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I have over 18,000 edits on the Commons according to the "my preferences" page. My wikipedia talk page is at en:User talk:Timeshifter.

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Device to Root Out Evil (1997) sculpture by Dennis Oppenheim at its former location in Vancouver, Canada.

File:Parque de la Memoria - Buenos Aires - Dennis Oppenheim - Monumento al escape.jpg A statue, Monument to the Escape, by Dennis Oppenheim in Memory Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was dedicated in October 2006. It is a memorial to the victims of the military regime during the Argentine Dirty War, a period of Argentinian state-sponsored violence, disappearances, murder, and torture from 1976 to 1983. See: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Parque de la Memoria - Buenos Aires - Dennis Oppenheim - Monumento al escape.jpg

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I am now proud owner of a TUSC account!

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Commons maintenance announcements [+/−]

More translations are needed for:

• Commons:Project scope (Sept 2008)
• Commons:Fan art (April 2009)
• Help:Gadget-ImageAnnotator#User interface texts (August 2009)
• Commons:File renaming (October 2009)
• Commons:Nudity

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Backlogs:

as of 18 February 2010

• Old deletion requests are still opened.
• Many files moved to Commons requiring review.
• Too many unprocessed files without source.
• Many files are OTRS pending for too long.
• The Vandalismpatrol has over 15600 unpatrolled anonymous edits.

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Wikipedia and the Commons need more charts and graphs. See:

• Commons:Chart and graph resources

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Please note: Here follows an introduction similar to the one that I use on my wikipedia user talk page: To keep the discussion in one thread some comments added here are moved to the user talk page of the author. I reply there. I also watchlist that talk page for awhile in order to note when the user there replies. Harassing comments are also sometimes moved off this talk page. As are inappropriately-applied warning templates, etc.. Sometimes the original author is offended by their own harassing comments, and my reply, on their user talk page. They then remove both from their talk page. I guess the light from their own verbal reflection offends them. One can find removed comments by using the history link on a talk page. Users are allowed to remove anything from their talk pages. See en:WP:TALK and other wikipedia and wikimedia guidelines/policies. Sometimes I remove stuff from my talk page for no particular reason, or for many varied reasons. Removal of comments from my talk page implies nothing. Don't take it personally. Unless I have requested otherwise feel free to leave new messages on my talk page. --Timeshifter

Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, Timeshifter!

First steps tutorial Our first steps tour and our FAQ will help you a lot after registration. They explain how to customize the interface (for example the language), how to upload files and our basic licensing policy. You don't need technical skills in order to contribute here. Be bold contributing here and assume good faith for the intentions of others. This is a wiki—it is really easy. Getting help More information is available at the community portal. You may ask questions at the help desk, village pump or on IRC channel #wikimedia-commons (direct access). You can also contact an administrator (find an active one) on their talk page. If you have a specific copyright question, ask at Commons:Village pump/Copyright. If you're a Wikipedian, you might find Commons:For Wikipedians useful.		Goodies, tips and tricks Put Babel boxes on your user page so others know what languages you can speak and indicate your graphic abilities. All your uploads are stored in your personal gallery Please sign your name on Talk pages by typing ~~~~ Use the CommonSense tool to find good categories for your files (then other people can find them too!) To link to an image page without embedding the image, type: [[:File:Foo.jpg]], which produces: File:Foo.jpg If you're copying files from another project, be sure to use the CommonsHelper Made a mistake? Do you want to have a file renamed or moved? Simply mark it like this: {{rename|the_new_name|numeric_reason_for_renaming}} and wait for an administrator or filemover to rename it. Do you want to have your picture removed, for other reasons? Simply tag it as {{speedy|reason for deletion}}. For more information read the full deletion guidelines.
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Category:Force_graphs

 

Category discussion notification

Category:Force_graphs has been listed at Commons:Categories for discussion so that the community can discuss ways in which it should be changed. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this category, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for discussion 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. If the category is up for deletion because it has been superseded, consider the notion that although the category may be deleted, your hard work (which we all greatly appreciate) lives on in the new category. In all cases, please do not take the category discussion personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!

Incnis Mrsi (talk) 14:00, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Category:Gallery_pages

 

Category discussion notification

Category:Gallery_pages has been listed at Commons:Categories for discussion so that the community can discuss ways in which it should be changed. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this category, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for discussion 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. If the category is up for deletion because it has been superseded, consider the notion that although the category may be deleted, your hard work (which we all greatly appreciate) lives on in the new category. In all cases, please do not take the category discussion personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!

Foroa (talk) 09:43, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

File:Arctic sea ice extent timeline.png

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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 information 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.

This message was added automatically by Nikbot, if you need some help about it please read the text above again and follow the links in it, if you still need help ask at the → Commons:Help desk in any language you like to use. --Nikbot 15:27, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

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Hey! Sorry for the delayed reply. I think it should be a gadget, with default on/off left to community. I see it has already been implemented, so maybe I'm too late? Yuvipanda (talk) 11:42, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

File talk:Flag of Kingdom of Kurdistan (1922-1924).svg

File talk:Flag of Kingdom of Kurdistan (1922-1924).svg 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 talk, 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!

Antemister (talk) 08:29, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

COM:AN

Please do contribute here. See ya. Orrlingtalk 00:15, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

I don't understand how they could impose closure on that early thread. Can you explain how just anything there was related to "CFD"? That topic is entirely and solely to do with user's behaviour, and rule violations; enlighten me as to where else if not on Admins' noticeboard that one ongoing (and escalating) matter should be housed. Thankz. Orrlingtalk 06:55, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

I think some of the individual non-Palestinian-related category discussions could happen at COM:CFD. It may not be the best place, but it is a start. It may pull in more discussion than using category or user talk pages. Then if admin, or other, misconduct continues to occur, some specific cases could be brought to COM:AN, and some links from there could point to specific COM:CFD discussions. COM:AN is considered a last resort.

I think the main discussion concerning Palestinian-related categories needs to happen in one location. I suggest here: Commons:Requests for comment/Palestine and Palestinian territories. Otherwise we will be repeating these Palestinian-related category discussions multiple times in many locations, and many people may not know about previous discussions, agreements, participants, and background info. --Timeshifter (talk) 00:45, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

All good. Nothing of this, however, is connected to the actual circumstances where I was brought to resort at the AN by an ongoing user's misbehavior you were not even aware of. Pointing out that Palestine-related discussions need to happen in one location – while on-its-face very correct – can't replace the attention to the fact that fundamental rules of conduct are being abused almost daily by that user, probably not only where I'm involved; Palestinian categories are not the only space where they abuse their authorities on Commons! If I'm right, then the CFD is for discussing a category not a user's behavior, is it? So when a sanction holder (e.g category "lock") employs that sanction while being directly involved in a given session this is only for our Admins to process, right?
As to the "Commons:Requests for comment" I need to understand what this platform is for (that is, why not, for instance, Village Pump or CFD). See you soon. Orrlingtalk 12:42, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

Both you and Foroa are not native English speakers, I believe. So it is oftentimes difficult to understand what you are trying to say. Same for Foroa. Also, some Commons functions are hard to understand even for native English speakers such as myself. It is especially difficult when multiple issues are discussed at the same time.

I don't understand the background for this. So I have little idea of what you are talking about. It looks like some difference of opinion concerning categories. Please don't spend time explaining it just to me here. The first place to go is COM:CFD, and explain the issues there. That way anybody can get involved, and all sides can carefully explain the issues involved with those categories.

Each category issue needs to have a separate discussion clearly explaining things at COM:CFD. Even if it concerns admin misconduct concerning that category issue it needs to start at COM:CFD first. Otherwise, there is no background info that others can start with and easily understand.

See Commons:Requests for comment for more info on how all that works. It is preferred to the Village Pump or COM:CFD because the URLs are permanent, and so discussions can last much longer, or even forever. The discussion can restart at anytime also, even after long periods without discussion. This is much better than short-term discussions at the Village Pump. COM:CFD is for more specific category discussions. Commons:Requests for comment/Palestine and Palestinian territories is a broader, longterm discussion. --Timeshifter (talk) 02:31, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Invitation to tech chats

Hi! I saw that you're interested in the software side of Wikimedia, and I wanted to invite you to watch and participate in our live tech chats, which include video streaming. The next one is next week and you'll be able to watch, live, via screensharing, as a developer fixes a bug, including investigation, a git commit, getting it reviewed and merged, and closing the Bugzilla ticket.

Hope this is of interest! Best wishes, Sumana Harihareswara, Engineering Community Manager at WMF (talk) 16:50, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Big hug

I just think there's a small inaccuracy reflected in your paragraph there argumenting that if they'd blocked me for my edits at User talk:CommonsDelinker/commands, "then there is some justification according to this in the "warnings" section of that talk page: "If you challenge a request added here, please simply remove it and kindly inform the requester of your reason for doing so.".." and so on. – viewing the log and basing on the actual order and manner in which things eventuated I'm not sure what you meant to say: I posted the move request, and it was deleted without feeding the bot with that command and on the other hand without supplying any clear notice or reasoning whatsoever, anywhere! :) This repeated twice untill I approached their own talkpage to notify about a removal being uncustomary.. That means no one can blame me about anything relating to actions at the MovecatBot :) It looks more likely they've blocked me for reverting an impudent user talking impolitely on my talkpage. Arrrrgg.. Orrlingtalk 01:24, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Following the Category:Red ensigns issue

Look at that user's disability to discuss - Last "comment" they replied to the attempt to discuss the topic (this), you were actually right about them having some communication bug, but again, are you sure he/she is an **administrator**..? Given this communication phenomenon this is quite doubtful; would you suggest I should also inform the admin from my talkpage with the link to the recent refusal to discuss? (the one that asked me to reach an agreement with the user) Orrlingtalk 08:56, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Welcome, Dear Filemover!

Hi Timeshifter, 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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-- Rillke^(q?) 17:31, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Template:ActivateGadget

Hi Timeshifter, I am sure you will be happy to see this new possibility posting links that allow users to activate gadgets without having to visit our cluttered gadget page. Example:

{{ActivateGadget
|name=Geotoolbox
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Activate the Geotoolbox gadget now!

{{ActivateGadget
|name=UserMessages
|page=Help:Gadget-UserMessages
|message=Note the tiny box in the right, if the gadget is already activated.
}}

gives Note the tiny box in the right, if the gadget is already activated.

I know you notified me about category redirects but I better don't touch this because some admins here have very strong opinions regarding them and I don't work a lot with the category-system at all. -- Rillke^(q?) 22:42, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Interesting and useful. --Timeshifter (talk) 15:22, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Note to self:

MediaWiki:Gadget-Geotoolbox

Template:ActivateGadget

MediaWiki:Gadget-search-new-tab --Timeshifter (talk) 02:10, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Small fix

Hi Timeshifter. I removed this TOC tag you added: here. It was cancelling out the contents display of the whole Commons:Deletion requests/2012/12 page, and bringing those contents down to December 14 @ Template:Dont remove warnings - discussion 2. No biggie, just thought I'd let you know why I removed it. INeverCry 19:11, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

I moved a discussion

Hi, I moved your discussion to Commons:Village Pump#Anyone else have problem with opening user pages in Firefox? hope that is ok, it gets a better audience there, and it's not really just admins effected. Feel free to reverse it, I was just trying to help.

Hey, that is incredible, the graphic for spending at the top of the page. I don't mind making graphics and if it is a human rights thing I'd love to help. Did you know that more than half of the detainees at gitmo being tortured have already been cleared for release by the whole US gov ? weird, they keep them, torture them, even though they have cleared them for release as people not of interest. Penyulap ☏ 07:38, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Replying here since I can not see your user talk page. Thanks for moving my comment to a better location. I assume you are talking about File:US criminal justice cost timeline.gif. That chart came from the government. Can always use more charts. So thanks for the offer. I haven't been keeping up with Gitmo. Much deeper levels of fascism are occurring in the US. For example; see the charts here:

• http://www.cannabis.wikia.com/charts --Timeshifter (talk) 07:47, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Click on the green telephone for my talkpage. I think that the war on drugs is one half just business same as military killing people for money, and half a war between black and white people. That civil war, it kills more people in the US than the whole England Vs Ireland civil war, the Irish republican army and bombings and so on. Penyulap ☏ 09:03, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

I am going to use that line: "and half a war between black and white people. That civil war, it kills more people in the US than the whole England Vs Ireland civil war, the Irish republican army and bombings and so on." The Drug War is an extension of the w:Southern Strategy (based on racism) of the w:U.S. Republican Party that was started by w:Richard Nixon, who also started the w:War on Drugs.

I see your talk page link. I just can't access the page. I click the link, and nothing shows up. --Timeshifter (talk) 09:34, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

That is strange, I can see it sometimes on my talkpage, that it doesn't want to create the link, but sometimes it does, like on this page, (for me at the moment) that is interesting. User talk:Penyulap is the simple way that should work.

I've heard it said that the reason that the US 'white' regime doesn't want to call it a civil war is because it would attribute too much intelligence to the black man. If the racist doesn't want the black man in the first place, then why does he kidnap them ? but nothing makes sense there. Do you watch RT news ? Russia today news service ? Penyulap ☏ 10:29, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

The user page problem occurs with all user pages, not just yours. I watch RT news sometimes. The US is in denial about a lot of things, not just racist enforcement of laws, and racist laws, and a racist drug war. --Timeshifter (talk) 12:06, 21 April 2013 (UTC)