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December 7

Uploading images which have been in public domain for a few decades

I have been involved in editing F. G. Natesa Iyer, and have uploaded a few of his images to wikipedia. These images have been widely used in India by publications related to classical music and dance - SRUTI,(Issue 330, March 2012) and Sangeet Natak Akademi journal( XLII, NUMBER 4, 2008). FG Natesa Iyer is a public domain figure for South India, and perhaps for India as well. Recently an image used in the infobox has been tagged as possibly unfree (File:F. G. Natesa Iyer image.jpg). Other images in theatrical roles, taken possibly around 100 years ago, have been deleted. Any way to reinsert these files, back to wikipedia, make it a part of commons and a part of this article? -- Anant (talk) 00:53, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

The discussion for File:F. G. Natesa Iyer image.jpg is here. For a different image, Stefan2 notes further down on that PUF page, "Unclear copyright status: both tagged as being from India and from Pakistan. If it was first published in India, then it is unfree in the United States as it wasn't published before 1941. If it was first published in Pakistan, then we need evidence that this publication took place before 1946." Stefan2 probably is the best person to help guide you on how to get these images back into Wikipedia (if possible). -- Jreferee (talk) 20:53, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

India and Pakistan were a single country at the time - actually a British Dominion to be legally correct. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 22:56, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

repeated external links

I have been methodically adding links from wikipedia pages of a geographic nature to pages on my site that contain 360° panoramas of that location. I have been warned that this might be considered spamming.

I believe these links add value to the wikipedia articles by illustrating in a uniquely impartial manner the reality of the location.

The pages I am linking to (i.e. on my site http://360panos.com) do not contain rich media, only thumbnails in png format, and links to jpeg and Flash versions of the panoramas. These are stable and easily understandable urls. For example the Wikipedia page on Fort Point (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Point,_San_Francisco) links to http://360panos.com/local/FortPoint.php.

All my links are being added in the External Links section. I am notating each page to which I have added a link with the comment "added link to 360panos.com".

Although my site contains Google Adsense and other advertising, it is not really a commercial site. My intent is to illustrate landscapes and places throughout western North America. There are over 10,000 panoramas currently on the site, all taken by myself.

I hope this will explain to everyone's satisfaction that my intent is not to spam, but to enhance Wikipedia with links to these unique images.

How may I be assured that my site will not be blacklisted because of these external links? — Preceding unsigned comment added by G. Donald Bain (talk • contribs) 02:15, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

I would not attempt to reassure you at all. Mass spamming of links to your personal web page is in fact likely to get your site black listed or you blocked. You should go to each article's talk page and make the suggestion to add the link and then wait for a positive consensus of other editors to form an agreement that the link actually does meet the criteria for an external link for that particular article.-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 02:36, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

@G. Donald Bain: Seems like a kind and thoughtful gesture. Have you considered relinquishing your copyright to the creative commons, so that Wikipedians could use your work free and clear? That would be a more pro-active way to contribute while avoiding any accusations of promotional intentions or spam, although I'd have to defer to my fellow editors for instructions on how to make such a contribution. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 02:40, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

the details for donating works are Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. Its pretty easy, just upload it to Commons with an appropriate free use license. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 03:03, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks TRPoD! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 05:57, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Ramer Petroleum

Dear Sir, Please provide an article about Mr. Ramar Pillai who is supposed to the founder of Ramer Petroleum from Tamilnadu state India since 1996. I searched about him Wiki but unfortunately there is no such document related with him.

Thanks and Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.240.63.194 (talk) 09:49, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

The place to ask is at Wikipedia:Requested articles Rojomoke (talk) 12:25, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

new edits added to badfinger ( joey molland 1983 badfinger).

to anyone who can help me, i tried to correct the information about band members in joey mollands 1983 badfinger band and can't get the new info to line up with the old info. if someone knows how to properly insert the new info , please do it. thank you. for confirmation of the new info go to tom brennens badfinger library and look for the 1981-1983 tours, a tale of two badfingers. for joeys 1983 badfinger tour members, pictures and newspaper articles are available to verify the info i tried to add on Wikipedia. thank you, bumper 53 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bumper53 (talk • contribs) 11:38, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

i reverted back to before the table was broken, but I dont really understand what you had intended so i cannot update the info. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 12:30, 7 December 2013 (UTC)