User talk:Pigsonthewing

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Nipper

Hi Pigsonthewing,
More stuff:
Source: Postcard
Date:1907 or after
Author: Unknown
This is almost certainly a shot to publicise their new purchase of this loco. “In 1907, the park management decided to try out a miniature railway and brought in "Nipper" a 10¼" gauge loco.” [1]. This image could also go in one or more Category:Postcards. --P.g.champion (talk) 21:03, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. Andy Mabbett (talk) 21:42, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Problem_with_microformats_in_artwork_template

Andy, You had some concerns at Template_talk:Artwork#Problem_with_microformats_in_artwork_template. Can you help me figure out what microformating should be added by various templates? --Jarekt (talk) 15:23, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

File:Polygala chamaebuxus var Grandiflora .jpg

Could I ask for the filename you wanted? The name you wanted and the filename was the same so I removed the notice. -- とある白い猫 ^ちぃ？ 18:50, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

As I noted in the template, which I've restored, a rename would "loose space; decap" - there is an extraneous space between the final letter and the period; and "grandiflora" should not be capitalised. Andy Mabbett (talk) 19:42, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Ah, the only thing template describes is "Looks like this image was renamed already, please remove the rename template.". Renamed. -- とある白い猫 ^ちぃ？ 20:17, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Issue with coin images

Please see my statement at your VP thread 'How eBay could help Wikimedia Commons get more open-licensed images' as soon as possible. Sven Manguard Wha? 05:21, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Majorca beetle

I think this is Chalcophora sp. maybe mariana but there are several Chalcophora sp. in the Balearics Certainly it's Buprestidae. Notafly (talk) 14:25, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. Andy Mabbett (talk) 14:50, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

File:Walsall wall advertisement.jpg

File:Walsall wall advertisement.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!

-mattbuck (Talk) 16:24, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

File:Barbers Teas, Always Please, Brookvale Road, Birmingham.jpg

File:Barbers Teas, Always Please, Brookvale Road, Birmingham.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!

-mattbuck (Talk) 16:24, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Filemover

I've given you the filemover right. INeverCry 16:42, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. Andy Mabbett (talk) 17:52, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

RfA

I think Russavia and Odder had it right. There is no question that you could be a competent Commons Admin, just that you don't have enough experience here. Two months or so, with a record of intelligent comments on DRs, and given your record on WP, it will be an easy election. Lest you think that is just make work, please remember that we delete around 2,000 pages every day -- yesterday's DR list had 250+ entries. A good comment from a known user can make it much easier for the closing Admin to reach a decision. .     Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk to me) 11:51, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Svenska syndabockar

Hi! I'm helping the artist Markus Andersson to upload pictures of his paintings to Wikimedia. He has sent an email releasing the pictures under an appropriate license and received a response from you. I started out by uploading the file Svenska syndabockar.jpg. I have never done this before and would therefore be very grateful if you could check if everything is in order, or if I should do something differently next time. The ticket number I have received is [Ticket#2012111410011543]. Artfreak4567 (talk) 05:12, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Your upload looks good. Please reply to the email, with the URL of each of the images, Andy Mabbett (talk) 14:21, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi again. I am having difficulties with my upload of this picture and a couple of others by the same artist, released in the email I mentioned above. It is now being called into question if an email has actually been sent by the artist. He has already granted permission and if possible I would like to avoid bothering him again about sending another email. Do you have time to take another look at this? It would be greatly appreciated. Artfreak4567 (talk) 10:03, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

There's not much I can do; you need to discuss with whoever's raised that concern. Andy Mabbett (talk) 13:14, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Would it not be possible for you to take a look at the copyright owner's email of 14 November 2012 (filed as Ticket#2012111410011543) and mark the uploads Det sista vittnet.jpg, Jämlikhet.jpg, Kaj med barnbarn.jpg, Katharsis.jpg, Vrede mot gudarna.jpg and Svenska syndabockar.jpg as having been released under an appropriate license? (You responded to that email shortly after it was sent.) Artfreak4567 (talk) 15:21, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

File tagging File:Dave Winer voice.ogg

{{Autotranslate|1=File:Dave Winer voice.ogg|base=Noticket}} Denniss (talk) 20:49, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

ticket:2012102510011695 was in another user's OTRS mailbox. Andy Mabbett (talk) 21:39, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

User cat

Hi Andy, as mentioned by email, I am slowly populating Category:Images by Andy Mabbett by sweeping up files with your name in the author field. Drop me a note if there are types of upload that my search is missing (Google Chat can be a good way of contacting me on technical stuff - it cannot be lost in the aether, unlike IRC). I rarely update my local Commons dump, which is now just over a month old, so if a large number of recent uploads are being missed, it might need to run again after I have had a refresh at some point. Cheers --Fæ (talk) 07:31, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

That's great; many thanks. Andy Mabbett (talk) 12:36, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

File source is not properly indicated: File:Hull and Humber Estuary 2013-03.jpg

This media may be deleted.

A file that you have uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, File:Hull and Humber Estuary 2013-03.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) 22:13, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Hi!

Please do not provide direct links on images. PD-NASA cannot be verified with the source you have pasted. Regards. --High Contrast (talk) 22:14, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

What is that supposed to mean? Andy Mabbett (talk) 22:34, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Do not link direcly on the .jpg file but on on the .html site. Same problem with the following files:

• File:Folkestone and Dover from ISS 2013-03.jpg
• File:Isle of Wight from ISS 2013-03.jpg

--High Contrast (talk) 22:36, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Nope, that still makes no sense. Andy Mabbett (talk) 22:38, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Bsr --High Contrast (talk) 22:42, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

That's a link to a template. Andy Mabbett (talk) 22:44, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Wow! Now read. --High Contrast (talk) 22:45, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

If you can't intelligently and coherently explain your point, without issuing commands, please don't post here again. Andy Mabbett (talk) 22:47, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Mabbett, sorry that I am no native speaker but you should also try to think a little bit. What is the source of those images in question? You must provvide a clear source that can proof that this image is really a NASA image. A direct link to this jpg cannot verify this. --High Contrast (talk) 22:51, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

So now you accuse me of not thinking. You are rude, as well as unhelpful. Andy Mabbett (talk) 22:55, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Is it rude to ask for clarification? You are constantly refuse to cooperate. --High Contrast (talk) 22:58, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Where did I say you were "rude to ask for clarification"? And no, I have refused no such thing. Stop posting here until you have learned some manners. Andy Mabbett (talk) 23:01, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

You accuse him of not being helpful. That is also rude, isn't it? --McZusatz (talk) 23:00, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

No. Andy Mabbett (talk) 23:01, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Do what you want, Mabbett. I won't waste any time on this thing. Revert those no-source-tags. Good bye, High Contrast (talk) 23:05, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Andy, let me clarify. For those images, you are only linking directly to the JPG file as the source. He is asking that you link instead to the tweet that he posts, so that it can be verified by others. I would suggest something like this, using the Hull and Humber Estuary image as an example:

• |source= https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/311868006508666880 ([https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BFP6TLFCIAEWRYs.jpg:large direct link])

Also, please note that you are uploading the lower resolution version of the images. Make sure you click on the image in the tweet for a larger file (you'll see the ":large" bit appended to the URL)...I've gone ahead and cleaned up the Hull image. Let me know if there are any questions (and yes, an OTRS filing would be great for those that don't believe). — Huntster (t @ c) 03:47, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for clarifying; and for doing so without insulting me. I use a Twitter client and do not usually visit twitter.com; and my client does not show me the higher resolution image which you have found. Andy Mabbett (talk) 15:29, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Category:Views from the International Space Station

 

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--Julian H. (talk/files) 15:26, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Wind tunnels

Hi, you've got me going now on wind tunnels. I have made some new cats there, reflecting the cases where full size subjects such as aircraft are used. Hint, full size aircraft often retain their usual colours and markings. Your remaining unidentified model might never get identified, because speculative designs are often tested before a publicly-revealed designation is assigned. I'm tempted to remove images from Unidentified Aircraft that are unrecognisable, as in contrails etc.146.90.73.236 12:35, 18 April 2013 (UTC) Oops, just got logged out. PeterWD (talk) 12:38, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Perhaps we need an "unidentifiable aircraft" category? Andy Mabbett (talk) 21:57, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Men with glasses

Hi Pigsonthewing, I've seen your cat-conflict with Foroa. Regrettably your mutual communication seems to have happened only via edit-summaries, as far as I can see. The reason for the removal of cat:Men with glasses from your cat:Andy Mabbett may be that each image in this cat is already in cat:Men with glasses, it would thereby be a double-categorization - so far my assumption. --Túrelio (talk) 19:10, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, but I'm afraid you're labouring under a misapprehension. The matter is discussed - complete with Foroa's wildly-inaccurate statistical claims - at Commons:Categories for discussion/2013/05/Category:Men with glasses (and before that at User talk:Mjrmtg#Category:Men with glasses). And individual images in cat:Andy Mabbett should not be in cat:Men with glasses; precisely because the former is. Andy Mabbett (talk) 20:22, 18 May 2013 (UTC)