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Kindly REMOVE pictures of "Muhammed in Kaba" it is offensive in our religion.

Ulaanbaatar vs. Ulan Bator[edit]

Hi, has there been any discussion on moving all related categories from the former to the latter on Commons? On enwiki, the naming conventions mandate to use the spelling more common in English. The Commons however are a multilingual project, so it seems to make more sense to use the endonym here. This had been done quite consistently until very recently. Any opinions? --Latebird (talk) 09:11, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, Ulaanbaatar is quite common in English as well, just not common enough to tip the scales according to the strict naming conventions of enwiki (requiring the "most common" name). In other words, both are "English names", with Ulaanbaatar having the benefit of also being valid in most other languages, which is much less the case for Ulan Bator. Do the commons rules say anything about such cases, where there are several possible English names? --Latebird (talk) 01:44, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tirol / Tyrol[edit]

Hello Gryffindor - I saw you had added a couple category names to CommonsDelinker. As that is a semi-automated process, which is not visible from the "receiving end" until it has happened, I removed several protentially controversial name changes you proposed. Changes in location names as you suggested are not trivial (especially if a site had both names throughout history) and should use a "move" request, like this {{move|Category:NEWNAME|Explanation why.}}. The tag will then be left for at least two weeks, and then eventually actioned by an admin (though I admit that the "requested moves" cat has a great backlog so it may take longer).

Please do not mistake my action for opposition to your proposed name changes - for all I know, every single one of them might be absolutely correct and reasonable. But they aren't the kind of changes that should be done via CommonsDelinker. Cheers and happy editing! Ingolfson (talk) 06:08, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Gröden[edit]

I have put some images back under the category:Gröden, linked to en:Val Gardena so that they can be seen directly under that name. Ciao --alpinus5 (talk) 21:03, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tip: Categorizing images[edit]

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Hello, Gryffindor!
Tip: Add categories to your files
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new[edit]

Hello, I am writing from a publishing house. We want to use one of your photos in one of our books. Are we allowed to use it without permission? How can I get your e-mail-address? Kind regards, Carmen

Hi Carmen. Thank you for asking. Please register on the Commons and in that way you can click on the left button which says "E-mail this user". Cheers Gryffindor (talk) 10:42, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Some questions[edit]

Hi Gryffindor, I have seen a lot of recat-actions done by you. Regarding these changes I have some questions:

  • I do not understand this edit, as it will define mountain passes to be mountains, which they definitely are not.
  • (the same for mountain huts and mountain pastures, which both aren't mountains either)
  • regarding the case Drei Zinnen vs. Tre Cime di Lavaredo you have argued: move to native name per Commons convention on articles. I have two questions on this
    1. I do not know this convention, although I would prefer this one to the rule I have found here: According to Commons:Categories#Category name the name should be English except life forms, but a mountain for sure is not a life form. So would you please give me a link on a corresponding citation.
    2. for the very special case what makes you sure the native name is Drei Zinnen? The Drei Zinnen are located at the border of South Tyrol (Bolzano) to province of Belluno, which has also been the border between German and Italian speaking people for centuries. Thus Tre Cime di Lavaredo is also a perfectly sound native name. The situation is similar to Matterhorn / Cervino, two names for the same object. Is there a rule / written convention how to resolve these special cases? Moving to and fro as done last days is definitely not the solution. We need some stable naming, accepted by all. WPs link to these commons-pages!
  • What should happen to a category after moving all files to some other category? See Category:Torre Exner and Category:Exnerturm as an example). Leave it empty and untouched, create a #redirect, or add a {{redirect category}}? I always thought the later, according to Commons:Rename a category.

Please help me to understand the reasons for your changes and what rules you have applied. Thanks --Herzi Pinki (talk) 21:49, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

hi there Herzi Pinki,

thanks for dropping your questions.

About the mountain passes [1], I think it makes more sense to cluster categories together that are related to each other. I had trouble finding the categories "mountain passes", because I kept on looking in "Mountains", which is a subcategory of "Geography". Since mountain passes can only exist in mountains, it makes sense in my opinion to add "mountain passes" in "mountains", since that is already a subcategory of "Geography". Same thing goes again for "Alpine huts", which are located on mountains by definition. The most important thing is to categorise in such a way to make navigation easy. So for example when looking at "Mountains", one can see with one click all the other important categories such as "Mountain passes", "Alpine huts", maybe even "Flora of the mountains", etc., etc.

About the empty categories, yes indeed, they should either have a redirect or be completely deleted. Empty categories can be deleted with {{speedy delete|empty category}} for example. In the case of "Exnerturm", I left it because I think other users should decide whether a deletion should come in or a redirect.

About the language policy, it stipulates that categories should be in English. This is sometimes a cause for discussion, such as you rightly pointed out with Category:Matterhorn. In the case of Category:Drei Zinnen, that category was created half a year before the other one and in this case goes in order of precedence, before User:Godromil put in his edits. Gryffindor (talk) 22:26, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your answers, here are mine:
The categories involved (mountains, mountain passes, alpine huts and the like) are kept together one level up Category:Geography of South Tyrol (by administration body), and here Category:Alps (by mountain range); Same kind of objects is kept together as Category:Mountain passes, Category:Mountains and so on. At least this is my understanding. For me categories express either a is-a or a has-a relationship (in an ideal world). So for me geography deals with mountains, mountain passes, valleys and lakes in the mountains and in the planes, but mountains are mountains (having a summit, can be climbed, made of stone;). Alpine huts are not located on (top of) mountains by definition, they are located in the Alps, aren't they. Mostly down in the valleys.
the proceeding on moving categories (making them empty) is described here: The move you did for Drei Zinnen and Tre Cime di Lavaredo was a controversial fix, it was discussed already here and also here and decided the other way round. You have seen that, didn't you? To make it clear, I do not have an opinion on what name to choose (just don't want it to be changed every week), I was asking you for the commons-rules you applied. The order of precedence is a rule that cannot be valid here, as if that were the case, nobody could change anything after done once. (And you would not be allowed to move mountain passes underneath mountains). You are an experienced user with ten thousands of edits, I assume, you know the rules. Also the {{speedy delete|empty category}} is not the correct answer, see Commons:Deletion_Guidelines#Categories, {{redirect category}} IMHO is the correct one. At least I did not find anything else and you could not point me there either.
The point here for me and the reason why I think it is important and such naming issues should be discussed before, is that only consensus makes me confident that things are not undone the other day. There is a policy (English names) we should follow. It not, we should improve the policy. So the question here is whether Drei Zinnen or Tre Cime di Lavaredo is the best English name for a mountain having two different non-English names in different languages (funny question, indeed). One criterion could be to consult the English Wikipedia for the correct English name. I have seen the edits done by Gun Powder Ma, Much89 and you, all of them give me the impression of trying to avoid necessary discussions but to create facts by recategorizing and speedy deleting unwanted remainders. WPs linking to categories being removed like this, will become dangling links.
What is the rule for naming geographic objects with different names in bilingual regions / at a bilingual border? What are the proceedings to clarify disputed cases? Additional rules needed? These are my core questions and until now, you could not answer them. cheers. --Herzi Pinki (talk) 00:53, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
you are right. Please excuse my boldness. I did not want to shout, it was for emphasis only. --Herzi Pinki (talk) 12:47, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I moved the discussion to my talk page to get it together. You find on User talk:Quedel it nows. And there is an answer from me. --Quedel (talk) 15:27, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Baptismal Ewer and Basin – 1571 or 1771?[edit]

Thank you for these fine photos. Now, it seems to me you've written the year twice in German and once in English as 1571, but then, the second time in English, it is 1771.

I'd guess 1571 (at odds of approximately n²:1, where the odds of making the mistake once is 1:n), but why guess when I can ask? :) the Sidhekin (talk) 19:53, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. :) the Sidhekin (talk) 17:48, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

colors[edit]

Dear Gryffindor!

I'm absolutely confused. In the description of the image File:State flag simple of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.PNG, you said: "The colours of the cross are Image:Cross of saint stephen.svg". When I draw the svg image, I take the color from that cross. The flag color are taken from the original image. Now you say, the cross, and the flag must have same color...--Gothika (talk) 19:07, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Picture Palais Rothschild Renngasse 1[edit]

Sorry, but this is the wrong building. The Palais Rothschild is Renngasse 3. This picture shows Renngasse 1 which is not the Rothschild Palais. Also the german text "Palais Rothschild (Renngasse)" is using this picture. --Erich Schmid (talk) 17:43, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

we are trying to find out some information on a sword my husband purchased you can tell its very old and it has inscriptions which he told he had translated and said it was middle eastern countries9 thought theottoman empire era. It wa in the other guys family for many years. Trying to do research and really can't get anywhere. It's got a Jade handle and gold. If you have any information where we could get help please reply, one of pictures on your article looks kinda like it. Thanks. our email is dilts8908@roadrunner.com

Is this new version OK now?

White Roses[edit]

Thank you for the photo memorial of the White Roses.

We forget so very quickly.

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Flag of Krain[edit]

has krain anything to do with ukraine ?

Disambiguation[edit]

Hi. Regarding this request, do you have any objection to the "Category:Palais Clam-Gallas (Vienna)" form of disambiguation instead of "Category:Palais Clam-Gallas, Vienna"? Wknight94 talk 19:40, 1 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing a dictionary of medieval personnalities in Romania and I would need to use your photo of the Krakow coat of arms which is linked to the Draggfy family page. The exact address of the image is http://hu.wikibooks.org/wiki/F%C3%A1jl:Collegium_Maius_Krakow_June_2006_001.jpg I am asking for your permission to use it. We will provide send you the page where the image was used in order for you to see it. Please answer me at vladim_ir.agrigor_oaei@gmail.com (please eliminate the two undersores in the address). Thank you very much, vladimir.

Revert[edit]

Hi,

I reverted the changes made by a so-called User:Dorgan who substituted your file File:Saint-Sulpice Paris April 2006 018.jpg. I think it is not a correct way of acting.

Best regards Gérard Janot (talk) 02:47, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:Cathedral Holy Resurrection Stanislawow3 .jpg[edit]

Hi, I've tried to improve this one, see my talk page. The other one didn't get better as my first version. Regards, --AM (talk) 16:29, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

hi, whose viennese wedding was it on the picture that you postet, and from which point did you shoot this photo? were u standing on a balcony? all the best, acs


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Your photos from "Sueyda"[edit]

Dear Sir or Madam,

You uploaded splendid photos from the Istanbul Archaeological Museum, including four photos from "Sueyda". I have seen those objects too, and was puzzled about them, because there is no place with that name in Palestine. I have consulted an Ottomanist, who checked old dictionaries and concluded that those altars were in fact from Sidon, which, in Turkish, is still called Seyda. I hope this helps.

Jona Lendering (Livius Onderwijs / Jona Lendering (talk) 20:04, 11 August 2009 (UTC))[reply]

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regarding the synagoga stitch[edit]

was there something wrong with it? if so, please tell me. AzaToth 17:12, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

re: Scholl-Denkmal, München.jpg[edit]

re: Scholl-Denkmal, München.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Scholl-Denkmal,_M%C3%BCnchen.jpg

I am the Editorial Assistant for Philosophy at academic publisher Routledge. We would like to use this image for a forthcoming book entitled 'On Courage'. I would therefore like to contact the user 'Gryffindor' to request a high resolution version of the image uploaded for the Wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose

I understand the image is posted without copyright, however we can pay a small fee for use of the high resolution image.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Adam

adam.johnson@tandf.co.uk


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Category move proposal[edit]

FYI... Commons:Categories for discussion/2009/10/Category:Gyeongbok Palace. Wknight94 talk 01:36, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Category moves[edit]

The basic category name rule from COM:Cat is: "The category name would be enough to guess the subject". Moreover, in most area's, there is a coherent category naming style. Therefore, I will not waste our time on renaming categories to pinch one or two words of their name thereby jeopardizing the local naming style and coherence or to have to rename it a bit later again because an item with a similar name appears in another area. For well known places, I will refuse renames if no interwiki's are inserted in the category names. --Foroa (talk) 08:50, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]


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add licence so I could upload combined image Justass (talk) 07:54, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

and some other images like File:Cafe Seelos 003.JPG, File:Cafe Seelos 004.JPG, File:Cafe Seelos 005.JPG missing a license. Please check your gallery. --Martin H. (talk) 23:54, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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name[edit]

Hey Gryffindor,

I copied your picture of Friedrichshain Simon-Dach-Straße in order to be published in a non-commercial magazine (a semiannual magazine of an alumni organization) and I was asked to name the author, since a wikipedia username is probably not going to be accepted. If you were okay with having your name go with the photo, would you mind letting me know? You can contact me under [removed].

Thanks a lot in advance, cristin l.


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Really? Looks more like Category:Alter_Garnisonfriedhof_Berlin ? or another one. Mutter Erde 78.55.172.156 13:27, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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HI Gryffindor, Do you have a higher res. version of Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna June 2006 076.jpg which I could possibly use? Thanks.[edit]

HI Gryffindor, Do you have a higher res. version of Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna June 2006 076.jpg which I could possibly use? Thanks.

Hello there, I am really sorry that's the best I have. sorry.. Gryffindor (talk) 23:52, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Downtown Saturday[edit]

We ought to wear a Wiki hat or jacket or something for recognition. Saturday March 6 as you were downtown snapping your excellent series for the Church Street Post Office and improving on my last year's pic of Category:Cary Building (New York City) (Grr, mixed feelings when a more skillful shutterbug betters my old work) I was snapping a sunny pic of Category:195 Broadway and other nearby buildings. In the afternoon I took a boat to Red Hook and got some pix I haven't processed yet due to being in Hudson County with a biker gang yesterday, chasing other pix. So many beautiful sites to photograph; so little time and, for me, so little understanding of the art but it's always at pleasure, tinged with jealousy, to see someone else having a similar idea of fun. Jim.henderson (talk) 18:23, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you[edit]

The little : is so important - cheers SatuSuro (talk) 05:39, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

NZ location maps mass deletion[edit]

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Battery Park Eagle (Albino Manca)[edit]

Just a note that Albino Manca is not alive; he died in 1976. The work was commissioned by the U.S. government for a government-run installation, does that affect the copyright of the sculpture? --Jmb (talk) 18:49, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Charging Bull[edit]

You're of course right. The fact that the image is so well known prevented me from checking the copyright status. AdMeskens (talk) 20:38, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Consulate General categories[edit]

Could you please tell me why you object? Regards Ingolfson (talk) 04:44, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - responded on my page. What do you think? Regards Ingolfson (talk) 08:54, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Qing Dynasty[edit]

The polical entity is commonly known as the Qing Dynasty in English. It has nothing to do with its origin. Please keep the common name. Thanks. --173.206.52.145 20:10, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

But they are usually treated as synonyms in English, especially for East Asian ruling houses. For example, Vietnam Nguyễn Dynasty is also a state or empire; however it's not called "Empire of Nguyễn", but Nguyễn Dynasty. --173.206.52.145 20:27, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Of course I had read that page (as I'm quite active in Wikipedia), but it also considers Qing Dynasty an empire, and there is no separate Empire of Qing page as well. --173.206.52.145 22:27, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GNU license[edit]

Hi, I'd like to publish one of your images but am unsure how to attribute in the space that I have in my paper. Can you tell me what would satisfy the requirements of the GNU license?

Hello. Please name my username and the source with the internet link to the file here on the Commons. Out of curiosity, which image did you think of using? Thank you. Gryffindor (talk) 01:09, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Staircase Palais Dietrichstein Minoritenplatz[edit]

Most(all?) of your photos from that set dont have license tags. Please add them and check your gallery for other untagged files. Looks like the "untagged" button in the gallery isnt working, so there is File:Thelemanngasse 8 Hernals-3.JPG, there are some from this 250 files gallery page and the mentioned Dietrichstein photos in the "next 250" of the gallery. Didnt check further. --Martin H. (talk) 16:52, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am reverting your mass changes to images in the above category. Please can you discuss them before restoring this change. Typically, the sovereign is styled Queen of Australia, and is addressed as such when in Australia or performing duties on behalf of Australia abroad. Thus it makes sense to have such a category. --99of9 (talk) 01:02, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • My preference is for the images to all be collated under Category:Elizabeth II which is a more encompassing and respects the spirit of the Royal styles and titles act which states that each domain is equal, its inappropriate to categorise in such a way as to imply that the other domains are subserviant to the United Kingdom. As you've already stated British monarchs follow a set format "XXX of the United Kingdom"[2] it would be consistant for Australian monarchs follow "xxx of Australia" likewise the Canadian Monarch follows "xxx of Canada" formats. Gnangarra 01:53, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment Moved back to your talk page to keep the discussion in one place. --99of9 (talk) 03:53, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • A "Elizabeth II of Australia" does not exist. Queen Elizabeth II is monarch of Australia at the same time as she is of the United Kingdom, however the title "of Australia" is pure nonsense. You can check on Wikipedia on that as well. Gryffindor (talk) 03:21, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Gryffindor,

I was wondering if you’d be ok with a rename/cat move from Category:Harold I. Pratt House to Category:Harold Pratt House? (Without the “I.”) I’m proposing this because the website (The Harold Pratt House and Peterson Hall) omits the “I.”, and Google returns 100× as many results w/o the “I.” – in fact, Wikimedia projects are the main results with the “I.” (Google: “Harold Pratt House”), (Google: “Harold I. Pratt House”))

If this is ok, presumably we can put a request at User talk:CommonsDelinker/commands. Thanks!

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Hagia Eirene[edit]

First of all, I love your photos! I just wanted to ask you how you got access to Hagia Eirene in Istanbul. I would love to visit it but it seems like finding a way is almost impossible! Thank you in advance!

Thank you very much, that's very kind of you, I always try to take good pictures with good light, but I don't have a professional camera or anything like that. Hagia Eirene was open on that day, I just asked and then walked in. I think sometimes it's closed. Good luck! Gryffindor (talk) 20:58, 29 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Foto Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof[edit]

Hi Gryffindor, your photo named Dorotheenstadtischer Friedhof is actually showing the "Alter Garnisionsfriedhof", Berlin. Could you please change the name? Thank you.

Hello Gryffindor

Why do you change the image? The new image does not match the description. --DOMSER and the Wikipedia...

There seems to be one more problem: proper attribution to the real authors. I don't know about Domsers version but the new one uses pictures by people who released their work under attribution-licences. And they are not named anywhere visible. -- Cecil (talk) 10:34, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thx for adding so quickly. -- Cecil (talk) 15:48, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for pointing it out, it was indeed missing. Gryffindor (talk) 15:50, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How to credit your image[edit]

Hi, I'd like to use some of your Vienna images in a magazine called Shop. Please can you let me know how to write your name next to the image. How would you like it captioned? Thanks, Dorcas

Hello there. Just state the source where you got the image from (Wikimedia Commons) and my username (Gryffindor). That should be fine. Thank you. Gryffindor (talk) 14:35, 1 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]


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Re: convert into svg[edit]

Hi Gryffindor,

As it is a different version of the file, I've uploaded it as File:Flag of the State of Burma (1943-45).svg. Let me know if there are any errors or if you have any other requests. Mnmazur (talk)

No problem. I'm glad I could help. Mnmazur (talk)
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There is no need to speedy delete and reload a file. If it is the wrong name, then please utilise {{Rename}}. On this occasion, if you have reloaded the image (and only if) then you should label a file to be deleted with {{Bad name}}. I will take the tag off for the moment and allow you to decide which tag is now appropriate.  — billinghurst sDrewth 01:13, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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hagia eirene[edit]

I would like to ask permission to use a photo of hagia eirene for a textbook. i know it says Public domain, but I still would like to let you know. it is very difficult to find a foto of the interior. how can I credit you? Richard Ingersoll (Italy) rringers@syr.fi.it

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visual request - permission to use your photo[edit]

Dear Gryffindor,

My name is Lily Yudinsky, I am a visual researcher for The Center for Educational Technology (CET) ,a NGO dedicated to the advancement of the education in Israel. CET operates a website. The URL is: www.cet.ac.il We are now writing for the Israeli Ministry of Education 2 learning textbooks in Geography - one about the Earth and the Environment, and other is about People and their Social and Cultural Environment . The text books will be for 11th-12th grade high school students in Israel and they will be published in Hebrew and in Arabic. We would like to have your permission to publish in the printed textbooks and also in their on-line versions in the web, and in CET's Geography site and CET's Virtual Library – your photo: http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A5:1966_Arno_Florence_flood_2008.JPG

I will be grateful if you can grant us permisson to use this image. Thank you in advance for your kind help and cooperation and looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Sincerely yours, Lily Yudinsky Photo Research and Resources lily.yudinsky@gmail.com

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Pummerin publication request[edit]

Dear Gryffindor, I know it´s superfluent, but could you nonetheless be so kind to grant me permission to use your picture of the Pummerin http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Pummerin_Stephansdom_Vienna_July_2008_%2814%29.JPG with the copyright Gryffindor/CC-BY-SA? A short Email to der@textmaker.at would be excellent. The book will have the title "Wir vom Jahrgang 1942", Wartberg-Verlag, the permission should include the passus "for all editions".

If you provide me with your postal address, I could tell the publisher to send you a copy, as a little thank you.

Kind regards, Helmuth Santler

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I am confused[edit]

Hello Gryffindor - unsure why this move [3]? I fully approve of the first move, but the second actually moves the correct category so it doesn't align with the new reichstag dome category style anymore, and also by using a "-" dash does not follow the Commons syntax of creating category names along the lines of "Something of something" in favor of "Something - something". Suggest reverting the second change if you are okay with that? Kind regards, Ingolfson (talk) 21:12, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

permission to use one of your photos[edit]

Hi Gryffindor,

I wanted to find out - we are printing a brochure of 3000 quantity. I'm not 100% clear on the license restrictions - could you confirm if we are allowed to use this photo of yours within the brochure as we obviously don't want to use this without your permission? http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Naval_College_Greenwich_001_002_combined.jpg

I look forward to hearing back from you.

Many thanks.

Thank you for your message. Yes of course you may use my image. It would be good if at least you could give the source "Wikimedia Commons". thank you. Gryffindor (talk) 19:44, 27 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Quentin Massys 008.jpg now featured and POTD[edit]

Just so you know. -- IdLoveOne (talk) 20:50, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, Please only use {{Duplicate}} for exact (or scaled down) copies. If there is an actual difference in the content of the two images, such as if the colours are different or one is a cropped version - then these are not eligible for speedy deletion. For example, File:Tokugawa Yoshinobu.JPG is a scaled down version of File:TokugawaYoshinobu.jpg so is OK, File:Yoshimune.jpg has significantly colours to File:Tokugawa Yoshimune.jpg so is not a duplicate, and File:Tsunayoshi.gif is clearly not a duplicate of File:Tsunyaoshi.jpg.

If you feel the second version is useless, feel free to start a deletion request, but do not inappropriately tag for speedy deletion. Thanks.--Nilfanion (talk) 19:30, 16 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've undone a further set of a inapproriate {{Duplicates}} you added. Please bear in mind.
  1. Cropped versions are not duplicates: File:Emperor Tongzhi writing.jpg is not a duplicate of File:《游艺怡情图》.jpg, and in the context of an article about the Emperor is possibly a better image because of that (it excludes the irrelevant part of the portrait).
  2. If two representations of an artwork have different colours, they aren't duplicates. For example, File:The Kangxi Emperor.jpg and File:Portrait of the Kangxi Emperor in Court Dress.jpg have a subtly different appearance. Commons probably should only have one of those files, but that deletion needs to be discussed at a deletion request - the question is which colours are more accurate? That's something a speedy deletion cannot cover. With artwork, accuracy of colour is more important than resolution.

If you feel any of the images you tagged, and I reverted should be deleted, feel free to send them to a Deletion Request - I don't know if any should be kept, but they should all be discussed first (I can't and won't make value judgements on artwork for speedy).--Nilfanion (talk) 09:20, 10 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Gare de l'Est Paris 2007 a6.jpg[edit]

Hi, which version of AutoStictch did use to create File:Gare de l'Est Paris 2007 a6.jpg? Thanks. Nakor (talk) 20:03, 19 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind it looks like there is no Linux version so I am not interested. Nakor (talk) 20:10, 19 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Use of your photo of Greenwich Park[edit]

Hi. I would like to use your photo of Greenwich Park taken in 2010 in an educational resource pack I am writing. It is on the topic of the Olympic Games and I want to use this as an example of one of the Olympic 2012 venues. Is that ok? I will credit Gryffindor via Wikimedia Commons. You can email me at helen@astonhilleditorial.co.uk Thank you Helen

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Hi, your edits and re-categorisations referring to Category:Bodhi Tree imho are a 'strange behaviour' to 'hijack'-move categories in that way without any comment :-( Just a hint, to avoid in future such 'hijacking' respectively edit-warring ;-) Roland zh 22:52, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

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Hi Gryffindor,

Please note that I removed the rename of Category:Pinacoteca di Brera (Milan) as "Milan" is used as an indication for the location, not for disambiguation. Please use {{Move}} if you still want to have it moved. --  Docu  at 06:09, 8 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop that. Your map isn't bad at all, but it simply doensn't match my map series (→Category:SVG locator maps of regions in Italy (location map scheme)). All maps in the category depict the regions of Italy. All maps are supposed to look the same. Consequently all maps show only the regions' borders. They doen't show „de-facto regions“, nor regular provinces, nor wether a region has a special political status or so. Please respect my work and the idea behind that: I follow my own map standard, that shows only administrative borders if corresponding to the highligted area (.i.e.: equal its administrative level). I've provided many european countries with maps for their first level administrative units based on that scheme (Category:SVG locator maps of countries of Europe (location map scheme) by country). Tough work...


If you want depict something different (that's perfectly alright, though) please create different maps as many as you want - but give them new filenames. A suitable filename in your case may be File:Trentino-Alto Adige in Italy (+its provinces).svg. Perhaps you can move your new map afterwards to a ore suitable category? What about the cryptical but self-explanatory Category:SVG locator maps of regions in Italy (location map scheme) (+province borders in the marked region)? By the way: I recommend a thinner or dotted line between the two provinces as users may not realize that this “inner-Trentino-Alto Adige” border is not a regular region's borders like all other borders in that map. Maybe you should consider to draw a map with (thin) borders of all provinces? That way users are maybe less confused why the province borders within Trentino-Alto Adige are depicted while the seem to miss for all other regions. And this maybe a good base for provincial loctor map...Well, how you design the map is your decision: De gustibus non est disputandum. But please respect my maps. Liebe Grüße and Tschüß. --TUBS 13:39, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Me again. Stimulated by our discussion, I've created some maps with focus on the provinces. Have a look at: Category:SVG locator maps of provinces in Italy (location map scheme). Based on what you've said, the border between Trentino and Südtirol is thicker than all other provinces' borders. My proposal for the Trentino-Alto Adige map with province borders is like this: File:Trentino-Alto Adige in Italy (+provinces).svg. Maybe you like this one. However, it's your choice. Have a great day. --TUBS 18:53, 18 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Carnuntum[edit]

Many thanks, for the correct sorting of my fotos from Carnuntum. I wanted to do this work today, but if I would to begin, it was done :-)) regards from Wienerwald K@rl (talk) 06:12, 24 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi. Please don't use Template:Tl for this kind of images, it is for simple photographs only. Do not confuse it with Template:Tl, deleted some time ago (see also Commons:Licensing#Italy). If it's your own work, if you drew it by yourself (there is an autorhisp claim on description page), please use a free license such CC-BY-SA-3.0. Thank you--Trixt (talk) 19:15, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]


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Category:Coats of arms of National Legislatures[edit]

If you disagree with the name of the category, do a discussion or a rename (I'm not objectionable to a rename from "Coat of Arms" to "Emblems"), but don't arbitrarily remove ones and put them in new categories just to be "correct". There should only be one of these categories anyways, as symbols of National Legislatures isn't really a broad enough subject for multiple categories. Fry1989 eh? 20:22, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am going to end this once and for all. Since you clearly aretoo lazy to engage in a conversation, I am going to put every single file in category "Symbols of National Legislatures", that you created. They will ALL stay in there. This subject is not broad enough to have multiple categories, and you're so set on having your way. Fry1989 eh? 23:29, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks...[edit]

...good work! Now, after adding this informations, the picture gives an interesting view to the history of this building. Greetings from Bonn, Germany - --Sir James (talk) 07:17, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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El Escorial[edit]

Dear Gryffindor,

I would like to use your image Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial 10.jpg to make a poster for a mathematical conference that will be held near there. Would you like me to credit you and, if so, what would you like me to write?

Thanks in advance,

Keith

Hi Keith,

sure you may use the image. Please say "Author: Gryffindor" and the source as "Wikimedia Commons". Good luck! Gryffindor (talk) 14:49, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Gryffindor,

Great thanks. I will write "Source: Wikimedia Commons Author: Gryffindor" in small letters at the bottom of the poster then.

Thanks again,

Keith

Just so you don't have the impression that I have been difficult with you in our past disputes just for the sake of it, I would like you to take a look at the above file. It is a prime example of why I have asked you to post your sources when you move or rename files from "Coat of Arms" to "Emblem" and back, and to other such titles. Unlike the Emblem of Israel, this file isn't even heraldic in nature. And yet, according to the Government of Ohio and it's State Constitution, it is indeed a "Coat of Arms". I want to work with you on this issue, not be an impediment, but you have to understand that it is the Government of the Nation (or in this case the State) that decides what their symbol is, and will be called (the same way I understand Ohio's case is a particularily unusual one), not me, and not you. You did have a source for Israel's symbol being an "Emblem" in official text, but you didn't post it for some time after our argument began. I ask you please, when you have sources, to list them right away. It will make this process alot easier, and us less of enemies, and more of colleagues. Fry1989 eh? 23:50, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Regarding all your panorama requests[edit]

I've really tried to stitch them, but after many tries and failures, I've decided to remove the rest of the requests from the category, so they won't hide new requests from being fulfilled; I'm sorry for that, but I think it's the best way to go, as I hardly think any of the last 100 requests will ever be fulfilled. AzaToth 22:42, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Please see Category talk:Mountains of South Tyrol#Categorization of individual mountains. Gun Powder Ma (talk) 10:44, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And on it goes: Question 1 and 2. Gun Powder Ma (talk) 10:54, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've stitched that one for you now, but I have some pointers I think you should think of. First you should take more pictures around the subject; Two images only which are tightly cropped makes it difficult for many projections to fit in a rectangle and still show the whole subject. Second I think you are using a way to high ISO settings. Your images are sadly of rather low technical quality and lots of noise, which makes them extremely difficult to stitch as they lack distinct features to lock onto. I know you are using a compact camera, and they sadly wont take the best pictures, but a change of ISO settings might help. AzaToth 02:48, 9 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


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A long while ago, you moved Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor to the subject name. Following a DR, it has been proposed that we move it back. The discussion is on my talk page.      Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk to me) 01:12, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The stone mask from the pre-ceramic neolithic period[edit]

Under the Mask page of Wikipedia there is a photo of this stone mask, that i would love to know where it was made. Or found. It's intresting that i found in many places where the "oldest" or "first" is discussed, information on japanese clay mask, found somewhere 10 000 years ago. I also coundn't find the picture of this mask. I will be grateful for some details, if you have time.. THank you! m.ja.she.

hello there, the mask is at the Template:W. Gryffindor (talk) 16:50, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of Karlskirche[edit]

Hi Gryffindor, I just wanted to let you know that I am using your picture of Karlskirche (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Karlskirche_Vienna_June_2006_475.jpg) in a school textbook. I will credit the source as Wikimedia Commons, author: Gryffindor, as you have suggested to others. Let me know if you'd like more details of the project. It's a beautiful picture: thanks very much! Botb75 (talk) 11:26, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thank you very much. Gryffindor (talk) 22:08, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Using your Coronation Mantle in a textbook[edit]

I would like to use your picture of the Coronation Mantle http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weltliche_Schatzkammer_Wienc.jpg in a textbook.

After reading a couple of the comments above I would be crediting it initially to (photograph) Wikimedia:Gryffindor and (stitch) Wikimedia:Marku1988, but I would very much like to add your real name and location too. I can be contacted at thechabon hotmail com.

Thanks in any case.

Hello there, thank you. You can use my Username Gryffindor as a reference. Gryffindor (talk) 09:16, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Mislabled postcard[edit]

You have created the Category:Rottenstein_Castle (South_Tyrol) with a postcard on which is written "Rottenstein". In fact, the postcard shows Schloss Rosenstein. In the background, to the right you see Rottenstein.

You may look at a link of the official page of the Denkmalamt of South Tyrol, there you find fotos of both castles. http://www.provinz.bz.it/denkmalpflege/themen/1071.asp?status=list&Page=3&cate=&comm=694&rPart=&tPart=&desc=

I would recommend to put this picture in a new Category:Rosenstein Castle (South Tyrol).

The description of the Category:Rottenstein_Castle (South_Tyrol) is right, it describes Rottenstein.

rgds --ManfredK (talk) 14:42, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Your participating in voting[edit]

Dear Gryffindor,

I can see that you have uploaded many great pictures of Steinway grand pianos in Steinway-Haus in Vienna.[4]

I would kindly ask you if you would like to give your vote in this featured picture voting about a Steinway upright piano "Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Steinway & Sons upright piano, model K-132, manufactured at Steinway's factory in Hamburg, Germany.png" before it ends on 9 May 2012 at 01:58:26 (UTC). The rules says that there has to be at least 7 supporting votes and a ratio of supporting/opposing votes at least 2/1 (a two-thirds majority).[5]

Thanks!

Yours sincerely, --Hereiamfriends (talk) 18:13, 5 May 2012 (UTC).[reply]

Thumbs Nordwestbahnhof[edit]

Lieber Gryffindor, bei einigen älteren Scans von Dir am Nordwestbahnhof, Wien gibt es Darstellungsprobleme. Mit der Bitte um gelegentliche Überprüfung. Joadl (talk) 19:54, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Yours sincerely russavia (talk) 15:35, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Gryffindor. A bot just posted the following message on my talk page. It seems the image in question was originally uploaded by you, so maybe you're able to comply. -- GRuellan  Hmm? 23:20, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

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Voting - featured picture[edit]

Dear Gryffindor,

I can see you have participated in featured picture votings about musical instruments. I would kindly ask you if you would like to give your vote in this featured picture voting about an upright piano of mahogany "Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Steinway & Sons upright piano, model K-52 (mahogany finish), manufactured at Steinway's factory in New York City.jpg" before it ends on 23 Jun 2012 at 08:07:03 (UTC). The rules says that there has to be at least 7 supporting votes and a ratio of supporting/opposing votes at least 2/1 (a two-thirds majority).[6]

Thanks!

Yours sincerely, --Hereiamfriends (talk) 08:30, 14 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Commercial use of your photographic works[edit]

Hello Gryffindor, I have to renew the website of a viennese Hotel. One of the Hotels´s USPs is the central location, so we decide to create a slideshow and present all the sights (100) which are within 10 minutes of walking distance. We would like to use some of your impressive photo works, which I found at wikipedia. Please tell us how to attribute your photographs and maybe there are some other conditions you want let us know. With best regards, Michael Please contact me by email: michael.veigl@chello.at

Thank you[edit]

Image:Santa Croce exterior Firenze Apr 2008.JPG is in this week on Estonian wikipedia Main page in "Did you know, that ...?". Thank you for nice picture! Taivo (talk) 15:22, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Composed image[edit]

I inform you that I used 2 of your images "File:Pinacoteca di Brera 6.jpg" and "File:Pinacoteca di Brera 7.jpg", from Commons, and assembled them with Microsoft Image Composite Editor and adjusted the resulted image with GIMP. See the result: http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fi%C8%99ier:Pinacoteca_di_Brera_6%2B7_stitch2.jpg My best wishes, Miehs (talk) 08:40, 31 July 2012 (UTC) (I can be reached here: http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discu%C8%9Bie_Utilizator:Miehs )[reply]

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about the map[edit]

I am being faced by a two-pronged attack by users Wustenfuchs who refuses to accept my sourced Syria ethnoreligious map. I am also being attacked by user Funkmonk who keeps taking off my map on Alawites in Levant, and replaces it with his own map which is completely inaccurate. Could you please try to convince these users somehow that my maps are actually accurate? for my full letter about this issue see the talk page of the article "Syrian civil War". thanks Moester101 (talk) 23:39, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's semi-poor etiquette that you haven't bothered to reply to the message I left on your Wikipedia user talk page about the use of this image in Wikipedia articles. Anyway, since you haven't explained too clearly what this image is supposed to be, I feel a need to clearly explain the nature of its source image... AnonMoos (talk) 16:17, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

File:Civil ensign Syrian Republic 1930-1932.PNG[edit]

Is this more of the same dubious stuff? Your refusal to discuss it does nothing to convince other people that it's historically valid... AnonMoos (talk) 22:02, 9 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Use of Kaiserbild_Naturhistorisches_Museum in publication[edit]

Hi, I am writing a book on Jacquin and would lie to use your picture: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kaiserbild_Naturhistorisches_Museum_cutted.jpg Is it OK to use it inside the book? How can I cite you as creator?

Best regards,

Santiago

-- Santiago Madriñán, Ph.D. Profesor Asociado Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas Universidad de los Andes CL 18-2 68 Bogotá, D.C., 111711 COLOMBIA samadrin@uniandes.edu.co Tel.: +57 1 339-4949 ext. 2729 http://botanica.uniandes.edu.co

hello there. Since I did not create that image, you don't have to cite me as a creator. You can cite however where you got it from, which is "Wikimedia Commons". good luck on the book. Gryffindor (talk) 00:12, 25 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Zółkiewscy's statues in Zhovkva St.Lawrence's church[edit]

Hello Dou you have photos of statues of Jan, Stanisław, Regina and Zofia Żółkiewscy at the St. Lawrence's church in Zhovkva? Do you know how to get such photos or who could take them for us? We need the pictures for the Core Exhibition at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews. If you can help, pleae contact msarniak@jewishmuseum.org.pl .

Best regards

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Defining "no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts."[edit]

Hi Gryffindor:

I would like to use your photos of Santa Croce in Florence in a book I am writing on medieval Italy. It looks like your permission to use the photo is conditioned on using it only with with "no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts." Does this mean these photos cannot be used in a book?

Also the use of the photo must also make an attribution to you "in the manner specified by the author or licensor". But you have not specified the manner the attribution needs to be made. So is an attribution to you necessary to legally use the photos?

Thank you for your help on this.

Carl A. Mounteer camounteer@aol.com

Hello there. Yes you may use the image. What is your book going to be called? You may attribute with the source as Wikimedia Commons and the author as "Gryffindor". Good luck! Gryffindor (talk) 19:58, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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