User talk:Sphilbrick

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The quality of the chemical structure Image:Clobenpropit.svg is disputed

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The chemical structure Image:Clobenpropit.svg you uploaded has been tagged as and is now listed in Category:Low quality chemical diagrams. Images in this category might be deleted after one month if there is no upload of an improved version, if there is no objection from the uploader or other users and if a better version exists. Please discuss on the image talk page if you feel that the dispute is inappropriate. If you agree with the dispute, you can either upload an improved version or simply allow the image to be deleted. In all cases, please do not take the dispute personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you! --Leyo 12:30, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

I made some improvements, but it may still be unacceptable. (In a minor coincidence, I was on the phone to Zurich when I got your message - will follow with more detail.)SPhilbrick (talk) 14:01, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

I just re-drew the structure. I hope that is OK for you. BTW: I just noticed that you have a slightly different user name on en-WP (“Sphilbrick” compared to “SPhilbrick”). What about changing that? --Leyo 15:36, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Your SVG upload problem

I have added a response here. Globbet (talk) 00:18, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Flowed text

It's not part of the SVG standard, and the Wikimedia SVG rendering software doesn't handle it well... AnonMoos (talk) 23:08, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

That was quick. The first version doesn't line wrap correctly, so I thought flowed text might help. Do you have suggestions on how to make the caption wrap correctly (between "an" and "inertial"). It does in Inkscape.Sphilbrick (talk) 23:12, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

I don't think that the Wikimedia SVG rendering software does any word-processing type operations (redoing line breaks within paragraphs, etc.); the text properties have to be fully specified, but hopefully not in a contradictory way (some text seemed to be indicated as being both Bitstream Vera Sans and Times New Roman!). I got internal spacing of text working for sans-serif... AnonMoos (talk) 01:23, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

I thought the default in Inkscape was regular text. I tried changing to flowed text, but that didn't work. However, when I went back to the earlier version, and applied the unflow command, it changed the appearance - so now I'm not sure what I had originally. In any event, I replaced the two line captions with two separate lines of text, so it seems to work OK now. Thanks for your help.Sphilbrick (talk) 01:31, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, Sphilbrick!

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.

BotMultichillT 06:22, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

• Image:National highway 2.svg is uncategorized since 3 June 2009. DONE
• Image:Taiwan Highway 1.svg is uncategorized since 6 June 2009. DONE
• Image:Tiffany Hayes UConn.jpg was uncategorized on 27 September 2009. DONE
• Image:LaPlace pdf excerpt.jpg was uncategorized on 19 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:28, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
• Image:Petra Cetkovska serving.jpg was uncategorized on 2 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 08:01, 4 October 2011 (UTC) DONE
• Image:Caroline Wozniacki New Haven Open Finals.jpg was uncategorized on 2 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 08:01, 4 October 2011 (UTC) DONE
• Image:Caroline Wozniacki New Haven Open Finals Champion.jpg was uncategorized on 2 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 08:01, 4 October 2011 (UTC) DONE
• Image:Breanna Stewart at UConn Stanford game.jpg was uncategorized on 22 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 15:08, 23 November 2011 (UTC) DONE
• Image:Giuseppe Penone The Hidden Life Within.jpg was uncategorized on 23 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 14:06, 24 November 2011 (UTC) DONE
• Image:Stephanie Dolson Blocking Nneka Ogwumike.jpg was uncategorized on 24 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:14, 25 November 2011 (UTC) DONE
• Image:Stewart MOP plaque.jpg was uncategorized on 14 January 2012 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:16, 15 January 2012 (UTC) I added a cat 5 minutes after uploading, almost a day before this message was delivered.--Sphilbrick (talk) 17:43, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Deletion request

See Commons:Deletion_Guidelines#Detailed_guidelines for the guidlines on Commons, the processes are different to that on Wikipedia. --Martin H. (talk) 16:10, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the note - sorry, I should have realized that the procedure was different.--Sphilbrick (talk) 18:22, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Files you uploaded may be deleted

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Resolved

I thought the photographer sent in the email directly, with a courtesy copy to me. I've since learned he only sent it to me, so I forwarded it on. Sorry for the confusion.--Sphilbrick (talk) 16:48, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

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Categories

Please do try to add specific & relevant categories to your photos. You might want to look at the edits I'm making to them for examples. - Jmabel ! talk 20:13, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

I did add some categories, but I have no idea how to identify ones that might be relevant - is there a list of categories somewhere, or do you just learn what's available? For example, I added Ensign Bickford.JPG - how would I identify possible categories other than the ones I added?--Sphilbrick (talk) 22:01, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

I found Common Sense - still pretty painful.--Sphilbrick (talk) 22:53, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Once you find a potential category, it's really useful to navigate to it and check out its subcategories. We try to be as specific as possible. For example, no image really belongs directly in Category:Buildings. All of these at least can be narrowed down to Category:Buildings in Connecticut and typically to the type of building. Take a look at the categories I've been substituting on the images, as I come in behind you and clean up. After a little while, you'll develop an intuition for what is likely to be there.

Also, "search" can also be very useful to help find categories. It's useful two ways: it may take you directly to a category, and it may find you an image of something similar so you can use its categories as a model. Sometimes (although probably not for these) it will find you another image of the exact same thing. - Jmabel ! talk 03:29, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

OK, I see an aspect you haven't picked up on. Looking at File:West Simsbury Fire Station.JPG, you put it in Category:Buildings, Category:Fire stations, and Category:Fire stations in Connecticut. But all fire stations in Connecticut are "fire stations" and "buildings", so Category:Buildings and Category:Fire stations don't add useful information. Instead, they uselessly place the images directly in these very broad categories. - Jmabel ! talk 03:34, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

I confess I'm not well-versed with categories, but it isn't easy to figure out what's going on. Note I've asked for help in how to pick categories for images, but so far, I've seen complaints and no suggestions. Can you walk me through an example?

I tried CommonSense, which helped (after a Loooog wait) for one image, but failed on others. Is there something that works?

If there shouldn't be anything in buildings, why is it allowed to add to the category?

I see the instructions that say not to add to a category, but to add to the subcategory (with some exceptions) but I'm not convinced this rule makes sense. (Again, I confess little involvement with categories other than maintenance categories, so maybe there's a way to use them that I haven't figure out—I read Wikipedia:Categorization and it doesn't answer my questions). Suppose I were interested in which fire stations in the US have red exteriors and which ones do not. If I could scan down a page of the images in Category:Fire stations in the United States, I could get an answer. But there are only ten images in that category, so I have to look at 50 subcategories. Even that isn't enough, as some of the subcategories have further subcategories. So pushing images uniquely to the lowest subcategory has a major cost for anyone interested in a larger category. (This argument applies more clearly in the case of article categorization, but I think it applies here.

My impression is that categorization is a concept that has not been thought out very well, and needs overhaul.

I am planning to add more images—if you have some specific constructive advice on how to identify categories, please share it.--Sphilbrick (talk) 12:38, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I missed that you did give some specific advice, when you said " 'search' can also be very useful". Pretty crude, but maybe that will help.--Sphilbrick (talk) 12:42, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

You said Once you find a potential category, it's really useful to navigate to it and check out its subcategories. Can you explain how you do this? When I am adding a file, and guess at a category name, for example Category:skating, is there an easy way to see the category and its subcategories? I see that I can select it, add it, and then open a new browser window to display the category. Is that what you do? Seems quite tedious. Is there an easier way?--Sphilbrick (talk) 12:53, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Comment

When you upload an image from flickr, you MUST correct give the right flickr link to the picture. If not, the flickr review bot will say your image has "no source" and it could be deleted within 7 days. So, in your case, you gave the link after the flickrbot marked it and said this image has no source, but you didn't order a new {{flickrreview}} so that the flickrreview bot will mark it. (by removing the failed flickr review mark) That was what I did here . I even said "order a new flickrreview."

On cropping images, its Not a problem at all to upload cropped images from flickr to Commons. I've done it many times. If you crop an image, the cropped image file you uploaded will just fall into the "flickr images needing human review" category. So, an Admin or a trusted license reviewer will mark it later. You just must make sure that the flickr license is acceptable for Commons with no "non-Commercial" or "no-Derivative" use restrictions on the CC license. Your image above was CC BY SA Generic which is acceptable and I could have marked it....but I prefer if another reviewer marks the photo. The important license is the one at the flickr source. Here is one cropped image I uploaded...but as you can see from the original flickr source, I cropped the image and Admin Turelio marked it later. Mr. Twolan agreed to change the license from 'All Rights Reserved' to "CC BY SA Generic" for an article on this former Star Trek Voyager actor.

• File:Robert Duncan McNeill by David Twolan.jpg

Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 00:18, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the complete answers, that's helpful.--Sphilbrick (talk) 02:42, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

•  Comment: No problem. I should add that another common flickr license that is acceptable to Commons is "CC BY Generic" (called 'Attribution Creative Commons' on flickr) like this flickr Source I uploaded the image below with Mr. Campana's permission after he changed the license from "All Rights Reserved":
• File:Tutankhamun’s chest by John Campana.jpg

Now you know the two main acceptable and popular flickr licenses. There is a third one below--"no known copyright restrictions"--but its mainly given out by educational, government and state institutions. See this flickr source What it means is that the institution believes the image is out of copyright protection.

• File:John t scopes.jpg & File:Johnny Bench circa 1980.jpg

Good Luck uploading images from flickr, --Leoboudv (talk) 04:00, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the additional points. I just made arrangements last night with the photographer for additional photos, so do plan to add a few more. I see the two acceptable licenses, will probably be using the CC BY SA Generic in these cases. I will add a direct link to the Flickr image. I trust that the bot finds its way to the image by itself (or triggered by the upload) the first time, and the time to use {{flickrreview}} is if I make a mistake and need to have it show up again.--Sphilbrick (talk) 11:42, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

• That's correct. The flickrreview is triggered at upload but if you make a mistake and it says "image not found" (likely because you didn't give a flickr link to the source image), then you have to type in a new {{flickrreview}} But if the bot says "human review needed" for cropped images then someone will come along and mark the image...as someone did for my uploaded photo of Robert Duncan McNeill. All you have to do is just wait in the second case. Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 20:19, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks.--Sphilbrick (talk) 21:20, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

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File:Exa-fae-05-1.jpg

Hey SP, I saw you added an OTRS insufficient tag to File:Exa-fae-05-1.jpg. I took a look at the OTRS filing, and it seemed clear enough that the image was being released under CC-by-sa-3.0 and GFDL. Just wondering what you felt was insufficient about the filing. Cheers! — Huntster (t @ c) 01:48, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

The file name for which permission was supplied did not match the file name that had been uploaded. I sent back a query to tie down the loose ends. I see now they have followed up with confirmation, so I will change the tag.--Sphilbrick (talk) 12:38, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Aha, gotcha, thanks for the action. — Huntster (t @ c) 23:26, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

File:IBEI Logo.jpg

I, could you pls add the license according the OTRS-ticket to the image. thx. --JuTa 22:55, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Oops, sorry I missed that. Now done.--Sphilbrick (talk) 01:04, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

you took credit for my Image

MILITARY SURPLUS.JPG Is my work it took a year to get the catologe alone. I have all the photos from that shot... Do you have any. NO caused may work. That's very sad

Andy2159 19:46, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

===PLAGIARIZED or STOLEN===

This is my work I can prove it because I have the originals and many photographs from that shoot.

I can prove this and I can also prove that the image you took it from is my image called Cw1850.pdf.

Please explain how you can get away with removing other peoples name from their work and changing the copyrights to include false and misleading information.

Can you explain why you did this? Are you ready to tell the truth about this?

AndyAndy2159 20:37, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Whatever this is, it is discussed at Commons:Help_desk#staff_member_taking_credit_for_work_belonging_to_a_contributor. Please stay there. --Saibo (Δ∇) 01:27, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

OTRS help

Thanks Sphilbrick! I appreciate your help. Drmies (talk) 19:30, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

• Hey Sphilbrick, I got a question for you. Can you figure out where File:Maradona at 2012 GCC Champions League final.JPG might come from? It's quite a stretch to assume that the photo was in fact taken by a user from Abu Dhabi who likes Nazi Germany. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 01:17, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

I haven't found it, but I did find something that lends credence to the possibility is is legitimate. I believe the photo at this site was taken the same day. (same cross, same empblems on shirt). That article discusses his departure from the Al Wasl club which is a UAE club, so he was in Abu Dhabi at the time of the photo on Commons.--Sphilbrick (talk) 20:19, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Two more data points, in opposite directions. Some recent additions from the editor are File:Abu Dhabi Municipality BAD HABITS FINES POSTER.JPG and File:Phone Booth UAE.JPG, both taken with an iPhone. In contrast, the Maradona photo was taken by a Canon EOS 5D Mark II, which is a popular, but not cheap camera, running close to 2 grand. Would someone with access to such a fine camera be using an iPhone to submit pictures? Well perhaps, because File:2012 GCC Champions League Final.JPG and File:Wooden Bucket of a well.JPG are both sourced to the same person, and both taken by a Canon EOS 5D Mark II. The first of those is taken at the same event that Maradonna attended, so I'm thinking it is quite plausible.--Sphilbrick (talk) 20:38, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

File tagging File:Cory White Angle New.jpg

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Denniss (talk) 21:45, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

User:MarkMysoe

User:MarkMysoe is not the author of these photos: File:Kwasi Danquah III (autographs).jpg and File:Kwasi Danquah III (performing).jpg. He stole them from two differents facebook accounts just like he did many times in the past. There you go a recent example from English wikipedia:en:File:Tinchy Stryder & Javier (Chicharito) Hernandez.jpg. He was blocked in May 2012[1] on English wikipedia for persistent copyvio photo uploading under false self claim, now is doing the same on commons. Please look how he started his contribuion on commons[2], he disgustingly lied about the authorship of three photos, but I found out that these photos were a screencaps from a youtube vidoes and nominated them for speedy deletion. Please recheck all his contributions, I wouldn't be surprised if he created several e-mail accounts to send a permission to OTRS for photos he uploaded.--Oleola (talk) 13:53, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Aren't these permissions which were sent for the photos he uploaded suspicious for you? Just look at Ruff_Sqwad_Photo log. I found a real source of this file(myspace profile which is inactive from about three years[3]), and nominated this file for speedy on 28 May, but just a day later a permission came on OTRS, so quickly. As I said the profile is inactive since 2009, so he couldn't speak with a person who published this photo on myspace, therefore there is a question who sent this permission? The only answer that comes to mind is that User:MarkMysoe impersonated the author of a photo.--Oleola (talk) 14:29, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

He didn't claim to be the author of the photos, he claimed to be a representative of the owners. I'll contact him, and if the answers aren't satisfactory, will start looking at prior submissions as there are quite a few, and none have triggered issues until now.--Sphilbrick (talk) 00:20, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

OTRS

I placed an OTRS template on your userpage to avoid confusion. For a second, I wasn't sure if you were a member of the OTRS team. Keep up the good work. I saw you OTRS an image of Rajiv Gandhi. That was an excellent color photo as Commons has no real good colour photos of this late Indian PM. Kind Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 02:06, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

I guess the ticket doesn't apply to these 2 images, however:

• File:Pandit Ram Kishore Shukla representing Madhya Pradesh at conference of presiding officers of legislative bodies of India at New Delhi in 1983.jpg
• File:Pandit Ram Kishore Shukla with Elizabeth II and Balram jakhar at Buckingham Palace in 1984.jpg

Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 02:10, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for adding the template to my user page. I probably should have known to do that myself. I will look at those two images shortly.--Sphilbrick (talk) 11:59, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

•  Comment: I'm afraid that I can't help here as I don't know anything about this museum. I live in Western Canada, and have never heard of this gallery in Zimbabwe. Sorry. --Leoboudv (talk) 17:33, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

File:Lieros Hellen, The last six Days, mixed media on paper, 1985.JPG

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Fixed. --Sphilbrick (talk) 12:31, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Permission Forwarded

Hi,

We have sent the permission for the following images.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:William_Holden_and_Chandran_Rutnam_while_shooting_The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai.jpeg

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:George_Lucas_and_Chandran_Rutnam.jpeg

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chandran_Rutnam_with_John_and_Bo_Derek.jpeg

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anton_Wickremasinghe,_Chandran_Rutnam_and_Alfred_Hitchcock_at_the_Academy_Awards_in_Los_Angeles.jpeg

Regards.AsianFLS (talk) 13:36, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Will try to address later today.--Sphilbrick (talk) 15:56, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

I assumed you posted about the time you sent in the permission, but I don't see them in the Commons queue in the last 24 hours. I'll keep looking.--Sphilbrick (talk) 18:23, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

I found them.--Sphilbrick (talk) 18:51, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

I've added the permission templates.--Sphilbrick (talk) 20:02, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks.AsianFLS (talk) 03:18, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

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Please leave a comment at the deletion request you removed from the file page or the image may be accidentally deleted. --Denniss (talk) 15:51, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

 Done

Harris Tweed image permissions

File:Stamping of Harris Tweed cloth.jpg doesn't currently have a licensing tag, was this one also {{cc-by-sa 3.0}}? January (talk) 19:49, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Yes, sorry, I fixed 2 of the three but missed this one. Now done.--Sphilbrick (talk) 20:15, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

File:PJ Connecticut team photo 2008 cropped.jpg

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OTRS ticket question

I received an email from User:Davefoc about File:Chucko38crop.jpg. Is this covered by the same OTRS ticket as File:Chucko35.JPG? Thanks for your time. INeverCry 09:50, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Yes, that permission statement covers both. My apologies if I missed adding the permission tag to the second image. If you can undelete it, I'll rectify it.--Sphilbrick (talk) 13:52, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

I've restored it. INeverCry 20:41, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

I added the permission tag, and changed the license to match that specified in the email.--Sphilbrick (talk) 22:25, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

File:David Gandy with Mercedes Gullwing.jpg

I restored this and added the OTRS ticket. Can you check and make sure this image is covered by that ticket? Thanks for your time. INeverCry 00:32, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

No, I sent an email to the editor here. --Sphilbrick (talk) 13:56, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for helping me with this. I sent the OTRS permission form to David Gandy on 11 Dec 2012; there were 2 images attached to my original message. He immediately forwarded the permission back to me with both images still attached. I forwarded all of the above to "permissions-commons@wikimedia.org" on 11 Dec 2012. If you are unable to locate these in your Inbox, please let me know if I need to re-send or start over. Thanks,LauraLeeT (talk) 17:03, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

I found the email created by you, sent to Conor Clinch and forwarded to us. It has two attachments, one of which is a jpg, the other of which is an html attachment, which is just the email content itself. If the gullwing image was attached, it was not by the time it reached us.

It is not critical that the image be attached, however, the permissions statement referred to the two attached photos. If it had referred to the images by name, I could process it without the attachment, but I cannot process it without some indication that the permission relates to the gullwing image.

I have a suggestion, but I'll send it via email.--Sphilbrick (talk) 18:13, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

I have just responded to your email but think I should have responded here instead. Thank you for sending the permission form, however, it refers to the wrong image. Here's an abbreviated review of the three photos of David Gandy in question... On 11 Dec 2012, David Gandy provided permission to use his two photos: (a) Mercedes Gullwing and (b) Jaguar. On 18 Jan 2013, Conor Clinch provided permission to use his photo of David Gandy from London Fashion Week. Conor has no connection to the two photos of David with cars. Does that help? LauraLeeT (talk) 20:24, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

I think I've sorted it out. The correct permissions for the two images with vehicles is OTRS ticket 2012121110011092 --Sphilbrick (talk) 21:19, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Since you've been so helpful, I need your assistance on setting up a gallery. I've seen them for other wiki pages, but not sure who "approves" the set-up--or what the "next step" should be. Here is the link: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/David_Gandy

I am not familiar with how galleries work, or even what the purpose is in Commons. I see the gallery option used in Wikipedia articles on may occasions. I'm not the biggest fan, I think an article ought to have a fair number of images, but I think it works best when they are interleaved into the article and the images are supportive of paragraphs of text.

That said, I can imagine their use would be appropriate in some cases, for example,t he literal case of a gallery. If we have an article about some gallery, it ought to follow the model I just described, but if we literally have dozens or hundreds of high quality images from a gallery, after using the best to complement the text, I can imagine that a number might be placed in a gallery below the main article. Similarly for an article about a beautiful location, or a concept such as sunsets, it might make sense to include a large handful of nice photos in a gallery at the bottom.

I use Commons extensively, but only as a repository for images that are to be used in Wikipedia articles.

In the case of the Gandy images, I think they would be best used one at a time in a well-written article.

I may not be the best person to ask, you could try at the Village Pump:

Commons:Village_pump

where you are more apt to find editors who work at Commons more regularly.--Sphilbrick (talk) 22:59, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your work on this. I've fixed up the David Gandy gallery and created the needed main category, Category:David Gandy. I've told Laura I'm available to help with this. INeverCry 01:06, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Nice work. Glad we got this sorted out.--Sphilbrick (talk) 02:37, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

File:Federal flag West Indies Federation.jpg

File:Federal flag West Indies Federation.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!

Fry1989 ^eh? 01:03, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

File:Jo Becker at Harvard.jpg

You added the template to this file that says insufficient explicit permissions had been obtained from the image author (Martha Stewart, although probably not THE Martha Stewart) for its use on Wikipedia. I was the editor who uploaded it, after obtaining what I thought were adequate permissions from Ms. Stewart and Harvard for its use, and I was carbon-copied on a e-mail affadvavit that Wikimedia sent to Ms. Stewart, but if she has replied to that e-mail, I was not copied on her response. There are some questions of journalistic integrity (my own) that I I would like to see resolved by Wikipedia/Wikimedia. Thanks for your attention. - No intel here (talk) 18:51, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

I explained in my response that the permission statement didn't meet our requirements, and I filled out a statement that would meet our requirements. I haven't yet received a response, as far as I know.

In a subsequent email on 1 March, you confirmed the name you were using for correspondence, and a cc went to that name.--Sphilbrick (talk) 13:05, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

File:Lineated Woodpecker RWD2.jpg

Thanks for letting me know this is really a Crimson-crested Woodpecker. I have corrected this, other similar photos I submitted, and the related files that linked to these files. DickDaniels (talk) 12:39, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Image version confusion of File:Pandit Ram Kishore Shukla and Motilal Vora inaugurating a beam bridge on river son in Madhya Pradesh in 1986.JPG

Good morning, please guide regarding my upload of recent cropped version of File:Pandit Ram Kishore Shukla and Motilal Vora inaugurating a beam bridge on river son in Madhya Pradesh in 1986.JPG, in order to omit scanning errors at top right corner but still it is noticeable at right top corner, how is this ???? Please guide how to have the recent cropped file in use. Thank you

Nothing needs to be done. There was concern about whether it was yours to license, but it has been accepted.--Sphilbrick (talk) 12:58, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

File:David M Rosenthal on location in New York City.jpg

Hi Sphilbrick, I've corrected the author entry for this image, as the uploader, who also seems to be the depicted, stated that — contrary to his entry at upload — the image had been shot by Joe Gallacher, which is in accordance to the image credit at http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3910959360/nm1270033. --Túrelio (talk) 07:35, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

I agree with your correction. I've noticed that the field "author" is potentially confusing. I guess we choose it because not everything is a photograph, but I wonder if we would be better served to have an information photo template, and information other template, where the first would use "photographer" and the second would use "artist" or "author".--Sphilbrick (talk) 14:21, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

That might be worth a consideration. --Túrelio (talk) 17:27, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

File:Florin Gardos.jpg

File:Florin Gardos.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!

Oleola (talk) 22:48, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Responded there.--Sphilbrick (talk) 22:51, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

File:Scott Allie.jpg

Hey Sphilbrick. I was wondering if you would object to me photshopping the image a tad to brighten it just a bit. If not, no problem.--Amadscientist (talk) 23:44, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

I started to say that I needed permission from the copyright holder, but I realize the licensing means that isn't true. In fact you don't need my permission, but I appreciate you asking. Go for it, and I will inform Scott.--Sphilbrick (talk) 00:16, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

File:NCAA Women's basketball Tournament invitations by state 2011.svg

This image needs to be corrected because it was based on an erroneous table in the underlying Wikipedia article. Until my edit there today, the underlying table incorrectly counted Saint Francis (PA) in New York instead of Pennsylvania, and UALR (Arkansas-Little Rock) in Alabama instead of Arkansas. NY & AL each need to be reduced by one; PA & AR each need to be increased by one. I'd do it myself, but I don't have an SVG editor. --RBBrittain (talk) 07:04, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I will fix it shortly.--Sphilbrick (talk) 12:30, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Done --Sphilbrick (talk) 15:40, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Working on it

File:Another Celia Sawyer 2013 Cool 10 Project.jpg I got an email from Ms. Sawyer's people and we are going to replace the image with one that is easier to licence. We will probably just overwrite and then have the first one deleted. That way we can use the same ticket number and file page. I hope this is ok.--Canoe1967 (talk) 15:53, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

In short, No. Will expand.--Sphilbrick (talk) 16:22, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Overwriting an old image with a new image should be done only for minor changes. For example, in the message just above this one, an editor noted that four of the state colors needed to be updated.

If you look at the history of the image File:NCAA Women's basketball Tournament invitations by state 2011.svg, you can see that it is essentially the same image, with some minor tweaks. In the case of changes such as cropping, or fixing the colors, or other similar minor changes, it is fine to upload a new version. However, if the picture is a different picture, it should be uploaded as a new image. It needs a new permission statement, which is a pain, but not hard. The old permission statement referred to a specific photo, taken by a specific photographer, on a specific day. It cannot be used for another image.--Sphilbrick (talk) 16:28, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

No problem. Either I or her people will upload a new one then. Should I post the file name to your talk page and/or the OTRS notice board? I don't know the easiest way for the system to handle it. A new image should be available within a day or so. I did mention that they can create an account but will assume that any pre-published images would still need OTRS. Perhaps a ticket number or template to cover all of them.--Canoe1967 (talk) 17:45, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

The noticeboard is for investigations of problems. Upload the image, make sure to use the standard language:

Here is a link to a sample permissions form:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Declaration_of_consent_for_all_enquiries

and send in to the address. We have a backlog, but well-formed statements get processed fairly quickly.

I uploaded File:Celia Sawyer 2012.jpg and replaced it in the article so the other one can be deleted any time. I sent an email with links and instructions. I also left notes on the file page in case the rights holder wants to fumble with it. They may create an account and upload more images we hope.--Canoe1967 (talk) 12:12, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Now they have decided to go with the original File:Another Celia Sawyer 2013 Cool 10 Project.jpg An email should be in the works from the rights holder of that image. It has a ticket number so I will forward that as well.--Canoe1967 (talk) 12:32, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

The File:Another Celia Sawyer 2013 Cool 10 Project.jpg was deleted. I recieved an email from her people and they are still trying to get the correct licence through OTRS. I emailed links to Commons:Email templates/Consent, OTRS ticket number 2013031610006685, and a url to the deleted file. I do have a copy of the image and can upload it again if that is easier. I will also see if the deleting admin is willing to undelete it until we get OTRS sorted.--Canoe1967 (talk) 13:12, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

The file has been undeleted. I added back the OTRS template that was on it. I hope that is ok as that number may still be valid and is the one I used in the email to her people.--Canoe1967 (talk) 16:39, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

I added the permission template.--Sphilbrick (talk) 18:29, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. I will let her people know and see if they wish to correct the date, place, etc.--Canoe1967 (talk) 18:49, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Image undeletion request

Can you take a quick look at User talk:INeverCry#Image undeletion request and let me know if the additional images listed by this user are ok to be restored? Thanks. INeverCry 18:03, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

File:P.Sheshadri.jpg

Hello! As you handled this OTRS, can you please go ahead and ask them to submit the OTRS for other images too? All images uploaded by this user are tagged for missing permission by me as they were previously published elsewhere. I guess they would give permission. I could go and write to them, but now that you have handled it already, its better to keep just one contact person. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 06:14, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

I'm not clear on what you think I can do that you cannot do. I would suggest leaving a note on the uploader's talk page, but you can do that. At OTRS, we rarely initiate emails, and this isn't one of those rare examples, plus, I do not have any evidence that the email address associated with the one image I handled is the same as for the others. It may well be, but I do not wish to make that assumption. So if I were to handle it, I would leave a note on the talk page of the uploader, however, because there are 752 open requests, I'd prefer to spend my time processing requests we have, rather than chasing someone who hasn't sent one in. Sorry, that sounds cold, but some people have sent in request and have been waiting over a month, so that is my first priority.--Sphilbrick (talk) 02:20, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Yeah... that sounds about right. Sorry for disturbing you. Have a nice day. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 03:49, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Photo names--ready to use?

Hi Stephen, regarding these two photos, they appear to still have their "pending permission" file names. I'm afraid if I use them now, the names will get changed and the links will stop working. Are they ready to be used?

David Gandy for GQ Japan by Arnaldo Anaya-Lucca (2009)-a substOP

David Gandy for GQ Japan by Arnaldo Anaya-Lucca (2009)-b substOP

Thanks for your help. LauraLeeT (talk) 01:51, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

You can go ahead and use them. While I agree that the file name doesn't match our best practices, I don't think the issues are serious enough that someone is likely to change them. More importantly, and I'm 99% certain, if you use one of those file names, and someone does change it, the system will update your link. It may be as a redirect, and there is a tiny chance the editor doing the rename will chose not to do a redirect, but that would be an error. --Sphilbrick (talk) 13:57, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

ID check

An IP at en:wp BLPN says that File:Kamie Ethridge Associate Head womens basketball Coach Kansas State.jpg is actually "ksu assistant head coach Kelly Moylan, not of Kami". Can you check the ID in any way? https://ksuhoops.com/women/staff.php --Canoe1967 (talk) 08:55, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Arggh, I think you are right. This is very disappointing. I did a little work on the Kamie Ethridge article, and had attempted to get a photo of her from the school. That failed, and by happenstance, I was going to be at an arena where KSU was playing. I didn't know what she looked like, so I approached a very vocal KSU fan, who turned out to be the mother of one of the assistants, and asked her. She pointed me to Kelly, and told me it was kamie. Who knows, maybe she mis-heard me. In any event, I agree it is incorrect. I've requested a rename.--Sphilbrick (talk) 14:08, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

 Done Should we phone her mother to find out which arena it was and add geodata?

It was Bridgeport arena. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgeport_Arena_at_Harbor_Yard

Coord|41.17320|-73.1870|type:landmark_region:US|display=inline,title

I'm not sure how to add coords to commons, I guess I should learn.--Sphilbrick (talk) 15:43, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Decimal are easy. Degrees need 6 numbers + 2 letters, samples below. Template:Location dec and Template:Location --Canoe1967 (talk) 16:24, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Camera location	41° 10′ 23.52″ N, 73° 11′ 13.20″ W	View this and other nearby images on: Google Maps - Google Earth - OpenStreetMap	(Info)

Camera location	41° 10′ 24.00″ N, 73° 11′ 13.00″ W	View this and other nearby images on: Google Maps - Google Earth - OpenStreetMap	(Info)

Thanks--Sphilbrick (talk) 16:46, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

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Hello Sphilbrick,

the following content you uploaded is not free and therefore has been or will soon be deleted:

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• use in any work, regardless of content
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See Commons:Licensing for the copyright policy on Wikimedia Commons, and Commons:Image casebook for some specific examples. 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 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. Please note that derivative works of copyrighted material are also considered copyrighted. Again, please read through Commons:Licensing, which is quite crucial to understanding how Wikimedia Commons works. Thanks for your contribution, and please do leave me a message if you have further questions.

See Commons:Derivative works. Cheers, -- Infrogmation (talk) 00:49, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Welcome, Dear Filemover!

Hi Sphilbrick, you're now a filemover. When moving files please respect the following advice:

• Use the CommonsDelinker link in the {{rename}} template to order a bot to replace all ocurrences of the old title with the new one. Or, if there was no rename-request, please use the Move & Replace-tab.
• Please do not tag redirects as {{speedy}}. Other projects, including those using InstantCommons, might be using the file even though they don't show up in the global usage. Deleting the redirects would break their file references.
• Please know and follow the file rename guidelines.

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Thanks.--Sphilbrick (talk) 17:15, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Congratulations, Dear Reviewer

If you use the helper-the scripts, you will find the links next to the search box (vector) or as single tabs (monobook). They are named license+ and license-

Hi Sphilbrick, thanks for your application to be an image reviewer. The application has been removed as successful, and you've been added to the list of reviewers. You can review all kind of image licenses on Commons. Please see Commons:License review and Commons:Flickr files if you haven't done so already. We also have a guide how to detect copyright violations. Backlogs include Flickr review, Picasa review, Panoramio review, and files from other sources. You can use one of the following scripts by adding one of the lines to your common.js:

importScript('User:ZooFari/licensereviewer.js'); // stable script for reviewing images from any kind of source OR

importScript('User:Rillke/LicenseReview.js'); // contains also user notification when review fails, auto blacklist-check and auto-thank you message for Flickr-reviews.

You can also add {{user reviewer}} or {{user trusted}} to your user page if you wish. Thank you for your contributions on Commons!
--Steinsplitter (talk) 17:38, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks--Sphilbrick (talk) 19:48, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

File:AS JK SRK.jpg

File:AS JK SRK.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!

Andre Engels (talk) 21:29, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Suriya_new-pics-3.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Suriya_new-pics-3.jpg

I saw this only now. You say, you haven't found the permission? Should I resend it, and in which format will you most probably find the mail? Please answer me at Wikipedia. Thanks! --Dravidianhero (talk) 19:14, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

I sent it on 22.04.2013 02:17 CET. Thanks :) --Dravidianhero (talk) 20:37, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

We received almost 200 tickets that day. I reviewed them, and possibly missed it, but did not find it. Can you resend? --Sphilbrick (talk) 22:13, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

The reply should have contained a tracking-number. That will be a big help in allowing OTRS folks to find it (and eventually link from the restored image to that specific OTRS ticket to allow it to be found later in the future if anyone questions it). DMacks (talk) 22:45, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I did not know that.--Sphilbrick (talk) 23:33, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

I've resent the mail: subject= WG: Wikipedia request for copyright permission Date: Mo 06.05.2013 11:10 CET --Dravidianhero (talk) 09:12, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

OOps, I didn't upload this photo (just modified). But there are other photos which got deleted: File:Indian actress Bhama.jpg and File:Indian actress Lekha Washington.jpg --Dravidianhero (talk) 09:20, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

sorry again, these pictures were from a different website. Actually everything seems to be alright as it is.--Dravidianhero (talk) 09:25, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

I do see it now. I will address it shortly.--Sphilbrick (talk) 12:10, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Addressed, although I'm having second thoughts.--Sphilbrick (talk) 14:06, 6 May 2013 (UTC)