File talk:AugustePiccardandPaulKipfer.jpg

I think that the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License permission has been acknowledged by Wiki permissions (ticket #2007102410010921). Here is the copy of my correspondence with the Leman Museum and with Wiki permissions.Electricmic (talk) 15:33, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Re: [Ticket#2007102410010921] Fwd: Permission/License for Piccard & Kipfer image
from Permissions - Wikimedia Commons <permissions-commons@wikimedia.org>
to Michael Flynn <electricmic@gmail.com>,
cc "Flynn, me" <electricmic@gmail.com>,
date Oct 24, 2007 4:23 PM
subject Re: [Ticket#2007102410010921] Fwd: Permission/License for Piccard & Kipfer image
mailed-by wikimedia.org

Dear Michael Flynn,
Thank you for your mail.

"Michael Flynn" <electricmic@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Wiki volunteer advisors,
> I have never uploaded an image to Wiki before but I'll figure that out
> today. First though, I think I have secured the appropriate permission from
> the image owner as detailed in the correspondence below. Please let me know
> if you agree that it is now OK to upload the image.
> Michael Flynn
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Pilet Veronique <veronique.pilet@nyon.ch>
> Date: Oct 24, 2007 10:07 AM
> Subject: RE: License for Piccard & Kipfer image
> To: Michael Flynn <electricmic@gmail.com>
>
> Dear Mister Flynn,
>
> It's OK, you could use the image of Piccard and Kipfer with Wikipedia in
> using the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.We have see the details
> at the link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/, and it's OK for
> us.
> With my best regards,
>
> Véronique Pilet · Assistante conservatrice - Responsable du centre de
> documentation
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> VILLE DE NYON
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> MUSÉES
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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Michael Flynn [1]
> Envoyé : samedi, 20 octobre 2007 17:38
> À : Pilet Veronique
> Cc : Flynn, me
> Objet : License for Piccard & Kipfer image
>
>
> Dear Véronique Pilet,
> I sent your letter of limited permission to Wikipedia and it was
> rejected because it is too restrictive. I have researched the license
> options. The license that is closest to your stated desire, and is
> also accepted by Wikipedia, is Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 which
> allows anyone to copy and use the image if they properly credit the
> photo owner. See the details at this link:
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
>
> Sharing your image with the world would increase the popularity of the
> charismatic Dr. Piccard. He is my science hero. I think I would have
> liked him based on the research I did which was motivated by viewing
> your image. I imagine that he knows that he looks odd in his big
> helmet and yet, he is posing with dignity; he must have had a great
> sense of humor to match his intrepid sense of adventure.
> I am new to Wikipedia contribution and editing. I am amazed that a
> worldwide group of volunteers can produce such an extensive and
> evolving collection of knowledge and maintain such high quality. I
> think this is proof of the intrinsic goodness of human nature:
> Earnest contributors vastly outnumber and overwhelm the
> bad-intentioned, vandal-contributors to the Wikipedia project, which
> is open to absolutely anyone that wants to contribute their expertise!
> I hope you agree to share the image of Piccard and Kipfer with
> Wikipedia using the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. I have
> included for you the correspondence that I received from the
> experienced Wikipedia volunteer whom reluctantly had to reject my
> submission as too restrictive.
> Thanks for your time and consideration,
> Michael Flynn
>
>

But what I really want to know...

I temporarily broke things while trying to make the angle brackets and line breaks work right in this quoted email; belatedly, I realized I could have solved this by inserting a "pre" tag, but I think I've messed with things enough already. I am chastened and humbled by the experience.

But what I REALLY want to know is: What's with the funny hats? rowley (talk) 16:29, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Funny ... hats? Funny hats?! You mean their high tech cranial percussive preventers? They're helmets, not funny hats, how dare you, you knave! :O I too was perplexed, I'd never quite seen such a strange thing on someones head before, but a bit of google-fu has led me to believe they're what passed for primitive helmets in those days, and given these men are scientists you could see why they would want to protect their brain above all else. :P Hope this alleviates the mystery for you! BaSH PR0MPT (talk) 23:47, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]