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Administrators: Please make a note if a report is dealt with, to avoid unnecessary responses by other admins.

purge Admin backlog

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Copyright:

• Copyright violations: ~164
• Unfree Flickr files: ~0
• Recent unfree Flickr images: ~4
• No license since 4 July 2024: ~55
• No permission since 4 July 2024: ~178
• No source since 4 July 2024: ~59
• Media uploaded without a license as of 2024-07: ~164

Other:

• Duplicates: ~11
• Advertisements/spam: ~1
• Personal photos/selfies: ~4
• Other speedy deletions: ~209
• Categories for discussion: 84 months
• Media requiring a split up: ~7
• Requests for unblock: ~7
• Undeletion requests: ~13

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• Full protection: ~2
• Interface admin: ~15
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• Protection level: ~0

See also: DR, HMS, …

English: This is a place where users can communicate with administrators, or administrators with one another. You can report vandalism, problematic users, or anything else that needs an administrator's intervention.

العربية: هذا هو المكان حيث يمكن للمستخدمين التواصل مع الإداريين، أو الإداريين مع بعضهم البعض. يمكنك الإبلاغ عنه التخريب، المستخدمين الذين يسببون مشاكل، أو أي شيء آخر يحتاج للتدخل من قبل إداري.

Deutsch: Dies ist eine Seite auf der Benutzer und Administratoren, oder Administratoren untereinander kommunizieren können. Du kannst hier Vandalismus, schwierige Benutzer oder andere Sachen, die den Eingriff eines Administrators benötigen, anzeigen.

Ελληνικά: Αυτή είναι μια σελίδα στην οποία οι χρήστες μπορούν να επικοινωνήσουν με διαχειριστές, ή οι διαχειριστές με κάποιον άλλο. Μπορείτε να αναφέρετε βανδαλισμούς, χρήστες που προκαλούν προβλήματα, ή οτιδήποτε άλλο χρειάζεται την παρέμβαση ενός διαχειριστή.

Español: Este es el sitio destinado a que los usuarios puedan comunicarse con los administradores, o viceversa. Puede notificar un vandalismo, reclamar atención sobre usuarios problemáticos, o indicar cualquier otro asunto que requiera la intervención de un administrador.

Français : Cette page est destinée à permettre aux utilisateurs et aux administrateurs de communiquer entre eux. Vous pouvez utiliser cette page pour signaler des actes de vandalisme, des utilisateurs au comportement problématique, ou tout autre fait nécessitant l'intervention d'un administrateur. Si vous ne maîtrisez que le français, la page Commons:Bistro reste cependant utilisable et vous y trouverez des administrateurs francophones.

日本語: このページは、管理者同士、あるいは、利用者ユーザがJA:管理者,EN：administratorsと連絡を取るための場所です。問題のあるユーザを報告したり、荒らしユーザを通報したり、管理者の協力や仲介を必要とする事項などにご利用ください。

한국어: 이 문서는 사용자가 관리자, 혹은 관리자가 다른 관리자와 의견을 교환하는 곳입니다. 반달을 하거나 문제가 있는 사용자를 보고하거나, 관리자의 중재가 필요한 사항이 있으면 이곳을 이용해주십시오.

Polski: Jest to miejsce, gdzie użytkownicy mogą kontaktować się z administratorami lub administratorzy ze sobą nawzajem. Możesz zgłosić tu akt wandalizmu, problematycznego użytkownika albo cokolwiek, do czego potrzebna jest interwencji administratora.

Italiano: Questa è la pagina dove gli utenti possono comunicare con gli amministratori, o gli amministratori fra loro. Puoi segnalare qui vandalismi, utenti problematici, e qualsiasi altra cosa richieda l'intervento di un amministratore.

Română: Această pagină este destinată comunicării dintre utilizatori şi administratori sau între administratori. Aici poţi semnala cazuri de vandalism, utilizatori cu comportament problematic, precum şi alte situaţii care necesită intervenţia unui administrator.

Português: Este é o local no qual os usuários podem se comunicar com os administradores, ou onde os administradores podem conversar uns com os outros. Aqui você pode relatar casos de vandalismo, usuários problemáticos ou tratar de qualquer outro assunto que requeira a atenção de um administrador.

Suomi: Tällä sivulla voit keskustella ylläpitäjien kanssa. Voit esimerkiksi ilmoittaa meneillään olevasta vandalismista, ongelmakäyttäjistä tai mistä tahansa muusta joka tarvitsee ylläpitäjien huomiota.

Nederlands: Op deze plaats kunnen gebruikers communiceren met de beheerders, of de beheerders met elkaar. U kunt hier vandalen, of probleemgebruikers melden, of andere dingen die de aandacht van een beheerder nodig hebben.

Српски / srpski: Ово је место где корисници могу да комуницирају са администраторима, или администратори са другима. Овде можете пријавити вандализам, проблематичне кориснике, или било шта друго што тражи интервенцију администратора.

Tiếng Việt: Đây là nơi người dùng có thể liên lạc với bảo quản viên, hoặc giữa những bảo quản viên với nhau. Bạn có thể báo cáo phá hoại, thành viên có vấn đề, hoặc bất cứ điều gì khác cần đến sự can thiệp của một bảo quản viên.

中文（简体）：这里是用户与管理员或管理员彼此间的联络地方。您可以在此回报破坏、有问题的用户，或其他需要管理员介入处理的事情。

中文（繁體）：這裡是用戶與管理員或管理員彼此間的聯絡地方。您可以在此回報破壞、有問題的用戶，或其他需要管理員介入處理的事情。

Shqip: Ky është një vend ku përdoruesit mund të komunikojnë me administruesit, ose administruesit me njëri-tjetrin. Mund të raportosh vandalizëm, përdorues problematik dhe gjithçka tjetër ku ka nevojë për ndërhyrje të administruesve.

Hi, can you please restore the image? Beylinson died in 1936, and the picture was published more than 50 years ago. According to Israeli law, this means the copyright expired long ago. Thank you, Aviados (talk) 19:10, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Well, any response..?Aviados (talk) 23:01, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

the reason the Image was deleted because it is still copyrighted in the US as the image wasnt PD in its home country on the URAA date -- January 1, 1996 for Israel. You'll need to provide information that can show the image was PD in Israel prior to this date as URAA didnt reinstate copyright that had already expired in the country of origin. Gnangarra 01:21, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

According to Israeli law, a picture is considered free 50 years after its publishing. Since the picture was published prior to Beylinson's death, it was free beore the year 1986. Aviados (talk) 16:13, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Well..? Aviados (talk) 12:45, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Someone.....? Aviados (talk) 19:16, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Well, as said, Israeli copyright law does not apply in the shown case. In this case it is applied in U.S. Copyright, which means pre-1923 would be allowed. For now, it would be better to leave it gone, unless there's a found flaw in copyrights, which would be hard.Mitch32^(UP) 21:38, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Website to post ideas

Is there any central webside for the wikimedian system to post ideas?
My idea is to integrate universal shortcuts for important content such as „I“ for „Image“, „T“ for „Template“ and „C“ for „Category“ (Of course more if usefull). So you just can tip in http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/T:GFDL Instead of http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:GFDL. Same procedure with „I“ and „C“. It's useful if you want to clean up a category or the like. Even some may think that it's not so hard to write „Category“ I'm sometimes tiered of it.
--D-Kuru (talk) 22:07, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

A couple of months ago, I suggested already something simular for such auto-expansion in the search-box (on the left), which should most probably only require some minor expansion of the Java scripts. No reply so far. No idea on what bell you have to ring. --Foroa (talk) 22:22, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

I suggest you go to Metawiki. -mattbuck (Talk) 22:23, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Actually, auto-expansion in the search-box is implemented already and live on Wikimedia servers.

You may also file improvements suggestions on bugzilla:.

EugeneZelenko (talk) 15:15, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Auto extension for names yes, but for prefixes such as gallery: category: image:, creator; too ? --Foroa (talk) 19:40, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Pretty much, yes, in a nutshell. Example it would would end up being: G: (gallery), I: (image - but I doubt this is necessary) C: Category. Creator is really not necessary. That's my opinion at the least.Mitch32^(UP) 21:33, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion_requests/Current_requests

When I checked Commons:Deletion_requests/Current_requests, it was two days late. I suggest adding a refresh link on the top or the bottom of the page, with the following code :

[http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Deletion_requests/Current_requests&action=purge refresh]

Teofilo (talk) 11:55, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Definitely this would be good. I suggest implementing as soon as consensus is made.Mitch32^(UP) 00:21, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

No objections here. Cirt (talk) 00:36, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

 Done  — Mike.lifeguard | ^@en.wb 17:44, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. Teofilo (talk) 14:50, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Mass Deletion of PD Images

The mass deletion of PD Images this night - a mass deletion again - im my case it concerns images with nobel-prize-winner Theodor Mommsen, is in my opinion not acceptable. The deletion fraction goes actually much too far. I now consider, if it make sense to upload in future images here. If these policy not will change in near future, I will stop my contributions to this project. This destructive love for destroying isn't mine. Marcus Cyron (talk) 16:19, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Maybe a note on Maxim's talk page will fix this here? --Kanonkas_(talk) 16:27, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

FYI: User talk:Marcus Cyron#Bilder von Theodor Mommsen. Multichill (talk) 16:54, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Wonderful - the rest of the Mommsen-Images also nominated for deletion. Is this project actually gone mad? These restrictions are nuts. Problem: nobody knows, what's with these imgages. The Foundations waits for a process to find it out. Maybe we loose. But then we know it. But to delete in a in garman we would say "vorauseilendem Gehorsam" (I hope someone could translate ist) is not the correct way. We don't have a correct policy for that. Only some different meanings. And one side uses the deletion button to produce facts. We can't decide this - that must do the Foundation as Representat of all Wikimedia projects. We shouldn't delete here with our not usable rules. We must force the Foundation to do something here. To force them to do it fast. The Foundation must take responsebility. But I can't work in a project were one side use the force to push through there opinion. Until these mass deletions I ever liked do work here. It was much more friendly than in the other projects. But it seems, the wind has changed. Marcus Cyron (talk) 00:37, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

"vorauseilendem Gehorsam" is a phrase that does not really exist in english, but anticipatory obedience should more or less fit. And you know that on German Wikipedia where pictures are accepted which are 100 years old it is required that you proof first that you have exhausted all sources to check if the author of an image is really unknown. There is no indication that the uploader (oh, just noticed that you were it) of the Mommsen-images did something like that. Just because that one source does not tell any source, it does not mean that there is not another one which knows more about the image. At the current deletion request except one all of the images show him in high age which makes it rather probable that the author did not die in time. E.g. Image:Theodor Mommsen 06.jpg is from 1903 according to the source. Imagine that the photographer got as old as Mommsen. Then he would have to be over 50 at the time of the photo for it to be public domain. At German Wikipedia it would have been requested that you at least write to the owner of the image who is named at the source. Did you do that or did you just upload it without recherche? -- Cecil (talk) 02:53, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Small change request on the "nominate for deletion" link script

Hello,

I am not sure if this is the right place to make such a request, but I would like the pop-up window, in which you answer the question "Why do you want to nominate to deletion ?", to become wider, or to include more than one line, so that it becomes easier to read/spell-check the whole of what you have written before clicking on the "OK" button. Teofilo (talk) 14:57, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Right now it uses prompt();, but I'm not sure what an alternative might be. Perhaps leaving a note on the script's talk page would be better if there's no answer forthcoming here...  — Mike.lifeguard | ^@en.wb 16:14, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Or perhaps this can be changed on each user's computer by selecting a given Firefox (or any other browser) option ? Teofilo (talk) 16:24, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Well, the english Wikipedia uses a lot of different programs that would have to probably be changed on Commons to help on Commons. So, I would contact the English Wikipedia editors who make these, and see if they could come up with a Commons variant.Mitch32^(UP) 21:31, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

This script is home-grown - nothing to do with enwiki.  — Mike.lifeguard | ^@en.wb 22:31, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Oh, okay. (I blame that I never used them for my lack of knowing that). Anyway, Twinkle and Huggle are good examples of what you are looking for.Mitch32^{(Want help? See here!)} 22:38, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Category:Png images that should use vector graphics

On 1 September, User:Rocket000 deleted Category:Png images that should use vector graphics with the explanation that it was an empty category or unused redirect. The category is used by the {{Convert to SVG}} template, however, and is not currently empty. Rocket000 is now inactive and did not respond to my query on his/her talk page. Could I persuade another admin to undelete the category? Powers (talk) 15:04, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

 Done Done Sterkebaktalk 15:30, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

can you unlocke the Aguas Buenas shield its for a project

User:Gaurav, could I have it?

Hey guys, I'm not sure where to go about this. I'm user Gaurav on Wikipedia. There is a user at User:Gaurav here; however, he has only made one contribution, which was subsequently deleted, back in 2006 (log here). I'd hate to have one account name across all Wikipedia sites except this one. Is there any procedure for 'taking over' an unused username? Of course, if policy requires that user accounts be kept around for logging purposes forever, I'll respect that decision, but the temptation of multi-site login is much too much :-). Thanks for your help! -- 124.66.155.70 09:04, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

To me (ex crat!) usurpable. I'd post the request here is the correct section. Thanks --Herby ^{talk thyme} 13:23, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, Herby! That's exactly what I was looking for :-). 220.255.7.186 15:55, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

User:Heraldicos

Persistent copyright violator, tried to remove deletion tags from some of his images, added a fake OTRS tag to another, continues to upload (as we speak) copyrght violations. -Nard the Bard 12:13, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Distinctly questionable. Placed an "end copvios" tag but my digging has not found me anything on the other uploads that are still there in the time I had. --Herby ^{talk thyme} 13:19, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Help in recovering broken image

…where is everybody?

Image:Loadeddd.JPG seems to be suffering from something possibly related to the September 2008 image loss bug: the database says it's 667×754 pixels, but the actual image is only 181×205. I was about to nominate it for deletion as an uneducational personal photo, but it turns out that it's actually in use on es:Loaded(!), so I should probably try to find some way to fix it. As it turns out, Image:Erwinloaded.JPG by the same uploader was deleted as a duplicate of it, so I'm hoping it might be possible to recover the larger version from the deleted history of that image.

Since I'm not an admin on Commons, I can't do that myself. So, I'd like to ask someone who can to check the deleted image to see how large it is, and, if it's larger than 181×205 pixels, reupload it over Image:Loadeddd.JPG. Thanks in advance.

(Ps. If anyone here happens to be an admin on the Dutch Wikipedia, I'd have a similar request regarding Image:Florent Gheeraert.jpg.) —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 19:16, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Hello... anybody here? I know this isn't the English Wikipedia, but I thought we did have some active admins here on Commons too. Or are they all just busy, or not reading this page? Not that I'm feeling impatient or anything, but this is a kind of a trivial request. It really shouldn't take days, should it? —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 22:42, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

 Done :-) Lycaon (talk) 23:52, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Some pictures

A user has uploaded some pictures. All this pictures seem to come from here. The German article about this fire department was speed deleted. So, this pictures could be a copyright violation. --Sabata (talk) 22:26, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

The website says the images are under a Creative Commons license — but it's BY-NC-ND (or possibly BY-NC, if you believe the text rather than the link), and thus not free. Mind you, it seems at least plausible that the uploader might actually be the copyright holder, in which case they can release the images under any license they want. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 11:08, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

OTRS

Hello, I am writing with a question. Yesterday, I uploaded Image:Margaret Thatcher.png after emailing the OTRS system, thus the OTRS was pending. OTRS responded via email to me today, thanked me for submitting the image, but did not update the tagging and licensing information on the image itself. The license is GFDL; I would do it, but I do not know the url of the confirmed image on the OTRS system. Any help provided in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! My best, Happyme22 (talk) 02:14, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

The OTRS ticket indicates that the copyright holder must release it to a specific license. As far as I can tell from reading the ticket, no license is mentioned by the copyright holder. If you re-read the bottom of the e-mail, beginning with "As this image is hosted on Wikimedia Commons, it requires the owner to provide a specific release..." it should explain it more clearly. MBisanz ^talk 02:41, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Oops, got it. I'll contact him right away! Thanks for the quick response. Best, Happyme22 (talk) 03:46, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Any zh (maybe) folk around?

I came across some uploads yesterday & meant to post but things happened! These I think need looking at. Not at all sure what they are, equally I am concerned about the links in the descriptions - it almost looks like some form of advertising. That number of links in a description seem unlikely to be appropriate to me?

I think it may be commercial but not really knowing what it is makes that a difficult call. Thanks --Herby ^{talk thyme} 07:36, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Not spam. These are photos of jade artifacts. Given the exif data I'd say it's likely self-made. The links are mostly to pages with more similar photos, which are probably taken by the same person as the uploader. The last link goes to a Yahoo Maps page with an address, although I'm not sure why he added it. (w:en:User:Pegasus) 155.69.19.43 04:54, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

I've also been helped on this one by KTo288 here which I appreciate. It looks as though the images are validly licensed however the links on them point to where the user is selling them. That to me means that Commons is being used promotionally in some sense of the word.

I accept the fact that the images are of interest however there are quite a large number. So - what is teh community view on this one please? Thanks --Herby ^{talk thyme} 13:23, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Keep the images, ditch the links. The description is for describing the image, thus links to where you can buy the item is not OK. I'll start cleaning.  — Mike.lifeguard | ^@en.wb 15:17, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Damn - why didn't I think of that :(. Thanks Mike - good idea. Cheers --Herby ^{talk thyme} 16:49, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Place words or terms in Wikipedia

How can I place words or terms in Wikipedia?

Thanks

Paul—Preceding unsigned comment added by Psimansky (talk • contribs) 17:34, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi Paul, this is not Wikipedia, but another project of the same foundation. To visit Wikipedia, please see http://www.wikipedia.org and pick your language. Every article has an edit button at the top, just click it and make your changes. Best regards, -- ChrisiPK (Talk|Contribs) 18:09, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

User:Denise hunter

Hi all,

Please help and watch user:Denise hunter.

This user is uploading album cover's and images from hip hop artist Donald XL Robertson. I found the images on a website with all right reserved.

So i deleted the images here as copyvios. After that i give her a warning and at the end she got blockt for two day's. From that moment she started sending me emails. She say's she is the owner from the site and will send permission to OTRS. Later she asked me if i would lift the block. I told her if you don't upload that stuff again i will lift your block.

She told me she would wait with the images till otrs is round. Please keep a look at her contributions. And warn her when needed. I think that i am to involved.

Cheers, Sterkebaktalk 18:14, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

On my watchlist

--D-Kuru (talk) 11:10, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Logo wk 2018 Be-Ne.png

I changed the licence to {{PD-ineligible}} instead of deleting this image. What do you think (maybe you should write what you think instead of speedy deleting this image, some other admins (including myself) may think different)
thanks for help --D-Kuru (talk) 15:53, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

This is a logo and as far as I know every logo is copyright protected and therefore not allowed on commons. Except when it is stated explicitly that it is in the public domain. Miho (talk) 16:20, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

I would say that this one has to be deleted. Sterkebaktalk 08:42, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

I agree with SterkeBak, this is not a simple shape. IMHO eligible for copyright. Regards, -- ChrisiPK (Talk|Contribs) 15:09, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I tagged the image with copyvio and a link to this discussion. Miho (talk) 17:56, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

GFDL Released Image contains copyrighted element

Image:Bush_TV_Yellow.jpg has been released under the GFDL but contains an clearly identifiable frame of a copyrighted television broadcast. What procedure should be followed with this? Exxolon (talk) 07:43, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

IMO I would blank the TV broadcast (Re-upload and remove the offending image) rather then deleting but leave it up to the Admin's who will have a better idea then I would. Bidgee (talk) 08:49, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

This does not qualify for COM:DM, thus it is a derivative of the copyrighted image. The screen has to be blanked or the image will probably be deleted. Maybe you could ask the user to take another picture with the screen turned off or some freely licensed movie on it. Regards, -- ChrisiPK (Talk|Contribs) 15:11, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

New Version of image problem

I've updated map of polish highways (original file image:PL_motorways_2006.09.01.svg), and i don't have permission to upload it as new version of the old file. XExternalEditor software advised me uploading it with different name, and so i did (new file is called image:PL motorways 2008.11.16.svg) and ask the admins. So please merge my new image to the old one's page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Secator (talk • contribs) 17:27, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

I would go ahead and request deletion of the original by either speedy or request via admin. I did you a favor and added categories to the new image.Mitch32^{(Want help? See here!)} 22:27, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

flickr review help please!

I’ve been trying to clean out the flickr review needed page, but there are a few that have been sitting in there for a few days because I don’t know what to do with them. Will someone who knows more about old photos, FOP, and photos of wax museum figures have a look at these? Thanks!

• Image:Jose Leandro Andrade 2949307144 5777c02cf1 o.jpg PD old?
• Image:TheSodaStream1.jpg do you think this is flickr washing?
• Image:Torre de profuturo.jpg Fop?
• Image:Tupac Shakur 2.jpg wax museum figure…no clue what to do with this.

Brynn (talk!) 14:58, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Maybe this can be helpful? --Kanonkas_(talk) 15:03, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

That takes care of the Tupac image. Thanks, Kanonkas! Anyone want to help me with the others? Brynn (talk!) 15:22, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

The Jose Leandro image has to be nominated for deletion, copyright may be a problem here. This may have a date issue with public domain.Mitch32^{(Want help? See here!)} 22:31, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Mpdc100

Please take a look at today's contributions of Mpdc100; it looks like sabotage to me. - Erik Baas (talk) 15:14, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

 Done - Uploaded images are reverted by Kanonkas, Erik Baas and me. Some images are protected for the next couple of days. User recieved a warning and is on my watchlist. Thanks for the notice. Sterkebaktalk 16:54, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Wrestling copyvios

I deleted a one a few days back & from time to time review my delete logs for things that "re-appear"!

This "seems" ok & I remember checking it before I deleted it (I felt it was a copyvio). This time I dug a bit more. There are a few images transferred here from en wp by this user. They point to uploads on en wp by this user..... who is now blocked for persistent copyvios. I think I smell a rat - review welcome but these are deletable to me. Thanks --Herby ^{talk thyme} 15:35, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

I am suspicious of self-made photos that lack metadata, or a full-version of the photo. The user could have easily taken the pics though. Perhaps he could be asked to provide proof he took the pics? Or perhaps I'm assuming too much good faith here. How do you turn this on (talk) 13:29, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

I think my AGF was stretched by the fact that the original uploader is blocked for copyvios on en wp? (The Commons user/uploader may well not be aware or part of this - although they did recreate a deleted one...) --Herby ^{talk thyme} 13:32, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

If enwp blocked him, no reason why we should automatically. Though with possibly non-free images, it's better to be safe than sorry; they can always be undeleted if it's later found to be in error. Best wishes, How do you turn this on (talk) 13:36, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes - certainly would not follow en wp blocks necessarily (although a current case of puppets would be an exception to that!). I certainly would not block the Commons user who does not seem to be the same person as the en wp uploader. If you look around here however serial copyvio uploaders tend to stay copyvio uploaders. Certainly the first one (still link & undeleted above - agf) was a copyvio in my view. I've deleted two others & will see what happens... re-uploading without comment would set some bells ringing I guess. Cheers --Herby ^{talk thyme} 13:47, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Template:GFDL

I added there 5 days ago {{editprotected}} and no one yet changed, or respond to my request. Please copy the content from Template:GFDL/autotranslated to Template:GFDL for the template to be in the language of the user interface. Thanks, ערן (talk) 18:57, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Second Life screenshots

Hello. Please see User talk:Giggy#Commons:Deletion requests/Image:Rainbow Leprechaun.png and Template:Second Life. The Second Life template has a deadlink. Could someone please confirm that what the template is saying is true. Also, by my understanding of the GPL, wouldn't all Second Life screenshots have to also be licensed under the GPL? (As opposed to the statement made in small print on the template.)

Clarification appreciated. Thanks, Giggy (talk) 01:32, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Seems to be correct. I changed the dead link to the page at archive.org: [1].

The smallprint text seems to be correct too (at least not wrong in the literal sense). It has to be a GPL-compliant free licence, not just any free licence. The text should be changed accordingly, I guess. --Slomox (talk) 02:03, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Surely that depends on whether or not the images incorporate copyrightable visual elements that are part of the software. In general, the output of GPLed software is not automatically GPLed; for images that only show user-designed (or PD-ineligible) objects, the creator of the objects should be able to choose any license they want. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 06:39, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

CommonsDelinker

CommonsDelinker (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user removes image links. If these links were within an infobox parameter, and there are certain non-printing characters (mostly \u200e) on the same line, the infobox is left garbled.[2] [3] If commons admins value CommonsDelinker, please encourage the bot operator to adjust the code to remove these extra characters too. Gimmetrow (talk) 07:29, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

The characters most likely to be causing problems are U+200E, U+200F, U+202A, U+202B, U+202C, U+202D, and U+202E (the Unicode writing-direction control characters). They show up when someone copies and pastes across scripts (say, Hebrew to English), and Mediawiki sometimes treats them as whitespace, sometimes as non-whitespace. --Carnildo (talk) 07:57, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Fixed I think -- Bryan (talk to me) 19:43, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

But ultimately MW should handle this more consistently. -- Bryan (talk to me) 19:46, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Sisterheader

Question: The {{Sisterheader}} provides a view of other Wikiprojects interlinks. Does the same function exist except that the links show on the left side, where the normal Wikipedia links show? I have a case here Category:Drie voordrachten over de nieuwe beeldende kunst where the only link I found is on Wikisource, however the link shows up on top, not on the left column. If such a function does not exist, maybe it would be a good idea if someone create it, basically sister links on the left column and not just as header? Gryffindor (talk) 08:24, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

I am not certain what the purpose of the {{Sisterheader}} was, I do know that I like them now because they separate the links from the wikipedia article intralinks from the wikipedia category intralinks. -- carol (talk) 08:34, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes they are useful, my question is though if it is possible to also create something similar for the left side with clear borders for each sister? Basically a vertical sister header. Gryffindor (talk) 12:03, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Sorry that I did not understand your question. Depending on the skin used, those intrawiki links appear at different places on the rendered page making that request to be that much more complicated. -- carol (talk) 18:24, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

User:Uncle Bill

Could someone please take a quick look at User:Uncle Bill (both the page and the user). This new user has been going around posting nonsense to apparently random user talk pages. On his own user page he has someone's (possibly his own) contact info, including an e-mail address. If this was en.wikipedia, I'd just block the user (as a vandalism-only account) and delete the page (as disclosure of personal info and possible attack page) and leave a polite but stern note on the talk page, but of course this isn't enwiki and I'm not an admin here, so I'll just let you handle this any way you like. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 18:32, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

He was warned, and I've just left another note. He hasn't made any edits in a while - no reason to block him unless he starts up again. Thanks for pointing it out. - Rjd0060 (talk) 19:38, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

date in the picture

How are the rules, I have used film-camera wher was possibily to store date to film, example Image:Mekaanisen8.jpg, must I remove the date or is it allowed to keep--Motopark (talk) 21:03, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Hello Motopark, this is not a problem. Hardcoding dates and other stuff into images is not recommended, so I would appreciate it, if you would not do it to new images. However, uploading the old ones is fine, someone will eventually remove the watermark, as it already happened with the example image. Regards, -- ChrisiPK (Talk|Contribs) 21:27, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

My pleasure :-). But it is a lot of work when there are many pictures. Lycaon (talk) 21:30, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Notice to Graeme Bartlett: Regarding the page "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Knife" I see your name in the edits at the bottom. I am a descendant of the Mirando family, and have an image of them from 1937 that I would like to upload. As a new user, I cannot upload files. I'm not even sure if I am posting this in the right place, but I can't seem to locate your contact info on your User Page (maybe I'm just blind?). If you get this, or someone else does that can upload an image for me, please contact me at jp.bernier@gmail.com and I will send you the image. Thanks JP. Bernier

Incorrect email on deleted image

When an image is deleted, users who subscribe to email notifications get a message saying the image was created.

When File:Pygmy Tarsier.jpg got the axe for copyright violations, I received something like the following:

Dear Davidwr,

The Wikimedia Commons page Image:Pygmy Tarsier.jpg has been created on

20:37, 20 November 2008 by Polarlys, see

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Pygmy_Tarsier.jpg for the

current version.

This is a new page.

Obviously, I should have received a notification of the page's deletion instead.

Could someone with access to the bug-reporting system please submit this as a bug? I'm not sure if it's a Wiki-software bug or a configuration error on the Wikipedia Commons. Davidwr (talk) 01:12, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

There is already a bug report somewhere, though I can't find it at present.  — Mike.lifeguard | ^@en.wb 01:44, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

How to get attention of uploader?

What to do to get the attention of a user who is currently uploading but does completely ignore (eventually without any bad intention) any warnings put on his talk or even user page? In case of User:Hkgalbert, who was uploading lots of badly named images, I didn't see anything else than a 2-hour block. Any better proposals or experiences? --Túrelio (talk) 10:10, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

No, I think a block is the right thing to do, as soon as you warn them on their user page, because they will more likely look at your previous warnings. ;) But to think about it, is it strictly forbidden to upload image with such file names? Diti (talk to the penguin) 13:29, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

...forbidden... No, but this guy did upload tons of files named Hlp 01.JPG, Hlp 02.JPG, etc. and it is a lot of avoidable work to rename such files. My intent was that he uses better filenames for his future uploads, but he didn't notice or did ignore all notes. --Túrelio (talk) 15:14, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Please Help

Although I tagged Image:Alessandro Allori 003.jpg to be renamed from "Marie de' Medici", I did not expect my separate, newly uploaded image (see the redirect name at the top of that page) to disappear in the process. It is in fact a much better scan than the above and has careful and accurate image notes unlike the present one which is still full of descriptions about Marie de' Medici. This is not a picture of Marie de' Medici, as my documentation on the wrongly deleted image shows. I was intending today to put my new article Eleonora di Garzia di Toledo up for DYK on Wikipedia, using the better image as the thumbnail, but something called CommonsDelinker has exchanged it for this one, and I doubt writing to that bot would work quickly enough. I don't know why the new image had to be caught up in the renaming of this one, since it is not a duplicate but a better scan from a different source. I'd be grateful if someone could restore Image:Eleonora di Don Garzia di Toledo di Pietro de' Medici, by Alessandro Allori.jpg (which only now goes to a redirect). I have to get the DYK in within four and a bit days. Many thanks. qp10qp (talk) 14:36, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

I've restored it. Looks like someone did universal replace the wrong way round. -mattbuck (Talk) 15:59, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks. I really appreciate it! qp10qp (talk) 16:16, 22 November 2008 (UTC)