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[edit] IndiaFM images

Hello John, this is Rahul. I am a bit busy right now but I will upload the images when I have time. After uploading the images, I will reply back to your mail. I have some questions regarding the IndiaFM images. First, when I upload the images here on Wikimedia Commons, do I just include the "OTRS" pending tag or do I also have to include the licence tag that Riana established regarding the IndiaFM images? Second, after you approve the images, do I again have to upload them on Wikipedia or I can just enter the image name in the "image" part of the actors' infoboxes? Thanks for you help with this matter!! --Bollywood Dreamz Talk 03:23, 6 April 2008

When you upload them, also add "{{Cc-by-3.0-IndiaFM}}" in addition to "{{OTRS pending}}". You will not need to upload them again to Wikipedia. Images on the Commons project are instantly available on all projects. John Vandenberg (chat) 05:41, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
John, just to let you know that I am currently tied up with exams. Is it okay if I upload the pics roughly by the end of this week, which is when my exams are done?? I am notifying you because I don't want you to keep on waiting for me to upload the images and think that I am not going to upload them. Hope there are no problems!! --Bollywood Dreamz Talk 16:04, 7 April 2008
No worries. There is no rush. Take your time and concentrate on the exams. John Vandenberg (chat) 23:10, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks buddy, I really appreciate it!! I have another question I needed to ask. After I upload the images, can I add it directly to the actors' pages or do I have to wait until you approve of them first? Regards --Bollywood Dreamz Talk 18:07, 10 April 2008
Wait until I approve them, in order to minimise the exposure of the images, otherwise random people will think they need to bring the images to the attention of others. I'll try to approve them asap; feel free to drop me an email so I know when you have uploaded them. John Vandenberg (chat) 00:05, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
Hey John, I have finally uploaded all the images specified in the e-mail with the "OTRS pending" tag. Please take a look at them when you have time. After you approve them, I will add the images on the actors' pages. I have responded to the e-mail you sent me by "permissions@wikimedia.org" and I sent another e-mail to your account so you would have one copy for yourself. Thanks for your help with this!! P.S. Please do not forgot to add the link for the OTRS permission for the individual image in the permission section. Regards --Bollywood Dreamz Talk 02:39, 13 April 2008
You have caught me on a busy day.. as soon as I have finished writing my new article for today (and closed 100 odd tabs) I will get on with this. (so, sometime within the next 24 hrs) John Vandenberg (chat) 06:55, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
No problem John!! Take your time!! I have a question. User:Lucasbfr‎ removed the "OTRS pending" tag and did something. Does that mean the images have been approved? I tried to get in contact with him but he doesn't have a talk page on Commons. He just has one on Wikipedia. --Bollywood Dreamz Talk 21:04, 13 April 2008
Yes, Lucasbfr has done them all while I was asleep (literally). John Vandenberg (chat) 23:31, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Elijah Wood

I apologize for not responding sooner as I rarely log on to commons. That Elijah Wood picture was NOT a copyright violation. I don't know how you came up with that conclusion as it was licensed as self made. That picture was cropped. In the original picture, I'm actually standing right next to him, as in all the pictures of celebrities which I have uploaded. --Dysepsion 02:31, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

I uploaded the original photo here: http://www.geocities.com/jabad513/elijah_wood.jpg. I've blacked out my face for privacy concerns. The picture was taken at a convention in which Elijah Woods appeared at. The person who made the complaint should've realized that there were dozens and dozens of people who took pictures with him. If you notice in the picture in the blog, you can see the person's fingers on his shoulder, whereas in my picture there isn't. I hope this clarifies it. --Dysepsion 06:17, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you. I can see how the mistake was made. --Dysepsion 19:19, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Woody Guthrie

Hello. I noticed Image:10 of the Woody Guthrie songs - Bed on your floor.png which you uploaded is dated to 1946, but listed as predating 1923. Something is clearly wrong there, please correct the information if you can. Thanks, -- Infrogmation 17:39, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about that. It has been caused by selecting {{PD-US}} in commonist (which is fine), and commonist also adding the pre-1923 message in the information block. The finer details can be found on Image:20040823 Jibjab Copyright Scans.pdf, which is listed as the source for all of those images. These have been found to be PD in a US court[1]. I'll clean this up when I come back online. John Vandenberg (chat) 20:45, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 2nd Batch of IndiaFM images

Hello John, this is Rahul once again. I uploaded the second batch of the IndiaFM images, which consisted of 8 images, sometime last week, yet I haven't received any kind of response from the OTRS. Could you please take a look at them when you have time. I would greatly appreciate it. Regards -- Bollywood Dreamz Talk 16:55, 8 May 2008

Do you have an OTRS number ? John Vandenberg (chat) 23:26, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
What do you mean? I don't really get your question. OTRS number for what?? -- Bollywood Dreamz Talk 19:20, 10 May 2008

[edit] Image:Attorney General Gonzales' Resignation Letter to Bush.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 informations 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.

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[edit] Les Fourberies de Scapin

Hi John,

We have a 100%.png text of s:fr:Les Fourberies de Scapin on fr.ws but no scans. On Internet Archive I can see they have djvus files here or here including that play and other interesting ones. What can the bot do and what will we have to do by hand? Thank you for your advice and for your help! --Zyephyrus (talk) 08:39, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

I've uploaded one set : "The plays of Molière - Waller". Those books should be set up on French and English Wikisource. I can upload any pages. John Vandenberg (chat) 02:41, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
John, thank you very very much! This would be a bilingual project, wouldn't it? How could we organize it? - --Zyephyrus (talk) 18:07, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
You build an index on your side, and discourage transcription of the English pages, and en.ws will do the same, discouraging transcription of the French. John Vandenberg (chat) 22:26, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
I have built an index and prepared a page for the play Les Fâcheux (pages 350 to 412 in the djvu). We have actions specific for French texts: are there some of them that your bot could do?- --Zyephyrus (talk) 18:21, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Maplebrook School.jpeg

The copyright holder sent this e-mail to wikimedia last week:

"Dear permissions-commons,

I hereby assert that I am the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of WORK "image:Maplebrook School.jpeg"( which was deleted from Wikimedia on June 14,2008). I agree to publish that work under the free license LICENSE FULL Text. I acknowledge that I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product,and to modify it according to their needs,as long as they abide the terms of the license and any other applicable laws. I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work,and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen .Modifications others make to the work will not be attributed to me. I am aware that the free license only concerns copyright,and I reserve the option to take action who uses this work in a libelous way,or in violation of personal rights,trademark restrictions,etc. I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement,and the work may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.

July 1.2008 Roger Fazzone Copyright holder"

Could you please put the image back up now? Thanks in advance...LedRush (talk) 20:34, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

[edit] DR Image:Grimme_online_award_2005.jpg

Hi John, thanks for closing this Deletion request. However, the DR template's still at the image: Image:Grimme_online_award_2005.jpg / maybe you mixed it up with the new picture I've received in addition? Thanks for having a look. --Elya (talk) 13:23, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for informing me. I did look for a delete template, but I couldnt see it for looking at it. It has now been removed. John Vandenberg (chat) 13:49, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image:MD-RGB.gif_.26_Image:MD-RGB.gif

Hi John, I'm just following up on the above two images. I see that we never got a responce to the tickets via OTRS. you can see the entire conversation here Commons_talk:Licensing#Image:MD-RGB.gif_.26_Image:MD-RGB.gif. Thanks, -- J.smith (talk) 20:28, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Deleted. John Vandenberg (chat) 01:38, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Advise about Commonist

hi! i'm trying to use Commonist in my own wiki.

i have configured the tool but i have some problem editing the files that i have copied to the family folder.

if my website is sol.com for example

i put at sol.family file:

name: sol
shortcut: s

but then at the sol.site file i put:

# identification
family:	sol

# network
protocol:	http://sol.com
hostName:	
rawPath:	/w/index.php
prettyPath:	/wiki/
apiPath:	/w/api.php

can you please tell me what i put in this four last lines ?

thanx! --Biris (talk) 08:40, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

I recently set it up to work with my own wiki; I'll leave a comment on your talk page tomorrow. John Vandenberg (chat) 22:34, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
http://Sol.com doesnt look like a Wiki, so I cant figure out what the values should be. John Vandenberg (chat) 07:43, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Maxwell: On Governors

Hi John, I found your upload of what seems to be a TeX Version of the original Article On Governors and linked it the the English and German wikipedias. Could you upload the TeX source as well? It would make quotations from the original article that much easier! -- DrJunge (talk) 01:57, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I didnt create this PDF. I have started to reconstruct it using Wiki syntax at s:On Governors. --John Vandenberg (chat) 06:58, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] We meet again :))

Hello John, this is Rahul!! It's been a long time since I last talked to you!! How are you doing?? Previously, you helped me by tagging all of the IndiaFM images and I was wondering if you could help me with this situation again. I have uploaded a total of four images and have already sent an e-mail to the OTRS regarding this. If you have time, could you please take a look at them. I have included the link of the images below so it is easier for you to locate them: (Image:Kapoor on NB4.jpg, Image:Kapoor on SaReGaMaPa 07.jpg, Image:Kapoor on SRGMP Challenge 07.jpg & Image:Genelia D'Souza.jpg) Thanks for your help with this matter!! Best Regards -- Bollywood Dreamz talk 17:20, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

I have done this now. Thank you for persevering with this. Regards, John Vandenberg (chat) 06:34, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
Thank you very much John!!! :)) Best Regards -- Bollywood Dreamz talk 02:58, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
No worries. Let me know when you have more you want processed! John Vandenberg (chat) 06:47, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] OTRS

Hello John. I have uploaded 3 Images Image:Richard Crasta2.jpg‎, Image:Richard Crasta3.jpg‎, and Image:Richard Crasta.jpg‎. I have also sent the mail on the OTRS server. I was wondering if you could check them. If you are willing then,

Thanks, Kensplanet (talk) 11:05, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Shouldn't this be at WikiSource?

Hi,

I came across a .pdf text file uploaded at Commons in September (Maltbie Davenport Babcock Memorial Service Leaflet.pdf). It's still in upload purgatory and can only be accessed at en-Wiki as an external link (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Maltbie_Davenport_Babcock_Memorial_Service_Leaflet.pdf): doesn't this belong at WikiSource anyway, not here? JGHowes talk - 05:43, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

The process from here is roughly:
  1. Keep the PDF
  2. Convert it to a DJVU, using Any2djvu
  3. Upload the DJVU to Commons
  4. Create a "transcription project" on Wikisource (grab me and I can help you with that)
  5. Proofread it
  6. Update links in Wikipedia.
John Vandenberg (chat) 06:06, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Media needing catgories

Hi, I have seen for example Image:A_grammar_of_the_Bohemian_or_Cech_language.djvu that does not have a link to a category. From your gallery I have seen thet there are very many uncaterorized files. That makes it difficult to find them. Only a search using a word you have given in the description will give a result. On the page http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:JVbot is mentioned a similar comment by a bot. But as bots can't read the message you wrote on that page, I mention it here. Could you please add categories to your files? Thanks Wouter (talk) 09:04, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

These djvu files are added automatically by a bot which cant know how to classify them. Also, they do not need to be found here as these files are used on Wikisource, were every word in the books are index by search engines, so they are very easy to find. See here. Cheers, John Vandenberg (chat) 09:51, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
Thank you very much about the explanation. I have now put a question in Village pump What about linking to a category in Commons for djvu files?
My opinion as mentioned there is "One conclusion is that the bot should not add these files to Commons and the present djvu files should be deleted from Commons. If these files should be at Commons BotMultichillT should not tag these these files with "Please link images".". This is just to inform you and may be you can give your opinion there. Thanks and best regards Wouter (talk) 21:23, 11 December 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Andrew Murray picture

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A file that you have uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, File:Andrew_Murray.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-1.0+}} or {{PD-self}} to release certain rights to your work.

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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!

Kam Solusar (talk) 00:14, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

I have asked the original uploader at de:Benutzer_Diskussion:KHKauffmann#Andrew_Murray_picture
John Vandenberg (chat) 12:44, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Please link images

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Hello John Vandenberg!

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 05:55, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] TUSC token 7ef2c44ebc5736e7a65330529cf8e25a

I am now proud owner of a TUSC account! (again!?) John Vandenberg (chat) 11:09, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] File:First Baptist Church of Augusta aerial.jpg may be deleted

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The File:First Baptist Church of Augusta aerial.jpg which you uploaded has been tagged {{OTRS pending}} for more than 30 days. This tag indicates that an email setting out permission to use the file was sent to the OTRS team. Unfortunately, we cannot find any record that such an email has been received, and accordingly the file remains without permission. Unless the OTRS team receives evidence that permission has been granted within 15 days of today's date, the file will be deleted. If you have already sent the permission, please re-send it to "permissions-commons-at-wikimedia.org" now. Please quote the file name in your email. At the same time, please leave a message at the OTRS noticeboard so that a volunteer can follow this up. Alternatively, you can contact an OTRS volunteer directly. HersfoldOTRSBot(talk/opt out) 15:53, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

I have requested an update from the person who sent these two images to me. Feel free to delete if the time has elapse. I can always undelete if the permission arrives. John Vandenberg (chat) 03:05, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] File:First Baptist Church of Augusta snow.jpg may be deleted

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The File:First Baptist Church of Augusta snow.jpg which you uploaded has been tagged {{OTRS pending}} for more than 30 days. This tag indicates that an email setting out permission to use the file was sent to the OTRS team. Unfortunately, we cannot find any record that such an email has been received, and accordingly the file remains without permission. Unless the OTRS team receives evidence that permission has been granted within 15 days of today's date, the file will be deleted. If you have already sent the permission, please re-send it to "permissions-commons-at-wikimedia.org" now. Please quote the file name in your email. At the same time, please leave a message at the OTRS noticeboard so that a volunteer can follow this up. Alternatively, you can contact an OTRS volunteer directly. HersfoldOTRSBot(talk/opt out) 15:53, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Flag from gallery

Hi. I would like to ask you to withdraw Flag of Hungary (WFB 2004).gif from your gallery, and admit destroying that image to me. The colours of that flag are improper, and there are other versions of the Hungarian flags in the Commons, the oversupply of the flags can make some inconvenience. I hope for your answer. Orion 8 (talk) 21:52, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

No, I will not. That image was published by the CIA in the 2004 edition of its World Fact Book. You are free to annotate it to indicate that it had errors, but it is a free and published work which is used by the Wikisource reproduction of the WFB. John Vandenberg (chat) 04:52, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
All right, not an exigent problem. Orion 8 (talk) 12:07, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] File:Jhr.Dr. O.F.A.H.vNtP.jpg's permission still unconfirmed

Hello, John Vandenberg. The file linked to in the above header has been marked with {{OTRS received}}, but there has been no complete confirmation of its permission status in the last 30 days. From what I'm able to tell, you were the person who added this template. Would you mind taking a look at this again? If confirmation cannot be found, this file should probably be marked for deletion. This should be the only notification you will receive regarding this image, so long as the comment I added to the image description page is not altered. Thanks! HersfoldOTRSBot(talk/opt out) 16:24, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

If you are not an OTRS volunteer or did not add the "received" template to this file, it's possible I made a mistake identifying the correct user. I look for the most recent diff where the template was added, so if you reverted an edit where this template was removed, I can't tell the difference. If this is the case, please let my operator know at w:en:User talk:Hersfold. Sorry for the inconvenience!

This is being dealt with at Commons:Deletion requests/File:A.J.M.vNtP.jpg.
John Vandenberg (chat) 05:35, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Statutes at Large Volume 1 split files

Just directing your attention to Commons:Deletion requests/Statutes at Large Volume 1 split files. I presume you have no objection. Tarmstro99 (talk) 17:57, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] File:Firefox UniversalXPConnect privilege confirmation on Google Books.png

Hello John, I've nominated the linked file as a copyright violation because it contains elements of copyrighted software (the Windows interface, that is). See you around, –blurpeace (talk) 05:50, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

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