User talk:Howcheng

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1 Datura
2 Thank you
3 OTRS ticket
4 Gallery of user contributions?
5 File:JoshDuhamel.jpg
6 OTRS terms
7 OTRS terms, take 2
8 Mysterious fontbolding
9 Please link images
10 revoking GFDL licenses
11 70 years after publication?
12 OTRS possible mistake?
13 Feels like stalking
14 Thank you Howcheng!
15 Help... please.
16 File:Yasmin_Gontijo - File: Yasmin_Perfil
17 File:Libyan Airlines TS-IND.jpg
18 Edit warring re: ancient burial mounds
19 2009072710008743
20 2009071410073116
21 File:Sander-jan-klerk bw.jpg
22 Action?
23 What is the location where the images you recently added to the Spermophilus beecheyi were taken
24 File:Sky Claudette Soto.jpg
25 permission to use images
26 Photos for deletion
27 OTRS details sought
28 Commons:Language policy
29 File:Cody Robert Judy.jpg
30 Squirrel pic
31 File:Wheeler_Bridge.jpg

[edit] Datura

I've replied on your question on my discussion page epibase (talk) 18:03, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thank you for removing the private information from the Israel Leavitt, Leavitt Street Sign, Josiah Leavitt, etc. photos. I may have inadvertently put that in there, and I subsequently noticed it there and it sort of worried me. So thank you very much for cleaning that up! Regards, MarmadukePercy (talk) 00:29, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] OTRS ticket

Hi, I see you've added a ticket here. Does this ticket apply to other picture of the YSEE? Namely, I've recently deleted File:Dodekatheic altar 10.JPG and File:Dodekatheic altar 11.JPG but maybe they could have been covered as well? Regards, --Eusebius (talk) 09:09, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, it's a little vague. This picture is called out specifically by the uploader, but the YSEE representative also says, "we give you the permission to publish YSEE photos" from which could be inferred to mean all of them, but I wouldn't count on that. I'll follow up with the YSEE and let you know. howcheng {chat} 17:52, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

OK, thanks a lot. Waiting for input then. --Eusebius (talk) 21:18, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Any news about that? --Eusebius (talk) 07:07, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Nope, no reply yet. :( howcheng {chat} 17:17, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Gallery of user contributions?

Hi, Howcheng. I think I once found a link which displayed a gallery of all the files uploaded by a particular user: I mean to say, this was an automatic function which could be applied to any user, and not a link to a gallery which had been created; but I can't now find it again. If such a thing exists, could you please point me the way to it? Many thanks, Xn4 (talk) 09:57, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

(Sorry Howcheng, your talk page was on my watchlist and I can answer that) The "gallery" tab at the top of any user page on Commons points to that tool: http://toolserver.org/~daniel/WikiSense/Gallery.php When you use the gallery tab, parameters are filled in order to match the corresponding user. --Eusebius (talk) 10:27, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

It's also on the top of a user's contribution history page. howcheng {chat} 17:09, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks to both of you. Strange how you sometimes can't see what's under your nose. Xn4 (talk) 19:57, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] File:JoshDuhamel.jpg

File deletion warning

File:JoshDuhamel.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.
In all cases, please do not take the deletion request personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!

--Kollision (talk) 02:21, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] OTRS terms

Could you be so kind as to check the terms of an OTRS ticket? I'm looking at File:Natalya Raw 2008.jpg which ties back to ticket # 2009021710077321. There have been a number of other images from the same Flickr account uploaded to Commons - the various wrestling images found here, and a couple of those new images have been tagged as permission missing. Is the ticket specific for the Natayla image, or does it cover all of the images on the Flickr account?? Tabercil (talk) 00:00, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

This ticket is valid ONLY for the Natalya image. Nothing else from the Flickr account is covered. howcheng {chat} 00:05, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

And that is why, when I'm trying to get an image from Flickr for use on Wikipedia, I have the license changed on Flickr as opposed to using OTRS - to avoid ambiguity about what's usable. Tabercil (talk) 00:24, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I prefer that too. The fewer people there are involved, the less chance of error and whatnot. howcheng {chat} 17:17, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] OTRS terms, take 2

Can you check another ticket for me pls? Specificly ticket 2009022110014685 which was used to back File:Vmasaguilera.jpg up. I've found the image on WireImage, so I'd like to know what exactly the ticket says. In the interim, image is up for AFD. Tabercil (talk) 23:39, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Mysterious fontbolding

Hello Mr. Cheng! I has been a while since I had to bother you. Looking at my watchlist page you see a lot of bold-fonted image pages. The bold font keeps coming back again and again, like it shouldn't, even after I have visited those pages. No huge deal, but can anything be done, do you think? Greetings! EmilEikS (talk) 14:57, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, I don't know too much about that. I would ask at Commons:Village pump instead and someone more knowledgeable may be able to assist you. howcheng {chat} 16:13, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Will do, thank you sir! EmilEikS (talk) 17:12, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Please link images

Hello Howcheng!

Thank you for providing images to Wikimedia Commons. Commons images are used by editors on many projects in many languages. Each image is put into categories. This helps other editors find them. Please add categories to each image you upload.

To add an image to a category, add the following code to the end of the page.

[[Category:Category Name]]

For example, if you are uploading a diagram showing the orbit of comets, add the following to the image description page:

[[Category:Astronomy diagrams]]

[[Category:Comets]]

This will make the diagram show up in the categories: Astronomy diagrams, Comets.

For further information on categories read Commons:Categories.

The CommonSense Tool often helps you find the best category for your image.

Here is a gallery of your images. Please check that each image has a category. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the help desk. Thank you.

BotMultichillT 05:57, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Image:Mahdi Bray.JPG is uncategorized since 14 April 2009.

[edit] revoking GFDL licenses

You may want to weigh in on the proposal here to explicitly prohibit revoking licenses on Commons. Kaldari (talk) 18:35, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 70 years after publication?

Dear Mr. Cheng: I do not understand the new template placed today here. If the name of the photographer was published before 1978 the image cannot be used? How, realistically, would one ever know that? Or have I misunderstood what looks like an impossible rule to follow even to the most careful image donor? EmilEikS (talk) 00:29, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I completely missed this message. However, I'm glad to see you have been able to work this out. howcheng {chat} 22:36, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] OTRS possible mistake?

Hi, regarding ticket number 2421158, it is used to cover Kevin Wigell's File:M51a.jpg, File:M20-Combine1B.jpg, File:CSSP Cygnus Combine1B NR.jpg, and File:CSSP Sagittarius Combine1C.jpg, but I find it strange that it is also used for Tim Hopkins' File:FishingLight.ogv and L A Youland's File:USS Timmerman DD-828 photo-1.jpg. Is there some mistake for the last two files? Thank you. Jappalang (talk) 19:48, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank for you the notification. These have been corrected (and that's extremely observant of you!). howcheng {chat} 01:49, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Feels like stalking

Dear Mr. Cheng: Pls advise me where I can turn for help with someone who has begun stalking my every move - as if I need personal policing by him here on Commons - and leaves various disruptive commments for the sake of arguing, not for the sake of contributing constructively to WM projects. Sorry to bother you with this trite matter, but I thought maybe you would know where I can turn, as this is beginning to make my work here much less than enjoyable (= untenable). Greetings ~ EmilEikS (talk) 18:38, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

I think you are reading too much into this. I am familiar with the user in question and in my experience, he is really only concerned about the Commons project and the correct licensing of media files. One of hte problems he pointed out is that you tend to use the same OTRS ticket for many uploads. I am sure this is just a good-faith mistake on your part, but each ticket is only valid for the items that are covered specifically in that ticket. For example, all of those East Side Story photos I processed for you some time ago, you couldn't use that same ticket number for an unrelated photo. When you have new photos from someone else, you need to follow the instructions at COM:OTRS to get those cleared. Hope that helps. howcheng {chat} 03:43, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! I have corrected all the template errors by now, as far as I know. Has anyone ever kept track of your contributions and followed you around? It's pretty creepy. Here for example he found yet another debate where he can get involved against me (maybe he'll be calling my input there "antics" like he has done before?), but my better judgement tells me he too, being experienced, actually must find the Ohio ID source very weak for the unquestionable naming of a portrait. EmilEikS (talk) 09:17, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Well, your contribution history is accessible by anyone. Also, experience shows us that when a user has a problematic upload, then more than likely, other uploads will also have issues. Please just consider that all users here are acting in good faith; a deletion request should not be seen as a negative mark against you. Everyone makes mistakes and there is definitely a learning curve to getting it right here, so if you look at this as a learning process, that will help. Thanks. howcheng {chat} 17:22, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you Howcheng!

Henry Delforn (talk) 18:13, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Looking for picture of Chinese victims of famine or any Mao-related atrocities. Can you help? Thank you again.Henry Delforn (talk) 18:25, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, I don't too much about the topic (it's been >15 years since I took Chinese history classes in college), but I would browse through Category:History of China to start. Good luck! howcheng {chat} 18:47, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Help... please.

Hi, I, Fcb981, was blocked recently (indefinitely) for being a vandalism only account. I was wondering if you knew how I could potentially go about getting un-blocked. I thought I'd come to you as you are an admin and are also active last I checked since you are still doing POTD over on en.wiki. Anyway, replying on User talk:Fcb981 is probably best. Regards, -Fcb981 -76.115.129.13 23:03, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Looks like I got unblocked quickly, sorry to bother you. I was just somewhat baffled and was trying to find someway to get out of the block. -Fcb981 (talk) 23:34, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] File:Yasmin_Gontijo - File: Yasmin_Perfil

Hello! Thanks for answering my request!Regards --Tiegor (talk) 16:01, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] File:Libyan Airlines TS-IND.jpg

Hi!

They put a request for deletion on this Libyan Airlines photo, even though I already sent permission to the OTRS team. I sent the email again just now, can you please have a look and verify, and remove the deletion tag?

Thanks a lot,

Regards from Libya, Jaw101ie (talk) 07:04, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

I replied to you via email. howcheng {chat} 16:41, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Edit warring re: ancient burial mounds

An edit war has begun here with Kuiper (as usual) who reverts edits without discussing (as usual). This just makes me feel like not contributing anymore to WC, just as I sat down now to upload a bunch of really great pictures of historical sites we took in June in Denmark and Sweden. I have been working very hard lately to try to organize all the categories under Category:Royalty of Sweden as well as I can. Can you please help me regain my impetus and desire? At least recommend what to do with this constant rule-breaker Kuiper who is still following me around? There are so many complaints on this guy from ther users too - all the same kind as mine. Basically a sort of personal persecution bordering on stalking, so that he can get his way, but with no sources whatsoever to back him up. He just changes things as he pleases. Can't anybody deal with him? What do we do? Please!

Here is another example of his handywork for the benefit of WC and the Foundation! Embarrassing bordering on shameful.

And here is a great example of the uninformed belligerency of this person - over and over and over again. EmilEikS (talk) 20:04, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 2009072710008743

Just wanted to draw your attention to OTRS ticket number 2009072710008743. It's addressed to you, so I'm assuming you have messaged this person before? Thought I'd let you know rather than asking them for a specific license. J Milburn (talk) 20:21, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Ah yes, Anyang Halla hockey club (see Category:Anyang Halla) has given PD releases for a few photos. I would assume that those terms are still agreeable. howcheng {chat} 20:28, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 2009071410073116

Another ticket addressed to you- I was going to deal with it myself, but I haven't really got any idea what the image is of. I'm assuming you've had dealings with this person? Perhaps you could shed a little light? J Milburn (talk) 11:05, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

This guy is a retired freelance photographer who sends in a lot of random photos from his travels. I'll take care of it. Thanks. howcheng {chat} 17:08, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] File:Sander-jan-klerk bw.jpg

Hi Mr. Cheng! Someone has put a picture on commons while that person didn't have the right. Can you please remove the ticket and the picture? I am the only owner of the picture. Thanks in advance! Sander198 17:08, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Action?

Hey Howard,

Just out of curiosity, what sort of action did you want to take if you were able to see the ticket? I'm currently in contact with the user via OTRS, and I suspect that he just regrets having uploaded the image (the headers of both the permission, and his new e-mail are a match). The image is currently only in use on nl-wikipedia, so although it's a shame, I guess we can delete the image upon request. Although I do want him to come clean and be clear about his request (e.g. not claiming copyright, but just saying "I regret uploading the picture"). I've made this clear to him in an e-mail (ticket:2009080910012431). m:Mark W (Mwpnl) ¦ talk 12:55, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

As you can see directly above here, I was thinking this was a claim of copyright infringement, so I was going to investigate and delete if necessary, but it looks like you have a handle on things. howcheng {chat} 03:58, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] What is the location where the images you recently added to the Spermophilus beecheyi were taken

Hi, I edit the Spermophilus beecheyi gallery and I like to keep track of where the images are taken. I am both curious about the range of the squirrels and about the differences in appearance of the subspecies.

Would it be possible to provide the location information for these images to their respective files?

Thank you, Dave
--Davefoc (talk) 22:01, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Sure. They happen to be the same park where I get the rest of my squirrel pics. howcheng {chat} 04:22, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] File:Sky Claudette Soto.jpg

Can you please have another look at the email chain for this image upload? There doesn't seem to be any explicit release under CC-BY-SA-3.0, and additionally the release appears to come from the subject of the photo rather than the photographer. Stifle (talk) 13:39, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes, you're right. That looks like I did it back when I started doing OTRS, so I guess I didn't do a very thorough job on it. Look at en:Sky Claudette Soto/ †Eros Fire†, I wouldn't object if that article were to be deleted. howcheng {chat} 19:21, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] permission to use images

Dear Howard,

I am writing a book about lagomorphs, with co-author John Seidensticker, for Johns Hopkins University Press, to be published in fall 2010, called "Rabbits: the Animal Answer Guide." We would like to use your images, noted below, in the book.

Although I'm not sure it's necessary given the licenses noted, I am asking for explicit permission to use these images. (I am new to Wikimedia and have gotten conflicting advice about the need to get such permissions; perhaps you can clarify?

Thank you. Regards, Susan Lumpkin, <redacted>

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Desert_Cottontail_(Sylvilagus_audubonii).jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sylvilagus_audubonii_on_rocks.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sylivilagus_audubonii_juvenile.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.163.191.9 (talk • contribs) 13:20, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Photos for deletion

hi, how are you doing? i was told that several of the photos i have uploaded need permission from the copyright holders in order to stay on wikipedia commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/Files_from_J929

i have tried to contact the Sathya Sai Baba trust at enquiry@sssbpt.org ( http://www.sssbpt.org/Pages/ShareUs/ShareUs.htm ) (i have sent three emails with no reply) i was wondering if you could help at all to get the proper permission for the photos. i am unsure who the original photographer was and as the pictures are of postcards i know that they are several generations of photos (picture of a picture of a picture...) and not the original photos. (see discussion http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/Files_from_J929 for explanation)

any help or suggestions is most appreciated.

J929 (talk) 21:52, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] OTRS details sought

Hi there Howcheng. I've noticed you have an OTRS account. Any chance you could check the details of an OTRS ticket for me? It's for this image. The reason I'm asking is because there are a couple of substantially larger examples of this image on the net, and I'd like to know whether the OTRS ticket covers only this particular small-scale image or whether it covers any version of the same image. Thanks, Gatoclass (talk) 23:59, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, it appears to be just for the specific ones uploaded by User:Lordprice. howcheng {chat} 05:59, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Okay, thanks :) I might send them an email to see if I can get their permission to upload a bigger image. Gatoclass (talk) 02:24, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Commons:Language policy

Hi, in an effort to move the Commons:Language policy closer to completion, I have been editing it and cleaning it up for the last few days. I have tried to make the page as neutral and consistent as possible with the relevant policy and guidleine pages that it cross references.

I would appreciate it, as someone who has discussed some of these policies in the past, if you could look at Commons talk:Language policy and contribute your thoughts. This is the version that exists as I am writing it and I am encouraging everyone to consider the "static" page until everything gets sorted out.

Many thanks. Evrik (talk) 17:05, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] File:Cody Robert Judy.jpg

File deletion warning

File:Cody Robert Judy.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.
In all cases, please do not take the deletion request personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!

--71.223.117.243 17:36, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Squirrel pic

Hello Howard! I just want to tell you that your ground squirrel picture (two of them standing behind that stone) is absolutely gorgeous. You're one hell of a photographer! Cheers, Bernie from Germany

Thanks for the kind words. It helps when the subjects are cooperative and sit still while you work. :) howcheng {chat} 06:58, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] File:Wheeler_Bridge.jpg

Pay attention to copyright

File:Wheeler_Bridge.jpg has been marked as a copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content, that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. For images, you may find Commons:Image casebook useful. You can ask questions about Commons policies in Commons:Help desk.

The file you added will soon be deleted. If you believe this image is not a copyright violation, please explain why on the image description page.

High Contrast (talk) 21:49, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Oops, I forgot to add the OTRS ticket to that one. Restored and added now. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. howcheng {chat} 23:54, 1 November 2009 (UTC)