User talk:Blurpeace/Archive 1

Flickr reviewing

Hello Blurpeace, and thank you for your application to be a flickr reviewer. The application has been removed as successful, and you've been added to the list of reviewers. Congratulations! Please see Commons:Flickr images if you haven't done so already, and the backlogs at Category:Flickr images needing human review and Category:Flickr review needed. A helpful script for easy-tagging flickr images is at importScript('User:Patstuart/Flickrreview.js'); (which you can add to your monobook.js), and you can add {{User reviewer}} or {{User trusted}} to your user page if you wish. Thank you for your work on Commons! :) PeterSymonds (talk) 21:07, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Deletion conflict

No problem, the image had already been deleted by the time I read your message. However, I had once been in a situation like this myself (with an article in wikipedia, not a file), and when I tried to save I was warned that the page was deleted and asked if I wanted to create the page. Hasn't a similar message appeared for you? If it didn't, it may be a bug and it may be a good idea to point it so developers fix it (or add it, if such advise wasn't incorporated into the software yet) Belgrano (talk) 02:22, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

PD review

Yes, since you're a flickr reviewer you can add yourself here, as can admins. Thanks for helping out. — Rlevse • Talk • 14:21, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

DR contra Flickr-copyvio

Hi! You made this edit "# (diff) 16:41, 11 October 2009 . . Blurpeace (Talk | contribs | block) (421 bytes) (copyvio pointless, DR already up)" on File:Xbox360core.jpg. I do not agree that it is pointless. We can't discuss license on Flickr but we can discuss if a packaging is copyrighted or not (we had some discussions on packaging going on for months). But anyway I deleted the image. --MGA73 (talk) 20:18, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi MGA73, allow me to clarify my edit summary. When I wrote, "copyvio pointless" I was referring to the tag removal. After realizing that a deletion request was already running, I felt it would be more desirable for one to vote, rather than to usurp the discussion through a speedy deletion. Hope that clarifies my reasoning. Thanks for the deleting the file. –blurpeace ^(talk) 23:17, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

File:Google_book_search_hamlet.JPG

"Thank you" for deleting the above mentioned image, the image and the book is more than 300 year old, the licence is public domain - old. Do you watch the image that you delete?????? or simply you delete for fun??????--Peter439 (talk) 21:23, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Hello Peter439, the screenshot is a copyright violation because it consists of Google Books' interface. You will have to upload a local copy at the Slovakian Wikipedia, if your project accepts fair use files. Thanks for contributing to the Commons, –blurpeace ^(talk) 22:54, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Permission Requests

I have contacted a few people who had expressed interest in the "permissions" project, informing them that we're up and running now.

One thing that I think would be great is if we were able to use @wikimedia.org e-mail addresses, since that would tell the people we're writing to that we are in fact doing this for Wikimedia/Commons, rather than just for ourselves or as a prank. Do you happen to know how one can get such an address? -- JovanCormac 09:23, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

It's an OTRS thing. We would have to get a larger consensus and acceptance from the Foundation and OTRS administrators. It may be best to demonstrate the project's functionality before moving forward. –blurpeace ^(talk) 17:50, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations, Dear Administrator!

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An offering for our new administrator from your comrades...

Blurpeace, congratulations! You now have administrator rights on Commons. Please take a moment to read the Commons:Administrators page and watchlist related pages (in particular Commons:Administrators' noticeboard and its subpages), before launching yourself into page deletions, page protections, account blockings or modifications of protected pages. The majority of the actions of administrators can be reversed by the other admins, except for history merges which must thus be treated with particular care. Have a look at the list of Gadgets (on the bottom there are the ones specifically for admins – however, for example the UserMessages are very helpful too).

Please feel free to join us on IRC: #wikimedia-commons ^webchat on irc.libera.chat. There is also a channel for Commons admins, which may be useful for more sensitive topics, or coordination among administrators: #wikimedia-commons-admin ^webchat.

You may find Commons:Guide to adminship to be useful reading. You can find the admin backlog overview at COM:AB.

Please also check or add your entry to the List of administrators and the related lists by language and date it references.

— Kanonkas // talk // e-mail // 13:42, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations. :-) If you have any questions about how to do admin-related functions, feel free to ask. But don't worry, pretty must everything is irreversible if you do make a mistake. Killiondude (talk) 18:37, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Have a slice!

Congrats! :) Durova (talk) 22:26, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Congrats

You epic failed at abstaining from admin tools. Nice job though. IShadowed (talk) 05:12, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Transwiki

What's the best way to make sure that File:Overdriveexplode.jpg is transwikied to En rather than deleted outright? It's used there as a fair-use image. I tried copying it there but had some difficulties with the mechanics. 70.116.134.150 12:40, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

I've replied to the uploader's user talk page. Hopefully we will be able to work this out. –blurpeace ^(talk) 19:22, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Doll picture you deleted

Hi,

I recovered file File:Baby doll-Calineczka-2006.jpg. Deletion reason was copyrighed doll design. In fact, this doll was dressed by my wife in hand-made clothes she made herself. I ephasised this fact more in file description.

About time I uploaded this file I asked Polish division of Simba Toys if they treat this doll as copyrighted artwork. They said no, but they refused to give this opinion in writting :)

If you hold the opinion that original doll might be copyrighted, please issue a deletion request for both photos. I can also make Iric send a formal OTRS permission for clothes design if needed.

Regards, A.J. (talk) 13:02, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi A.J., I am sorry for any trouble caused by my deletion of File:Baby doll-Calineczka-2006.jpg. I still have problems about the doll being treated as copyrighted artwork. I would feel better if we had an example under OTRS of the Polish division of Simba Toys telling us that they are not treating the doll as copyrighted artwork. Maybe you could try talking with the division again and get them to send an email to OTRS to make sure of this? Let us hold off on a deletion request until we have ran out of all of our options. Also, I have no problem with you recovering the file. In the beginning, I was unsure of the request too. Hope we get to talk again soon, –blurpeace ^(talk) 18:30, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Flickr reviewer

Thank you for granting the permission. I will review the procedures. Unfortunately, I have never mastered monobook.js, so I do things manually. Ty 06:44, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

No problem. Should really try working out the script though. Makes everything much simpler. –blurpeace ^(talk) 06:45, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Re:All your images

Can you explain this? I watch every file I've uploaded and I didn't see any change with them. Filipe Ribeiro ^Msg 20:08, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Oh, now I see. it's about this. Thank you for notice me. Filipe Ribeiro ^Msg 20:10, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

This photo

Can this File:313983 b59282a90b o.jpg possibly be closed as a keep? Its about 1 week old now and the concensus is it was most likely cc by sa at upload. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 08:39, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Hello Leoboudv, I've closed the deletion request as kept. I've left my rationale there. Cheers, –blurpeace ^(talk) 00:44, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind note. I will pass it then and cite the long DR discussion. I had nominated that photo for deletion but maybe I should have AGF. That's the problem with old 2004 and 2005 images sadly. Unless someone is willing to stick their necks out and vouch for the license, the result is almost always delete sadly. With kind Regards from BC, Canada, --Leoboudv (talk) 02:34, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

That's quite alright. I don't think a pass is required though (as we can't link to verification). The template left on the talk page should be sufficient. –blurpeace ^(talk) 02:40, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Flickr review request archiving

I initiated a discussion here regarding the archiving of Flickrreview requests sooner than 48 hours after they were filed. I just wanted to give you a "heads up" since I dropped your name. Killiondude (talk) 07:00, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Logo for article

Hello, I'm trying to upload an image for my article page. Although the image/file "wasn't originally a copyright violation, unused file is out of project scope therefore undeletion will not be done". I, unfortunately, don't know what this means. Is it possible you could help me to upload the correct file? It would just be a JPEG image. Thank you, Janet (Janetzillah (talk) 13:29, 27 December 2009 (UTC))

Jon Murphy.ogv

You should be reinstated immediately. Who ever deleted this should have read the comment.s The Data was released by the North West Development Agency, who where happy for it to be released. It was not released by Merseyside Police and in fact it was never theirs to make decisions about as the other holders where Merseyside Police Authority. Who requested this? Was it Tim Song‎ or his alias?

Also the quote given refers to FOI the document was released under the Data Protection Act so you statement is not relevant. Also did not give adequate warning of your intention to delete. It also appears that you gave notice some 5 minutes after the deletion. Which makes you incredible rude, thuggish and incivil.--JIrate (talk) 01:04, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Hello Irate, please refrain from personal attacks. We can solve the situation without them. To prevent broken discussion, let us continue at the administrators' noticeboard. Thanks, –blurpeace ^(talk) 01:54, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

i need to change my username

yeah, as the title says i need to change my username (since i have some privacy concerns about using my real name), so please change it to "TheGuyFromNoWhere". also please delete this message and my talk page as well. thanks in advance --Ramy.Abbady (talk) 00:41, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for cleaning up after me in Commons:Deletion requests/Images from Walter McClintock papers :-) --MGA73 (talk) 20:30, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

No problem. :) Blurpeace 20:42, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

How to translate captions?

It was great to meet you the other day! I'd like to translate a caption into a language in which it isn't captioned yet. Please point me at the instructions? Thanks! Frenezulo (talk) 23:52, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Hey Frenezulo, not sure what you mean by caption. Could you please link me to the page you want to translate? Thanks, Blurpeace 04:47, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

I think he means {{en|hello}}, {{es|hola}}, which yield

Español: hola

and

English: hello

. Sorry to stalk by the way :/ ZooFari 05:00, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Stalking is welcomed here. ;) Blurpeace 05:07, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you!

It is a little late but, thank you very much for your support on my RfA, I should said that many times ago, but I thought it is kind of spamming, writing to everybody who voted for me, so I decided to just write a thank you note on my own talk page, anyway, I apologize for being late, thanks and best regards   ■ MMXX  ^talk  22:59, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

File:Testudo Fuatis re-editted.jpg

I hereby declare that file:Testudo_Fuatis_re-editted was uploaded to Wikimedia commons by a vandal user. The attached page has been deleted on tr.wikipedia. To your attention. Regards--CnkALTDS (talk) 00:08, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. Apparently another administrator has already deleted it. Blurpeace 00:45, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Mind commenting

here. Thanks, Tiptoety ^talk 23:41, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Escudo de Valera borrado

File:Escudo de valera.jpg

Hola,

¿por qué has borrado el escudo de la ciudad de Valera, si un escudo no tiene copyright alguno? Gracias por reponerlo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.38.171.104 (talk • contribs)

Si me puedes dar un link, pienso que podemos ayudarte mas mejor. :-) Killiondude (talk) 01:25, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

El escudo de Valera fue tomado de la web de la Alcaldía de Valera, y es una imagen pública, no entiendo por que lo quitas. —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.125.244.167 (talk) 07:59, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

me gustaría que me respondieras, si fuera posible, porque la supresión del escudo de la ciudad de Valera no parece tener fundamento. Esperaré antes de revertir tus cambios. Gracias.

No tengo ni idea de que imagen estas hablando sobre. Sabes que fue el titulo de esa imagen en Commons? O tienes un cadena/link a donde estaba? Killiondude (talk) 18:51, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Este es el nombre del Archivo: Escudo_de_valera.jpg Como puedes comprobar en la página web de la ciudad es una imagen pública, como también el de la bandera, que otro borró y ni siquiera me contesta. Sugiero que se aseguren bien de dónde provienen las imñágenes antes de borrarlas. Que la entrad sobre la ciudad de Valera en la wikipedia en español tenga la bandera y el escudo d ela ciudad resulta de lo más útil. No entiendo por qué se borran cosas así. Gracias.

Gracias por el nombre. Tenemos muchas imagenes aqui en Commons y no podemos buscar para la fuente de todos las imagenes. Puedo restaurarla y entonces puedes poner la information en la pagina. Necesitamos la fuente, el autor, etc. Por favor, mira a COM:L/es donde dice que necesiten las paginas imagenes. Tambien, si es una imagen publica, esa licencia no es correcta. Pardoname si mi espanol no es tan bueno, no es mi lengua materna. Killiondude (talk) 23:25, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

reopening file deletion?

I would like to reopen the deletion proposal for File:Nasrani_Evolution.PNG. The old proposal is at Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Nasrani_Evolution.PNG, which you had closed. At the time, there was a complicated content dispute about the image. The dispute has been resolved, and a superior image has been uploaded, and has been in use on all the related articles for some time. File:Nasrani_Evolution.PNG is now not in use anywhere. I would like to propose it for deletion, but I can't find instructions for a repeated request. (Wikipedia has some clear instructions for this case, but I can't find the Wikimedia Commons equivalent.) Can you help out? Thomb (talk) 05:24, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

I've made a second request to delete the image. In the sidebar, under "toolbox", you can use the button, "Nominate for deletion". Blurpeace 06:33, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for deleting a good chunk of my deletion nominations. I am focusing most of my Wiki time on cleaning up the Commons. (I am not interested in doing anything on other Wikis, I'm only involving myself on the Commons by giving valuable information for other Wikis to use and to erase nonesense). Could you get rid of the talk pages for items I nominated that were deleted? Some of my nominations that were deleted still have their talk pages open which is not good if new files are put in these places. They are as follows:

• File talk:1919 British Empire Map.svg
• File talk:HRE Charles V.PNG (this one is a mere redundancy of what was taslked about in the deletion log)
• File talk:Imperio.png (this one is a mere redundancy of what was taslked about in the deletion log)
• File talk:SpanishEmpire1492.PNG (this one is a mere redundancy of what was taslked about in the deletion log)
• File talk:Spanish Overseas Empire and Spanish Hapsburg Realms Without Portugal Empire.jpg (initiation to my deletion of the image)

If you would deal with these talk pages it would be much appricated. Thanks again for deleting my nominations! (Any comments that you would like to make can be left here or put on my talk page under the relevent heading I have there, or a link to this page under the relevent heading on my talk page will be fine). Maps & Lucy (talk) 15:11, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Done, and no problem. Blurpeace 20:35, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for doing that and the other deletion below! Maps & Lucy (talk) 13:28, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Closing nomination requests and deleting itema

I was wondering, since you are an administrator if you would finalize, close nominations, and delete some files which I nominated quite a long time ago and have gone through revision from other users, mainly The Ogre and Trasamundo; will you do them soon?

They are:

• File:666333.PNG
• File:666999.PNG
• File:CorrectoImperioEspañol.png
• File:HispaniaRegnum-World.png
• File:Imperioespañol1402.PNG
• File:SpanishEmpire1975.PNG
• File:SpanishEmpireHRE.PNG
• File:SpanishEmpireanachronic.png

This would be much appriciated as they have been sitting in this state for months. And thanbk you for dealing with those orphaned talk pages so quickly! Maps & Lucy (talk) 18:41, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Done and no problem. Blurpeace 05:23, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Question by Ricegator

Hello! I am the "creator" of a Wiki page on Tilikum (orca), and would like to put the picture shamu1.jpg (that you revised to its full resolution) on that site. My problems are twofold: 1) I don't know how to resize it to something small and usable; and 2) once I do, I don't know how to put it to the right of the table of contents box. Can you help/teach me how to do this? Thanks! Ricegator (talk) 04:41, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Hello Ricegator, to resize the Shamu photo, use the following code: [[File:Shamu1.jpg|200px]]. If you want to place the photo in an infobox, there will usually be an | image = parameter. Place the prior code after the equal sign to embed the image into the infobox. If you would like to just float the image to the right, use the code: [[File:Shamu1.jpg|right|200px]]. Blurpeace 05:13, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Map deletions

You deleted two files per Commons:Deletion requests/File:666333.PNG, however, these weren't listed to be deleted. One of the arguments for the deletion of the others was the existence of these similar files. They are File:Imperio español.png & File:Spanish Empire.png, which I restored. Unfortunately, CommonsDelinker already got to them. Rocket000 (talk) 05:53, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Apologies for my carelessness. Going through CommonsDelinker's contributions and reverting its changes. Blurpeace 06:02, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

No problem. He didn't get as far as I thought. Edit: No, he did, he just skipped a lot. :) Rocket000 (talk) 06:09, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

I think I've got them all. We really should have an automatic script to revert CommonsDelinker's change though. Blurpeace 06:13, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

I guess those were all transclusions he marked as "skipped" in his log. Yeah, a undo command would be awesome. Rocket000 (talk) 06:22, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

I was never responcible for nominating either of the two maps above although I was 'working in the area'. Maps & Lucy (talk) 14:13, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

In fact, the 2 maps were not nominated at all. But all is well, since they're restored. The Ogre (talk) 17:05, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

French Empire deletions

User:the Ogre and I have been busy at work on cleaning up the Commons together for quite some time now and since you have finished deleting our Spanish Empire map nominations I was wondering if you would take care of the French Empire ones we dealt with recently. They are:

• File:11Etendue de l'Empire Français.png
• File:13Etendue de l'Empire Français.png
• File:1Etendue de l'Empire Français.png
• File:Etendue de l'Empire Français.png

Once we completed the Spanish Empire area, which took quite a while, we went for the French Empire, (seen above), which did not take that long and now we are on the British Empire which is proving to be our most difficult task yet. Will you continue to help us in the future? Maps & Lucy (talk) 14:13, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Claims

It's not a copyright violation to quote a short segment of a conversation for purpose of commentary.If I'm ever going to return, it's vital that the harassment be known, so that I have protection from it continuing. Furthermore, you are clearly involved as one of Durova's friends, and should not be stepping in to a dispute involving her, to abuse your tools to win an argument for her, by preventing the evidence being seen. Adam Cuerden (talk) 08:09, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Linking to a blog (regardless of whether it has images with copyright issues) cannot be seen as illegal, Blurpeace. Whether it is tasteful or not, is a separate issue. Killiondude (talk) 08:20, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

My reasoning is laid out in LINKVIO (being intentionally brief as we [Killiondude and I] have just had this conversation over IRC). If anyone else wants further explanation, do request. Blurpeace 08:38, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Seems to me that invoking copyright law is just a pretext to suppress the link. A pretext that could only work in the environment of wikimedia commons. How about other US laws, like the constitutional freedom of expression? /Pieter Kuiper (talk) 09:32, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

The actual policy is hosted at the English Wikipedia, so I'd assume that it could be "invoked" there as well. Being in bad taste is only secondary to the legality of linking to a copyright violation claimed as fair use. Blurpeace 09:34, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Rubbish. As much as I appreciate the back end of AC, the only people who think the quote of that text is a copywrite violation are Durova and buddies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.153.13.240 (talk • contribs)

Jcislord.jpg caption

Hi Blurpeace, I was just looking at the tag you put on File:Jcislord.jpg requesting the removal of the caption. I don't think it's a good idea because the image is being used on Wikipedia as an example of the Sydney University Evangelical Union's promotional material. It's not really a caption, it's part of the graphical material that makes up the advertisement. IMO it's similar to why we would not remove the text in something like File:Initiative de crise 1935 5 fr.jpg. --99of9 (talk) 08:25, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

If the photo were being used to illustrate a section on advertising, I would agree. The subject of the photo is the church, and its advertising is secondary to that. Simple spam, IMO. Blurpeace 08:59, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

I agree it's not very clear in the article what the image is being used for, but IMO it's not to show the university buildings or the jacaranda tree. It looks like an example of their advertising to me. I've slightly improved the image caption in the article. --99of9 (talk) 09:17, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

If the subject of the photo were not the church itself, I can't see why advertising would be relevant to the article (unless it were in a section on the topic). Not interested enough to argue that point at the article talk page, though. Blurpeace 09:37, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Reference for "against US law"?

Do you have a reference for your edit comment here? /Pieter Kuiper (talk) 09:13, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

See the above section. Blurpeace 09:20, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Commons:Administrators'_noticeboard/User_problems#User:Blurpeace

See above. Adam Cuerden (talk) 16:46, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Govermnet Produced Video is public domain

Hi, You appear to have deleted File:Obama_senate_10_01_08.ogg. This footage is public domain. It is not captured by C-SPAN cameras. It is captured by U.S government owned cameras and re-broadcasted by C-SPAN and is the only feed available to the public. C-SPAN re-broadcast does not constitute a claim to copyright ownership for C-SPAN. Metavid.org returns this footage to the public domain by removing C-SPAN trademark from the footage. See here for more info. Next time please consider posting a note about the fact you intend to delete something instead of assuming a copyright violation. Please also note that the info template had the footage correctly classified as public domain. Mdale (talk) 19:33, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing out my mistake. Now undeleted. Blurpeace 22:19, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Duplicate of what ???

Hello, I just noticed that you deleted this file stating it was an exact or scaled-down duplicate. I'd be interested in knowing of which file it is a duplicate... Some mix-up seems to have occured, since on wp:en, the picture is locally stored, with a mention that it is now on Commons, where it clearly isn't, or at least not under that name. Thanks in advance for your help ! --MAURILBERT (discuter) 04:04, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Hello Maurilbert, for some reason I forgot to link the duplicate image. I have since redeleted with a better log entry to clear future concerns. The original was deleted for being a highly probable copyright violation. Thanks, Blurpeace 04:37, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Well, this is quite confusing. The image has been transferred, relicensed, and duplicates have been made as well. Further log searches will be required to sort out the licensing situation. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Blurpeace 04:56, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Orphaned talk pages, more deletins

You forgot these orphaned talk pages: File talk:666333.PNG, File talk:CorrectoImperioEspañol.png, and File talk:SpanishEmpire1975.PNG when you dealt with my Spanish Empire map deletions and the Commons:Deletion requests/Nonsense Spanish Empire maps linker page.

I have a new batch deletion request now called Commons:Deletion requests/Nonsense British Empire maps and thought you could help there. Thanks again for your continuing support! Maps & Lucy (talk) 21:01, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Done. Blurpeace 18:43, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Copyright issues.q

Same Problem as with [1] does apply to [2] and [3] which should therefore be removed. thx --0g1o2i3k4e5n6 (talk) 15:26, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Done and no problem. Blurpeace 18:47, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

File rename

Hi! I went through the recent changes looking for an admin, and found you. I was wondering if you could preform the renaming of File:Bacon WikiCup 2010.png? Sorry to sound hasty, but looking at the backlog of renaming that needs to be done, I don't think it will be done anytime soon, and I would appreciate it done before I use the image. Thanks for your time, ~Kevin Payravi (Talk) 00:41, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Done and happy to help. Blurpeace 00:43, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks again, ~Kevin Payravi (Talk) 00:44, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Deletion requests (again)

I have two Deletion request nominations which have been given possitive support from both User:Trasamundo and User:The Ogre among others and would like someone to finalize the deletions now. (One of them just got 'un-nominated' for some reason even though three people agreed with me on deleting it). They are:

• Commons:deletion requests/File:French colonial Empire.PNG
• Commons:deletion requests/Nonsense British Empire maps

I was hoping you would just finalize their deletions now that sufficient time has past and they have been reviewed by the comunity as unworthy of keeping. Thanks, Maps & Lucy (talk) 16:40, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for geting rid of the French one! I don't understand why they were keeping it after people agreed it was rubbish! Thanks also for starting to get rid of the mass-deletion of British Empire maps; please contine!

p.s.: More is coming soon; after User:The Ogre works with them.

We need your help at the Wikiproject medicine

Hello, On the behalf of the Wikiproject medicine at the en.wikipedia, I am inviting you to be a part of the discussion going on the project's talk page about Patient images, The discussion started after I obtained a permission to more than 23000 dermatology related images, and about 1500 radiology images. As some editors of the Wikiproject medicine have some concerns regarding the policy of using patient images on wikipedia, and regarding patient consents. And they believe that commons policy is not so clear regarding the subject. So since you are the experts please join us at this very important discussion -- MaenK.A._Talk 13:49, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Enzo Cucchi images

Hello Blurpeace,

We have recently reviewed the wikipage of the italian artist Enzo Cucchi and have noticed that you have removed images which we had cleared for the wiki-user serainavlaer who previously requested to be granted permission from us to use the images of Enzo Cucchi (paintings/photos) - which we have granted.

Galerie Bischofberger holds the world-copyrights for all media and on all works by Enzo Cucchi and therefore we are the exclusive party to decide on the use of images created by the artist.

We respectfully ask you to reinstall these images (we are sadly not familiar with the handling of wikipedia and therefore can not perform this ourselves). Thank you.

Sincerely,

Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich

ps: For the images currently shown on the page we have never been asked permission and we would appreciate if you could let the party who uploaded the image no that this has not been permitted. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Galerie Bischofberger (talk • contribs) 16:09, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Hello, Wikimedia Commons cannot legally restore the images as we have no confirmation that the gallery has licensed them as you have stated (not that I don't trust your assertion; just that anyone can register the handle "Galerie Bischofberger"). Please reupload the images and follow the instructions given here. If an official email from the gallery cannot be supplied, we will not be able to store the images. Sincerely, Blurpeace 19:59, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Ultima Ratio logo.jpg

Hello. You closed this discussion with keep, which was correct, since the file was indeed in use at that moment. However the article was about a non-notable musical group and I speedily deleted it as a repost. (It had already been deleted in ruwiki twice under different name, first time by another admin, second time by me, thereafter I listed the file for deletion.) Could you reconsider your decision so that one don't have to file a deletion request one more time? Regards, --Blacklake (talk) 14:03, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Done. Blurpeace 20:23, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. --Blacklake (talk) 16:03, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Burj Khalifa images deletion

The debate is far from over and should not have been closed. This is a clear example of copyright paranoia in the extreme. All the many, many, keep arguments have been totally ignored in favour of an overly strict interpretation of UAE law, an unjustified fear of legal action, and the views of a very small minority of paranoid deletionists. The advice of Mike Godwin, a lawyer working for the Wikimedia Foundation, has been totally ignored in this case:

"...It is, in my view, a bad idea to be pro-actively policing photographs that happen to include a copyrighted work or a trademark, absent some evidence of an actual claim or dispute."

Further more, the damage done to many Wikipedias by such mass deletions is immense. So, please, reopen the debate for further discussion. Thanks. Astronaut (talk) 20:43, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Mirroring Stifle's vote, I will list the irrelevant, misguided, and misinformed "keep votes" you refer to:

1. Right to make non-commercial, personal copies.

Misinformed, please read our licensing policy.

2. Wikipedia may or may not be a circus.

Irrelevant.

3. Merely the picture of a building.

Misinformed, please read our page on freedom of panorama.

4. May or may not be the "intention" of the law.

Misguided, we are not lawyers. As stated, "We do not deal with the philosophy of law, rather its application." Attempting to support a claim without evidence is fallacious.

5. Foreign law is irrelevant.

Misinformed, please read our licensing policy. Although hosting images of the building would be acceptable under United States copyright law, our local policy requires that a work be "free" in its country of origin (the United Arab Emirates).

6. Building blueprints are the only extension of copyright possible (within context).

Misinformed, please read our guideline on derivative works.

7. "Deletionists" are merely copyright paranoid.

Misguided, whether or not one agrees with the law, we must follow it. Wikimedia Commons editors have the ethical duty of ensuring the freedom of our collections. And yes, calling others paranoid is indeed a personal attack. See this essay.

8. Claims of fair use.

Misinformed, please read our licensing policy.

The quote you've taken from Mike Godwin has some relevance, although you have taken it out of context. He was describing our de minimis policy, which I had referenced to and followed quite liberally when making the final judgments. Quite simply, I will not be reopening the "debate"; however, you are welcome to start an undeletion request. Sincerely, Blurpeace 23:33, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of Old Versions

I am requesting you to delete old versions of File:Volvo B7R Sentosa.jpg as they are redundant. Thanks! --JovianEye (talk) 22:05, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Best to just leave them there. A deletion would only increase the load on the server; not really worth doing. ;) Blurpeace 22:11, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

AFC Silviu Ionescu

Hi Blurpeace, I left a msg at Chzz's talk page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Chzz#Articles_for_creation.2FSilviu_Ionescu Ronald2010 (talk) 08:40, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Hey Ronald2010, thanks for the link, although I suggest that you leave this on my English Wikipedia talk page next time. I watch both for new messages consistently, and I like to have them somewhat orderly. Thanks, Blurpeace 18:12, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Need help

Hi Blurpeace! I found very interesting album on Flickr. I came into contact with the owner who agreed to give the images to wikipedia. What should be done to upload the images here in Commons? Would you, like OTRS member, send a formal request to the author. I asked for pictures from the set "Macedonia". Thank you in advance --R ašo 17:30, 9 April 2010 (UTC) P.S. I am very interested in these ОTRS stuffs

Hey Rašo, just one concern. Has he agreed to relicense his work under CC-BY or CC-BY-SA? His current choices are too restrictive for inclusion and would violate our licensing policy. No formal OTRS ticket should be required, but you should tell him that he should switch the licenses to the ones listed before (either one of them; it's done by the photographer's discretion). Because sets can change, we can't accept blanket statements like, "The current Macedonia set is licensed under CC-BY(-SA)." It would be too difficult to track what has been added or deleted. In summary, just request that he change the licenses and respond when (and if) he changes it. You can use this tool to simplify the process of uploading the set. Blurpeace 18:22, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

I know all licencing policies, but I am asking from you to send him an OTRS request because I did not want to bother him with changing the licences from picture to picture. So far, we have many cases where we have been asking for permishions from CC-BY-SA licenced photos via OTRS ticket (this photo from here). So that's why I am asking you to send him an official request. You know what I am thinking about. --R ašo 18:56, 11 April 2010 (UTC) P.S. I use this tool a lot.

OK, ask him to follow the instructions at our OTRS page. We generally don't send emails to people; tell him to include the list of images he will be licensing freely. Thanks, Blurpeace 19:31, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

The author however has decided to change the licenses. Thank you for your help --R ašo 06:39, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

File:Joe Francis shirtless in blue jeans.jpg

Hello, I noticed you uploaded this image received via OTRS system. I was wondering does the permission come from GSI Media photo agency or any other source? While I dont have doubts User:Mantrafilms is representative as he claims to be, and have proven this by sending permission to File:Joe Francis 2.jpg (cropped version of photo available from the persons webpage). But as for the second image User:Mantrafilms already created an army of clones [4] to upload it and as it come out from the File:SHAN082809A 11.JPG EXIF copyrights belongs to the GSI -Justass (talk) 00:14, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

No, actually it was a release by the author of the photo (not from an official email). Since the photo submitted had the original EXIF data, I had taken that as a practical proof of ownership, although I was not aware of the other upload. If Han took the photo as a work for hire, it should probably be nominated for deletion. Thanks, Blurpeace 02:53, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

I emailed to GSI asking to clarify copyright status about this image, lets wait few days --Justass (talk) 09:48, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of "Die_2009.jpg"

Hi there. It seems you've deleted one of the images I uploaded yesterday under the precautionary principle policy. I wonder why, as the licensing on the image seems appropriate. (original image) --Notjake13 (talk) 17:52, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Hello Notjake13, the caption of the Flickr photo states (in Portuguese) that reproduction rights require explicit permission from the photographer. We cannot confirm that Creative Commons Attribution was chosen manually, or that he understands the license terms. Therefore, I believe that the precautionary principle's usage is warranted. I was notified about the upload over IRC, and have told the editor to contact the photographer over Flickr, although I am not sure about what progress has since been made. Sincerely, Blurpeace 22:41, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps it would have been more effective to explain this in an edit summary, notify the uploader, or make some other notation prior to deletion. I know that policy is convenient for quick deletion, but it's not a justification for laziness. I'll contact the photographer soon if no other progress is made by the editor with whom you spoke over IRC. --Notjake13 (talk) 00:50, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm back, and I'm ready to continue working!

Hi Blurpeace, this is Maps & Lucy I have been away for a month and now I'm back. I see that while I was away others have commented, agreed, or disagreed with deletion requests and now its time to close and delete the files listed. I have really appriciated your assistance in the past and hope you will continue to do so. The deletion logs are as follows:

• Commons:Deletion requests/Nonsense Portuguese and Union maps
• Commons:Deletion requests/Duplicated French crowns

More is comming soon as always and I hope you will continue to help in the future. Maps & Lucy (talk) 00:45, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

I'll review these two deletion requests in the coming days. Sincerely, Blurpeace 19:16, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Ok pall, its been over two weeks and someone else just dealt with the second one of those two group deletions. Please deal with the first one. Hope to hear from you soon, Maps & Lucy (talk) 01:43, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Edit

Done, per your suggestion. And I really want to move on. Thanks. --Tomascastelazo (talk) 17:28, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Electronics images from Hager

Hello,

Uploaded pictures Residual Current Device.jpg and Micro Curcuit Braker.jpg were erased on jan 14. ( on "Jordfelsbrytare" and "Dvärgbrytare" in Swedish. I was asked for the permissions for the pictures, and was not sure what to answer other than explaining the origin. The pictures are published on our website www.hager.se, they are for public use. As Marketing Manager I have the full rights to publisize the pictures, but apparently I did not give the correct answers. Please explain what I have to to do reinsert the pictures.

Best regards,

Michael Ebner

mer@hager.se

Hello Michael, I suggest that you follow the instructions given here (i.e., send an email from an official account on the domain). If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Sincerely, Blurpeace 20:49, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Hello Blurpeace, I sent from the mail address above when I got the questions on the rights to the images, was asked for links to the webpages were the pictures are made public, sent those links (again from mer@hager.se) but got erased anyway. I do not recall who asked, it was not you. Would mer@hager.se qualify for the instructions you sent? Thanks again, Michael

Although this is a late reply, that address should be OK. Sincerely, Blurpeace 01:03, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

File:Emile Friant Ombres portées 1891.png

Undelete, please. This file was not "exact or scaled down" duplicate even nearly, File:Emile Friant Ombres portées 1891.png had been taken from the museum's site, File:Emile Friant Ombres portées 1891.jpg -- from some random flickr user, and colors were completely different. Deleting files like this without DR is completely inappropriate. Trycatch (talk) 02:02, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Apologies, Trycatch. The action seemed uncontroversial, seeing as the museum's photo is of much lower quality (and has coloration issues). I will open a deletion request accordingly. Sincerely, Blurpeace 03:07, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

It's not "completely inappropriate" and rhetoric like that doesn't make any friends. Asking politely can take you far farther in life versus having an attitude. Killiondude (talk) 05:54, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

My sincere apologies, if i've used too strong wording. I have high respect for Blurpeace, I was talking only about this separate action, it wasn't intended to be a rhetoric or a personal attack even nearly. Trycatch (talk) 07:35, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

No worries. I can't speak for Blurpeace, of course, but whenever I see the phrase "completely inappropriate" on an Wikimedia site I get a knee-jerk reaction. I suppose I could have toned down my language as well, sorry. Killiondude (talk) 07:40, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:SuicideGirl - Evan.png

Hi Blurpeace

You decided to delete the image in the above DR (which I'm Ok with), why is it still there? --PaterMcFly (talk) 09:08, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Been overturned by administrator Adambro (talk · contribs) pending a Village Pump discussion started by Ottava Rima. Blurpeace 20:14, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Btw, It would have been nice if you would have used an edit summary instead of using rollback on my edit there. Garion96 (talk) 07:40, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Irrational Inclusionists

Thank you for introducing me to the phrase "Irrational Inclusionists" -- I had just had a bad moment in another DR reading two of their comments and was feeling depressed about the whole project. Calling them Irrational Inclusionists put them into good perspective and allowed me to laugh about it. . . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs) 09:55, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

OTRS validation

Hello, could you please check ticket #2006090510011853. There is only one image uploaded from http://www.skijumping.pl back in 2006 File:4wiki kruczek lukasz.jpg, but now User:Alfons6669 uploading images with the same ticked from http://www.skokinarciarskie.pl Thank you --Justass (talk) 15:53, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Hello Justass, this one was out of my jurisdiction (initially located in info-pl), but we moved the ticket to permissions-commons. Afterward, I had found that the email, not surprisingly, was written in Polish. It'd probably be best to find a Polish speaking OTRS member that has access to permissions-commons. If you want me to find one, I would be more than willing to do so. Sincerely, Blurpeace 16:04, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Would be great, something strange about those photos --Justass (talk) 16:11, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

I've sent out an email. Hoping for a quick response, Blurpeace 16:41, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

here the response :) ... its written here: "W razie, gdyby potrzebne było jakieś zdjęcie spoza tych przygotowanych przez nas, wówczas prosiłbym o kontakt, w celu konsultacji, ponieważ nie do każdego zdjęcia na naszych łamach mamy pełne prawa."

english summary; if you want more pictures please contact us was we do not have full rights for all of them. .... so I would say uploding more pictures is not covered by this OTRS-Ticket ..Sicherlich ^Post 17:06, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

The main reason for my concerns was that newly uploaded images tagged with this ticket come from different website. Original File:4wiki kruczek lukasz.jpg from http://www.skijumping.pl and File:Markus Eggenhofer.jpg, File:Stefan Thurnbichler.jpg, File:CoC Oslo 2010 - Sliz, Unterberger, Schabereiter.jpg from http://www.skokinarciarskie.pl --Justass (talk) 17:15, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

okay; that does not fit at all to the ticket ...Sicherlich ^Post 17:23, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Ottava Rima

Hi. You have participated in the long debate about Ottava Rima. You may want to vote in the final poll about his block. I might have summarized your expressed opinion already, if so please check that it is correct! Only one vote ( Support,  Oppose or  Neutral), with a block length in case of support. Nothing more in this subsection! Thanks. --Eusebius (talk) 11:57, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

PD review

Hi!

I write to you because you are listed here Commons:PD_files/reviewers#List_of_PD_reviewers.

The Category:PD files for review was flooded some time ago and perhaps therefore PD review seems to have stopped. After some discussion on Commons_talk:PD_files#Has_review_stopped? the category has been cleaned up.

Perhaps you would like to come back and take a look at some of the remaining files?

Thank you!

--MGA73 (talk) 15:02, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

File:Millennium_line_logo.svg

Wikimedia Commons does not accept fair use content. We do this because Commons is a shared media repository. Downstream wikis have different policies based on local laws. Uses that are acceptable under US law, for example, may not be acceptable in many other countries with more restrictive rules. In addition, fair use is not compatible with our aim as a collection of freely distributable media files. Therefore, Commons cannot legally rely on fair use provisions. Non-free content that may be used with reference to fair use may be uploaded locally if your project allows this.

 

Eusebius (talk) 09:49, 4 June 2010 (UTC)