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Contents 1 Please link images 2 TUSC token aa8f194731ce58e090664e604bf868d3 3 White House Picture 4 Question 5 Pieter 6 Flickr reviewer! 7 Thanks 8 Congratulations, Dear Administrator! 9 You're welcome ... 10 Another county 11 Hi 12 Something in your neck of the woods 13 Redirects from your old ID 14 Please link images 15 Temporary files 16 TUSC token 669ba9bf9890c3a0a9cc58df4008c676

Please link images

BotMultichillT 06:25, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

• Image:MiamiSouthBeachPanoramaEdit.jpg is uncategorized since 22 January 2009. BotMultichillT 06:25, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
• Image:Strip Mall.jpg is uncategorized since 5 June 2009.

• Yes, I always categorize my images and typically give them very thorough captions (complete with linking). This one was uploaded recently as an edit for an FPC nom at Wikipedia. I updated it though. upstateNYer 15:45, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

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I am now proud owner of a TUSC account! Sweet. upstateNYer 23:16, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

White House Picture

I added a new photo to the whitehouse page, replacing the old one on commons. Do you know how I can edit the page so that I'm accredited as the photographer and the author?

Also - for some reason images on image pages now appear in full size when I view them, rather than more convienient viewing sizes. Do you know how I can fix this? HiraV (talk) 21:14, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Question

Hi UpstateNYer. Is it fine for you if I move User:UpstateNYer/Rollback to Template:User rollback? Thanks, --Kanonkas_(talk) 14:25, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Yea, go for it. I didn't know policy here and didn't want to build a template that would ultimately go up for TfD. upstateNYer 14:40, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

 Done. --Kanonkas_(talk) 16:56, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Pieter

Please don't mind Pieter. Sometimes he is OK and sometimes he has fairly strange ideas. I'm sorry I forgot to make my comment here earlier. You can always ask an Admin like Yann or Kanonkas to delete your duplicates if you show your replacement images. It helps you escape the tediousness of a formal DR. --Leoboudv (talk) 07:05, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. But I did ask Yann and he only deleted the ones that were blatant duplicates (i.e. the exact same file, byte for byte). He didn't delete this or the others I've put up for deletion and gave no explanation as to why. So I was forced to nominate them for deletion. upstateNYer 15:08, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

• I did not see that. Yes, that can be a problem. I guess a DR is the way to go sadly. You should say here this is a good faith uploader request and more people will be inclined to vote delete after they see the replacement image. Cheers and congratulations on your great work, --Leoboudv (talk) 00:05, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Flickr reviewer!

Good day. As a result of your request at Commons talk:Flickr images/reviewers, I have added you to the reviewers list. Please see the instructions at Commons:Flickr images/reviewers and add {{user trusted}} to your userpage. You can ask me if you need any help. Best regards, --Kanonkas_(talk) 12:48, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks. upstateNYer 15:28, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your support for my Flickr reviewer request.--Captain-tucker (talk) 00:31, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

No problem, though I second JulianColton's review. upstateNYer 04:04, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations, Dear Administrator!

Good luck. Please ask if you need help... ++Lar: t/c 21:20, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. upstateNYer 23:52, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome ...

... for your thanks for my RFA support, and a thank you comin' right back atcha for the support for Flickr reviewer. Daniel Case (talk) 03:35, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Another county

Hey UpstateNYer, congrats. I've uploaded the maps for Albany county. Example. Feel free to fix anything and add cats (I'm not sure how you like to organize NY). Cheers, ZooFari 20:46, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

And can you delete this‎ and this? ZooFari 20:50, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

 Done –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:57, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Grrr. I have yet to delete anything! :-) upstateNYer 23:24, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Go for it! ;-) ZooFari 00:36, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, ZooFari 21:01, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

My only issue with the new maps is that they're missing the villages. In fact, they're missing Green Island, which is both a village and a town at the same time. See File:Green Island Albany.png. Any way to include these villages? In Albany County, they are important (many of the villages are essentially mini-cities, like Menands). Sorry to be picky :-/ upstateNYer 06:39, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Updating won't be a problem, but I need a reference map to do so. Actually, I used this for the reference, so I can use that. I used this high res pic for the border, but the town borders aren't shown. Are those all villages you want or is the map missing some? Also, do you want the villages dotted like the Rensselaer county or normal borders like the others? ZooFari 22:37, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Alright, I'll have to break this down. It's missing some cities, which are essential. Let's do the villages with dotted lines again. Think you can make a map with each village highlighted too? (and maybe do the same for Rensselaer County?)—they each have an article, so the maps would be used:

1. Watervliet: city (solid border)
2. Cohoes: city
3. Green Island: town (solid border)
4. Menands: village (dotted border)
5. Ravena: village
6. Colonie (village): village
7. Altamont: village
8. Voorheesville: village

upstateNYer 16:55, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Okay, but first let's do Rensselaer county to get it out of our way, than we can do Albany. For Rensselaer, the only request is for extra versions for the dotted regions, right? ZooFari 17:09, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Hoosick Falls

Ok, just so you know, I made a category for each village in Rensselaer and Albany counties: Category:Villages in Albany County, New York and Category:Villages in Rensselaer County, New York. upstateNYer 19:17, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I'll work on them sometime today. I just came from the Spanish Wikipedia world and my mind is lost (too different)... ZooFari 19:59, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

+ Valley Falls ZooFari 04:03, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
+ Schaghticoke ZooFari 04:13, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
+ Castleton ZooFari 04:28, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
+ Nassau ZooFari 04:28, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
+ East Nassau ZooFari 04:33, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Perfect! upstateNYer 04:45, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Great, I'll update the versions gallery next. ZooFari 04:47, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Alright, versions done. Except I can't tell if it really worked. I'm sick of the thumbnail issue. Meanwhile I'm gonna start updating the second county... ZooFari 03:33, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Of the two conjoined regions on this map, which one is Ravena? ZooFari 18:58, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm, good question. Based on a quick Google Maps search, I'm going to say it's the one that's on the eastern border (on the Hudson River). Their homepage lacks a map, which seems stupid to me. upstateNYer 20:38, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

The one on the eastern border is Coeymans, the one on the left is Ravena.148.78.249.33 06:25, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi

I emailed you yesterday. The matter is important & I would appreciate your reply as soon as possible. Thanks --Herby ^{talk thyme} 08:18, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

I have posted here. Thanks --Herby ^{talk thyme} 08:13, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Something in your neck of the woods

Hi UpstateNYer, here's an intriguing tidbit of your local history. Several months ago I restored a manuscript British preparatory map for the Battle of Ticonderoga. The lower right hand corner contains detailed attack plans (which weren't actually carried out because the battle went much more easily than expected). After this image got featured another editor raised the article about the battle to FA. Yet these attack plans aren't mentioned in the article text because none of that editor's research sources mentioned them. There's a chance that this primary source has been overlooked by historians in the field; if that's so then the discovery would be worth publishing off-wiki in a reliable source. Even if this isn't quite so new the site has become a historic park; the management would be interested in a restored featured picture and might donate other digitized files to Commons.

It's very difficult to follow up on this properly from California; seems right up your alley though and perhaps a pleasant change of pace from recent events. Interested? Durova (talk) 04:12, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the consideration, in all sincerity. Right now I have a few articles I'm working very hard on, so don't really have the time to get up to Fort Ticonderoga (even from here, it's quite the distance) or add to its article. And to be honest, the Revolution doesn't really interest me, Dutch colonial times seem to though. Thank you for your kindness though. :-) upstateNYer 05:01, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Actually that's French and Indian Wars, but no hurry. BTW am currently restoring a Dutch map of New York Harbor from 1739. Durova (talk) 14:49, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Redirects from your old ID

At Commons we typically leave redirects from your old ID so as to avoid confusion or give the impression that there is something to hide. I've undone your removal of these. If there is a strong reason not to have them please discuss it, privately if you like (you know my email) ++Lar: t/c 11:17, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Please link images

BotMultichillT 04:15, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

• Image:NYSCapitolArtsy1.JPG was uncategorized on 6 September 2009.
• Image:AlFrankenGWU.jpg was uncategorized on 6 September 2009.
• Image:WadeYellowStalkFlower.jpg was uncategorized on 6 September 2009.
• Image:SPACInterior.jpg was uncategorized on 6 September 2009.
• Image:Albany Academy.jpg was uncategorized on 6 September 2009.
• Image:Fort Crailo.png was uncategorized on 6 September 2009.
• Image:GarfieldSchool1881-Restored.jpg was uncategorized on 6 September 2009.
• Image:Lake Seal Mt Field NP edit.jpg was uncategorized on 6 September 2009.
• Image:Lake Seal Mt Field NP.jpg was uncategorized on 6 September 2009.
• Image:NYSSBAHQ.jpg was uncategorized on 6 September 2009.
• Image:TroyWaterfrontPano.jpg was uncategorized on 6 September 2009.
• Image:SagamoreLobby.jpg was uncategorized on 6 September 2009.
• Image:AlbanyLawSchoolPano.jpg was uncategorized on 6 September 2009.

Temporary files

Please see Commons talk:Deletion policy#Speedy deleting temporary files. Thanks. Kaldari (talk) 16:51, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

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