User talk:Rfc1394

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[edit] Image:CNOOC.PNG

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Thuresson 11:53, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Datebox

Hello Paul,

A datebox is an excellent idea, although I think it would make a lot more sense on Commons:Picture of the day and Commons:Media of the day. Truly, as opposed to Wikinews, we have much less time-sensitive info, and while frequent editors might appreciate a reminder of what the time is, casual browsers could care less. Besides, chances are that experienced editors have other ways of keeping the time. As for the date, it is listed twice on the main page, specifically below Picture of the Day and Media of the Day... which makes me think that those places could use a datebox. Don't know so much about the Main Page, though :)

An added thought: another pitfall of the datebox is that the page is squid cached when it is generated, and the datetime is cached into it. This cached page is sent to all users unless it's purged or edited. Which means not even a client-side cache wipe could refresh the date, but only an "?action=purge" command sent to the server. I don't want to sound like I'm opposing everything that is new and great, but the datebox might not be so efficient after all. Thanks for your understanding. —UED77 01:01, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

By the way, keep up the great work with the Image classification system. Be sure to move it into the Commons: namespace when it's done! (Or I'll move it for you.) —UED77 00:56, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, Paul, but I see through your contribs that you are active, but have not responded. I'm going to remove the datebox for the aforementioned reasons. Thank you for your understanding. —UED77 13:04, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BadJPEG tag on Image:Florida Ave (Washington DC).JPG

Hello, Rfc1394. I have restored the {{badJPEG}} tag on Image:Florida Ave (Washington DC).JPG. First, it seems odd to me that the PNG version of this image would be larger, unless you are trying to convert the JPEG into a PNG (which will not solve the fundamental problem). But the primary reason I restored the tag is that the size of the file is not the most important consideration. Images that use JPEG compression suffer from compression artifacts, and these artifacts will get progressively worse if the image is modified and resaved as a JPEG. The PNG format does not have this problem. The quality of an image is maintained when an image is saved as a PNG, but JPEG compression reduces image quality. For these reasons it would be better to have a PNG version of this map, even if the file size is somewhat larger than the JPEG version. (Also, there are ways to reduce the file size of a PNG image without losing any image quality, whereas reducing the file size of a JPEG image always results in a lower-quality image.) If you have any questions, please let me know. —Bkell (talk) 19:23, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Area code 808.png

Any reason why the map is flipped? AnonMoos 22:27, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Commons:Image classification system

Please do not implement this on a wide scale (a few examples to demonstrate it are OK - but please indicate that it is experimental) until it has demonstrated community approval. This would be a major change and should not be implemented by stealth.

Thanks, pfctdayelise (translate?) 14:41, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Your ICS template does accidentally include every categorised image in Category:Image Classification System because of the {{ICS {{{1}}}.{{{2}}}|{{{3}}}}} templates used in template:ICS to add the description to the image. --AGoon 22:13, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:1GB USB Flash Drive.png

Pay attention to copyright

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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.

edward 08:13, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Virginia maps

For future reference, locator maps showing cities in Virginia would go in Category:Virginia city locator maps and locator maps showing counties in Virginia would go in Category:Virginia county locator maps --Iamunknown 01:40, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Maine_Counties_4.png

[edit] Area code map dataset

Hi, I'm working on adding area code and ZIP codes to all 42000 city/town articles on English Wikipedia, and am looking for a dataset for the boundaries (in a shapefile or some other formate) of all the American area codes and ZIP codes. You seem to have created some maps using such boundary files, so can you let me know if you will send them to me, or tell me where I can download them? Thanks, --CapitalR 00:53, 17 March 2007 (UTC) (also known as User:CapitalR on Wikipedia).

[edit] Image:Scenic_Loop_plate_county.svg

Hello, and thank your for sharing your files with Commons. There seems to be a problem regarding the description and/or licensing of this particular file. Please remember that all uploads require source, author and license information. Could you please resolve these problems, which are described on the page linked in above? Thank you. --Siebrand 14:17, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Washington dc 7th st.png

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

[edit] Image:2007 Audi A8.jpg

Pay attention to copyright

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The copyright notice for the site which you cited as the source of this image states:

Photographs of vehicles displayed on this web site were supplied by the manufacturer or by Ward's Communications and are used with their permission. The photographs are owned by the manufacturer and are protected by United States Copyright laws.

—LX (talk, contribs) 23:24, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

This also applies to Image:2007 Audi A4 Cabriolet.jpg, Image:2007 Audi A4 Avant.jpg, Image:2007 Audi A4.jpg, Image:2007 Audi A3.jpg, Image:2007 Acura RDX.jpg, Image:2007 Acura MDX.jpg, Image:2007 Acura TSX 2.jpg, Image:2007 Acura RL.jpg, Image:2007 Audi A6 Quattro.jpg, Image:2007 Audi A6.jpg, and Image:2007 Acura TL.jpg. I also deleted Template:FuelEconomy.gov because its only use was for images from this site which may not be uploaded to Commons. —LX (talk, contribs) 23:40, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Screenshots containing non-free Windows widgets are not permitted on Commons

Hello Rfc1394,

the following content you uploaded is not free and therefore had to be deleted:

The Wikimedia Commons (this website) only hosts media files which can be used for any purpose, including:

use in any work, regardless of content
creation of derivative works
commercial use
free distribution

See Commons:Licensing for the copyright policy on the Wikimedia Commons. Some other Wikimedia projects have different licensing policies. For example, the English Wikipedia allows fair use of sounds and photographs. This is not the case on the Wikimedia Commons: "fair use" materials are not acceptable here.

Please make sure that you only upload works you have created yourself, those which are out of copyright, or those for which you have the required permission for the work to be used in all the ways described above. Again, please read through Commons:Licensing, which is quite crucial to understanding how the Wikimedia Commons works. Thanks for your contribution, and please do leave me a message if you have further questions.

In particular, please see Commons:Licensing#Screenshots. —LX (talk, contribs) 23:30, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:I 35W Bridge.svg

Hi,

Could you please clarify the copyright on Image:I 35W Bridge.svg? Who is that telephone company? Did they release it under the GFDL/CC licenses? I don't get it.

Thanks! Kmccoy (talk) (en) (en:talk) 22:13, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

I was about to ask the same. --NE2 22:14, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing the link. :) Kmccoy (talk) (en) (en:talk) 22:25, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

My name is Paul Robinson. The telephone company listed is 'Robinson Telephone Company of the National Capital Area'. So, perhaps now, you can guess where the name came from. It is incorporated in Virginia (corporations are cheaper than LLCs). I am in charge of the company (it's now a non-stock corporation, which means it has no 'owners', however I happen to be both General Manager AND the only member of the Board of Directors). I release all my maps under the company name (for legal and technical reasons). So it is reasonable for me to say it is my own work, since I am the person who created the map even though it is owned by the company, e.g. in a form of 'work for hire' if you will. If you notice on the image, there is a logo that specifically says it was released under both licenses (which is why I put it there). Rfc1394 09:33, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Watermark != copyright. By releasing your image under those licenses you allow it to be freely edited, which includes removing watermarks. The image is still under copyright, it is just not watermarked on the image. If you read wikipedia's image use policy it specifically states images should not be watermarked. "Also, user-created images may not be watermarked, distorted, have any credits in the image itself or anything else that would hamper their free use, unless, of course, the image is intended to demonstrate watermarking, distortion etc. and is used in the related article. All photo credit should be in a summary on the image description page." -Ravedave 14:27, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi Rfc1394, I made a change to the picture because Google Map shows that 4th street (the bottom crossing of 35W in this picture) actually passes under the freeway. I haven't upload it yet, since I want to get your opinion first. If you agree, I will upload a new version of the file. Thanks. Chrishomingtang 17:57, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Actually when I upload it, there is something wrong with the file. So I revert it. Chris! _{my talk} 19:11, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging Image:Nelson_River_Bipole_HVDC_Anchor_Pylon.jpg

This media may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:Nelson_River_Bipole_HVDC_Anchor_Pylon.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-3.0}} 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. Siebrand 16:50, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

This image appears to be damaged. It's over a year old, so I don't remember what it was from. I can't see the image so I can't determine if it's one of mine, or something I have permission for, or it may very well be from a public domain source like a U.S. Government agency. Since I can't see the image it's really not fixable, so it may be deleted at any time. I have changed the message on the image to mark it for deletion. Rfc1394 22:17, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nuvola

Hi there, I've noticed a lot of the images you made, you uploaded with "Nuvola" as part of the name. These image don't really have anything to do with the Nuvola icon set originally designed by David Vignoni. I'm aware of the current effort to expand this icon set with projects like Commons:Project Nuvola 2.0+, but unless I'm terribly mistaken, I thought the goal was to make new icons with the Nuvola style. To quote the project's description page: "WikiProject Nuvola 2.0+ is a project to make new icons that will fit stylistically into David Vignoni’s Nuvola icon set" Your contributions, while greatly appreciated, do not really belong in this collection, and by naming them "Nuvola", you may be confusing and/or misleading people on what Nuvola means. To help illustrate what I mean, here's three "nuvola" icons you made and three original Nuvola icons.

As you can see, these two styles have nothing to do with each other. I mean, you have every right to name them what you want, but maybe you can explain to me why you are using "Nuvola" in your names and why you are adding them to the project's page. Thanks. Rocket000 19:50, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:RFC1394 Color 1600x1200.jpg

You uploaded this image which you claim to be your own work. On the upload page you agreed to place it under a Free license but did not specify which one. Please do so by replacing the {{OwnWork}} tag with a suitable copyright tag. Alkab 19:03, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Category:National Capital

This category don't match an encyclopaedic subject and is not needed for other purposes, in my opinion. So, I plan to request its deletion. Please, stop to categorize pages or media files in this category. --Juiced lemon 00:51, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your comment!

That was a very nice thing to say : ) I'm just trying to contribute however I can. Doodle-doo Ħ 22:06, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:5 Star.svg

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-Officer781 (talk) 10:00, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Area Code Shapefiles

I too am looking for area code shapefiles to create some more products. I can't seem to find a source for them.

[edit] Please link images

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User talk:Rfc1394

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Contents

[edit] Image:CNOOC.PNG

[edit] Datebox

[edit] BadJPEG tag on Image:Florida Ave (Washington DC).JPG

[edit] Image:Area code 808.png

[edit] Commons:Image classification system

[edit] Image:1GB USB Flash Drive.png

[edit] Virginia maps

[edit] Image:Maine_Counties_4.png

[edit] Area code map dataset

[edit] Image:Scenic_Loop_plate_county.svg

[edit] Image:Washington dc 7th st.png

[edit] Image:2007 Audi A8.jpg

[edit] Screenshots containing non-free Windows widgets are not permitted on Commons

[edit] Image:I 35W Bridge.svg

[edit] Image Tagging Image:Nelson_River_Bipole_HVDC_Anchor_Pylon.jpg

[edit] Nuvola

[edit] Image:RFC1394 Color 1600x1200.jpg

[edit] Category:National Capital

[edit] Thanks for your comment!

[edit] Image:5 Star.svg

[edit] Area Code Shapefiles

[edit] Please link images

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