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Share Alike (SA) Confusion

Hey Mike,

I am a new user of Wikimedia Commons. One week experience under my belt! I was hoping to use one of your Cyrus Cylinder photos (unaltered) in a derivative work (book) I'm preparing. The book, of course, will have the publisher's standard "All Rights Reserved" paragraph up front. Does this mean that I cannot use any photos of yours with an "SA" tag attached because my publisher is placing more stringent requirements on use of your photo than you did? Or, is it still permissible to use your photo because I am planning on using it unaltered?

A bit confused about specifics of these Wikimedia Commons license agreements. Appreciate your help.

199.46.10.200 (talk) 22:35, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Hello, thanks for getting in touch! This does seem to be quite a grey legal area. My understanding is that you're OK to use one of my photos that has been released under a CC-BY-SA license so long as attribution is provided and any changes you make to the image are also released under a CC-BY-SA license. That probably needs to be reflected in the publisher's paragraph up-front. And, of course, I'm not your lawyer and this is informal advice, so you should read through the complete license agreement to make sure you're happy to abide by it. The British Museum would probably prefer you to use their official images. I believe that if you're publishing less than 4000 copies then they are likely to give you a free license to use their official images. If you're publishing more than that, then they may ask for a fee. I believe that their image licensing website is at http://www.bmimages.com/ Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 21:33, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 August 2015

Invite to Editathon

Hi Mike Peel I am organising another Editathon - this time at Clitheroe Castle Museum. See page for details Wikipedia:GLAM/Clitheroe Castle Museum. I hope you can come.Jhayward001 (talk) 15:00, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

@Jhayward001: Thanks for letting me know - I'm definitely interested! When is it taking place? The page says Saturday 26 August 2015, which can't be right - did you mean 26th September? Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 19:30, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know - My mistake. Yes its 26 September. I've changed the page. Jhayward001 (talk) 07:33, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks @Jhayward001 for clarifying the date! I'll be there. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 21:17, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
@Jhayward001:: I'll be driving to the editathon, can you suggest anywhere nearby to park? Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 21:24, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

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This Month in Education: August 2015

Updates, reports, news, and stories about how Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects are used in education around the world.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:59, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 02 September 2015

U5 deletion criteria

Hello Mike. At WT:CSD I've suggested that the WP:U5 criteria be amended to specify a minimum time period that a user page could exist without accompanying helpful edits outside of user space, before it could be considered for nomination under this criteria. I've certainly seen it used appropriately when someone basically creates a personal home page and does nothing else, and at MfD I've seen cases where WP:U5 should have been used instead of the WfD process, but wasn't. I agree that nominating a page less than 24 hours old is very bitey, and probably not in the best interests of the encyclopedia. In making that suggestion, I had in mind the case we've both commented on recently, but did not specify that case as an example, as I'm not trying to embarrass the editor who made the nomination in the first place. Any comments you want to add to that talk page section would be welcome, even if you don't agree with what I said there! Etamni | ✉ | ✓  08:02, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

@Etamni: Thanks for doing this, and letting me know! I've added my thoughts to the discussion page. In a nutshell: I agree with you, but there are probably blatant abuses of userpages that shouldn't be subject to a minimum time before they are deleted. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 18:45, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Next cab off the rank....

....is Pyxis....tried to incorporate words of wisdom from previous constellations. All input appreciated. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:11, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

I hate nagging you all the time...just dunno any other professional astronomers on wiki....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:18, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
Sorry, have been busy with other things of late! Will try to have a look at it soon, perhaps this weekend. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 15:10, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
Still to do, sorry. :-( Mike Peel (talk) 21:35, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
OK, I've posted some comments at Talk:Pyxis#Suggestions, sorry for the delay, and their brevity. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 21:15, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
@Casliber: A few more suggestions are now at Talk:Pyxis#Suggestions. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 19:07, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
Thx. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:30, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Jacques Peretti

The article Jacques Peretti has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No claim to notability.

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You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. JDDJS (talk) 00:59, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 09 September 2015

Meetups in Liverpool and Manchester

See you there?

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Yaris678 via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:51, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Hi Mike (and @Yaris678), I just discovered that the Festival of the Spoken Nerd are doing a show in Salford at 8pm on the day of the Manchester meetup. I went to see them a couple of years ago and they were excellent. I wondered if we could maybe go to it after the meetup, although this might possibly mean changing the venue to somewhere a bit closer, and coordinating who's going so that we all have tickets. What do you think? See here. Bazonka (talk) 19:30, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
Never been to FOTSN, but I know @Katie Steckles is a big fan. That FOTSN is part of the Manchester Science Festival. There are loads of things on, on that Sunday.
I wouldn't recommend relocating the meetup to a pub in Salford Quays - harder for everyone else to get to and pubs not as good. If we decide to go to FOTSN, we can get the tram there from Deansgate (St Peters Square is closed at the mo, but Deansgate is an easy walk). An alternative would be to go to something in central Manchester, like Tales of Bad Language in the Northern Quarter. Yaris678 (talk) 11:50, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
@Bazonka and Yaris678: Sounds interesting! It looks like the stalls are pretty much sold out, and tiers 1 & 2 are about half full, so if we're going to do this then we should probably book tickets sooner rather than later. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 20:46, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
Sorry chaps, but it looks like I won't be able to make the Manchester event now - family stuff going on. It looks like the comms have had some effect though, there are 4 people signed up, and it's not even on the geonotice yet. Liverpool's not looking so promising though. Bazonka (talk) 21:24, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of Jacques Peretti for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Jacques Peretti is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jacques Peretti until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. JDDJS (talk) 02:04, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: August 2015



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Magic infobox

Hi Mike

During Wikimania you showed me an example of an infobox that uses Wikidata, can you remind me of the article?

Thanks

Mrjohncummings (talk) 09:43, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

@Mrjohncummings: South Pole Telescope. Also see Template:Infobox telescope and Module:Wikidata! Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 19:15, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
@Mike Peel: Thanks very much, very helpful to have an example that works and is in place on Wikipedia.
Cheers
John Cummings (talk) 13:02, 23 September 2015 (UTC) (changed my username today)

Editathon Clitheroe Castle Museum

Hi, Did you want some guidance on parking? I usually park on Woone Lane/Eshton Terrace area - you can usually find a space on the street around here. Alternatively check out the access statement, which includes details of car parks, on Clitheroe Castle Museum website Jhayward001 (talk) 09:55, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

@Jhayward001: Thanks! I'm tempted to try to park at Peel Street just because of the name. :-) See you tomorrow. Mike Peel (talk) 21:07, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 23 September 2015

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PhD theses as references

Hi there! Wondering what you might know about the above - wp:Scholarship is a bit vague... worked on a Wiki in the classroom event yesterday at Uni of Edinburgh, resulting in Neuroangiogenesis, see the message on the talk page there. Any advice appreciated! Lirazelf (talk) 12:40, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

Ununseptium

Hi! I'd love to ask for your attention on the ununseptium article; it's currently a FAC, but few people have actually reviewed the article. The WP:Physics subpage lists you as a user who might be potentially interested in an article on a superheavy element (as with all superheavies, it is more physics and less chemistry than a regular WP:Elements article), as a one-time activity or otherwise, and your attention would be highly appreciated, as the previous FAC has gained too little attention to even stand a chance to make it to the FA status; hope you can take part. Thanks--R8R (talk) 12:55, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

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November Liverpool meetup

Hi Mike, I've been thinking about setting up the November meetup in Liverpool. Normally I would suggest the 21st or 22nd in the usual pub, but perhaps following your survey you have alternative thoughts. Midweek? A different venue? Let me know what you think and I'll try to arrange something. This is likely to be the last one that I do though. Cheers, Bazonka (talk) 17:53, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi @Bazonka. It might be worth trying something midweek in a different venue, but I think that any change would also need to be accompanied by better notification methods... So maybe plan the next meetup as usual (or maybe on a Saturday), and we can change the format after then? I'm not going to be in the UK for the 21st/22nd, though, so apologies in advance for my absence. :-( Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 18:12, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
OK, we'll go with Saturday for a change. Thanks, Bazonka (talk) 18:30, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

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Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

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