User talk:LX/Archive/2008: January to March

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about homer simpsons picture[edit]

This discussion has been moved back to User talk:Anubis-mx#Image:Homer Simp.png. Please respect my request to keep discussions where they started. Don't continue discussions from elsewhere on this page, as this makes discussions harder to follow. Thank you. LX (talk, contribs) 12:01, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete of my image[edit]

  • 21:05, 25. Okt. 2007 LX (Diskussion | Beiträge) hat „Image:BSD-Daemon CeBIT 2006.jpg“ gelöscht ‎ (Copyright violation/Commons:Derivative work of a non-free work: "BSD Daemon Copyright 1988 by Marshall Kirk McKusick. All Rights Reserved." http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/daemon.html)
  • This Daemon is authorized by Marshall Kirk McKusick back in 1996, when it was made, the BSD-Daemon is my own. There is no copyright-violation, please restore the image. --Kawana 09:04, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please forward evidence that McKusick approved distribution of the likeness of his BSD Daemon character under the {{Cc-by-sa-2.5}} licence to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org per the instructions at Commons:OTRS and then make a request at Commons:Undeletion requests. LX (talk, contribs) 09:19, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That %#!@ flag[edit]

Thanks for you're help, I didn't want to look like the only bad guy. ;) Rocket000 20:16, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

IP block[edit]

Hi - this IP I blocked yesterday on en wb as an open proxy (info via en wp IIRC). Will you review the block? Cheers (& I noticed the other block - persistent some people!) --Herby talk thyme 11:05, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Extended to one year, not limited to anons. LX (talk, contribs) 11:24, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Puppet accounts?[edit]

Might want to look at user:Juancvm? Let me know if you want me to dig deeper, regards --Herby talk thyme 08:14, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't look familiar, but I'm juggling a bit much at the moment. What was your suspicion? LX (talk, contribs) 19:23, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Shall we say there are similarities. However if the work they are doing is different then maybe just keep an eye for now? Let me know if I can help - thanks --Herby talk thyme 08:36, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've warned and blocked so many users lately, I just can't keep track of them all. If you think it looks like a problem user I've dealt with before, I trust your judgement. LX (talk, contribs) 14:17, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

hello LX[edit]

This discussion has been moved back to User talk:Tony Scarface Montana#Image Tagging Image:Coretta-scott-king.jpg. Please respect my request to keep discussions where they started. Don't continue discussions from elsewhere on this page, as this makes discussions harder to follow. Thank you. 00:05, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Diferents Camaras[edit]

This discussion has been moved back to User_talk:Optimus07#Do you own a lot of different cameras?. Please respect my request to keep discussions where they started. Don't continue discussions from elsewhere on this page, as this makes discussions harder to follow. Thank you. 09:13, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Bebop[edit]

What is the problem with the photo? I took it, so the copyrights are mine are they not? 128.139.226.37 12:30, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Are you referring to Commons:Deletion requests/Image:Bebop CD covers.jpg? If so, please read Commons:Derivative works and Commons:Licensing. The problem, put simply, is that taking a photo of a photo does not make you the copyright holder of it. LX (talk, contribs) 12:33, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Can I get admnin help[edit]

user Kojadi emptyes his discussion page and take away my editings in the pictures, can you help little --Motopark 20:55, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads-up. I've warned the user not to remove legitimate warnings and I'll keep an eye on their activities. LX (talk, contribs) 21:12, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

no permission since[edit]

The template no permission since clearly states: Also, use{{subst:image permission|Image:FPO affiche.jpg}} ~~~~ to notify the uploader. Why didnt you notify me?! Multichill 22:50, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Probably because the uploader of Image:FPO affiche.jpg was apparently User:File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske). LX (talk, contribs) 00:09, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I keep filling out the username field but everyone seems to ignore that :(
I understand it can be considered deriative work so you can delete it. Multichill 21:50, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It's easy to overlook if you use UserMessages.js, and it's also completely unreliable because there is no checking. (Several respectable users have reported bad uploads being made in their name.) I wish it could be set up so that it only accepted commands from registered Commons users via a page here on Commons so that there would be some proper traceability. Until that happens, I won't bother people unless I'm sure they're the uploader. I guess if you're really keen to know, you can always put the image on your watchlist. LX (talk, contribs) 23:27, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, You took away a photo in that article. I sent an email to permissions where I had the explicit authorisation to use the map in the wikipedia article from the copyright holder of the map. Please help me as I don't understand at all why in this case, the image has been taken away. I normally am very carefull with images from third parties and never copy and paste from the internet. It's very confusing and I need help. Flamenc 01:09, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The image in question is Image:Bluelinks-carte Canal de l'Espierres.jpg. When I deleted it, it looked like this: it had no evidence of the copyright holder approving the stated licence and it was tagged as a copyright violation from http://www.bluelinks2008.org/, which has the notice "All rights reserved" on it. User:GeorgHH, who initially marked the image as a copyright violation, has undeleted the image. Please follow his instructions on your user talk page.
Also note that "authorisation to use the map in the wikipedia article" is not sufficient. See {{Permission}} and Commons:Licensing. LX (talk, contribs) 15:08, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Korrekt licens[edit]

Hej! Jag har möjligheten att ladda upp logo och bilder av företaget A&E Design med företagets VD Hans Ehrichs tillstånd (han har upphovsrätten). Han vill maila dessa bilder till mig. Fråga: Hur skall han formulera sitt tillstånd till mig så att det uppfyller kraven för Wikipedia "GNU Free Documentation License" ? Vart skall jag sedan skicka Hans Ehrichs tillstånd?--Holger.Ellgaard 09:45, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hej Holger! Titta på Commons:Email templates och Commons:OTRS. LX (talk, contribs) 17:21, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Optimus07[edit]

Hey. I noticed you have dealt with Optimus07 before. I suppose you are watching User talk:Optimus07 then, but if you are not, I have just tagged four of this user's uploads as obvious copyright violations (three were from Marcus Grönholm's official website, www.mgr.fi). While assuming good faith is important, I believe all of Optimus07's uploads need to deleted since he simply can not be trusted to provide accurate author and source information. Prolog 03:25, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I took care of the most blatant ones earlier. I'm pretty knackered right now, but I'll make a mental note to look into this more later. LX (talk, contribs) 20:18, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well, the user didn't seem to want to talk about it, so I didn't see any other way forward than to open Commons:Deletion requests/Images by Optimus07. LX (talk, contribs) 21:51, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Good call, and well-written deletion request. Thanks, Prolog 00:32, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image deletion question[edit]

Hi LX, the image Image:Chesrilanka0749.JPG was deleted because of the photography visible on the poster. It would be nice to have that picture for illustrating wp:Sinhala alphabet, but only for the letters, the person is completely irrelevant.

So, before uploading a modified picture, I have a question: - If I remove the head, would a depiction of the remaining words be a copyvio? They read basically "John Doe, political science courses", and thus fail the originality criterion, as far as I can see. Could you tell me whether I am correct? There are a number of comparable images on the commons that are not objected too, which I include.

Jasyjatere 80.126.161.176 12:21, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(I converted the inline images to links; I hope you don't mind.)
There are already other images which could be used for illustrating the sinhala script. See Category:Sinhala script, Image:Examples.of.complex.text.rendering.Sinhala.png and Image:Sri Lanka Sinhala.jpg.
Given the translation you provide, there is probably no textual copyright, but the design (colour scheme, placement of the elements and other effects) may well be sufficiently original to qualify for copyright protection. The deleted photo also showed other posters with presumably copyrighted photographs and graphic designs.
There is no approval process for photos at Commons, so the fact that there exist similar images which nobody has nominated for deletion (yet) is not to be used as a guide. If they are questionable (and some of those examples are), it probably just means they haven't been spotted yet. LX (talk, contribs) 22:05, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You will certainly agree that those images are very technical and do not illustrate the use of Sinhala script in context or real life.
I am aware of this. I just wanted to save you and me the time of another deletion process
I think I will be able to edit out the questionable parts of the image under discussion. Thanks for your time. Jasy jatere 80.126.161.176 09:10, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I understand that the images I suggested are somewhat different in nature and I understand if that was not what you were going for; they were more meant as suggestions for temporary alternatives until we have something better. I hope you can create something with the copyrightable parts removed without it looking too odd, and I thank you for taking the time to ask first. I think the best sort of image to show the script in a natural context without having to crop or mask stuff out might be something like a street sign or other simple, preferably official, sign. LX (talk, contribs) 18:50, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep out this picture is not reel.[edit]

السلام عليكم هده الصورة غير حقيقية وأنا اطلب منكم وارجوكم حدفها . وشكرا

Hello, please keep out this picture because is not reel. thank you.

Bonjour, s'il veut plais supprimé cette photo car ce n'est pas vrais. merci. the preceding unsigned comment was added by 41.248.19.237 (talk • contribs) 20:02, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted image from Flickr[edit]

Hi. I posted a photo to Flickr. Someone, it seems, used it for a Wikipedia article and you deleted it: http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=delete&page=Image:245910213_ce5d30d52e_o.jpg

The image in my Flickr shows a Creative Commons license so I see no problem in using it for Wikipedia. I took the picture (it is of a native cuisine dish: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgiraldo/245910213/ ). Not sure where the photo was placed though. the preceding unsigned comment was added by 190.24.88.33 (talk • contribs) 07:09, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I moved this from #Flickrwashed copyvio, because it's unrelated to that discussion. (That was about the Flickr uploader not being authorised to issue the licence stated on Flickr.) I hope you don't mind.
Image:245910213_ce5d30d52e_o.jpg was deleted because it was incorrectly claimed to be under the licensing terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence, whereas on Flickr, it is actually licenced under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike licence, which is not compatible with the Commons:Licensing policy. Only the copyright holder may issue a new licence to his work with different terms, so what the Commons uploader did was a copyright violation. LX (talk, contribs) 07:23, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. So the guy who suggested the photo messed up (if I understand right). What is the procedure for me proving I own the photo? the preceding unsigned comment was added by 190.25.135.96 (talk • contribs) 19:22, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think anyone has a reason to doubt that. The problem is that the licence you have chosen on Flickr doesn't make the image free enough to upload here. Commons only accepts images that can be used by anyone, for any purpose, and your licensing choice prohibits it from being used in a commercial context.
If you want your image uploaded here (and we would of course appreciate that), you would have to change the licensing on Flickr to Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike. This would allow others to reuse the image in a commercial context, but they would still have to credit you, state that the image is free to use under that licence, and release any modifications they make to the image under the same licence.
(You could also use Creative Commons Attribution, but that would allow others to publish modified versions under a non-free licence, and it seems further from what you originally specified, so I assume you would be less inclined to choose this option.)
If you do decide to change the licence, let me know and I'll be happy to undelete the image here and make sure it has all the proper credits. LX (talk, contribs) 21:54, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. License changed. Had no idea Commons was a commercial context. the preceding unsigned comment was added by 190.25.135.96 (talk • contribs) 21:51, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Commons itself isn't, but its purpose is to be free (in the libre sense of the word rather than gratis) and reusable. (You may read more about this in the introduction of Commons:Licensing.)
Rather than restoring the image with its old, rather meaningless name here on Commons (245910213_ce5d30d52e_o), I re-uploaded it as Image:Ajiaco.jpg. Thank you for your kind donation. LX (talk, contribs) 22:25, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is next user page OK[edit]

User:Jlora2, it seems be out of project space but I'm not sure, what are your opinion ?. See also his discussion page --Motopark 19:22, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pages in the User: namespace are meant to be used to give a brief presentation of yourself (as yours and mine do, for example). Of course, I'd hope that that's not going to be the user's only contribution here on Commons, and he does need to add a licence to his image or it will be deleted after a week, but other than that, I don't think it's hurting anyone for now. LX (talk, contribs) 19:29, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, let's wait--Motopark 19:45, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hyperion[edit]

This discussion has been moved back to User talk:Relampague#Copyright violations. Please respect my request to keep discussions where they started. Don't continue discussions from elsewhere on this page, as this makes discussions harder to follow. Thank you. 20:10, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Sorry[edit]

Sorry... i dont now about to do get licence. Thanks. I not do again. --Ewertonandrade 20:52, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Image protection[edit]

Can you revert edits by User:Le Behnam and then protect the Image:Tajik man in Kabul.jpg that I uploaded so that it doesn't get deleted until discussion on it comes to an end. Thanks!--Executioner 04:13, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, I'm not going to favour any particular version, but the image is locked to prevent you and Le Behnam from continuing your edit war. The deletion request is incomplete, so there's no risk that the image will be deleted. LX (talk, contribs) 11:53, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I uploaded the image and Le Behnam added a Duplicate tag then you protected the image to prevent me from removing the duplicate tag. So the image will be speedy deleted if you don't remove the duplicate tag that Le Behnam placed. Can you please remove the DUP TAG because I started a discussion on it.--Executioner 17:10, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Relax, I doubt any administrator would delete it while its the subject of an ongoing dispute, and if that does happen, it can always be undeleted. I will not participate in your edit war. As long as the image stays protected, I am not about to make any edits to favour either side, and if you insist on others making changes for you, I can unfortunately only assume that you intend to continue the edit war after the protection expires. Rest assured, this would not be without consequences. LX (talk, contribs) 17:44, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Le Behnam has decided to self-delete his Image:Pashtun man in Afghanistan, 01-07-2002.jpg: "Ok I've had enough of this. I know he is Pashtun but I'm not going to waste any more of my time on something unimportant. I'm going to self delete the image I uploaded and you can do the same. That is a good compromise and it saves us both time." Le Behnam 17:34, 3 February 2008 (UTC) [1][reply]
Can you unprotect the file or delete it yourself? Also, please stop offending me like if I'm a criminal and you as a police officer. Your job is to help other editors not try to show off with your admin tools. You're suppose to be a servent here. Thanks for understanding and have a nice day Swedish mate.--Executioner 18:41, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The image is freely sourced image on Flickr, I think it's a good photo, and I believe it could be useful on Wikimedia Commons. Since the naming seems to be the point of contention, and there really cannot be anything objectively said about the subject's ethnicity, my suggestion is that we upload it again with a neutral name such as Man in Kabul or similar and delete the duplicates. However, I'd like to wait for the toolserver to fully recover so that I can do a proper check for usage of the other versions before deleting them.
As for the administrative role and the tools that go with it, I feel pretty comfortable with my views on them. Some of the behaviour shown by both you and Le Behnam (edit warring and personal attacks) is disruptive to the point that a block may have already been justified, not as a punishment, but to prevent further disruption. I chose to protect the subjects of the edit wars instead of blocking the two of you because I felt you had perhaps not been given a clear enough warning yet as to the inappropriateness of the disruptive editing. I was also hoping to encourage civilised discussion. While I'm not entirely satisfied with your attitudes towards each other, I think things have been moving roughly in the right direction.
Sorry for the late respose; I've been working all sorts of hours this week. LX (talk, contribs) 14:08, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete[edit]

Can you please delete the file Image:Iraq.jpg. I have uploaded it from Flickr, but the filename is similar to another image in English wikipedia. So I cannot use this image there, I want to rename it, or delete it, I will again upload it with a new name. --Otolemur crassicaudatus 18:33, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Upload it under a new name first and then tag Image:Iraq.jpg with {{bad name|Image:Whatever the name is.jpg}}. LX (talk, contribs) 18:39, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have uploaded the same image under new name Image:Iraq dog.jpg and tagged the previous file for speedy. --Otolemur crassicaudatus 18:50, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, ✓ Done. LX (talk, contribs) 20:07, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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If you created this image, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue.
In all cases, please do not take the deletion request personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!

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202.83.172.245 07:02, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm not the uploader. I just reverted some vandalism that was done to it.
  • Painted portraits are obviously not as documentary as photographs, and are always subject to the artist's own interpretations. I think most intelligent people understand this. This doesn't mean painted art is useless.
  • If it hurts your feelings, don't look at it. If we deleted all images that were potentially offensive to someone, we'd have very few images left. We don't need another Bamian, so please stop your efforts to eradicate our common cultural heritage and focus on something more productive.
  • You are most welcome to create a Wikipedia fork or competitor. You may even use their text and our images if you like, provided that you comply with the licensing terms and credit the authors.
  • As noted on the talk page, this matter has already been discussed, there is a clear consensus to keep, and the disruptive ongoing campaign from you and other anonymous users to deface or nominate Islamic art for deletion is now regarded as vandalism. You have therefore been blocked for a week. LX (talk, contribs) 08:45, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image:LabourIndia_Logo.jpg[edit]

This discussion has been moved back to User talk:Avineshjose#Image Tagging Image:LabourIndia Logo.jpg. Please respect my request to keep discussions where they started. Don't continue discussions from elsewhere on this page, as this makes discussions harder to follow. Thank you. 12:08, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

I've replied in my talk pg. please check. --avinj 06:48, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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The main theme of photo is copyrighted logo. Picture used only on nationals wikis to ilustrate the logo of producent..., e.g. see here. Regards Electron 11:19, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sweden has freedom of panorama and the sign is permanently mounted on top of a building in Gothenburg, Sweden. The logotype is text in a simple font and probably qualifies for {{PD-textlogo}}. I don't know if the same logotype has been used since the company was founded in 1841, but if it is, it should be {{PD-old}} as well. I've converted the speedy deletion tag to a regular deletion discussion. LX (talk, contribs) 15:29, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's me again![edit]

OK, this time I need your help. I am looking for pictures of Christina Milian, but cannot find any free ones. Any ideas as to where I can find any? Upload Less and Talκ More 06:29, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I can't help with the specific request, but have a look at Commons:Free media resources/Photography for a list of places you can start looking. LX (talk, contribs) 06:45, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

2pac image violation.[edit]

This discussion has been moved back to User talk:Carlonesm#Image:2Pac Makaveli-The Don Killuminati front.jpg. Please respect my request to keep discussions where they started. Don't continue discussions from elsewhere on this page, as this makes discussions harder to follow. Thank you. 21:52, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

IP blocked, 129.194.8.73[edit]

Hi, would you be so kind and unblock my IP? It is quite difficult to write any message on your talk page having the access blocked. That's not very nice. Could you explain me, please, why my IP was blocked? Thank you. Twisp 18:59, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As noted by the message in the block log, the use of open proxies is not allowed on Wikimedia projects. The IP address was picked up by our open proxy detection system following some vandalism. If you do a Google search for the IP, it turns up quite a few hits indicating that it's compromised or deliberately set up as an open proxy being used for a variety of malicious purposes. -LX (talk, contribs) 19:28, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for a quick reply. I still have some questions about this. I had a look on the contributions from this IP and there were quite a few which were ok. Would it be possible to take a risk and allow the edits, just to see if the vandalism is realy a crcial problem of this IP. Your example seems to be unique according to the User contributions tool. The second concern is that I am not able to upload images even if I am logged in. Would it be possible to fix this somehow? Thank you. Twisp 21:05, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, editing through open proxies is not allowed as a matter of policy. I'm afraid your only recourse is to ensure that the root cause of the problem gets fixed. Having everyone being able to use your IP address for any purpose is generally not a very good thing. LX (talk, contribs) 21:53, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Internet filters and proxy IP's[edit]

Please be careful with proxy IP's !

You might have all the luxury in the western world, but for people like me and Waerth in Thailand, proxies are frequently the only way to gain access to Wikipedia and related projects ! (at least to the wikiprojects where we're not auto-blocked!). I see no reason to block non vandalism proxy IP's. The goal of the wikimedia projects is to be editable for everyone. Locking out people from non western countries (which is most of the world's population !!) from contributing won't help building a world wide project with views from all people... until we have full and non filtered internet access all the time everywhere when moving to Asia ! (pushing or lobbying for more free internet availability would be a good side project by the way). It is good behaviour to look at our contributions, not the fact the we need to use proxies in some places from time to time !! Regards. the preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.31.186.104 (talk • contribs) 12:37, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please read meta:No open proxies. If you wish to object to the policies, please direct your complaints at the Foundation. LX (talk, contribs) 14:23, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Requests for undeletion[edit]

Hey. Sorry to bother you. Could you check and restore Image:Ari_Vatanen_2006_EMS.jpg and a few other images of notable racing drivers deleted by now-desysopped User:Stahlkocher with reasoning "personality rights", as seen here? I can't see deleted revisions, but I think the deletion reason might be bogus in all these cases. Thanks, Prolog 19:25, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Looks reasonable, but considering Commons:Disputes noticeboard/Archive 3#User:LX and User:Stahlkocher, I'm probably not the right person to ask. Could you please put these up on Commons:Undeletion requests and name each specific image concerned? LX (talk, contribs) 21:11, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Done. I didn't notice that archive. Prolog 19:04, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This discussion has been moved back to User talk:RTG#Image Tagging Image:The New Zealand Story screenshot.png. Please respect my request to keep discussions where they started. Don't continue discussions from elsewhere on this page, as this makes discussions harder to follow. Thank you. 19:37, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Notar heli pics[edit]

I just uploaded two pics to Epolk's page for discussion as possible improvements. Won't mind if they are deleted in two weeks. JMK 21:31, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Message from Marcelosimao without heading[edit]

This discussion has been moved back to User talk:Marcelosimao#Copyright violations. Please respect my request to keep discussions where they started. Don't continue discussions from elsewhere on this page, as this makes discussions harder to follow. Thank you. 19:28, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Commons:Graphics village pump[edit]

You may think that discussions should always be held on the subordinate month page, rather than on the main page itself, but it's a simple fact that people don't actually do this, and the way you move things around is confusing... AnonMoos 10:58, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry if you were confused, but I thought I was pretty clear in the edit summaries. If you don't like how the page is organised, I guess that should be taken up at Commons talk:Graphics village pump. I don't have any strong feelings one way or the other, so long as things are consistent. LX (talk, contribs) 11:17, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

IP block[edit]

Thanks but I range blocked it (72.68.31.0/24). They seem to be happy playing a game where they make one edit & I block a range of IPs :) It is the ongoing Shankbone stuff. Regards --Herby talk thyme 14:53, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds productive. Cheers! LX (talk, contribs) 15:20, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Violation[edit]

This discussion has been moved back to User talk:Jorghex#Image:InspectorClouseau.jpg. Please respect my request to keep discussions where they started. Don't continue discussions from elsewhere on this page, as this makes discussions harder to follow. Thank you. 19:51, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi LX, with respect, please look again at this topic. thanks, pfctdayelise (说什么?) 11:24, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done. (The page is on my watchlist.) LX (talk, contribs) 19:41, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]