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Photo File History

{{helpme}} Please excuse my ignorance, I have been searching help for answers but not found anything that addresses my problem. When I went to "replace photo" I thought that was exactly what would occur, the photo would simply be replaced. On my wikicommons gallery page that is what happened, but in my wikipedia entry the file history shows the photo I wanted to replace. I did this on both of the two photos I wanted to replace (one a different size and the other an entirely different photo) before I realized what was happening and then further compounded my problem by hitting revert and now those all of those photos show in the history. Is there a way to eliminate the file history so that just the current photo (the one wanted in the article) appears? Thanks in advance. Sdwelch1031 (talk) 10:20, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi there. I do not quite understand. Can you talk to us with with this or this?

If we don't see you there, then please clarify futher below. It would help if you could give [[WP:LINKING|wikilinks to the page - such as [[sausage]] (which will display as sausage). For links to a file, put a colon at the start to prevent it displaying - e.g. [[:File:flower.jpg]] displays as File:flower.jpg. Thanks,  Chzz  ►  10:29, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. Never used those other page links so felt it best to do it here. The article I wrote had two photos I wanted to replace. One with a different photo altogether which is this one File:Tina rotunda 2007.jpg (hope I did that right). One with a different resolution. File:Tina hollywood 2010.jpg. In Wikicommons I went to the file of the photo and where it said "replace photo" I clicked that and followed the steps and uploaded. The photo did replace but in the file history in the Wikipeadia article the earlier version is still there. For the first file I mentioned I then, being a bit frustrated I suppose, clicked revert, tried to see what else I could do and now end up with a long file history, which would be nice not to see. When I look at my gallery in Wikicommons it only has the photos I want in the article, not the ones I was replacing. So I am wondering if there is a way to eliminate the images I replaced in the actual file history? Hopefully that more clear. Sdwelch1031 (talk) 11:04, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Just ask an admin to purge your replace history. For a fast track go to http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=wikimedia-commons&uio=d4 and ask an admin to do that for you. The phrase "!admin" (without quotations) will call an admin's attention. --Tyw7  (☎ Contact me! • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 11:26, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your assistance, much appreciated. I will give that a shot.Sdwelch1031 (talk) 11:46, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Bright Sky Learning

I have nominated Bright Sky Learning, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bright Sky Learning. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

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  Totally understood. Thanks for the note. Sdwelch1031 (talk) 00:21, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

thank you for corrections

hi just wanted to thank you for corrections —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.70.22.126 (talk) 02:52, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

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Hi, I noticed that you used to be part of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Sculpture, which now appears to be dead. Please consider become a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikipedia Saves Public Art; there's a growing group of people using it. The project could certainly use your expertise! Thanks,--RichardMcCoy (talk) 19:09, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Appreciate the invite and joined. Also liked on FB. Hopefully my real job allows time to contribute. Sdwelch1031 (talk) 11:07, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Glad to have you in the mix. Here's hoping you find the project worthwhile and engaging. --RichardMcCoy (talk) 12:31, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

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Relationship with Tina Louise Thomas

Hi. Do you know her personally? Because you've said you are the copyright holder for a photograph that was taken in 1973. If so, would you consider contacting her for permission to her sound clips under a free license? I will give instructions in the template below. Magog the Ogre (talk) 01:12, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Hi Magog. Sorry for the delay in responding. I am a bit confused as your comm indicates I did not tag the sound bites correctly. When I was researching in mid-2010 about uploading the 30 second sound bites I found the following: 1) the original 1976 recording (album and songs) had no copyright notice affixed, 2) there exists no record at the US Copyright Office for the album or any of the songs, 3) Cornell U data on sound recordings in the US states that recordings published between 15 Feb 1972 to 1978 that were published without notice were, as of 1 Jan 2010, in the public domain (http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm), and 4) Wikipedia Sound Recordings states "Sound recordings fixed and published on or after February 15, 1972, and before 1978, which did not carry a proper copyright notice on the recording or its cover entered the public domain on publication." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain_in_the_United_States#Sound_recordings) Thus I used the notices I did instead of using {Non-free audio sample} as that Non-free notice specifically states the music is currently copyrighted. I would appreciate any further guidance and/or clarification you may be able to provide. Scott Sdwelch1031 (talk) 00:47, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Yikes; I misread the bit about sound clips (my fault, I was looking at the international sound clips, not domestic): I thought they weren't in the public domain. Anyway, are you the author of that photo or was it in that album? Magog the Ogre (talk) 04:59, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Take My Hand Tina Louise Thomas.ogg

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