File:Preferred logo.jpg

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Any suggestion, or reason, for requesting a move of File:Preferred logo.jpg? © Tbhotch (en-2.5). 05:54, 31 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

The name isn't descriptive: the filename suggests that it is the preferred logo of an entity, but leaves no information on which entity this is. Or it could be seen as misleading, if you think that it is the logo of an entity called 'Preferred'. Not what you'd usually call something, but companies sometimes choose stupid names. The file itself contains the name of two entities: Hibernian FC and Capital City Service. The image is used in the article Capital City Service, but is unsourced (I don't think that we should trust a 'PD-self' claim for logos) and the entity doesn't seem to have a website (or at least I can't easily find one on Google, and there's no website mentioned in the article), so I can't tell if the logo actually belongs to Capital City Service or not. --Stefan2 (talk) 09:51, 31 March 2016 (UTC)Reply
I was referring to it because it appears at Category:Incomplete file renaming requests. For what I looked up on Google, the image is not the official logo, probably it is this one. © Tbhotch (en-2.5). 22:22, 1 April 2016 (UTC)Reply
In that case, the file name isn't only confusing but also incorrect. The problem is that the file should be renamed but that the desired target file name is unknown. Also, if, as your comment suggests, the logo is a fake, then the logo should be deleted. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:54, 4 April 2016 (UTC)Reply
That Facebook page looks more like a logo for the associated football club. Not sure about verifying that logo; one photo in that article looks like a very similar flag. I've done the file rename under the assumption that it is not a hoax; if someone can verify that it is incorrect it should be deleted.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 10:52, 9 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Thanks

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Just a little thank you for hiding the pictures there. Didn't knew about these copyright problems there. Is there any way they could be avoided?--Ermanarich (talk) 15:34, 31 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

Nonfree images in Gather lists

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Sorry about that. It looks like nonfree status of an image is not detected correctly if it the license tag is followed by a rationale template, as the license metadata in the two templates can conflict. I can re-run the bot and regenerate those pages once the bug is (T131896) fixed. --Tgr (WMF) (talk) 18:05, 5 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

File:Surinam FA.png

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Hi Stefan2. Thanks for catching that mistagging. I'm still not sure whether two non-free of the basically the same file is needed. There is also the question of whether UUI#17 applies. Any suggestions on how to proceed from here? Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:31, 5 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

  • F1 requires two things: the file should be unused (it wasn't) and the file should be identical and in the same file format (one was a vector file and the other was a bitmap file).
It doesn't seem useful to have one PNG and one SVG version of the same logo. For non-free files, there is a simple solution: edit all articles so that articles only contain one of the files. The other file will then be eligible for deletion per WP:F5 a week later. If some use of the PNG file fails WP:NFCC, then an alternative option is to migrate all valid usage to the SVG file and then list the PNG file at WP:FFD. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:37, 6 April 2016 (UTC)Reply
The svg file has a nfur for Surinamese Football Association and that usage seems NFCC compliant to me. I don't believe valid nfurs can be written for the svg for the two team articles per UUI#17., so I will discuss the png's usage at FFD. Thanks again for the clarification. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:46, 6 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Ερωτηση

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Hello, why did you crop out the logo of Ole Miss from my user page? It isn't copyright violation, I am a student there and by that have permission to use. Κοματσουλάκης (talk) 23:24, 5 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

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Promo Shot.jpg

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Hello -- I'm wondering why you have flagged this image? I thought it was going through the process of being moved to Commons? I've attributed the photo to the photographer, who has given me permission to use it. Can you please tell me what else needs to be done here? Thanks! BurtWorks (talk) 16:10, 9 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

The photographer needs to comply with the process described at WP:CONSENT. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:33, 9 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Possibly unfree files is closed

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Stefan, please take any future file discussions to files for discussion as possibly unfree files has been closed down. We're working on removing it from Twinkle and other scripts. Thanks, Oiyarbepsy (talk) 03:01, 10 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Sure, but until the tools have been updated, we should still accept that there will be some PUF requests, either because the nominator is unaware of the discussion, or (as happened for me yesterday) because someone who is used to sending files to PUF accidentally clicks on PUF instead of FFD out of habit. It risks creating more confusion if we move requests from one venue to another, in particular for the uploaders of files listed there. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:55, 10 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Kent Smith photo

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Hi, I haven't logged onto my wikipedia for a while and found today that you had taken down the photo that I posted of Kent Smith, that I said I posted because I took the picture. The reason you gave for taking it down, was that it came from the Green Party of California Flickr Page. I run that page and posted the pic there too!!!! OMG, I can't believe you went to these lengths to take this picture down, when it was something that I took personally. How do we get it back up there? --Mfeinstein —Preceding undated comment added 20:04, 10 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

See WP:IOWN: either change the licence to a free one on Flickr, or send a permission statement to OTRS. Free licences on Flickr are cc-by, cc-by-sa and cc-zero. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:40, 10 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

OK thanks, I'll get on Flickr and try and figure out how to do that. I didn't even know it said all rights reserved by default, I don't remember filling out anything that said that when I set up the Flickr page in the first place. --Mfeinstein

File source problem with File:LakeLouise 2.jpg

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Thanks for the note - this is my own picture - I can't see how to add a source and so have added a manual narrative and deleted the tag. Where does one edit the source info? B Brookie :) { - like the mist - there one moment and then gone!} (Whisper...) 19:45, 12 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

You wrote that you took the photo. That's the source you were required to provide, so the problem has been solved now. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:10, 12 April 2016 (UTC)Reply
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Hello. I now added the non-free use rationale for the logo you deleted on page Stadin derby. It helps readers to identify the logos of both sides involved in the football derby and the logos are presented in the same way as it is on East Lancashire derby page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joonash (talkcontribs) 13:15, 13 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hi Joonash. As Stefan2 has pointed out, I have started a discussion on the non-free usage of File:HJK Helsinki Logo.svg at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2016 April 13#File:HJK Helsinki Logo.svg. I realize you added a non-free use rationale for this particular usage, but simply adding a a rationale does not automatically make a file's usage NFCC compliant. There are 9 other non-free content criteria besides NFCC#10 which need to be satisfied for each usage of non-free content and the aforementioned FFD discussion is about whether WP:NFCC#8 and possibly WP:NFCC#3 (No. 17 of WP:NFC#UUI) are being satisfied.
Finally, the fact that similar files are being used in a similar manner in other articles is not always a good indication of non-free compliance. Non-free usage is required to be contextually significant to the degree that removing it would be detrimental to the reader's understanding of a particular subject so what may be acceptable for one article is not always the same for other articles. Moreover, lots of non-free images are being used incorrectly in articles: the two used in the "East Lancanshire derby" example you gave also do not satisfy NFCC#10c and, thus, have been removed. You're welcome to add any comments that you think are relevant to the file's non-free usage in Stadin derby. The administrator who reviews such discussions will take everything posted into account when deciding on what to do with the file. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:26, 14 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

File:Legends of Callasia.jpg

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Hi Stefan2. The file is being used in the article Legends of Callasia, but it is currently moved to the draftspace and I am waiting for a moderator to approve it after making the necessary edits. Monikazapper (talk) 09:13, 14 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

As noted, the image is not used in any articles; the image is only used in Draft:Legends of Callasia, which is not an article but a drafts. Drafts may not contain non-free images, and you may not upload non-free images for use in drafts until the drafts have been approved. See WP:NFCC#7 and WP:NFCC#9. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:10, 15 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Noted. It was an article when I originally added the image, so I will just wait until it is approved again. Thanks. Monikazapper (talk) 12:17, 18 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Elite: Dangerous Category (Userbox)

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Hi Stefan2, I was wondering why you have edited and removed the Elite logo from my new category (Userbox) page:- User:D Eaketts/Userboxes/Elite: Dangerous. Did I breach a rule? D Eaketts (talk) 06:53, 18 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

See WP:NFCC#9. You can't use non-free files in userboxes. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:28, 18 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Ah ok thanks, Will remember in the future. D Eaketts (talk) 11:38, 18 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

I was just wondering if there is a way to use non-free files without breaking rule 9?D Eaketts (talk) 15:59, 18 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Images with underlying PD versions

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Is there a way to flag a non-free image which had previous uncopyrightable versions, particularly so that your bot doesn't retag them? (Example: File:Mah e Mir.jpg.) I know about {{split media}}, but that seems like overkill unless someone wants to use the PD version independently. —Cryptic 03:35, 19 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

  • Just my opinion, but if the files are different enough to have a different copyright status, Split Media may indeed be the solution. Otherwise, does {{Nobots|deny=Stefan2bot}} work?Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 05:59, 19 April 2016 (UTC)Reply
    • The reason I'm reluctant to tag it as split media is because I'm specifically trying to avoid creating busywork for anybody. —Cryptic 06:25, 19 April 2016 (UTC)Reply
      • My bot scans files for certain categories which suggest that the unfree status possibly is disputed, and refuses to tag those files as it is better to go through such files manually instead. My bot writes a list of such files to a file on my computer which I try to check once in a while. For example, my bot skips files which have been tagged with {{split media}} as it is possible that some of the files under this file name do not have the same copyright status. If you don't want to add {{split media}}, {{bots|deny=Stefan2bot}} should work too. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:50, 19 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Question by User:Toreeva

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Hello Stefan2, My question is to all my files you included the same request: Here for Pantocrator, but the same for another files: What else I should add if the files contain copyrights info, Author, and licence under CC BY-SA 3.0 which is free. What else should be done?Toreeva (talk) 15:47, 22 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

The copyright holder should follow the process described at WP:CONSENT. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:21, 22 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hello Stefan2, would you check again, what is going on with the pictures, and specially with "The New Beginning"? I submitted long time ago with the copyright info, and still they don't move anywhere in the process. These files are:

  • "The New Beginning", 1992. File num: 2016042210018206
  • "The Pantocrator", 1992. File num: 2016042210015932
  • "The End of USSR", 1992. File Num: 2016042210016815
  • "The Song of Songs", 1997. File num: 2016042210017118
  • "The Song of Songs", 1999. File num: 2016042210017369

All docs already submitted with the copyright info. I don't understand why you moved all files for review, and I don't see the end of this process. Please verify, and help me with these files. They should be OK to use. Thanks.Toreeva (talk) 22:35, 6 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

RE image upload

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Mate, ive no idea who to delete the one in question as i uploaded a much smaller version afterwards.

Nürö G'DÄŸ MÄTË 23:04, 22 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

About that image.

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About the image that could be deleted, I will have to start a gallery section in the Mario Kart 8 article. It will start as a stub, but it will have more images. DatNuttyWikipedian (talk) 13:59, 24 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

This guy reverted my gallery creation on the Mario Kart 8 Article, I think that is hindering me from keeping the image to stay. DatNuttyWikipedian (talk) 14:36, 24 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

@Jo-Jo Eumerus, it's from Mario Kart 8..... DatNuttyWikipedian (talk) 16:11, 24 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

  • @DatNuttyWikipedian: Please take the time to read WP:NFGALLERY and WP:NFCC#8. Screenshots of most games, including Mario Kart 8, are non-free. Thus, we should only select and include images that are of most value to the reader. Free or not, images such as this and this don't enhance the reader's understanding of Mario Kart 8. A screenshot of two Peaches doesn't tell us anything except that the game has a glitch, which is seldom notable unless it has received coverage from many reliable sources. The screenshot of the menu doesn't tell us anything about the game either except that it has a menu, which most games do. Both images are thus inappropriate for inclusion on Wikipedia, and I support the deletion of both of them. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 17:48, 24 April 2016 (UTC)Reply
  • @ThomasO1989: and @Jo-Jo Eumerus:,the first one Im going to release it into the Public Domain. DatNuttyWikipedian (talk) 20:46, 24 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Actually it was from here that image I uploaded, I put in the wrong Copyright. Here's the link to the source of the image: https://nookipedia.com/wiki/File:6_Princess_Peaches%3F!.jpg DatNuttyWikipedian (talk) 21:07, 24 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

@DatNuttyWikipedian: You can't release screenshots from copyrighted works into the public domain. You don't own the copyright. Please become familiar with Wikipedia policies around copyrighted images before you continue further. Even so, like I said before, both your Mario Kart 8 screenshots are not appropriate for Wikipedia. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 21:29, 24 April 2016 (UTC)Reply
@ThomasO1989:, I misspoke about releasing it into the Public Domain. Instead refer to my second part of the paragraph Comprende? DatNuttyWikipedian (talk) 23:25, 24 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Oh about forgot, the source is the one with the link to Nookipedia. DatNuttyWikipedian (talk) 23:27, 24 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

@DatNuttyWikipedian: Please refer more importantly to the second part of my paragraph too. Your screenshots simply aren't appropriate for display on Wikipedia. Understand? --ThomasO1989 (talk) 03:10, 25 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

File:WQAL 2016 logo.png

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It's been a while since I've done a transfer. Thanks for facilitating. Levdr1lp / talk 20:48, 25 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

No information images

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This has about 500 images, any assitance in reduction of this much appreciated. I've found in going through that it still finds unsourced items. :(

https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/5647

Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:33, 26 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

I've reduced the list a bit by moving a lot of locator maps to Commons and tagging some images as no source, no permission and other things. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:53, 26 April 2016 (UTC)Reply
Thanks, No objection to the query being run on a regular basis. It should ideally have less than 25 rows returned whent he backlog is cleared. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 12:55, 26 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

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Re: Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Lvbp.jpg

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OSSTF logo.png

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Please refrain from removing useful templates (Vector_version_available) on files such as OSSTF logo.png. The proper procedure is to set nonfree to equal yes in the template. See: Template:Vector_version_available — Preceding unsigned comment added by CoolCanuck (talkcontribs) 18:06, 27 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

The page File:OSSTF logo.png violated WP:NFCC#9 as it is a page outside the article namespace which used to contain non-free images. The proper procedure is to remove the non-free images from the page, and the easiest way to do this is to simply remove the {{vva}} template instead of trying to figure out what parameters the template has and what they are called. The template wasn't useful anyway as the same information was already duplicated in the {{di-orphaned fair use}} template. Also, the file currently violates WP:NFCC#7, so it's probably going to be deleted soon, making it useless to waste time on including certain templates on the file information page. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:39, 27 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

speedy deletion

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Hi Stefan2, I'm new to wiki and was having a hard time with copyrights to a harmless gif. I've taken them all down but I don't know what else to do if i have already deleted it off the page.

  • File:21jumpstreetrdioactivespider.gif
  • File:21jumpstree.gif
  • File:Radioactivespider.gif

thanks lots, JAguayo18 (talk) 20:31, 27 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

The files were copyright violations as they were taken from some random website. You can normally only upload images created by yourself. The main exception is images which are more than a century old or so. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:41, 27 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Yea I found that out after I had uploaded the gif. what can i do now to fix the mistake? JAguayo18 (talk) 01:23, 28 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

You should refrain from uploading files from random websites. See c:COM:NETCOPYRIGHT. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:42, 28 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Kramer Logo.png

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Hi Stefan2, you requested a split on a picture I uploaded about a week ago: File:Kramer Logo.png besides this Version on Wikimedia there is an old/other version on Wikipedia available: File:Kramer Logo.png Regarding these files I have a few questions:

  1. Why did you request a split?
  2. Can you delete the version on Wikipedia?
  3. Would it be better to upload a new file and replace the old ones in the articles?

--Minga (talk) 11:41, 28 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

You should not overwrite old logos with new logos. Old logos and new logos should be uploaded under different file names so that people can use both logos. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:43, 28 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Deletion drilling

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Can you do me a favour and kindly refrain from drilling me messages. Five in as many minutes is excessive. If you think images should be deleted, then do it. Don't bother me, please. Thankyou.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:39, 28 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Unfortunately, Twinkle doesn't allow you to set up different notification rules for different uploaders, and it takes too much time to check who the uploader is. Notifying everyone is much easier than to selectively notify only certain editors. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:48, 28 April 2016 (UTC)Reply
Mmm, for me a checkbox does show up asking if I want to notify the uploader when I tag an image for deletion... Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:02, 28 April 2016 (UTC)Reply
But the checkbox doesn't reveal who the uploader is and there's no way to have different default status (checked/unchecked) depending on who the uploader is. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:40, 28 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

WOJO & WSHE-FM logos

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Someone replaced the logos which I had put on those articles, so there is no reason to keep them. They are just different versions of the same logos.Rudy2alan —Preceding undated comment added 2016-04-28T16:10:35‎

Then simply wait for a week, as stated in the deletion template. --Stefan2 (talk) 17:00, 28 April 2016 (UTC)Reply
Got it! Thanks!Rudy2alan

Army

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Hello! Please don't delete the two cover I uploaded on that page. I uploaded the same cover twice just because I want to change the files' name. U990467 (talk) 14:39, 1 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

If you wish to rename a file, then you should request renaming instead of uploading a new copy of the same file. If multiple copies have been uploaded of the same file, then we should normally delete the most recently uploaded file so that the original file history is preserved. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:50, 1 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
All four covers were uploaded by me. Can you just keep the new one and delete the old one? U990467 (talk) 14:52, 1 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

One Last Time

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French version of the song peaked at number 11 on French Singles Chart while the international version peaked at number 10. It has significant coverage and doesn't fail the policy you have indicated.

It's actually attached to a major commercial release of the song. U990467 (talk) 13:52, 2 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

We do not put galleries of non-free covers in articles, and there is no sourced critical discussion about the covers. One cover is enough. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:02, 2 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

French version of the single has received several live performances and entered the record charts. It has enough coverage that it shouldn't be removed from the page. You can remove the Italian version cover since there's no chart position and live performance for that version. U990467 (talk) 23:31, 2 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Removal of "Utne Reader" image from my Sandbox

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Hi Stefan2. I see you have just removed an "Utne Reader" cover image from my Sandbox, and pointed me to the relevant rule for non-free images. Please clarify - the objection is that I used the image in my Sandbox, is that correct? Once I complete the article I'm working on there and publish it on Wikipedia, I can then re-enter the image, is that correct? Thanks so much for your help here. - Babel41 (talk) 19:30, 2 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

The image is a non-free image, and the rule is that you can't use non-free images in sandboxes. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:00, 2 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Your disruptive editing and unnecessary needing of citations

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  Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be undone.

Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continual disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you.

Please refer to:

* Wikipedia:You don't need to cite that the sky is blue 
* Wikipedia:When to cite
* Wikipedia:Common knowledge
* Wikipedia:The Pope is Catholic
* Wikipedia:Paris is in France

Kilo-echo-lima-victor-india-november (talk) 02:43, 3 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Nonsense. The rule is that files need sources which can be used for verifying their copyright status. See WP:F4. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:03, 3 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Says who? you are the one who is a wannabe and trying to gain power Kilo-echo-lima-victor-india-november (talk) 20:02, 3 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Nonsense. Wikipedia has copyright rules which you are required to follow. See WP:C and WP:NFCC, for example. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:07, 3 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

File Redirects

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When a file is moved, my understanding was that translcusions of it should be updated to the new name.

Hence the following query (I've limited it for the moment to media with 1 transclusion)

https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/9443

I'm slowly working my way through a VERY long list of entries, (something that probably should be done by a bot, as it is on Commons.).

My understanding was that the redirects themselves don't meet criteria for RfD on their own and thus unless they have invalid targets they can stay indefinitely. ( Checking for non existenet targets is a query I wasn;t sure how to do though.)Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:02, 3 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

WP:FMV/W says that After moving the file, please replace all uses of the old file link with the new one. I'm not sure why the page says so. There doesn't seem to be any problems with using a redirect instead of the current file name. There are reasons to avoid using a Commons redirect to a Commons file as the file usage then doesn't show up in c:Special:GlobalUsage, but this problem doesn't apply to locally hosted files. Maybe the sentence was copied from Commons without determining if it was relevant to Wikipedia or not? It seems to me that it is a waste of time to go through all redirects and update the file targets, except in the odd situations where the redirect shadows something else on Commons and thus needs to be deleted.
There is a bot which deletes any redirects to deleted and non-existing files, I think. Is this what you mean with "non-existing targets"? --Stefan2 (talk) 12:27, 3 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
Yes. possibly.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 15:29, 3 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
I will note many of the earlier entries seem to be 'short' names, so the possibility for a name collision is higher.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 20:06, 3 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
Yes, but if we get a collision, then we can update the file name when we get that collision. I don't think that there is an urgent need to do this immediately. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:20, 3 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Frontier Communications Corporation logo 2016

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I noticed that you tagged the File:Frontier Communications Corporation logo 2016.svg article with the {{Opaque}} template. Inclusion of the background was deliberate. Did you read the discussion on the file's Talk page before you did so? If the background is removed, it would constitute defacement of the logo and it would no longer be an accurate representation of the logo according to Frontier Communications Corporation logo usage guidelines. — Quicksilver (Hydrargyrum)T @ 17:10, 3 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

The company seems to use a transparent background. See for example [1] which the company uses on its website. Why should Wikipedia change the background from transparent to opaque? --Stefan2 (talk) 18:36, 3 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
Because Frontier Communications, like many companies. publishes acceptable use guidelines for its logotypes and logomarks. Such guidelines typically specify the background, the precise colors to be used, minimum size, spacing from adjacent graphics, etc. If we're going to blatantly violate or ignore trademark owners' restrictions on the use of their intellectual properties merely to satisfy a bureaucratic urge to conform to some ill-conceived Wikipedia MOS entries, written by small cliques of editors without benefit of input from legal counsel or the wider Wikipedia community we might as well remove them from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons entirely. — Quicksilver (Hydrargyrum)T @ 14:19, 6 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
Where are those guidelines and why should we follow them considering that the company itself doesn't seem to follow them? --Stefan2 (talk) 17:46, 6 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

May 2016

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  You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you disrupt Wikipedia.   This is your only warning; if you vandalize Wikipedia again, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Kilo-echo-lima-victor-india-november (talk) 19:59, 3 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Nonsense. The one who's vandalising is you. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:06, 3 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

  This is your only warning; if you make personal attacks on other people again, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people. the one who is vandalizing is you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kilo-echo-lima-victor-india-november (talkcontribs) 2016-05-03T20:07:21‎

I'm not aware of having made any personal attacks. Please be more specific - and remember to sign your posts. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:09, 3 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

A possible error

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Wikipedia:Non-U.S._copyrights#Subsisting_copyrights seems to say that UK sound Recording have a 50 year term. I think this was recently (in the last few years) changed to be 70. Would you mind checking up on this? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 20:46, 3 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Article 3.2 of the Copyright Duration Directive says that the copyright term of a sound recording expires after 50 years. However, a few years ago, some other EU directive (not sure which one) extended this to 70 years. As an EU member, Britain is required to follow these copyright terms, so I assume that what you are writing about Britain is correct. I don't know whether this second EU directive restored any expired copyright to sound recordings.
Note that WP:NUSC mainly is concerned about the copyright status in Britain as of 1996, when Britain used a 50-year term. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:59, 3 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
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I see you left me a message concerning an unfree image I had uploaded thats now not being used and therefore deletion fodder. Before I decide on my next course of action, I need to ask two questions of you: 1) do you why the image was removed from the article(s) it was in, and 2) do you know which article the image was removed from? I need to find out if this was a consensus thing, a casualty of a page merge or redirect, or just the usual loss of retention of material as we shrink the encyclopedia down. If it was an accident, then I'll readd it, but if it was intentionally removed then it may be time to let it go. TomStar81 (Talk) 01:35, 4 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

  • (talk page stalker) @TomStar81: It was removed from Command & Conquer: Tiberian series (found the article from the NFUR rationale which says it's used there) by @Izno: for violating WP:NFCC#8.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 05:42, 4 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
  • @TomStar81: I removed the set of images because they do not convey any understanding above and beyond what text can (or should) convey. Certainly, all of the images (save the one that went undeleted--showing the architecture of the alien race) are decorative rather than attempting to explain something about the games from the real-world perspective. This means they fail to meet WP:NFCC#8. They are also used more broadly than is necessary, and there are more than necessary, meaning they also fail WP:NFCC#3. Their ability to meet WP:NFCC#5 is also questionable. --Izno (talk) 11:14, 4 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
  • User:TomStar81, I agree that the file violates WP:NFCC#8 in that article. If you dispute this and prefer to have a discussion about the file, then the best solution is probably to list the file at WP:FFD. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:20, 4 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
    • Thanks all. And no, I have no interest in disputing the charges. I learned the hard way a very, very, VERY long time ago never to mess with fictional material deletion because its unproductive and no one ever listens to anything I have to say on the matter anyway (and in one particularly memorable case couldn't even classify the fictional material correctly). It was for this reason I swore off creating fictional pages here and avoid editing them as much as possible: Wikipedia simply isn't an encyclopedia where fictional topics can be discussed with any kind of accuracy. All the same I thank you for your replies, and especially for the notification of the impending deletion. I never understood why it was so difficult for editors who removed the images to invest an extra 20 seconds to notify the uploaded that they were gone. I mean its not like they can't figure it out, its information right on the image page for crying out loud... TomStar81 (Talk) 21:07, 4 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
  The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
For taking an extra 20 seconds to notify an editors of an impending deletion where so many others have preferred to let the editor find out about the deletion ex post facto I hereby bestow upon you this Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar. Going the extra mile is always hard, but its these little things that ultimately make the biggest difference :) TomStar81 (Talk) 21:07, 4 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Orphaned non-free image File:VecchioLogoS.B..jpg

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I see you left me a messages concerning what's specified in the header of this talk. Right now the situation is linked to this: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/DJ_Balli I guess it won't be sorted within seven days. What to do? Djscaphandre —Preceding undated comment added 07:32, 4 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

I see that the picture appeared in Sonic Belligeranza, but this page was redirected to DJ Balli by User:Czar, who claimed that the article Sonic Belligeranza fails the notability criterion. I see that User:Czar thinks that DJ Balli doesn't meet the notability criterion either and therefore listed that article for deletion.
The outcome of the article DJ Balli will be determined by the deletion discussion. If you disagree with the claim that Sonic Belligeranza is a non-notable subject, then the solution would seem to be to revert User:Czar's edit which turned the page into a redirect, but you should then assume that he probably responds by nominating that page for deletion too. The outcome of the file File:VecchioLogoS.B..jpg really depends on the outcome of the article Sonic Belligeranza: if the consensus is that we shouldn't have an article on this subject, then the file shouldn't be on Wikipedia. If you think that the article Sonic Belligeranza needs further discussion somewhere, then what we could do is to extend the waiting time for the file so that it isn't deleted while the article is still being discussed. I should add that I have not read any of the articles and I have not read the deletion discussion, so I do not have an opinion on whether the articles meet the notability criterion or not. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:34, 4 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for being so clear! The extension of the waiting time for the file is the best thing to me, in fact I'm really busy with job stuff right now, but I'm going to find time to give further proof of notability as requested by User:Czar and then, hopefully, improve the page. Djscaphandre —Preceding undated comment added 19:44, 4 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Removal of rationales

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Separate from the thread above, this edit indicates I should not have removed the rationales. I made a number of similar edits. Should those also be reverted? --Izno (talk) 11:20, 4 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

  • If you dispute the use of a non-free file, then you could remove the file from the page and tag it as orphaned by adding {{subst:orfud}} and notify the uploader, but it is typically better to leave the existing text on the file information page alone. If it's likely that someone will dispute the removal of the file, then it's better to start a discussion about the file at WP:FFD. In that case, you can leave the file on the page, and a bot will remove the file if the closing admin decides to delete the file. There are also a few delayed speedy tags you can use, such as {{subst:dnfcc|8=yes}} and {{subst:dfu|fails WP:NFCC#8}}. If you use one of those tags, then it is also typically appropriate to leave the file on the page until an admin has decided if the file should be kept or not. Generally speaking, I tend to prefer to use some deletion tag instead of removing the file from the page if it makes the file orphaned, but other users may have other preferences. Doing this is wrong: you removed the information that the file is unfree, and then the file won't be discovered by the bot which tags orphaned non-free files for deletion. I happened to find the file because it didn't contain any templates. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:51, 4 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
    Ah, that makes sense. I've tagged a couple of the other images as f5 (==orfud), so I'll sit and wait on those. --Izno (talk) 12:57, 4 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
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A backlog resulting from licensing tag changes a few years ago. :-

As you seem to have a 'desire' to clean stuff up , I was wondering if you could take a look at these and related categories.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:37, 4 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

One problem with such files is that it's very difficult to differ between {{PD-URAA}} and {{Not-PD-US-Subsist}} files without additional information which tends not to be available on the file information pages. Take Category:PD-Japan-oldphoto images with unknown US copyright status, for example. The category reports that Images in this folder have an unknown US copyright status. If an image here was not in the PD in Japan as of the URAA date (January 1, 1996) then the US copyright has been restored and the image should be tagged {{PD-Japan-oldphoto|restored}}. If a file has been correctly tagged with {{PD-Japan-oldphoto}}, then it means that the copyright term under the 1899 copyright act expired before the 1970 copyright act was implemented. This means that all of the files in that category were in the public domain in the source country in 1996, but a subset of those files might have been hit by {{Not-PD-US-Subsist}}. This should mainly be the case with photos which were not published until a long time after they were created. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:16, 4 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
If you want to suggest new categories, I would welcome the assistance, also I won't object if someone updates the template you mention, based on better understanding :) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 19:27, 4 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
- Category:PD-Japan-oldphoto images for review is where most of the above will now be categorised, but I'd appreciate you cleaning up the language on the template and the category.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 19:34, 4 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

About that file deleted Sunday.

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That image was supposed to be a Personal Image before it was deleted. Thanks in advance. DatNuttyWikipedian (talk) 01:29, 5 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Man that image being deleted is like losing a Friend..... from a sad DatNuttyWikipedian (talk) 01:32, 5 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Do you mean File:6 Princess Peaches?!.jpeg? That's a non-free file. We can only keep non-free files if they are used in at least one article, and you can't put non-free files on your user page. See WP:NFCC#7 and WP:NFCC#9. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:48, 5 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Would it be okay to reupload it from Nookipedia? DatNuttyWikipedian (talk) 14:41, 5 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Expressiontable.png

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A tag has been placed on File:Expressiontable.png requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F2 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an image page for a missing or corrupt image or an empty image description page for a Commons-hosted image.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". I do want to delete this image, but I am not sure how to find contest the nomination. Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Penal007 (talk) 9:00, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

See c:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Expressiontable.png. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:21, 5 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

File:Oldcoatofarms.jpg / File:"De Beus" Coat of Arms.jpg

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Hi Stefan,

You renamed File:Oldcoatofarms.jpg to File:"De Beus" Coat of Arms.jpg. But it's now a different file to what used to be at the original name: look. What's happened, and how can the old file be restored? The De Beus image is now appearing wrongly on three articles.

Thanks,  — Scott talk 16:06, 6 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

There was one File:Oldcoatofarms.jpg on Wikipedia and one c:File:Oldcoatofarms.jpg on Commons. The one on Commons was renamed and the one on Wikipedia was deleted. See Special:Log. I've removed the "De Beus" coat of arms from the three articles on English Wikipedia as it isn't supposed to be in those articles. --Stefan2 (talk) 17:45, 6 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Template:Ffd2a

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...I see your point, but I do not agree with the entire template being restored. The template should be set up as a wrapper for Template:Ffd2 with multi=yes as well as allowing 1=, Uploader= and Reason=. I may try to figure this out here in a few, but I recall you tried to do the opposite of this merge, so maybe you may be able to brainstorm how to do this as well. Steel1943 (talk) 22:07, 6 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

(edit conflict) Users expect {{subst:ffd2a}} to work, so you should not break the template until a wrapper exists.
I think that the code would be easier to maintain if the merge is done the other way around instead. That would give us two shorter templates instead of one huge template: {{ffd2}} would contain a few lines implementing the header and reason parameters, while {{ffd2a}} would contain various links to the file. For the moment, {{ffd2}} begins with a large chunk of template code, and I think that it would easier to find the things you want to edit if it is split up in two templates. Also, {{ffd2a}} gives you better output than {{ffd2}} if no uploader is specified. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:18, 6 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
Templates are not required to be made for non-technical editors to be able to maintain easily, so I don't share your concern regarding "...two shorter templates instead of one huge template...". However, regarding your concern about the Uploader parameter: Visually, the only differences I could see between the two is that the error doesn't appear when Uploader= is empty in {{Ffd2a}}. If this needs to be replicated on {{Ffd2}}, the Uploader parameter on {{Ffd2}} could be encapsulated with another parameter to completely blank the text generated by Uploader that could be exclusive to {{Ffd2a}} as a wrapper. (Personally, I don't support encapsulating the Uploader parameter in the multi parameter that would cause the Uploader text to be blanked when multi= is populated since sometimes, grouped files could have different uploaders.) Steel1943 (talk) 22:29, 6 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
That, and I failed to find how else the previous state of {{Ffd2a}} different from {{Ffd2}} in regards to the displayed links. I looked through the history of {{Ffd2a}}, and I have to assume that the changes you referenced disappeared over time via edits to the template, but then again, I may be not seeing what you are talking about for some reason. Steel1943 (talk) 22:35, 6 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
Templates are not required to be made for non-technical editors to be able to maintain easily – but that's not a reason to deliberately make it difficult to maintain a template. The easier it is to maintain a template, the better. If a template is difficult to maintain, then it's more likely that you will make a typo when adding large sequences of ending } signs. Should there be a sequence of six or seven of them, and how many have been added? If you have to count signs like this, you will likely end up making an error, and then you need to spend more time on debugging the code. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:56, 6 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
What you just said "...If a template is difficult to maintain, then it's more likely that you will make a typo when adding large sequences of ending } signs...": You just explained the very reason why the template editor user right has such strict requirements, and that entire sentence backs up my point. Templates aren't designed to be easily editable; they are designed to be functional. Anyways, unless we can discuss a resolution to resolve the concern regarding the Uploader parameter as discussed above, I'm probably not going to discuss this anymore since this discussion has now taken a tangent that has essentially nothing to do with how to resolve the issue with transitioning {{Ffd2}} and {{Ffd2a}} to a less redundant amount of code in each other. Steel1943 (talk) 23:25, 6 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
I think it was very inconsistent that {{ffd2}} had a mandatory "uploader" parameter while {{ffd2a}} had an optional parameter. PUF didn't allow specifying an uploader at all, if I remember correctly. I would suggest making the parameter optional everywhere. Does the current sandbox look acceptable to you? --Stefan2 (talk) 23:59, 6 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
I see what the difference is. Looks good to me as it seems to completely suppress that text in certain situations. Steel1943 (talk) 04:41, 7 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
User:Steel1943, this has now been implemented together with another change: if you click on the "notify" button, then the file name will be automatically filled in. Previously, you had to insert the file name manually.
Another thing: If you use {{subst:ffd2|multi=yes}}, then it seems that the template inserts an extra empty line at the top which shouldn't be there. Any suggestion on how to get rid of this line? --Stefan2 (talk) 20:15, 10 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
Turns out that I was working on this the same time you were. I'll see what you put into the sandbox and compare. Either way, I may have discovered a solution that could hide the space, provided that {{Ffd2a}} doesn't break in the process due to having to go through 2 wrappers to verify parameters. (If I recall, going through multiple wrappers breaks a template, but I don't remember right now.) Steel1943 (talk) 20:55, 10 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
User:Steel1943/Template:Ffd2/core essentially looks like a recreation of {{ffd2a}} as a standalone template, so the code might as well just be moved there if you are moving that code to the template namespace. However, that page, as currently designed, doesn't work (and {{subst:ffd2/sandbox|Example.svg|multi=yes}} currently includes two copies of it).
Note that {{ffd2a}}, as written before you turned it into a wrapper, didn't have the problem with line breaks. We could check in which way that template differed from the current template. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:03, 10 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
Yeah, I just tested {{Ffd2/sandbox}} here, and I also noticed that "multi" returned duplicate entries. (I probably missed a couple of }}s somewhere.) But to your point about why {{Ffd2a}} did not need duplicate code in its previous revision: That is because its previous version had the bulk of its code on "line 1", whereas in {{Ffd2}}'s current state, "line 1" is a header trigger and "line 2" is the bulk of the code. My thoughts are that if the "bulk of the code" is present in both line 1 and line 2 (and "line 2" can be blanked when "multi" is active), that could resolve the spacing issue. (However, then the code would probably best have a central location to avoid redundancy, so I see what you are saying about {{Ffd2a}} now.) Yeah, I seem to be going in circles myself now. But either way, yes, with this idea, the future "Template:Ffd2/core" page would look similar, if not identical, to what {{Ffd2a}} looked like in the past. Steel1943 (talk) 21:15, 10 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
Special:PermanentLink/719631464 works if multi=yes is used. However, if it isn't used, then a line break is missing. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:19, 10 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
Right, because the blank line is the blanked line where the header would be if "multi" was not used. My idea is that if "line 1" is somehow set up to run the code in "line 2" if "multi" is populated but at the same time blank "line 2" if "multi" is populated, that would resolve the spacing issue since the code would be in "line 1" instead of "line 2", making the space disappear when "multi" is used. Steel1943 (talk) 21:23, 10 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
(On a related note, if the solution was a simple as adding a <br> after the equals signs that are part of the header, I would not be trying to do this code duplication. See here.) Steel1943 (talk) 21:27, 10 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
(edit conflict) Right, because the blank line is the blanked line where the header would be if "multi" was not used. Doesn't seem to be correct. In that case, Special:PermanentLink/719626705 would have worked, but it didn't work.
Note that {{subst:#ifeq:yes|yes|:test}} automatically inserts a line break if not placed at the beginning of a line. I suspect that this somehow has something to do with the problem... --Stefan2 (talk) 21:30, 10 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
You're right about the space. At this point, I'm out of ideas and I'm throwing in the towel. Steel1943 (talk) 21:48, 10 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
On a final note, the only other idea I have would be similar to how I found a way to remove the blank lines when "Reason" is empty, but since the same resolution here would require code to be added after the section header on the same line as the section header as well then making the first line have only that line of code - ( ) (see text since I do not know how to disable this code), it wouldn't work anyways. But, maybe you have an idea that could form out of that information since I'm not coming up with any. Steel1943 (talk) 21:56, 10 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
(edit conflict) Also, migrating some code to a different template (like {{ffd2a}} or {{User:Steel1943/Template:Ffd2/core}}) won't work if we want to check that the file name isn't File_name.ext, something we should check because new editors sometimes copy the code from the documentation without realising that the file name should be replaced. I suspect that the old {{ffd2a}} only worked because the template didn't search for this file name. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:00, 10 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
You can't add &nbsp; on the header line because it breaks the header. You can't add it on the following line either as it makes the colon display as a normal colon instead of indenting the line. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:03, 10 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
Right, (which is essentially why I'm now out of ideas.) Steel1943 (talk) 22:06, 10 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
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so here is the deal.

An editor for a PR firm who I am helping get oriented here, originally uploaded the logo to the commons and said he owned it. He doesn't. So i tweaked the categories to set it up for speedy deletion. Then I changed the name and uploaded it again just to Wikipedia with a fair use rationale, which is what I believe is correct. I anticipated that the upload on the commons would soon be deleted.

I don't know know if that is helpful, but that is what I was doing. I wanted there to be a fair use version left for the draft article.

I don't know what your goal is but hopefully it ends up at the same place. But this is not accurate. It is not a plain text. Jytdog (talk) 11:44, 8 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Looks simple enough to me. If unfree, as suggested by you, then it can't be on Wikipedia since it isn't used in the article namespace, see WP:NFCC#7 and WP:NFCC#9. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:29, 8 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
I exactly copied the rationale used here: here so you should delete that as well. Whatever. Jytdog (talk) 09:49, 9 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
You are the one who insists that the logo is unfree (although I don't agree). I the logo is unfree, then it simply can't be used in the draft namespace. File:Bristol-Myers Squibb logo.svg is unrelated as it is not used in the draft namespace. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:28, 9 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for editing filename

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Thank you for editing filename, I could see how to do that. Here is another small problem. This photo can be deleted, i couldnt see how, can you do that? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BMW_engine_production_in_mianyang.JPG this was my first upload of the same file to the wring place and is now redundant.

Tangray-nick (talk) 14:07, 8 May 2016 (UTC) Tangray-nick (talk) 14:07, 8 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

File:AngelicoChavezStatueSantaFeNM.JPG

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If I find more info about the statue, which is at the New Mexico History Museum, in reliable sources, that means it can be moved to an appropriate section, right? WhisperToMe (talk) 15:26, 11 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

I added a "photographer's license" of public domain to File:AngelicoChavezStatueSantaFeNM.JPG WhisperToMe (talk) 00:29, 12 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

File:EU Passport Cyprus 2016.JPG

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Hi Stefan2. Not suggesting keep or delete, but I just thought you should know about c:Commons:Administrators' noticeboard#Commons:Deletion requests/File:EU Passport Cyprus 2016.JPG -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:08, 12 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Pentru tine

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Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

198.39.100.21 (talk) 08:13, 12 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Which edit(s) and which page(s) are you talking about? --Stefan2 (talk) 10:47, 12 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Query on permissions

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No creative input by the tog

Re post on my talk page. My camera, I set it up, set up the shot, handed it to someone nearby to release the shutter. Not that the wiki needs this photograph, but I'm interested in how WP sees the creator role in this situation. --Pete (talk) 10:30, 13 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

The copyright holder is normally the photographer, in this case 'someone nearby'. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:49, 13 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
Normally. But when the shot is taken with my camera and I provide all the technical and creative input to set up the shot the way I want? This is not a new situation, I trust? --Pete (talk) 10:54, 13 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
I'm by no means an expert on the subject, and I'm just randomly waltzing by, but if it's your camera and the photo is taken at your suggestion, Pete, I'm sure you would qualify as the "official copyright holder". If I ask a stranger to take a picture of me and my girlfriend next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa while on vacation, I don't think that this random individual would be the final decision maker regarding the potential use of that particular image; I would expect the copyright laws to be somewhat relaxed in such an event, but again, I'm no expert. Regards, Doctor Papa Jones • (Click here to collect your prize!) 14:39, 13 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
Thanks. Again, I'm not wedded to this particular image being in WP, but my own investigation informs me that it's not something cut and dried. If we're handing out image deletions, then we should have a reasonable idea of the basis for the action. I remember the infamous "monkey selfie" a while back, where we found that the photographer had no copyright over the images snapped by the ape, but nor did he have any creative input, apart from making the camera available. --Pete (talk) 18:51, 13 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

File:Jaygalla.jpg

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Hellow I am the admin of FB page Jayadev galla. I added this picture to wikimedia for public use. svsreeram0 jaygalla.jpg. If you still have questions Please go to www.facebook.com/jayadev.galla page and send a message I will reply with permission to use for wiki. If you still want to delete...I have no answer...i noticed you guys removed my earlier upload also. If you don't like to keep media even without any copy rights of our own work and want to keep wiki ugly without pictures. i will leave that decision to you. svsreeram0

Hellow I am the admin of FB page Jayadev galla. I added this picture to wikimedia for public use. svsreeram0

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Svsreeram0 (talkcontribs) 17:16, 14 May 2016 (UTC)Reply 

AS I am administrator of the page.. I can send the email to you or any email that you request here from facebook page if that helps to confirm. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Svsreeram0 (talkcontribs) 17:27, 14 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Thanks

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File:Frenc Tal-Gharb.JPG Appreciation
Hope that matter has now been rectified. Thanks & Regards Mewga (talk) 10:57, 15 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
There is still no evidence of permission. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:17, 15 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

The joy of all things sandbox.

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Regarding use of the civil service logo - fair point, well made. However, a polite message would have been a more courteous route to take as it is still in my Sandbox getting constructed. I totally concede to your point and I am grateful as I am still moulding the article. I just think that it's bad form. What-ho; hope you are having a nice Sunday relax. Best wishes. The joy of all things (talk) 12:21, 15 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

A jn. in khammam

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How can I prove that, it was taken from my friend's mobile.Imahesh3847 (talk) 08:26, 16 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

The photographer should comply with the process described at WP:CONSENT and prove ownership of the Facebook account. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:01, 16 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Always glad to be proved wrong, but can you explain why in this instance? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:27, 16 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Also can you update the advice here so I, others and Commons are workign to ONE interpretation please, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:PD-India_images_with_unknown_US_copyright_status&diff=next&oldid=720364575

Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:43, 16 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

According to the template on Commons:
Wikipedia's template does not list 'works of corporate authorship', so there is an error in one of the templates, not sure which one. The Wikipedia template uses {{contradict-other}} because it differs on this point and on a few other points.
When {{PD-India}} says that the copyright expires 60 years after an event (death, publication or creation), it means that the copyright expired 50 years after the event if the event took place before 1941. This is also stated in the template documentation. This is because of a copyright term extension in the 1990s. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:16, 16 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
OK So it seems someone is wrong here, So I won't be doing any more cleanup in the category.

It would be helpful in the template was more explicit, about the above situation.

Can you point me to the EXACT "saving" concerned?, because the links from Copyright law of India doesn't on a first glance seemingly say anything about existing works having a shorter term, merely because there were published prior to the passage/commencement of the (ammended) Copyright Acts. When was the term extended?. (By comparison when the UK extended from 50 to 70 in 1988, earlier works that were still in copyright got extended. 1996-50 would be 1946, not 1941, so it depends on what precisely what any saving actually said. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:39, 16 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

It's because of section two of "Act 13 of 1992", I think. It changed "fifty" in to "sixty" at various places (effective 28 December 1991), but didn't affect the copyright status of works which had already entered the public domain before 28 December 1991. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:45, 16 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
Also, Sfan00 IMG, Britain switched to 70 years in 1996, not 1988. The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as written in 1988, says 50 years. Britain changed to 70 years in The Duration of Copyright and Rights in Performances Regulations 1995, effective 1 January 1996. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:43, 16 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
Thanks, but It seems I was right about the 'revived' copyrights thing :( Sfan00 IMG (talk) 21:50, 16 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
As you seem to have re-jigged the advice on the PD-India category: Can I aks you to figure out the dates on the various other PD-<jursdiction> templates? PD-Australia seems to be the biggest category, but the license template has an advice block concerning the URAA issue. PD-Canada doesn't seem to ( Will check commons.) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 21:54, 16 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
I believe that the below can be used for most files:
  • Photos created before 1949 (Canada) / 1954 (Australia): The copyright expired 50 years after creation.
  • Works other than photographs published during the lifetime of the author: The copyright expires 50 years after the death of the author. In Australia, this is increased to 70 years if the author died after 1954.
  • Works by anonymous or pseudonymous authors: The copyright expires 50 years from publication. In Australia, this is increased to 70 years if the work was first published after 1954.
  • Government works: 50 years from publication, regardless of whether this is longer or shorter than the above. Australia sometimes uses 50 years from creation (not publication) for government photographs, but Canada doesn't use this I think.
At some point, Britain decided that the copyright to literary, dramatic and musical works and engravings expires 50 years after the death of the author or 50 years from publication, whichever is later (thereby giving perpetual copyright to unpublished works). I think that Australia and Canada have imported modified versions of the rules and implemented a number of cut-off years where the countries switch from one system to another system, so the rules appear to be very complex. Consider ignoring works which were not published during the lifetime of the author for the moment. There can't be many of them on Wikipedia anyway. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:18, 16 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
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bsd. While i understand the purpose of NOGALLERY, in some maintenance categories like Category:Images that should have transparent backgrounds it makes it really difficult to work. In said category, besides for easily seeing files that don't belong there, it really helps to know which image to choose before opening it. Many images are inappropriately converted to PNG, and therefore are bad to begin with, so you just skip them. Also, you can check images which are text only, and change their license, among many other maintenance tasks. Without thumbnails, you have to open each one individually, it's just a needless pain. Please consider an exception, as this is for maintenance purposes only. Thank you --Ben Stone 20:25, 16 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

This looks like a potential candidate to be included in Category:Wikipedia non-free content criteria exemptions (thus allowing removal of NOGALLERY), but according to the category page, you can only add subcategories to Category:Wikipedia non-free content criteria exemptions after a successful request at WT:NFC, so I suggest making a request there. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:46, 16 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
Thanks --Ben Stone 21:55, 16 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

SVG and fair use

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Stefan,

@Jffner:

(Regarding File:Western Power logo.png and File:Western Power New.svg)

I know there has been some discussion about the use of SVG files for logos. I apologize for not recalling where that discussion occurred or what the resolution was. I suspect you are likely to have been involved so I'm hoping you can point me to it.

At the risk of revisiting issues which may have been resolved, I note that our licensing statement prominently states:

It is believed that the use of low-resolution images on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, of logos for certain uses involving identification and critical commentary may qualify as fair use under Copyright law of the United States. (Emphasis in original)

While SVG images have very attractive properties, one of those attractive properties turns out to be problematic. SVG images scale nicely, which means we can no longer accurately state that we are using a low resolution image.

In the case of free images, I agree that an SVG version is almost always preferable. However, when a perfectly acceptable low resolution PNG version exists, I see the SVG version not as an improvement but as a problem. Has the community decided otherwise?

(I'm leaving for a 3 day trip shortly, apologies if my responses are delayed).--S Philbrick(Talk) 12:21, 17 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Non-free SVG files may be used provided that the files comply with WP:NFCC#3b. However, it is unclear how to determine if an SVG file complies with WP:NFCC#3b or not.
The pixel count can be a good measure for the resolution of bitmap graphics. However, SVG files work differently. It's maybe useful to use the vector count to measure the resolution of an SVG file, but it is not trivial to reduce the vector count if there are too many vectors. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:30, 17 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
@Sphilbrick: The purpose of the "low-resolution" requirement is that we're not trying to be a gallery or repository of high-quality (restrictively) copyrighted images. When the New York Times takes a nice high-resolution photo and publishes it on their website, they are doing that to attract visitors to their website. If we use that photo under a claim of fair use, we are detracting from their ability to enjoy the fruits of their labor. With an SVG, none of that is remotely applicable. (Western Power does not sell ad revenue from people going to their website to gawk at their logo.) Most large businesses even make available vector or large camera ready copies of their logo because they want you to use a high-quality official logo. There is every technical reason to prefer SVG and, so long as we are going to continue to accept any images under a claim of fair use, no good "free content" reason not to use SVG. --B (talk) 14:23, 17 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Directv Userboxes image

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Well according to what you cited on my talk page it can be used for identification and is marked as fair use. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheUSConservative (talkcontribs) 15:32, 17 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

It's a non-free file, meaning that its use is restricted. For example, it may only be used in articles but not in userboxes. --Stefan2 (talk) 19:55, 17 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

File:Meera 1947 poster.jpg

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Can you take a look? The uploader claims there's an FUR there already, but I don't see it.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 17:59, 17 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Permission Granted for Photo Uploade; now what?

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Hi Stefan2. You provided comments on a photo I uploaded to my submission on Halvard Storm, specifically on the use of a photo of his gravestone. The photographer has provided a permission statement in accordance with Wiki guidelines. Can I now upload the photo? Thank you, Kurzenhauser — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kurzenhauser (talkcontribs) 03:57, 19 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

File:Faris al-Khoury013.jpg

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Hi Stefan2, the picture in question was taken around 1905 in Syria, a time and place where photo copyrights were non-existent in the said country; moreover the person who uploaded the picture is not related to the subject and does not own the picture, because the same picture has been used by other journalists. So, the picture is more than a century old, how can I rectify the permission part, when the 110 year old photo has been used by different journalists and historians? George Al-Shami (talk) 00:18, 20 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

You wrote that the image comes from the website www.syrianhistory.com and that the copyright holder[who?] has released the picture to the public domain. Since I couldn't find any evidence for your claim, the file was tagged for lack of evidence of permission.
If the picture was taken around 1905, then it is possible that the copyright has expired, but there is currently no evidence that the image was taken around that time, and there is also no information on when the picture was first published or in which country it was first published. More information is needed in order to determine if the copyright has expired or not. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:38, 20 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

File Reucapitas

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I am the author of this file. It's free of rights. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Claudre (talkcontribs) 03:33, 20 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Go away

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Bored now. You're no longer welcome on my talk page. Guy (Help!) 11:16, 20 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

So it's now at ANI, since you're refusing to comply with policy. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:27, 20 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
If I ever find myself as thoroughly disagreeable a person as you, I will overdose on something and self-solve the problem. HalfShadow 19:02, 20 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

File:Chatham-twp-morris-nj.gif

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Technically no source but it's old and probably anlisted self by the uploader..Sfan00 IMG (talk) 15:35, 20 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

The file has a source. The description says map created from outline map from Morris County website. Morris County lists three counties with this name. I suspect that the websites of all three counties normally host unfree maps. --Stefan2 (talk) 19:34, 20 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

File cleanup

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I'm not getting in the way of your efforts am I? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 11:05, 21 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

If you mean things like the files you listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2016 May 21, then no.
I've discovered and been checking three categories where many of the files seem to have problems:
To make it easier to find problem files, I've excluded files with deletion or OTRS tags. --Stefan2 (talk) 09:09, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
BTW The reason, I was being a bit more paranoid in sending things to FFD was because you'd listed some oness i'd applied "presumed-self" work to a few days ago. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:31, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
Yes, I've been going through Category:Copyright holder released public domain files after finally finishing up with Category:Files requiring attribution. That actually took a couple of years believe it or not! Kelly hi! 21:59, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

File:Fence3.jpg

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If you are quite certain that the world will be a better place if the above file is deleted, go right ahead. Nankai (talk) 03:16, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Well, the problem is that there is no evidence of permission. --Stefan2 (talk) 08:04, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Help needed

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Hi Stefan2, I had uploaded logo for a magazine named sister-hood. I have received a message from you which is this ==Speedy deletion nomination of File:Sister-hood logo.jpg==

What I am supposed to do to sort this. I had received this logo from Deeyah Khan, she is the managing editor of this magazine and told me that this is a free file.--Jogibaba (talk) 10:06, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

You uploaded two copies of the same file. We only need one copy of the file, so I nominated the dupe for deletion. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:45, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
I am extremely sorry that I messed up too much, I was just trying to replace the older logo with a new one. Can you please sort this for me. If you need a written permission from Deeyah Khan, I can arrange that also to keep the new logo and not get that deleted. The new logo is also shown in this article and I got the copy of this logo from Deeyah Kahan. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/05/magazine-muslim-women-aims-highlight-diversity-160518050648236.htmlRegards--Jogibaba (talk) 11:50, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Questions about File deletion

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Hi. No, I'm not one of those complaining about their file being nominated for deletion. I'm here to ask questions.

I joined Wikipedia on 2014 and I was quite immature in my first years. I'd like to personally confess that File:Lourdes School of Quezon City, GS Grounds.png is not my own photograph, but an image from my classmate in the school on Facebook. No, he did not release the image in public domain or in a free license and is under copyright. I can't find the original post of the image, it might have been deleted.

I can't seem to find a way to nominate the file for deletion since deletion in Wikipedia is quite different from Commons. I'd like to ask if this is enough for the file to be deleted? Is there still a need to show proof that it's not my image? --J-Ronn (talk) 10:51, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

I've listed the image at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2016 May 22#File:Lourdes School of Quezon City, GS Grounds.png. You're free to comment there, or you could add {{db-g7}} to the file if you want it deleted speedily. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:15, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
Thanks Stefan. I added a comment on the Files for discussion page. Is it fine if I still add {{db-g7}} on the file's page when I already commented on the Files for discussion page? --J-Ronn (talk) 12:32, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
(stalk), If you've found a mistake in relation to something you uploaded, and want to apply G7 you can do so in parrallel with an FDD process, as I understand it. Unless the G7 would be controversial, which this did not seem to be. Thanks for owning up BTW.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:54, 23 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Message from User:Rdannin

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Stefan2,

Re the File permission fix at en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolie_Stahl (File:BeckmanDrawingII.jpg) the artist and copyright holder, Jolie Stahl has sent me a permissions release to use this image on her wiki page, cc'd to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org Please do not mark this image for deletion. Okay?


Dear Robert Dannin, I, Jolie Stahl, am the artist, creator, owner, and copyright holder of the following images & files uploaded to my Wikipedia pages: File:BeckmanDrawingII.jpg File:Bbq athena.jpg I hereby give you permission to publish these images on my Wikipedia. Jolie L. Stahl jolielstahl@mac.com

Rdannin (talk) 14:09, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Some notes:
  • When you contact a user on his talk page, click "new section" at the top of the page. Do NOT blank all other sections on the page.
  • When you contact a user on his talk page, do not mark the edit as minor if you want the user to see the message.
  • Permission should be sent to OTRS, not to me. Based on the above, it looks as if it was also sent to OTRS, so I guess that's fine.
  • The permission statement above appears to be limited to use on Wikipedia. This means that the permission is insufficient.
  • It looks as if permission was sent for one of the files, File:BeckmanDrawingII.jpg, back in 2014 as OTRS member NahidSultan added an OTRS template at that point. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:34, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

"The permission statement above appears to be limited to use on Wikipedia. This means that the permission is insufficient."

What is that supposed to mean? Are there better rights alternatives, or are you suggesting another letter from the artist? It seems you're so busy policing Wikipedia, that you don't have time to fully explain yourself.

Rdannin (talk) 15:40, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

"It looks as if permission was sent for one of the files, File:BeckmanDrawingII.jpg, back in 2014 as OTRS member NahidSultan added an OTRS template at that point. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:34, 22 May 2016 (UTC)"

I tried to find the template but couldn't. Please send me the direct link. I don't do this for a living. Rdannin (talk) 16:10, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I've replied the author asking to provide us a license for those file. ~ Nahid Talk 17:11, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Re: [Ticket#2014052210020991] right to publish images on en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolie_Stahl

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ok, thanks. why wasn't i alerted about another deletion? (below)

i post new images to this site from time to time. i always obtain the artist's permission. can you please explain the proper procedure?

11:27, 22 March 2016‎ CommonsDelinker (talk | contribs)‎. . (16,268 bytes) (-150)‎ . . (Removing ""…traveling_in_Asia_Minor,_be_home_soon".jpg", it has been deleted from Commons by Jameslwoodward because: Per c:Commons:Deletion requests/File:"…traveling in Asia Minor, be home soon".jpg.)


Rdannin (talk) 18:12, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

That file was nominated for deletion at c:Commons:Deletion requests/File:"…traveling in Asia Minor, be home soon".jpg. The nominator, BrightRaven, notified you in c:Special:Diff/190355842. Since nothing happened, Jameslwoodward deleted the file one week later. If a permission statement is sent for that picture too, then the file can be undeleted. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:27, 22 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Page mover granted

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Hello, Stefan2. Your account has been granted the "extendedmover" user right, either following a request for it or demonstrating familiarity with working with article names and moving pages. You are now able to rename pages without leaving behind a redirect, and move subpages when moving the parent page(s).

Please take a moment to review Wikipedia:Page mover for more information on this user right, especially the criteria for moving pages without leaving redirect. When you move a page, please remember to correct any double-redirects and make link corrections where necessary. It is also very important that no one else be allowed to access your account, so you should consider taking a few moments to secure your password. As with all user rights, be aware that if abused, or used in controversial ways without consensus, your page mover status can be revoked.

Useful links:

If you do not want the page mover right anymore, post here, or just let me know. Thank you, and happy editing! Coffee // have a cup // beans // 21:12, 23 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

"Presumed self" files

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As you are finding a number of these, is it possible to build a query that lists the images where I added {{infromation}} but where the license wasn't a self one? I'd like to review, but going through 6 years worth of Special:Contributions isn;t exactly productive. 19:38, 24 May 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sfan00 IMG (talkcontribs)

It is not possible to write a query which finds out by whom a template was added, at least not without using the text table which is not publicly available. It is possible to search for edit summaries, so I made an attempt with quarry:query/10019 for files which have {{information}} but not {{PD-self}} or {{self}} and where you made an edit with the edit summary adding {{Information}}; adding using [[Wikipedia:FurMe|FurMe]]. This apparently returned 9096 files, but a lot of the files have different variants of PD-old and PD-USGov and such things, so the query output doesn't look useful in its current state, but I guess it could be improved. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:11, 24 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
That should cacth some of them, I think some of them may have been combined summaries with an mtc style tag or a rename media. It's a start:) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 22:48, 24 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
I'm pausing on this for a moment, as I'd like a second opinion on this Special:Diff/721997059. I did check the history.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:45, 25 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
My current workign version of the query is - https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/10020 really out to be a wiki link for these ?Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:46, 25 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
If you want wikilinks, then you can try SELECT CONCAT('[[:File:', p.page_title, ']]'), CONCAT('[[Special:Diff/', r.rev_id, ']]') and then click on Download data and select Wikitable. This should give you a text file with wikicode which you can put on a page in your userspace.
Note that NFUR not needed needs to be changed into NFUR_not_needed.
Special:Diff/721997059 is not correct as you removed the GFDL disclaimer. This should be {{GFDL-self-with-disclaimers}} instead, but otherwise it looks correct. The uploader clearly identifies this as his own work. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:34, 26 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
Hmm that might present another issue to look for, but it should onyl be about 500 or so edits to scan thorugh vs 4000 Sfan00 IMG (talk) 17:33, 26 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hello

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The image at Madonna (Madonna album) was supposedly uploaded by an original sockpuppet, hence I had replaced with another .png version. Will it be possible for you to delete the duplicate version? I'm asking this, if its not possible then I will revert my addition as I believed that sockpuppet additions are not allowed. —IB [ Poke ] 11:13, 26 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Are you sure that the uploader of File:Madonna, debut album cover.png is a sockpuppet? Looking at Special:WhatLinksHere for the user page, I found Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ElPilotoDi/Archive#14 November 2014 which was reported by you, but the two checkusers decided to close the request without taking any action. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:22, 26 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

I'd like a second opinion, The uploader claims that because a now deleted item was never published in the US, it wasn't subject to URAA. Can you quote chapter and verse on what the CORRECT situation is? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:30, 27 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Right, owing to certain comments made elsewhere, I am now asking you to directly justify your stance on URAA restorations. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 16:25, 27 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
The user seems to have removed the section from his talk page.
A big problem is that the URAA issue is so complex, so it's easy to get something wrong. In the past, USA required authors to comply with copyright formalities, and the same formalities were used for both domestic and foreign works. Authors outside the United States were often unaware of the formalities imposed by the United States, and therefore most such works fell out of copyright in the United States, although a few works remained copyrighted there as some authors were aware of the formalities. Also, United States copyright law didn't contain any provisions which would allow unpublished works to enter the public domain, so unpublished works remained copyrighted in the United States. There are now provisions for unpublished works to enter the public domain, see {{PD-US-unpublished}}.
In 1989, USA joined the Berne Convention. Other countries argued that USA hadn't implemented article 18 of the convention correctly. This was fixed in 1996 when USA restored the copyright to numerous works ('URAA restoration') if the work hadn't yet fallen into the public domain in the source country. This is regardless of whether the work has been published in the United States or not. Works which were still copyrighted in the United States prior to the URAA restoration remain copyrighted in the United States for their full United States copyright term, regardless of whether the work was still copyrighted in the source country in 1996.
There is another part of the Berne Convention, article 7 (8), which has not been implemented by the United States. Article 18 explicitly permits countries to choose not to implement article 7 (8). This means that there are lots of works which are protected in the United States but not in the country of origin, and this confuses a lot of users. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:19, 1 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

File:StWurburghs.jpg

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Rather than clog up FFD , I ve started tagging image like this as {{Presumed self}}. I won't object if you subsqeuently FFD refer them though. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 12:45, 30 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

From the uploader on production EdChem (talk) 15:29, 30 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
Yes, the statement on the talk page implies that all files uploaded by that user are own work by the uploader. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:58, 1 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Non-free logo: Damaging the code

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Hi, re. your edits to "Vector version available" tags - they damage the code and result in displaying garbage, like they did at File:Ryanair logo 2013.png.

If you want to hide the thumbnail of a non-free image, just add to the template code:

| nonfree=yes

More info here. — kashmiri TALK 15:44, 1 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

As the file simply is going to be deleted, it doesn't really matter if {{vva}} 'displays garbage' or not. Commenting out the file name is the fastest way to fix the WP:NFCC#9 violation. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:46, 1 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
I assume you do the same with other images (sorry no time to go through your contributions). No need that Wikipedia displays garbage code even for a week, so tried to help. — kashmiri TALK 15:50, 1 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Orphaned non-free image File:Waterlogic logo.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Waterlogic logo.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Cloudbound (talk) 21:41, 1 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

2016 Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Search Community Survey

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The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation has appointed a committee to lead the search for the foundation’s next Executive Director. One of our first tasks is to write the job description of the executive director position, and we are asking for input from the Wikimedia community. Please take a few minutes and complete this survey to help us better understand community and staff expectations for the Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director.

Thank you, The Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Search Steering Committee via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:49, 1 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Image patrol

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Can I trouble you to do a quick review of my efforts with respect to https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/10225? I am trying to be reasonable where I find items that are almost certainly own work (but not labelled as such.), by asking the uploaders to "claim" the media concerned. (See my contribs history) 11:06, 3 June 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sfan00 IMG (talkcontribs)

That query finds files in Category:PD other reasons, Category:Files from freely licensed external sources and Category:Files licensed by third parties. Those are almost certainly not own work by the uploader. If you want to find files which are probably own work but not labelled as such, then maybe it's better to search for files which transclude free licence tags like {{cc-by-sa-3.0}}, {{GFDL-with-disclaimers}} and such things without transcluding {{self}}, {{own}} or other 'own work' tags? --Stefan2 (talk) 11:59, 3 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
I've certainly found several that ARE own work in a tweak to your query, I've marked them as {{Media by uploader}} and put {{subst:uw-imgclaim1}} on the relevant uploaders talk page, so that they are moved somewhere more appropriate File:Savage110fp.jpg being a recent example.
Sfan00 IMG (talk) 12:42, 3 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
My query is meant to find files which are not own work by the uploader, although a number of files are own work by the uploader but mistagged. If you want to focus on the mistagged own work files, then consider including only one category (Category:Copyright holder released public domain files) as more or less all of the mistagged own work files I've come across seem to be in that category. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:53, 3 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for the tip, BTW There's nothing to stop you FFD'ing Media by uploader files if they fail to meet other criteria or are out of scope. I was merely being pragmatic :) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:07, 3 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
Right I've done a batch, and would appreciate someone more experienced such as yourself reviewing the wording/logic of the template {{Media by uploader}}, the two categories it populates (felt it reasonable that the tagging should be tracked somehow), and the wording of {{uw-fileclaim}} that gets put on User pages. I'm sorry this like I'm forcing an issue, but referring more obvious "self" but not marked as such to FFD was a waste of FFD's time.

Sfan00 IMG (talk) 20:46, 3 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Destroying articles

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Instead just removing pictures, you could use your energy as fixing them and finding alternatives, you do more harm than good in wikipedia, every time you "edit" something someone has to fix that article -->Typ932 T·C 08:04, 4 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Would you care to explain how to fix the problem, then? You seem to be complaining about this edit. The file was removed from the article since there was no valid fair use rationale for that article. Since the file violates WP:NFC#UUI §17 on that page, there is no way to write a valid fair use rationale for that article, so the only remaining option is to remove the file from the page. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:25, 4 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
You could fix the problem eg by adding other image, you could do that by using same energy as you do those deletetings. Every time you delete something someone else has to fix it because you are too lazy to edit articles properly. -->Typ932 T·C 19:40, 4 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
I'm not sure what you mean. The file violated WP:NFCC#10c and WP:NFC#UUI §17 on that page, so it was necessary to remove it from there, which I did. --Stefan2 (talk) 19:56, 4 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
Not sure what I mean lol? so everytime you edit something you destroy one article, you are like some bot only removing something, instead you could do articles better and if you find error replace images with valid ones, I dont know what are you even doing here in Wikipedia, just destroying others work-->Typ932 T·C 11:24, 5 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
I'm not aware of any article which I have 'destroyed', so it's not possible to tell what you are talking about. The edit mentioned above did not 'destroy' an article. It is not clear what other image you think that I should have replaced that image with. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:46, 5 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
I dont speak any specific article, but all of your edits, you dont really edit anything here, you just remove,delete and nominate pictures here like some wikipedia bot, INSTEAD that you could start do something more usefull here, like editing articles for example if you find unsuitable picture go and find proper alternative. It takes only some more time if you start editing instead acting like some bot. -->Typ932 T·C 11:49, 5 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
Stefan and I have had some disagreements over the years but I never witnessed him destroying anything. The task that he has taken on, and pursues with vigor, is an essential and thankless one. And in a discussion such as this there is no not speaking of "any specific article." Everything on wikipedia is specific articles. Carptrash (talk) 17:17, 5 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
Thankless indeed and righteous. I'm not sure how essential it is but he certainly won't get any thanks from me regarding how he goes about his "vigorous task".-Sticks66 10:50, 14 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Image patrol

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Special:Diff/723745588 is something I left on User talk:Kelly explaining some of the new templates that were recently created. Apologies if seemingly pinging every single image uploader about 10 year old images is seeming like overkill, but the issues concerned where going to force themselves eventually. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 23:55, 4 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Commented out: File:CKY vol. 1.jpg

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I noticed your edit and like to ask, why? Don't get me wrong, I'm not angry, but would like to know what the exact problem is. It's a picture from a Wikipedia page that stayed in Wikipedia, so... I'm limited by a white-list that also blocks Wikimedia-pictures and this is the only way for me to make them visible. OXYGENE 7-13 (TALKPAGE) 15:46, 7 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

The file is non-free, which means that its use on Wikipedia is restricted, see WP:NFCC. In particular, WP:NFCC#9 says that the file only can be used in articles. A user sandbox is not an article, so the file was removed from your sandbox. You can also read about this at WP:UP#Non-free images. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:45, 7 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
Got the message, thanx! OXYGENE 7-13 (TALKPAGE) 17:29, 7 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Orphaned XfD

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Hi, there's a number of files in this list you added {{Ffd}} to, but didn't create a nomination for.  Perhaps you might want to create a nomination, or remove the Ffd tags? Regards, FASTILY 03:13, 9 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

It seems that a number of the discussions exist but have been closed without removing the FFD tag... --Stefan2 (talk) 11:19, 9 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Tags in messages

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Not sure how you posted here but including the speedy delete template effectively tagged the talk page for speedy deletion. --NeilN talk to me 17:34, 13 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

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Hello Stefan2: I have responded to your comment regarding the logo of the Pratt School of Engineering at Files for Upload talk. I believe my answer is responsive to your excellent question. Thank you for replacing the image on Pratt School of Engineering with the preferred version of the logo. -- Meschreiner (talk) 19:31, 15 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Overwritten FFD

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Thanks for reopening the discussion for deletion of File:Newyork albumcover.jpg. You mentioned in the FFD of how it vanished with this edit. I don't know how that happened. Anything I should do to prevent this from happening in future? §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 05:45, 16 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

You listed File:Newyork albumcover.jpg for deletion (edit 1), and three seconds later, you listed File:Dil-bole-hadippa-new-poster-fly-or-flop-14074194404a79f31608cdc1.88565044.jpg for deletion (edit 2). If "edit 2" is too soon after "edit 1" and both edits were made by the same user, then Twinkle accidentally reverts "edit 1" when making "edit 2". You can avoid this by waiting a little bit between each nomination. If I nominate multiple files for discussion at the same time, I try to wait until Twinkle has completed the first nomination before submitting the next nomination, and this seems to solve the problem. --Stefan2 (talk) 09:10, 16 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
Okay. Thanks for the help. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 10:01, 16 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Bot notifications

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Why do you notify bots about XfDs? --Redrose64 (talk) 18:09, 16 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

If I try to make selective choices for when I notify a user, there's a risk that I forget to notify a user when it's appropriate to notify a user. It's safer to always send a notification, no matter who the user is. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:46, 16 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Vandalism

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Request to cease vandalism of User:Rctfan1999 —Preceding undated comment added 18:45, 16 June 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rctfan1999 (talkcontribs) Reply

Impossible. It's only possible for a user to cease vandalising a page if the user previously has started vandalising the page. I haven't started vandalising the mentioned page, so it is not possible for me to cease vandalising it. However, I see that you have vandalised the page several times by repeatedly violating WP:NFCC#9 on the page. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:51, 16 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of File:En-Satoru Iwata-article.ogg

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I'm having a hard time finding the speedy deletion nomination. Does that mean it finished? Everything appears to be working properly. Was a better redirect put in its place? McKay (talk) 20:33, 16 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

There are redirects on both Commons and Wikipedia. In this situation, the software does a couple of strange things, so it's difficult to find the local redirect, and this also makes things confusing. Both redirects are still there. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:41, 16 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Redirect deletion notices on User talk:AnomieBOT

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Please stop notifying the bot about proposed deletion of cross-namespace redirects, neither I nor the bot care. Only post there if you think there's something that I would need to update the bot for. Thanks. Anomie 22:57, 16 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

See #Bot notifications above. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:03, 16 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
That's not sufficient reason to spam the bot's talk page with useless notices. Please stop. Anomie 23:22, 16 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
It sounds like bad practice for users who nominate stuff for deletion to maintain lists of users who are not to be notified when something is tagged for deletion as that would be a source for errors where notifications are not given although they should be, so maintaining the simple rule that everyone always is notified, no matter who the user is, does seem to be sufficient reason to put notices on bot talk pages. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:31, 17 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
this is just disruptive. It's pretty simple: if the user is a bot, don't notify unless the deletion is because the bot screwed up somehow. This seems to be common practice among everyone else who nominates things for deletion. If you can't handle it yourself, convince the Twinkle developers to have their gadget avoid auto-notifying bots or honor some other opt-out mechanism. Anomie 13:25, 17 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
See WT:TW#Notifying bots. In the mean time, just uncheck "Notify page creator if possible" in the XfD dialog. 24.205.8.104 (talk) 02:27, 24 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Mass RfD nominations

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Next time you mass nominate redirects, please try to group those for which you're just going to copy-paste the same deletion reason (e.g. unexpected typo in redirect from mainspace, foreign-language redirect, etc.) into one nomination section. Doing so makes RfD easier to close. Thanks, ---- Patar knight - chat/contributions 01:24, 22 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

File:NoxBaileyShield.jpg

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I got your boilerplate about this, and have tried to comply, though it is very difficult to do so, given the opaque and technical instructions in the boilerplate. IMHO it's a bit much to ask me for a copy of an email that is ten years old. Your patrolling of images, while understandable at some level, is a great reason behind the abandonment of Wikipedia by existing editors. It's not enough to drive me away just yet, but it's another straw on the camel's back. I'm wasting tens of minutes of my precious life, trying to correct something that was done in good faith and was probably legitimate/compliant with procedures ten years ago when it was first uploaded. Lou Sander (talk) 13:24, 22 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

You were required to contact OTRS back in 2006 when you uploaded the file. It's unfortunate that mistakes sometimes aren't discovered after a decade, but some files are missed for a long time.
If your all evidence of the permission has been lost, then the file effectively is unlicensed unless new evidence can be created (for example if the copyright holder confesses that permission has been granted) as you can't win against the copyright holder if he decides to pretend that no permission was granted. Normally, you can't delete a permission statement until ten years have passed since the file was taken down, or something like that. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:25, 22 June 2016 (UTC)Reply
More reasons to abandon editing. Too bad. If you are not an attorney, you might want to stop giving legal advice (I'm just trying to help). See HERE Lou Sander (talk) 22:37, 22 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

File:Clint Mansell Lux Aeterna.ogg

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Can you fix this as you are better at this sort of thing than me? I've removed the audio clip from three pages and the usage is not now excessive. It could be trimmed back to one appearance if necessary.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 20:24, 22 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Album cover

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The uploader of this album cover claims to have made this in Photoshop CC, but I suspect it is non-free despite the claim, and should be tagged with {{Non-free reduce}} and given a fair-use rationale. The user also uploaded a different image, which I suspect is non-free as well. Feel free to keep me in the loop. — Andy W. (talk ·ctb) 19:36, 23 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

RMpmc

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I've made a little proposal at Template talk:RMpmc#Appearance, and since all this is still so new, I'd like your input.  What's in your palette? Paine  17:08, 26 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Non-free use of File:Hockey Canada.svg

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Hi Stefan2. Since you were the editor who originally nominated File:Hockey Canada.svg for discussion at WP:NFCR (for reference, it was moved to Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2015 November 30#File:Hockey Canada.svg by Steel1943 as part of the post NFCR/FFD merge clean up), perhaps you can comment on or further clarify your reason(s) for doing so at User talk:Djsasso/Archive 10#File:Hockey Canada.svg. A year has passed since you nominated the file was first nominated, so it's possible the circumstances related to its non-free use have changed. Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:04, 30 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Jets2015DraftPicks

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I'll say delete the article since it's a redirect and the actually a template of Template:Jets2015DraftPicks is here. Pmaster12 (talk) 22:04, 30 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Non-free use of File:FC Masr Logo 2016.png

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Hi Stefan2. I've noticed that you removed FC Masr's logo from my userbox due to violating WP:NFCC#9. Could you please tell me what i'm supposed to do to to put the logo in my userbox again? Thanks in advance. Ben5218 (talk) 11:33, 1 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

(talk page stalker) @Ben5218: You can't. WP:NFCC#9 is clear: "Non-free content is allowed ... only in article namespace". User pages are not in article namespace, they are in user namespace. More at WP:UP#Non-free images. --Redrose64 (talk) 11:43, 1 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

Q?

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Hi, I want to move a false category. Please guide me.--SaməkTalk 07:18, 2 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

What is a "false category"? If you tell me which category you are talking about, I might be able to help. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:29, 9 July 2016 (UTC)Reply
The name of this football club is Gostaresh Foulad F.C. but his category called Category:Gostaresh Foolad F.C. players. false in category, Foolad → Foulad.--SaməkTalk 22:08, 9 July 2016 (UTC)Reply
(talk page stalker) @Samak: See WP:CFDS, and when you add your request, I suggest using criterion C2A or C2D - perhaps both. --Redrose64 (talk) 22:20, 9 July 2016 (UTC)Reply
Redrose64 & Samak: I listed this at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 July 9#Category:Gostaresh Foolad F.C. players as it seems that the article has been moved at least twice. Note that there is also a comment about the article title on the article talk page. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:26, 9 July 2016 (UTC)Reply
@Redrose64:, @Stefan2: Thanks for solving problem.--SaməkTalk 09:14, 10 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

Sandbox edit

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Why did you removed seven of the free images along with the non-free images in my sandbox ?.--Charles Turing (talk) 13:19, 3 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

It seemed to me that this was the easiest way to fix the WP:NFCC#9 violation. Also, it may be confusing for readers if a table column mostly is empty, and it can give a non-neutral impression if a small number of list elements get an image while other list elements do not by making it look as if the writer thinks that the illustrated list entries are more important than the other ones. I guess that some of the arguments might not hold outside mainspace, though. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:34, 9 July 2016 (UTC)Reply
No problem. I just asked over curiosity. Declined from that rehashing anyway. The previous one is the best without prose inside the table. --Charles Turing (talk) 07:49, 10 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hidden revsion on a page.

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On the Consolidated Communications page one my edit didn't meet the criteria of revision hiding. It was just to fix what a blocked user did inserting false info, and I put the true info back in there but my revision was hidden for no reason, all of my edits helps Wikipedia, not harms it. Thanks and please unhide the revision or ask a B-crat to unhide it. DatNuttyWikipedian (talk) 01:11, 5 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

Diannaa removed some text from the page and hid a few revisions of the page. According to the edit summaries, the text was removed because it violated copyright. Since the revisions have been hidden, I can't tell what they contained or when the copyright violations were added, but I'd assume that the copyright violations were added to the earliest revision which was hidden and that the copyright violations still were present on the page when you edited the page. In such situations, the standard thing is to delete all revisions which contain the violating content. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:28, 9 July 2016 (UTC)Reply
When a user adds a copyright violation and we have to do a revision deletion, all edits from the point where the copyright material was added to the point where it was removed have to be revision deleted in order to properly hide the violation. Unfortunately this sometimes means that harmless edits by other people have to be revision deleted as well. Sorry about that. — Diannaa (talk) 22:04, 9 July 2016 (UTC)Reply
(talk page stalker) @DatNuttyWikipedian: Your edit was to alter one infobox parameter, from |num_employees=1,900 to |num_employees=2,000 - and if you look at the page as it stands now, it still shows 2,000. So your edit, although hidden, was not actually undone. --Redrose64 (talk) 22:25, 9 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

Cycling jerseys

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You do this every time I update new cycling jerseys. I'm fully aware of every of everything, so don't need link thanks. I really can't be arsed to go over it any more... You better deleted all jerseys Category:Cycling jerseys. BaldBoris 18:00, 13 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

I do this every time you update new cycling jerseys since you make the same error every time you update new cycling jerseys. It's not my fault that you keep uploading pictures of cycling jerseys which fail WP:FREER. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:02, 13 July 2016 (UTC)Reply
I just told you I'm fully aware of all image copyright right policies and don't need links, yet what do you do. This has been discussed and a consensus was reach that it's acceptable. I can't find it right now, so give up. P.S. don't give me more links and make sure you delete them all Category:Cycling jerseys. BaldBoris 18:29, 13 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

File:Clara Ikemba.jpg

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Hello,

You recently tagged File:Clara Ikemba.jpg for deletion, I want to notify you that I fixed the broken link. I was also wondering if you could kindly add a verification tag to the page, just incase of broken links in the future, or even deletion of the image or page from facebook. The same applies to the following files: File:Mildred Okwo and others on set of The Meeting.jpg, File:The Meeting Cast and Crew.jpg, File:Linda Ejiofor.jpg. Thanks.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:57, 14 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

False positives on orphaned files?

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Hi Stefan2, do you have any idea what might be going on with Quarry returning so many false positives for orphaned files lately? It seems like the list has just been constantly growing. Previously, once I purged something properly and had it update the links, it dropped off the list, but nothing has dropped off the list in a long time now. Any ideas? Is there a new way I should be purging? You can see User:B-bot/Event log for how the list of things that are not orphaned just keeps growing. --B (talk) 17:25, 15 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

My guess would be an issue with Labs' DB cluster, see Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Edit count reduced. --Redrose64 (talk) 23:08, 15 July 2016 (UTC)Reply
B & Redrose64: My bot has reported a few strange messages too. For example, my database query tells that File:Yesterday's Gone - Chad & Jeremy.jpg has old revision(s), but my bot discovers that the old revision has been deleted. Another file with the same problem is File:Coldplay, Up&Up, Artwork.jpg.
Another oddity: I renamed File:Stream unconference logo.jpg in April. However, the Labs database still thinks that the file is under the old name in both the image table and the page table, see quarry:query/11153. My guess is that some changes weren't replicated in the Labs database for some reason. --Stefan2 (talk) 19:39, 22 July 2016 (UTC)Reply
See Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Twinkle adding "Orphaned non-free revisions" twice. --Redrose64 (talk) 19:33, 24 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

Redirects for discussion - thanks

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