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FFD

Thanks for cleaning up after me on FFD. :) kmccoy (talk) 17:28, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Happy to help! :) Usually the bot adds the closing tags, but when a discussion has a nonstandard section header it can't figure them out. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 17:29, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

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Re: List of films based on war books — 1775–1898
Hi there,
Drilbot likes to break my page. I believe it's done it before.
Drilbot does odd things like re-ordering my footnotes by "name of footnote" or some such algorithm. My footnotes now are ordered, either chronologically, or by order of importance. They really don't need to be randomly sorted by some bot out of the blue, which puts inconsequential footnotes ahead of important ones. The current order was done that way for a good reason. When the bot lists something trivial first, it makes me, the page editor, look like some species of nincompoop.
Thanks, Varlaam (talk) 20:06, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

For clarity's sake, the bot appears (correct me if I'm wrong) to take this:
refname=B Won the Nobel Prize.
refname=A Won the Fanboy Award at the 2008 Buffy Con.
... and change it to this:
refname=A Won the Fanboy Award at the 2008 Buffy Con.
refname=B Won the Nobel Prize.
... which is why I prefer to see the original order.
The bot reorders references so that the superscript numbers in the page are in order... in this case, with the Gone with the Wind refs, it put them so that it read [47][65], which looks better than [65][47]. However, if there is a good reason for keeping the refs in a certain order, you can add {{bots|deny=AWB}} to the page, which should disallow AWB-bots from editing the page (DrilBot uses AWB, so the template would deny its access). –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 21:15, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
Ah, that's interesting. Do we have any degree of control over the auto-generated numbering scheme? Can I fix a certain footnote to be #100 while the remainder auto-generate?
Blanket exclusions tend to be overkill.
Varlaam (talk) 23:08, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
That isn't possible to my knowledge... I think it would also become even more confusing, adding a "num" parameter or somesuch to cite.php similar to "name"... adding more code, and making it even less newbie-friendly. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 23:27, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

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Question + other stuff

Hi Drilnoth. Your FA nomination with the NWN2 expansion inspired me to try one too and I guess we came to the same result - but the articles are better, so that's consolation... Anyway, I wanted to ask what you think an appropriate timeframe would be if one were to decide to perhaps try again, I can't find that. And another thing, I didn't get a response from the board so would you give me your opinion on this, please? I wonder if the way I asked was too oblique, but you'll understand. Thanks! Hekerui (talk) 00:18, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Okay; I'll take a look. Anyway, it says at WP:FAC "If a nomination is archived, the nominator should take adequate time to work on resolving issues before re-nominating—typically at least a few weeks." My feeling, for NWN2:MOW, is to wait two months or so before renominating. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 15:17, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for responding., but I don't understand your answer. The people in the video are not what I'm having thoughts about including, but the song, because I may recognize it but other's can't verify it unless I would make an argument which would be OR, right? It's really not a major issue but I wonder for a while how much one has to source "obvious" things - though the "obviousness" of this is debateable, you know what I mean? The German 'pedia is another extreme, I had to remove most references so the article was even suitable for DYK. Regards Hekerui (talk) 18:23, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
Oh... well then I'm befuzzled by your question. Do you think you could try rewording your initial query? –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 18:43, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for being so considerate but I think now this can be handled because one can add a link to the article Raga Jog in the description line and the "definition" in there sufficiently identifies what is played in case there's doubt (yay). Hekerui (talk) 21:31, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Drilbot capitalization in clean up

Hi, I'm not sure if this had been reported yet. I scanned your talk page archives and didn't notice anything immediately. It may have already been noticed and fixed, but it seems that Drilbot did some wonky capitalization in categories and stub templates, e.g. diff. Wondered if any other edits around that time also broke categories and stubs. Thought I'd leave a heads up. Cheers, Rkitko (talk) 03:05, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Ooh... that's not good. I'll report it to the AWB programmers. Thank you for the heads up! –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 01:10, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Icewind Dale II/GA1

Hey man, could you have a look at File:Icewind dale II box shot 211.jpg and File:IcewindDaleII IsometricsView.jpg per the GA review? Thanks! BOZ (talk) 02:54, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Sure; I'll take a look. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 01:08, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

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Fair-use rational?

I see that you edited File:WilsonMcCoyDraws.JPG here but you did not question the fair-use rational purpose which I think is rather weak. What do you think? ww2censor (talk) 18:19, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

I had just been making the template work right (it had looked like this), and hadn't really studied the FUR. Since the subject is not a living person (he died in 1961 according to the article), the image's use seems reasonable, since it can't really be replaced. I just don't know quite what to put for the FUR. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 19:05, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
Indeed I noticed what you had done and just wondered what you thought about the rationale. No problem. Cheers ww2censor (talk) 19:59, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

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The report form for Dazzle! looks really good :). I'm looking forward to trying it out. - Kingpin13 (talk) 20:17, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! As I said, please keep an eye on what it does until we can be sure it is stable with edit conflicts and all. If you have any other ideas for how I cam make the form better (e.g., any other radio buttons which could be commonly used), just let me know. As I said, I don't do much anti-vandalism stuff, so I really wasn't sure what all would be good as default reasons. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 20:22, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
Will do, and thanks for all the time you're putting into Dazzle :). - Kingpin13 (talk) 20:33, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

ANATROLLER robot picture on robots page

I put the licence how you like it this time drillnoth everyone can use it, but they have to give us credit, and to ensure this it says our company name at the bottom. What do you mean by possilby unfree? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Canadiansteve (talk • contribs) 19:25, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Drillnoth i made a new image with the logo in it twice, which contains the exact same image as before you can see it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ARI-100_br.png tell me if you think that one is better to post. The same free license for that one but user must accredit us. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Canadiansteve (talk • contribs) 20:08, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
I've responded at the Possibly Unfree Files discussion in order to avoid splitting the conversation; see Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2009 October 30#File:ANATROLLER ARI-100 Duct cleaning and Inspection robot.png. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 21:02, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Hello,

I noticed on the usability wiki that you reported the same problem that I was having: the navigable table of contents was showing up blank on all en.wp pages under Firefox 3.5.X. Since the NTOC worked for me on the test wiki, but not here, I got curious. After some testing, it appears to me that both the Twinkle and Friendly gadgets are conflicting with the NTOC. If you have either of these gadgets enabled, please disable them and try to edit a page again. Let me know what happens.--Danaman5 (talk) 15:35, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Hmm... that's interesting. I'll try that (now that I'm using Dazzle! for most of those functions, I don't really need either of them much). Thanks! –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 21:50, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

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Template:$

As you had participated in the original RfD for Template:$, you may be interested to know that the deletion has been overturned at deletion review because of a procedural problem, with the redirect being re-listed here.--Tikiwont (talk) 14:08, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

File:BBENS412.png

Could you revert this image to one that is large enough to allow text and the details of the user interface to be easily read, please?

A user has complained at WT:NFC that, reduced this small, it is no longer achieving the purpose for which fair use is being claimed. Jheald (talk) 17:19, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Never mind. Milburn says he's dealt with it. Jheald (talk) 17:29, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Planescape TFA

Hey man,

Since you've been kind of intermittant lately, I'm going to just try to grab the first open spot I see on the request page. If you can beat me to it, then so much the better. :) BOZ (talk) 12:30, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

You go right ahead; I've been really busy in Real Life™ recently. I'll try to keep my eye on what's going on and will try to comment on any TFAs if it seems relevant to do so. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 16:35, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
Totally understandable. :) Be back when it's good for you! BOZ (talk) 03:18, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

It's up and ready to go! :) Of course, it's likely the first replaceable one, so let's hope it can stay up! Competition can be fierce... BOZ (talk) 20:51, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

User:Salavat

Here's one you might be interested in looking at. His RFA brought up a number of issues regarding images, and I recommended you as a potential helping hand in straightening out what he might need to know. BOZ (talk) 04:59, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

Okay; thanks for the note. I'll be happy to help if he has any questions. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 23:00, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

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St.Thomas Church, Palyar

This artcile was at the head of que along with other 7 artciles. But it has not appeared on the Main page. Is there a problem?

I'm sorry... could you clarify what you mean? I really don't do any work with TFA. Might I suggest talking with Raul654, the featured articles director, instead? –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 02:04, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Star Trek insignia

Hello, I am not here very often and missed the whole part about my images being up for deletion. I would like you to un-delete them so that I can add the appropriate fair use rationales and keep them in the article. They are as follows: 

   * File:Captainflans44.jpg
   * File:Commanderflans44.jpg
   * File:Lt Comm alternate.jpg
   * File:Lt Comm.jpg
   * File:Rear Admiral flans44.jpg
   * File:Starfleetinsig real.jpg


Thank you, --Flans44 (talk) 04:49, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Restored; if proper rationales aren't added in seven days or so, I'll redelete them. If you need more time than that, let me know. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 22:29, 13 November 2009 (UTC)


Thanks! I'll let you know! --Flans44 (talk) 22:28, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks again Drilnoth. I have now added the required rationales. Please let me know if there is anything else you see that I would need to do to keep these files active. Also, Starfleetinsig real.jpg is still showing as deleted. Can you also undelete that file as well? Thanks! --Flans44 (talk) 07:48, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 Done –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 23:30, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Just irritating

I occasionally try to add something to wikipedia. I only log in about once every 3 months, tops.

However it is no longer fun or interesting to do. I've had too many attempts to contribute reverted. Yours is the last straw. It's just depressing and makes wikipedia an unrewarding experience. If there is more information required to add when I upload a picture then it should be part of the upload process, rather than coming back several months later to discover all my little contributions reverted. I don't have the time to keep checking back to defend my contributions.

I'm going to stop my monthly donation to Wikipedia as a result of your actions. I have more useful ways to spend my time and money. Elseware (talk) 18:16, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Ii am sorry that you feel this way. We try to make the image upload process as easy as it can be (so as to avoid scaring away potential uploaders), while also making sure that all the needed information is present. I believe that the Wikimedia Foundation is working on making the upload form better, but no changes have been made yet because of it. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 23:28, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

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Dazzle!

Hey Drilnoth. Regarding the different options for reasons to report users in Dazzle! Would it be possible to add something for inappropriate page creations ("inappropriate page creations after final warning"?), and attacks against other users. Also, I stole your header for a tool I'm developing, I know it's pretty much just a table, but hope you don't mind :) - Kingpin13 (talk) 17:28, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Sure; I'll try and put those two in. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 15:33, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
Should be  Done. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 15:42, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Nice gadget

I just added that gadget that puts the edit links next to the section headers. Very, very, cool. Someday it will just be SOP. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 06:11, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! It's really just kept in my userspace; I didn't do much of any of the coding. I don't understand why it isn't the default at this point... it seems so much easier to use. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 15:32, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Vital Articles

Hi, I stumbled across this project earlier today and have a few questions:

  1. What is the relationship between WP:VIT and WP:VA?
  2. Why does the project banner not mention or link to the project?
  3. Why does the project page display the assessment data gathered by {{WP1.0}} rather than {{VA}}? (And with both banners being used to tag "vital articles", that kind of leads me back to my first question.)

Regards. PC78 (talk) 04:21, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, but its been a long time since I did anything with the project, but I'll answer what I can:
  1. WP:VA is a list of vital articles. WP:VIT is a project devoted to improving articles on the list.
  2. I honestly don't know; User:Quadell redesigned the banner so he might know, but I think he's been inactive for awhile now.
  3. Once again, I think that the banner redesign might have changed categories, so I'm not sure...
I'm sorry that I can't be of more help; I've been busy in Real Life™ and also just haven't been watching the project too much... I think its mostly inactive (there wasn't much interest when I started it). –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 16:50, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

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Paul Jaquays

Paul Jaquays is a brand-new article, check it out! BOZ (talk) 00:57, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Wow... that's a pretty nice bio. Thanks for the note; I've responded at Harami2000's talk. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 03:27, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
Many thanks for checking, Drilnoth. I've added a DYK hook to Template talk:Did you know - if you could please give that a once-over and nudge if it looks like a good one to help project visibility in general. : )
I'll have a check on Peregrine's suggestion re. in-line artwork in the article, albeit somewhat wary following mass deletion of relevant pics from Dave Arneson's article by one editor out several tens of thousands of views. Dark Tower with a caption hook into Dork Tower (+citation) seems like a good option for that, perhaps.
Best wishes, David. Harami2000 (talk) 20:26, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

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Old image question

I have a question - maybe you know, and maybe you don't. Any idea why the image on File:Fr unapproachable east.jpg is unrestorable? Might be interesting to know if it's because the file is older than ones I've successfully restored. BOZ (talk) 08:29, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Also, check out all the stuff that's been going on at the wikiproject lately. :) BOZ (talk) 20:30, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

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Sort of a minor issue so...

...take your time to answer, I know you're busy. Not urgent or anything. Anyway, I shortened down the plot section at Ratchet: Deadlocked, but I didn't want to remove the {{plot}} tag without a second opinion. Do you think you could take a quick look at it? Thanks. Lord Spongefrog, (I am Czar of all Russias!) 12:16, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

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Nobel Prize

Hey! I saw you as a member on the Guild of Copy-Editors and am wondering if you could help me out with an article I am working on, the Nobel Prize. A quite important article since, many link to it etc. I think the content is starting to get good but it really needs some copy-editing which I apparently isn't suited for. Do you have any chance to help out? --Esuzu 21:52, 15 January 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Esuzu (talk • contribs)

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I wonder how easy it would be to add an option to this gadget, "toclinks" or somesuch, that would add a '↑' character to the right of the [Edit] text that would jump directly to the TOC on the current page. At the moment, I can't make heads or tails of JS, so I really have no idea. --King Öomie 16:22, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Adding such a link isn't that hard. But try pressing the Home key on your keyboard, it takes you to the top of the page in most web browsers.
--David Göthberg (talk) 20:11, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Hi Drilnoth. We are discussing to add some CSS in MediaWiki:Common.css that will interfere with how the left edit links gadget works. I have already tested a code fix for the gadget which worked fine. See discussion at MediaWiki talk:Common.css#Background-color for mw-headline:target.

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User:Drilnoth/delresized.js

Hi, I noticed you are not active atm. I have changed your User:Drilnoth/delresized.js script to use the edit API now. There were some troubles lately due to the introduction of the new editor. If you have any questions, please drop me a line. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 13:03, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Poke re AWB feature request

Please see my questions at Wikipedia_talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Feature_requests#Upload_date_detection_for_image_license_migration. Thanks Rjwilmsi 12:53, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Vital articles/Expanded

Could you have a look at Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Expanded#Mythical_and_fictional_figures_and_places - the formatting is not quite right. Regards SilkTork *YES! 00:39, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

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Request

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File:Shawn Spencer.jpg

I realize that this image has been deleted before. I've included the {{Non-free television screenshot}} template on the description page. If there is more that I should do to assert the validity of fair use for this image, please let me know. Thanks. ...but what do you think? ~BFizz 01:53, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

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I used to have a script that allowed me to search for dabs, but it seems to have disappeared from my script batch. I'm having trouble finding it. Would you point me in the right direction, please? Auntieruth55 (talk) 20:29, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

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Old bot edit

I just came upon this old edit by DrilBot, where it garbles several references and assigns them all the same name of "ReferenceA". On a very quick look at the bot's talk page I found no mention of this behavior, and if it hasn't been resolved in the past half year, it might be worth looking into. Yours, Huon (talk) 17:10, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Hmm... that's weird. I hadn't heard any reports of that; maybe it's because of the nonstandard citation format. Anyway, DrilBot is inactive at the moment (in part because I do hardly any editing, and in part because AutoWikiBrowser won't run on Linux), so there shouldn't be any other problems. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 23:15, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate

I completed your requested copy edit of Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate. Good luck with your next FAC! Torchiest (talk | contribs) 19:02, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! Now if only I had the time to renominated it. :/ –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 23:32, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

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Conflicted licensing on image File:Barlach Magdeburger Ehrenmal.jpg

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The file WRCBarnstar.png

Please see your commons talk page, because I have nominated the subject image for deletion. Jc3s5h (talk) 13:11, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Assessor Tags

Hello, Drilnoth. I found WP:ASSESSOR a little while back and thought it was a great idea. I have one request, though. I would like to implement WP:APPLE into the script, however I have no idea where to start. Could you help me?--mono 18:28, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

You may be able to do so by adding the following to Special:MyPage/vector.js (or wherever you put custom JS code).
if( typeof( assessortagsConfig ) == 'undefined' ) assessortagsConfig = {}; //DO NOT REMOVE THIS LINE-required for configuration
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Don't really know if that will work, but it would be the easiest way to do it if it does work; it's been a long time since I worked on that code. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 14:37, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks! However, I just found a problem: if a tag already exists, the script duplicates the †ag. Is the any way to get around this?
Not at this time... the page just needs to be checked before using the script to see if the banner is already on it. I'd implement checking functionality, but I don't have the time right now. IRL things and all. Sorry! –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 13:09, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

IRL

I hope your IRL is getting a bit more managable - been seeing ya around here more lately.  :) BOZ (talk) 04:29, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Seconded. Hekerui (talk) 09:38, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
Real Life™ is still busy for me. I'd just realized that I kind of have a responsibility to respond to legit questions on my talk page. When I was editing more I found it really annoying whenever I saw that an admin had done something I wanted to discuss, but then when I went to discuss it the admin would be inactive or not respond. The same can be said about most inactive users, but with admins it was particularly irksome. So, I'm just trying to respond to questions here. :) –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 15:56, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Grab some glory, and a barnstar

Hi, I'd like to invite you to participate in the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. In May, about 30 editors helped remove the {{copyedit}} tag from 1175 articles. The backlog is still over 7500 articles, and extends back to the beginning of 2008! We really need your help to reduce it. Copyediting just a couple articles can qualify you for a barnstar. Serious copyeditors can win prestigious and exclusive rewards. See the event page for more information. And thanks for your consideration. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 14:42, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Volleyball players

I have seen that you edited some volleyball articles. Some players articles, most of them looks outdated. I would like to improve players by country. Could you please choose a country to contribute with? Please take a look on Yekaterina Gamova, Hélia Souza, Serena Ortolani and Kenia Carcaces for a model to follow. Please can you please improve some volleyball players with infobox and some addons? References are very important. Let me know. Oscar987 22:54, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

If I've made any improvements to such articles, it's only been in passing (e.g., AWB edits). I really don't know much of anything about volleyball. Sorry I can't be of assistance! –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 14:09, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

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WP Images and Media in the Signpost

WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Images and Media for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Also, if you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 20:20, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

This was left at my talk page. I don't know if it's coming your way, but it certainly should be. :) I'll also see if I can catch Quadell's attention. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:26, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for mentioning this! Unfortunately I really don't have the time to work on some responses, but I'll try and check out the interview once it's done! –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 15:45, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

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Black Veil Brides

Hello, he forgives that it is a nuisance in your page of discussion, but it wanted to ask you if you can restore the article Black Veil Brides, I have assembled more sources and resources of information about the band, biography and current importance, but if your you have the base, please, he would ask you if you can answer this message to me. Thank you. ; UltraHeadShot (talk) 13:15, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Auto-Ed Bot?

Auto-ed is great, and I've never seen it make a change that wasn't an improvement. Why doesn't it run as a site-wide bot, cleaning up every article, say, weekly? If that is too broad, it could just run through the Wikicheck errors that indicate Auto-Ed. It seems like an obvious solution to a lot of little problems, I'm not sure why it hasn't happened already. Thanks. Ocaasi (talk) 22:18, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

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New image

Hi Drilnoth! I have uploaded a new image. Can you check is everything o.k. The image File:Central Europe, 814.jpg should have this tag: This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. And I made it This work has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder. This applies worldwide. Can you fix this if it needs to be fixed? Kebeta (talk) 20:30, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2010

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GOCE elections

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors

Elections are currently underway for our inaugural Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days: 00:01 UTC, Friday 1 December – 23:59 UTC, Tuesday 14 December. All GOCE members in good standing, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. There are six candidates vying for four positions. The candidate with the highest number of votes will become the Lead Coordinator, therefore, your vote really matters! Cast your vote today.

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GOCE Year-end Report

Season's Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors

We have reached the end of the year, and what a year it has been! The Guild of Copy Editors was full of activity, and we achieved numerous important milestones in 2010. Read all about these in the Guild's 2010 Year-End Report.

Highlights
  • Membership grows to 503 editors
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Get your copy of the Guild's 2010 Year-End Report here On behalf of the Guild, we take this opportunity to wish you Season's Greetings and Happy New Year. See you in 2011!
– Your Coordinators: S Masters (lead), Diannaa, The Utahraptor, and Tea with toast.

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Arsenal FC.svg

I don't know whom to ask, so I'm asking you. The SVG at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arsenal_FC.svg, when rendered at 200px, creates the proper Arsenal FC logo, but when rendered at any larger size, creates this >> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Arsenal_FC.svg/500px-Arsenal_FC.svg.png weird thing with two lines instead of a spoke in the wheel. What's it mean? I'd like a proper svg logo, and I can't find one anywhere. Vvneagleone (talk) 13:48, 3 January 2011 (UTC)


It renders the 200px image accurately enough. Vvneagleone (talk) 14:17, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

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March 2011 GAN backlog elimination drive a week away

WikiProject Good Articles will be running a GAN backlog elimination drive for the entire month of March. The goal of this drive is to bring the number of outstanding Good Article nominations down to below 50. This will help editors in restoring confidence to the GAN process as well as actively improving, polishing, and rewarding good content. If you are interested in participating in the drive, please place your name here. Awards will be given out to those who review certain numbers of GANs as well as to those who review the most. On behalf of my co-coordinator Wizardman, we hope we can see you in March. MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 00:27, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Video games Triple Crown

Your Majesty, Drilnoth, I am pleased to award this special edition triple crown to WikiProject Video games and its hardworking volunteers. – SMasters (talk) 09:15, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for all your hard work. May you wear the crowns well, and may the gamepad crown motivate you to press on with more outstanding articles. – SMasters (talk) 09:15, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

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WP:TWBUGS#316

Is the Twinkle bug WP:TWBUGS#316 still troubling you? — This, that, and the other (talk) 07:31, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

The Guild of Copy Editors – May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive

The Guild of Copy Editors invite you to participate in the May 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive began on May 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on May 31 at 23:59 (UTC). The goals of this backlog elimination drive are to eliminate as many articles as possible from the 2009 backlog and to reduce the overall backlog by 15%. ! NEW ! In an effort to encourage the final elimination of all 2009 articles, we will be tracking them on the leaderboard for this drive.

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A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants. Some are exclusive to GOCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page.

We look forward to meeting you on the drive! Your GOCE coordinators: SMasters, Diannaa, Tea with toast, Chaosdruid, and Torchiest

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Thank you

Thank you for this. When I added the two new entries, I didn't know how to generate the actual running count thingy. I've been watching it, hoping someone would come along to fix it. Thank you. LordVetinari (talk) 15:36, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Happy to help! I'm fairly good with simple templates (used to be able to do some more complex stuff, but that was a while ago), so feel free to let me know if there's any others you'd like help with. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 23:08, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you. I may one day need some advice with Template:Australia topic but I'm not sure whether I want to change it or how or whether it should be changed. Anyway, thanks again... LordVetinari (talk) 14:20, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

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The Wikipedia Guild of Copy-Editors invite you to participate in the September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 September at 23:59 (UTC). The goals for this drive are to eliminate 2008 from the queue and to reduce the backlog to fewer than 5,000 articles.

Sign-up has already begun at the September drive page, and will be open throughout the drive. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the drive's talk page.

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GOCE copy edit drive

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!

The Wikipedia Guild of Copy-Editors invites you to participate in the November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 November at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 November at 23:59 (UTC). The goal for this drive is to reduce the backlog by 10% (approximately 500 articles). We hope to focus our efforts on the oldest three months (January, February, and March 2009) and the newest three months (September, October, and November 2010) of articles in the queue.

Sign-up has already begun at the November drive page, and will be open throughout the drive. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the drive's talk page.

Before you begin copy-editing, please carefully read the instructions on the main drive page. Please make sure that you know how to copy-edit, and be familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style.

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Welcome back

Hello Drilnoth. Its good to see you back. How have you been? GamerPro64 21:53, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Quite good, thanks. And you? –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 23:04, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
I've been more productive now that I'm a delegate for Featured topic candidates. Are you planning on making more D&D-video game articles into Good Articles now that you are back? GamerPro64 01:19, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Probably not... I'm not doing much RPG-related stuff IRL at this point. I'm going to be working more in other areas, like on the Rock Band 3 article. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 17:38, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Welcome back! :) Hekerui (talk) 07:17, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 17:38, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

I'm just now noticing your return - welcome back! :) How is everything going? BOZ (talk) 16:39, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Good, thanks. And with you? –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 17:22, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
Things could be worse, although I'd rather not imagine such a scenario! Let's say I'm surviving!  :) It's good to see you back around! BOZ (talk) 20:07, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Angelfire image

Cool. I'll remove it. -- James26 (talk) 02:14, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of file with image question

I'm not an experienced editor at Wikipedia but I have an interest in lesbian fiction and writers and have tried to add references and citations and photos when I could find them, and they were okay to use. I only sign on once a month or so to check the pages for graffiti. So I was caught off guard by the proposed speedy deletion of an image I thought I have correctly uploaded, and had been there for a couple of years. The file's gone and I can't prove it, but I'm certain I stated that it was available for use because the author, on her official web site, claimed ownership of the photo and gave blanket permission for its fair use. I put that on the page as evidence of permission and provided the link and picked one of the copyright tags that seemed to fit the situation. I know for a certainty that the image is okay to use, so what do I do now? This is what the notice said: 

   07:22, 18 May 2011 Drilnoth (talk | contribs) deleted "File:Kallmaker2007-09.jpg" ‎ (F11: No evidence of permission)

I apologize if I'm typing this in the wrong place. I am even less skilled at the talk pages. FairySoap (talk) 05:32, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

First, I would like to thank you for opening this discussion with a calm attitude. Sometimes when I delete images, users can get aggravated, which makes it hard to have a productive conversation.
Now, on to why I deleted the image. (warning: wall of text). It looks like you found the image at this page on Karin's website. For reference, here is what it says on that page next to the images:
Public Domain Photos and Logos, for reasonable and fair use
They are intended to be used in publicity, reviews, educational, informational and other promotional venues. The photographs may be cropped and resized but not otherwise altered. They were taken in September, 2007. Copyright held by Karin Kallmaker.
This does look like a very misleading couple of paragraphs. First, she claims that the images are "Public Domain", but then she has later in the header that they are "for reasonable and fair use". These two statements are incompatible... a public domain image cannot have any such restrictions on its use, such as only being allowed for "reasonable and fair" use. My feeling is that she may not have known exactly what public domain meant with regards to what can and cannot be done with an image (and understandably, copyright can be complicated. I'm no expert either).
Now, whether to treat the image as public domain or as non-free might still be a question except for what she says in the next paragraph... "The photographs may be cropped and resized but not otherwise altered." This is patently putting restrictions on how the images may be used, which can't be done if they are in fact in the public domain. It definitely looks like she doesn't want the image drastically modified, which is perfectly reasonable, but such restrictions mean that the image can't be public domain. Because of this, Wikipedia has to treat the image as non-free, and I don't think it meets non-free content criterion #1, which requires that "Non-free content is used only where no free equivalent is available, or could be created, that would serve the same encyclopedic purpose." For images of people, this is usually interpreted as meaning that "If the person is still alive and it is reasonably possible that someone could take a picture of the person and release it under a free license, a non-free image cannot be used."
Having said all that, not all hope is necessarily lost... Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission has guidelines on how to request that a copyright holder officially release an image under a license which Wikipedia can use. You can try taking some of the steps there, although all Wikipedia-compatible licenses requires that the copyright holder allow others to modify the image in any way they wish to, without restrictions.
It is clear to me that you uploaded the image with good intentions, and you did a great job by trying to find a free image and not just using the first one you found. It's unfortunate that that probably isn't quite enough, but copyright can be a sticky issue.
Let me know if you have any other questions/comments, or if you get her explicit permission for the image to be available under a Wikipedia-compatible free license, in which case I (or another administrator) can undelete the image.
Thank you! –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 12:58, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you, that's very helpful. It's very confusing what words someone should use if they want to provide their publicity photo but keep you from drawing a mustache on it. Cropping and resizing are such common activities when working with photographs on the web that most people don't see that as altering the image, too. I will see if she will change the wording. We exchanged notes several years ago and she may remember that. Another question--I was checking other pages I've contributed to and had uploaded logos for lesbian publishers which have been removed and I received no notice or explanation. These are branded logos, in one case of historic interest, for businesses currently in operation. Is there a reference page on permissions for that kind of file? FairySoap (talk) 15:27, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
You mean logos of the companies themselves? Those are fairly easy. Since they are non-free, the image description pages need {{non-free logo}} and a fair use rationale, for which you can use {{logo fur}}. Looking at your deleted revisions, I can see you already figured that stuff out... and two of the pages from which your images have been removed have images again (Bella Books and Spinsters Ink. What other pages have logos you uploaded been removed from? If you just tell me the page and/or image names, I'll take a look and see if the images can be restored. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 15:39, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Aspire Drinks

Hi, you have flagged the Aspire Drinks image that I have uploaded. If you need copyright permission to be granted by Aspire Drinks themselves I can ensure this happens. Thanks Biggleswiki (talk) 08:51, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi! Firstly, this should be discussed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2011 May 20#File:Aspire Drinks Logo.png, not here. On topic, Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission has details on how to officially request permission to use an image and how to provide proof of it to Wikipedia; if you follow the guidelines outlined there (and if the company agrees), the image can certainly be kept. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 12:56, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Nonfree images on user page

About commenting those images out, thanks! I appreciate it—got distracted last night and it slipped my mind. — Chromancer talk/cont 00:15, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Certainly, I'm happy to help! –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 10:57, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Notice of AfD

An article which you have edited has been nominated for deletion: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lamia (Dungeons & Dragons) Active Banana (bananaphone 23:09, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the note, especially since I only made minor changes to the article! –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 13:02, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Merge discussion for Variant Dungeons & Dragons games

An article that you have been involved in editing, Variant Dungeons & Dragons games , has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. zorblek (talk) 05:33, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Files_for_deletion/2011_June_1#File:Personal_profit_graph.png

The nominator had agreed that this one should not be deleted and there was only one person responding in favor of deletion. I was surprised that this one was deleted since it was one of the few that the nominator had agreed to allow.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:58, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Eh, okay; I don't really care if it is kept or deleted. I'll restore it; I was trying to weigh options and it looks like I failed miserably (I missed damiens.rf's second comment). My apologies. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 13:33, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Template:Backlog status

Wow!!! What an improvement you have made. Thank you. Bgwhite (talk) 22:54, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! I plan to change the backlog focus every month or so, provided that I don't go inactive again. Just to try and give a little bit of direction to the backlog elimination efforts. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 22:56, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:Baraka_scanned_at_8k.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Baraka_scanned_at_8k.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information or which could be adequately covered with text alone. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:

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Thanks; I've notified the original uploader. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 12:41, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

re: Orphaned non-free image File:Parramatta Eels logo 2011.jpg

I have no problem with the JPG image being deleted. I could find a way to do it myself. Cashie (talk) 07:48, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks; it should be deleted in the beginning of May if not sooner. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 12:32, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Ratchet & Clank (video game)

The problem with the image was that it was rationaled for Ratchet & Clank, not Ratchet & Clank (video game). It never got changed since the move a year and a half ago. I have fixed the image rational to point to the video game article, not the series. Thanks, Blake (Talk·Edits) 14:45, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Ah, gotcha. I hadn't thought of that. Thanks! –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 14:48, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Torment

Big chop of various quotes from the game - good thing or bad thing? BOZ (talk) 14:38, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Currently discussing it at Chris's talk page :). Believe me, I have my first (and, to date, only) FA on my watchlist. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 14:55, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Linvanhek2011.jpg

Saw your tagging of the image, just to say that User talk:Dolcej‎ is Joe Dolce, partner of Lin Van Hek and the photographer of the images in question - which are similar in style and composition to his other artworks. Did you have any good faith reason to believe otherwise, when you tagged the image? Joe isn't on very often and may not respond to the tagging promptly but I can pass on his personal email address (or email him myself) if you need to confirm this is the case. Stuart.Jamieson (talk) 18:25, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

I'll respond momentarily at the PUF page. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 14:51, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

'OK Computer' tracklist

Hi, I see you added the tracklist template to Ok Computer with the edit summary "Use {{Track listing}} for better appearance more consistent with other articles", which I have since reverted. You should know that the tracklist template is optional, and is recommended for complex tracklists. Furthermore, use of templates of any kind to create consistency with other pages across Wikipedia isn't a concern; what is important is that article are internally consistent, meaning all articles will by their nature be different from one another (see how all sorts of reference styles are allowed). Not to mention that if the tracklist is already present in an article, there is no need to change it into one format or the other. WesleyDodds (talk) 12:44, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Fair enough; I just think that the template looks better. I'll stop from converting simple tracklists in the future. Thanks! –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 13:30, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Template:Album ratings

Hi Drilnoth, Perhaps I explain it better at Wikipedia:Bot requests "I'm sure that the number of reviews the template supports was arrived at after some debate, and so should not be changed just because "album bot" has issues". Please can you revert your edits to Template:Album ratings. memphisto 15:07, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

You already reverted them; I haven't re-added them. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 15:43, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Dave Reffett Image

Hello:

Thank you for your comments regarding the Dave Reffett image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_reffett .

The artist has personally provided me the image. What proof, or what is the appropriate way for me to update and provide this to you and the Wikipedia community. This is my first page and I am still learning the ropes.

Thank you!

Dan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danclw (talk • contribs) 17:54, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Certainly! The page Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission has details on how to provide evidence to Wikipedia that the copyright holder licensed the image under a free license. Wikipedia requires that images be either "fair use" or "free licensed", and Wikipedia:Image use policy#Copyright and licensing has details on what licenses are acceptable. The image's creator will need to provide permission (as described in the first link) for the image to be available under a Wikipedia-compatible free license (for example "for use on Wikipedia only" is not a Wikipedia-compatible license). Let me know if you have any other questions! –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 21:46, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Rock Band edit

Strange, it does seem that going through the history or removing the bracket is not reproducing the error now. In my browser (Firefox), the entire page starting with the list of songs was one giant table. All the footnotes, all the text, everything. When looking through, it appeared that the table had an opening bracket, but not a closing one, so I added it in. That made the error go away. Strange one time glitch? Maybe, but it was there and then it went away with the edit. That's all I know. Indrian (talk) 16:02, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Donnie Demers Current.jpg

Hi you tagged this image for deletion. I have made the change, and hopefully this is acceptable. If not, please let me know what needs to be done. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Musicalwheels (talk • contribs) 19:26, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

(responded at user's talk) –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 20:02, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
Yes, this photograph was taken and owned by the family of Donnie Demers, whom I represent. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.225.131.96 (talk) 22:13, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
Yes, I am aware of that. Should I change it? We want the ability for this image to be accessible for event notifications and the like, therefore it seemed appropriate. I am going to upload a higher quality now. Please let me know if it requires further action. This is all pretty much a learning curve for me. Thanks so much for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.225.131.96 (talk) 22:27, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
Okay, this is all very daunting to me. Hopefully, I will get it right. If you visit www.donniedemers.com (the official website for Donnie Demers) the photograph in question lists the information you requested. Let me know if this works. Also, I will now hopefully sign this poperly. Musicalwheels (talk) 23:28, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 Resolved. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 23:33, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

Yeah! Thank you so much for the information. As mentioned, it's somewhat confusing, but I want to do the right thing for them, so I guess I need to learn it. I will indeed contact you for future questions should they arise and once again, I sincerely appreciate and thank you for your efforts to bring this profile up to the proper guidelines. Musicalwheels (talk) 00:06, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Original Hinsons jpg

(regarding File:Original Hinsons New.jpg) –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 23:04, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Drillnath, the image in question in the article 'The Hinsons' is used by permission from Dr. Larry Hinson, who handles all the original Hinsons media. I can put you in touch with him directly, if you wish.

Allen Rowlen

Rowlenthunder (talk) 22:54, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Hi! It's great that you want this image to be freely licensed for use on Wikipedia! Unfortunately, we need further evidence that permission has been granted by the copyright holder. If Dr. Larry is the copyright holder of the image, I would recommend you have him follow the guidelines at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials in order to provide evidence of permission (specifically, the section "Granting us permission to copy material already online," as the image can already be found elsewhere online). If he can't do that himself, you should take a look at Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for details on how to provide evidence of permission.
I'm sorry for the hassle, but we need to be sure that the image's use here isn't a violation of copyright laws. Due to the number of copyright violations which are uploaded, we unfortunately need to make it harder than it should need to be to ensure that images are properly licensed. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 23:04, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

No derivatives

What is "no derivatives" you mentioned on Wikipedia:Files_for_deletion/2011_July_3#File:Point_Valid.jpg, and how can that be checked. I vaguely remember when uploading them that I checked with the upload guideline which said that there are various types of licenses on Flickr, and that the licenses of these two files were not of the problematic ones. Perhaps Wikipedia guidelines have changed since? Debresser (talk) 23:26, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

In addition, I have an email from Catherine Asaro, who is the copyright holder, that I may use these pictures. Does that help any? Debresser (talk) 23:29, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Image use policy#Copyright and licensing prohibits images which are "under a license that doesn't allow for the creation of modified/derived works"; the non-derivative licensing of the images on flickr therefore make the images unsuitable.
Having said that, if you have direct permission from the copyright holder, this should be fairly easy to resolve. If you could contact them again and ask that they change the license listed on flickr to something like "Creative Commons Attribution" or "Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike", the image would then be permissible. Otherwise, permission would need to be proven in some other way (see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission), but other methods are more complicated.
(general note: I'm signing off of Wikipedia for the night. I'll be back in the morning, but I won't be able to respond to your response for a little while). –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 23:35, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
I see. Well, they are not in use at the moment, so I'll just leave it at that. I very much dislike bothering people with the stringent rules of Wikipedia in this respect. Unfortunately, apart from lawyers, most people do not understand or appreciate this bureaucracy. Debresser (talk) 23:42, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Another editor has added one of the two images to an article, and suggested a course of action on the Ffd page. Just for your interest. I'll unwatch this page. Debresser (talk) 16:09, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Madouc cover

Go ahead and delete File:Madouc cover.jpg. I've removed it from the Lyonesse article. God knows we can't have errant pictures violating Wikipedia Edict #44584fj3j3sa2 sub. 55532we3, can we? Won't someone think of the children? Peter Greenwell (talk) 23:26, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

I believe you mean #44584fj3j3sa2 sub. 55532we4, but sure. Deleted. Thanks! –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 23:30, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

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Dang, now my talk page is associated with FOX. Archive bot, get on it. :)
Anyways, I've notified the original uploader. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 13:05, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
Thanks again for all your tireless work with copyright on Wikipedia! It's people like you that keep Wikipedia reliable in their image licensing, and increase the trust people have in the site. Way to go! – Quadell (talk) 13:46, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
Wow! Thanks! –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 15:47, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

File:MaradanChroniclesLogo.png

Please, be aware I've responded to your input here. --Molokaicreeper (talk) 06:50, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

(License migration needs review) Anything left?

I was just going though Category:Wikipedia license migration needs review and everything I looked at was tagged for deletion by you already. Two things:

1) Are you sure about all of them?
2) Is there anything left there that needs to be done?

I only ask the first question because people get really antsy when images get deleted with any semblance of controversy, and by people, I mean a select few editors that like to form lynch mobs at AN/I. Sven Manguard Wha? 06:43, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

I had a quick look at a handful of these, and all the ones I looked at seemed well-judged. And I see that you have been selective -- for example, not tagging some of the maps or a photo of an old portrait. It's not impossible that many or most of those tagged might indeed have had permission, but you're quite right that we shouldn't just assume that (however sadly) without an OTRS ticket.
One thing, though, that I was left wondering: is there any way (perhaps using a bot or a semi-automated script) that messages could be left on the relevant talk pages of articles where the images in question are currently being used? The original uploaders may be long gone, but it would be good to let the current editors of the page have a heads-up, so that they can see what might be about to be removed before it's actually gone, maybe think about what alternatives they could source, or seek a stay while they actively try to get an OTRS ticket, but at the least get to see that due process is being followed for an understandable reason, rather than suddenly waking up to a fait accompli in a week's time out of the blue. Jheald (talk) 09:29, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
There's actually plenty left, unfortunately; I've just looked at a lot of the easy ones :) . And yes, I am being selective. I've really, so far, only been going through photos (not graphics, barring obvious copyvios) and fixing them if possible (including using TinEye and, sometimes, other image-searching sites to try to find evidence of permission), tagging them for deletion if I'm fairly sure they fail Wikipedia policy and/or copyright law, or skipping over them if I'm unsure, in that order. (Fixing comes first.) I'm quite sure that most of my tagging is accurate; as Jheald said, it can be sad but lack of evidence of permission is a common problem but one which Wikipedia policy is quite clear about.
Regarding Jheald's question. I think it would be awesome if messages were left at the talk page of any articles the image is being used in. However, due to the sheer number of problematic images, the time needed to do so manually would be excessive. IIRC, a bot used to add notes where applicable, and Twinkle really should. I'll request it as a feature for TW.
I'm just now thinking about getting into some of the stickier images where there probably is permission, but the ePaper-trail may be difficult to follow (e.g., the maps). Or maybe I should take a break and work on the GAN backlog. Decisions, decisions. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 21:23, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Books and NA imp

BTW, books aren't necessarily NA importance. That's the default scheme, but WikiProject are free to assign importance to them (and it does make sense to rate them according to importance). Of course if WP:VG doesn't rank them, then feel free to ignore my comment. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 17:44, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

This is the only book which had an importance ranking. Although it is up to the WikiProject, I feel like it is fairly pointless to rank non-article pages with importance levels. If a WikiProject seems to have a guideline on the importance rating for non-article pages, though, I'll avoid removing such ratings. Thanks! –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 21:25, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
Books are a bit different, 'cause they are considered content themselves, while things like categories and templates requires little editing. They are just, well, templates or categories. If we're taking a hypothetical example of a "WikiProject Bands", it would make sense to rate Book:The Beatles or Book:AC/DC more important than say Book:Anal Cunt or Book:Girls Aloud. Anyway, just something to keep in mind. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 23:33, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
Again, I wouldn't consider books to be content, but sure. I'll avoid making such a change in the future without first asking the relevant project(s). Thanks! –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 23:34, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
Well they are content in that one needs to make decision about what content to include, how to present it, etc... and they have special considerations. Anyway, it's a debate on semantics mostly. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 23:43, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

CfD note

No worries You may not have seen my edit which is relevant to this discussion—you'r not stupid, the category was just miscategorized. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:56, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Ah! That explains things. Thanks! –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 12:53, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Image permission

(regarding File:Sleeping Vishnu Temple.jpg) –Drilnoth (T/C) 20:14, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Sir,Thank you forguidance.if my photo meets any conspiracy then you can delete this.I will try to publish the documents{Nayansatya (talk) 16:37, 12 July 2011 (UTC)}

Where do you plan to put the permission info? If you could post it here or on the image page (and let me know here) then I could check it to make sure everything is accurate. I just didn't see any permission info at the given source. –Drilnoth (T/C) 20:14, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Not for financial gain...

Hi

I have taken many photos in our provincial nature reserves, and would like to add these to Wikipedia. I have contacted the organisation that manages these reserves to find out their policy on photos taken in the reserves. Here are some comments:

"The person was asking if they could post photographs taken in one of our reserves and post it on the Wikipedia website (not EKZNW's website). Section 6.1 seems to say that they can."
"Its fine if they are posting the photos not for financial gain. I am not familiar with Wikipedia Website. It would be nice if they acknowledge us though this is my view and not the policy."
"It would appear we don't have a policy in this regard but that its fine provided there is no financial gain, which in this instance there would not be."

Please advise further.Michaelwild (talk) 13:03, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Are you referring to this discussion? Now, to my knowledge if you took the pictures and they're of something which is not a specific artistic work (like a statue), then you hold the copyright and the person who owns the area where you took the picture can't restrict how you use it, but !IANAL!
Anyways, the issue with those two images was that they were apparently uploaded to the site by someone other than yourself, so permission would be needed. Note that Wikipedia requires that free images be allowed for commercial use. Images on Wikipedia cannot have restrictions preventing them from being used for financial gain and other commercial purposes.
Now, because I remain unsure from your comment, could you point me to what images you were discussing? Is it those two which were deleted per the above discussion, or some other ones? –Drilnoth (T/C) 14:51, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
No, this is a new dilemma - I have not uploaded the pictures yet. The photos are of scenery, butterflies and plants mostly. I have many taken in our provincial nature reserves in KwaZulu-Natal. I tried to motivate the uploading of the photos with Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (who run the reserves) by saying that having pictures and pages (or improved pages) on Wikipedia would be a good way of bringing these reserves to the worlds attention. I think their idea is that they want people to visit these reserves (and pay entrance fees etc.) and take their own pictures. Can I perhaps type underneath the licence on the pictures that anyone wanting to use them for financial gain should contact Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife for permission? (Not that any of them are worth anything really :P).Michaelwild (talk) 05:34, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
AFAIK, if you took the images you can upload them and allow their commercial use, which is required by Wikipedia. However, to make sure, I've posted a question at Wikipedia's media copyright questions page to see if someone more familiar with such issues could help clarify it. –Drilnoth (T/C) 19:27, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
Looks like you can upload them if you'd like to, as long as you release them under a free license (which the upload page will help you choose). See Quadell's explanation at [2]. –Drilnoth (T/C) 21:23, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

The Specs

Dear Drilnoth,

Thank you for your message a few days ago regarding the lack of evidence of permission of the file The_Specs_(band).jpg. I actually got permission from the copyright holder 2.5 years ago, and sent a copy of his e-mail to permissions then. But when I got a reply from permissions, I missed the instructions at the bottom of the e-mail, and I thought at the time that the process was over. Now I have gone back to permissions' e-mail and written back to them to try to continue the process. Please hold off deleting the photo for a few days or so, because evidence of permission should be forthcoming in the very near future. I'm not 100% sure I followed the instructions correctly from permissions, but if I didn't I'm sure they'll tell me so, so it's possible I may have to send a couple of e-mails back and forth to them yet. But really I do have tangible permission from the copyright holder, so now it's just a matter of making it official at permissions. Thank you very much. Sincerely, Moisejp (talk) 12:12, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Ah, I understand. I've removed the deletion tag for now. If a few more weeks go by and we don't here anything from permissions, I'm afraid I'll have to retag it. Hopefully everything goes through okay. –Drilnoth (T/C) 19:29, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
Thanks, Drilnoth. Sorry for the confusion I caused. I'm also glad everything worked out. Have a nice day! Moisejp (talk) 22:21, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
(regarding File:LindseyRpd.jpg, tagged as lacking permission on July 15, 2011) –Drilnoth (T/C) 11:52, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Hi

I appreciate your flagging the article I submitted, Lindsey Rayl, for lacking in proper copyright info. Having tried to update and satisfy the requirements, I may have messed things up entirely. The situation is, the copyright holder (photographer) has given permission to use the picture for publicity for Lindsey Rayl. I have included his name and a link and also uploaded on Wiki commons. Still can not figure out how to license tag. Very sorry to disturb you, thank you for the opportunity to correct this little mess.

Kellie Yosemite SierraScribe (talk) 00:56, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Alright. First, thank you for trying to update the page with the proper info. Unfortunately, it still doesn't give any clear evidence that the photographer has given permission for its use. Remember also that free Wikipedia images must be usable for commercial purposes, so if the image was intended for use only as a publicity photo such use may be prohibited.
The page Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission is a how-to guide describing how to confirm permission to use images. I'd recommend reading through that and following its directions to ensure that permission is properly confirmed.
Thank you! –Drilnoth (T/C) 11:52, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for responding -- that is exactly what I am looking for & I'm on it now. Really appreciate it. SierraScribe (talk) 21:59, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Hello again. Just an update to let you know the copyright owner of the image in question has provided wiki-permission for this image to remain in Commons, etc. The release has been emailed to Wiki Commons moments ago. Thanks again for your help! SierraScribe (talk) 20:21, 18 July 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by SierraScribe (talk • contribs) 20:17, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Great! The email may take a couple days to go through, but once it does (and provided everything looks good with it), the image's permission should be confirmed. –Drilnoth (T/C) 20:23, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Image nominations

Umm... Why is it that you are spending all your time finding low quality images? Wouldn't your time be better spent with more pressing issues? Merely curious. -- とある白い猫 chi? 00:18, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Most of the time, I'm actually on the hunt for images with potential copyright issues; I usually just come across low-quality images incidentally, although sometimes I go on the hunt for them as a break from copyright-related stuff. IMHO, getting rid of or fixing copyright violations is a relatively pressing issue, and one that not many people are willing to take the time to work on (it can be tedious, and not very rewarding because it is such an overlooked area of the project). Also, I think I'm better at that than I am at working on the other, article-related, backlogs, and I'm also not real great at writing articles (although I hope to start fixing that soon!). –Drilnoth (T/C) 12:51, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
Ah, I see. Mind you images (even copyrighted ones) aren't really deleted, just hidden for public so there isn't any benefit of getting them deleted. I merely want to explain the technical issues so you do not end up wasting your time. :) -- とある白い猫 chi? 14:27, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
Thanks, we will keep that in mind for the next few thousand copyvios we find :) Hekerui (talk) 14:35, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
Yep, I know they aren't really deleted. Honestly, is anything ever deleted on the Internet? It says I deleted my Facebook account but... really? I'm not so sure...
Regardless, removing images from public view, even if they aren't deleted, is better than keeping them easily accessible. –Drilnoth (T/C) 14:45, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

File:ProfessorSirSamEdwards.jpg

Your deletion of my image ProfessorSirSamEdwards.jpg was too speedy. I would happily have changed the rights on it for you but by the time I saw this, less than 4 hours after you posted to my talk page, it was already gone. Why are you racing to remove information from Wikipedia? betsythedevine (talk) 16:26, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

First, the image wasn't being used in any articles. Now, that isn't a valid reason for deletion on its own, but it is what influenced me to speedy delete the image rather than taking it to Wikipedia:Files for deletion.
(doing research to finish response)
D'oh! This one may be my bad. I didn't notice that your username is the same as that of the uploader on flickr. I didn't think to check that.
Now, since File:SamEdwardsBetter.jpg exists and is... well... better as the filename states, I think that we want to keep that. I don't see how the lower-quality one I deleted would matter, but if you want it restored after permission is confirmed as discussed below, I'd be happy to do so.
Unfortunately we do need confirmation that it is you who uploaded the image to flickr, and we can't just go by the similarity in username. I'd recommend changing the license on flickr to remove the "Non-commercial" part, which violates both Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons' licensing requirements (the image could be tagged for deletion at Commons at any time as it stands now). Then, since File:SamEdwardsBetter.jpg is in use on the Wikipedia article, that file can be tagged with {{CC-BY-SA-2.0}} on Commons and the licensing should be all confirmed. Alternatively, add a comment to the image page on flickr saying something to the effect of "http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SamEdwardsBetter.jpg , a cropped version of this image, may be used under the GFDL v1.2 or later and the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license."
I'm sorry I didn't think to check the usernames. I had speedy deleted it just because WP:CSD#F3] says that files which are for noncommercial use only (which is indicated on the flickr page) may be deleted immediately. It should only take a couple minutes to confirm the permission, which I highly recommend you do to avoid the image being deleted from Commons at some point. –Drilnoth (T/C) 16:49, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
I don't really mind that the particular image is gone because (as you say) I later made a better version, uploaded it to Commons. I just wanted to flag for you that you might want to let people have time to give you permission before deleting stuff because you don't have it. I hope the rule at Commons about Flickr image permissions is intended for people uploading Flickr images that are not their own. What proof do they want that the two accounts are the same person, beyond using the same name over a multi-year overlapping contribution history at both? Waving goodbye now, I have retired this username and I don't really want to get involved here again. betsythedevine (talk) 17:32, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
This page describes the issue about permissions. However, I think it is unlikely to come up in the near future. Thanks for taking the time to respond and ask me about the tagging! –Drilnoth (T/C) 19:07, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

File:Maya Moore 2009.jpg

In response to his post, Dan Karwoski has given me permission to use any of his photos at any time. However, he is not particularly computer savvy, so when I've requested that he send in permission for specific photos, it has been an ordeal, with me telling him over the phone exactly what to type, including issues such as @ is typed @, not "at". I do not expect you to take my word for this, however, I thought we covered all the images I was using in the last OTRS, which was accepted. The OTRS should be here: OTRS ticket

I am not an OTRS agent, so I don't know what it says.

Could you look at it to see if this image is covered? I thought he sent it to me the same time he sent me the Kalana Greene image, which is File:Kalana Greene Senior Day.JPG and has permission.

If that OTRS does not cover the Maya Moore image, would it be acceptable for him to do this one more time with a blanket permission for all future pictures? He simply wants attribution, but there will be future pictures, and I'd like to avoid the filing of a separate license for every one.--SPhilbrickT 23:47, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Hmm... just a moment. I'll ask an OTRS volunteer about it, because they should be able to see the ticket. I should know in a day or two. –Drilnoth (T/C) 23:57, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
OK thanks.--SPhilbrickT 11:59, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
Unfortunately, it looks like the permissions e-mail only applied to the Kalana Greene image, according to User:Jclemens at [3]. If you can secure permission for the Maya Moore image and (if wanted), future images, then we can certainly keep the image. Unfortunately, as it is now, we don't have the proper information to retain it. –Drilnoth (T/C) 13:41, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
I'm copying this, just so you can see why I thought permission had already been granted. He apparently did include the permission for some of the Maya Moore images, but not that one. I'll see if I can get him to write something to cover the specific image, and future images.
permission

I hereby affirm that I, Danny Karwoski, am the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of: File:Angel McCoughtry with Geno original.JPG File:Angel McCoughtry with Geno.jpg File:Kelsey Griffin Original.JPG File:Kelsey Griffin.jpg File:Maya Moore Red Team original.JPG File:Maya Moore Red Team.jpg File:Maya Moore White Team Original.JPG File:Maya Moore White Team.jpg File:Renee Montgomery original.JPG File:Renee Montgomery.jpg File:Swin Cash original.JPG File:Swin Cash.jpg

I agree to publish that work under the free license "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0".

I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.

I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be attributed to me.

I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.

Danny Karwoski <redacted> April 16 2011

--SPhilbrickT 14:08, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
Well, it looks like the actual ticket which was sent only covers that one image. :/ See [4]. –Drilnoth (T/C) 14:21, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Shiny!

The Great Image Drive Barnstar
For taking the lead on the July focus at the Great Backlog Drive, Category:Wikipedia license migration needs review, I award you this Great Image Drive Barnstar. Sven Manguard Wha? 01:44, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
It's just a shred under 50% complete now, and with all the stuff tied up in PUF, FfD, and the DIs, even if we don't finish it up in the next 10 days, it'll be near dead by then. Sven Manguard Wha? 01:44, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
P.S. In case you're interested, this is not a WikiLove message.
Oh, wow. Thanks! It actually just passed 50% today, and as you said, a lot of stuff is currently tagged for deletion (unfortunately). I'd say that by the end of the month we should be at 75-85%, with the rest being the really tough cases which can be discussed at WP:MCQ. –Drilnoth (T/C) 02:20, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
I'll be worth it to put this backlog in the grave forever. It should have been done years ago. Sven Manguard Wha? 03:02, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Reg File:IyotheeThass.jpg

I guess User:Natkeeran of Tamil Wikipedia is the more appropriate person to provide evidence of permission. I used this image only because it had been uploaded to Tamil Wikipedia under a similar license and has been there for quite a long time. Check here.-The EnforcerOffice of the secret service 02:55, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

The problem here is that it is sourced to http://www.thamizham.net/128images.htm (both here and at the Tamil Wikipedia), and that page now returns a 404 error. That makes it impossible to verify the licensing status of the image. –Drilnoth (T/C) 13:04, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

File source problem with File:Lambert Fig*.png *=2,3,4

Self work! I hope the license tag is OK now! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stamcose (talk • contribs)

I've responded at your talk page. –Drilnoth (T/C) 13:04, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

nuclear submarines in the arctic

youll notice that's a picture of a nuclear submarine in the high arctic. it was taken by a sailor and as such is not subject to copyright and as such is fair for incorporation into the wikipedia. it's properly tagged. and when i uploaded it -- go ahead, look at the date i uploaded it -- that was sufficient. if you want to delete it, go right on ahead and do that. because i don't want to argue about it. what's more, i said that i didn't want to argue about it on my talk page, and you didn't bother to read that when you posted that message on my talk page. please use some common sense. ... aa:talk 17:36, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

I know you probably won't see this anyway, but I'd like to state my case. First, I didn't see your talk page notices because I added the message with Twinkle, which adds them automatically when I tag an image for deletion. Second, we'd need a more specific source. Did you find it on a website crediting the sailor? Did s/he give the image to you? Regardless, since the image is unused its loss would be no big deal (in that, it won't hurt the generally visible encyclopedia). –Drilnoth (T/C) 17:53, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Dominican Republic flags

Hi,

commons:Commons:Deletion requests/Flags of Dominican Republic towns and regions is probably of interest to you. I've just blanked nommed everything in the Commons category, that should get rid of everything missed by Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2011 July 14#File:Flag of the Province of Barahona.JPG and 34 others. Its possible there are valid flags in there, but I cannot tell which came from MDRU08 (and are fake) - so help would be appreciated over on Commons. Thanks.--Nilfanion (talk) 19:25, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Ah, thanks. I'd already nominated a few over at Commons, but just the ones which were under the same name as they were here. –Drilnoth (T/C) 19:36, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Re: BC Regional District maps

Go ahead and delete them. They're now redundant. --  Denelson83  22:06, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Ah, okay. Thank you! –Drilnoth (T/C) 22:07, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Template:Vgboxart fur/doc listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Template:Vgboxart fur/doc. Since you had some involvement with the Template:Vgboxart fur/doc redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Sfan00 IMG (talk) 22:21, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

RE: File source problem with File:HelwanU.jpg

Regarding HelwanU.jpg source problem: Yes, the photo is mine. I was wondering how to get the photo undeleted, as the request for undeletion, which you suggested seems to be targeting pages rather than files (I'm not sure which one of my photos I used on the article, that's why I'd rather "undelete" it, versus re-upload it). --M.shady (talk) 10:02, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the additional info! I'm restoring it now. –Drilnoth (T/C) 12:31, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Could use your help

Hi Drilnoth. Hope all is well. I was wondering if you could help me with something. You know much about media file policy and about botting so I was hoping you could help me improve Fbot's blacklist and whitelist? Sven Manguard was originally going to help me with this, but he's currently MIA (no readily available internet access). If you don't have time or aren't interested, don't worry, no pressure :) Best, FASTILY (TALK) 16:48, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Sure, I'll do what I can. –Drilnoth (T/C) 19:50, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
I've added a few more to the blacklist and a bunch to the whitelist which shouldn't cause too many problems. Some templates, like {{PD-old}}, are more likely to have issues so I didn't add them to the whitelist. –Drilnoth (T/C) 20:24, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
Great! Thank you! :) Cheers, FASTILY (TALK) 23:56, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Please, help transfer file to Commons

Dear Drilnoth, please, place this file: File:LCC.jpg to Commons, category:Klaipėda's LCC International University. The problems are, that:

  1. It seems I'm blocked, as I personally can't transfer any file to Commons
  2. On Commons other file with the same name really exists, so one need rename it. (e.g. to Klaipėda's LCC International University2007-03-27 or similar)
  3. No one of collegues tried help with this problem yet (as to 2011-08-04 17:30 (UTC))

Please, be so kind and help somehow. Thank You in advance. --Kusurija (talk) 18:02, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

I've responded back to you at Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2011 August 4#File:LCC.jpg. –Drilnoth (T/C) 18:34, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Oh, thank You so much, Dear Drilnoth, You helped me so much. Biggest greatings! --Kusurija (talk) 18:42, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
The same problem I have with File:ISM University Vilnius.jpg. Maybe You could also help with this? I'm so sorry, that I'm probably blocked and can't do it myself... --Kusurija (talk) 19:48, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
I've responded at your talk page. –Drilnoth (T/C) 21:55, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Crimean War medal

(regarding File:DeSalisCrimeanWarMedal.jpg) –Drilnoth (T/C) 14:24, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi Drilnoth. For some unknown reason an image (my photo of a Crimean War medal, dated circa 1858) that I had loaded up was deleted despite there being adequate support. I wonder if you could help me have access to the image so that I can have a copy of the JPG for my records? Rodolph (talk) 14:04, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi Rodolph! It looks like after the Files for Deletion discussion for the image, User:Fastily closed the FFD as keep and then immediately went and tagged the image with {{di-no permission}}, presumably because the images is credited to "R. de Salis" and not to you, the uploader. I, personally, think that it could be kept because it seems fairly clear to me that you are claiming to be R. de Salis. However, I've asked Fastily to comment here and provide an explanation of his/her rationale for deletion. –Drilnoth (T/C) 14:24, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
Rodolph, who took this photo and who is "R. de Salis"? -FASTILY (TALK) 04:08, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Drilnoth, thank you very much for your reply and I'm sorry that I probably put my original comment on the wrong part of your User page. Thanks to those who voted to keep the photo of the medal. The medal itself was struck circa 1858 so the image of the medal would be free of copyright though of course the photograph taken in 2006 could perhaps fall within some sort of copyright (?).
Yes, I, Rodolph, aka R. de Salis, did take the photo and upload it, though I forget exactly how to prove that I am both ! (by the way in terms of copyright violation, how would a photo of a 1858 medal differ from a scan or photo of a 1858 photo? ) best wishes, Rodolph (talk) 10:32, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
Fair enough; I have restored the image. –Drilnoth (T/C) 17:57, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Hello I am new

Hello friend. i am new to wikipedia, and i need a bit of help.

i have found a few pages i am interested in, and i would love to edit them, but i'm not 100% sure how...

i like the world around us, especially animals and different cultures.

my main problem is inserting referencs, because i want the page to be as correct as i can.

i hope you can help me out.

thank you. IceHockeyHero (talk) 17:12, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

I've responded to you at your talk page. –Drilnoth (T/C) 21:02, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
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