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Re: File:Switch House, Tate Modern, London, October 2016 (12).JPG

Hi, Ardfern. Louise Bourgeois only died in 2010. Isn't her work copyrighted pretty much everywhere? --Rrburke (talk) 14:04, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Briggate,_Leeds

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BMacZero (talk) 16:56, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Istanbul Airlines/Best Air (Turkey)

Hi I have reverted your edits. These are supposed to be in both defunct airline categories, so that there is (eventually) both a complete list of all defunct airlines and also one by each country Ardfern (talk) 01:39, 27 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Where was this decided, when, by whom? It is against our categorization practice. If you cannot show me a consensus reached somewhere we will mutually revert each other. --E4024 (talk) 01:42, 27 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No idea when, by whom etc, its been common and accepted practice in the aviation area for many years. Main example is Aircraft by registration and then Aircraft by country of registration, allowing the ability to see a complete list of all aircraft registered, as well as those by country. I understood there was discussion on this ages ago and this was the accepted way forward. Submit for discussion if you can't accept it. Ardfern (talk) 01:54, 27 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Unexplained removal of year of manufacture

Recently you started to remove the year of manufacture from many files, like here or here.

What is the reason for removing these informations, which had been added throughout the years with a lot of work by both you, me and others? --Uli Elch (talk) 08:34, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not from many files, largely from Boeing 747-400 freighter conversions (-400BCF and -400BDSF). This is because the freighter conversions were not actually built in the original year and only became BCF/BDSF when converted at a later date. If this is causing confusion I am happy to revert the changes made. Apart from that I am trying to add as many years of manufacture as I can. Ardfern (talk) 08:44, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your quick reply. Hitherto, it has been consensus to insert the year the airframe was actually built, not the conversion date (which is obscure in many cases anyway). Using the "new" method it might well happen that a Basler BT-67 conversion of a venerable 1940s DC-3 might get the label "manufactured in 2014" which in my opinion is grossly misleading for 98% of users. --Uli Elch (talk) 09:16, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, I will revert all to airframe manufacture date. Ardfern (talk) 10:27, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please use sub-categories

When categorising files, please avoid placing them into several categories that are directly linked within the same tree (e.g. a parent category and a child category – like Category:United Kingdom and Category:London), to prevent over-categorization of files and over-population of categories. Usually, only the most specific category should be used. See Commons:Categories for more details. Thank you.

––Apalsola ^{t • c} 12:36, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for this advice! and also the reversion re Blue1 - I thought we were in the middle of discussion on this, or has some sort of decision been taken Ardfern (talk) 16:16, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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C-130 category changes

Hi Ardfern, just wondering why you are creating a split category tree for the C-30s? This is resulting in Category:C-130J Hercules existing at the same time as, and being a subcategory of, Category:Lockheed C-130J Hercules, same with Category:C-130J Hercules (United States Air Force) and Category:Lockheed C-130J Hercules of the United States Air Force. This is massively confusing and unnecessarily tedious for end users to navigate, much less comprehend. Please, pick a naming scheme for the whole family and apply evenly. — Huntster (t @ c) 17:18, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Split category only temporary, still working on the changes, only one pair of hands Ardfern (talk) 20:08, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Understood, just seemed very random. Thanks for the note. — Huntster (t @ c) 20:45, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Just an FYI, you can expand the {{Usaf serial}} template to incorporate all but one of the categories you have been adding (and I'm trying to get that incorporated too). Might save you some time, and the template makes it backward and forward compatible and fairly future-proof. See my edit to see what I mean. — Huntster (t @ c) 06:01, 14 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Good job on the template. Thanks Ardfern (talk) 08:27, 14 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Estopedist1 (talk) 06:23, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Robby (talk) 23:03, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Robby (talk) 09:59, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Robby (talk) 10:03, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Airports by IATA code and Category:Airports by ICAO code

What is the purpose of these categories? ––Apalsola ^{t • c} 13:25, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I would have thought that was pretty self evident. I have been doing a lot of work recently on trying to fully categorise Cessna files. The 'by location' categorisation is sometimes difficult as airport codes are often hard to find and/or search by. This was an attempt to remedy this by providing easier access to IATA and ICAO coding. Happy for it to go to discussion if you disagree. Ardfern (talk) 17:08, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I do disagree. I nominated the both categories for discussion. ––Apalsola ^{t • c} 21:00, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Incorrect claims of own work

Hi. I just stumbled across File:Alfred Hopkinson.jpg, which you uploaded and licensed as your own work despite it being published 127 years ago. While you can claim some derivative effort for scanning the file, we need to have the original copyright holder's licence as well. In this case the author is apparently unknown, so I have used {{Unknown|author}}{{PD-Scan|1=PD-old-assumed}}{{PD-US-expired}} as the image was published over 120 years ago. Taking a quick look at some of your other recent uploads I notice that you have made the same claim of authorship for files created before your lifetime. Would you mind going back to your previous uploads and setting the correct author and licence? Thanks. From Hill To Shore (talk) 20:12, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wasn't trying to claim as my own work, hence the addition of the source, just wasn't aware of all the licensing stuff you have supplied above. Have never seen it before on such files, but will implement, may take some time to go back over the numerous such files I have added. Ardfern (talk) 00:07, 4 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for agreeing to review your uploads. As a general tip, the standard creative commons licences insert the words, "I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license." You also left your name in the "author" field. If you didn't create the image and are not claiming copyright, you need to double check which licence tag should be added. See Commons:Licensing for a general guide but if you are unsure then you can ask for advice on specific files at Commons:Village pump/Copyright. From Hill To Shore (talk) 14:22, 4 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again. I was just wondering about how you are getting on. Do you need any assistance or advice with converting your old uploads? From Hill To Shore (talk) 00:09, 20 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Can you please respond to say if you are making progress? From Hill To Shore (talk) 22:44, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again. It has been a third of a year since you agreed to fix this but since then you have ignored my requests for an update. Can you please advise on what action you are taking to resolve this?

If you are not willing to talk to me, I'll have to bring this up at the user problems board and ask another editor to get involved. From Hill To Shore (talk) 14:40, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Its not that I am not willing to talk to you, but I have a lot of other Wikimedia work on which currently takes precedence. I have amended some files as requested and will get on to the others when time allows. 25 amended recently. Ardfern (talk) 22:51, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the update. An acknowledgement that you were actually doing something was all that I was after. While you may have other things you are working on that you consider important, the correct licensing of files is a cornerstone of the project, so it is vital that these are fixed. If you are continuing to make progress with corrections, then that is fine. The problem with the licenses not being fixed is that the images may be reused outside of Wikimedia (such as in a book) and you are credited as the creator, leading to confusion of the licensing for years to come. From Hill To Shore (talk) 11:15, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. Thanks for the lesson. I understand Ardfern (talk) 13:51, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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