User talk:Marcus Qwertyus

Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus!

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Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, Marcus Qwertyus!

Thanks a lot for contributing to the Wikimedia Commons! Here's a tip to make your uploads more useful: Why not add some categories to describe them? This will help more people to find and use them.

Here's how:

1) If you're using the UploadWizard, you can add categories to each file when you describe it. Just click "more options" for the file and add the categories which make sense:

2) You can also pick the file from your list of uploads, edit the file description page, and manually add the category code at the end of the page.

[[Category:Category name]]

For example, if you are uploading a diagram showing the orbits of comets, you add the following code:

[[Category:Astronomical diagrams]]

[[Category:Comets]]

This will make the diagram show up in the categories "Astronomical diagrams" and "Comets".

When picking categories, try to choose a specific category ("Astronomical diagrams") over a generic one ("Illustrations"). Pro-tip: The CommonSense tool can help you find the best category for your image.

Thanks again for your uploads! More information about categorization can be found in Commons:Categories, and don't hesitate to leave a note on the help desk.

CategorizationBot (talk) 10:51, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

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Better source request for Image:F-35A in testing.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:F-35A in testing.jpg. You provided a source, but it is difficult for other users to examine the copyright status of the image because the source is incomplete. Please consider clarifying the exact source so that the copyright status may be checked more easily. It is best to specify the exact web page where you found the image, rather than only giving the source domain or the URL of the image file itself. Please update the image description with a URL that will be more helpful to other users in determining the copyright status.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source in a complete manner. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. If you have any questions please ask them at the help desk or me at my talkpage. Thank you. High Contrast (talk) 21:18, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your immediate support! Greets, High Contrast (talk) 21:24, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

I looked at the hidden image description and it attributes it to Lockheed but doesn't attribute it anywhere else. Does that mean Lockheed waived all the rights? Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (talk) 21:40, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

File source is not properly indicated: File:Protect1.gif

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High Contrast (talk) 19:25, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Please specify the source: http://www.efv.usmc.mil/ is no valid source. --High Contrast (talk) 19:25, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

No source?

I question your deletion nomination of File:B-2_spirit_bombing.jpg, as the current source it states is US Air Force. If you're looking for a more specific source, that might want to be noted before having nominated the image for deletion. For that reason, I still won't consider the nomination frivolous. mechamind90 05:43, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

File:Destroyed turret of a T-62 in Tajikistan.jpg

Hello.

I would like to know how did you identified this turret?

Regards. - SuperTank17 (talk) 17:07, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Read it in the description but I see now that wasn't stated on Flickr. Main gun seems to match up with the T-62 but other tanks may have used this gun. Marcus Aurelius (talk) 17:14, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

I too at first thought that it was a T-62 turret but I later realized that it could also be a T-72 turret. In fact the more I think about it the more I think that that is the case.

regards. - SuperTank17 (talk) 17:31, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

File source is not properly indicated: File:Stingray_tank_(Tawporn).jpg

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High Contrast (talk) 07:56, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

File:Phantom_ray_rollout.jpg

File:Phantom_ray_rollout.jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may find Commons:Copyright rules useful. You can ask questions about Commons policies in Commons:Help desk. The file you added has been deleted. If you believe that the deletion was not in accordance with policy, you may request undeletion. Wikimedia Commons takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

 

Denniss (talk) 21:15, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Better source request for Image:100225-F-3252P-617.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:100225-F-3252P-617.jpg. You provided a source, but it is difficult for other users to examine the copyright status of the image because the source is incomplete. Please consider clarifying the exact source so that the copyright status may be checked more easily. It is best to specify the exact web page where you found the image, rather than only giving the source domain or the URL of the image file itself. Please update the image description with a URL that will be more helpful to other users in determining the copyright status.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source in a complete manner. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. If you have any questions please ask them at the help desk or me at my talkpage. Thank you. High Contrast (talk) 15:58, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

File:DARPA flying car concept.jpg

"Looks retarded." is not necessary or helpful. I've removed it.  fetchcomms☛ 01:42, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

File:P-8A Posiedon over mountains.jpg

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--BilCat (talk) 22:52, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

File:F-35_assisted_take-off.JPG

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Denniss (talk) 19:17, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

File:SPE HeadGearSys image1.jpg

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There seems to be a problem regarding the description and/or licensing of this particular file. It has been found that you've added in the image's description only a Template that's not a license and although it provides useful information about the image, it's not a valid license. Could you please resolve this problem, adding the license in the image linked above? You can edit the description page and change the text. Uploading a new version of the file does not change the description of the file. This page may give you more hints on which license to choose. Thank you.

This message was added automatically by Nikbot, if you need some help about it, ask its master (Filnik) or go to the Commons:Help desk. --Filnik 00:00, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

File:XM2010_November_2010.jpg

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80.187.106.255 18:12, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Furthermore

Commons doesn't allow any fair-use material what-so-ever. Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 00:37, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

That concerns images, not quotes. --Timeshifter (talk) 00:39, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

That is what it implies but not what it says. Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 00:43, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

See en:Wikipedia:Quotations. --Timeshifter (talk) 00:46, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Quotes are allowed anywhere on the web. They are commonly used on talk pages. Attribution via a link is fine on talk pages, and is commonly done. If you delete or edit other people's comments on talk pages you can be blocked or banned. See en:WP:TALK. --Timeshifter (talk) 00:56, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

If you continue blanking the comments of others on talk pages, I or others will report you to the admins. --Timeshifter (talk) 01:08, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

See Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/User problems#User:Marcus Qwertyus --Timeshifter (talk) 01:18, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Marcus, I respect your awareness of the fair use concept, but deleting another persons four sentence quote, which is useful in a working discussion, is pushing it a bit. I doubt there is any danger of commons users confusing a talk page quote with the free media that commons is hosting. I would therefore ask you to please refrain from reverting Timeshifters comments. Thanks. --Dschwen (talk) 01:27, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

File:37mm_plastic_baton_round.jpg

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Andy Dingley (talk) 10:07, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

File:Mk_14_Mod_1.jpg

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     Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk to me) 11:59, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Content that predates OTRS and has proper legacy licensing information, but no OTRS permissions.

Hi Marcus,

thanks for helping out in the Wikimedia commons. Today, i noticed that you flagged File:Aimoneyetap.jpg for deletion, I have already responded on the deletion discussion page but that's not the reason I am contacting you.

You may not be aware that the OTRS is a relatively new thing - it didn't exist prior to the year 2006.

While some content has indeed no OTRS information (yet), it may still have legacy license tagging in the file description which was sufficient and proper at the time it was uploaded. File:Aimoneyetap.jpg is one of those. And the OTRS is not about enforcing a new system; it is about easy verification of a creator's intent.

The game we're playing when we clean up wikimedia content is still that of determining whether a file is a clear copyright violation, probably a copyright violation, probably not a copyright violation or clearly not a copyright violation. The former two may warrant a deletion request, for the latter two there are much better ways to deal with the situation. And of course, copyright violations are not the only reason for why something may warrant deletion.

Either way, in a situation where the file is older than OTRS and wikipedia-compatible license information is present in the file description, the file falls into the probably not a copyright violation category, and a deletion request may be contrary to the objectives of Wikimedia Commons (which included keeping good contributors who follow the rules).

I feel it would have been better in this case to start by contacting the author and waiting 15 days before recommending deletion; but still - legacy content can be a challenge to deal with properly; there's still a bunch load of low-hanging fruits for which filing a deletion request is more appropriate.

Again, I have all respect for people like you who actively work to make Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia a better place; but please let's be cautious and courteous about enforcing rules on content that predates the rules we are trying to enforce. It's a matter of fairness to those who I also have respect for - the creators who actually put time and effort into creating content for the commons, and doing everything they could to meet the rules at the time.

Thanks and kind regards, ---volty 03:40, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi again, i raised the question at the OTRS noticeboard and User:Docu responded that it is consensus that these don't require an OTRS tag. I hope this helps clarify future such requests ;-) Cheers, ---volty 12:37, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

File:XM2010_November_2010.jpg

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High Contrast (talk) 17:27, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

File:Firefox_4_beta_9.png

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Teofilo (talk) 14:51, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

File tagging File:T92_profile.gif

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Fæ (talk) 15:14, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

File:T92_profile.gif

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Chaser (talk) 19:19, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

File:T92_light_tank_prototype.jpg

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80.187.106.241 16:14, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

File:MK19_40mm_Grenade_Machine_Gun.jpg

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80.187.106.241 16:16, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

File:Virtual_targets.gif

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80.187.106.103 16:23, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

File:Black iPad 2.jpg

You've uploaded a derivative work

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Ezarateesteban 21:35, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

File:JLTV_Valanx_cropped.png

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Denniss (talk) 16:39, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

File:B-2_Spirit_supporting_operation_Odyssey_Dawn.jpg

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De728631 (talk) 23:07, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

note to self

File:PEO Browning M2HB HMG.jpg File:MK19_40mm_Grenade_Machine_Gun.jpg

File:JLTV_Competitors.jpg

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     Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk to me) 12:27, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

File:Type 10 Black and White.jpg

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If you want to avoid this mistake in the future, you may use Qwertyus Flickr upload bot. Thank you!. Túrelio (talk) 15:50, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

Your Flickr uploads

Hello Marcus Qwertyus!

Thanks a lot for your contributions! Thank you for transferring images from Flickr to Commons! Two hints ahead:

• Always upload the highest resolution of a photograph that is available on flickr
• You can use this tool for your flickr uploads. It makes the hole procedure much easier and faster for you!
  

Thank you for your support! Greetings, High Contrast (talk) 08:39, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

File:278th MP Company's new ASVs.jpg

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If you want to avoid this mistake in the future, you may use Qwertyus Flickr upload bot. Thank you!. Neozoon (talk) 22:02, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

File:4666668324 e5823dbfed o.jpg

Hi Marcus Qwertyus, please remember to use descriptive filenames. --Túrelio (talk) 07:04, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Yeah I always forget to with the new Upload Wizard that I have now disabled. Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 08:17, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

File:Esperanto Wikipedia screenshot 15.12.2008.png

English: Hi. Thanks for the new screenshot; however there is a date in the file name (15.12.2008), so it should not refer to a screenshot from 2011. Please use a new file name (you can download your version from the history if you need).

Esperanto: Saluton. Dankon pro la nova ekrankopio; tamen la dosiernomo enhavas daton (15.12.2008), do ĝi devas montri ekrankopion ne el la 2011-a. Bonvolu uzi novan dosiernomon (vi povas elŝuti vian version el la historio, se vi bezonas).

--AVRS (talk) 18:19, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Your Flickr uploads

Hello Marcus Qwertyus!

Thanks a lot for your contributions! Thank you for transferring images from Flickr to Commons! Two hints ahead:

• Always upload the highest resolution of a photograph that is available on flickr
• You can use this tool for your flickr uploads. It makes the whole procedure much easier and faster for you!
  

Thank you for your support! Greetings, High Contrast (talk) 14:50, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Why do you place six {{flickrreview}}-tags? Do you think that's funny? One of them is enough. --High Contrast (talk) 14:55, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

See Commons:Prototype upload wizard feedback#I'm probably talking to myself but.... Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 15:21, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

And why don't you remove superfluous tags afterwards? That's really no big deal. --High Contrast (talk) 16:51, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

File:Bradley_Fighting_Vehicle_provides_security_for_airport_stronghold.jpg

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Túrelio (talk) 06:59, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

File:Blast_Protective_Footwear_System_(BPFS).jpg

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Denniss (talk) 10:44, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

File:C-27J Spartan at an air show.jpg

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If you want to avoid this mistake in the future, you may use Qwertyus Flickr upload bot. Thank you!. Túrelio (talk) 08:37, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

New USAF wing categories

Hi! Could you please add "(United States Air Force)" to your USAF wing categories, because more air arms exist on the world than just the USAF and it is otherwise sometimes impossible to distinguish the categories. Thank you! Cheers Cobatfor (talk) 18:12, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Do we know why the en.wikipedia is not disambiguating their articles? If they get brackets can't they just be (United States)? Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 02:46, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

That was all my doing... We had a discussion a few years back where we agreed upon the fact that the United States ones were essentially first, or something like that, and should not have that after them. Also, it might just be an American pride thing. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 09:19, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

I see. Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 01:05, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Copyright status: File:Ban Ki-moon and other portraits.jpg

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I've brought the image up for help with the source information at Commons:Village pump/Copyright#UN portraits donated by Iran. Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 16:28, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Note to self

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/hillary-clinton-audrey-tomason-go-missing-in-situation-room-photo-in-der-tzitung-newspaper/2011/05/09/AFfJbVYG_blog.html

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Denniss (talk) 02:45, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

* Frohe Weihnacht und einen guten Start ins neue Jahr
* Prettige Kerstdagen en een gelukkig nieuw jaar
* Merry Christmas and a happy New Year
from --Neozoon (talk) 23:32, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Nice tree. Thanks. Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 00:03, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

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Codename Lisa (talk) 16:49, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Picture of the Year voting round 1 open

Dear Wikimedians,

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JuTa 07:44, 5 March 2013 (UTC)