, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
The article was deleted and the reasons stated are repeating false info and personal bias posted by vandals in a 2007 article that was deleted. Talk:Vanna Bonta IMC.esq ( talk) 15:47, 22 March 2014 (UTC)
Isn't this a straight F9? The uploader took it from a website, didn't make any claim of fair use, and mistakenly announced it was a public domain artwork under the belief that "public domain" meant "picture that can be found in public in several places". -- McGeddon ( talk) 21:26, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ronhjones, just letting you know the Duplication Detector tool is back up. I just had to run "webservice start". I'm not sure why but this seems to be required now. Dcoetzee 09:42, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
Could you explain why you removed the "no permission" template from this file and some other files? The file has been tagged as "OTRS pending" since August, and the file was therefore tagged with "no permission" since it took too long time for the uploader to provide any permission. -- Stefan2 ( talk) 14:51, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
I don't see that there was ever any notice that this image was up for deletion. Maybe that was because there was a redirect. The article still referenced the redirect and not the moved name. Could that make the difference? Is there an external link or source so I can see if anything can be done to rescue it? Was it the image at the top of this webpage or more likely this one? ww2censor ( talk) 13:34, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
{{di-no fair use rationale|date=13 January 2014}}
Ron,
Thank you for your message.
I have posted in full the reasons why the image should be retained.
The photographer has been credited on the image page and in the article itself.
I do not know how a radio presenter who many people did know what she looked like, could be reprsented by text!
If this photo is removed are you intending to post an alternative?
Please explain how this photo could be retained?
Thank You
tpick1 Tpick1 ( talk) 19:03, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
You recently deleted File:Norman Birkett.jpg. I believe that this image can be used on wikipedia. Indeed it has been used on the german language version of wikipedia since 2004. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Richter_Birkett.jpg Please therefore re-instate the image. Thank you. Graemp ( talk) 07:26, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
The duration of the restored copyright is "the remainder of the term of copyright that the work would have otherwise been granted in the United States if the work never entered the public domain": 95 years from the date of publication for works published between 1923 and 1977, and 70 years from the death of the author for works published in 1978 or later.
Ron, this user has put up a userpage that contains the content from User:Courcelles. This includes userboxes and categories indicating the user is an admin, oversighter, ARB, and checkuser. Can you atleast delete the userpage? This user with one edit isn't an admin, checkuser, or oversighter, and he's not Courcelles, and didn't write those FAs and GAs. It's likely a sock of someone that Courcelles blocked. I would've told him, but he hasn't edited in a while. INeverCry 21:13, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello, my access to Persian Wiki has been limited by Vituzzu . I live in Iran and I have to use a VPN connection to have a fair access to free net. And the reason for my restriction is "Open proxy" policies on Wiki. I contacted Vittuzu and he did NOT answer me. I want to participate in writing articles on Persian wiki again. What should I do? Bbadree ( talk) 00:21, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ron, I noticed your reduced size tag on the logo of the organization AFCA Supportersclub, and I was curious as to what you mean exactly? The size of the image needs to be smaller? It is already smaller then the clubs logo, or not sure if I understood that correctly. Feel free to comment on my talk page and I will try to fulfill your request in regards to the logo. Unless of course you want to take it upon yourself, I am perfectly fine with that as well. Thanks again for the help. Regards, ( Subzzee ( talk) 17:00, 28 March 2014 (UTC))
Thanks for deleting the article, but I was kind of wanting to have the re-direct deleted so that I could start it from scratch without the re-direct the history. I believe the player meets WP:GNG and no longer needs to be re-directed.-- Yankees10 23:58, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
Can you do what you did to Bird with Derek Law?-- Yankees10 23:00, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
How about C. J. Edwards? There are other edits there but I added about 99% of it.-- Yankees10 22:19, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi, you deleted a file, Oleg Postnov's portrait from oleg postnov wiki. I had the photographer=copyright owner send the email to wiki permitting use, and I repeatedly emailed everybody on wiki I knew to alert them to that fact. I pasted a copy of the photographer's email again. It shows the time it came in. The photo is attached to the email. Please advise what more I can do to prove to you that everybody is OK with the photo being on wiki.
From: Константин Дьячков Subject: Photo for the article about Oleg Postnov Date: March 20, 2014 2:58:04 AM EDT To: permissions-en@wikimedia.org, aylward@aylwardfamilylaw.com, Oleg Postnov <oleg_postnov@mail.ru>
I hereby affirm that I, Konstantin Dyachkov, am the creator and the sole owner of the exclusive copyright of photo portrait of Oleg Postnov (which is attached here for identification)
I agree to publish that work under the free license "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported" and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts or back-cover texts).
I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.
I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites.
I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by me.
I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.
Konstantin Dyachkov
www.konstantindyachkov.com
www.noga-art.com
www.parsuna.org
the copyright holder
20.03.2014
ZCB135 ( talk) 11:55, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi there, a bit of a form letter from me, Cyphoidbomb, but I wanted to drop you a line and thank you for your support at my recent RfA. Although I was not successful, I certainly learned quite a bit both about the RfA process and about how the community views my contributions. It was an eye-opener, to say the least. I wish I could've swayed them. Looking forward to working with you again in the future. Thank you! Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 00:56, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello Ron, Could I please bring to your attention the current record of the above user, which you have previously blocked for a short period. It appears that this unregistered IP "editor" is still engaged in vandalism and unsourced edits. I would be grateful for you action/advice. Regards, David J Johnson ( talk) 23:35, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for your help with the image File:NothingToEnvyAlternativeCover1.jpg I uploaded of the Granta (British) publishing's cover of the book Nothing To Envy. It seems to say that an automated bot will adjust the size of the image after 24 hours, so will that be alright? And everything will be ok? I can resize it if necessary, I'm just not very familiar with the process. Thank you DavidBoudreau ( talk) 04:57, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
An editor agreed here that this non-free image I just uploaded would be much better than this one in the Treatment process section of the article here.
The logistics of using non-free images while following WP:COI are a bit challenging, since I can't include copyrighted images in my user-space draft and the image will usually be deleted for non-use faster than a Request Edit is answered. So I thought I would see if you were comfortable putting it in, since you have in the past responded fast enough before the image gets cleared out. CorporateM ( Talk) 13:33, 29 March 2014 (UTC)