User talk:Andrew Gray

Falcon 1

See Image:Falcon 1 compare.gif, the source page is a BBC one, I don't know more. Yug (talk) 19:18, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Overwriting images

Hey. When you upload an image over an existing image, anything you put in the text box will showup next to the newer version upload information near the bottom of the page. For example, if you look at Image:12th Royal Scots Lewis gunners in gas masks 25-06-1918.jpg, you'll see the 3 images you uploaded after it say nothing. But, if you put something like "cropped image" in the text, it would say "cropped image" instead of nothing. It's kinda like the edit summary, but for images. Just a little tid-bit, not a mandatory thing, but helpful for folks looking at those things. MECU≈talk 21:41, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:St_Anne's_Limehouse_2.jpg

This media may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:St_Anne's_Limehouse_2.jpg. I notice the image page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikimedia Commons (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page. If the content is a derivative of a copyrighted work, you need to supply the names and a licence of the original authors as well.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag, then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{self|cc-by-sa-2.5}} to release it under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license or {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. See Commons:Copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find all your uploads using the Gallery tool. Thank you. Adambro 21:51, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

File:M10 Wolverine of 628th TDs in Dreux.jpg

File:M10 Wolverine of 628th TDs in Dreux.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

--Teofilo (talk) 07:31, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

File source is not properly indicated: File:MA-8_capsule_being_recovered.jpg

This media may be deleted.

A file that you have uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, File:MA-8_capsule_being_recovered.jpg, is missing information about where it comes from or who created it, which is needed to verify its copyright status. Please edit the file description and add the missing information, or the file may be deleted. If you created the content yourself, enter {{own}} as the source. If you did not add a licensing template, you must add one. You may use, for example, {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}} or {{Cc-zero}} to release certain rights to your work. If someone else created the content, or if it is based on someone else's work, the source should be the address to the web page where you found it, the name and ISBN of the book you scanned it from, or similar. You should also name the author, provide verifiable information to show that the content is in the public domain or has been published under a free license by its author, and add an appropriate template identifying the public domain or licensing status, if you have not already done so. Please add the required information for this and other files you have uploaded before adding more files. If you need assistance, please ask at the help desk. Thank you!

High Contrast (talk) 19:32, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, Andrew Gray!

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.

BotMultichillT 06:14, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

• Image:Percentage of IP edits on de.wp by date.svg was uncategorized on 26 August 2009.
• Image:Battle of San Marino context labelled.jpg was uncategorized on 9 September 2009.
• Image:Nuneham Courtenay.jpg was uncategorized on 21 August 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:12, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

File:Good Article nominations graph 2010.svg

Shimgray, if it's possible you can get us one more update of that graph for the end of en.wiki's GAN backlog elimination drive, that would be outstanding (especially given the slope of the graph looks like The Price is Right pricing game Cliff Hangers). MuZemike (talk) 19:29, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Template:Assessments/wmf/blog

Let me know if you want more work on this. -- とある白い猫 ^ちぃ？ 21:04, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Files featured on Wikimedia Foundation blog

Hi, may I also suggest updating the gallery along with the tagging. :) -- とある白い猫 ^ちぃ？ 22:57, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

spaces with pywikipediabot

This is what I have in my script to upload a file with the linebreaks preserved:

python ../../../pywikipedia/upload.py -keep -noverify ABS-3401.0-OverseasArrivalsDeparturesAustralia-ShorttermMovementResidentDepartures_IntendedLengthStayMainReasonForJourney-Original-NumberMovements-1Under2Weeks-A1830821W.svg "== {{int:filedesc}} ==
{{Information
|Description={{en|3401.0 Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia<br/>Table 10: Short-term Movement, Resident Departures - Intended Length of Stay and Main Reason for Journey: Original<br/>Number of movements ;  1 and under 2 weeks ; {{AustralianBureauStatistics-header| 1=Number| 2=Original| 3=Flow| 4=Month| 5=1| 6=Jan-1991}}.<br/>The graph was plotted with [[w:gnuplot|gnuplot]], and shows both the raw data (black points), and a trend constructed from a weighted cubic spline with a weighting of 1e-22 (red line).}}
|Source={{own}}
{{AustralianBureauStatistics|1=A1830821W|2=3|3=3401010|4=3401.0|5=abs@archive.nsf}}
|Date=2012-06-01
|Author=[[User:99of9|Toby Hudson]]
|Permission=
|other_versions=
}}
== {{int:license}} ==
{{self|cc-by-sa-3.0-au}}
{{User:99of9/ABS-graph}}
[[Category:Statistics about short-term departures from Australia]]"

--99of9 (talk) 11:17, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I'm currently feeding the text in via cat, which probably explains the linebreaks issue! I'll have a work on updating this today. Andrew Gray (talk) 11:19, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

...and it seems to be working a bit weirdly for me; still not quite right. I'll have a think about this over the next couple of days! Other than formatting, is it looking okay? Andrew Gray (talk) 11:37, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

How's this? Andrew Gray (talk) 11:53, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Good on the whitespace. I couldn't find the license info on the source page. Can you link to it and put a {{License Review}} tag on in-copyright pics. --99of9 (talk) 12:16, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

The license information isn't on the source pages as yet (it's a known issue with all BL-hosted released content), but I'm sitting next to the IDP image manager, who's providing me with the material. I'll get an OTRS ticket sorted out to verify this if needed. Andrew Gray (talk) 12:18, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Quick update - image copyright labels are on the IDP "to resolve" list. I've not normally worried with BL material before, but that was my personal account and the linkage was clear. Hmm. Andrew Gray (talk) 12:22, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

That one will definitely need OTRS, because there's no clue who John Falconer is, or what his relationship with the BL/DP is. In the file exif the copyright holder=Macintosh!-99of9 (talk) 12:30, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

I'll file one of these (it may not get sorted out immediately) and add the tag to the new uploads + retroactively to the others. It may even be possible to cascade it through the template... Andrew Gray (talk) 12:55, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

User:LibraryBot

Congratulations! It has bot status now. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 13:41, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Aurel Stein photos

Hi Andrew, I've noticed that your bot has uploaded a number of photos by Aurel Stein, e.g those in Category:Kharakhoto. As Stein died in 1943 his photos are still in copyright until 2014, so unless I'm missing something I think they need to be deleted from commons. BabelStone (talk) 12:42, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Have you had any more thoughts about these? Your bot has uploaded quite a large number of photos by Stein that are probably still in copyright, including some or all of the following. I think it best to delete them if we cannot be sure that IDP owns their copyright (if they do own their copyright then they are wrongly licensed), and reupload them in January 2014. BabelStone (talk) 23:14, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

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I've finally managed to track down an answer to this. The IDP believe themselves to be the copyright holders of Stein's works, and are happy to release them as public domain-equivalent (which they're going to hit in thirteen months anyway). I think the best solution here is to relabel them {{CC-0}}, and leave a note to switch it come Jan 2014; I'll try to get this done before I go away at the weekend.

Thanks again for chasing me up on these! Andrew Gray (talk) 11:39, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for following up on this. BabelStone (talk) 19:02, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Picture of the Year voting round 1 open

Dear Wikimedians,

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Possible copyright issue?

File:HMS GLOWWORM makes smoke as she attempts to attack the German heavy cruiser ADMIRAL HIPPER during the Norwegian campaign, 8 April 1940. The destroyer was sunk when she rammed the German ship. FL1973.jpg is almost certainly not Crown Copyright expired... something to look into. I'm not sure the best way to flag it up other than to let you know! Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 16:45, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply! Fae thinks otherwise, see Commons:Deletion requests/File:HMS GLOWWORM makes smoke as she attempts to attack the German heavy cruiser ADMIRAL HIPPER during the Norwegian campaign, 8 April 1940. The destroyer was sunk when she rammed the German ship. FL1973.jpg. Would be good if we could keep it! Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 15:11, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Moving files

Hi, you may want to ask for Commons:Requests_for_rights#Filemover. It's handy, saves time by doing it yourself, and you have well over the minimum sort of contributions that are needed. Cheers --Fæ (talk) 05:54, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

Welcome, Dear Filemover!

Hi Andrew Gray, you're now a filemover. When moving files please respect the following advice:

• Use the CommonsDelinker link in the {{rename}} template to order a bot to replace all ocurrences of the old title with the new one. Or, if there was no rename-request, please use the Move & Replace-tab.
• Please do not tag redirects as {{speedy}}. Other projects, including those using InstantCommons, might be using the file even though they don't show up in the global usage. Deleting the redirects would break their file references.
• Please know and follow the file rename guidelines.

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--Didym (talk) 12:59, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

BL mass import

Hi Andrew,

In cas you would miss it, please see User talk:Andrew Gray/Canada.

Cheers, Jean-Fred (talk) 10:00, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the pointer - hadn't seen that trick before. I've updated it. Andrew Gray (talk) 10:01, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Andrew,

Kudos fot the music manuscripts uplaod, these are beautiful.

Just so you know: {{PD-old}} is not a good template to use. It is the least precise template we have around and he is to be deprecated (well, someday).

{{PD-old-100-1923}} is a far better choice for your case here.

Cheers, Jean-Fred (talk) 22:48, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

One problem is that I don't know for sure these were all published in some form before 1923... Andrew Gray (talk) 10:02, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Philip Timms

Thanks for creating the Category:Philip T. Timms sub-cat. Do you have any more images by him in your archives? Our GLAM Canada user at en:wp is wondering how to approach the Vancouver Archives to see if they want to participate. User:The Interior is he, and probably easier to contact on his talk page at en:wp. I started a GLAM section there if you want to use that.--Canoe1967 (talk) 18:15, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks again for adding those. I am still trying to get my head around public domain copyright in Canada vs. USA copyright laws. I found a bunch of pictures on the net of w:Joe Fortes who died in 1922. Do images need to be created before 1923 to be public domain or published before 1923?--Canoe1967 (talk) 23:03, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

That is what I feared. We need to prove publication date or wait 120 years from date of creation, if unknown, or 70 pma if the author is known.--Canoe1967 (talk) 23:25, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

It's certainly a bit of a mess. I do have at least one Fortes picture in the collection (IIRC) but it's not been uploaded yet - I'll do a little digging and see if we can find it. Andrew Gray (talk) 11:46, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Canada has more lax dates for public domain and I think someone mentioned that the US law is not being read correctly. One says that the US law makes works public domain in the US at the same time they become public domain in Canada. SeeTemplate:PD-Canada. I may email copyright.usa.gov and ask them. I have emailed my Canadian copyright minister a few times with no results. We did get results with the Canadian Space Agency when we emailed them they released all photos by our Canadians in space to the public domain the same as NASA does. Would you be interested in emailing copyright.ca and copyright.us if I can find their emails? My email address may seem odd to them and they may just dump them all in spam folders. I will ask at vp/copyright here and at en:wp first in case they may have a link to a discussion that settled it somewhere.--Canoe1967 (talk) 15:21, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

British Library - WiR and Labs

Greetings -

Congratulations on your productive year at the BL! Also, the project page at w:WP:GLAM/BL is a wonderful model for our smaller project at w:WP:GLAM/GFPLM.

I am organizing an application and a team for the BL Labs Competition and was hoping you might be willing to answer a few questions about the feasibility of my project proposal (which is centered around the BL image collections and Wikimedia Commons). And yes, even though I'm in the US, I can still apply! Thanks for your time. Bdcousineau (talk) 02:28, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

WLM in the UK

Thanks for your interest in this. I'd like to get some proper teams in place now, so we can decide who will be doing what, and I wonder if you could go to Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in the United Kingdom/People and move your signature to the correct heading? Many thanks, MichaelMaggs (talk) 14:42, 20 May 2013 (UTC)