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Hello Wsiegmund....can you answer a question at my talk page here? I'm not sure what the copyright issues may be...--MONGO 00:08, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
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Name of Kit
Hey man, remember me? Can you change that kit name? [1], have a problem in that kit: the correct name is: File:Kit_body_saocaetano13g1.png, not PNG in capital letters. Understand me? example: [2]! i wait a answer. Thanks a lot! --Gustavo neto (talk) 19:46, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
- Done. Please leave Commons-related messages at Commons:User_talk:Wsiegmund. Thank you. Walter Siegmund (talk) 16:01, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
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Oso, Washington
Hello Wsiegmund,
Oso, Washington's landslide section certainly needed paring, but it appears that there is a hill somewhere there called 'Skaglund'. See Skaglund Hill - Permanent Slide Repair about a Washington State Department of Transportation landslide mitigation project there, Completed November 2012. Recent news report mentioning same [3] And this source mentions it, [4], but as you noted it is also not clearly stated that the slide was on or came from that hill. It may be known by that name locally as apparently the Skaglund family were early settlers there, and still live on that hill.
Hope this is of interest. 220 of Borg 23:46, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
- The WaDOT map indicates a location between Oso and Steelhead Drive. I've seen road work on that section in the past. From that hill, one can see the slide area as indicated in the Everett Herald article. The Seattle Times article says, the "Skaglund Hill Permanent Slide Repair [is] an area just west of Saturday’s slide, on the opposite side of the Stillaguamish River." But, I wasn't able find sources that called it the "Skaglund Hill mudslide" or that indicated that the slide occurred on Skaglund Hill. So, I removed that content. I think the slide may be described as 0.5 miles northeast of Skaglund Hill. Since Google and Acme Mapper do not show Skaglund Hill, that information may not be very helpful to our readers.http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=48.28105,-121.84527&z=14 Thank you for the sources and comments. Best wishes, Walter Siegmund (talk) 00:39, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
Question regarding attribution
Hello mr. Siegmund,
Your photos are beautiful!
I'm a 6th grade teacher in Portland, OR. My teaching partner and I are working with our students to create a trail guide for the Tillamook Forest Center showing common species found around the center. We would like to use some of your photos. We are new to this process and want to make sure we attribute your work correctly. The guide will be used by other students and visitors to the center. How should we word the attribution of your work?
Thank you for your time!
Daniel — Preceding unsigned comment added by DanielStripedTiger (talk • contribs) 02:47, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- Your project is important and valuable. I would be very happy to contribute. ©Walter Siegmund must appear in the immediate vicinity of each image that you use, or, "if a credit for all contributing authors of the Adaptation or Collection appears, then as part of these credits and in a manner at least as prominent as the credits for the other contributing authors", cf., Section 4(c) of the Legal Code. For your use, you may ignore the other terms of the license. If you make your guide available online, please post the URL. Best wishes, Walter Siegmund (talk) 03:40, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
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- Thanks for reviewing DYK nomination. Don't want to muddy the water now that review is done; however, here’s second source for "23 mammal species" fact. It's Fossil Lake article published by American Museum of Natural History in New York (see bottom of page 3 for "23 mammal species" statement; pp. 4-5 list the 23 species; then pp. 5-19 discusses each species individually). Sorry I didn't find this article sooner. It would have made review easier.--Orygun (talk) 20:19, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
- That source satisfies my reading of WP:RS. It was published in 1931. A contemporary assessment may list more species. Thank you for tracking it down. Fossil Lake (Oregon) is an interesting article about a fascinating place and it is in my region. By the way, I contacted Museum of Geology and Paleontology Research Laboratory, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, but haven't learned anything helpful so far. Best wishes, Walter Siegmund (talk) 03:51, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
Commons inline
If you prefer inline, you are welcome to revert. I tend to only see Commons category inline used when no other content or links appears in the EL section. ----Another Believer (Talk) 14:24, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
Responded at the appropriate venue. Walter Siegmund (talk) 16:33, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks from the Wiki and I for your contribution Victuallers (talk) 11:11, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
Good job!--MONGO 15:44, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you both for your kind words and encouragement. Walter Siegmund (talk) 16:39, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
Mistaken edit reverted
Hello Wsiegmund. I reverted one of your recent edits. I know that your action was a mistake -- you clearly thought you were removing vicious vandalism, but you actually reinstated it. I should have just erased that text, but hit the revert button to get rid of it quickly. Sorry. Thanks for all your work on Wikipedia! Best Wishes, Wilson44691 (talk) 17:22, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
- Thank you. It is much appreciated. --Walter Siegmund (talk) 17:29, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
Wsiegmund is a poopie-head!
you mean vandal!--MONGO 20:26, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
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Ranunculus eschscholtzii
File:Ranunculus eschscholtzii 7497.JPG This photo is of a species of Potentilla (Rosaceae), but the taxon can not be determined from the photograph alone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.180.244.145 (talk) 19:05, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
- I agree. However, Ranunculus eschscholtzii is the only native species of Ranunculus reported in the area. [5] Photos of other features match the description of the taxon.
![[1]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kit_body_saocaetano13g1.PNG){kind=link}
![[2]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kit_body_bologna1314h.png){kind=link}
Please discuss taxon assignment at Commons:File talk:Ranunculus eschscholtzii 7497.JPG. Walter Siegmund (talk) 20:48, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
Small Camas Photo
Hello,
We would like to use one of your images of Small Camas in an upcoming book that we are writing about The Camas Prairie Railroad.
Can you please contact us regarding your photo use terms.
Thank you kindly, Garry & Roz Miller
- Sure. If you set up an account on Wikipedia, you can send me email. See the "Login" link. It is free and spam-free. Then, look for "Email this user" under "Tools" in the sidebar. Walter Siegmund (talk) 18:21, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
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Wishing you all the best . . .
Merry Christmas, Wsiegmund, and may your holidays be merry and bright . . . . Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 18:14, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
- Thank you. May I wish you the same. Walter Siegmund (talk) 19:11, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
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Use of your photos for a slideshow
Walter,
I am developing a Native Plants of Western Washington slideshow to present a several workshops. I wanted to let you know/ask you that I am using many of your pictures- as they are great photos of our local flora. I just wanted to give you the heads up also let you know you will be properly attributed for each of you photos as per Creative Commons 3.0 licensing. If you have any questions or special requests for attribution, please let me know. I should be finished with developing this in the next month or so, and if you would like a copy of the presentation, let me know.
Thanks so much,
Eric Walker — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.129.30.15 (talk) 20:13, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
- Responded via email. --Walter Siegmund (talk) 03:37, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
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Adventure Publications Photo Permission
Hello Walter,
My name is Andrea Bong, and I work at Adventure Publications in Cambridge, MN (www.adventurewithkeen.com). We’re currently working on a book called, “Animal Tracks of the Northwest Quick Guide”, which is due out spring 2017.
We’re writing because we’d like to use your image of the following species in our book:
Species Name: Brush Rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani 01035t.JPG) Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sylvilagus_bachmani_01035t.JPG
As we understand it, you’ve shared the image on Wikipedia with a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. We’d like to ask for your permission to use the above image(s) in the book.
If you grant permission… 1) Please let me know how your photo credit should read. 2) We’d like to send you a free copy of the book. What is your mailing address?
Please let us know what you think, and thanks.
Andrea Bong, Production Coordinator
andrea@adventurewithkeen.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.226.144.1 (talk) 20:01, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
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Permission for using a photo
Dear Mr. Siegmund,
I am biologist who is working for Public institution which manages with 4 protected areas in Republic of Croatia (Premantura, Medulin municipality, county Istria, Republic Croatia). The name of public institution is Public institution "Kamenjak" (Full name: Public institution for managing with protected areas in Medulin Municipality "Kamenjak")
We are renewing the content of our web page and we want to add new sections. In section "fauna" we will have subsection "birds". That is why I am contacting you. Your picture of Hirundo rustica (name of the photo on Wikimedia Commons: "Hirundo rustica 14116.JPG") is very interesting to us and we would like to use it, if You, as an author, agree with that. We would use it for non-commercial purpose only, just for education of the page visitors and we will credit you as well. If you agree please let me know the terms of using on the mail: goran.stjepic@kamenjak.hr. If you do not agree I understand and apologize for disturbing.
Best regards,
Goran Stjepic Public institution Kamenjak Selo, 120 Premantura, Croatia www.kamenjak.hr www.facebook.hr/kamenjak1 Goran Stjepić (talk) 12:47, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
- Nice image. I suggest you use the email link at left to email him directly as he may not get notifications in his email about comments left on his talkpage.--MONGO 15:27, 27 December 2016 (UTC)
- Replied to Dr. Stjepic via email. Thank you, MONGO. Walter Siegmund (talk) 15:07, 28 December 2016 (UTC)
Hello, I am sorry I am not really versed in how to use Wiki stuff at all. I am trying to contact you regarding a plant you've photographed, Hieracium scouleri. I tried to find a way to email you but didn't see if. If you could please email me at jmausmus (at) hotmail (dot) com. Thanks so much! Jeff — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.241.134.236 (talk) 06:25, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
- Replied via email to the jmausmus address. To use email on Wikipedia, you need to create a free account. Walter Siegmund (talk) 12:52, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
Photo requests in Seattle area?
Hi, Walter!
When the weather gets warmer in Seattle, are you interested in photographing places in SeaTac and/or the surrounding cities/the Highline School District area? WhisperToMe (talk) 17:22, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
- I'm not likely to find time to do that in the next year. Thank you for thinking of me. Walter Siegmund (talk) 20:42, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
- You're welcome! Anyway, happy editing :) WhisperToMe (talk) 01:21, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
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Wikipedia’s gender trouble is well-documented. In a 2011 survey, the Wikimedia Foundation found that less than 10% of its contributors were women. While the reasons for the gender gap are up for debate, the practical effect of this disparity is not: content is skewed by the lack of representation from women.
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Lake Lenore or Alkali Lake?
Hi, Walter! I hope you are doing well and keeping healthy. I still enjoy your many pictures at Commons.
I saw that you moved Commons:File:Alkali Lake Washington.jpg to Commons:File:Lake Lenore.jpg. There seems to be disagreement over the name of this lake. As far as I can tell, this is a photograph of the lake to the East of Washington State Route 17 in the lower Grand Coulee. If you look at the topo map, the lake on both sides of State Route 17 is named "Lenore". If you look at Google maps, the lake on the west side is "Lake Lenore" and the lake on the east side is "Alkali Lake". GNIS also thinks this is named Alkali Lake. I believe this is the lake to the east, because it has those funny little islands.
I suspect this is actually "Alkali Lake", because of GNIS, but I'm not 100% sure. Do you have other information that would help us figure it out? — hike395 (talk) 04:10, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
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- I copied salient portions of your comments above to Commons:File talk:Alkali Lake Washington.jpg .jpg so that they may be more readily found by other editors. I added my response. I requested file name repair.[6] A spurious .jpg extension was added when I tried to move the file back to its previous name.
- I enjoy your pictures as well. I remain well and hope you do the same. Walter Siegmund (talk) 16:00, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
- I think all is as it should be now. Thank you for your kind attention. Walter Siegmund (talk) 18:15, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
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