Wikipedia talk:Files for upload/2010

Upload request withdrawal

Hello. A few days ago, I requested a file upload under fair use to a book cover, but I found out today I am qualified to upload without needing to go through the request procedure, so I uploaded the file myself. I also removed the request here (it can be found in the history of the page). Is that fine to just to remove my request by deleting my own request? Sorry I am rather new, so I want to understand the procedures correctly. Thanks :)Scchan (talk) 03:59, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Image for update

Shouldn't the wizard have another choice besides "image exists on wikipedia" / "image does not exist on wikipedia" ? Some images need to be updated. 70.29.208.129 (talk) 08:43, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

I added an 'I'm updating an image that already exists on Wikipedia' option. Matt (Talk) 04:30, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Currently, the "I'm updating an image" path just takes you to the same screen as if you were requesting a totally new image. Is this necessary? To update an image that's already here, why does the requester have to worry about the license and all that? Shouldn't we just direct them straight to the final part? Sure, their request won't have any licensing information and such, but is that necessary when all of that is already in order? Just a thought. Hope this shakes some watchlists up. :) Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 03:49, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

It's useful having it as an option. It's definitely a viable possibility (an unregistered editor did pose the question, after all) and, while rare, I'd sooner keep it open rather than turn away a few people who may not see their desire fit into the binary opposite of the other options. An updated image (especially those made by users) could have a different license, and we should allow for that option however uncommon, especially because there's no harm in having it as an image. All that being said, however, the "The image I want uploaded already exists on Wikipedia" option isn't particularly helpful. It seems to me that maybe a third option would be to refactor that page to give the option for replacing an image, as those are in fact "already on Wikipedia." ~ Amory (user • talk • contribs) 19:12, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Submitted a request to upload a picture, and...

Hi, a few days ago I submitted a request to upload a picture of August Dillmann which I scanned from an old book of his; I waited patiently for confirmation, only to find out that the whole request disappeared from this page. Why? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.66.234.191 (talk) 10:07, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Apologies, it seems we overlooked your request. It was automatically archived by a bot after seven days - thanks for bringing it to our attention. The image is now uploaded at File:August Dillman-1894.jpg. AJCham 12:53, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

-Great, many thanks!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.66.234.191 (talk) 14:00, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

I submitted logos for several professional wrestling promotions two months ago, but two of them were apparently overlooked. Looking though the archives, you might want to mark those with unreviewed submissions like WP:AFC does. There seems to be a pretty big backlog from as far back as July 2008. 71.184.42.179 (talk) 00:48, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

Archiving

In view of the above issue, does anyone know if it would be possible to have the bot only archive threads which have responses? AJCham 12:53, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

As far as I know, the bots for archiving run on a time based system. It could be a good idea to recommend that people who request an image leave a message after six days, notifying us that it still hasn't gotten a response. That way it doesn't get lost. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 14:43, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

There are archived unresponded requests back till May, when also the templates must have had a different format or use as we have boxes nested inside each other. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:01, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

old request

I submitted a request on november 11 for William Kreutzer, Jr. and it seems to have been archived without action. Does anyone look at such old requests, or should I submit it again? 69.228.171.150 (talk) 04:03, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Addition to Header

I added the following line to the FFU header, under the "If you..." section:

• Are requesting that an image be found for a certain article, but do not know where it is, please see Requested pictures.

I get the impression that many of our submitters are asking us to find images for them, and therefore don't post links to pictures. Assuming they actually read that header, I would hope that this addition would steer them to the proper page for such requests. Robert Skyhawk ^{So sue me!} (You'll lose) 17:01, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Millie Brown

Extended content

British performance artist Millie Brown is a member of South-London based Art Collective !WOWOW! - a group of artists, fashion designers, writers and musicians, including Gareth Pugh, Artist Matthew Stone and Adham Faramawy. The group squatted a huge disused community complex in Peckham and turned it into their own metropolis complete with dance studios, gym, chapel, theatre and nightclub Millie B was born in Bath, England in 1986 and grew up between England, France & Spain. She moved into the !WOWOW! Coop building when she was 17 where she first became interested in art. The ‘Children of !WOWOW!’ became famous for their art exhibitions and outrageous warehouse parties with up 2,000 guests - one of which was attended by Lauren Bush, the former US President's niece, along with two CIA bodyguards, much to their amusement. Her first performance was in Berlin alongside other members of !WOWOW! and renowned performance artist Mark McGowan, she vomited a rainbow, each colour individually throughout the day in front of a bemused live audience. In 2008 Millie performed in a show at the Chapman Brothers London house and then at the Fash-Off SHOWstudio event for Gareth Pugh where she vomited black while Matthew Stone played Aretha Franklin's ‘Respect’ to a live audience and streamed live by SHOWstudio.com. Millie then performed at Matthew Stone's solo show at The Union Gallery London where she constructed a perspex piramid in which she performed and then went on to perform at La Gallery General in Paris. Millie has also co curated alongside Adham faramawy and performed at the !wowow! exhibition at The Birmingham Art Festival, The Late at Tate Show, Tate Britain & Transmedial Art Festival in Berlin. First starring in 'Films for SHOWstudio 02' by Jez Tozer for SHOWstudio's Political Fashion Season [1] and then in Adham Faramawy's film 'Vomit window' [2] for The Divination exhibition in hamburg, Paris & London, Millie is currently working with U.S director Griffin on some projects. Most recently Millie and Lady Gaga have collaborated for her Monster ball world tour Back drop shot by Nick Knight where Millie straddles Gaga and vomits bright green all over Gaga's white couture dress.[3] The footage has had a huge internet response and the dress is currently being put in a Museum.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Millie Brown (talk • contribs) 02:16, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

You seem to be looking for Articles for creation, which is where unregistered users may submit articles to be created by registered users. This, however, is a talk page, and not the proper place to put such submissions. Robert Skyhawk ^{So sue me!} (You'll lose) 17:31, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

backlog bot

Can a page be set up for backlogged requests?

• Wikipedia:Files_for_upload/Backlog

Then a bot scans the archived request logs for any that are unclosed (after this is done once, it need only scan the newest logs since the last scan), copies them to the backlog. Closed requests from the backlog are archived to the current archive log.

This should probably also happen with the AFC redirect/category request logs.

Many requests have been archived without even a reply.

76.66.195.196 (talk) 07:54, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

It seems that this issue has been somewhat resolved already...see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Articles for creation#FFU archiving. Feel free to comment there on any additional changes you'd like to see. Robert Skyhawk ^{(T C B)} 17:57, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Still, that would archive unclosed discussions, which probably should either be closed, or moved off to a backlog page. Though the one year period should make someone close it... 76.66.195.196 (talk) 20:01, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Archiving Fixed

Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Articles for creation#FFU Archiving Fixed. Robert Skyhawk ^{(T C B)} 04:01, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Archiving

The archivals are not behaving as expected from the "fixed" fixture. Unclosed unreplied requests are being archived soon after coming up, per September and August archives, which is not the 1-year the bot is supposed to wait. 76.66.200.95 (talk) 06:54, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Nick Hainey

Nick hainey is 18 Years old from Llandudno (North Wales)

He attends Llandrillo College studying Media Production. He works part time at a Cafe in his local town. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nickhainey (talk • contribs) 21:26, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Hello Nick. This is the wrong place to post this. First of all, this is Files for Upload, a location where autoconfirmed users assist non-autoconfirmed users in uploading images. What you are looking for is Articles for Creation. Secondly, your sumbission to Articles for Creation has been declined per lack of sources and lack of notability. Sorry. Sven Manguard _Talk 19:03, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

bug?

It looks as if all of the requests for upload have suddenly vanished. One of them was [4], which I put forth 2 days ago. From what I can tell, "Official Crimecraft Box Art" was archived as accepted, but all the sections following it were accidentally included in the archive! I am still relatively new to wikipedia, so I do not know how to fix this... It doesn't even show up in the history! Can someone help? --Tuniof (talk) 07:11, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

I fixed it [5]... --Tuniof (talk) 11:10, 23 November 2010 (UTC)