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20:34, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
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Hello R, Early in A Child's Christmas in Wales the young Dylan and his friend Jim Prothero witness smoke pouring from Jim's home. After the conflagration has been extinguished Dylan writes that My thanks to you for your efforts to keep the 'pedia readable in case the firemen chose one of our articles :-) Best wishes to you and yours and happy editing in 2019. MarnetteD| Talk 19:55, 19 December 2018 (UTC) |
Hi, hadn't checked this for (way) too long. I would like to re-instantiate the page if that's possible? I am happy to rewrite it if needed, and have new content to update with too (2019 is its 10th anniversary).
The reason cited for deletion was re-using 'copyright material'. I wrote the copy for the Hermitage Community Moorings website and reused it for the wikipedia entry. I didn't flag this at the time (and wasn't sure how to).
Very happy to take any guidance you might have on what we should do.
many thanks in advance, Gavin Starks ( talk) 07:14, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
( http://www.hermitagemoorings.com/hermitage-community-moorings/about/)
Your bot, RonBot, is repeatedly adding Category:Association footballers not categorized by position to Icelandic basketball players, mostly players who played for the Breiðablik men's basketball team and the Breiðablik women's basketball team. Can you take a look at it? Dammit_steve ( talk) 15:07, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi. Can you please have your bot discontinue adding Category:Association footballers not categorized by position to Clifton Bush. Clifton Bush is a former basketball player, not a football player. Thanks. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 11:36, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
Hello Ron, Sorry I've only just picked up your replies concerning these photos.
No I'm afraid I don't know who took the photo of William Snelling Hadaway. It was taken in India around 1914-15 (and is out of copyright), it was almost certainly taken by a studio photographer in Madras/Chennai for WSH. It was his property, inherited by his daughter and then by me.
I hope everything is OK now. I'm new to this!
Best wishes Digory Piper ( talk) 17:09, 22 December 2018 (UTC)Richard Ellis aka Digory Piper
I am the user Seetmusic, the image I uploaded as Seet logo is my own product, therefore, i am confused on the actions taken to delete the uploaded item? thanks let me know so I can better understand how to avoided this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seetmusic ( talk • contribs) 00:51, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
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From mine to yours, wishing you and your family the best in 2019! -- TheSandDoctor Talk 07:46, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi I am Aankan Das. This picture was captured by me. So, I write that source is my own work. As it is my own work, why I write another source name ? If you has any doubt about it, please see metadata of this image. Aankan Das ( talk) 05:36, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
Would it be at all possible, on this Post-Boxing Day, to ask if you could put the kibosh on the latest IP puppet of my other IP-hopping vandal nemesis, and semi-protect the pages it's been targeting?-- Mr Fink ( talk) 04:39, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi Ron, could you take a look at List of Holby City characters and consider lowering the protection level? The semi protection expired in August, but you never set an expiry date for the PC protection; was that intentional? If so, you can leave it, but it seems like the sock puppetry has resolved so it may be useful to update the PC log if that's the case. Wugapodes [thɑk] [ˈkan.ˌʧɹɪbz] 07:39, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi Ron
Thank you for the help.
Would you be able to help me get the photo added?
I am not an authorized user.
Thank you. BlaineParker ( talk) 16:52, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi Ron
Thank you. I tried adding my own image. It is freezing up saying I need to add a license. I am LOST!!
BlaineParker ( talk) 17:54, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
I wax nostalgically for the nascent days of Wiki. It was lovely when it didn't take itself so seriously. Bring back the Wild West. When I started in '04, there were few rules, and I've always wished it would have stayed that way. The occasional piece of juvenile vandalism that went undiscovered for way too long was worth it. The bureaucracy makes this endeavor feel like the workplace. While the site may have more content than before the Great Fair Use Purge, the fun died in '07. More photos make things unequivocally better. Wiki should be factual AND vivacious; this isn't a dry academic journal. The perpetual tightening of the corporate noose is not progress. The thrill is gone, Lucille. (I've never uploaded to Commons, and I never plan on it. I also still use the old school upload form. That process never should have changed.) Mr. Vitale ( talk) 04:28, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
Ronhjones,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable
New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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I saw that tagged the picture i uploaded to Here I tried to upload a smaller photo of it and it was (png/image) can you help me. A.R.M. 04:29, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I got a message from your RonBot today, part of which read, "...A formula for calculation the desired size..." etc. I think it is supposed to say, "...A formula for calculating the desired size..." or maybe "...A formula for calculation of the desired size...", but whichever it is, you might want to clear that up! Thanks! A loose noose ( talk) 18:15, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
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There seems to be a clash between two bots. E.g. Words per minute has:
I have found a few like this or similar. Twiceuponatime ( talk) 15:09, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
Can you check/update the copyright stauts of my image? I edited the page at /info/en/?search=File:Minetest_Game_Screenshot_Late_2018_5.0.0-dev.png Cddepppp256 ( talk) 02:16, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
If it is still not ok, teh delete it. Cddepppp256 ( talk) 02:23, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi Ronhjones, Greetings to you. I came across this articles when I was reviewing AfC and added 4 sources to the article. I found out that I cant accept the page due to the title is protected as the title has been repeatedly recreated without providing sources - [6] . Since I added some sources, would this title be lifted from protection and I would proceed to accept this page into mainspace? Also may I know which editors repeatedly resubmit the article so I may advise them what should be done so next time they would know what to do. Thank in advance and happy new year. CASSIOPEIA( talk) 12:23, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi Ron. Would you change summary: 'Previous version(s) deleted per [[WP:F5|F5]])',
to summary: 'Previous version(s) deleted per [[WP:F5|F5]]',
in order to remove the unbalanced )
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To whom this may concern
I am a first Nation Mi'kmaq status native from New Brunswick please note that there is a distinction between lower case metis and upper case Metis. It should be noted that is is a fact that the noun metis was coined by people of European descent prior to any colonization in Canada. It was used first in Canada by Acadians in it's original sense. Lower case metis is translated directly to halfbreed because that is the meaning of the word. It is being challenged that metis and Metis are of the same. However someone who is metis may not have any aboriginal ancestry at all. Please see that any blocking of editing is not donE in order to further any historical revisionism due to a misuse of a term. Sylvia Moranda Benoit BFA lower case metis/ Acadian/ and Mi'kmaq Adanrom ( talk) 02:19, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
Hello Ronhjones, a bot you operate, RonBot, has been recentlly adding Category:Association footballers not categorized by position where the category of the footballer's position is already present. See here, here and here. This has the potential to be disruptive, so I ask you to please fix the problem if it is present. Thank you Inter&anthro ( talk) 06:30, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
Hello, your recent BRFA ( Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RonBot 14) has been approved. Best regards, — xaosflux Talk 16:23, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
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18:29, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
Gooday Ron - belated happy new year to you. Has anything changed? File:Lewis Hamilton signature svg.svg (Insufficient detail of source?) added to article 21 Dec. Thx, Steve.-- Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 05:18, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
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Allowing RonBot to revert it's own errors on articles where there was already an association football position category in place. Iggy ( Swan) 17:16, 9 January 2019 (UTC) |
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Return of the Obra Dinn logo-title.gif, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. — fourthords | =Λ= | 23:21, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I'm RonBot, a script that checks new non-free file uploads. I have found that the subject image that you recently uploaded was more than 5% in excess of the Non-free content guideline size of 100,000 pixels. I have tagged the image for a standard reduction, which (for jpg/gif/png/svg files) normally happens within a day. Please check the reduced image, and make sure that the image is not excessively corrupted. Other files will be added to Category:Wikipedia non-free file size reduction requests for manual processing. There is a full seven-day period before the original oversized image will be hidden; during that time you might want to consider editing the original image yourself (perhaps an initial crop to allow a smaller reduction or none at all). A formula for the calculation of the desired size can be found at WP:Image resolution, along with instructions on how to tag the image in the rare cases that it requires an oversized image (typically about 0.2% of non-free uploads are tagged as necessarily oversized). Please contact the bot owner if you have any questions, or you can ask them at Wikipedia talk:Non-free content. See User:RonBot for info on how to not get these messages. RonBot ( talk) 18:06, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
It's a PDF. Feel free to explain how somebody is going to reduce its resolution. Or fix your bot. -- RexxS ( talk) 18:56, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
Either that or you and I have very different definitions of "works just fine".Hrm.
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Hi, you recently tagged one of my uploads as F11. I have no issues on that if it violates the policy. Do I upload another file from another source and remove the tags or let this file be deleted and upload the "issue-less" file with another name instead. ‑‑ V.S.( C)( T)
There are a large number of pictures that I took myself to contribute to Wikipedia that got deleted due to copyright reasons, including some from my book, "Intelligent Image Processing", and some that I just took on my rooftop blue roof + green roof space. Can you help me understand why they were deleted?
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There is proof on the site. https://www.flickr.com/photos/hamley1980/28027412029/in/photostream/ The permission is Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0), that permission isn't available as a tag on wikipedia so i tagged it with cc-by-sa-2.0 the Dune Rats pic is the same. Boofhead185 ( talk) 05:02, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi Ron.
So I got your message, and I applied the resize to the music single cover you asked me to. I reduced the size from 820px to 400px. Does it sound right to you? 70Jack90 ( talk) 02:26, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi, Ronhjones. I was about to copy this file to Commons, but I had a couple of concerns: I don't suppose we have an OTRS ticket on the file? The reason I ask is that the reference to "my client" here suggests that the uploader is not the subject as claimed in the source field. Second, the EXIF lists the copyright holder as "Tara D. Sturm", not Jeff Allen anyway, and it's common practice for headshot photographers to retain copyright unless it's ceded to someone else (like the subject) in their contract. Entertainers often don't even know this and presume they are the copyright holders. I'd be interested in your thoughts on what to do. -- Rrburke ( talk) 15:00, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
It would be nice if it converted {{ Move to Commons}} to {{ NowCommons}} so you don't have to go back and do it manually, but apparently that's not in the offing, according to mw:Help talk:Extension:FileImporter (the section "Hinweistext anpasssen, dass Vorlage "Now Commons" einzufügen ist"). -- Rrburke ( talk) 16:35, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi Ron,
An image your tagged for deletion is in question. FYI that is an original painting. I that is not a photograph within a painting. I took a photo myself of a flower and used it to work from to created a painted image. It does not use anyone elses work. I am the sole originator of the work, both the finished product as well as the photo I worked from. There is no one but ME. Thanks!
Biirdy ( talk) 22:09, 9 January 2019 (UTC) Biirdy File:The Confidence of Fables, an oil painting by Lisa Adams 24 x 20 inche.jpg.
Hi Ron, You wrote: :# File:The Confidence of Fables, an oil painting by Lisa Adams 24 x 20 inche.jpg, says it was painted by Lisa Adams - then she needs to give permission, unless that is yourself. YES that is me. I am Lisa Adams.
Biirdy ( talk) 19:18, 17 January 2019 (UTC)Biirdy (aka Lisa Adams)
Hello Ronhjones, I hate to tell you this but it appears Ronbot is still not working correctly, in two of its most recent edits 1 & 2 it has once again added Category:Association footballers not categorized by position to an article where the position category was already present. Inter&anthro ( talk) 18:40, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
I've noticed the same problem today with some Scottish international players ( Chris Maguire, Chris Iwelumo and Chris Martin). Jmorrison230582 ( talk) 20:09, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
Duplicates still exist - see eg this. It was already in a position category. Can you re-run to remove please? Giant Snowman 16:41, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
Your "bot" flagged File:Skylark's Good Will Tour of Marion, Ohio.jpg because it feels that the image needs to be smaller. Here is the problem. It is a significantly reduced size scan of a full page image that was originally published at size 18"x28". (The original illustration was 24x36") Even in that larger format, it would take someone with very good eyesight to read the captions in the image. When I created the image for Wikipedia from the BMP scan of the original, it was done as jpg with greater than normal compression. Even with all of this, the text of the image is almost impossible to read. If the image is made smaller, it will make looking at the example next to impossible, thus losing its educational aspect. I understand that nature of copyright, and even as is, the image couldn't be downloaded for reproduction with any clarity because of the jpg compression. As such, as is, and given it's rareness, I believe that it qualifies for fair use, and I am hoping you will remove the bot. Sjkoblentz ( talk) 20:52, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
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20:36, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
As "Category:Non-free files with orphaned versions more than 7 days old" has over 860 files, it appears RonBot task #1 isn't running. I'm wondering if you have any ETA on that task running again. - Vanstrat ((🗼)) 00:49, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
Hello, RonHJones this is ( Number9ine ( talk) 03:03, 22 January 2019 (UTC)) I will be glad to speak with you regarding any of the pages we are working on; for many artists that either did not keep good records of their work or the work is in danger of being lost -- particularly if they have made important contributions, quantity of work unimportant we are minimalists here. I look to Encyclopedia Britannica, Australian Library, Wiki and other archives to help with useful biographies of this work. Any suggestions appreciated.
Hi,
I've received a message on my talk page today re. the photo I downloaded for actor Robert Dorning (File:Actor Robert Dorning.jpg) - however, I realised my error and downloaded a further file (File:Robert Dorning (actor).jpg) correctly sized. Hope that is O.K. Beryl reid fan ( talk) 18:40, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
O.K. Thanks, Ronhjones (Talk) yes sorry, I should have left it, I didn't read the message properly. Beryl reid fan ( talk) 18:56, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
Gooday Ron. I have just established a User:cat for a gent who recently changed a licence for me; previously I have uploaded others which were already at the correct licence c:Category:Images by Mark Walker. I hope this is in order (I copied another I knew of).
The images contained therein were from memory. I have another similar to establish. Is there any way to keyword-search, other than relying on my memory from a few years back? Thx.-- Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 14:28, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
I would like to run c:User:SVGWorkaroundBot/source on Commons like your Bots on en.wikipedia.
I created an accont for Toolforge, but I don't know how to copy the source-code to the server.
— Johannes Kalliauer - contrib. 11:28, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
So, the other IP-hopping vandal is back at #140.0.160.175 and is up to its same old tricks again, including using its talkpage as a sandbox.-- Mr Fink ( talk) 15:51, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi Ron, Thanks for your message about the image file size. I am happy for the image size to be reduced to meet requirements. Thanks for your assistance. -- PinkAechFas ( talk) 22:27, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
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18:15, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
In re the edit summary for this edit. Kudos for including a link to disable the bot in the edit summary (other stuff I generally appreciate in the edit summary for bot edits: link to docs for bot tasks, link to its BRFA, direct link to bot talk page or feedback channel; just by the way), but it leads to User:RonBot/12/Run; a user subpage consisting of just the word "Run". Now while I may be able to guess that if I change that page to be anything other than "Run" the bot will stop editing, that's not at all discoverable to anyone that isn't more than averagely technically inclined. I'd suggest transcluding some instructions onto that page, or at the very least putting an edit notice on it. And apart from the technical "Here's how you do that" bit, it might also beneficially explain under what circumstances it would be appropriate to prevent the bot from editing (i.e. only for serious malfunctions etc.). In fact, now I think of it, there ought probably be standard verbiage for the latter for all bots in a template somewhere.
In any case, no biggie, and I mostly just took the opportunity to come say thanks for the useful edit (the broken image might have taken months to notice and fix otherwise). Cheers, -- Xover ( talk) 06:32, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi Ronhjones. I've come here after seeing your bot pick up an error at the article I Don't Want to Spoil the Party, and was wondering if you could help: at Blue Jay Way#Cover versions and cultural references, as at Colin Newman, an image has somehow, and bizarrely, ended up rotated on the page. I appreciate this problem's a completely different one from those picked up by RonBot, but any ideas what the issue might be – or where I should investigate? Many thanks, JG66 ( talk) 03:18, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
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Sorry for distrubing. User:It's gonna be awesome is blocked on Chinese Wikipedia due to his personal attack toward others and gaming Wikipedia rules in a long time ( 3RR Noticeboard). If User:It's gonna be awesome continously does cross-wiki vandalism or disruptive edits, please report back to my talk page or zh:WP:VIP. Thanks. 云间守望 - ( Talk with WQL) 13:13, 31 January 2019 (UTC) |
Hello Ron, and trust all is well with you. Can I please draw to your attention the activities of the same person editing under the following IPs 24.189.41.93 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and 24.189.33.102 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) This person is contstantly trying to insert non-notable text, not backed by reliable secondary sources, on the Fine-tuned Universe page and especially Talk:Fine-tuned Universe plus their own Talk page(s). Several editors, including myself, have tried to explain how Wikipedia works and fringe theories without reliable secondary sources are not acceptable. They continue to argue and seem unwilling to accept consensus. I wonder if a warning from a admin, page protection, or even a short block might make them see sense. Regards, David, David J Johnson ( talk) 15:23, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
Hello Ron, would you take a look at User:Cdo2017, they have continued to add unsourced content and creating poorly sourced articles that do not meet notability guidelines. All they do is increase the work for other users. It appears they have learned nothing from the last time you blocked them. I reckon a permanent block is in order. Vinegarymass911 ( talk) 21:41, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
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Hi you deleted the above file on 3rd January 2015 after the article it was attached to was deleted. A new article that meets standards is now in place so I will add the logo Vahvistus ( talk) 17:26, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
No thanks, they have changed its appearance so I will use a new version Vahvistus ( talk) 19:49, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
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To Ron H. Jones: I received an email indicating that there were problems with a photo I uploaded to the Benjamin Cleveland Wikipedia page. The photo was of a painting of Benjamin Cleveland, painted by artist Don Troiani. It's not clear to me what the image source problem is, as I mentioned the artist in the caption. Can you clarify for me, and perhaps outline next steps? Thank you, Jr3arlington Jr3arlington ( talk) 19:22, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
To Ron H. Jones: Thank you for that clarification; I will see such a copyright release from the artist. Jr3arlington ( talk) 20:38, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
Can you fix the 2019 Nevada Wolfpack Football schedule please. 68.103.78.155 ( talk) 01:41, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Teaching grandmother to suck eggs is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Teaching grandmother to suck eggs until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. AtlasDuane ( talk) 12:22, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
Last June I was pressurised by an en wiki admin, relating to a FUR image of a (then) recently deceased TT rider, who invoked a bot by deleting the image from the article. An invitation to discuss at File:Talk was not undertaken, again deleting the file within two minutes, with the comment: consensus is that searching should take a few months not a quick Google search. As could have been seen at Talk, I did more than a quick Google.
Do you know of any general consensus discussion(s) relating to this ("few months" requirement) or is it on an ad hoc, individual basis? I chose the image specifically for the bio infobox and would like to re-instate. Thx.-- Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 03:42, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi Ron - I appreciate your comment and help regarding the Atomic Cocktail draft article picture. I have attempted to address the issue as I understand it. However, even once I found what I believe is the best tag, I am not sure if I know how to use the tag / where to place it? I can't begin to tell you as a newby how hard and confusing using even the talk pages like this is. Image use in particular is especially frustrating and overly complicated; hopefully I placed the tag correctly, which I am including here: {{ PD-USGov-Military}} Thank you Nicholas Nastrusnic ( talk) 12:39, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi Ron - Here is where I can find the video, if you watch the very beginning of it, it says it is from US Army, and the screen shot is from that opening scene where it is labeled US Army. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-eBpfAxbng If I understand you correctly and I need to find it on an offical US Army website, I am guessing that would be impossible. Thanks for your patience with a newby. I looked a good hour for an image I though would pass muster, and even though there are "a ton on the internet" that was the only thing I could find that said US govt. Nicholas Nastrusnic ( talk) 20:21, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
Thank you Ron, MUCH appreciated. Nicholas Nastrusnic ( talk) 20:40, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
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Hi, Ronhjones. I received a message from you that I need to confirm that I am the owner of these images: Theosophical Society Emblem.jpg , White Lotus Day – May 8, 1891.jpg , Theosophical Society in Adyar (Façade).jpg , Sociedade Teosófica no Brasil – 100 an0s.jpg , Selo comemorativo dos 100 anos da Sociedade Teosófica no Brasil.png I've put all the images that I uploaded in antecipation of future problems. I've sent e-mails to confirm that is my work. I do not know if you can see them. Sorry for my english. My name is Jairo Pereira Cavalcanti and user name: Jacantti
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Hello R, Early in A Child's Christmas in Wales the young Dylan and his friend Jim Prothero witness smoke pouring from Jim's home. After the conflagration has been extinguished Dylan writes that My thanks to you for your efforts to keep the 'pedia readable in case the firemen chose one of our articles :-) Best wishes to you and yours and happy editing in 2019. MarnetteD| Talk 19:55, 19 December 2018 (UTC) |
Hi, hadn't checked this for (way) too long. I would like to re-instantiate the page if that's possible? I am happy to rewrite it if needed, and have new content to update with too (2019 is its 10th anniversary).
The reason cited for deletion was re-using 'copyright material'. I wrote the copy for the Hermitage Community Moorings website and reused it for the wikipedia entry. I didn't flag this at the time (and wasn't sure how to).
Very happy to take any guidance you might have on what we should do.
many thanks in advance, Gavin Starks ( talk) 07:14, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
( http://www.hermitagemoorings.com/hermitage-community-moorings/about/)
Your bot, RonBot, is repeatedly adding Category:Association footballers not categorized by position to Icelandic basketball players, mostly players who played for the Breiðablik men's basketball team and the Breiðablik women's basketball team. Can you take a look at it? Dammit_steve ( talk) 15:07, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi. Can you please have your bot discontinue adding Category:Association footballers not categorized by position to Clifton Bush. Clifton Bush is a former basketball player, not a football player. Thanks. DaHuzyBru ( talk) 11:36, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
Hello Ron, Sorry I've only just picked up your replies concerning these photos.
No I'm afraid I don't know who took the photo of William Snelling Hadaway. It was taken in India around 1914-15 (and is out of copyright), it was almost certainly taken by a studio photographer in Madras/Chennai for WSH. It was his property, inherited by his daughter and then by me.
I hope everything is OK now. I'm new to this!
Best wishes Digory Piper ( talk) 17:09, 22 December 2018 (UTC)Richard Ellis aka Digory Piper
I am the user Seetmusic, the image I uploaded as Seet logo is my own product, therefore, i am confused on the actions taken to delete the uploaded item? thanks let me know so I can better understand how to avoided this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seetmusic ( talk • contribs) 00:51, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
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From mine to yours, wishing you and your family the best in 2019! -- TheSandDoctor Talk 07:46, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi I am Aankan Das. This picture was captured by me. So, I write that source is my own work. As it is my own work, why I write another source name ? If you has any doubt about it, please see metadata of this image. Aankan Das ( talk) 05:36, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
Would it be at all possible, on this Post-Boxing Day, to ask if you could put the kibosh on the latest IP puppet of my other IP-hopping vandal nemesis, and semi-protect the pages it's been targeting?-- Mr Fink ( talk) 04:39, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi Ron, could you take a look at List of Holby City characters and consider lowering the protection level? The semi protection expired in August, but you never set an expiry date for the PC protection; was that intentional? If so, you can leave it, but it seems like the sock puppetry has resolved so it may be useful to update the PC log if that's the case. Wugapodes [thɑk] [ˈkan.ˌʧɹɪbz] 07:39, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi Ron
Thank you for the help.
Would you be able to help me get the photo added?
I am not an authorized user.
Thank you. BlaineParker ( talk) 16:52, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi Ron
Thank you. I tried adding my own image. It is freezing up saying I need to add a license. I am LOST!!
BlaineParker ( talk) 17:54, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
I wax nostalgically for the nascent days of Wiki. It was lovely when it didn't take itself so seriously. Bring back the Wild West. When I started in '04, there were few rules, and I've always wished it would have stayed that way. The occasional piece of juvenile vandalism that went undiscovered for way too long was worth it. The bureaucracy makes this endeavor feel like the workplace. While the site may have more content than before the Great Fair Use Purge, the fun died in '07. More photos make things unequivocally better. Wiki should be factual AND vivacious; this isn't a dry academic journal. The perpetual tightening of the corporate noose is not progress. The thrill is gone, Lucille. (I've never uploaded to Commons, and I never plan on it. I also still use the old school upload form. That process never should have changed.) Mr. Vitale ( talk) 04:28, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
Ronhjones,
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I saw that tagged the picture i uploaded to Here I tried to upload a smaller photo of it and it was (png/image) can you help me. A.R.M. 04:29, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I got a message from your RonBot today, part of which read, "...A formula for calculation the desired size..." etc. I think it is supposed to say, "...A formula for calculating the desired size..." or maybe "...A formula for calculation of the desired size...", but whichever it is, you might want to clear that up! Thanks! A loose noose ( talk) 18:15, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
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There seems to be a clash between two bots. E.g. Words per minute has:
I have found a few like this or similar. Twiceuponatime ( talk) 15:09, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
Can you check/update the copyright stauts of my image? I edited the page at /info/en/?search=File:Minetest_Game_Screenshot_Late_2018_5.0.0-dev.png Cddepppp256 ( talk) 02:16, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
If it is still not ok, teh delete it. Cddepppp256 ( talk) 02:23, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi Ronhjones, Greetings to you. I came across this articles when I was reviewing AfC and added 4 sources to the article. I found out that I cant accept the page due to the title is protected as the title has been repeatedly recreated without providing sources - [6] . Since I added some sources, would this title be lifted from protection and I would proceed to accept this page into mainspace? Also may I know which editors repeatedly resubmit the article so I may advise them what should be done so next time they would know what to do. Thank in advance and happy new year. CASSIOPEIA( talk) 12:23, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
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I am a first Nation Mi'kmaq status native from New Brunswick please note that there is a distinction between lower case metis and upper case Metis. It should be noted that is is a fact that the noun metis was coined by people of European descent prior to any colonization in Canada. It was used first in Canada by Acadians in it's original sense. Lower case metis is translated directly to halfbreed because that is the meaning of the word. It is being challenged that metis and Metis are of the same. However someone who is metis may not have any aboriginal ancestry at all. Please see that any blocking of editing is not donE in order to further any historical revisionism due to a misuse of a term. Sylvia Moranda Benoit BFA lower case metis/ Acadian/ and Mi'kmaq Adanrom ( talk) 02:19, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
Hello Ronhjones, a bot you operate, RonBot, has been recentlly adding Category:Association footballers not categorized by position where the category of the footballer's position is already present. See here, here and here. This has the potential to be disruptive, so I ask you to please fix the problem if it is present. Thank you Inter&anthro ( talk) 06:30, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
Hello, your recent BRFA ( Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RonBot 14) has been approved. Best regards, — xaosflux Talk 16:23, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
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18:29, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
Gooday Ron - belated happy new year to you. Has anything changed? File:Lewis Hamilton signature svg.svg (Insufficient detail of source?) added to article 21 Dec. Thx, Steve.-- Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 05:18, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
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Allowing RonBot to revert it's own errors on articles where there was already an association football position category in place. Iggy ( Swan) 17:16, 9 January 2019 (UTC) |
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Return of the Obra Dinn logo-title.gif, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. — fourthords | =Λ= | 23:21, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I'm RonBot, a script that checks new non-free file uploads. I have found that the subject image that you recently uploaded was more than 5% in excess of the Non-free content guideline size of 100,000 pixels. I have tagged the image for a standard reduction, which (for jpg/gif/png/svg files) normally happens within a day. Please check the reduced image, and make sure that the image is not excessively corrupted. Other files will be added to Category:Wikipedia non-free file size reduction requests for manual processing. There is a full seven-day period before the original oversized image will be hidden; during that time you might want to consider editing the original image yourself (perhaps an initial crop to allow a smaller reduction or none at all). A formula for the calculation of the desired size can be found at WP:Image resolution, along with instructions on how to tag the image in the rare cases that it requires an oversized image (typically about 0.2% of non-free uploads are tagged as necessarily oversized). Please contact the bot owner if you have any questions, or you can ask them at Wikipedia talk:Non-free content. See User:RonBot for info on how to not get these messages. RonBot ( talk) 18:06, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
It's a PDF. Feel free to explain how somebody is going to reduce its resolution. Or fix your bot. -- RexxS ( talk) 18:56, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
Either that or you and I have very different definitions of "works just fine".Hrm.
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Hi, you recently tagged one of my uploads as F11. I have no issues on that if it violates the policy. Do I upload another file from another source and remove the tags or let this file be deleted and upload the "issue-less" file with another name instead. ‑‑ V.S.( C)( T)
There are a large number of pictures that I took myself to contribute to Wikipedia that got deleted due to copyright reasons, including some from my book, "Intelligent Image Processing", and some that I just took on my rooftop blue roof + green roof space. Can you help me understand why they were deleted?
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There is proof on the site. https://www.flickr.com/photos/hamley1980/28027412029/in/photostream/ The permission is Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0), that permission isn't available as a tag on wikipedia so i tagged it with cc-by-sa-2.0 the Dune Rats pic is the same. Boofhead185 ( talk) 05:02, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi Ron.
So I got your message, and I applied the resize to the music single cover you asked me to. I reduced the size from 820px to 400px. Does it sound right to you? 70Jack90 ( talk) 02:26, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi, Ronhjones. I was about to copy this file to Commons, but I had a couple of concerns: I don't suppose we have an OTRS ticket on the file? The reason I ask is that the reference to "my client" here suggests that the uploader is not the subject as claimed in the source field. Second, the EXIF lists the copyright holder as "Tara D. Sturm", not Jeff Allen anyway, and it's common practice for headshot photographers to retain copyright unless it's ceded to someone else (like the subject) in their contract. Entertainers often don't even know this and presume they are the copyright holders. I'd be interested in your thoughts on what to do. -- Rrburke ( talk) 15:00, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
It would be nice if it converted {{ Move to Commons}} to {{ NowCommons}} so you don't have to go back and do it manually, but apparently that's not in the offing, according to mw:Help talk:Extension:FileImporter (the section "Hinweistext anpasssen, dass Vorlage "Now Commons" einzufügen ist"). -- Rrburke ( talk) 16:35, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi Ron,
An image your tagged for deletion is in question. FYI that is an original painting. I that is not a photograph within a painting. I took a photo myself of a flower and used it to work from to created a painted image. It does not use anyone elses work. I am the sole originator of the work, both the finished product as well as the photo I worked from. There is no one but ME. Thanks!
Biirdy ( talk) 22:09, 9 January 2019 (UTC) Biirdy File:The Confidence of Fables, an oil painting by Lisa Adams 24 x 20 inche.jpg.
Hi Ron, You wrote: :# File:The Confidence of Fables, an oil painting by Lisa Adams 24 x 20 inche.jpg, says it was painted by Lisa Adams - then she needs to give permission, unless that is yourself. YES that is me. I am Lisa Adams.
Biirdy ( talk) 19:18, 17 January 2019 (UTC)Biirdy (aka Lisa Adams)
Hello Ronhjones, I hate to tell you this but it appears Ronbot is still not working correctly, in two of its most recent edits 1 & 2 it has once again added Category:Association footballers not categorized by position to an article where the position category was already present. Inter&anthro ( talk) 18:40, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
I've noticed the same problem today with some Scottish international players ( Chris Maguire, Chris Iwelumo and Chris Martin). Jmorrison230582 ( talk) 20:09, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
Duplicates still exist - see eg this. It was already in a position category. Can you re-run to remove please? Giant Snowman 16:41, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
Your "bot" flagged File:Skylark's Good Will Tour of Marion, Ohio.jpg because it feels that the image needs to be smaller. Here is the problem. It is a significantly reduced size scan of a full page image that was originally published at size 18"x28". (The original illustration was 24x36") Even in that larger format, it would take someone with very good eyesight to read the captions in the image. When I created the image for Wikipedia from the BMP scan of the original, it was done as jpg with greater than normal compression. Even with all of this, the text of the image is almost impossible to read. If the image is made smaller, it will make looking at the example next to impossible, thus losing its educational aspect. I understand that nature of copyright, and even as is, the image couldn't be downloaded for reproduction with any clarity because of the jpg compression. As such, as is, and given it's rareness, I believe that it qualifies for fair use, and I am hoping you will remove the bot. Sjkoblentz ( talk) 20:52, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
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20:36, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
As "Category:Non-free files with orphaned versions more than 7 days old" has over 860 files, it appears RonBot task #1 isn't running. I'm wondering if you have any ETA on that task running again. - Vanstrat ((🗼)) 00:49, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
Hello, RonHJones this is ( Number9ine ( talk) 03:03, 22 January 2019 (UTC)) I will be glad to speak with you regarding any of the pages we are working on; for many artists that either did not keep good records of their work or the work is in danger of being lost -- particularly if they have made important contributions, quantity of work unimportant we are minimalists here. I look to Encyclopedia Britannica, Australian Library, Wiki and other archives to help with useful biographies of this work. Any suggestions appreciated.
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I've received a message on my talk page today re. the photo I downloaded for actor Robert Dorning (File:Actor Robert Dorning.jpg) - however, I realised my error and downloaded a further file (File:Robert Dorning (actor).jpg) correctly sized. Hope that is O.K. Beryl reid fan ( talk) 18:40, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
O.K. Thanks, Ronhjones (Talk) yes sorry, I should have left it, I didn't read the message properly. Beryl reid fan ( talk) 18:56, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
Gooday Ron. I have just established a User:cat for a gent who recently changed a licence for me; previously I have uploaded others which were already at the correct licence c:Category:Images by Mark Walker. I hope this is in order (I copied another I knew of).
The images contained therein were from memory. I have another similar to establish. Is there any way to keyword-search, other than relying on my memory from a few years back? Thx.-- Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 14:28, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
I would like to run c:User:SVGWorkaroundBot/source on Commons like your Bots on en.wikipedia.
I created an accont for Toolforge, but I don't know how to copy the source-code to the server.
— Johannes Kalliauer - contrib. 11:28, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
So, the other IP-hopping vandal is back at #140.0.160.175 and is up to its same old tricks again, including using its talkpage as a sandbox.-- Mr Fink ( talk) 15:51, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi Ron, Thanks for your message about the image file size. I am happy for the image size to be reduced to meet requirements. Thanks for your assistance. -- PinkAechFas ( talk) 22:27, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
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18:15, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
In re the edit summary for this edit. Kudos for including a link to disable the bot in the edit summary (other stuff I generally appreciate in the edit summary for bot edits: link to docs for bot tasks, link to its BRFA, direct link to bot talk page or feedback channel; just by the way), but it leads to User:RonBot/12/Run; a user subpage consisting of just the word "Run". Now while I may be able to guess that if I change that page to be anything other than "Run" the bot will stop editing, that's not at all discoverable to anyone that isn't more than averagely technically inclined. I'd suggest transcluding some instructions onto that page, or at the very least putting an edit notice on it. And apart from the technical "Here's how you do that" bit, it might also beneficially explain under what circumstances it would be appropriate to prevent the bot from editing (i.e. only for serious malfunctions etc.). In fact, now I think of it, there ought probably be standard verbiage for the latter for all bots in a template somewhere.
In any case, no biggie, and I mostly just took the opportunity to come say thanks for the useful edit (the broken image might have taken months to notice and fix otherwise). Cheers, -- Xover ( talk) 06:32, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
Hi Ronhjones. I've come here after seeing your bot pick up an error at the article I Don't Want to Spoil the Party, and was wondering if you could help: at Blue Jay Way#Cover versions and cultural references, as at Colin Newman, an image has somehow, and bizarrely, ended up rotated on the page. I appreciate this problem's a completely different one from those picked up by RonBot, but any ideas what the issue might be – or where I should investigate? Many thanks, JG66 ( talk) 03:18, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
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Sorry for distrubing. User:It's gonna be awesome is blocked on Chinese Wikipedia due to his personal attack toward others and gaming Wikipedia rules in a long time ( 3RR Noticeboard). If User:It's gonna be awesome continously does cross-wiki vandalism or disruptive edits, please report back to my talk page or zh:WP:VIP. Thanks. 云间守望 - ( Talk with WQL) 13:13, 31 January 2019 (UTC) |
Hello Ron, and trust all is well with you. Can I please draw to your attention the activities of the same person editing under the following IPs 24.189.41.93 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and 24.189.33.102 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) This person is contstantly trying to insert non-notable text, not backed by reliable secondary sources, on the Fine-tuned Universe page and especially Talk:Fine-tuned Universe plus their own Talk page(s). Several editors, including myself, have tried to explain how Wikipedia works and fringe theories without reliable secondary sources are not acceptable. They continue to argue and seem unwilling to accept consensus. I wonder if a warning from a admin, page protection, or even a short block might make them see sense. Regards, David, David J Johnson ( talk) 15:23, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
Hello Ron, would you take a look at User:Cdo2017, they have continued to add unsourced content and creating poorly sourced articles that do not meet notability guidelines. All they do is increase the work for other users. It appears they have learned nothing from the last time you blocked them. I reckon a permanent block is in order. Vinegarymass911 ( talk) 21:41, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
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Hi you deleted the above file on 3rd January 2015 after the article it was attached to was deleted. A new article that meets standards is now in place so I will add the logo Vahvistus ( talk) 17:26, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
No thanks, they have changed its appearance so I will use a new version Vahvistus ( talk) 19:49, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
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To Ron H. Jones: I received an email indicating that there were problems with a photo I uploaded to the Benjamin Cleveland Wikipedia page. The photo was of a painting of Benjamin Cleveland, painted by artist Don Troiani. It's not clear to me what the image source problem is, as I mentioned the artist in the caption. Can you clarify for me, and perhaps outline next steps? Thank you, Jr3arlington Jr3arlington ( talk) 19:22, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
To Ron H. Jones: Thank you for that clarification; I will see such a copyright release from the artist. Jr3arlington ( talk) 20:38, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
Can you fix the 2019 Nevada Wolfpack Football schedule please. 68.103.78.155 ( talk) 01:41, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Teaching grandmother to suck eggs is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Teaching grandmother to suck eggs until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. AtlasDuane ( talk) 12:22, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
Last June I was pressurised by an en wiki admin, relating to a FUR image of a (then) recently deceased TT rider, who invoked a bot by deleting the image from the article. An invitation to discuss at File:Talk was not undertaken, again deleting the file within two minutes, with the comment: consensus is that searching should take a few months not a quick Google search. As could have been seen at Talk, I did more than a quick Google.
Do you know of any general consensus discussion(s) relating to this ("few months" requirement) or is it on an ad hoc, individual basis? I chose the image specifically for the bio infobox and would like to re-instate. Thx.-- Rocknrollmancer ( talk) 03:42, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi Ron - I appreciate your comment and help regarding the Atomic Cocktail draft article picture. I have attempted to address the issue as I understand it. However, even once I found what I believe is the best tag, I am not sure if I know how to use the tag / where to place it? I can't begin to tell you as a newby how hard and confusing using even the talk pages like this is. Image use in particular is especially frustrating and overly complicated; hopefully I placed the tag correctly, which I am including here: {{ PD-USGov-Military}} Thank you Nicholas Nastrusnic ( talk) 12:39, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi Ron - Here is where I can find the video, if you watch the very beginning of it, it says it is from US Army, and the screen shot is from that opening scene where it is labeled US Army. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-eBpfAxbng If I understand you correctly and I need to find it on an offical US Army website, I am guessing that would be impossible. Thanks for your patience with a newby. I looked a good hour for an image I though would pass muster, and even though there are "a ton on the internet" that was the only thing I could find that said US govt. Nicholas Nastrusnic ( talk) 20:21, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
Thank you Ron, MUCH appreciated. Nicholas Nastrusnic ( talk) 20:40, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
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18:45, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi, Ronhjones. I received a message from you that I need to confirm that I am the owner of these images: Theosophical Society Emblem.jpg , White Lotus Day – May 8, 1891.jpg , Theosophical Society in Adyar (Façade).jpg , Sociedade Teosófica no Brasil – 100 an0s.jpg , Selo comemorativo dos 100 anos da Sociedade Teosófica no Brasil.png I've put all the images that I uploaded in antecipation of future problems. I've sent e-mails to confirm that is my work. I do not know if you can see them. Sorry for my english. My name is Jairo Pereira Cavalcanti and user name: Jacantti