User talk:LX/Archive/2007: April to June

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Adminship

I wanna nominate you for adminship... Yonatan ^talk 13:04, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! I really appreciate it, and I think I could make good use of the extra tools in the janitorial work that I already perform. Right now is not the best time, though. I'm in the process of moving to another city for work, and arrangements are a bit temporary until I move into my new apartment at the beginning of May. (This is also the reason it's taken me some time to respond.) I won't have much access to a computer that I feel comfortable editing Commons from until then, which means I won't be able to answer many questions that might follow a nomination. I also wouldn't have much use for the extra tools until things settle down. I'd be happy to accept the nomination in a few weeks, though. —LX (talk, contribs) 09:48, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Okay, let me know when you want me to nominate you. ;) Yonatan ^talk 17:13, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Alright, I think I'm somewhat settled in at my new place now, so if you still want to nominate me, I'm ready to accept it now. —LX (talk, contribs) 12:31, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

I know you don't like people responding on your talk page, but I've nominated you. ;) Yonatan ^talk 14:11, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I don't mind, so long as this is where the discussion started. :) Thanks a lot! —LX (talk, contribs) 14:27, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

French

Hello, i'm french and i don't speak english, but you can remove the images of players because I have in fact taken the images on wiki.en! Sorry!!! I did what it was necessary for the shirts ! thank you!!! Guigui59 18:30, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Iceland Review Cover

Please keep discussions where they started, as requested. —LX (talk, contribs) 18:50, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations, Dear Administrator!

An offering for our new administrator from your comrades...

LX/Archive/2007: April to June, congratulations! You now have the rights of administrator on Commons. Please take a moment to read the Commons:Administrators page and watchlist related pages (in particular Commons:Administrators' noticeboard and Commons:Deletion requests), before launching yourself into page deletions, page protections, account blockings or modifications of protected pages. The majority of the actions of administrators can be reversed by the other admins, except for history merges which must thus be treated with particular care.

Please feel free to join us on IRC: #wikimedia-commons @ irc.freenode.net.

EugeneZelenko 15:06, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much! :) —LX (talk, contribs) 18:51, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Frank Stella

Hi,

I´ve seen you´ve deleted an image by a picture of mine, portraiting a work by Frank Stella. The image was freedom of panorama. The allegation used to delete it is that it was not located in a public place. This is wrong. The work belongs to a a Brazilian public museum (University of São Paulo - Museum of Contemporary Art), vinculated to a State University, with free entrance, which allows visitors to take photos. I didn´t understand the reason for deleting it, could you explain to me? thanks —the preceding unsigned comment is by 201.6.179.194 (talk • contribs) 22:00, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Not all state-owned buildings are public places, and freedom of panorama typically only applies outdoors. Furthermore, it only applies to works permanently placed in a public place, and the work in question did not appear to be permanently installed. —LX (talk, contribs) 22:32, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

I see. Well, I´m confused. I´ve read what the code states ("Works permanently located in public places may be freely represented by painting, drawing, photography and audiovisual processes."). The work in question belongs to the permanent collection of the Museum (it is registered in the institution´s inventory under the number T.42.857.06), therefore, it is permanently installed in that place. My doubt is about the "public places" and the meaning it has. You stated that this applies only to outdoors, but I´ve seen a huge number of pictures portraiting works of art in inner places in Commons, under the Freedom of Panorama license. So, why public places means "outdoors" for some and "indoors" for ohters? —the preceding unsigned comment is by 201.6.179.194 (talk • contribs) 00:48, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

I've restored the image and nominated it at COM:DEL instead to see what others have to say. —LX (talk, contribs) 08:40, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Stalin statue

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Speedy deletion tag at Commons?

Hi, I followed a link from someone's userpage to newpages, and found Mike Stephens. It looked like nonsense/vandalism, so I tried to tag it the way I would have at en — with {{db|Nonsense}}. I'm not really familiar with Commons. I saw that it said my deletion request was incomplete, so I started looking around to see what I should have done. When I got back to the Mike Stephens page, I found that you had deleted it. Is there not some quick tag that I can use on Commons for something that's obviously meant for speedy deletion rather than for a week-long vote? Thanks. ElinorD 22:42, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Hello and thanks for your efforts at tidying up around here. Yes, it was vandalism (criminal hate speech and defamation, actually). The users who made the "contributions" have been blocked and their other actions have been reverted. As you noticed, {{Db}} is used for deletion requests for less obvious cases, which are discussed at COM:DEL. We have {{Speedy}} for speedy deletions in obvious cases. You can also post a message on the administrators' noticeboard or (the quickest way) get on IRC and holler "!admin" in #wikimedia-commons on irc.freenode.net (that's how this vandal came to my attention). —LX (talk, contribs) 22:52, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for all that. I'll be sure to remember it. Cheers. ElinorD 22:55, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Can I ask you a question, please?

Hello, LX.Here's the question: Let's say I uploaded a nice image of a very common flower. Let's say that Wikipedia photo library has many images of the same flower and the same or better quality. I wonder, if my image is going to be kept and, if it is, for how long. If the image is going to be kept, I wonder what is the purpose of keeping the image?Thanks--Mbz1 02:44, 5 June 2007 (UTC)Mbz1

Unless there is some compelling reason not to keep it, such as licensing problems or extremely poor quality (the subject being completely out of focus, for example), the image should be kept indefinitely. The purpose, as I understand it, is to provide alternatives which may work in different situations and to showcase multiple examples of what the flower might look like. —LX (talk, contribs) 05:28, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Marcio Benvenuto de Lima - Help me about upload that image Fx.

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Image:Grab Werner von Fritsch. Berlin. Invalidenfriedhof 2004-09-25.jpg

The User had Uploaded only one pic und the german text says: "Own Work". I don't know the Picture, but i think ist is possible. --Fg68at de:Disk 06:39, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

I have no reason to doubt the source, but we also need a license, which the uploader failed to specify. Without a license, we cannot legally use the image. —LX (talk, contribs) 21:24, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Mosaic

HI... It looks like you deleted Image:Gentian_from_slovakia.JPG Would you mind fixing the Mosaic? See STOP!!!! DO NOT DELETE THIS IMAGE TILL YOU REPLACE IT IN THE WIKIMEDIA LOGO MOSAIC which we hoped would stand out when people did what links here before or after deleting, and which explains what to do... The mosaic is one of the most highly viewed pages on commons since it was named off in a press release. Thanks! ++Lar: t/c

To be honest, I didn't check "What links here," as I generally trust Commons Delinker to do a better job at cleaning up after deletions at all Wikimedia projects than I could ever hope to do manually. I'm not really familiar with the mosaic project, but I'd strongly encourage the project participants not to use unlicensed images. —LX (talk, contribs) 21:31, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

It is a project that used 1200 images!!!! (and it is over with, the press release was at the time of 1M image files)... that is a lot of images and it is inevitable that a few images slip through, and this particular one seemed to have a good license. CommonsDelinker hasn't a prayer of fixing it if you delete an image, as the image references are embedded in deeply nested template invocations and the fix is to find another image to replace the one, not just remove it.. that leaves a hole. Let me know if you will not be able to fix it. But if you do, you can tell your friends you were in on one of the neatest commemorative projects ever. :) ++Lar: t/c 23:36, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Okay, done (I hope). —LX (talk, contribs) 06:21, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

and very nicely done, too. Thanks muchly. Cheers. ++Lar: t/c 22:39, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Greetings, and locator maps

Hello -- thanks for your praise and for the information. Boldly, I am replacing the locator maps already in place for European countries, which seem to have a weird projection and (in my opinion) are unappealing. Anyhow, I will try to make an effort to categorise these (and other) images as I upload them.

One note: in the coming days, I intend on creating and uploading locator maps for all European countries, not just those of the EU. If there's another or complimentary category I should be using, please let me know. Thanks! Quizimodo 11:10, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Not that I know of. There is a category called Category:Locator maps for African countries in Category:Locator maps for countries, which sets a precedent indicating that it would probably be reasonable for you to be bold and create Category:Locator maps for European countries as another subcategory. If you do, also move Category:Locator maps for EU countries into it. —LX (talk, contribs) 06:23, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi

Like it says! Plus would you care to look at Commons:Deletion requests/Image:Wolf-n-horsy.jpg - you closed the other one that was uploaded at the same time. As I was involved I'd prefer to avoid it - if not no problem - regards --Herby ^{talk thyme} 18:57, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks & regards --Herby ^{talk thyme} 06:52, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Image:Foxie_with_player.jpg

This image wes uploaded by the original author licensed {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-2.5,2.0,1.0}}. You deleted this image commented "Not appropriate material for Commons". It has value for the projects as much as everything in category Erotic art. It is uploaded and used in ru-wiki. Please explain where in Commons:Project scope is written that such image is outside project scope. 82.199.102.55 00:13, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Dear 82.199.102.55,

That's not true. I deleted it with the comment "Commons:Deletion requests/Image:Foxie with player.jpg". The consensus of this debate was that the image should be deleted, which was also the conclusion of the undeletion request which you filed. I'm afraid nagging won't do you much good around here.

Pornographic images of animals are widely considered obscene in the United States, and as such, hosting such images on Wikimedia's servers in Florida would be illegal. Clearly, the scope of Commons or the notion that Wikimedia projects are not censored does not extend beyond the boundaries of the law. Just like we don't host obscene images of children to illustrate articles on child pornography, you'll simply have to find other ways to describe articles on animal porn.

—LX (talk, contribs) 06:07, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Xcv47x

You recently refused an unblock request for Xcv47x (talk · contribs). Just letting you know that this user uploaded yet another image with a blatantly false license. Looks like, despite the user's claims he would stop violating our image policies, he has no intention of adhering to policy. --68.148.89.74 19:40, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

The copyright violations have been deleted, and the user has been blocked indefinitely. Thank you for your vigilance. —LX (talk, contribs) 19:59, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Hola en español please, no entiendo lo que dices

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Helping User:Brutanza

Hi, LX, I'm Santiperez, a user from es:Wikipedia, and I am trying to help Brutanza with his problems here in Commons. I think he now understands that he can't upload images of CDs or posters, but he has doubts about Concert tickets and fliers. Are they acceptable, or are they considered "derivative work"? You can answer me in English and I will translate your answer to Brutanza and try to explain it to him. He is not a troll, he is just a confused starter, please have patience. Thanks for your help and comprehension, --Santiperez 22:47, 19 June 2007 (UTC) P.D.: I've left a copy of this message at Brutanza's discussion page, so you can continue the discussion there if you want

Hola, hazme saber si cumpli con el proceso subir archivos, esta foto es de mi propiedad, yo la tome, Image:Víbora Julieta Heineken-2006.JPG gracias--Brutanza 01:46, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Help about cuban image

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My uploads

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