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Hi Zaui, your photo Image:0309210085.JPG, do you have any definite evidence of its identity? I suspect it may be a Bigtooth Maple, not a Sugar Maple, though that is not definite. Very nice photo, whichever it is! - MPF 23:31, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

• I think you're correct. I'll move it when I get a chance. Thanks for the complement. We have some great fall color in Utah swc 07:17, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

I've noticed you've uploaded some images tagged with {{ web-screenshot}}. This tag is not meant to be used for images that came from Web pages; it's meant to be used for images of Web pages (such as Image:Wikipedia.PNG, for example). I've retagged the images below as having no license information. Please edit the image description pages to include information about the licenses these images are under. — Bkell 04:56, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

• Image:Betadine.jpg

I don't have time to figure out the license issue, so I removed the picture from the article it was used in, substituting the web site where I got it. I don't know how to delete images, and suspect I don't have permission to do so. Zaui 18:35, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

I uploaded a new image - a screenshot with the browser stuff cropped out. Zaui 17:48, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

The {{ web-screenshot}} tag reads (emphasis added): "It is believed that the use of a limited number of such screenshots for identification and critical commentary relating to the website in question on Wikipedia qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law." So it can qualify as fair use if we use a screenshot of a Web site as an illustration of the Web site itself; but if we are taking screenshots of Web sites (or, equivalently, just using the images) to illustrate something else, such as a chemical, then the {{ web-screenshot}} tag doesn't apply.

One of the criteria for claiming fair use on Wikipedia is that it must be unfeasible to find an image that we can use with explicit permission. For example, it is unlikely that a Wikipedian would be able to take a photograph of a celebrity so as to release it under a free license, so we are forced to make do with a copyrighted image that we claim fair use on. This is one main reason we can't just indiscriminately take images from Web sites and claim fair use. In the case of Image:Betadine.jpg, in order to claim fair use, you must give a rationale of why it would be unfeasible for a Wikipedian to take the photograph themselves. I'm not sure a convincing rationale can be made; for example, it seems that a Wikipedian could just buy a bottle of Betadine, take a photo, and upload it under a free license. (The "Drug Facts" part might be uncopyrightable; I'm not sure how copyright law applies to Nutrition Facts and Drug Facts information.) — Bkell 19:17, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification. Makes sense. Now, how do I remove the image? Zaui 19:46, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

To nominate an image to be deleted, you can follow the steps at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. — Bkell 20:10, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Or just let the licencing tag run its course? Zaui 22:17, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Well, yeah, I guess you can do that too. — Bkell 21:35, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi Zaui - thanks for the note; I don't think there's any definitive guidelines as to when to use a gallery; my own feeling is to do so when having the pics separately messes up the text layout in any way. Technically, the Aspen page had enough room down the left side, but the problem was the bulleted species list, as (at least with my browser) the bulleting format is not compatible with left aligned pics (very annoying I know!). Unfortunately, there wasn't enough space to put them in a column below the last bullet, so I made it a gallery instead. Whether perhaps one or two of the the pics could be put default thumb size I'm not sure, maybe the leaf one to show that better. - MPF 22:01, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

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Actually, the thanks has to go to you for finding the image, and bringing it into the article :) -- Jeff3000 21:33, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for that, that rather cheered me up :-) I can see that I've annoyed a couple of people who now have their article talk pages defaced by a message saying that it lacks a photo... but on the other hand, the whole idea was discussed previously (with unanimous and strong support from quite a few users) in a discussion linked from the Village Pump, so it was hardly sprung on people unfairly. What really matters to me is that it makes a difference to Wikipedia content (indeed, no matter how many people it annoys, so long as it's in line with policy and consensus, improving WP c ontent is all that matters) and if it useful as a resource for our WikiPhotographers in providing local "targets" then I will be delighted. Please let me know if you find it useful yourself - it would be nice to find out if there are any instances where the system has actually resulted in an image being supplied! Keep up the good work with your photography, your portfolio here is both impressive and appreciated - as you have probably realised, I'm a big fan on pictures in articles, especially ones that provide information that would be impossible to express in prose (many of the best pictures here give a wonderful "sense of place") and I greatly appreciate the effort of those who have gone to the trouble of providing them. I'm trying to tie up a lot of local/regional-related Wikipedia stuff in a Wikipedia:Directory at the moment, including regional photo requests: there's a rather limited trial version for North America at User:TheGrappler/North America directory, any feedback on which would be well-received! TheGrappler 17:07, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

I'll see if I can readd it back in.-- MONGO 01:00, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

I took out the size parameters...just an old habit of mine. Thanks for fixing my typos.-- MONGO 00:19, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Hah, thanks for that typo correction, pretty silly... Staxringold _talk ^contribs 18:18, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

• Hah, don't worry, I stole it myself from someone, though now I can't seem to remember who. I'll go track it down so I can offer full credit... Staxringold _talk ^contribs 20:55, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

• Huh... I can't find who I took it from (looked at the Dog Day Afternoon FAC, my talk page, and my RFA for users whose pages I might have looked at at the time I added it to my own page) so apologies! Staxringold _talk ^contribs 21:43, 26 June 2006 (UTC)