User talk:ShakespeareFan00/Sfan00 IMG/Archive 19

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Perplexed

Thanks for your message about my picture of St. Barbara at the Church of Santa Barbara Librari. I can't imagine what else I could do to clarify the copyright status of this photograph. I have declared myself to be the photographer, used one of those give-up-copyright things, included the fact that the underlying statue is more than 100 years old (to be specific, I noted that it is from the 17th century). So what is the problem?

Dickstracke (talk) 21:33, 3 May 2014 (UTC)dickstracke

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	For transcribing an OCRed translation of Iliad and contributing to that sum of human knowledge thingie, you get a barnstar! — Smuckola (Email) (Talk) 22:50, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

File:NguyenTuongVan mugshot.jpg

Hello. I noticed that File:NguyenTuongVan mugshot.jpg is attempting to transclude a non-existent template {{Non-free use in}}. I was going to simply remove this from the page, but then I realized the file would still be left without a license tag. ("This template is not a valid license tag alone. Please accompany it with an appropriate license.") At this point I thought I would check in with you: I know it's been a while, but is it possible you might recall the intent of this edit? Or at least, can you suggest what might be a valid license tag for this image? Thanks! – Wdchk (talk) 13:59, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

Repaired : Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:11, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

ArgentinePoliceHelicopter.jpg

Hello. Thanks for your advice, but, the website says that as long as the name of the author, or the link to the website is on the photo, there aren't any problems. Also, I think that the photo was taken from Google Images, as the author's page in that website is full of photos of helicopters and airplanes, I don't really think the author took these photos. Ezequiel Matias Acosta (talk) 17:31, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

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Maybe free media

see here. Frietjes (talk) 19:01, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

File:Northern Sportive Lemur Drawing.jpg

Hi, could you explain why you've tagged this image as "This image may not have the proper copyright or licensing information, or there is a conflict of license."? It's the uploader's own work and they have included a free licence template (originally CC-BY but since changed to GFDL). Could you explain to the uploader (and other interested users) what's wrong? I wouldn't assume that a new user (or even a veteran user) would understand what the issue is. Thanks in advance for any help, MartinPoulter (talk) 17:43, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

It was tagged because the authorship name and the uploader name didn't match. If it's own work, the description page should say say so. And what the connection to the orgainsation mentioned is. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 18:11, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

File:Charles Plymell.jpg

Dear Sir: I find inserting a photo into an article almost insurmountable task. The Wiki legalise is so complicated but here is a permission letter from the author allowing the photo to be inserted. would this not be a step in the right direction of the licencing policy? Being clueless is not a very good feeling. I do completely understand the protective measures that Wiki has to take to prevent legal action but alternative licencing steps are so complex. Thank for your assistance thus far. "Paul, Thanks a lot for getting into Wiki for me. I want you to do it & will work on it. Last time I saw one reference needed was vortex & I have Allen's quote from intro to Apoc Rosethat can go there. Surely don't need by-pass and pacemaker now. Old isn't fun Hugs to Robert. I'm sending some emails to indicate latest movements. Just delete. I'm writing a thing for appearance at St. Mark's on the Bowery but will get back to wikiwork. Thanks! cp" Pjt48 (talk) 13:33, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Please read WP:COPYREQSfan00 IMG (talk) 17:17, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

File:Richard Hofstadter - Anti-intellectualism in American Life.jpeg

Not sure why you tagged that as a wrong license. The cover is well below the threshold of originality, thus not subject to copyright. Werieth (talk) 13:47, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Wasn't sure hence the tag, Thanks for reviewing.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:48, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

I reviewed it when I uploaded it. Drive by tagging is annoying. Werieth (talk) 14:25, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

File:Trinity faces.jpg

What's the point of adding Template:Information if you're going to leave most of the fields blank? -- AnonMoos (talk) 00:43, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image

Yes you right, all files must be used in articles. Thank you much for warning me. Best regards. --Fayçal.09 (talk) 12:15, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Apparently, I need to view all files created. Thank you. --Fayçal.09 (talk) 12:59, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

File:Googoosh at the age of 4 and her mother Nasrin Atashin.jpg

Applying {{PD-Iran}} doesn't need a source. The subject of the picture is now more than 60 year old, and the picture is from the time she was a child. So, definitely > 30 years have passed since the picture has been taken. R0stam (talk) 02:45, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Problems with your tool changing/renaming pictures

Hi, the tool you are using changing/renaming pictues leaves syntax errors, please check it: [1], [2], [3] aso ... --Ben Ben (talk) 10:35, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Opps... :( My bad. Let me know if you find anymore Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:05, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Roberto Clemente orphan

Thank you for the courtesy of notification on my Talk page of the prospective removal of the orphaned Roberto Clemente stamp image. The following is a summary of a three-week discussion on five sites, so I would understand if your eyes glaze over.

Werieth has orphaned twelve, eight are being removed from the data base, five from Puerto Rico on stamps alone. In this case he objects to including the Roberto Clemente stamp in Puerto Rico on stamps. He reads policy to dictate that when an article is written to one stamp alone, the stamp must be notable enough to justify its own article, then the one USPS image can be used to illustrate that one article, or alternately, one USPS image may be used to illustrate a list article for a set of stamps.

But there can also be topical philately articles. These investigate how cultural expression of significant events are commemorated by a visual medium, stamps, as promulgated by Congressional Joint Resolutions. USPS permits use of their stamps for educational use, and that is the purpose fulfilled at Wikipedia in topical philately articles. The images do not compromise lawful postage revenues to the copyright holder USPS in any way.

When the topical context is provided and a description is presented by a reliable source, which can be either USPS itself or Smithsonian Institute’s National Postal Museum, the USPS fair use license is satisfied for WP purposes. It should be akin to the description required for commercially produced baseball card images.

Werieth first objected that Clemente et al were alive, they are dead. Then Werieth objected that Puerto Ricans such as Julia de Burgos on stamps had nothing to do with Puerto Rico, but Clemente was born a U.S. citizen in Puerto Rico, likewise with Luis Munoz Marin, Julia de Burgos and Jose Ferrer, all honored as Americans on USPS stamps, and so significantly related to the topical philately article, Puerto Rico on stamps. I would also like to show the 500th anniversary of Columbus at Puerto Rico in the USPS stamp to complement display of the 400th anniversary Spanish colonial stamp with is free use...but that is another fight.

This point by point explanation including specific references to policy is called “begging”, but to me it is simply answering each objection in turn with counter sources and examples. The last objection by Werieth and others is a simple misconstruing the reasonable restriction against multiple use of the same fair use image once --- to mean an unreasonable, self-imposed restriction against any multiple fair use images used in the same article in a one-time use on Wikipedia. I acknowledge that the fair use implies only one-time use on WP, just not that only one USPS image may be used in each WP article. I'm not sure how to proceed, but

I would welcome any critique you may have to help my reconciliation to the policy as it is now administered. Werieth's stratagem is to revert my edits without explanation on talk pages, until I appealed on project pages. I am not interested in edit wars at Puerto Rico on stamps, Territories of the United States on stamps or anywhere else. I am following the suggestion to link into images posted at the National Postal Museum, as in our example now the article reads, "For an image of the stamp, see Roberto Clemente Issue @ Arago.National Postal Museum." I value the collaborative nature of the writing at WP, I just don't get it yet in this case. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 13:07, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Old French battleship photos

Please stop and figure out what you're doing, please. I removed the transfer to Commons tags this morning because there is no evidence that the photos are PD in France, only the US. Now you're adding wrong license tags, and for why I have no idea. Parsecboy (talk) 20:01, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

If they can't move to commons because they aren't out of copyright in France they are NOT PD-US, and thus are incorrectly licensed, hence the addition of {{Wrong license}}, which you appear to have reverted in good faith. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 20:02, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

OK Book seems to have been published in Belgium, so EU rules apply and thus {{PD-1923-abroad}}. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 20:05, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

No, it's not according to me, it's according to copyright law. If you cannot prove the photos are PD in the country of origin, they don't belong on Commons. I also don't understand why you seem to think US copyright is dependent on French copyright - it's not. And whether the photos were first published in France or Belgium is irrelevant, since the Copyright Directive includes both states. Parsecboy (talk) 20:11, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

This problem seems to stem from a fundamental misunderstanding of what {{PD-US}} means - you seem to think (based on this summary) that it implies that the copyright was held in the US and has expired, meaning that the item in question is PD everywhere. That is not the case. It simply means that the term of protection for a given work has expired in the US. Parsecboy (talk) 20:22, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Maybe PD-US needs re-wording?, The template that the images are now using, should correctly indicate what the status is. I'd tagged them as {{wrong license}} partly for the reason you mention. {{PD-US}} could imply a copyright held in the US, which these clearly weren't.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 20:26, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

The template is quite clear - it states that "Other jurisdictions may have other rules, and this image might not be in the public domain outside the United States", which should lead one to the conclusion that it only applies to copyright status in the US, not worldwide. It also makes no statement that the copyright is held in the US (unlike more specific templates like {{PD-USGov-Military-Army}}, {{PD-US-not renewed}}, or {{PD-Pre1978}}). Nevertheless, it might be worthwhile to add an explicit statement to the template documentation that it does not imply that the copyright was held in the US and that a transfer to Commons should only be done if the editor can verify that the photo was either a US work or is PD in the country of origin. Parsecboy (talk) 20:48, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

File:Salyut 7 assembly .jpg

You tagged this image(which I uploaded)for deletion for being an non-free orphan. But I've linked to one article. Could you get that deletion tag removed ?Zince34' 11:09, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! Zince34' 11:14, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

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File:Schwarz1861.jpg

This and the other uploads of User:Ghirlandajo you tagged for speedy today are reproductions of 2D art which is in public domain. This means tagging them for speedy is counterproductive. Any image found in the web (or even scanned from a book) would do. It just can not be a copyright violation. I can find some of the sources, but frankly it is not my favorite activity in Wikipedia, and I am not sure I want to spend hours for it.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:12, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

OK, You think easing up on PD-art would be reasonable? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 18:14, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

I think so. Most of them are available on Commons, and the rest should be moved to Commons, but this is a separate issue.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:22, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

OK On the ones you specficalloy posted about I've put "Digital/Mechanical reproduction of original artwork" as the source for now, you are of course welcome to improve on that. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 18:24, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Great, thank you.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:27, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Untitled

Hi , Not to phased if the pic I uploaded of the Walter Burley Griffin house gets deleted as I am still drafting and it's my first article , but why this and not the others? Also I can't upload other pics as I get an "Invalid token" message - do you know why? Thanks Hussein — Preceding unsigned comment added by Huhopp (talk • contribs) 22:26, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Marty Robbins Today album artwork

Something screwed up here. I wrote the artical to match the picture and put a link into it from the Marty Robbins discography page. I then printed it out and all seemed OK but since then disappeared with the link going back to the Marty Robbins page. Fortunately I had saved my work in Word, changed the page link name by capitalising the word Album in the title "Today (Marty Robbins Album)" and pasted it into a new page. I just don't know what happened to the old page "Today (Marty Robbins album)" Perhaps I didn't save it correctly. Delangle9 (talk) 13:24, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

Waltz of Polypeptides

Dear Sfan00, Could you please explain why you believe that the image Waltz of the Polypeptides was removed from the article? This is the image of a statue that I took, but I did explain in the image description why it qualifies to be used in Wikipedia under fair use license. Please, reconsider removing this image and let me know if I can add it back into the article. I believe it served a useful purpose there. Thanks in advance! ~Zina~ (talk) 17:05, 23 April 2014 (UTC) File:Waltz of the Polypeptides by Mara G Haseltine CSHL Mar2013.png

As I only flagged it as being 'orphaned' I don't know why it was removed.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 17:07, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

Renaming File:Kerman_Stadium.jpg

Hello Sfan00 IMG, You added a tag under this file (File:Kerman_Stadium.jpg) indicating that it is to be copied to Wikimedia Commons. However, the file is not properly located as it is a picture from a Stadium in Urmia (Shahid Bakery Stadium (under constraction)), NOT in Kerman; see this link Msanta20 (talk) 02:34, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: File:Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer by Frans Hogenberg.jpg

Hello Sfan00 IMG. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of File:Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer by Frans Hogenberg.jpg, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not hosted on Commons. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 02:49, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: File:Russian Manuscript Miniature The Chronicler.GIF

Hello Sfan00 IMG. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of File:Russian Manuscript Miniature The Chronicler.GIF, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not hosted on Commons. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 02:52, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

File:Carla Laemmle also known as "Beth" Laemmle in the 1926.jpg

Hi, I'm looking at File:Carla Laemmle also known as "Beth" Laemmle in the 1926.jpg, which you tagged as a candidate to transfer to Commons. Are you sure about this one?

The file was uploaded by Walter Samson, with the notation that "This work has been released into the public domain by its author, crown022002". Is there any indication that Walter Samson is "crown022002" and able to place into the public domain? Also, given that this is a 1926 photo, it is obviously highly unlikely that either Walter Samson or crown022002 is in fact the copyright owner.

I suspect someone scanned the photo and is disclaiming copyright in the scan; but that does not affect the potential copyright in the underlying photograph itself. That photo may or may not be PD, but we'd need something more than an assertion from the uploader.

I note also that the page links to a website with restrictive terms; actually asserting copyright, contradicting the claim of PD, even in the scan, assuming the scan came from the site referenced.

I have no doubt that this photo is a fair use, but copying it to Commons, which is much more stringent on copyright, deleting fair-use material, would be a mistake. TJRC (talk) 20:41, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Confusion

I'm completely puzzled as to why you added "wrong license" tag to File:Jonas Vinther Joker 2013.jpg??? Jonas Vinther (talk) 20:55, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Because the joker is a 'charcter' , your costume choice is a work derived from the costume/makeup design of the film. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 20:57, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

So? Jonas Vinther (talk) 20:58, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Because the makeup design/costume and the charcter are distinctive they can be copyright protected, meaning that you can't just post a picture of yourself in costume as the character. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 21:00, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Actually, the make-up was not part of the costume. And, the costume is a combination of a bunch of cloths, not one specific costume. Jonas Vinther (talk) 21:01, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Jim McGinn image

Not sure whether I should contact you or someone else, but the image is being used on my workpage, as I am currently creating an article for Jim McGinn, schoolwork is just slowing me down. Yoshi876 (talk) 21:42, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

The image isn't linked according to What Links Here. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 21:44, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

I just noticed that's been removed because it's not allowed in there. I intend to use the image, but as I said schoolwork is slowing down my creation plan. Yoshi876 (talk) 21:45, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Seeing as I'm not going to be able to use the image within the timeframe, when I do finish the article would I be allowed to re-upload it for the article? Yoshi876 (talk) 21:01, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

Of course, but if it's not free , don't forget to say why you are using it in detail.:) Sfan00 IMG (talk)

Image deletion

How is File:Makotoyukipersona3.jpg different from File:YuNarukamirender.png, File:ChieSatonaka.png and File:KanjiTatsumi.png? —KirtZ^Mail 08:29, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

The other files are in use. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:53, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

My mistake. The file had been replaced. —KirtZ^Mail 10:09, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

Busted Life image

Hi sfanOO, thank you for your effort, but can you tell me what is the problem with Image now and why I can't use it? --Ahmed Mohi El din (talk) 12:02, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Help Please

In relation to File:QMTHairspray.jpg I am fairly new to Wikipedia. I read several of the help pages trying to decipher what I did wrong. This image was promotional material created for Quincy Music Theatre. Just to be sure, I got permission from the photographer to post it on Wikipedia. I may have chosen the wrong category for this? Given this information, is it free or non-free promotional material? And, how do I describe this? I couldn't find examples related specifically to my conditions. Any help is greatly appreciated. ProfessorMama (talk) 16:58, 4 May 2014 (UTC)ProfessorMama

If you get permission please see WP:COPYREQ for where to send confirmation, a reviewer here will do the rest. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 17:06, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers title image

I got a ntoice about "Orphaned non-free image File:Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers title.JPG." It had been associated with the info box of the Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers article for a long time, so I didn't understand how it was orphaned. I investigated and figured that someone who decided to change all of the "ands" to ampersands in the name Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers also changed the "and' in the jpeg file name to an ampersand, inadvertently delinking the photo from the artile and orphaning it. I have corrected the file name so that the photo is now included in the article. Does this avoid the "speedy deletion" problem, or is there something else I have to do? Thanks! Mdnavman (talk) 21:21, 4 May 2014 (UTC)mdnavman

Wall of Honor

Hello User Stan. You have unselfishly done so much work in flagging my images of historical places for commons that the only way that I can truly show you my appreciation is by inducting you to my "Wall of Honor". Thank you for all you do. Tony the Marine (talk) 19:08, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Wall of Honor

Sfan00 IMG
2014

I've started adding {{information}} to some of your earlier uploads. If you can still recall the dates of the images you may wish to add them. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 21:59, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

• No problem at all. I always try to take care of the situation whenever they show up in my "watchlist". Thanks. Tony the Marine (talk) 22:47, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Check my recent contributions as well. It's a big task trying to add information to images :) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 22:49, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

File:Village Scene 1906- pg 174 - India under royal eyes- Henry Francis Prevost Battersby.jpg

I've updated this image's[4] description to have a more clear description so you can view the copyright. The permission was already posted. I removed the deletion tag on this particular image, but not on the other images of mine you listed for deletion. Let me know what you think.--Profitoftruth85 (talk) 15:13, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

OK So far, Ideally you should try and list which archive or website the image was found on ( so that other researchers can find the original.). Perhaps we need a differently worded template? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 17:26, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

File:Kamerlingh_portret.jpg

Hi, I just got notified of a speedy you supposedly filed at File:Kamerlingh_portret.jpg. I see no template either on this page in English wiki or at commons. Was this an error? If not, I wonder what could possibly be the basis for a speedy, or indeed any IFD, on this image? Thanks, Kenosis (talk) 01:29, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

Regarding added tags for "Sporveien Oslo logo.png"

Hi! I saw you swooped by an image I uploaded, and I was wondering if you could further explain the transclusions you added to Sporveien Oslo logo.png I'm unfortunately having a difficult time with regards to the second transclusion, as I do believe it is copyrighted, not in the public domain and thus within the confines of non-free use. However, I'm also very inexperienced compared to you, so if you can enlighten me that would be lovely. (It also further confuses me ever so slightly since you edited two other logos that are subsidiaries of the company this logo represents, without adding those tags - which makes me wonder wherein the difference is.)

Best regards, Nitrolinken (talk) 10:26, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

Which are the other two logos? The concern was that the image fell below the Threshold of Orignality and thus didn't actually need to be considered under NFCC as it could be freely licensed. If you feel otherwise, fair enough. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:29, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

The two other logos are the subsidiaries, T-banen and Trikken. I personally wouldn't mind if you feel the image fell under the threshold of originality, but at the same time it might be better to be on the safe side with NFCC - additionally, I believe the rationale should cover any potential doubts as to its use, but IANAL. If you know of some similar examples where the logo has fallen beneath the threshold of originality, I'd definitely prefer to have it marked as ineligible for copyright. Nitrolinken (talk) 19:17, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

Just out of curiosity....

....what makes my parody Magic: The Gathering cards suitable for Commons? They're just Wikipedia in-jokes, I'm not really sure how other projects would use them past slightly more obscure jokes there. I'm just wondering, not contesting the move or anything like that. Supernerd11 :D Firemind ^_^ Pokedex 16:25, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

If you don't think they have value on commons as cultural examples of Wikipedia culture, you can flag them as {{esoteric file}}, other than I thought the general view was that free media was to be flagged up for transfer. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 16:45, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

Ah, didn't think about the Wikipedia culture stuff being good for that. Thanks! Supernerd11 :D Firemind ^_^ Pokedex 19:20, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

File:VillaMedicicafaggiolo.gif

In this edit, you nominated File:VillaMedicicafaggiolo.gif for deletion as F4 - no source. Yet less than a minute earlier you yourself had moved the source information inside a template. Please take the time to review those two edits and verify for yourself that you moved "painted by G.Utens executed in 1599" into the description section of the template that you added. Do you not understand that "painted by G.Utens" is a statement of the source? Or do you simply not read the edits that you make? You have been warned in the past about rushing your edits; please slow down and stop creating work for other editors who have to clean up after you, otherwise I'll be forced to raise this issue at ANI. Incidentally you owe Giano an apology - doing that would go a long way towards encouraging him back to productive editing, rather than further alienating him. --RexxS (talk) 20:58, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

I've already struck through the no source tag on the page. And yes I think Giano does deserve an apology. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 21:00, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

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Image message re: J Royal

Hello, you left me a message about my image and copyright info: It is an image of me, uploaded to my page, by me, from one of our projects. If there is some type of additional info required, exactly where do I enter it - the page linked on your message offers no place to enter information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jgroyal (talk • contribs) 11:44, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

Did that do it? There is no page named/title/referenced "File Description" by the way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jgroyal (talk • contribs) 11:52, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

Mistagged files

I don't know how a few of those files ended up on my list, and I should've done a better job at checking them. Thanks for catching my mistakes, I'm going to go bath through and try to clean up my mess. Cheers, TLSuda (talk) 19:44, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

We all have off days, ( refer to my talk page archives.)Sfan00 IMG (talk) 19:47, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

Tagged files

Hi

I'm afraid you may need to double check a number of files you tagged for copying to commons supplied by Navstar55 (talk · contribs) and tagged as his/her own work. Several files appears to be copied from http://www-graphics.stanford.edu/~cek/rayshade/gallery/gallery.html . GDallimore (Talk) 00:36, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

Noted. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 08:43, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

Adminship

Have you ever considered running for adminship? I don't normally support it, but in your case I really think the tools would be useful to you in deleting images and I'd happily support you.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:38, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Check ANI and my talk page archive for why I probably shouldn't run for RfASfan00 IMG (talk) 15:39, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

I thought as much, but you belong to a small group of editors who really actually need admin tools even if you don't become an actual administrator. I wish there was some way to get you them without the hardship of RFA.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:54, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

To be honest, I would only really need admin tools for deletion, and it's probably best if those have a 2 person approach.

Sfan00 IMG (talk) 16:00, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

You mean safer, in case you're tempted to nuke a massive batch :-). ♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:50, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Image used in Hosea Williams

I got your explanation at the thread I started at User:Peripitus. I see that my perception of the tag was limited by my inexperience at Wikipedia. Thanks for you diligence in following up so quickly. Is there anything I can do to help? And what can I do to learn more of the local/commons process for images? The set of images, from which this image is taken, would seem a valuable addition to commons, at least those of notable activists. I appreciate you hard work; please forgive my somewhat panicked response (even my normal rule of 'read three times before pressing [Enter]' did not save me in this case; my excuse is that I got caught up in the technical details of markup). - Neonorange (talk) 19:24, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Well , I'm probably not the best person to ask.. Ask Peripitus to find you a new user mentor, he'll know what that means:) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 19:28, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

File:Nova streetcar diagram.JPG

I know I got this from the library of Congress. I checked my hard disk and found the original. This is a small part of a much larger TIFF file. The original diagram has the title of George Washington Memorial Parkway: Evolution of Transportation Routes, 1776-1970. The original has six similar diagrams showing the roads, canals, and rail lines in six different years. It's not a very good diagram, but it did help me understand the subject. I researched it as I wrote it the article on trolleys in Northern Virginia. I don't have time right now to go searching through the Library of Congress archives. If you're up for searching, I hope the information I provided can help you locate it. It's an overly simplified diagram; it wouldn't be a great loss if it was deleted. If you think it's worth saving, I'll try to track it down in the next week. At the bottom of the diagram, it states that it is owned by the National Park Service. SDC (talk) 20:56, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Well, I was wrong. I did a quick search at the LoC website and found the original:

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/hhh.va1677.sheet.00004a/

I'm not very active with Wikipedia these days. Do with this what you wish. SDC (talk) 21:03, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for looking, that gave the additional sourcing needed :) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 21:15, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

File:Screenshot2 of Lamb article in VE, monobook, Firefox.png‎

Thanks much for adding the tag. WMF employees asked me for screenshots. I can delete the files when they're no longer needed. - Dank (push to talk) 22:48, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Regarding File:Rahum.gif Deletion

Hi, You can nominate for deletion / delete that image File:Rahum.gif . I had uploaded the same when I joined the Wikipedia years ago. Forgot to delete the same as I then became busy with other activities. arun talk 02:34, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

WilliamCanyngesByJehner.jpg

I noticed you just tagged "File:WilliamCanyngesByJehner.jpg" with a "copy to the Commons" tag. Actually, I transferred the file to the Commons as "William Canynges (1787) by J Jehner.jpg" in March and tagged the English Wikipedia file for deletion with {{Now Commons}}. However, another editor removed that tag, saying that it should remain on the English Wikipedia as the copyright status is disputed because it's sourced from the National Portrait Gallery in London which has previously claimed copyright over images that it digitized, even though the original images are in the public domain. See the copyright tag on the Commons file. — SMUconlaw (talk) 12:14, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Hmm. It seems the person that objected at the time was myself. Given the situation is explained at Commons, I don't see why the local copy needs to be retained. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 12:17, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Ha, ha! Yes, I think the local copy can be removed. I believe Commons has taken the stand that, despite the NPG's claims, if the original image is in the public domain it is acceptable for the digital copy to remain in the Commons. — SMUconlaw (talk) 12:36, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Carroll O'Connor

I posted some questions in reply to the FFD on Carroll O'Connor --Light show (talk) 18:16, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Image licensing

Hi there, I've noticed there's something wrong with my licensing for 'IggyAzaleaLiveNasTour.jpg' - I will contact the owner as soon as possible re:permission. On another note, I e-mailed a flickr user for permission of her photo on Wiki and she replied "Hello Mark! Thanks for reaching out! If I grant permission under the  Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License, will my name still appear under the photographs as credit? Sorry if this is obvious, I just want to make sure!Best, Laura Murray" - Is this possible on Wiki or not? Thanks! —CoolMarc 10:27, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Provided the images are appropriately captioned, there shouldn't be an issue with the name appearing under the photos.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:28, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. One last question, re: IggyAzaleaLiveNasTour.jpg on the image's original web page on flickr - it states the license and that some rights are reserved. I don't understand why it's then necessary for an owner to e-mail Wikipedia giving permission? The image is on flickr and the owner doesn't give an e-mail address —CoolMarc 10:54, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

? —CoolMarc 11:33, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

The permission is needed because the image at Flikr was NC-ND, but you said you trying to resolve that. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 11:35, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

I tried finding a means of contacting the owner, but the owner has no e-mail address given on Flickr. The image's rationale on Flickr states that re-using the image is allowed but should give copyright credit to the owner, which I have done on IggyAzaleaLiveNasTour.jpg —CoolMarc 12:24, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

WPA photos & posters = never copyright

WPA was US government agency in the 1930s and none of its photos or posters are copyright. Please stop tagging them otherwise. Rjensen (talk) 10:41, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

As far as I was aware I'd been tagging them as 'Wrong License' or NFUR not needed precisely BECAUSE they were not copyright, and thusly DID not need NFUR. Which images of are of particular concern? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:44, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

I'd also appreciate what you consider is inappropriate use of CSD F4 Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:48, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Just from one image, you go after it in every way possible:

• CSD#F5 as "orphaned fair use"
• "Incorrect licence" (it wasn't)
• CSD#F4 "no source". It has a source, the WPA. We do not need any more detailed source that this.

Here's yet another reminder: Not having a source is no reason, of itself, to delete an image. Sometimes valid licensing requires knowing something about a source (such as demonstrating age of death) and then we might not be able to demonstrate such licensing without a source. However we delete then for lack of license, not simply because we don't know the source. If we do know the licence (in this case, WPA) and that licence is adequate without a specific source, then not having such a detailed source is no reason to delete. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:55, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Thank you the advice. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:57, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

I'll also take that as an invitation to review some recent F4 activity.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 11:23, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Photos of Ruben Mendoza

Thank you for the emails about my personal photos that I have uploaded to the page about my father, Ruben Mendoza. These photos were personal photos taken for my father and given to my father by someone who is no longer living, I am sure, as they were taken in the 1940s and 50s. They were owned by my father, no one else. He passed these photos on to me about 20 years ago. They are now my property. I am not familiar with how to handle this issue. Please advise on how I can keep the photos on the page I created about him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben_Mendoza

Thanks Weechie (talk) 12:25, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

You should indicate in the PUF disscusions that you are the heir, and ask which OTRS queue you should contact to confirm you are the heir. I appreciate that it's not easy to understand Wikipedia's image polices. 12:28, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

I will do that if I can be directed to what these PUF discussions are and what the OTRS queue even is. How can I find this information? Thanks again Weechie (talk) 13:58, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Well there is Wikipedia: Donating copyrighted materials but it's a bit heavy reading in places

See also - Wikipedia:Copyright problems#Copyright_owners_who_submitted_their_own_work_to_Wikipedia_(or_people_editing_on_their_behalf)

As heir, you are donating instead of your father :) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:04, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks again. I have prepared the email as that page directs. It says I should also cc the person I was originally contacted by. Is that you and can you provide contact information? Thanks Weechie (talk) 14:31, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

The fact that you've discussed this here is enough, you don't need to send me a cc: of the permission mail. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:34, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Better source request for File:Territories of Croatian community of Herzeg Bosnia.gif

Base of it is BiH municipality grid, and description of the territories can be found at; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_Republic_of_Herzeg-Bosnia Best regards --Čeha (razgovor) 14:48, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Regarding File:Hampi-Krishnadevaraya-stamp.jpg

I'm new to editing wikipedia above file is my own work what should I do to prove the copy right status of the file User:Leelakrishna86

Are you saying you are the artist that made the design of a postage stamp, as opposed to having a taken a photo of a postage stamp? If the former then please read the pages I mentioned in the discussion (above). 17:01, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Both images,

File:Rackham Fountain-Det Zoo.jpg and File:Carptrash & Parducci work.jpg are mine. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 23:31, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

The picture File:Carptrash & Parducci work.jpg is essentially a picture of me with a small portion of a Parducci work in the background. It was taken on a camera on a tripod, mine, the picture snapped by a friend (now deceased, without children) - so is comfortably my copyright. I have been researching Parducci since a year after his death (maybe 2) and he never copyrighted any of his work, rarely signed it. I was, years ago in touch with his heir who gave me permission to use any of my pictures (I have thousands of them) for anything that I wanted to. I believe that there is a date, I can look it up is I have to to, around 1980, that if a work were copyrighted prior to that it will need to have been renewed in order to still be under copyright now and for sure Parducci's copyrights (which no one believed to exits) have not been renewed. All my research is in New Mexico, I am in Arizona, but if this discussion does not satisfy you then remove the picture if that is what you feel you must do. Carptrash (talk) 15:10, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

The cut off date is 1964, post that copyrights got renewed automatically.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 17:11, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

So the zoo bear fountain is about 1939, so should need to have been renewed, if it ever was copyrighted. Carptrash (talk) 17:40, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

However it would be nice if the picture could stay until July, its 10th anniversary on wikipedia. Carptrash (talk) 17:43, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Well. I won't be the one flagging it, as at present you are saying 'research in progress' Sfan00 IMG (talk) 17:44, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Requests at WP:REFUND

About the three images you requested to be restored at WP:REFUND: Most of the administrators who patrol that page don't do a lot of work with images, so are unfamiliar with all the possible copyright and permission tags that can be applied. If I restored the images in the same state that they were deleted, they would likely be deleted again. Would you please amend your requests to suggest the proper tags to apply after they are restored? ~Amatulić (talk) 23:22, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Noted, and amended. I also suggest you contact User:Rodolph about them, as I think he had access to the originals to help confirm specific details.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 23:29, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, I restored them, replying at WP:REFUND.

You asked about that uploader's deleted images. Here's what I found in his deletion log. The non-redlinked ones appear to be deleted on Wikipedia but now exist on Commons. From this list, I have no idea what would be worth keeping:

• File:1720s English fantasy garden urn.jpg
• File:1720s Knight of the Garter and an urn.jpg
• File:1720s Knight of the Garter sash.jpg
• File:1734MarriageSettlementffane.jpg
• File:1734MarriageSettlementSchaub&Cobham.jpg
• File:1749LetterFromAnOppidan.jpg
• File:1863Burke'sLandedGentry.jpg
• File:2011 Lord Mayor emerging from Royal Courts of Justice 2011.jpg
• File:24February2007Reeling.jpg - deleted as orphaned. Subject claimed to be one Nick Thackeray, but there is no article nor information on which Nick Thackeray is in the image - Peripitus (Talk) 12:49, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
• File:29 x 24.5 inch portrait of Lillie Smith Aynscombe (c1715-1791), director of the Sun Fire Office, by Reynolds.jpg - on commons as File:Portrait of Lillie Smith Aynscombe (18th century) by Joshua Reynolds or a follower.jpg - Peripitus (Talk) 12:56, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
• File:2nd Count grayscale oval.jpg - subject and painter and year are not identified. Tineye and google searching give no hint. - Peripitus (Talk) 12:56, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
• File:2nd Lord Monk Bretton and Ruth Brand, wedding day photo, Firle, East Sussex, 19 August 1911.jpg
• File:Alfred Hitchens pastel harvest scene.jpg - image of unknown date by Alfred Hitchens. There is no article on the painting itself and without the date it's fairly been assumed to be non-free - Peripitus (Talk) 12:56, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
• File:AnneHarrietPenelopeEleanorFilgate.jpg
• File:ArmsofBisseQuarteredWithChalloner.jpg
• File:A Time for Gifts Craxton cover.jpg - non-free book cover of A Time of Gifts. Was deleted as a copyright violation but I'll undelete, correctly licence and place in the article - Peripitus (Talk) 12:56, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
• File:AustralianMythsLondonLibraryBook.jpg - cover scan of the book Australian Legendary Tales. No article on the book and the image contains a bookplate from http://www.londonlibrary.co.uk/ - Peripitus (Talk) 13:15, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
• File:Bacchus on Fane Table.jpg
• File:Baghdad.JPG - moved to commons, renamed to George Jellicoe.jpg then deleted Jan 2010 as a copyright violation. Photo is by by Philippa Dunne but there is no permission recorded - Peripitus (Talk) 13:15, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
• File:Barclays bank cheque 1955.jpg - image of a cheque from 1955 with a logo and other non-free elements - Peripitus (Talk) 13:15, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
• File:Bisse ChallonerHallChairCrests.jpg - commons image File:Bisse-Challoner crests on the back of a hall chair - 2006.jpg
• File:Bisse Challoner in Burke.jpg - commons image File:Thomas-Chaloner Bisse-Challoner's entry in Burke's Landed Gentry (1863).jpg
• File:Bruce Chatwin's Songlines 1987.jpg
• File:Bryan Leighton c1872.jpg
• File:Bushcastle.jpg - scan of a photo by Val Corbett, 2006. No permission evident
• File:CaptainJ.R.Jellicoe.jpg
• File:Caravaggio sleeping cupid.jpg
• File:CasaBattistaHall.jpg - Photo of an undated painting
• File:Castleold.jpg - micro version of File:FingaskC19thBlack&Whitefromsouth.jpg
• File:Challoner house in Charles street.jpg - commons File:Former house of Thomas-Chaloner Bisse-Challoner, Charles Street, London - 2009.jpg
• File:Challoner tomb in Virginia Water.jpg - commons File:Memorial to Thomas-Chaloner Bisse-Challoner and Henrietta Emma Helena de Salis (1860s–1870s), Christ Church, Virginia Water, Surrey, UK - c 1880.jp
• File:CharlesFanebyJohnVanderbank.jpg - another version of File:Charles ffane, 1st Viscount fane by John Vanderbank.jpg
• File:Chiavenna from the north 2009.jpg
• File:CoburgCanteen.jpg
• File:CoburgPatternSilverSpoons.jpg - commons File:Bisse-Challoner crests on silver Coburg-pattern spoons - 200604.jpg
• File:Coldstreamer.jpg - un-used and unsourced non-free image of George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe
• File:Colonel Challoner.jpg - commons File:Colonel Thomas-Chaloner Bisse-Challoner (c 1860) by Spiridone Giambardella.jpg
• File:Constable&CoLogo.jpg
• File:CraxtoncoversforPMLF.jpg - photo of six book covers in one.
• File:C Silvy back of carte.jpg
• File:Daily Telegraph cutting, February 2014, Peter Drummond-Murray, news re Bailiff of SMOM.jpg - scan of part of a newspaper from 2014
• File:Dalling Cabinets, Anglo-Indian Vizagaptam ivory bureau cabinets, circa 1786, on ebonised and parcel gilt stands, c1810.jpg - photo of part of a Christies catalogue showing still extant items.
• File:DannyParkSouth&WestFronts.jpg
• File:DecoyPigeons.jpg - out-of-focus closeup on the heads of two decoy pigeons. Deleted as orphaned and no forseeable use.
• File:DeSalisClothBellonna.jpg
• File:Detail of Neapolitan figures.jpg - commons File:Neapolitan figures from a gouache (c 1815–1828, detail).jpg
• File:DetailofSilverTeapot.jpg
• File:EarlJellicoe.jpg
• File:Earl-of-Sandwich.jpg
• File:ElizaThreiplandDetail.jpg
• File:Fane Stanhope 1732.jpg
• File:FingasFollies2007KateF.jpg
• File:Fingask40thBirthday.jpg
• File:FingaskAksenovphoto.jpg
• File:FingaskCastlefromSouthWest.jpg
• File:FingaskFolliesatRoyalMedicalSociety2007.jpg
• File:FingaskFun2007.jpg
• File:Fingaskmuralbeingupdated2007.jpg
• File:FingaskMuralKey2007.jpg
• File:FingaskMural&LoftyBuchanan2008.jpg
• File:FingaskOldphotoAlexanderWilson.jpg
• File:Fingask old postcard.jpg
• File:Fingaskreeling.jpg
• File:FingaskRoyalCoatofArms.jpg
• File:FingaskStatuaryC19detail.jpg
• File:FingaskTeaMungoMcCosh2006.jpg
• File:FingaskTopiaryCloseUp.jpg
• File:FingaskTrio.jpg
• File:FingSilhouetteSteveAbbott23Feb2.jpg
• File:Flowersongrave.jpg
• File:FosterhouseCollon2002.jpg
• File:FrancisFaneofFulbeck.jpg
• File:Frank stout handstand.jpg
• File:Frederick Walker The Vagrants.jpg
• File:GardenatFingask.jpg
• File:GeorgeBrocas.jpg
• File:George Henry Harlow (1787-1819) oil-on-canvas portrait of Captain John Windham Dalling, RN (1789-1853).jpg
• File:GeorgeJellicoe3.jpg
• File:George Jellicoegrayscale.jpg
• File:George Jellicoe.jpg
• File:GeorgePearsonMD.jpg
• File:GeorgianSilverForks.jpg
• File:GlassSlideofCulloden.jpg
• File:GubanovaThreiplandGovorkov.jpg
• File:Henrietta Challoner by Gambardella.jpg
• File:Henrietta Emma Helena de Salis.jpg
• File:Henry Jerome Fane De Salis (died 1915).jpg
• File:HMSColossus1891.jpg
• File:Houseportcullis.png
• File:Inscription on portrait of Jane Aynscombe.jpg
• File:Isabel Lambert catalogues.jpg
• File:James Cecil. 5th Earl of Salisbury.jpg
• File:JamesEarlStanhopeDennerdetail.jpg
• File:James Stanhope.jpg
• File:Jane Aynscombe head & shoulders.jpg
• File:JarvisJune2005bySamWhatmore.JPG
• File:Jellicoe2002.jpg
• File:Jellicoe2002.png
• File:JellicoeGrin.jpg
• File:JellicoeinBaghdad1980s.jpg
• File:JellicoePlayer.JPG
• File:JellicoeSkiing.jpg
• File:JessieThreiplandDetail.jpg
• File:Jinkers.jpg
• File:JohnGeorgeDodsonILN.jpg
• File:JohnGeorgeDodson.jpg
• File:KinnairdCastle.jpg
• File:LadyoftheAynscombeFamily.jpg
• File:Lady ScotlandMarch2000.jpg
• File:LetterfromCharlesdeSalis.jpg
• File:Litup.jpg
• File:LordGrantchester by UKReunov 1999.jpg
• File:LordMonkBrettonRA.jpg
• File:LordofAdmiralty.JPG
• File:Mani by Patrick Leigh Fermor.jpg
• File:Mani title page & pebbles.jpg
• File:Marlborough Gallery Bacon catalogue.jpg
• File:McCoshFingaskDalek.jpg
• File:Miss or Mrs Townsend, attributed to Gainsborough Dupont, 22 x 18.5 inches, oil on canvas.jpg
• File:Moncreiffe of that Ilk bookcover.jpg
• File:MonemvasiaVenetianStyleHouse.jpg
• File:MonemvasiaViewThroughWall.jpg
• File:NeapolitanVolcano.jpg
• File:OldFingaskBadCrop.jpg
• File:Oldviewfingaskcastle2.jpg
• File:PashaNikAksenovPantherHouseMountPleasant2003.jpg
• File:PavilionCollageJune2006.jpg
• File:PeersRobes1970s.jpg
• File:Philip Reinagle (1749-1833) portrait of John Windham Dalling (1769-1786).jpg
• File:Photo by me of circa 1810-1830 ormolu vase.jpg
• File:PortnallPark2008.jpg
• File:PortnallParkakaDormyHouseCloseup2008.jpg
• File:Portnall Park c1865.jpg
• File:PortnallParkcirca1859.jpg
• File:Portnall Park ProsserPrint.jpg
• File:Portnall Park terrace.jpg
• File:Portrait of Lt. Col. Lawrence Challoner Garratt (1868-1946), OBE, JP, of Bishops Court, Devon by Henry Richard Graves (1818-1882), dated 1874, oil on canvas, 56 x 40 inches.jpg
• File:PotassiumCyanidePot.jpg
• File:Queen's Speech 2001.jpg - frame from a BBC TV show
• File:RachelBath.jpg
• File:Reunov&Leo.jpg - largely derivative work of a painting by U.K.Reunov dated 1997, with, for some reason, a toy lion in front.
• File:RhythmFormula1992.jpg - photo of a (c) wall poster from c.1992
• File:Robert Smith's five eldest children, painted by James Maubert (1666-1746). Oil on canvas, 62 by 69 inches.jpg - commons File:Portrait Group of the Smith Children on a Terrace with a Spaniel, Basket of Flowers and a Parakeet (c 1718) by James Maubert.jpg
• File:Rodolphe Salis.jpg - commons File:Salis Rodolphe.jpg
• File:Rodolph&MargeryDeSalis.jpg - commons File:Rodolph De Salis and his daughter Edith Margery, Ealing, London, UK (19th century).jpg
• File:Roumeli cover by Craxton.jpg - photo of two different book covers in the one.
• File:Salis Rodolphe.jpg
• File:SamuelHahnemanninLondon.jpg
• File:Seven Bisse-Challoner Salvers.jpg - commons File:Bisse-Challoner crests on seven silver salvers - 200603.jpg
• File:Small Lords logo.JPG - tiny and orphaned house-of-lords logo
• File:Some of Robert Smith's children by Maubert.jpg - commons File:Portrait Group of the Smith Children on a Terrace with a Spaniel, Basket of Flowers and a Parakeet (c 1718) by James Maubert.jpg
• File:Sonia Leon by Craxton Christopher Hull Gallery catalogue.jpg - photo of a book cover. No article on the book
• File:TheCommission1999byUKR.jpg - scan of another modern painting. no article on the painting.
• File:TheodosiaHawkinsMagillbyReynolds.jpg
• File:The World through Blunted sight cover.jpg - photo of a book cover. No article on the book.
• File:Third Lord Monk Bretton by UKReunov 1999.jpg - scan of a 1999 painting by U. K. Reunov
• File:TidcombeModel.JPG - unidentified model house. Image deleted as unencyclopedic and orphaned.
• File:TopiaryCloseUpFingask.jpg
• File:ValerianFreyberg1999.jpg - scan of a 1999 painting by U. K. Reunov
• File:ViewofSt.Leonard'sHill.jpg - commons File:St Leonard's Hill. Showing Windsor Castle..., Berkshire (1823).jpg
• File:Wappen-Salis.jpg - commons File:Wappen-Salis.JPG
• File:Whitecoat.JPG - scan of a photo of a George Jellicoe taken by someone else.
• File:WilliamChewHouse1859.jpg Commons:File:File:Endowed School, Dunstable, from The Dunstaplelogia (1859).jpg
• File:William Hogarth 016.jpg Commons
• File:William Townsend of Fulham (1741-1823) by Gainsborough Dupont (1754-97).jpgCommons:File:William Townshend (c 1794) by Gainsborough Dupont.jpg
• File:WiltshireEnglandChurch.jpg Commons

~Amatulić (talk) 11:59, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Please note that I've struck thru, or marked the Potential Commons duplicate in the list provided by the previous contributor, This is done in Good faith. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 12:29, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Consider the list yours to do with as you please, trim as needed, etc. ~Amatulić (talk) 13:16, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

I've gone through a fair number of them. The ones deleted appear to all be either on commons under a different name, deleted as they are actually free photos of non-free items and there is little or no prospect for use here, deleted as they are orphaned and unencyclopedic, or deleted due to a lack of provenance. I can't find any so for that are deleted where it looks to be a signficant mistake. - Peripitus (Talk) 22:44, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

File:M&GStationeryLogo.jpg

Hi! I found you tagged File:M&GStationeryLogo.jpg but there is no further commentary on the page.

Obviously there is no free license tag on that picture so the only possible explanation is that the image is too simple for a copyright. Do you believe the image is too simple for a copyright? WhisperToMe (talk) 02:09, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Yes.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 07:57, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Ok. Somebody on the Commons agrees with you, so if no further input comes in a few days I'll move it WhisperToMe (talk) 15:14, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

File:Kim_Borg_1970_Southern_Africa_musical_tour.png etc.

Hi, just wondering why you marked the above and similar ones (here for instance) for move to Commons - the uploader is not the copyright holder of the photographs, the photographer/agency that commissioned them would be, unless stated otherwise? Thanks, Deadstar (talk) 08:11, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

I tagged them in good faith, if you think otherwise raise the issue in appropriate place. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:01, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Further at least some of these had an OTRS slip, menntioned. You might want to check with an OTRS volunteer whicch images where covered by the ticket.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:17, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

I have left a note on the OTRS noticeboard. Thanks Deadstar (talk) 09:43, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

File:Current Japan Top 10 logo.jpg

Hi there, I noticed you added {{wrong license}} to File:Current Japan Top 10 logo.jpg. Could you explain why? I don't see a problem, so I'd like to check before I remove the call. Thanks, —Microchip08 (talk) 02:21, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

I added it, because I thought the logo may belong to another entity, Thanks for adding the OTRS slip. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 07:34, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Check again

File:Recollecting a culture.jpg. Clearly, the license is wrong. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 10:21, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Nothing there suggests s/he is the copyright holder, but even if that did, yes, I think we have to do an OTRS-level verification. Either that or that user has to abandon anonymity. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:41, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

File:Arsenal vs Hull City 2014-05-17.svg

Thanks for tagging File:Arsenal vs Hull City 2014-05-17.svg for transfer to Wikimedia Commons. I've noticed there's already a file on Commons with the same name, but the version we have here is the correct version. Do we need to get the version on Commons deleted before we can carry out the transfer? – PeeJay 19:00, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

You'd need to talk with Commons about that. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 19:57, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

I just returned

like, 9 minted ago, from the land of no internet, and discovered your message about reviewing my image uploads for descriptions. I do not know how to find what images I have uploaded other than looking at 10 years of contributions, which ain't gonna happen. Any ideas? Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 01:16, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

tThre is a depressing poverty of images at the FDR Memorial article, where this image File:LB-FDR-Memorial-2.jpg is from, but i am not sure that it is worth the effort going the "non-free" route to get it there, and perhaps some others,. this was an image that I uploaded 8 years ago, before I knew about freedom gf panorama, or the lack there of, so perhaps just deleting it is the way to go. However I might ttry to upgrade the discussion of the sculpture at that memorial after I unpack my books - which might take some time. Carptrash (talk) 16:29, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

File:Alberguedemujeres2.jpg

Hi, can you get this restored and any others from the Albergue de mujeres article which got deleted. It's a photograph from 1946, easily PD-AR-Photo. Probably best to reupload in commons.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:16, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

en:File:Logo Confédération Européenne de Billard (CEB).svg

Hi Sfan00 IMG, you want to move this file to commons. when so, can you delete this file on WP:de too? I uploaded more of these kind of files. How can I improve if they can be moved to commons.

This file is made by myself. do I have to show it somewhere? The upload form didn't give me the opportunity. Greetings from Berlin. --LezFraniak (talk) 22:11, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

File:Grands canned biscuits.jpg

Twice you have reverted my license without providing an explanation, while I have provided an explanation for reverting you. I took the image, I put the image in the public domain. I've reverted you again. If there is some reason for the tag, great, be responsible and put a note on my talk page. Otherwise, just reverting it without any explanation is disruptive. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 11:54, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

It's packaging artowrk. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 11:59, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Stay Behind Logo

Hi. I am not certain how to propose an image for deletion. This supposed NATO logo was uploaded by a former editor. I can find no evidence that it is not a hoax, fake, or third party illustration. I also see a very, very weak copyright justification. You have previously deleted many of this editors uploads. Would you have the time to look at this one? Thanks if you can. Capitalismojo (talk) 16:27, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

File:INRA logo.jpg

Hi, can't seem to find the correct tag here... Anyway, can you please have another look? This doesn't look like PD-text to me, especially the globe and bands on the left. If I'm wrong, just revert my recent dabbling... Thanks. --Randykitty (talk) 22:26, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Another alternative account?

Sfan00 IMG/ShakespeareFan00 -- Is STATicVapor another alternative account of yours? Intentionally or not, this account claims you have reviewed images for transfer to Commons. Levdr1lp / talk 06:32, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Whoops, my mistake. I was moving that tag from one image to another and completely missed that parameter, due to Sfan00 IMG's username containing IMG. Were you in the process of transferring it @Levdr1lostpassword:? Sorry for any confusion that created. STATic message me! 06:51, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

@STATicVapor: Thanks for the clarification. Levdr1lp / talk 19:51, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Sfan00 IMG/ShakespeareFan00: In response to this post on my talk page, no, I don't think a checkuser is necessary because I'm not accusing you of sockpuppetry. I was trying to figure out if you actually reviewed certain images as ready to transfer to the Commons (such as this one here). STATicVapor answered my question above, and has apparently corrected the error. Levdr1lp / talk 19:51, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bruce_Billson.jpg was uploaded (to en:wp) on 4 Feb 2014, and
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bruce_Billson.jpg was uploaded (to commons, by someone else) on 6 Feb 2014.

The files, and names, are identical. Could you have a look at both please - I'm sure you can work out what's going on more quickly than I can try to explain it. I have a few questions:

• The en:wp articles Bruce Billson and Minister for Small Business (Australia) are using the en:wp version rather than the commons version, even though the en:wp picture has identified it is identical to the commons version. Is it the general case that en:wp will load a picture on en:wp in preference to an identically named picture from commons?
• The en:wp picture page is loaded up with "copy to commons" stuff, even though there's already an identical file on commons. What's going on here?
• In such and similar situations, what should the casual passer-by (like me) do / what process should be followed to inform "the system" that the file is already on commons, it doesn't need to be copied to commons, and in fact, it should be deleted from en:wp?

Thanks in advance. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 14:11, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

[WP:|CSD]] - Criteria F8 .Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:14, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

File:Mahmoud Badr Tamarod Co-Founder.jpeg

You added source information to this file. Where does the source information come from? --Stefan2 (talk) 18:22, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

It was noted as own work in the history. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 20:12, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

File:TLC LA - from Commons.png

Please stop breaking file discription pages, and tagging files while they are at WP:NFCR. Werieth (talk) 21:59, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Which pages broke? ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 23:54, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Take a look at the version you left there is a section header that you broke. Werieth (talk) 23:58, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

File:You're Skitting Me Ses 1 Cast.jpg

Hi Sfan00 IMG. Sorry about that, I'm kind of new to uploading images. For the time being I'm having trouble finding image rights, and I didn't have the time to do a thorough search. For now feel to delete it. I'll try find proper rights later on. Snowy66 (talk) 03:29, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

File:"Dr Laurence Kirwan.jpg".jpg

Why did you tag a redirect page for missing a fair use rationale? File redirect pages usually do not satisfy any speedy deletion criteria other than G8, and in particular not F6! --Stefan2 (talk) 23:20, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Someone got confused about F6/G6 and thus it's WRONG on a number of pages..Sfan00 IMG (talk) 23:27, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

I.E me. Once this is sorted out, I think a 24 hour cooldown block is in order. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 23:29, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

G6 is no better than F6 as the page doesn't satisfy deletion per WP:CSD#G6 either. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:31, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

OK So what Deletion criteria do unused file redirects meet if any? 23:33, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

None, unless the target also is deleted for some reason. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:36, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Cleanup

Have we caught them all? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 00:15, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

All hundreds of files used to be in Category:Wikipedia files with no non-free use rationale as of 18 June 2014, but that category is now almost empty, so I suppose so. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:56, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

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Please stop bombing my talk page

I am glad that you are interested in keeping Wikipedia clean and good looking but you are bombing my page with image requests. If you read the top of my page you will see a big red stop sign that says I will not dispute uploads that someone wants to delete.

When I uploaded those images, they met the requirements that were in existence at the time for having a valid license (which was provided). You are now asking me to remember a website that I browsed in June of 2005, almost a DECADE ago. There is no possible way for me to remember the Federal government website I got them from and it is extremely likely that such sites are no longer the same. I am sure you could suggest using archive.org to go back to the old site; however, this does not help with images as archive.org only holds onto text.

As you can see, the only way I could discover the sites I got them from is to have a time machine (which I do not.) If Wikipedia is hellbent on getting those websites as sources, please try to search for the government sites they came from. If not, just delete them. I don't need to be notified about every single one. So please, please stop bombing my talk page with these notifications.

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File:SCH Academy Logo.jpg

Please see your edits and my recent edit on File:SCH Academy Logo.jpg. Please be careful with the no-source deletion tag, it is not applicable to pd-ineligible files. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 06:52, 22 June 2014 (UTC)

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File:Illinois Victory Badge.png

You added the 'wrong license' to this image I uploaded. What exactly is wrong with the Wikipedia:NFC rationale that I used?

The Illinois Victory Badge is a new secondary logo for the athletics department that was unveiled in April 2014. I used the same rationale as any other non-free logo that is used to identify the entity in question. The Illinois athletics department & Nike's creation of a new secondary logo for a college athletic program is similar to the secondary logo for the California Golden Bears secondary logo File:Cal bearlogo.png that was unveiled in April 2013. User:cubbie15fan talk, 25 June 2014, 14:03 (UTC)

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AirAsia quality of service

Dear Sfan00 IMG I recently edited AirAsia's page due to the false advertising on their Web page. On their page their are stating that extra baggage priceing is $26 AUS. Noe when we checked in the stated that the charge did not go through and was now charged $106 AUS. If you would like we can go back to Australia, and scan both our credit card statement (initial charge) and the recipe from the check in counter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rezrik (talk • contribs) 10:35, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Whatever poor service you had, to put the claim in Wikipedia you'd need to source concerns about quality of customer service to a reputable consumer publication. Do you have an equivalent of Which? in Australia?. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:39, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

AirAsia quality of service

Please advise if a screen shot of their website charge and receipt is what is required. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rezrik (talk • contribs) 10:50, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

As I said previously, you'd need to source concerns to an appropriate consumer journal. Whilst a screenshot and the receipt

would be reasonable in say a news item about shoddy practices, They wouldn't ne sufficient to support a claim of poor service in a Wikipedia article. I appreciate you feel unhappy about the service level a company gave you, but it is not un-reasonable to keep Wikipedia neutral, with claims of poor service being sourced to consumer journals as opposed to indviduals that have experienced poor service with specifc firms.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:56, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

File:Hilda Rix Nicholas in 1910.jpg

Hi there. I'm partly responsible for this images sorry history. Briefly, this image is not a candidate for going to Commons, because it was probably not taken in Australia, and as such Australian copyright rules are not the relevant ones. Rix (as she then was) was living in England and France at the time this photo was taken, and my understanding is that it would not be eligible for PD in those countries. I actually thought this had been deleted because it is a non-free image that is no longer in use in an article... You obviously have a lot more experience in this area. I'm happy to take other advice but unless you think i'm wrong, can you reverse the tagging for Commons? hamiltonstone (talk) 12:19, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

DoneSfan00 IMG (talk) 12:22, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
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User page

I've just reverted your user page to the last version you edited, mainly to remove some IP vandalism but you also had a misplaced message there [6]. January (talk) 18:03, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Euphemism for child sexual abuse by private military contractor DynCorp

In the article about private military contractor DynCorp you undid my edit and relinked Bacha Bazi, which is abuse of male under age sexual slave dancers, to the euphemist expression "performer" and claimed I was not being neutral. I cannot understand this, nor can I understand why all the paragraphs about the scandals DynCorp got attention for are euphemistically headlined "incidents" instead of calling them (child) sexual abuse, and trafficking of humans, drugs and military equipment. Murrerer (talk) 10:25, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for undoing it and for your message. The contractors are not charged, they are exempt from jurisdiction abroad as the US did not sign the treaty for the International Criminal Court and bullies occupied countries into agreeing to this practice. Even personnel clearly guilty of crimes are usually just ordered back to their home country, cf. Outside the Law. Murrerer (talk) 10:34, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Check the wording currently, I changed the heading, and added an explanatory note in the text. I can appreciate you feel strongly about this issue. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:37, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for the Salon article (which seems to deal largely with Bosnia). Do you have a source which deals with the Afghanistan allegations not being investigated specifcally? The reason being that I want to make a further change to the articles wording and would like in addition to making the wording change, back it up with a WP:RS. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:43, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

This video of The Young Turks tells you at 6:00 who was charged for this. The Guardian: Foreign contractors hired Afghan 'dancing boys', WikiLeaks cable reveals: <<caused such panic that the interior minister begged the US embassy to try and "quash" the story>>. The Guardian was blocked for US military by the way after the Snowden revelations. Soldiers could start to question what they are fighting for...

What worries me is the practice of companies to hire PR agencies to clean their wikipedia articles and make their child sex abuse "incidents" and "performances". I have not tried to check if this is what happened here but I have seen similar cases. [7] Evidently you cannot find anything on their wikipedia abuse in their wikipedia article. There are even pedophiles editing articles on child abuse to make it seem it's nothing wrong "as long as no violence is involved". No violence in child abuse, interesting idea. I talked to the head of the German wikimedia foundation about it, he was aware of the problem, but difficult to fight against editors who sometimes invest all their free time into such practice and get really sneaky. And they seem to have a lot of free time. One of the most active wikipedia administrators in the German project who had defended them over a long time left over this. Murrerer (talk) 11:07, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

I find you just undoing the changes and referring to "off-wiki advice" very bad practice. One can claim one got whatever off-wiki advice. State your reasoning so we can discuss it. Murrerer (talk) 11:38, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Split of Category:Bantu people

Please bear with me while I split Category:Bantu people per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2014 May 24#Category:Bantu people. If you have any concerns about my edits, please discuss with me rather than revert. It is a heck of a job and trying to figure it all out while someone else is reverting me is more than my brain can handle. HelenOnline 16:08, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Ah OK. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 16:12, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Hi Sfan

Someone called Stefan (similar name but not you!) is taking an excessive interest in demolishing something, curiously legalistically going for it. I wonder if you could take a look at the case please. See: thumb|20px|anonymous photo, 1929, Rodolph (talk) 20:14, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

File:Cyprus Israel Locator 2.png

You added source information to this file. Where does this come from? This looks like a derivative work of a general Wikipedia locator map. Not sure if the original is under a licence which requires attribution or not. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:30, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

It was added in good faith based on the information to hand. Reverting and tagging to avoid an argument Sfan00 IMG (talk) 21:31, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

File:Portrait of Nicolas Minorsky.jpg

Hi Sfan00,

Peter Minorsky emailed permissions-en@wikimedia.org on July 3rd the standard CC by SA form granting permission to use the file Portrait of Nicolas Minorsky. The file page has not been updated to reflect this and the file is scheduled for deletion July 10. Can you update the status of the file for me?

Thanks

Hreschk (talk) 00:52, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

Do you have the OTRS ticket number? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 00:53, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

I've emailed Peter to find out. Should he have received one in an automated reply?

Hreschk (talk) 02:04, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

Peter received no automated response with an OTRS ticket number. The time and date for his July 3 email was Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 7:53 PM (MST). He also cc:ed me on the original email. I could forward that to permissions-en@wikimedia.org, or forward it on to you if you can put it into the system. Hreschk (talk) 13:28, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

You can re-send it to permissions Sfan00 IMG (talk) 18:16, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

Resent Hreschk (talk) 02:21, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Mix up on Neisha Crosland

Hi Sfan00 IMG, just a quick note as I think there has been some confusion over the description of this image. It is of Neisha Crosland scarves but summary info now seems to link it to NASA. I'm sure it's just a temporary blip, but thought I'd alert you in case it had slipped through. Many thanks. Libby norman (talk) 20:03, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Panmure House

The postcard is pre-1900. I no longer have it to hand. It is by an anonymous author and is certainly a lot older than 75 years old... more like 120 years old. Catfish Jim and the soapdish 22:02, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

OK. I only needed to know if it's Prior to 1923 Sfan00 IMG (talk) 22:23, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

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File:Johan Friedrich Franz Burgmüller.jpg

So, I went looking for an original web site for info to prove the photo's age. But the German wikipedia also has an unconfirmed photo. So do you think that I should just use fair use for this portrait, even though it is likely to be in the public domain?Jacqke (talk) 10:14, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

It's HIGHLY unlikley that an artwork from 1840 is still in copyright, so I'd note the uncertainty, but still treat as PD. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:15, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

File permission with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RIMT-Logo.jpg

You can delete this file, as i have already uploaded another lower resolution file under a different license. Rimtlife (talk) 11:54, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

File:Gary Dourdan Press Headshot.jpg

You reviewed this file and said it was okay to copy to the Commons. I did an Internet search and found a nearly-identical image at https://www.facebook.com/officialgarydourdan/photos/a.441671466008.222527.205328956008/10151527265401009/?type=1&theater which is dated sometime in 2013. I have flagged that image as "needing permission." davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 01:30, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

I found File:Lincoln OBarry PR Headshot.jpg uploaded to the Internet a few weeks before the image was uploaded to Wikipedia by the same Wikipedia editor who uploaded the Gary Dourdan image. See File talk:Lincoln OBarry PR Headshot.jpg, [8], and [9]. The Wikipedian's username suggest that the uploader may be the subject of the photo. You also recommended moving this image to the Commons. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 02:14, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

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Hi Sfan00. Your edit here and subsequent warning here appear to be a mistake. The editor in question was not adding spam. They were reverting an IP who had removed text and an inline citation to the Daily Telegraph. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 14:11, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

It never hurts to read the edit history before jumping to conclusions. Pinkbeast (talk) 15:55, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

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File:Empress steamer.jpg

Just found the new links for this at LAC, Canada, which date the poster at 1920. This would make it PD-1923 for the US. Can I make the change to the Canadian PD template as "|commons" without messing anything up with the file? Thanks, We hope (talk) 16:47, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Sure thing. And if it's OK for commons, move it over :) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 16:48, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! Saw your note at MCQ and was trying to give a hand with the backlog. Now let me see if I can move this as I know things have changed re: bye-bye toolserver. :) We hope (talk) 16:50, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

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