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Wikipedia Signpost — 2 March 2009

This week, the Wikipedia Signpost published volume 5, issue 9, which includes these articles:

Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 08:37, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for teh barnstar. I'm only sorry it took so long to get it done. Hiding T 09:52, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost — 9 March 2009

This week, the Wikipedia Signpost published volume 5, issue 10, which includes these articles:

Delivered by §hepBot (Disable) at 00:36, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

name removal

You undid four of my edits without explanation, which I have reverted, was this a way of posing a question? I'm always happy to provide an explanation, so feel free to ask. If you look at the current pages, you will notice that the taxobox and page title are correctly formatted. cygnis insignis 03:05, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

It appeared to me that you were removing information from an infobox without reason/explanation. When I see people do this, I revert it on occasion. I even checked the template's page and I didn't see anything about the that parameter being deprecated, so I readded them.--Rockfang (talk) 03:44, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
It appeared to me that you were making that assertion, a glance at the page would show my contribution was in good faith. Please consider agf before reverting another editor. Regards, cygnis insignis 06:26, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
Ok. You may want to consider using more descriptive edit summaries when editing.--Rockfang (talk) 16:15, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of WDANZ

An article that you have been involved in editing, WDANZ, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WDANZ. Thank you.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. gadfium 21:47, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Bosnia and Herzegovina

I'm just wondering, what is the situation with the WikiProject Bosnia and Herzegovina bot? PRODUCER (talk) 20:06, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

The bot is set up and finished the trial. I'm just waiting for someone in the bot approval group to approve the bot.--Rockfang (talk) 03:18, 16 March 2009 (UTC)


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Orphaned non-free media (File:Miller Chill.jpg)

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Template:Oldprodfull

Hello again, Rockfang ... My initial reaction to the recent change to {{Oldprodfull}} was to restore the centered format, but backed off because of WP:OWN ... I'm glad that Some Other Editor agreed with me that my original formatting was better. :-)

Happy Editing! — 138.88.32.143 (talk · contribs) 18:55, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

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Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 04:30, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Reformed vandal admins

Sure, but do you mind if I do so via email? –Juliancolton | Talk 05:31, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Alright, sorry then. I'd just prefer not to name then on-wiki (though with some searching, they could likely be found). Regards, –Juliancolton | Talk 05:36, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Elementary Schools in BC

I am a little worried about the high volume of non-notable elementary and middle school in British Columbia that have their own articles. Following your AFD on Dorothy Peacock Elementary School, I was shocked to discover that almost every single non-notable elementary school in British Columbia has its own article. I have opened up another merger proposal on School District 38 Richmond, of which your comments are welcome. Thanks -Marcusmax(speak) 19:16, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

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Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 20:29, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

File:Stanislava-Brezovar-1956.jpg

Thanks for the notice. I have completed the non-free use template for [[File:Stanislava-Brezovar-1956.jpg]. Please let me know if there are any further questions. --Bejnar (talk) 22:06, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

It appears to be fine.--Rockfang (talk) 04:08, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

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Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 19:37, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

File:Vodacom Tanzania Website Screen Shoot.png

Am just too busy nowadays to fix everything in wikipedia. However I released the file for public domain a year back. In anyway you may wish to help me fix up this issue cause I want the file to stay. If you see that you can't help then please go ahead and delete the file. Am sorry GoLLoXp (talk) 18:07, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Do you own the copyright to the website? The answer to this question will determine what happens next.--Rockfang (talk) 03:45, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
No! Its just a screen shot, isn't it? There are some other website screen-shots like this that I uploaded too a yr back. Some one have to own a copyright for a any screenshot he take? GoLLoXp (talk) 18:16, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Since you don't own the copyright to the website, it needed to be used under the Non-free Content Criteria policy. I've fixed the license, and added a rationale. The image should be fine now.--Rockfang (talk) 19:08, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

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Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 16:48, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations!

For being able to control your laughter long enough to clear the vandalism from my pages. Cheers, LessHeard vanU (talk) 12:09, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Disco Steven Lua

I was just having a bit of fun. Im sorryDisco Steven Lua (talk) 05:03, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

84.103.136.55

Just wanted to let you know that that user has been blocked for 31 hours. - NeutralHomer • Talk • April 19, 2009 @ 05:17

Thanks for the info.--Rockfang (talk) 05:18, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

wikipedia:requests for adminship/Disco Steven Lua

I have been nominated for adminship! Please voice your support! Disco Steven Lua (talk) 05:37, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

It looks like you missed a step. Here are the steps. Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/nominate#To_nominate_yourself--Rockfang (talk) 05:42, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

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Rogue Warrior Photo

That pic came from military.com. It's public domain per the tag stating it was taken by a member of the US Military for Military purposes (Foley, I believe).--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 03:32, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Common sense

When tagging images please use a level of common sense or else you will end up disrupting the site... -- Cat chi? 06:45, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

images

Maybe, but that image probably isn't original enough to be copyrightable, and because of that the source is pretty much irrelevant. Calliopejen1 (talk) 11:39, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

United States Soccer Federation, iw and copyvio

Hello Rockfang, I did not found nothing about skipping articles with copyvio template on interwiki.py documentation nor at meta, but the idea is interesting to me. I will investigate a bit more, thanks for your advice. --Loupeter (talk) 18:50, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

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Thumbnails

Why so small with the images? They're tiny. Is there really some rule that states the image must be only barely visible in the article? (Feel free to reply here.) -Freekee (talk) 03:25, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

No, there is no rule that they must be tiny.  :) I was mainly going off this. Sometimes using the "upright" parameter talked about in that section as well. If you'd like to put a "forced" size back in after I've removed it, feel free. I won't revert you. Just out of curiosity, is there a certain image you are referring to?--Rockfang (talk) 03:33, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
First off, in re-reading my initial question, I see I may have appeared annoyed. Sorry, I didn't mean to. I noticed your changes to Lapham Peak (thanks for the ref, btw), and also found your change to the image on Increase Lapham. I've noticed some discussion (probably at the Pump) about image size, and the "upright" attribute, but I wasn't sure quite what was going on with it, so was wondering if there was some guideline. I thought 180 px was a bit small, since most infobox images were either 200 or 300. The MOS link you provided states (eight bullet point, fifth sub-bullet) that lead images should be 300. That's what this one originally was, but it is vertical, so I see now that it was too big. I'm going to bump it back up a bit, but keep it more reasonable. And I'll also check all my other articles. Sorry to be so wordy. :-) And thanks! -Freekee (talk) 04:08, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
No problemo.--Rockfang (talk) 04:13, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
Actually it says no bigger than 300. Still no problemo though.--Rockfang (talk) 05:16, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Increase Lapham (was {{Refbegin}} and {{Refend}})

For some reason, using {{Refbegin}} and {{Refend}} blocked the references you added from appearing. Since they were a good addition, I wanted them to appear in the article. --Sift&Winnow 14:00, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Re: MfD and WP:USER

Well, the WP:USER guideline is fairly ambiguous, and several other editors agreed that it's an appropriate sandbox. Regards, –Juliancolton | Talk 23:27, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Automatic processing of your editor review

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AWB

There are still a few links to Complicated (song) that need to be changed to Complicated (Avril Lavigne song). Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Many otters • One hammer • HELP) 15:42, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

User 216.115.113.29

I noticed you left a vandalism warning on his/her talk page. I also noticed you reverted one of his/her edits today. Do you mind helping me keep an eye on this vandal? That revert you did wasn't the first today, I reverted on Sacraments, where he vandalized earlier. Shanem201 (talk) 02:49, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

That ip address appears to have stopped editing.--Rockfang (talk) 17:26, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:Harry Caray Monument2.jpg)

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Image tagging

Hi there, I noticed you'd tagged File:Londonbombing2.jpg but not notified the uploader, so I did this for you. Tim Vickers (talk) 03:35, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

I actually did notify the uploader.--Rockfang (talk) 16:01, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
Ah, I see. Nevermind! :) Tim Vickers (talk) 16:05, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:South Park EP 154.jpg)

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Article issues

It allows the dating of the "expert" field - or indeed any others that need a parameter other than the date. Rich Farmbrough, 05:08 8 May 2009 (UTC).

Because it allows me to treat all templates the same way: currently over 400 templates and 1300 redirects. It does no harm, and is only applied when SB is visiting a page which needs a tag dating. Rich Farmbrough, 02:53 9 May 2009 (UTC).
A better fix would be to add a subject parameter. Rich Farmbrough, 03:39 9 May 2009 (UTC).
So that one would write ...|expert=May 2009|subject=US law|... Rich Farmbrough, 03:45 10 May 2009 (UTC).
Go ahead. Rich Farmbrough, 01:19 28 May 2009 (UTC).
Better still I changed my sig. Rich Farmbrough, 01:21, 28 May 2009 (UTC).
Thank you.--Rockfang (talk) 02:31, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Commons: Request for Deletion: Commons:Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Lawsgreatest.jpg

Hi there, I've nominated the following image at Commons for deletion: Commons:Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Lawsgreatest.jpg.

I thought you might be interested in this, as you were the person who transferred it to Commons. Ubcule (talk) 18:57, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

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Image tagging for File:Labor pains.jpg

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Contacted bot operator.--Rockfang (talk) 15:58, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

An odd tagging of an image

Howdy. I was curious why this bot tagged this image as no source. I provided the source website and it is stated that the copyright belongs to either the distributor or the publisher.--Rockfang (talk) 15:54, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Because the bot didn't know how to interpret the "website" parameter of {{Film poster fur}}. I've updated the bot to understand it now. --Carnildo (talk) 22:13, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
Thank you for replying. Thank you for adjusting the bot as well.--Rockfang (talk) 16:11, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: June 2009

Wtf?

That is a bot, dumbass. Seriously, all Wikipedians are fucking nerds... I'll attack whoever the fuck I want.

And what are you going to do? Be a pussy and report that little shit? Seriously, I am laughing my balls off now. -⊕TehGuy talk

It is operated by a person though. I should have made that more clear. I apologise.--Rockfang (talk) 23:09, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Oh... I never knew that the bot was a person.. Sorry and I apologize. -⊕TehGuy talk —Preceding undated comment added 23:18, 5 June 2009 (UTC).

No problem. Would you like help selecting the right license for your image? You could add either {{PD-self}} or {{GFDL-self}} to the image page to solve the problem.--Rockfang (talk) 23:29, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: The Bridesman AfD

Whoops, looks like my script missed a few steps there. Thanks for cleanup up; everything you did seems fine. Regards, –Juliancolton | Talk 02:44, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

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Orphaned non-free media (File:The 747s - Zampano.jpg)

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Orphaned non-free media (File:Fuck You Heroes.jpg)

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Expand vs stub

Sorry to interrupt your AWB'ing! Just to say, if you had any suggestions for altering the report, just shout. - Jarry1250 (t, c) 19:48, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

I was actually done for the day. I'm only sorta using your list. I couldn't figure out how to get it to an AWB readable list, so I'm using a longer (unfortunately method). I had awb list every article that {{Expand}} was transcluded on. Then I had it skip articles that didn't have stub templates on them. I just figured I'd use your report to check to see if if most had been done when I was finished. Does your report auto update? Or was it a one shot deal? Also, do you know if there is a way I can import your report into AWB easily?--Rockfang (talk) 19:52, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Every time you refresh. Hold on, I'll make you a copy-pastable version (that also updates when you refresh). - Jarry1250 (t, c) 19:59, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Much obliged.--Rockfang (talk) 20:00, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Well, this should be it - but it appears that it's not loading for me. I've got to go, hopefully it'll load for you. Then just copy-paste it into AWB. - Jarry1250 (t, c) 20:04, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, thanks for that. I have a handful more contribs on commons than here, but point taken. I know Quadell and Drilnoth, who I know, do a lot of copyright work (in the File namespace) and that's never struck me as something I couldn't do. - Jarry1250 (t, c) 17:45, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

ACC request

I confirm that I have requested an account on the ACC account creation interface.--Rockfang (talk) 01:30, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for applying to access the account creation tool. I have approved your request. You may now access the tool here. Before you do so, please read the tool's guide to familiarize yourself with the process. You may also want to join #wikipedia-en-accounts on irc and the mailing list. Keep in mind that the ACC tool is a powerful program, and misuse may result in your access being suspended by a tool administrator. Don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you have any questions. Thank you for participating in the account creation process. Prodego talk 05:22, 21 June 2009 (UTC)


Wighnomys2.jpg

Hi Rockfang,

You may delete the Wighnomys2.jpg image whenever is appropriate (I'd do it myself, but I can't seem to figure out how to delete the actual file). I am awaiting permission from the "Speaking In Code" filmmaker to use this image on Wikipedia, and I will re-upload with the proper license when I have confirmation.

Thanks! --Iwearshoess (talk) 04:43, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the information. Only admins can delete files. I'm not an admin. Because you aren't one either, that is why you couldn't find a delete button. :) Rockfang (talk) 04:46, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
Alright, cool, so I'll just assume it will be dealt within the 7 day deletion period by an administrator? Or should I do anything else to flag it for deletion?--Iwearshoess (talk) 04:54, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Album art and Wikipedia:NFCC#1

From my personal experience, album art typically can't fail WP:NFCC#1. I bring this up because it seems that here you used that as a deletion reason on some album art.--Rockfang (talk) 02:04, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Album art can fail NFCC#1 in spades - a great number of such images have been deleted via Ffd this year alone; on this particular basis. If we have cover 1, and the difference between cover 1 and 2 is "in cover 2 they word beans was in a different font" then it falls under the line in NFCC#1 Could the subject be adequately conveyed by text without using the non-free content at all?. As the answer to this is yes the additional image fails NFCC#1. For a great number of re-releases the re-release cover is so similar to the original that there is simply no justification for hosting it here. If however I argue:
  • On the basis of NFCC#3a then I will again have to work against the argument "but there were five releases so we must have all five covers as each release is different and the font of beans is critical"
  • On the basis of NFCC#8 as the article is about the music and does not even mention the cover art then there will be the argument "Album articles cannot be adequately understood without all possible cover art; how can a reader imagine the word beans in a different font without seeing it ?"

Of course I am slightly exaggerating here but I have found that NFCC#1 and the text replacement note is the hardest to argue against, though I see that the close-to-identical covers fail #1, #3a, #8 and usually have boilerplate, generic and consequently usually insufficient rationales - Peripitus (Talk) 08:31, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

File:K-metal cover.jpg

Regarding the permissions for File:K-metal cover.jpg, CC licensing is now mentioned on the referenced image source page. My understanding is that this is sufficient, if not please let me know. Macduff (talk) 17:48, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Works for me. I've removed the speedy delete tag. You may want to read the conversation here. Thank you for modifying the source url as well.--Rockfang (talk) 02:37, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

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Clarification

I saw the review you left here, and decided to check out the Media requiring renaming project. It sounds like something I might enjoy doing (mindless, tedious, etc), but the description at the top of the page is a bit ambiguous, at least to me. Could you describe the general idea of what I would do help out there? Do I just re-upload the file with a better name? It sounds simple enough, but again, the intro confuses me. Thanks in advance, Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ) 20:36, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Yup. Sometimes, a name will be suggested on the image to be renamed's page. If not, I just use common sense. For albums/singles I use ArtistArticleName - AlbumName. One thing I also do is resize them (if needed). Album art in infoboxes get resized to 200 pixels, so that is what I resize them to. For non-album art, if I can't find any specific infobox suggestions, then I resize the image to 300 pixels. If you want to do this, it is up to you. Once the new image is uploaded, and any related articles are updated, I mark the old image as orphaned (if it is). Marking the image isn't required (because a bot would eventually pick it up), but I typically do it anyways. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.--Rockfang (talk) 01:38, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
My mood to help with backlog didn't go away before you responded, so I've been working around here a bit. Thanks for the clarification, and I may help a bit. Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ) 02:56, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

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RE: Cool timeline

I wasn't the one who created the timeline to be frank, User:Nergaal was, so it'll be great if you could thank him instead. ;D Happy editing. -- [[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 22:44, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Re: Low resolution

Well it has a request for reduction template stuck on there, and plus the low res comment is auto generated, in my opinion it seems all adequate. But if you disagree you should nominate it as a Disputed non-free Wikipedia files ({{subst:dfu|reason}}) based on your reasoning. Salavat (talk) 18:50, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

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Re: Possibly mistaken

Well, I made a mistake, but it was in listing http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Www.wikipedia.org_portal instead of http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Www.wikipedia.org_template You can see in the later that http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Bookshelf-40x201_6.png is used (and thus on http://www.wikipedia.org/). Do you need to change anything on that page? Platonides (talk) 20:30, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Nope I'm good. Thank you for asking though.Rockfang (talk) 16:02, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

FYI

FWIW, I've been personally affected by copyright violations WRT to images I've uploaded to wikipedia. [1] While only one media outlet that lifted this image was mentioned, a google search will confirm that others did it too. Please don't be too scared of me, I mean well. The sad part is, had I known this would be the last picture I would ever take of that bridge, i would have taken more care to get a better picture. Regards Dave (talk) 05:51, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the friendly reply. Nice picture too.--Rockfang (talk) 05:52, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

RFA closure

Rockfang - thanks for your question. I've answered it in the first bullet point in my (unfortunately very long) reply to various questions at Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard#Reply. I'll reproduce the relevant part here:

  • Some of you have asked why I did not mention the other significant group of oppose voters, those raising concerns about experience. It has even been suggested that I have ignored these votes. Naturally I have done nothing of the kind - I read them all, and it seems to me they were exactly the right kind of reasons for the oppose section of an RFA. They are directly based on the candidate's own wiki-history, and are directly related to his suitability for specific administrative tasks. (Obviously I make no judgment as to whether they are true of the candidate; that's not my job.) Had the opposing voters all been as rigorous as this, or had there been wider agreement that the candidate lacked experience, doubtless the RFA would not have succeeded. But those opposing for experience comprised only about half of all those opposing - not enough, on their own, to bring about the failure of the RFA. And my concerns with another third of the opposing votes were enough to convince me that the RFA was to pass.

Happy editing — Dan | talk 20:38, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for replying.--Rockfang (talk) 05:53, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

re: Kylie Minogue - Tears on My Pillow

I'm curious about the reason you uploaded a different version of the cover for this song [2], then removed the identical cover image and nominated that one for deletion. If the image only needed retitled, as you noted here, is there some reason why you didn't just move the existing image to a page with the new rename? I'm just trying to figure this out. Thanks. Wildhartlivie (talk) 04:15, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

If I'm understanding you correctly, you are asking why I didn't move the file like someone would move an article via the move tab near the top of the page. As far as I know, files cannot be moved with this method.--Rockfang (talk) 19:54, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Clarification on image move

Hi, Rockfang, you moved a file I created to the commons and moved to speedy delete the original. Sorry if this is a dumb question, but my understanding is that I don't have to change anything in the template that references this file, and that visitors will get, sub rosa, the image from the commons rather than WP directly, right?- Simon Dodd { U·T·C·WP:LAW } 21:21, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Correct. The files are named the same, so once the local copy is deleted, the Commons version will show through. No templates or articles will need to be updated.--Rockfang (talk) 21:34, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
Okay, thanks. :)- Simon Dodd { U·T·C·WP:LAW } 21:44, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

A recent FfD

Hi Rockfang. Interesting point. Should I have copied it to commons ? Certainly - just a normal part of the process of moving free images (while correcting the name and caption as well). After this deleteion is fait accompli, and the identify of the button presser is largely immaterial. Seemed rather pointless to follow process for process sake here when the outcome was certain and I had a few minutes free time to copy it to commons. - Peripitus (Talk) 22:05, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Angiontensin IFD

Re: the deletion of AngiotensinCE-1O8A.png. It was listed public domain because I made it. I created many images of proteins based on data from the PDB, usually named <protein>-<pdb code>.png. See this [3] for more info.

It's been a while so I can't say I'm positive but everything I uploaded should have been made by me, the majority being proteins/enzymes created as explained above or stick drawings of reactions/cycles made in ChemDraw, and maybe a few crappy drawings.

--jag123 (talk) 03:23, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Re:Fyi regarding FfD

Hi Rockfang. Nice catch - Made the appropriate fix. Thanks for letting me know. -FASTILY (TALK) 21:21, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you!

for fixing the Daniel Rodriguez image. Lb5630011 (talk) 01:02, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks for the notice.--Rockfang (talk) 22:23, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

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Blocks where people aren't preforming the bot

Its funny how the community is perfectly fine with blocking adminbots. Prodego talk 23:43, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm a bit confused. Do you mean people are fine with an admin blocking a bot that has +sysop? Or they are fine with bots that block ips?--Rockfang (talk) 16:11, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
I mean that when I blocked an unapproved blocking adminbot (that is, an unapproved bot operating on an admin account that made blocks using that account), my block was immediately undone, and led to a huge dramafest, and an arbcom case, that resulted in me taking a month off from Wikipedia. So I am a bit frustrated how some admins can seem to have these blocking bots, yet there is this opposition to an abusefilter which can block, in a safer and easier to undo way, visible to all admins (as opposed to the closed source of these blocking bots). Prodego talk 18:51, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
That clears things up. Thank you for replying.--Rockfang (talk) 18:54, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Howdy. With regards to the link we discussed on this page, it seems it wasn't a problem necessarily on their end. The person who made the speech is no longer holding the position they held at the time of giving the speech. So they moved it to the "formerspeeches" directory.--Rockfang (talk) 22:47, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Okay, however what made me think it was an error on their behalf was the lack of redirect to the speech's new location. Thank you for finding it once again though, I was floundering as usual! MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 08:39, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Archiving at Brown

Hi Rockfang, I actually archived that single thread as it was moslty put there by socks of a banned user and was defamatory towards Brown. I have not forgotten the archive bot is set up. Regards. (Off2riorob (talk) 18:27, 2 August 2009 (UTC))

Cool. Thanks for replying.--Rockfang (talk) 18:49, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

This is a very descriptive edit summary regarding the ACC account creation interface

This is a confirmation edit to my user talk page. With this edit, I have noted that I requested an account on the ACC account creation interface, and I've used a descriptive edit summary so that you can easily find this edit.--Rockfang (talk) 03:20, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

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I have replied on my talk page. Cheers! Fribbler (talk) 23:08, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

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IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY RATIONALE, THEN DON'T YOU EVER, EVER PUT A DELETE SIGN ON IT. YOU UNDERSTAND ME YOU LITTLE F%&@#R. DONT EVER MESS WITH MY UPLOADS AGAIN AND DONT GIVE ME S&*T ABOUT FREE RATIOANLE CAUSE I JUST DONT GIVE A F*%K.

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I'm sorry I reacted like that but I get very aggravated when people do this. The rationale is right, don't hassle me about it. If you don't like it please fix it or tell me how to fix it. I think even you can understand what it is like to log on and find a message that says, "HAHA U HAVE RONG RATIONALE FIX IT OR IT GOES BYE BYE". Anyway sorry but you have to understand after about the 100th one of those messages one can get aggravated.

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For anyone else reading this, I believe he is referring to this.
DB9: I never said your rationale was bad. I never mentioned "deletion" or "rationale" in what I typed on your page. When you have a moment, could you please specify the exact Web page where you found the image? Thank you.--Rockfang (talk) 01:22, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

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Gator golf Gator head logo tagged for use rationale

Rockfang, I have taken on the thankless task of cleaning up and expanding 8 or 10 "orphan" Gators sports articles, including the Florida Gators golf article. I am guessing that there is a fairly boilerplate rationale that must be provided and uploaded somewhere within WikiCommons----most college sports teams display their team's logo. I know you're just doing your job, but can please provide some insight on what I need to do to get the use of the Gator head logo approved uniformly for all Gator sports articles? It has apparently been approved for some and not for others, and I do not know how to navigate the byzantine process. Given that no one else is tending these orphan articles, it falls on me to deal with this issue. Thanks for your consideration. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 07:25, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Commons does not use the rationales we are talking about. They only allow free files there. Rationales are for non-free images. Per WP:NFCC#10c, each time a non-free image is used, it needs a separate named rationale. So to use the image in the golf article, you need to add a rationale for it on the image's page. If you'd like me to do it so you can see how it works, let me know.--Rockfang (talk) 07:36, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, Rockfang. I'm still getting the hang of accessing the hidden Wiki pages. I have since discovered that you can access the non-free image use page for a particular image by clicking on the image itself. I will try to learn by doing, and add Gator golf as well as several other orphan Gator sports articles to list. I would be grateful if you would check on my work later today and make sure I did it properly. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 13:09, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Rockfang, I have attempted to insert the non-free use rationale for Florida Gators golf into the Gator logo use page. I have also added another 8 or 10 use rationales for the balance of the primary Gator sports articles, and attempted to put them in logical order so that Wiki copyright enforcers may quickly locate the relevant use rationale when checking Gator logos. Please check my work and confirm that it has been in done per Wiki policy standards.
BTW, what the heck is a "rockfang," anyway? Certainly original, and got me to ask the question. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 14:24, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
All looks good with the rationales now. Some years ago I played a game called Asheron's Call. I wanted my character to have a "kick ass" name, so I picked Rocktoe. I figured if someone had a rock toe, that they'd be pretty good at kicking ass. Eventually, I started a 2nd character and I wanted some people to know it was me so I picked Rockfang. Mostly just because fangs typically cool in my opinion.--Rockfang (talk) 17:13, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Interesting "rock" history. Thanks again for your assistance in this logo matter. Rather than pawn these types of copyright matters off on others within my university project, I am just going to attempt to resolve them globally when they arise. Seems silly that someone took the time to add the logo use rationale for some Gator teams and not all. Thanks for your help----you've added a new arrow in my WikiQuiver. LOL Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 17:23, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

The Pride of the Florida Sunshine

  • This is a fair-use image, and complies with Wikipedia copyright standards. It is under Creative Commons Share Alike 2.0 protection. This means (A) It is a Creative Commons-licensed content & (B) The author allowed the content to be used commercially.

NorwalkJames (talk) 22:36, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

It actually is not a fair-use image. For a description of fair-use images please see WP:FAIRUSE. The license text on that image does not match up with where it came from. The source image is licensed as Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0. The text here says Creative Commons Share Alike 2.0. They need to match. Also, all files on Wikipedia need to have a license tag on them. This file does not. If you do not know how to fix the problems, I can show you.--Rockfang (talk) 06:33, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
I did not know it was not fair use. Please show me how to correct the situation in the future. Also I am sorry that someone from the Gator Community (may) have vandalized your page. By and large we are a good group of editors, and I guess tempers can flare up from time to time. NorwalkJames (talk) 12:10, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
I've fixed the image.--Rockfang (talk) 14:27, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

COpyvio pages and bots

I'm not sure that injunction makes sense, however I have added nobots to copyvio template. Rich Farmbrough, 18:31, 17 August 2009 (UTC).

Ok. Thank you. Do you understand why I reverted your bot's edit though?--Rockfang (talk) 18:46, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks and sorry

Thank you for reverting vandalism on my user talk page and sorry for accidentally reverting your re-constructive edit as vandalism. Kotiwalo (talk) 05:49, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Welcome and don't worry about it.--Rockfang (talk) 05:51, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
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State of Florida public domain government images

Rockfang, you were very helpful to me in resolving a copyright image last week. Your name is being tossed around in a new minor dust-up over a University of Florida archive image of one of the university's past presidents. Can you help me out here? There is apparently a valid public domain rationale under state law. Please see discussions at [4] and [5]. Thanks. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 11:58, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

St.PaulAMEChurchpicture

I took the picture, and it is under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3. Tarheelz123 (talk)19:06, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for replying. I've fixed the file.--Rockfang (talk) 01:59, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Re:Sorry to bug you again

Hi Rockfang, no, you're not bugging me at all - I am open to questions and queries. A {{di-no permission}} tag technically works in this case, despite the fact that a source is not specifically stated. However, you are correct, a {{di-no source}} tag would be a little more appropriate. As for removing red file links from articles, there is actually no need to do that manually as Wikipedia has a squadron of bots specifically devoted to removing such red links. -FASTILY (TALK) 21:46, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the friendly reply. I wasn't aware that some bots that did that. Learn something new every day. :) Rockfang (talk) 02:00, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

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My apologies for reverting your subsequent edits unwittingly, aka 'collateral damage'. I usually reverted those affected articles to the last known OK edit so that it can be a clean slate for other responsible editors to contribute again. Feel free to add or expand the article accordingly. Regards mate -- Kulikah (talk) 11:03, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Re:A recently deleted image

Well, there's no way it's {{pd-old}}, but I will restore the image for now, and add some comments at the FfD debate. J Milburn (talk) 18:32, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Importance

Looking to re-purpose it. Looks like hardly anybody is adding it any-more, so just need to watch for a while to see if its going to present any problems. Rich Farmbrough, 06:16, 3 September 2009 (UTC).

Thank you for responding.--Rockfang (talk) 06:26, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

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Hello! Please see my reply to your comment. To be clear, the PNG was orphaned and the SVG was in use when the FfD discussion began. The reverse presently is true only because a single editor reverted to the PNG for the eighth time (and demanded that it remain in place during the deletion nomination) and the other users decided not to edit-war. —David Levy 05:41, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Answer on da-wiki

Thank you for your suggestion. See answer here da:Brugerdiskussion:MGA73#License_migration_and_Commons_duplicates. --MGA73 (talk) 08:49, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks for the notice. I've updated my gallery page accordingly and tagged the file for speedy delete. Bob the Wikipedian (talk • contribs) 16:04, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

I've responded to your concern here. Bob the Wikipedian (talk • contribs) 16:09, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

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I saw from here that it's been exactly two years since you joined the project. Happy WikiBirthday! Keep up the good work, rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 18:14, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you.--Rockfang (talk) 19:21, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion

Thanks. I didn't realize it until it was too late to undo it and did use that for the other image I wanted deleted. Sorry. :( Wildhartlivie (talk) 10:49, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

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Image deletion

May I draw your attention to this edit please? ╟─TreasuryTag►draftsman─╢ 07:05, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

The script I use automatically notifies the uploader of a file.--Rockfang (talk) 07:29, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Well, then, I would advise that you stop using it. Any script that modifies userspace, and doesn't mark itself out in the edit-summary (for example, Twinkle appends "using TW"), and does so regardless of the user's quite resasonable and clear requests, is not a good idea. ╟─TreasuryTag►duumvirate─╢ 10:24, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
I appreciate the suggestion, but I'm not going to stop using the script. I will try to remember to not use the script with any files you upload though.--Rockfang (talk) 12:29, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
And how about other users who don't want deletion notices? Will they have to continue to have their pages cluttered up because you want (not 'need') to continue using a script? ╟─TreasuryTag►co-prince─╢ 13:15, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
If someone asks me to stop notifying them, then I will try to remember not to notify them in the future.--Rockfang (talk) 02:59, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Near-null edits

Yes there are a bunch of categories that need nudging, mainly the peacock, fiction, context and sections ones. Also there are a bunch of bad date values that I will have to sort out semi-manually. Rich Farmbrough, 01:14, 5 October 2009 (UTC).

OK the category Category:Wikipedia articles needing context for example. (Which should be empty.) Partly it's undated templates, and partly it's category lag. The articles with "context" just need an edit to allow them to re-categorise. Since SmackBot will pick them up anyway it makes sense just to let it and worry about any that have are left later. Rich Farmbrough, 01:31, 5 October 2009 (UTC).

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Hello Rockfang, User:Hiding has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing! Hiding T 20:21, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
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Thank you for the smile.--Rockfang (talk) 20:25, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
You're welcome. Hiding T 21:36, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

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RE: OTRS permission

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file permission

Hi Rockfang, I uploaded File:MO Bangkok exterior.jpg and sent an email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org notifying that I represent the owners of the image, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, and therefore am able to apply the cc-by-sa-3.0 tag. I received the Ticket # and added the OTRS tag to the image. Why is it being marked again for deletion? Please let me know how I can rectify the issue.

thank you, user:brandopedia

2 November 2009

I checked with an OTRS person and they said "If there is permission in the system for the use of that image, it is not under that ticket number." Because that ticket number did not give permission for that file, I removed it and retagged it for deletion. If you think that it is the right ticket number, please comment on User:ABCD's talk page.--Rockfang (talk) 19:39, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Understood. Thank you. Brandopedia —Preceding undated comment added 21:56, 2 November 2009 (UTC).

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Sorry, I thought it was okay since it had the Fair use rationale. DrBat (talk) 13:42, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

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You are correct; thanks for notifying me of my mistake. I've changed my vote accordingly. A Stop at Willoughby (talk) 06:20, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

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Hi,

I have added an additional fair use rationale, as it is the record label of the original recording of Dust My Broom, also known as "I believe I'll Dust My Broom", the song that the article is about. Hope I did a good job. Regards, —mattisse (Talk) 17:44, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Re: File:Jared_Taylor.jpg

If you look in the discussion for the image file you will see that permission has been given by Jared Taylor himself. The user 'Yamla' is/was a moderator at Wikipedia at the time and has noted the email conversation the three of us had. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Delos (talk • contribs) 02:42, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

The permission still needs to be verfied by one of the options specified in the deletion template on the image's page. Whether or not Yamla was an admin at the time is irrelevant.--Rockfang (talk) 04:37, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

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Keep up your g r e a t work

You deserve more thanks than me.

I can think of few more thankless and yet more useful jobs at Wiki than keeping image use clean. Well, actually I lie, as both of us know, there's a ton of jobs like that here. Man, I would not have the patience to plug away doing what I think you do. You deserve support and encouragement, and I hope my response to your request does encourage you to keep going. I'd join you in your work if I weren't so busy doing thankless stuff myself.

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Steven Foti-thanks

Many thanks for helping out with the Steven Foti article. I have been starting articles about members of the Wisconsin State Legislature plus articles about people connected with the Wisconsin Territory. Thanks again-RFD (talk) 21:15, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

You are welcome.--Rockfang (talk) 21:37, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

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Hi. What is the basis for your statement "For image to stay, it needs it a rationale for this article placed on the image's page."?--Epeefleche (talk) 02:25, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

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Admin hopeful...

So, you're an admin hopeful. That's great! I've never seen an admin yet that would alter a user's page as you did mine. So... keep hopin'! Doc9871 (talk) 10:00, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

For anyone that reads this, he is referring to this edit I made.--Rockfang (talk) 10:07, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Hehee! I didn't think it was an untraceable, encrypted message, but yes. That was the edit I was referring to. No images on user pages, right? I see where this is going already... Doc9871 (talk) 10:14, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
I'm not sure if you are being sarcastic or not with your question, but I'll answer it. Some images are allowed, and some are not. Non-free images are not. This is explained on item #9 on the previous link.--Rockfang (talk) 10:25, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Item #9 states: "Non-free content is allowed only in articles (not disambiguation pages), and only in article namespace..." My user page is an article, and it's under the namespace of User namespace. Is my user page not a legitimate article because it's a user page? Is it a disambiguation page? Not sure anymore; please help me understand... Doc9871 (talk) 10:46, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
That is correct. Your User page is not an article. More info regarding the different types of namespaces can be found here.--Rockfang (talk) 10:48, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Yeah... I know, because that's where I found it before (but thanks!) Item #9 makes no distinction between a main namespace and a user namespace that I can see... what gives? Doc9871 (talk) 10:56, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Non-free images can only be used in one namespace: the article namespace. The user namespace is not the article namespace. Therefore, non-free content cannot be used in the user namespace. Clear? --Closedmouth (talk) 11:04, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Crystal, sir. Perhaps the link under rule #9 should clarify this better, as it is now quite misleading. But, that's for admins to deal with, not those trying to learn the ways, right? Doc9871 (talk) 11:07, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
If you think a different wording would be better, you could suggest one here.--Rockfang (talk) 11:14, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
Should I use a sandbox first, though? I appreciate the advice, really, but I am the 1% editor that you're not going to encounter very often. You see how I roll with the edit I performed directly below this. I work to change the bigger picture of understanding... Doc9871 (talk) 11:27, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
I fixed the WP:NFCC link under rule #9 to reflect main namespace, which is what should have been done to begin with. I hope you gentlemen are right... Doc9871 (talk) 11:17, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

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Hello,

Why are My Saint Anselm Ring 2010 (1).JPG, Student Ambassador and Alumni Hall images of Saint Anselm College up for deletion? You gave no reason, you just wrote "Delete"

They are on Commons now, I understand that as end game, meaning they are legitimate now... Give me the respect and please elaborate your "delete" claims.

--Ericci8996 (talk) 01:36, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

On this page you had some images you uploaded listed for deletion. I voted delete on some of them saying "Delete - per WP:CSD#F8." This means that there is a duplicate on Wikimedia Commons. When there are two copies of an image on both Commons and here on Wikipedia, we delete the one here. The files on Commons can still be used. You can put images from Commons into articles using the same method with Wikipedia images. So, all of your images I voted delete on are still safe. If you'd like any more info, please ask.--Rockfang (talk) 06:06, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

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My username is part of my unban agreement. Check with User:Alison or User:Durova. Thanks. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 02:51, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Could you provide a link to this agreement please?--Rockfang (talk) 03:07, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
Er, no. I don't know where exactly it's archived. I'm kind of a cyberspace Luddite. I certainly don't want to go dredging through unpleasant past memories. Perhaps Alison could help you with that. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 03:22, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
(edit conflict) It's in his block log, for starters. And as one of the admins involved in his unban, I can attest to its being the case here. The original unban conditions are here, which have obviously long expired. He is restricted to using this account name and this account name only, though he can now voluntarily change this if he wishes to. However, he is not obliged to in any way. This is all ancient history, though - Alison ❤ 03:23, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks, Ali-oops. I'm good. No sense changing it now. Going offwiki (it's 11 P.M. here in the Big Apple). Good Night all. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 04:02, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
Thank you both.--Rockfang (talk) 04:51, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

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Sorry. I forgot. I was userfying something that is at AFD.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:14, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

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Rather than tag it for deletion within a week, why not ask the uploader where an image comes from. Jeez. fish&karate 10:30, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

If the image had a source, this wouldn't have come up. As an admin, I'd expect that you would have known that all images on Wikipedia should have a source.--Rockfang (talk) 11:02, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
The image was self made, captain sarcastic. fish&karate 16:50, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
I wasn't being sarcastic, I was just stating a fact. The image wasn't marked as self-made when I tagged it. Thank you for sharing that information.--Rockfang (talk) 21:32, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

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The proposal does not allow 'crats to take any action on their own. Once a decision to desysop is made (voluntary request, ArbCom decision, etc.) someone has to uncheck the box. Right now, that can only be done by a Steward. This would allow crats to do so. -- Avi (talk) 15:06, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

I understand that. And I think that is a good thing. Which is why I would support it for people made a crat after (and if) that idea gets approved.--Rockfang (talk) 21:59, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

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Typically your right that changing redirects are not necessary. Templates can be an exception though. Some templates use intricate items that can fail to function correctly from redirects. Additionally, a couple of bots currently correct the issue of template infobox redirects, I am just doing all the Medal of Honor recipients at once rather than a few randomly throughout time as the bots seem to do. I hope this helps explain it. --Kumioko (talk) 20:40, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Well your right that it may make other changes and it probably did work thats true as well but one change to a template can change all that. Typically, I do other edits as well but I am doing this to be proactive and make sure there isn't a problem at some point in the future as well.--Kumioko (talk) 20:53, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

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Hello, I don't know how to do the copyright tagging procedure, I just don't know, nor do I have time for this (understanding all the complicated coding instructions). All I can say is that it's my own picture, and I allow it to be used and reused freely. That's it. Please do whatever is necessary to keep the picture on Wikipedia. I allow you to do this on my behalf. John Hyams (talk) 01:55, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

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No problem, you were doing what you were supposed to. I was just making sure I didn't have to reupload again. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 18:39, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

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Please respond at your earliest convenience at the image's talk page, my talk page or here. Thank you! :> Doc9871 (talk) 12:10, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Hello again, Rockfang! I should hear back from the city of Des Plaines this week regarding the copyright status of the image. I appreciate the task of image deletion on WP, as there are so many images that shouldn't have ever have gotten here in the first place. However, I think it's probably best when nominating any non-obvious policy-violating image for deletion, not to "predict" the outcome, as you did here. To say an image "will be deleted in seven days" could be seen as an appearance of not assuming good faith on the part of the burdened editor. Cheers :> Doc9871 (talk) 10:36, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
If you are referring to the edit comment of that edit, it is a default edit comment used when using this script. If you'd like that default message changed, you could ask User:Howcheng. I cannot change it. I understand that it might not be blatant that I was using a script to add the template I did, but you might try assuming good faith as well. There are a lot of scripts/programs used with the English Wikipedia that use default edit summaries.--Rockfang (talk) 13:07, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
Default edit summaries are fine. I'm not going to ask User:Howcheng to change that particular default edit summary, as I feel it is fully within WP guidelines. I always try to assume good faith, and when uploading images, I tag them appropriately and will go to great RL lengths to get them included here, rather than see them deleted "on a list". When editors actually work hard to tag and provide fair-use rationale for irreplaceable images, it can be a bit "distressing" when they are slated for quick deletion; you can appreciate this, right? Cheers... Doc9871 (talk) 05:01, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

I'm a bit dense when I'm not thick...

Re: Lui Che Woo, it took me a while to realize you were the agent rather than the customer. Sorry for that. I took the liberty to finish off and close the ticket, hope you'll forgive me for grabbing it. MLauba (talk) 17:53, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

No worries. I'm just guessing SatyrTN didn't know I'm an OTRS member. I should have mentioned that.--Rockfang (talk) 17:56, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
And I have speed-misread "I have a ticket in OTRS" as "I have sent a ticket to OTRS", also missing that you're part of the team. It's been a long week... MLauba (talk) 17:59, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
BTW, I got a follow-up notification to a different one of your tickets. Gotta love the automailer... MLauba (talk) 18:00, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
It's all good. :) Rockfang (talk) 18:03, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

thanks and a request

hello Rockfang, and thanks for clearing up the copyright situation on the Jeffrey Robinson article. i see an IP editor is undoing some of the copy editing i did to start cleaning up the overpromotional tone (here are some diffs: [6] and [7]) and i'm hoping you could point out the appropriate policies to them to help get the article encylopedia-worthy. if i do it i'm afraid it'll appear combative or as though it's just my opinion that the article can't be worded like a press release. thanks Sssoul (talk) 08:43, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for informing me about this.--Rockfang (talk) 09:37, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
thanks for taking an interest - i really hope you can find the time to advise the editor of the appropriate policies, because it involves WP:BLP issues as well (see the Ronnie Wood talk page, which refers to these diffs: [8], [9] and [10]). thanks Sssoul (talk) 15:59, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Guys-I'm simply trying to keep the record straight. I am not being combative, I am being truthful. The fact that either of you can arbitrarily, decide what the truth is, or judge how reliable the single most reliable authority on the subject is, tends to be off-putting. My entry was not written like a press release. And that you can judge my entry was somehow either too promotional or a copyright violation is beyond me. I apologize if it seems I have changed things without logging on, but the system is fairly obscure if you're not used to working in it. Also, I do not care to have my conversations with either of you made public. I am simply writing you here because I don;t know how else to do it. The fact is, the entry on me is correct, although you have arbitrarily removed certain facts that were, also correct. I'm happy to leave it at that because, I'm sure, we all have better things to do. But Ronnie's book was ghostwritten by me... and I am being totally accurate when I say that. The contract says "ghostwriter." How much more reliable a source do you want? In any case, life is too short, guys, do whatever you want. I quit. / JR —Preceding unsigned comment added by Box20861 (talk • contribs) 21:01, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

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Replacement and functionality I had nothing to do with deprecating {{Infobox Star Trek episode}}; that was done several months ago. It is up for TfD, and this may be something that you want to discuss there, I suppose. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:49, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

No reason The episode list parameter is optional and I didn't care to try to make rules to find and replace. It would be pretty straightforward to add it AWB if you want. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 07:04, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Okay That sounds like a wise decision. If you want me to do something else, please post to my talk. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 07:12, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

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As far as I can tell you're running into a problem that I've never managed to reproduce reasonably. I have had it happen, but between my two test machines, it'll only ever happen on one at a time, which just makes it all but impossible to track down. I didn't look too closely at the title of the image, but some image names have invalid characters in them, which sometimes causes a problem -- though I think that I may have already fixed that.

If in further testing I find anything especially weird about that image, I'll let you know. 24.20.83.179 (talk) 23:49, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, this was me. I've been really sick this last month and just ended up having appendectomy a week ago, so I'm still really out of it. RandomStringOfCharacters [T] 01:45, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
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Re: Recent addition to "notable people"

Yes, I do. I'll add it. Packerfansam (talk) 19:08, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Not a revert

  • You are correct, of course. I was avoiding saying something uncivil about the wisdom of avoiding any mention of either Pitman or shorthand when linking to an article called "Pitman shorthand". I guess it's a football-soccer type thing, so I left in the other word, which I've forgotten. Mandsford (talk) 19:01, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for resizing fair use.

Thanks. I'd resize more images myself if my computer didn't disagree so strongly with the resize tool. Again, thanks. Always nice to see someone doing it. Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ) 23:32, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

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I commented at the thread at Vexorg's talkpage but he deleted it straight away, this is the picture here but not the source, the picture here is higher quality. Off2riorob (talk) 18:59, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks Rockfang; all fixed now. I typed the closure but stuffed it up somehow - Peripitus (Talk) 01:40, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

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Re: Time of Angels image

If you add a caption which makes it ostensibly meet the NFC, then of course, yes. ╟─TreasuryTag►without portfolio─╢ 10:13, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

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Hiya!

Hey Rockfang, a long time ago you volunteered to create the editnotices for project pages for me, since I’m not an admin or an account creator. Could you help me out? The Arbiter★★★ 23:58, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

I'll give it a shot. Could you link to the discussion we previously had please?--Rockfang (talk) 00:10, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
Yup, right here. The Arbiter★★★ 00:21, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
Do you have a new sandbox that is ready to go?--Rockfang (talk) 00:27, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

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It's good to read what it's written before you start tagging. Am i right!?

Pay attention this time : "From the Ukrainian Wikipedia (http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%A1%D0%A3-152-2)" Oblivion Lost (talk) 13:04, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

If you wanted me to read something on that article I don't read Ukrainian.--Rockfang (talk) 00:50, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

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Deleting the link is indeed fixing a link to a disam page. I will say, though, that in that case I should've changed it to film director. But yes, deleting a link isn't that uncommon for disamming if its vague or just not germaine enough to be linked. --User:Woohookitty Disamming fool! 11:36, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

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Hi. As far as I remember I cut the image from a pdf-file downloaded from Latham & Watkins website.

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The article Moves Me has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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Hi Rockfang. If evidence has been provided that this article was copied from Wikipedia, could you please end the discussion under Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2010 June 6 and Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2010 May 30? Thanks, - Gump Stump (talk) 21:59, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Sure thing. I will do that right now.--Rockfang (talk) 00:37, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
I've commented at the June 6 one and left the May 30 one alone because it appears to be a relist. I didn't close the June 6 discussion because it appears only admins close those discussions. I'm not an admin.--Rockfang (talk) 00:45, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
Great, thanks. - Gump Stump (talk) 02:16, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

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Thank you for the information.--Rockfang (talk) 19:59, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Your vote on Wales suggestions

Hello Rockfang, noticed you voted to delete my upload. My inquiry is to why, since you admit there is no concrete basis to so, and try to marginalize your decision by suggesting it might apply to other than articles. That would be bending the rules, to make it fit. I would appreciate a re-consideration of your vote with the modifications I suggested in my comments. I know you want to be an admin as you state in one of your boxes, but voting for what Wales isn't even clear on, seems a bit like lobbying for an administratorship. I hope I am wrong, I am not asking you to make a decision against your conscious or rules of the road, just a re-consideration with the modifications I suggested. Cheers! Victor9876 (talk) 19:01, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

For anyone else reading this section, this is the discussion he/she is referring to.
@Victor9876: If my delete suggestion implied that I thought there is no concrete basis to delete the file, that was not my intention. WP:DOB says "...articles should not include postal addresses...". At one point the power of attorney pdf was used in the article as a reference, essentially violating that part of the policy. That is why I suggested deletion of the file. If the addresses were blacked out or removed in some fashion, I'd strike out my suggestion that WP:DOB was a reason to delete. I hope that my reasoning is a bit more clear. I think I understand why you might think I was lobbying for administratorship, but that was not my intention. I was notified of a different discussion which is on the same daily FfD page as the power of attorney pdf file. Normally, when I'm already involved in a daily FfD page for another reason, I go ahead and comment on other discussions on the same page.--Rockfang (talk) 19:57, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
Thanks Rockfang, I have redacted the information and re-uploaded each file. The problem is, the thumbnails show no redaction, however, when clicked on the redaction is there!? Can you look at the two files and see what you get? Click on the files and see if the redaction is there? Your help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! Victor9876 (talk) 20:52, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
UPDATE It must have taken time for the process to work - I just checked the files on the deletion page and they show the redaction. Sorry if you wasted your time and hope you will do as you mentioned. Thanks again! Victor9876 (talk) 21:32, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
I have struck out my original deletion suggestion and added a comment to the bottom of the discussion. On a related note, I see that there is a duplicate file on Commons but it is missing a lot of information. If you want the file to stay there, I suggest adding any missing information.--Rockfang (talk) 21:53, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
Well..something is going on and it don't smell too good. Jimbo apparently is calling the files OR and siding with IP address' and now one of the IP's has created an account to exclusively edit the McCoy page and Charles Whitman page. There is another deletion discussion going on and when I go there, my user name turns red, and it does not keep the contributions that my blue user name does. I re-uploaded a file that had no info, and put info in there, still a new discussion arises. I suspect a cabal because of all of the article specific users reversions, and even posted a link to one on Wales talk page. Wales started this and now he won't respond. Of course, I am not mentioning you as I mention you and others having helped prior to this new issue. Are you familiar with these type of things? Victor9876 (talk) 01:46, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, here is the user, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Houston_McCoy&action=history perhaps a talk with her on going to the talk page to discuss changes might help. Thanks again! Victor9876 (talk) 01:57, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
If this is the deletion discussion you are referring to, your name is red there because it is a different site called Wikimedia Commons. It is separate from the English Wikipedia, but files from Wikimedia Commons can in most cases be viewed on the English Wikipedia.--Rockfang (talk) 02:23, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

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 23:19, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

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No, I haven't found anything similar. I'm quite frustrated by it because I'll soon pass 55000 and would love to update the table. Maybe someone at toolserver can offer something. Let me know. Wildhartlivie (talk) 09:22, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

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OTRS templates

Hi. :) Just wanted to drop you a note to point out that {{PermissionOTRS}} is for media files. For articles, we have {{ConfirmationOTRS}}. {{PermissionOTRS}} works for files because the file info box already includes information on source and license. It is only needed to confirm. {{ConfirmationOTRS}} is necessarily a little more complex, since it must identify the source in order to comply with attribution requirements and the license (unless dual) in order to comply with WP:REUSE. I've gone ahead and fixed Talk:Peter King (producer/musician), so this is more by way of a heads up for future tags or if you're aware of any other {{PermissionOTRS}} tags that you might have dropped in article space. (I think we need to clarify the language on that template's documentation! It's a bit vague.) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:13, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Oh, and since I failed to mention: appreciate your work there! I try to pitch in at that backlog when I catch up on the on-site copyright concerns (which so far hasn't happened) or when I can't stand it anymore (which occasionally does). :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:14, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for the tip. I've placed some text on my user page to make sure I distinguish the two better.--Rockfang (talk) 18:35, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
No problem. It took me a while to figure out which was which myself. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 18:38, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:Troy_Southgate.jpg

Hello Rockfang. How did you determine that the use of File:Troy_Southgate.jpg in Wikipedia articles fails our first non-free content criterion? --Loremaster (talk) 13:15, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

The first criterion is "No free equivalent." The subject of the picture appears to still be alive according to the article, and I have no reason to believe he lives a hermit-like lifestyle. Because of this, I think it is possible to get a freer picture of him. Also, as stated in the template I placed on the file's page, that template should not be removed by a non-admin editor. If you believe that a free replacement image cannot be reasonably found or created, you should add {{di-replaceable fair use disputed|Your reason why a free replacement can not be found or created}} to the page. I have reverted your removal of the template.--Rockfang (talk) 18:18, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
So the fact Troy Southgate is alive and your belief that he isn't a hermit is your only basis for determining that there is a free equivalent to the image of him I uploaded? Did you actually search and find a free equivalent? --Loremaster (talk) 18:29, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
There doesn't have to be an existing free image. If it is reasonably possible one can be created, that is sufficient. If he was dead, that would most likely decrease the chance that a non-free picture of him would be deleted.--Rockfang (talk) 18:50, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
But that doesn't make any sense since it is because there is no existing free image that this image is being used. Furthemore, I would argue that a press kit photo is the best free image. --Loremaster (talk) 19:05, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
It may not make sense to you, but that is how it works. Since it is reasonably possible to take a picture of him and license said picture with a free license, a non-free image cannot be used. Also, a press kit photo might be the most visually appealing image, but it does not appear to be a free image.--Rockfang (talk) 19:27, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

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Lionel Messi

Hi, please be careful when accepting revisions. This edit introduced incorrect information and it was accepted. Camw (talk) 11:39, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Per the proposed trial guideline, a reviewer's role is to "...catch and filter obvious vandalism and obviously inappropriate edits...". Neither of those appeared to apply. Also, "Reviewers are not expected to be subject experts and their review is not a guarantee in any way of an error-free article." My acceptance of that edit was fine.--Rockfang (talk) 18:47, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
Intentional misinformation is considered vandalism. It creates more work for others if you are approving edits where you don't know if they constitute blatantly incorrect information. Camw (talk) 18:59, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
I agree that "Intentional misinformation is considered vandalism." But I had no reason to believe it was misinformation. If all of the reviewers only accepted revisions that were on articles they were subject matter experts on, I suspect that the reviewing process would slow to a crawl. At least if/when the trial is finished and pending changes goes into full use. If you would like reviewers to only review revisions on articles they are subject matter experts on, I suggest you propose that on the trial's talk page, because I was following the proposed guideline.--Rockfang (talk) 19:13, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
One of the top players in the world moving to a club in the Israeli premier league without any supporting reliable sources is an excellent reason to believe the edit may be misinformation. If you don't know that something obvious is misinformation, then you aren't in a position to judge that the edit is not vandalism. There is no point making this into a big deal, I was just requesting care to taken, if you don't want to then fine. Camw (talk) 19:24, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
I will pay close attention to the revisions I review. If I appeared to not do this, or implied I won't do this, I apologize.--Rockfang (talk) 19:35, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
Thanks. I apologise too if I came off sounding accusatory or as though I considered it a major issue, it was not intended to be such. Farewell for now. Camw (talk) 19:40, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

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