User talk:Thaf
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Filnik 15:13, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Image Tagging Image:Cycling World Champion Rainbow Stripes.png
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Thanks for uploading Image:Cycling World Champion Rainbow Stripes.png. I notice the image page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikimedia Commons (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page. If the content is a derivative of a copyrighted work, you need to supply the names and a licence of the original authors as well.
If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag, then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{self|cc-by-sa-3.0}} to release it under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license or {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. See Commons:Copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.
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- Sorry, I thought I had put a tag next to it saying I had created the file myself.
- I've now re-created it but all pages linking to the image do not seem to be finding it.
- Is there any particular reason why? Thaf 08:31, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
Image deletion warning | Image:Bathel,_Capel_yr_Annibynwyr,_Tal-y-bont.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. 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. If the file is up for deletion because it has been superseded by a superior derivative of your work, consider the notion that although the file may be deleted, your hard work (which we all greatly appreciate) lives on in the new file. |
Thaf 09:55, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Please tag your images
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Thank you for providing images to the Commons. Please keep in mind that images and other files on the Commons must be under a free license and should be useful to the Wikimedia projects. To allow others to use your files, some additional information must be given on the description page. Most importantly:
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This message was added automatically by Filbot, if you need some help about it, ask its master (Filnik) or go to the Commons:Help desk. --Filnik 11:12, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Pay attention to copyright | Image:Dan Atherton.jpg has been marked as a copyright violation. The Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content, that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You can ask questions about Commons policies in Commons:Help desk.
The file you added will soon be deleted. If you believe this image is not a copyright violation, please explain why on the image description page.
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--KveD (talk) 23:04, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Critically evaluate Flickr licenses
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Image:Nicole Cooke NatChamp2008.jpg has been marked as a copyright violation. You may have preserved the information shown on Flickr correctly when transferring the image here, but the Flickr uploader is not the copyright holder of this image. Either the image was created by someone else, or it is a derivative of someone else's work. As stated in Commons:Licensing, only the copyright holder may issue a license, so the one shown on Flickr is invalid.
Always remember to critically evaluate Flickr licenses. Photostreams with professional-looking photographs, album covers, posters, and images in a wide range of styles or quality taken by many different cameras often indicate that the Flickr uploader either does not understand or does not care about copyright matters. See Commons:Questionable Flickr images for a list of known bad Flickr users.
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see http://www.flickr.com/photos/guano/846601210/. --Martin H. (talk) 18:44, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
Tip: Categorizing images
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Thanks a lot for contributing to the Wikimedia Commons! Here's a tip to make your uploads more useful: Why not add some categories to describe them? This will help more people to find and use them.
Here's how:
1) If you're using the UploadWizard, you can add categories to each file when you describe it. Just click "more options" for the file and add the categories which make sense:
2) You can also pick the file from your list of uploads, edit the file description page, and manually add the category code at the end of the page.
[[Category:Category name]]
For example, if you are uploading a diagram showing the orbits of comets, you add the following code:
[[Category:Astronomical diagrams]]
[[Category:Comets]]
This will make the diagram show up in the categories "Astronomical diagrams" and "Comets".
When picking categories, try to choose a specific category ("Astronomical diagrams") over a generic one ("Illustrations").
Thanks again for your uploads! More information about categorization can be found in Commons:Categories, and don't hesitate to leave a note on the help desk.BotMultichillT (talk) 06:17, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
- Image:Ffostrasol.jpg is uncategorized since 12 January 2009. BotMultichillT (talk) 06:17, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
- Image:Croes Derwen.jpg was uncategorized on 22 October 2009.
- Image:Tredegar Park.jpg was uncategorized on 10 August 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 14:46, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
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Notification about possible deletion
[edit]A page has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.
If you created this gallery, 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. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. |
DrKiernan (talk) 09:44, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
Notification about possible deletion
[edit]Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry.
If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have 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 them, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. |
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Yours sincerely Stefan4 (talk) 01:09, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Hello Thaf,
I found your map while reading the article Census in Germany in the English Wikipedia. Thank you for providing this very nice and accurate map in svg format! I am thinking about translating it to German. I found some minor spelling issues that could be changed in the next version:
- Könisberg -> Königsberg ("König" = King)
- Carlsrühe -> Carlsruhe or Karlsruhe (without umlaut, "Karls rest")
- Hamburg (in Hesse) -> Homburg (Hamburg is more Northern)
- Darmstaat -> Darmstadt
- Neuwrk -> Neuwerk (on the coast)
- Leipsic -> Leipzig (in fact it is pronounced as Leipsic)
- Rhonish Bavaria -> Rhenish Bavaria (could also be called "Bavarian Palatinate")
- Birkenfield -> Birkenfeld (maybe "-field" is common in English literature, "-feld" is the original term with the same meaning)
- With "Alsace-Lorraine" you could add the year 1872 (i.e., after the Franco-German War 1870/71)
- the island of Fehmarn could be coloured red in the second map
- Wurtemberg -> Württemberg
Greetings --Furfur (talk) 14:00, 3 December 2012 (UTC)