User talk:Gestumblindi

I like keeping discussions in one place, therefore I usually post my contributions on the page where a discussion started. I will answer on this discussion page if a question is asked here. Likewise, I am grateful if you reply to my contributions on other discussion pages there, not here. If there's something urgent, you might get a quicker reply if you use my discussion page at the German Wikipedia, I'm visiting Commons less frequently. Thanks, Gestumblindi.

Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, Gestumblindi!

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) 17:09, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

• Image:Olten-stadtturm.jpg was uncategorized on 10 August 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 17:09, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Commons:Forum#Commonsfähigkeit von Polizeiverordnungen

Hallo Gestumblindi. Ralf wünscht dort deine Meinung zu lesen. --Leyo 17:13, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! File:HolburnHead.jpg, which was produced or nominated by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates‎. Comments Good quality. --Dschwen 04:15, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Merci vielmals...

...dafür!  ;-) Gruß aus Bonn am Rhein --Sir James (talk) 18:55, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! File:Muemliswil Wechten 01.jpg, which was produced or nominated by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates‎. Comments contrast could be better, but good for QI --Taxiarchos228 07:23, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Steam engine

No, it is the engine of the Stadt Rapperswil from Zurichsee. Thanks for interest. Audriusa (talk) 09:44, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

Ich hab's doch geahnt!

Alles nur Fake. Danke dir! :-) —DerHexer (Talk) 17:17, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for adminship

How would you feel if I nominated you for adminship? I've noticed there seems to be a growing backlog of copyvio nominations, and you seem pretty familiar with copyright law. I know I myself probably wouldn't like the added pressure (or maybe that's sour grapes; there's no way I'd pass anyways), so don't feel compelled to accept. I've decided to start stalking the deletion pages and ask questions, so if you don't want to, I'll undoubtedly find someone more people to ask. --Quintucket (talk) 01:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the confidence. But... Well, I'm an admin over in the German-language Wikipedia since February 2009; admin permissions would come in handy here, too. I would also be willing to lend a hand in dealing with the backlog; however, I'm not sure that people would see me as active enough here on Commons. In a recent unsuccessful admin nomination (Letartean) I read the comment "Letartean has 9,600 global edits, with only 1,445 on Commons, and 200 of those in the Commons: namespace. That's right on the edge for me -- we usually like to see 2,500+ Commons edits and a few more in the namespace." If this was "right on the edge", then it seems that I wouldn't pass, as I have not much more edits here than Letartean. So I suspect that nominating me currently wouldn't be a good idea. Gestumblindi (talk) 03:01, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

I looked over the RFAs (I was originally going to ask Takebeg, who has similar credentials to you, but on an unrelated RFA someone complained about his behavior, which made me think he might have problems passing unrelated to his credentials), and there are several administrators who are promoted with fewer edits than you have. I'll dig up the threads if you like.

Edits in the Commons namespace is meant to show one understands deletion policy, which it seems that you do. In Letartean's case the same user who complained about his edits also noted that his commons edits were on quality image candidates rather than deletion requests and copyvio issues, which aren't the case for you. QIC of course does not require admin tools, DRs do.

If you're willing to accept the nomination, I'd still like to nominate you. Given that we really do need admins and you have a respectable track record, I think the community would accept you. An if they don't it would be more a commentary on my judgment than your qualifications. --Quintucket (talk) 14:36, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Well, if you think it's worth a try, be me guest and go ahead :-) - I'm not very eager, but I could and would use the privs, I think. Should the community not want me as an admin here, no problem. Gestumblindi (talk) 21:26, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

I have nominated you. You still have a chance to back out, you have you state your acceptance on the nom for the request to take effect. ;•) --Quintucket (talk) 23:24, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Administrator

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Ein Willkommenspräsent für unseren neuen Administrator von deinen Kollegen...

Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Gestumblindi! Du hast jetzt die Rechte eines Administrators auf Commons. Nimm dir bitte einen Moment Zeit, um dir die Seite Commons:Administratoren und die in Verbindung mit der Beobachtungsliste stehenden Seiten durchzulesen (insbesondere Commons:Administrators' noticeboard und Commons:Deletion requests), bevor du damit beginnst, Seitenlöschungen, Accountsperrungen oder Änderungen am Seitenschutzstatus bzw. an den geschützten Seiten selbst durchzuführen. Der Großteil der Bearbeitungen eines Administrators kann durch andere Administratoren wieder rückgängig gemacht werden, mit Ausnahme der Zusammenführung von Versionsgeschichten, die deshalb mit spezieller Obacht behandelt werden muß.

Wir laden dich herzlich ein, mit uns auf IRC Kontakt aufzunehmen: #wikimedia-commons @ irc.freenode.net. Es gibt auch einen Channel für Commons-Admins, der für sensiblere Themen sowie zur Koordination unter Admins genutzt werden kann. Du findest zudem in dem Commons:Ratgeber zur Administratorentätigkeit vielleicht eine nützliche Lektüre.

Bitte überprüfe, ob du in der Commons:List of administrators und den jeweils nach Datum oder Sprache sortierten Listen eingetragen wurdest und ergänze deine Daten andernfalls.

EugeneZelenko (talk) 15:47, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Herzlichen Glückwunsch! --Leyo 16:00, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Vielen Dank. Dann schau ich mir mal alles gründlich an... Gestumblindi (talk) 20:16, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Good Luck :-) --Katarighe (Talk) 23:13, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! File:Rigibahn VRB Rigi Kulm Feb 2012 2.jpg, which was produced or nominated by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates‎. Comments Good quality. --Taxiarchos228 07:57, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! File:Rigi Kulm Feb 2012 Nebelmeer.jpg, which was produced or nominated by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates‎. Comments nice --Carschten 20:40, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! File:MS Gotthard Feb 2012 1.jpg, which was produced or nominated by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates‎. Comments  Comment boat/foreground too dark --Carschten 20:40, 9 March 2012 (UTC)  Comment Brighter version uploaded, better? --Gestumblindi 01:46, 10 March 2012 (UTC) yes --Carschten 17:55, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Hilfe

Hallo Gestumblindi, beim Upload hat sich die Sofware hier verschluckt. Kannst Du das fixen?--Karsten11 (talk) 13:35, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Mir ist keine einfache Lösung für das Problem bekannt, Lupo hat den gerade mehrfach aufgetretenen Bug hier gemeldet. In diesem Fall wurde das Problem offenbar gelöst, indem der User die betroffenen Files nochmal unter anderen Dateinamen hochgeladen hatte, anschliessend hat ein Admin diese auf die Originalnamen verschoben. Können wir's so probieren? Du lädtst das Bild nochmal hoch - dann lösche ich die fehlerhafte Datei entweder einfach (falls der neue Name auch so ok ist) oder verschiebe/lösche. Gestumblindi (talk) 18:04, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Hatte ich schon versucht. Aber die Software erkennt, dass das Bild bereits hochgeladen ist und verhindert das erneute hochladen. Wenn die kaputte Version gelöscht wäre, ginge es vieleicht.--Karsten11 (talk) 18:21, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Du kannst es nicht manuell unter einem anderen Namen hochladen? Das müsste eigentlich gehen, bei anderen Benutzern scheint das ja auch geklappt zu haben. Aber ich lösche das defekte nun jedenfalls mal, dann können wir weitersehen :-) Gestumblindi (talk) 20:46, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Herzlichen Dank. Jetzt hat es geklappt.--Karsten11 (talk) 08:13, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Kafka

One follow up question for you on Kafka. Many thanks. PumpkinSky talk 23:36, 26 August 2012 (UTC)