User talk:ABF/Archive/2008/March

WTF?

Thanks a lot for deleting Rsz elbowbeachsurfclub.jpg; I had already mailed in the permission to publish it. Is there someone you can undo?

The OTRS-team will look into it. If the information was really enough, they will restore the deleted images and remove the warnings from the others. -- Cecil 19:49, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Just got the news that the information you sent is not enough. You will get a mail pretty soon what is missing. -- Cecil 19:55, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Not enough? Pardon me? I have several letters (the significant parts of which were bolded) from the creators of the majority of photos I posted (including Rsz elbowbeachsurfclub.jpg) expressly stating that I have permission to use them. Further, Wikimedia Commons already replied affirmatively.

All I'm trying to do is assemble a series of pages on a DIY independent label in Guelph - partly as a way of documenting cultural progress in my area. It's a good thing. That after I've sent in thorough permission I should be continually harranged by this site's bureaucracy over paltry details seems overbearing, particularly in light of the fact that these photos ARE NOT EVEN COPYRIGHTED. They all exist in the public domain. I understand certain trite concerns may exist, but seriously, what gives?

You received a mail yesterday. could we keep that subject at OTRS please? It's kinda confusing. Just check your mails ;-) Regards, Code·is·poetry 21:06, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Solved? abf /talk to me/ 14:30, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:Jsz.jpg

Hi ABF, my image is properly identified as mine, with my own credits. I created it and I have the original PNG file to prove it. I'd like to see it resolved. Thanks.

COM:L and maybe COM:OTRS will help. abf /talk to me/ 14:30, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

File:P8310100.JPG

Hi! Could yo please restore it back? I'm gonna put the respective license. Thank you! --es:Usuario:Epiovesan 29 febrero 2008 19:11 (UTC)

You can still re-upload it with the correct license. abf /talk to me/ 14:30, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:Princess Helena on at Sheffield copy 1906.jpg

Hi ABF. I added a source soon after I was notified it was missing. Could you please check this and let me know if it still qualifies for deletion? Thanks, Peter symonds 18:19, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

'f cource. The author (and his date of death) is not named. abf /talk to me/ 14:30, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:Lionsoftsavo2008.jpg

I'm new to all this, can anybody explain why my image is requested for deletion? I apologize if I messed up somewhere.

Licensial Information was not added my the uploader, but by an IP. abf /talk to me/ 14:30, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

How do I upload the licensing info correctly? Just log in?

Yes. abf /talk to me/ 14:07, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Ok I logged in and added the licensing info. Any better?

Much better. abf /talk to me/ 15:35, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:Böller2-abf-.JPG

Eh... Nachdem du das machst, ist das nicht mehr nötig, sonst passiert das... ;-) Reverten überlasse ich dir :-) Grüsse--Luxo 19:58, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:French_people_-_mosaic.PNG

WAIT! Don't just delete it, tell what are the incompatible licenses and it will be changed! The Ogre 14:22, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

COM:L will help you. And there is also the possibility to read the licenial texts. Regards, abf /talk to me/ 14:24, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

From what I can figure out this is all because Creative Commons licenses are not compatible with GFDL - if I remove Zidane's picture is it okay? Please help... I'm strongly lost in all of this! And the image in question was the result of a long and strenuous vote in the english wikipedia... The Ogre 14:45, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, thats it. GFDL and CC-licenses are incompatible. Regards :) abf /talk to me/ 15:33, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

"there is also the possibility to read the licenial texts"
That's a smart one. Thanks for your help pal ! You requested the deletion of this image, the least you can do is to mention which pics you believe have an incompatible license - Wikig | talk to me | 15:12, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Shall that be a polite way of you to say 'You are an ashole'? It really sounded a bit like that.

But to explain myself, reading the Licensing-issues is always better than getting the one problem served on a silver-table. Regards, abf /talk to me/ 15:33, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

That is a way to say that you are not being very helpful, your way to exercise an otherwise useful task is quite peremptory IMO - Wikig | talk to me | 09:04, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Seana

Sorry for my bad english, but I don't understand why the picture of my horse was deleted

there was no licensial information. Regards, abf /talk to me/ 15:36, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, it's not Arabic. That's en:Farsi--OsamaK 15:52, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:Argon.svg

Is's my image. Please, recover it and I describe it's descr.--Albedo-ukr 12:46, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Its now restored. You have got one week to complete the description. Regards, abf /talk to me/ 19:15, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Many Thanks

Dear ABF/Archive/2008,
Thank you for supporting my Request for Adminship. I’m honored by your trust and will do my best to help build a better site. Durova 20:50, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Start small, close obvious deletion discussions. Get bolder with experience. Pretty soon Commons will have ten thousand images! (giggles, flees) ;)

Have fun (and success) abf /talk to me/ 20:53, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Deleted record label

Hello,

It seems that you some time ago deleted Image:Columbia1116D, a scan of a 1920s record label I had uploaded. Since no comment was left on my talk page I have no idea why you did this, and the action seems even less understandable considering that the many contemporary label scans found in Category:Columbia_Records have not been deleted. Perhaps a mistake? /FredrikT 11:58, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

The copyright holder dyed in 1961, wich is to less for PD-old. Sorry. abf /talk to me/ 12:37, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Excuse me, but which copyright holder are you referring to??? The (most probably unknown) designer of the label? The founder of Columbia records (who probably had nothing to do with the label design)? And what would make my scan any different from the other contemporary Columbia labels in the category cited above? /FredrikT 08:14, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Restored and requested for regular deletion. Regards, abf /talk to me/ 12:02, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

„Genehmigung des Urhebers bzw. Rechteinhabers fehlt.“

Bezüglich Image:Westfälische_Rundschau_Halver_2007-12-11.jpg muss ich sagen, dass mich das Verfahren etwas verwundert. Ich habe angegeben, dass die Genehmigung vorliegt. Sie wurde mündlich vor Zeugen erteilt. Eine mündliche Verabredung ist rechtsverbindlich. Wo ist also das Problem? Simplicius 22:40, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Leider werden mündliche Vereinbarungen auf commons: anders als auf de: nicht akzeptiert, da muss schon was schriftliches im OTRS sein. Grüße, abf /talk to me/ 05:21, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

could you help again? :-)

I've tried to transfer Image:Bastardschwert.jpg, but it seems that I did something wrong, 'coz it writes "This media has no description"/"No source specified"/"This media has no author information" :-( Idot 17:09, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Done. Next time please use this tool. Regards, abf /talk to me/ 19:14, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

De-adminship procedure

I was very surprised at being de-admined today. After receiving your first inactivity notice, I went away to be active again. I still want to be an admin, because I think this is the most productive role for me, maximising my utility to the Commons.

However, I have unfortunately overread the part about signing the page at Commons:Administrators/Inactivity section/Feb-Mar 2008 and hence have not done it – not because I am not interested in being an admin. Is there any chance you could undo this and make me an admin again? Otherwise I will most likely suspend my activities at Wikimedia Commons. — Richie 19:59, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Ja, stimmt... ich werde das an einen Bürokraten weiterleiten. Sorry, aber da haben wir jetzt beide Fehler gemacht. Grüße, abf /talk to me/ 05:21, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Vielen Dank! Schöne Grüße. — Richie 21:13, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Moved Page

You moved the Top 200 Non-Icons which have a Vector version available by usage page I created to User:Inkwina/Top 200 Non-Icons which have a Vector version available by usage claiming wrong namespace. Could you please explain why this is so?

I think that the page is of general usefulness to the Community as it points out images that would most likely benefit from being replaced by their SVG counterparts. I therefore do not think that the User: namespace is really the place for it. I would appreciate it if you guided me to relevant policy/guideline pages about where to place such pages so I do not make such mistakes again. Should it perhaps be under the Commons: namespace? (I will keep it in the User: namespace while debugging)

BTW I just saw your message. I did not realize what happened, I thought it was some bug in my script so I just re-ran it. --Inkwina (talk • contribs) 13:17, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, you can also use the commons-namespace, no objections, but is not what we host as a gallery. Regards, abf /talk to me/ 13:19, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

User

I was Romanceor in fact. I'll correct that. 87.65.149.155 13:18, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Then please log in. abf /talk to me/ 13:19, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Out of scope?

Hi, I'd created a page this morning to organize the photos in Commons for Warren County, Indiana. I first made the framework of the page (categorization, gallery tags, etc.), then went to compose a list of the images to insert into it. Before I could add them, though, I found that the page had already been deleted as being out of scope. Given that there are a number of photos in Commons relating to Warren County, I'm not sure why a page to present them would be considered as being outside of scope. Thanks, Huwmanbeing 14:12, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Gallery pages must include Images, otherwise they'll get deleted. Feel free to create it again with Images. abf /talk to me/ 16:00, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Question

Je n'ai pas compris quel est le problème que vous m'avez posé. Est-ce que vous pouvez l'expliquer en francais ou en italien? Merci. --Arianna 00:33, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Oui. Regarder aux ta pagina discuter. abf /talk to me/ 12:35, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Malheuresemente, je ne comprend qu'est-que-c'est le fichier [[:{{{1}}}]]: est-ce que vous pouver me faire un éxemple d'une de mes contributions qui seraient hors du but ("scope") de Wiki-Commons? J'ai toujours importé des images de peintures et de photos. Merci et salut --Arianna 17:01, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Oui, c'est par example Cesare Gennari. abf /talk to me/ 06:05, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Re: thanks

Hi,

You're welcome :)

Apparently it was someone angry because you deleted some of his/her images.

Best regards from France,

-- AlNo (discuter/talk/hablar/falar) 16:40, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

No, i did not delete his/her images, but i deleted some advertise-band-spam on a talk-page ;) Ragards (from germany) and thanks again, abf /talk to me/ 06:05, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Deletion/move request closure

Hello, I have noticed that you are efficient at deletion request closures. Can I request to have a look at the various requests (and often contradictionary) move requests in the area of categories farm by country and farmhouses by country (and subcats per country) which date back now from more than three months ago (plus some cats for discussion as the initiator tried to spread the discussion on a maximal number of related categories). I removed already a deletion request there as it was referring to a so-called duplicate category that had a move request to the category that was requested for deletion. All this is vey confusing for people that want to improve categorisation and it is a clear signal that people shouldn't bother too much with deletion and move requests. Sorry for the trouble and thank you anyway. --Foroa 07:43, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Test?

Hi ABF, ich hab eine Nachricht wegen Test erhalten, verstehe aber nicht, auf was sich die bezieht, wärst du so nett mir da einen Hinweis zu geben? Grüße --Ivy 11:12, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

das. Grüße, abf /talk to me/ 11:12, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Wen ich jetzt noch wüsste was daran falsch war? Pegging ist eine Sexualpraktik aus dem Femdom, einer Untergruppe des BDSM und die Kategorie ist präziser als die Obergruppe BDSM --Ivy 11:52, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh fuck! Ich hatte freedom gelesen... man, bin ich blöd. Entschuldige bitte vielmals. Soll ich deine talk-page löschen? Meine Nachricht war da sehr falsch. abf /talk to me/ 11:53, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Der Teufel ist ein Eichhörnchen^^ Löschen wär lieb, muss aber nicht sein... mir gehts ja nur drum, das man in der total verkruschtelten Kategorie endlich mal was findet - das regt mich jetzt schon seit Wochen auf :-) --Ivy 12:00, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks (moved from the top of the page

Thanks! :-) Idot 12:58, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

No problem. abf /talk to me/ 18:16, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/Image:A Young Young Woman Blowing A Dandelion Clock.png

Shouldn't we delete the other 3 pictures this user uploaded? It's qiote sure they're copyrighted too. --TwoWings * to talk or not to talk... 18:43, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Done, thanks. abf /talk to me/ 18:22, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Commons:Undeletion_requests/Current_requests#Image:Hk1946typhoonsignal.jpg

Please asked commons admininstrators to join in discussion, it is a matter of principle, whethere alledged "PD" image uploaded to commons should be speedily deleted --Gisling 06:59, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

I restored it and made a regular deletion-request, so we can discuss it with the whole community, to get a "judgement" we can base future deletions on. Regards, abf /talk to me/ 18:22, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:ScissorsistersSBSR.jpg

Why did you ignore my comment? Regards, Code·is·poetry 23:53, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, ich hab die drei bilder über einen Kamm geschpren und nicht genau genug hingesehen. Habs wiederhergestellt und reg-del gemacht. abf /talk to me/ 09:17, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Ask restoration of User:Yug/Dream team

Hello,
Yes I now contribute under IP. But if I create constructive pages in my old user name subspace, the page should stay, regardless it was done by an IP or by a registred account. If you think it's a spam, just notice the sub-page to the concerned account (Yug) on user talk:Yug.

I know that admins do their best and necessary do some mistakes for unclear cases, Sorry for the time lost, but please restore the page (which I have to expand). 220.135.4.212 = Y_g = ex-admin. 05:07, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

I do not quite understand. I you are Yug, just log in and tell me this is your page. If you are not Yug, create a new account and then I will restore it and move it into your space. Regards, abf /talk to me/ 09:17, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

By the way: what is a "Meta-template" (which kill kities O.o ) 220.135.4.212 05:09, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

A template used in a template. abf /talk to me/ 09:17, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Scope

Hello there,

Which media are you referring to on my talk page?

Greetings from Onderwijsgek 14:23, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Not to any media, but to the page Stonehaven, wich had no media on page. abf /talk to me/ 14:24, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

That's correct, thank you! --Onderwijsgek 14:27, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Regards, abf /talk to me/ 14:28, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello there!

Well you've just raised my pulse to 200, but nevermind, deep breath and deep understanding :). You surely think vandalising my userpage is very funny when I'm uploading pictures to commons. Please don't.--SirGazsi 20:43, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Sirg gallery loocked for me like spam. abf /talk to me/ 20:44, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

• I want you to reverse deletion at once. You're not only crossing all Wiki guidelines but sabotage my work. --SirGazsi 20:49, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

• You didn't tip me off that I've created an article instead of a sub-userpage. Now I understand the lethal speed of deletion. --SirGazsi 21:40, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

I did not sabotage anything at all. I only deleted a page in accoreiance to COM:PS, because there where no media on the page. abf /talk to me/ 06:42, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Quick draw McGraw

I'm not quite sure whether you've got a bot or its you yourself deleting pages for being outside the project scope, but in future it might pay to check this history before you delete a page. I was pretty flummoxed to see that you deleted Kirsten Haglund less than a minute after I created it, because the image I noted contained the wrong file extension (should be png). Care to undelete it please? Thanks. PageantUpdater 09:24, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Done and fixed. abf /talk to me/ 09:27, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Scope type warnings

Hi - when you use these on a new user can you make sure that you also "welcome" them. The information there may well help to guide them for their future work. Thanks --Herby ^{talk thyme} 16:10, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

I do not really belive the welcome template is as helpfull (i had none on commons), but if you think its necessary i will do so in future. Regards, abf /talk to me/ 19:30, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I don't know how this stuff works, but I am responding to your suggested deletion of my photo. This photo was taken from a screen grab of a Sanyo HD camera I put on my bass amplifier, leaning on it's folded out screen and running for the duration of the show. It is completely my own creation.

Thanks.

--Doctordawg 03:20, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I have bot deleted anything but Richard Campbell . abf /talk to me/ 06:42, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:Sun_hidden_in_clouds.JPG

This media may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:Sun_hidden_in_clouds.JPG. I notice the image page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikimedia Commons (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page. If the content is a derivative of a copyrighted work, you need to supply the names and a licence of the original authors as well.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag, then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}} to release it under the multilicense GFDL plus Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike All-version license or {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. See Commons:Copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find all your uploads using the Gallery tool. Thank you. Jusjih 03:45, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, it seems as if someone has deleted the redirect to my regular license-template. Problem solved for now. abf /talk to me/ 06:42, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:Sun_hidden_in_clouds2.JPG

This media may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:Sun_hidden_in_clouds2.JPG. I notice the image page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikimedia Commons (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page. If the content is a derivative of a copyrighted work, you need to supply the names and a licence of the original authors as well.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag, then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}} to release it under the multilicense GFDL plus Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike All-version license or {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. See Commons:Copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find all your uploads using the Gallery tool. Thank you. Jusjih 03:46, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, it seems as if someone has deleted the redirect to my regular license-template. Problem solved for now. abf /talk to me/ 06:42, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

hilfe

Sehr geehrter AFB,

auf der Seiten "Paul Scheffer" habe ich Probleme, die Bilder gemäß ihrer Richtlinien richtig einzuhängen. Benutzt werden alle 5 Bilder in Wikipedia "Paul Scheffer", 2 sind eingehängt, und auf 3 wird gelinkt. Können Sie mir bitte helfen, da ich mit den ganzen Hilfsverweisen, die in Englisch gegeben werden, anscheinend nicht zurecht komme?

Gruß Reffesch

Das Problem ist, dass du im Artikel Paul Scheffer keine bilder eingesetzt hast. Das verstösst gegen unsere Richtlinie COM:PS. Deine Bilder haben ausserdem keine Lizenz. Informationen dazu findest du auf COM:L. Bitte sag ruhig bescheid, wenn ich mehr helfen kann. Grüße, abf /talk to me/ 10:04, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Erin Brockovich

Mh, da stehe ich auf dem Schlauch, das Bild war doch CC-Lizensiert, wo ist das Problem? Aus dem gleichen Fundus kommt übrigens auch thumb|Rogge - sofern das ein Lizenzverstoss ist bitte ebenfalls löschen.--Schreibvieh 10:28, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, aber das ist so. Die Dinger sind schon copyvios auf flickr, aber das ist nicht mein problem, wenn die da rumgammeln. Da die quelle nicht frei sind sind die Bilder hier copyvio. Grüße, abf /talk to me/ 10:31, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

OK, so viel Ahnung habe ich vom Bildrechten eh nicht - ich hatte mich einfach auf die CC-Lizenz bei Flickr verlassen. Nix für ungut...--Schreibvieh 10:36, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Amphiareion of Oropos

Bonjour, J'essaie d'importer les images de l'article en:Amphiareion of Oropos depuis en.wikipedia. Tu as déjà effacé la première de ces photos ! Quel est le problème ? C'est ma première expérience sur Commons : que dois-je faire ? Ptyx 21:06, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

ABF ne parle français (ou du moins pas assez), Il me dit n'avoir effacé aucune de tes images et que tu n'as rien uploadé sur Commons, peut être il y a un malentendu quelque part? Esby 21:23, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/Category:Julianne Moore

Hi, du hast {{Kept}} zu Category talk:Julianne Moore hinzugefügt, aber der Löschantrag ist noch offen. Ist das ein Versehen? Gruß aus Hamburg --GeorgHH • talk   21:41, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

War es, sorry. abf /talk to me/ 07:19, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi ABF

Du hast mich auf die Löschung von BWV 846 hingewiesen, die Löschung kann ich nachvollziehen. Wie sieht es mit einem Link auf den Text der beiden Stücke aus, da wir den bei Communs nicht an Bord haben, er aber nützlich wäre, da wir so viele Interpretationen vor allem des Präludiums hier haben. Ist ein Link nach draußen hier irgendwo unterzubringen? Gruß --Peu 12:42, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Nein. Commons ist NUR für Gallerien (also Seiten mit Bildern) im Mainspace da. Siehe dazu auch COM:PS Grüße, abf /talk to me/ 15:19, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Idiots playtime

Thanks :) --Herby ^{talk thyme} 14:31, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey, no problem, if we sysops wont block commons would be full of such fools. abf /talk to me/ 14:37, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Hi, saw you deleted Image:Alizeemexico3.jpg, a (seemingly) cropped version of the same seems to have been uploaded - Image:Alizeemexico4.jpg. Could you please take care of that too? Also, Image:Alizeemexico.jpg, Image:Alizeemexico2.jpg were uploaded by the same user. Since one was an obvious copyvio (Image:Alizeemexico3.jpg was watermarked, see the bottom) I am not too confident of these two as well. Do we really need to wait for the entire 7 days to be over? --soum ^talk 14:51, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Not really.  deleted abf /talk to me/ 14:54, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Why?

Why you delete the images RenePinochet.jpg, JessicaToledo.jpg and AlexisQuiroz.jpg if I specified a source. If the info that I specified as source was wrong, What's really a source? Thanks. I hope you answer me. --Ranma sb15 16:12, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

The source told me that the images where not self-made by yourself, and you did not send anything to COM:OTRS. abf /talk to me/ 16:13, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

OK, I going to send it during the next week --Ranma sb15 16:16, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Okay. I'll restore them when the permission is there. abf /talk to me/ 16:17, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Bilder

Hallo, warum hast mir diese Nachricht geschrieben? Woran denkst du genau? Welche Bilder passen nicht? Danke für deine Antwort. Tobi85

English: I did not delete any of your Images. The message you recived was about a page you created wich contained no media. Please read COM:SCOPE for more information.

Deutsch: Ich habe keines deiner Bilder gelöscht, nur eine von die erstellte Seite, die keine Bilder beinhaltete. Bitte lese COM:SCOPE für mehr Informationen.

abf /talk to me/ 20:14, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Ja, du hattest recht. Ich hab es schlecht gemacht, ich weiß. Jetzt versuche ich noch einmal. Danke, Grüß: --[[User:Tobi85|Tobi85]] 20:42, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

English: No problem. I was glad to help you.

Deutsch: Kein Probelm. Ich war froh helfen zu können.

abf /talk to me/ 20:45, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Why did you delete Image:Samarbeid bryter nye grenser.jpg? --Rudolpho 20:49, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Please read COM:L. There was no validation for your given information. abf /talk to me/ 08:43, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Könntest...

... Du bitte auch die Bilder entlinken, die Du löschst oder Dich zumindest darum kümmern, dass der Commons-Delinker drüber geht statt Duesenbot? Wer soll denn w:de:Diskussion:Edmund Grindal etc. hinterherräumen? --Complex 11:43, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Kann man eigentlich überhaupt beeinflussen, ob Delinker oder Duesenbot drüber geht? Würde mich auch mal interessieren. --S^[1] 12:59, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Da hab ich keinen einfluss drauf. Selbst entfernen kann ich sie auch nicht, weil pro Tag ungefähr 300 Bilder allein von mir als unknown flöten gehen... replace das mal in allen Projekten. Normal sollte der delinker alle entfernen. Wenn er das bei einem Bild nicht mach sag bitte nicht mir sondern Bryan oder Sidebrand bescheid. Der Duesen-Bot ist nur ein spammendes add on. Grüße, abf /talk to me/ 14:15, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Deadmin

Hi!

I am User:Nichalp, recently de-adminned due to inactivity. I regret that I have not been a part of this community for a very long time as I have been very busy in real life. I also don't forsee myself getting any active in the near future. Could you let me know my chances of regaining adminship if I ever apply again? Thanks! --59.183.18.60 12:45, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

You have got the same chances as all the others. Go for it! (if you got active again). Regards, abf /talk to me/ 14:15, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Zachman Framework Picture

ABF: Could you please explain why you deleted the image that I created from the Zachman Framework article? What information is missing about it? I thought I provided all necessary information. Phogg2 13:04, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

English: I deleted your Image because no license was given. Please read COM:L to find a correct license.

Deutsch: Ich habe dein Bild gelöscht, weil es keine Lizenz hatte. Bitte lese COM:L um eine korrekte Lizenz zu finden.

abf /talk to me/ 14:15, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

ABF: Thanks for your reply. I have since given the license and have reinserted the picture. Hopelfully everything is now in order. Phogg2 15:47, 23 March 2008 (UTC) 15:46, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Notar helicopter pic

The pic currently used, from the commons, is unclear as it is missing some colours. I tried to upload a pic with some colours added but the new version refused to appear, probably as I was not the initial uploader. So what should I do? Upload a new version under a new name, and ask someone to delete the old pic? It seems impossible to update the existing pic. JMK 12:11, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

English: I deleted your Image because it had no proper source. Please read COM:L for more information.

Deutsch: Ich habe dein Bild gelöscht, weil es keine akzeptabele Quelle hatte. Bitte lese COM:L für mehr Informationen.

it is possible to change the description. abf /talk to me/ 14:07, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:Église st marc jaumegarde.jpg

The image seems to have been taken from this web page : http://cpsv.free.fr/Rouzeau2002.htm. I'm not sure that the uploader is the author. Then I think the image should be promptly deleted. Jmdesbois 15:13, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

 Done thanks. abf /talk to me/ 15:16, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

JÄNNICK Jérémy , à propos de l' image de la Fosse Barrois .

Image libre d' utilisation , donc , pas besoin d' aller chercher des complications par ci par là , c' est une image de mine parmi tant d' autres et elle est tombée dans le domaine public .

I belive Arria, who was asked by you as well will answer you in french. abf /talk to me/ 18:19, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

For the template. However as far as blocks are concerned (given a lack of welcome/scope/information posted by anyone on their talk page) the block is adequate - I am well aware that you block far more severely than I do --Herby ^{talk thyme} 08:14, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

No problem for the template. Bur erm... are my blocks to hard? Regrads, abf /talk to me/ 08:24, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

We all do things (& see things) in our own ways I guess. However I would appreciate an explanation of your increased block of this user. Equally which project CU did you contact about it? Personally I would prefer not to see the talk page protected - I do not see that placing unblock messages is that troublesome. Thanks --Herby ^{talk thyme} 10:34, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

I belive 3 times the same shit is enough. Its a ip wich is addicted to ONE user. Unblocking would be a free-mail for continued trolling. But if you want feel free to unprotect the talk-page :) Regards, abf /talk to me/ 10:39, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

My point was that you increased the block. Above on that talk page I thought I was clear that project CUs should be consulted before any alteration to the block? Much CU information comes from the private mailing list --Herby ^{talk thyme} 10:46, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Oups, sorry, i have not seen that and i corrected the block back to Bryan's. Regards and thanks for ponting that out, abf /talk to me/ 10:49, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:Madras star pagoda 192691.jpg

The image was deleted but there was the info about the source (CNG) which was the same of author (CNG) and the licence (CNG).

--Carlomorino 18:05, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, something went wrong with me, I belive. abf /talk to me/ 18:17, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:St.Petersburg_factory_view.jpg

Regards User talk:Gibbon

Its no question. abf /talk to me/ 06:27, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

JPG-Strukturformel

Hallo ABF. Deine Entscheidung war zwar formal korrekt, aber für mich etwas “Prinzipienreiterei”. Natürlich kenne ich die Diskussion, obwohl ich damals selbst nicht mitgemacht hatte, und weiss auch von deren knappen Ausgang. Ich unterstütze diese in den meisten Fällen auch. Bei dieser Strukturformel, die in einer unbrauchbaren Auflösung und insbesondere auch im falschen Dateiformat (SVG und PNG sind gut, GIF schon weniger, JPG gar nicht) vorliegt, sehe ich – wie bereits dargelegt – echt keinen Grund zum Behalten. Da es sich um eine einfache Darstellung handelt, könnte diese im Falle aller Fälle binnen weniger Minuten als PNG in einer hohen Auflösung neu gezeichnet und hochgeladen werden. --Leyo 17:41, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Wie du schon sagtest, das ist ein prinzip. Mache ich hier eine Außnahme bekomme ich Stress und alle anderen wollen dann auch eine. Macht doch nix, dass das Bild bleibt, oder? Grüße, abf /talk to me/ 18:12, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Ja, ich verstehe deine Beweggründe schon. Allerdings: Wer würde diese Strukturformel vermissen? ;-) Meiner Meinung nach hat es sehr viele Bilder hier auf Commons, die nur teilweise richtig kategorisiert sind. Einige Kategorien (wie von bestimmten Substanzgruppen) sind überfüllt. Da hilft es meiner Meinung schon, Unbrauchbares zu löschen und so die Übersichtlichkeit zu vergrössern bzw. den Kategorisierungsaufwand zu verkleinern. Auf de-WP wurden so schon Hunderte von unbrauchbaren und ersetzten Strukturformeln gelöscht (siehe auch hier). Ich fände es schön, wenn dies auch auf Commons so gesehen würde. --Leyo 18:39, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Wie schon gesagt, ich krich richtig Stress, wenn ich Supersed lösche. Wenn du das für solche Formeln im VillagePump durchdrücken kannst wäre das aber klasse. abf /talk to me/ 06:40, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Ich habe hier eine Diskussion dazu gestartet. Vielleicht magst du ja deine Meinung dort kundtun. --Leyo 10:10, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Roque de los Muchachos

sorry, aber Redirects zwischen den Namensräumen sind hier nicht okay. Grüße, abf /talk to me/ 17:40, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Helf mir doch mal auf die Sprünge: Was für Namensräume meinst Du, warum sind Redirects dazwischen hier nicht okay und wo steht das? -- Ies 17:50, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Namensräume sind z.B. Mainspace (gallery) und Kategorien (Categorys) das ist grundsätzlich in (fast) allen Projekten nicht ok. das müsste auch irgendwo auf meta stehen. Nen Link hab ich leider nicht. Grüße, abf /talk to me/ 18:11, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, aber ohne einen Beweis kann ich das leider nicht akzeptieren. Hier ist auch von Admins schon viel behauptet worden, was sich dann anschließend als nicht haltbar erwies. Du magst ja Recht haben, doch wenn Du meine Edits mit einer Begründung revertest, solltest Du schon einen Beweis für die Richtigkeit der Begründung haben. Klingt doch eigentlich logisch, oder? Grüße, --Ies 18:16, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

• g* Willst du damit sagen, dass ich für jede WP-Policy, die ich anwende nen diff im Hinterkopf haben will? Ich kann dir jedenfalls sagen, dass wir das im Village Pump neulich noch diskutiert haben nachdem ich die Redirects einer IP genukt habe. Grüße, abf /talk to me/ 06:40, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Ob das im Village Pump neulich noch diskutiert wurde, ist mir eigentlich ziemlich egal. Da kann man alles Mögliche diskutieren, ohne dass irgendein Wahrheitsgehalt dahinter stehen muss. Wenn Du aber, wie im vorliegenden Fall, grob in ein Edit eingreifst und ein Redirect löscht, musst Du schon den Beweis dafür erbringen können, dass genau das der WP-Policy entspricht. Anderenfalls bestätigst Du nur das Vorurteil, das Admins, wenn einmal ernannt, sich wie Könige benehmen und tun und lassen können, was sie wollen. Bringst Du mir den Beweis, dass das Löschen eines Redirects von einem Artikel zu einer Kategorie (anders herum funktioniert es ja nicht) der WP-Policy entspricht, bin ich völlig auf Deiner Seite. Bleibst Du den Beweis aber schuldig, muss ich von einem Willkürakt ausgehen und etwas dagegen unternehmen. Grüße, -- Ies 15:32, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:Knoxville sign2.jpg

Hello ABF. About March 15th I noticed that the infobox image at en:Knoxville,_Iowa was not very legible, so I went to work making an easier to see version of that image. The original was [Image:Knoxville sign.jpg] on enWikipedia and the one I made, which I attempted to add as a version of that image, was [Image:Knoxville sign2.jpg]. I see now, one week later, that the robot User:CommonsDelinker has removed that image 'because "Was in w:commons:Category:Unknown as of 15 March 2008; still missing essential information".' The robot appears to have been operating under your control.

This seems to me to be a very unusual situation. Basically, an image I made, or at least modified, was deleted within about one week for missing essential information. I don't doubt that I made some mistake, but I do not even know what this essential missing information was, and was never given any warning or opportunity to remedy the situation. In fact, the image, which was significantly more useful than the old version (which is now back in place) is gone. To get it back I will either need to make an undeletion request or redo the work, either of which takes time and effort away from more useful efforts at Wikipedia.

I would be grateful for an explanation. Tim Ross 21:13, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

There where two problems. Either the source 'Own work (mod. from original Commons file)' and the license (no tag). I belive it would helpfully for you to browse over COM:L. Regards, abf /talk to me/ 06:40, 27 March 2008 (UTC) P.S.:I Can't control the bot, it runs automatically under the control of Bryan. abf /talk to me/ 06:40, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello. ABF is right that the source file is missing. When an images is uploaded from an existing image from Commons, it should be explicitly stated which image. Saying "an image from Commons" is not sufficient. That said, deletion because the copyright tag was missing is not exactly a good argument, as it was indicated in the text that the image was GFDL.

I also think ABF should be a little more careful when deleting the image. When the image is called Image:Knoxville sign2.jpg, it is obvious that the source image is located at Image:Knoxville sign.jpg. It is only a little effort to fix the description rather than deletion.

Lastly, the image was not deleted by a bot, but by ABF himself. It is common practice that images missing information are deleted 7 days after the uploader has been notified. -- Bryan (talk to me) 17:42, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, but I do not know where I should have got the information from the Source was located there. I am sorry anyway, and I will be more careful with such stuf. Thanks, Bryan for solving it. abf /talk to me/ 19:07, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

I appreciated the help on this issue. All is well now. Thanks. Tim Ross 18:33, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Blocking

See here thanks --Herby ^{talk thyme} 10:42, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

I pointed it out in the french wikipedia IRC chanel. regards, abf /talk to me/ 10:54, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Given that an appropriate message has now been placed which will be understood by the user can I ask you to review your block and see if the behaviour is corrected --Herby ^{talk thyme} 11:05, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, okay, if you want to do so, you can remove it :) abf /talk to me/ 11:10, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

It would have to be quite exceptional circumstances for me to remove the block of another admin. It was your decision to block, it is up to you to do as you see best, not me --Herby ^{talk thyme} 11:30, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Dont be scared of undoing my actions. But  unblocked abf /talk to me/ 14:42, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks - I do not worry about changing another admin's actions but I will only do that if there is a need. I think it likely that someone will still need to block that user in due course but at least now we can be certain that they know what they are supposed to be doing.

Can I again ask you to use the welcome template when you place a "first" message on a user page. The fact that you did not get one does seems not seem a good reason to not allow others the possibility of getting a welcome a language they understand. --Herby ^{talk thyme} 14:59, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Image: Fuchsenband_Germania.jpg

Dear Friend, the Signs we wear as members of this fraternity are over 140 years old. The people who created them are dead for more than 80 years. Every member gets the "Band" when entering the fraternity. So, in this case, I scanned my own "Band" and took reference to a publication which mentioned the colours. I hope you will be convinced now, that there is no violation of copyright. --Haederle 13:54, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Dear Friend, the Signs we wear as members of this fraternity are over 140 years old. The people who created them are dead for more than 80 years. Every member gets the "Band" when entering the fraternity. So, in this case, I scanned my own "Band" and took reference to a publication which mentioned the colours. I hope you will be convinced now, that there is no violation of copyright. --Haederle 13:59, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Dear Friend, the Signs we use as members of this fraternity are over 140 years old. The people who created them are dead for more than 80 years. Every member knows how to draw the "Zirkel" shortly after entering the fraternity. So, in this case, I scanned a "Zirkel" which a had drwan before and took reference to a publication which mentioned the sign. I hope you will be convinced now, that there is no violation of copyright. --Haederle 13:59, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

For PD-Old you'll have to name the author and his date of death. abf /talk to me/ 14:42, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

What do you mean with: "For PD-Old", The author of all the publications is Hans Herpich, he died on the 5th of May 1974. But, he is only the author of some publications which name the colours and signs of the fraternity. As I told you before, they are much older without a publicly quotable reference. A private question: why are there so much negative feelings - expressed by deletion requests - against Wikipedia-publications from fraternities? I don't understand this at all... --Haederle 20:14, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you ABF, go ahead like this and you will constantly and publicly communicate how people like you are dealing with the common Wikipedia User: unnecessary deletion requests, a lot of trouble and no answer to detailed questions... --Haederle 10:01, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Deletion

I noticed that the following image, a graph, that I created and have published already at linked location was deleted (Removing "Cum_ba.jpg", it has been deleted from Commons by ABF because: Deleted because "Was in w:commons:Category:Unknown as of 17 March 2008; still missing essential information") I am not sure what information was missing, I submitted it with all necessary information I thought. Obviously not, so what step did I miss? I find this frustrating having submitted a number of images in the past that have survived fine and following the same steps does not seem to do the trick. Thanks for your time and effort.71.88.102.203 18:53, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

The licensial information was added by an IP, so there was no veryfication the licensial information was wanted as that by the uploader (and author). abf /talk to me/ 19:46, 28 March 2008 (UTC)