User talk:David Levy
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Version doesn't mean EXACT version. Sanbec ✉ 23:22, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Please, don't remove the informational tags about the avaliability of SVG version. Sanbec ✉ 23:36, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
- Please stop editwarring over this. Can you both agree on the use of {{vector version available}} or just inserting a plain text link (An SVG version of this image is Image:xxxx?)? Thanks in advance. NielsF 23:49, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Contents
- 1 Please remove pangolin photo
- 2 Thanks
- 3 Flickr pages
- 4 Congratulations, Dear Administrator!
- 5 Image:Elliott Smith.jpg
- 6 Image:Tony Blair with Romano Prodi at G8, cropped to Blair.jpg
- 7 Image:Tony Blair with Romano Prodi at G8.jpg
- 8 Question
- 9 Image Tagging Image:The_Creation_of_Adam.jpg
- 10 Image:MacBook Air 1.jpg
- 11 Image:Master_Chief_costume.jpg
- 12 File:Helmuth_Weidling_1945May02.jpg
- 13 Tip: Categorizing images
- 14 En.wikipedia main page images
- 15 Please help replace this outdated license
- 16 We need your help at the Wikiproject medicine
- 17 File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-en.png
- 18 Admin inactivity
- 19 File:Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.jpg
- 20 File:Wangari Maathai portrait by Martin Rowe.jpg
- 21 File:Cmglee ArcelorMittal Orbit.jpg
- 22 Viscount of Rio Branco
- 23 Help: no-FoP Italy
- 24 File:Adidas Jabulani Gold (1).jpg
- 25 File:Rory McIlroy.jpg
- 26 Commons:Auto-protected files/wikipedia/en
- 27 File:Robert Fico.jpg
- 28 Invisible Bird
- 29 Can you restore File:Rostraver Ice Garden.jpg?
- 30 A brownie for you!
- 31 File:English Wikipedia five million articles heading.png
- 32 File:Sheikh Nemer Baqir Al-Nemer by Talkhandak.jpg
- 33 Wordmarks for catalan version
- 34 Danny Willett picture
- 35 Cascading protection
- 36 File:Toysruslogo 2007.jpg
- 37 "Lutzow" illustration
- 38 Copyright status: File:Chinese - Flask - Walters 491632 (square).jpg
- 39 File:William Punohu White.jpg
- 40 File:HMS Spiteful under way.jpg
- 41 File:Artist’s impression of the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system.jpg
- 42 File:Voronenkov.jpg
- 43 File:Lorna Hodgkinson Harvard.jpg
- 44 Notification about possible deletion
- 45 File:Saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan (cropped).jpg
- 46 File:Lorna Hodgkinson Harvard (cropped).jpg
- 47 Commons Conference project
- 48 Einladung zum Mitmachen bei Wiki Loves Monuments 2017
- 49 File:2017 Total Solar Eclipse (NHQ201708210100) - square crop.jpg
- 50 Files deleted by Jcb
- 51 Request for image cropping
- 52 File:Future film.svg
- 53 Notification about possible deletion
- 54 File:BlankMap-World-alt.png
- 55 File:Manis temminckii (29600162001).jpg
- 56 Font used
Please remove pangolin photo[edit]
Can you please delete the https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manis_temminckii_(29600162001)_-_mirrored.jpg? USFWS received specific permission to use this photo and it is not licensed as Creative Commons. It was posted in error on Flickr. —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 164.159.59.2 (talk) 17:12, 13 June 2018 (UTC)
Thanks[edit]
Thank you for your opinion in my case! . bye, FML
hi 22:01, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
Flickr pages[edit]
Hello, I think, I really haven't been understand to use this Flickr pages. How can be the photos licenced from an open-source site and with writings "This photo is public" on the right and bottom of the page? Perhaps, you can explain me, which one I must believe, "This photo is public" or "All rights reserved" (that has been writings on the same place)([for example])? Sorry for my English, and thanks for helps. The cat 08:21, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Congratulations, Dear Administrator![edit]
David Levy, 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. You may find Commons:Guide to adminship to be useful reading.
Please also check or add your entry to Commons:List_of_administrators and the related lists by language and date it references...
EugeneZelenko 15:24, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Congrats from me as well! Well done! I look forward to working with you even more. ++Lar: t/c 03:19, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Image:Elliott Smith.jpg[edit]
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--Pharos 04:48, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
Image:Tony Blair with Romano Prodi at G8, cropped to Blair.jpg[edit]
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Image:Tony Blair with Romano Prodi at G8.jpg[edit]
Image deletion warning | Image:Tony Blair with Romano Prodi at G8.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. |
---Nard 03:09, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
Question[edit]
Could you please explain what this is about? —David Levy 13:59, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
- The image contains a license that isn't commercially free as well as GFDL. There is a license conflict which only the copyright holder (User:Erin Silversmith) can resolve. Nothing too serious. -- Cat ちぃ? 14:12, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Image Tagging Image:The_Creation_of_Adam.jpg[edit]
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Thanks for uploading Image:The_Creation_of_Adam.jpg. 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|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}} to release it under the multilicense GFDL plus Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike All-version 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.
Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find all your uploads using the Gallery tool. Thank you. Ρх₥α 03:47, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
Image:MacBook Air 1.jpg[edit]
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Image:Master_Chief_costume.jpg[edit]
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-Nard 23:02, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
File:Helmuth_Weidling_1945May02.jpg[edit]
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sугсго 15:30, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
Tip: Categorizing images[edit]
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 10:51, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
- Image:Wikiversity-logo-green-blue.png was uncategorized on 6 September 2009.
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- Image:Testimage.jpg was uncategorized on 10 August 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:25, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Historical.svg was uncategorized on 6 June 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:02, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
En.wikipedia main page images[edit]
Hello, I noticed that you protected main page images of the English language Wikipedia. While I can understand the protection and am perfectly fine with the protection, I was just wondering if you could protect them only from uploading, which is now possible with the MediaWiki software. You need to press "Unlock move permissions" and then you can set who is allowed to overwrite the file. Then, set the edit protection to all users, move protection doesn't matter as only sysops can move files anyways. Since the English Wikipedia main page wouldn't suffer if someone vandalizes the image description page, I'd be happy if you could make them editable when they're on the Main Page. Thank you. --The Evil IP address (talk) 13:10, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for the advice! I've adjusted the image's protection accordingly, and I shall do so from now on.
- Note, however, that some of the English Wikipedia's main page images are protected via cascading protection applied at this page. —David Levy 15:06, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Please help replace this outdated license[edit]
Hello!
Thank you for donating images to the Wikimedia Commons. You have uploaded some images in the past with the license {{PD}}. While this was a license acceptable in the early days of Wikimedia, since January 2006, this license has been deprecated and since October 2008 no new uploads with this license was allowed.
The license on older images should be replaced with a better and more specific license/permissions and you can help by checking the images and adding {{PD-self}} if you are the author or one of the other templates that you can see in the template on the image page.
Thank you for your help. If you need help feel free to ask at Commons talk:Licensing or contact User:Zscout370.
The images we would like you to check are:
BotMultichillT 20:23, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
We need your help at the Wikiproject medicine[edit]
Hello, Sorry for spaming your talk page, but this is very important. On the behalf of the Wikiproject medicine at the en.wikipedia, I am inviting you to be a part of the discussion going on the project's talk page about Patient images, The discussion started after I obtained a permission to more than 23000 dermatology related images, and about 1500 radiology images. As some editors of the Wikiproject medicine have some concerns regarding the policy of using patient images on wikipedia, and regarding patient consents. Also they believe that common's policy is not so clear regarding the issue. And since you are the experts please join us at this very important discussion -- MaenK.A.Talk 14:20, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-en.png[edit]
David, can you upload a revised version of File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-en.png for me? The file is here. The change is very minor. I have modified the default background color to be #f6f6f6 for display in older browsers like IE6. That color better matches the default skin. You can see the difference at [1]. It does not effect display in other browsers. Let me know if you have any questions. Cheers --Svgalbertian (talk) 18:16, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks again for your help! --Svgalbertian (talk) 04:31, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Admin inactivity[edit]
Hello David Levy, you might be interested in this discussion: Commons_talk:Administrators/De-adminship#Activity -- A9 (talk) 05:59, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi David Levy, as you are an admin, could you please put either the admin-bit to your babelbox (best) or add your userpage to Category:Commons administrators. Thanks. --Túrelio (talk) 19:13, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
- Done. —David Levy 02:05, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
File:Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.jpg[edit]
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— billinghurst sDrewth 14:44, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- Hi, David. I'm sorry that I didn't talk to you about this one; I didn't even notice who placed the image here. I was e-mailed at my staff account about the matter, which puts me in a strange position because of the separation of duties. When approached as staff, I need to bring issues like this to the community to handle and not engage as a volunteer. Since my correspondent pointed out it was on the front page and needed an answer quickly, I ran it past an OTRS admin (who recommended the administrators' noticeboard) and then IRC. (Even as a volunteer, I'd have been taking it to somebody else, since image issues are not really my major area. :)) In retrospect, I wish I had looked into it at least deeply enough to drop personal notes to those involved; I must admit that the pressure to finish up a project I had due today kind of blinded me to that. Not very collegial of me! :/ Again, I'm sorry for that. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 21:07, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- Oh, it's quite alright! In such a circumstance, resolving a potential copyright problem is of the utmost importance.
- I wasn't at my computer at the time anyway, so contacting me wouldn't have made a difference. When I noticed that the image had been added to and removed from the English Wikipedia main page (with the latter due to a copyright concern), I responded to the speedy deletion request on the image's talk page and then proceeded to seek advice at the Commons administrators' noticeboard, where I saw your exceedingly friendly message. :) —David Levy 21:40, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- FYI, I changed the speedy tag to a regular DR at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.jpg for further discussion. Wknight94 talk 10:12, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
File:Wangari Maathai portrait by Martin Rowe.jpg[edit]
If I got this correctly now: this low quality file uploaded by User:Get It in 2005 is deleted for copyright violation as well as a high quality version File:File-Wangari Maathai by Martin Rowe.jpg/renamed File:Wangari Maathai by Martin Rowe.jpg uploaded short time ago by User:Jan Arkesteijn. Why?
p.s.: avoid redirecting files to different files. It might be ok for the first of the aforementioned files, but its uneccessary for that file that only existed for 14 day without any usage on the project. It only makes things complicated, it gives a false impression of what the deleted file looked like and I first thought that the redirect target is a surviving version of the copyright violation. --Martin H. (talk) 09:21, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
- I am surprised to find these files deleted, without there being any protocol. Who requested the deletion, and why? Where is the nomination page and discussion? Shouldn't the uploaders at least have been notified? Jan Arkesteijn (talk) 10:19, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
- In your direction, Jan, I have the question: Where did you get the large quality version from, where is it published under a free license? In the permission field you added a link to the 2005 small quality upload, having however a small size version published under a free license does not mean that the large size version in other unfree publications is also free. --Martin H. (talk) 10:23, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
- Searched for the full quality, its from http://greenbeltmovement.org/gallery.php, scroll down to media section and enter it. Its not free indeed. And according to internet archive it never looked different and never was free. --Martin H. (talk) 10:35, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
- That is why this should have been discussed in a more public space than this discussion page. I referred to the copyright status of the smaller image. Copyright applies to intellectual property, i.e. the image, not the medium and it's properties. If the high res image is protected I am not allowed to rescale it to the small size and release it in the public domain. The small size image therefore cannot be in the public domain when the hi res image is not. Only fair use covers such a situation but we don't allow that here. Jan Arkesteijn (talk) 11:17, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
- The small size can if a license was arragend for the small size. Such a license contract will allow anyone to reuse the small size, it will not have any implications on the full size. --Martin H. (talk) 11:30, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
- I disagree, based on the protection of the hi res image I am not allowed to scale it down to the exact smaller size. It is still protected. Even Peter Row can not put copyright on bits and bytes, only on the intellectual image. If he released the smaller size in the public domain, so did he do that for the hi res image. It is to bad the images where deleted so quietly. Jan Arkesteijn (talk) 11:41, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
- If you give a contract that anyone can reuse a version of 123x321px of the file then anyone can reuse a version of 123x321px of a file and not a larger version. If you ask a copyright holder to release a published file under a free license (example: "Can you provide a free licensing for http://greenbeltmovement.org/images/gal/s/gbmwm03.jpg?") then this license applies to the published file, not to any other publication of the file and not to unpublished versions. But it looks like the original uploader never got such a contract. In any possible case how the small size found its way to Wikimedia Commons, the later upload of the full size is copyright violation.
- If the source is free then we should have replaced the small size upload with the full size years ago already. Regretably the source is not free. I agree however that a more clear deletion reason was required. --Martin H. (talk) 11:49, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
- But you pass over in silence the contradiction. If I rescale the larger protected image to 123 by 321 pixels I have the exact same image but it is still protected because the source is. However, now I have two exactly the same images, one is protected, the other is not. It is a contradiction, that cannot exist, legally. Copyright is given for intellectual property, not bits and bytes, paper and ink, etc. Jan Arkesteijn (talk) 12:20, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
- I disagree, based on the protection of the hi res image I am not allowed to scale it down to the exact smaller size. It is still protected. Even Peter Row can not put copyright on bits and bytes, only on the intellectual image. If he released the smaller size in the public domain, so did he do that for the hi res image. It is to bad the images where deleted so quietly. Jan Arkesteijn (talk) 11:41, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
- The small size can if a license was arragend for the small size. Such a license contract will allow anyone to reuse the small size, it will not have any implications on the full size. --Martin H. (talk) 11:30, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
- That is why this should have been discussed in a more public space than this discussion page. I referred to the copyright status of the smaller image. Copyright applies to intellectual property, i.e. the image, not the medium and it's properties. If the high res image is protected I am not allowed to rescale it to the small size and release it in the public domain. The small size image therefore cannot be in the public domain when the hi res image is not. Only fair use covers such a situation but we don't allow that here. Jan Arkesteijn (talk) 11:17, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
- 1. I discovered the copyright issue last month when the image appeared on the English Wikipedia's main page. At that point, I contacted the user who uploaded it there in 2005. (User:Get It merely transferred the file to Commons.)
- I finally heard back from that individual, who has a history of image copyright problems and possesses no recollection of the file's unstated source. Having scoured the Web last month (which brought me to the same high-resolution version later uploaded by Jan), I found no indication that any form of the photograph ever was released into the public domain. (All such claims are based on our PD tag.)
- 2. As of last night, both files were in use. I assume that someone subsequently orphaned the newer one.
- Note that I also visited every listed page, purged several dozen caches to fix broken transclusions, and edited pages to correct the sizing wherever I knew how to. (Template syntax varies from wiki to wiki.)
- 3. My apologies for not making the situation clearer. As you cited the original file's copyright status as the basis for the PD claim, Jan, I assumed that you would understand that the deletions in no way reflected on you. —David Levy 12:47, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you for the research, and if uploader doesn't know, then we have to assume the image is protected by copyright, so deletion is justified. I thought it was strange, though, that it happened without leaving any notifications. Under the given circumstances, the discussion about the copyright status of an image, which has a copy released in the public domain, will bleed to death, unfortunately. Jan Arkesteijn (talk) 17:56, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
- In retrospect, it would have been helpful if I'd left a message on your talk page (noting that I was in touch with the original uploader and explaining the copyright problem's nature). I apologize for not taking the time to do that. —David Levy 19:55, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you for the research, and if uploader doesn't know, then we have to assume the image is protected by copyright, so deletion is justified. I thought it was strange, though, that it happened without leaving any notifications. Under the given circumstances, the discussion about the copyright status of an image, which has a copy released in the public domain, will bleed to death, unfortunately. Jan Arkesteijn (talk) 17:56, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
File:Cmglee ArcelorMittal Orbit.jpg[edit]
Does this still need to be protected? It doesn't seem to be on the main page anymore. 99.144.114.54 03:58, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
Viscount of Rio Branco[edit]
It was not you the the person who scanned the file. It was I. It was not you the one who uploaded the file. It was I. If you believe that you prefer the photo cropped, wonderful. That's not everyone's else opinion. If you really want it cropped, then you may upload the photo in a new file and ask on the articles which the files are presently being used to use you new version. In case you are unware, you don't push your views through other people's throat. You don't revert what the original uploader did, who is the very same person who created the article about the Viscount of Rio Branco and successfully nominated to Featured Article. You talk, you discuss, you listen. That's how it works. --Lecen (talk) 19:54, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
- We typically maintain multiple image versions with significantly different compositions/content. It's perfectly normal to perform minor tweaks to an existing file.
- You don't own the file or have special authority to control it. However, I respect your opinions and have made a sincere attempt to solicit them.
- You reverted my contribution without explanation (as though it was vandalism), at which point I attempted to discuss the matter with you. You ignored my message. Only then did I revert. —David Levy 21:04, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
Help: no-FoP Italy
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Hi. When you have a moment, could you do me a favor. I decided to occupy my time to list the no-FoP files in Italy. It has been a long and difficult work that needs to be reviewed by administrators. Please, could you check if everything is correct on User:Raoli/Deletion requests/FoP Italy? Thanks! Raoli ✉ (talk) 00:23, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
File:Adidas Jabulani Gold (1).jpg[edit]
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Eleassar (t/p) 15:34, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
File:Rory McIlroy.jpg[edit]
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The file you added may soon be deleted. If you believe this file is not a copyright violation, you may replace the copyvio tag with a regular deletion request. Wikimedia Commons takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.
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Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 22:09, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
Commons:Auto-protected files/wikipedia/en[edit]
Hi, No need to protect files by hand because used on enwiki main page. This will be done by bot. Regards --Steinsplitter (talk) 12:21, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
- Images appearing in the English Wikipedia's In the news section are an exception. The other main page sections' images usually are determined beforehand and transcluded on a KrinkleBot-monitored page 24 hours in advance. Conversely, the In the news section has no schedule or preplanned content, so its image is subject to change at any time. As a result, the cascade-protection (via Commons:Auto-protected files/wikipedia/en) does not begin immediately; KrinkleBot sometimes takes hours (up to half a day, in fact) to update the page. Therefore, manual protection is necessary, at least temporarily. —David Levy 19:26, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
- Creating something like Commons:Auto-protected files/by hand (enwiki)? --Steinsplitter (talk) 19:30, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
- That might be a good idea, especially if we could arrange for KrinkleBot to automatically remove images from the page after adding them to Commons:Auto-protected files/wikipedia/en.
- Alternatively, perhaps KrinkleBot could simply unprotect files tagged with the {{enwiki main page}} template after cascade-protecting them. —David Levy 20:11, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
File:Robert Fico.jpg[edit]
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Rudko (talk) 00:56, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
Invisible Bird[edit]
About this Commons:Undeletion requests/Archive/2015-04#File:Invisible Bird.svg:
Your reply to my queary did not address its main point, merely reinstating the deletion rationale. You did explain that there is no deletion request discussion because it was a speedy deletion, but that worsens the case even more: There is nothing about file deletion, I repeat, in Commons:Vandalism, and there is noting about (this kind of) vandalism, I add now, in Commons:Criteria for speedy deletion.
The image now in en:File:Invisible bird.jpg is perfectly suitable for Commons and your speedy deletion of it was a mistake. (I will not, however, file in a new undeletion request because the admin who closed this one will surely find an excuse to block me, again.)
However I would like you to futurely consider the difference between images (or files in general) that are used to vandalize pages in other projects (or even pages in Commons), either uploaded by vandals or not, and files used for vandalism which are worth of deletion, usually for copyvio and/or offscopeness. To be clear, an example: Almost every image under, say, Category:Animal feces could be (and probably was or will be) used to vandalize unrelated pages, yet that is not reason enough to delete any of them.
-- Tuválkin ✉ 12:09, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
Your reply to my queary did not address its main point, merely reinstating the deletion rationale.
- Perhaps you overlooked the piped link to Commons:Deletion policy, which I quoted. The image "was uploaded with the intent to be used solely for purposes of vandalism". Its creator probably would have preferred to upload the file as a new version of the one from which it was derived (thereby attracting less scrutiny), but protection prevented that.
You did explain that there is no deletion request discussion because it was a speedy deletion, but that worsens the case even more: There is nothing about file deletion, I repeat, in Commons:Vandalism,
- See above and below.
and there is noting about (this kind of) vandalism, I add now, in Commons:Criteria for speedy deletion.
- The file was "content intended as vandalism". It was created explicitly and exclusively for the purpose of vandalizing an English Wikipedia article (that day's featured article, no less).
The image now in en:File:Invisible bird.jpg is perfectly suitable for Commons and your speedy deletion of it was a mistake.
- The Wikimedia Commons isn't an indiscriminate repository of freely licensed media. As explained at Commons:Project scope, a file "must be realistically useful for an educational purpose". Please explain how the image in question meets that requirement.
- Currently, the file to which you linked is transcluded solely in a snapshot of the vandalized article, the creator of which labeled it unsuitable "for any research or serious use".
However I would like you to futurely consider the difference between images (or files in general) that are used to vandalize pages in other projects (or even pages in Commons), either uploaded by vandals or not, and files used for vandalism which are worth of deletion, usually for copyvio and/or offscopeness.
- How, in your view, does the image in question fall within the project's scope?
To be clear, an example: Almost every image under, say, Category:Animal feces could be (and probably was or will be) used to vandalize unrelated pages,
- That's why the bad image list exists (though I've never agreed with that name, as the images aren't inherently "bad").
yet that is not reason enough to delete any of them.
- Those images are realistically useful for educational purposes. —David Levy 23:49, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
- You're very welcome. Thanks for taking the time to discuss this with me. —David Levy 03:28, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
Can you restore File:Rostraver Ice Garden.jpg?[edit]
Hello David Levy. I asked the owner of the image on Flickr to send an e-mail for allowing me to use the image for wikipedia commons and so he did sent to permissions-commons-at-wikimedia.org. Can you restore the image File:Rostraver Ice Garden.jpg? Thanks. Jocelyndurrey (talk) 16:58, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
A brownie for you![edit]
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A cut brownie for you nice crop of File:Swetlana Alexijewitsch 2013 cropped.jpg. Good eye for details! w.carter-Talk 18:23, 8 October 2015 (UTC) |
File:English Wikipedia five million articles heading.png[edit]
Theres a error you forgot the Wikipedia globe
- That's intentional. The file is for use in a context in which a wide image is needed. Including the globe would make it too tall (thereby forcing the use of an undesirably small image size). —David Levy 11:31, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
File:Sheikh Nemer Baqir Al-Nemer by Talkhandak.jpg[edit]
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Ellin Beltz (talk) 16:29, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
Wordmarks for catalan version[edit]
Hi David,
I have seen you are one of the authors of these files: File:Wikipedia 15 globe wordmark.svg and File:Wordmark Europe-2.svg. I would ask if it's possible you could translate and publish the same files in Catalan, changing the "WIKIPEDIA15" text to "VIQUIPÈDIA15". I have previously contacted with User:Outstandy (he's a WMF designer), but it seems he's not active.
We do not have any wordmark in our language and it would be great having these ones, and if would be possible too, having an own design like the Sagrada Família, a "barretina" or a charicature of Salvador Dalí would be fantastic to promote our activities. Do you think you can help us?
I would like to remark that I have tried doing it myself with Inskcape but I can't get anything decent... Thank you very much! --Xavier D. (Messages) 21:15, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
Danny Willett picture[edit]
Hi David,
You have recently updated Danny Willett's page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Willett
While I am a heavy Wikipedia user, I've never invested the time to contribute. Something I'd like to change since a few years now. I've tried several times and never found how to make it work hassle free. Is there a tutorial somewhere explaining what it takes to get the ball rolling ?
What do you think of updating Danny's page with a recent picture? The one you'll be able to download from here https://audemarspiguet.picturepark.com/Go/mb1M2XPf is free of rights. It has been shot during the Audemars Piguet Golf Invitational in Dubai in November 2015.
Kind Regards, Mark
Cascading protection[edit]
Hello, Please remove canscading protection on the following pages:
Cascading protection will protect all used templates, etc. So it isn't a good idea to keep test pages protected in this way, specially in the file namespace (full list). Thanks & best --Steinsplitter (talk) 11:31, 14 August 2016 (UTC)
- Done. Incidentally, the testing related to this bug. —David Levy 16:06, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
File:Toysruslogo 2007.jpg[edit]
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Kopiersperre (talk) 16:07, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
"Lutzow" illustration[edit]
Hey David, I saw you uploaded a new version of this image with much higher resolution here. Unfortunately, the file is mis-titled and it's the original source at fault (see for instance here and my talk page here, where it was discussed last year). Could you rename the one you uploaded and redirect the other one as redundant? Thanks. Parsecboy (talk) 21:15, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
- Parsecboy: Thanks for advising me of the issue. I think I have everything in order now, but please let me know if I made any mistakes. —David Levy 20:06, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
Copyright status: File:Chinese - Flask - Walters 491632 (square).jpg[edit]
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Thanks for uploading File:Chinese - Flask - Walters 491632 (square).jpg. I notice that the file page either doesn't contain enough information about the license or it contains contradictory information about the license, so the copyright status is unclear.
If you created this file yourself, then you must provide a valid copyright tag. For example, you can tag it with {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}} to release it under the multi-license GFDL plus Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike All-version license or you can tag it with {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. (See Commons:Copyright tags for the full list of license tags that you can use.) If you did not create the file yourself or if it is a derivative of another work that is possibly subject to copyright protection, then you must specify where you found it (e.g. usually a link to the web page where you got it), you must provide proof that it has a license that is acceptable for Commons (e.g. usually a link to the terms of use for content from that page), and you must add an appropriate license tag. If you did not create the file yourself and the specific source and license information is not available on the web, you must obtain permission through the OTRS system and follow the procedure described there. Note that any unsourced or improperly licensed files will be deleted one week after they have been marked as lacking proper information, as described in criteria for deletion. If you have uploaded other files, please confirm that you have provided the proper information for those files, too. If you have any questions about licenses please ask at Commons:Village pump/Copyright or see our help pages. Thank you. |
JuTa 15:58, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
- JuTa: I included the {{Walters Art Museum license}} tag. Unfortunately, the {{Walters Art Museum artwork}} template's permission parameter was disabled without explanation (as part of an edit in which an OTRS ticket was inserted) on 13 May 2012. The template's documentation was never updated and continued to specify permission as a valid parameter.
- I just re-enabled the parameter, resulting in the license tag's proper display at File:Chinese - Flask - Walters 491632 (square).jpg. (Please self-revert accordingly.)
- In the interim, any files whose license tags were provided via that parameter – whether uploaded before or after it was disabled – appeared to lack proper licensing information. I worry that this may have resulted in various images' accidental deletion over the past several years.
- Pinging Kaldari regarding this issue, in case similar changes occurred elsewhere. —David Levy 00:11, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks for fixing that! Most of the Walters images were using {{Walters Art Museum license}} in the licensing section below {{Walters Art Museum artwork}}, so I don't imagine that it affected a huge number of images. Good to have it working correctly, though, just in case. Kaldari (talk) 18:48, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
File:William Punohu White.jpg[edit]
Can you create your version as File:William Punohu White (square).jpg or something like that? I prefer the png oval portrait to stay on the main article. We can retain your version for the DYK main page promotion though...I also do not understand why you would change the color for File:William Punohu White, facing left.jpg, so I'm going to revert that one. I'm asking Quibik to help me do a minor cleaning for that one up later when he/she is free. --KAVEBEAR (talk) 03:57, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
- KAVEBEAR: I cleaned up the image extensively. The change to sepia tone (matching the infobox photograph) was incidental and can be omitted from that version. —David Levy 04:42, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
- It just seem to me that the change are a bit more extensive than I want for the image since I was only looking for someone light touch ups; it has to do with the change to the brightness/tone surrounding his skin color which I feel at odd with. I can wait to see what Quibik may have to say about it for now on the second image. Is there anyway to retain the original tone? And as for the first image File:William Punohu White.jpg, I can now see the advantage of the square image but still rather if it was created as a derivative file. Thanks.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 05:15, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
- KAVEBEAR:Do you have in mind a particular use case for the oval version in the JPEG format? (I ask because it lacks the PNG's transparency.) —David Levy 05:18, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
- Regarding File:William Punohu White, facing left.jpg, I just adjusted the levels. Is that what you had in mind? —David Levy 05:27, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
- KAVEBEAR: Please elaborate on both points. —David Levy 19:27, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
File:HMS Spiteful under way.jpg[edit]
Hi, thanks for paying attention to this image. However, a couple of points: I would appreciate an explanation as to why you think the change in colour is necessary, as I would rather this be per the original photograph in my possession; and I note that, whereas the original omits the top of the mast but includes an indication of a pennant flying from it, the latest version does not show this. As this image is currently set to appear on English WP's main page in a couple of days – perhaps that is why you have looked at it – I'd be grateful for an early reply. Thanks. Nortonius (talk) 13:51, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
- Nortonius: I've attempted to address your concerns (including the omission of the pennant, which I mistook for a smudge). If you prefer, feel free to revert. (I believe that this is possible, despite the cascading protection. If not, you can leave a request here.) Apologies for any distress caused. —David Levy 18:25, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
File:Artist’s impression of the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system.jpg[edit]
Since you protected this file and I can't do it, could you move it to proper Category:TRAPPIST-1? Szczureq (talk) 09:24, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
- Done. —David Levy 22:52, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
I am user Hungarian David Biro. I would like to write an email to yo ( davbiro@gmail.com )
File:Voronenkov.jpg[edit]
Hello. You've recently deleted File:Voronenkov.jpg, claiming it was produced by RFE/RL, not VOA. I'm curious as to how you came to this conclusion, given that the video, found here, was produced by Chastime, which is a rather obvious VOA program? If multiple VOA markings in the video itself weren't a clue? СССР (talk) 15:13, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
- Hello, СССР. Please see my reply at Commons:Undeletion requests/Current requests#File:Voronenkov.jpg.
- In the future, you might want to scan the aforementioned markings more carefully before suggesting that someone else missed an obvious clue. —David Levy 19:09, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
- You're right, after digging around some more, I realized the clip wasn't produced by VOA indeed. My apologies. СССР (talk) 22:53, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
- No problem. Thanks for following up. —David Levy 23:05, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
- You're right, after digging around some more, I realized the clip wasn't produced by VOA indeed. My apologies. СССР (talk) 22:53, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
File:Lorna Hodgkinson Harvard.jpg[edit]
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Seattle (talk) 00:36, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
Notification about possible deletion[edit]
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Affected:
Yours sincerely, Slangcamms (talk) 03:01, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
File:Saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan (cropped).jpg[edit]
Just letting you know that the source file you cropped this from has been deleted so I'm guessing you'd want to delete this one too. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 16:01, 29 August 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads-up. I see that the speedy deletion has been undone to continue the deletion request. I'll watch for the outcome and apply the decision to the cropped version. —David Levy 19:45, 29 August 2017 (UTC)
File:Lorna Hodgkinson Harvard (cropped).jpg[edit]
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Seattle (talk) 15:36, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
Commons Conference project[edit]
Hello
I'm writing you as one of the most active Commons users right now. Since a while now, the idea of a dedicated Commons conference has been floating around. But since the last Wikimania concrete steps have been taken to actually make it happen next year. If you're interested in participation or maybe willing to help organize the first ever Commons Conference, I invite you to check out the project page and leave your comments; or just show your support for the idea, by signing up.
Cheers,
--Touzrimounir (talk) 22:13, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
Einladung zum Mitmachen bei Wiki Loves Monuments 2017[edit]
File:2017 Total Solar Eclipse (NHQ201708210100) - square crop.jpg[edit]
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B dash (talk) 08:18, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
Files deleted by Jcb[edit]
Hallo, David. I've seen that you have undeleted 2017 Total Solar Eclipse (NHQ201708210100).jpg. Can you undelete the rest of my files too, which were deleted by Jcb? I would appreciate when you could conclude the above linked undeletion request. Thank you --Ras67 (talk) 01:49, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
Request for image cropping[edit]
Hello David Levy, can you crop this file File:Wings.jpg as File:Awie (Wings).jpg to only focus on Awie? 60.54.88.175 05:57, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
- 60.54.88.175: How's this? —David Levy 10:34, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
- Ok. Can you crop this file File:Chatime and WeChat.jpg as File:Shaheizy Sam (Chatime and WeChat).jpg and File:Lisa Surihani (Chatime and WeChat).jpg respectively, to only focus on Shaheizy Sam and Lisa Surihani? 175.145.180.223 14:38, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
File:Future film.svg[edit]
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195.3.134.7 12:44, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
Notification about possible deletion[edit]
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Affected:
And also:
Yours sincerely, --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 21:42, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
File:BlankMap-World-alt.png[edit]
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Jcb (talk) 00:29, 6 May 2018 (UTC)
File:Manis temminckii (29600162001).jpg[edit]
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Storkk (talk) 17:43, 13 June 2018 (UTC)
Font used[edit]
Hello,
We are nearing 2 million articles on the Wikipedia in French and considering to use a special logo inspired from File:English Wikipedia five million articles heading.png, which you happen to have posted here. However, the font used in this PNG image isn't the same than the one used in the sources. Could you please fill us about the name of this font so we can use it too ? Thanks in advance. :) J. N. Squire (talk) 12:15, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
- J. N. Squire: Apologies for the lateness of my response. (I somehow overlooked your message.) Regrettably, I don't know what font was used or recall why it differed from other versions.
- In any event, I see that you've reached the milestone and created a suitable logo to celebrate. Congratulations! Sorry again that I wasn't able to help. —David Levy 20:35, 8 July 2018 (UTC)