User talk:Christer T Johansson/2014

Use of your picture for a book

Hi,

We’d like to use one of your pictures for a book that will be publish next fall. On wikimedia, it says that the picture are copyright free.

The title of the book is Secrets de plantes 2 and the name of the author is Fabien Girard. The initial print run will be 1000 copies.

We’d like to have your autorisation by e-mail to use this picture. If you accept, what is the exact name of the source that we must write beside the picture?

Here are the link of the picture.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Althaea_officinalis-IMG_4542.jpg

Stéphane Aubut Editor assistant for Les Éditions JCL

stephane@jcl.qc.ca

Use of your image

Greetings,

I am involved with building a free app to promote tourism for a Regional town in Australia which has been devastated by bushfires in the past. I would love to use your photo in our app which will be free to download.

Could you confirm that you are happy for us to use the image and send through what acknowledgment you would like on our acknowledgments page if any.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Viola_hederacea-IMG_7155.jpg If you are agreeable, could you please send me through your highest resolution of this image and your agreement for us to use this photo.

Look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, JF0610 (talk) 14:29, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

You can use that image C T Johansson (talk) 13:41, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your permission. JF0610 (talk) 02:57, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Superb!!

I have just been looking at your photographs and would like to tell you that It was a very enjoyable experience. Such great images with such exact information. There are so many contributors that could learn a lesson from you. Thank you for a few minutes of delight.Richard Avery (talk) 13:19, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

I'm very flattered. I like to keep good track of my photographs and trying to give the Commons any information that I have about every picture that I upload C T Johansson (talk) 10:45, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Publication of Official Biological Emblems of the World E-Book

Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for your permission to use your photo in this project to document, sort out and analyse the official biological emblems of the world. The results of this two-year project from 2011 to 2013 can be freely obtained at Raffles Museum Books (http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/raffles_museum_pub/raffles_museum_books.html) under:

Lim, R. C. J., H. H. Tan & H. T. W. Tan, 2013. Official Biological Emblems of the World. Raffles Museum Of Biodiversity Research, National University Singapore, Singapore. 231 pp. Uploaded 7 August 2013. 40.8 MB

Thank you very much again! Cheers,

Research Assistant, Reuben C. J. LIM :: Botany Laboratory :: Department of Biological Sciences :: Faculty of Science :: National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Republic of Singapore :: 65-6516 2708 (DID) :: 65-6779 2486 (Fax) :: reubenlim@nus.edu.sg (E) :: www.nus.edu.sg ;http://www.dbs.nus.edu.sg/ (W) :: Company Registration No: 200604346E

Important: This email is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify us immediately; you should not copy or use it for any purpose, nor disclose its contents to any other person. Thank you.

Digitalis

Hi, your photos File:IMG 9992 Digitalis laevigata.jpg and File:IMG 9992-Digitalis laevigata2.jpg actually show Digitalis ferruginea. Concerning the differences Flora Europaea writes: Calyx-lobes obtuse, with a wide scarious margin → D. ferruginea – Calyx-lobes acute or acuminate, with scarious margin very narrow or absent → D. laevigata. Regards --Franz Xaver (talk) 14:30, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Hi. I am no expert on this kind of plants. I just read on the labels in the botanical garden, so you may be right. I will order a name-change, or? C T Johansson (talk) 17:31, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

File:Russia TDWG biocountries.svg

The mysterious black rectangle is almost certainly due to Inskcape's "flowtext" nonsense, as can be diagnosed at Commons:SVG Check. The file is too large for me to conveniently download right at the moment, but give me a few days and I can fix it for you... AnonMoos (talk) 20:57, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Oops. Sorry AnonMoos. I didn't know you're on it as well. I removed the deletion template and asked the graphic lab to take a look. If you want to add someting or take on the request: Commons:Graphic_Lab/Illustration_workshop#Black_artifact_on_map. --Hedwig in Washington ^(mail?) 02:50, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Tank you for fixing it instead of deleting it! C T Johansson (talk) 13:37, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

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Use of your image as part of a collage

I'd like to seek your permission to use your photo of 'Camellia Japonica' as part of a collaged image for a scenic backcloth to be used in a production of La Traviata, to be staged in Australia and New Zealand. The photo takes up approximately 20-25% of the final image. I'd be very happy to send you the final collaged image via email if you like. Please be assured that your image and the collage it is contained in will not be sold.

Thanks very much, Christina

Is this File:Camellia japonica-IMG 2052.jpg the image you want permission for? C T Johansson (talk) 12:30, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

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Yes, that is the image...apologies for not linking to it in my original request! (I'm very new to Wikipedia)

I give you my permission to use and modify the image File:Camellia japonica-IMG 2052.jpg for the collage and I assure you that I will never sell that image and the collage it is contained in.

And yes, I want a copy of the final collage when it is done. You can contact me via e-mail by clicking >>> here<<< and I will give you my name as well. C T Johansson (talk) 16:47, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

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Category:Silema

Hi C T Johansson, there is no Silema in Malta. Obviously you took the images at Triq it-Torri in Sliema from about 35°54′56.59″N 14°30′13.55″E. -- Ies (talk) 07:18, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

The pictures was taken from and around a hotel that was in an area called Sliema. Ah, I have misspelled! My mistake! Change the name or move them if you can/like/want. C T Johansson (talk) 07:31, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

File:Valletta-IMG 1282.jpg and other images from Valletta

Kindly note the many subcategories of Category:Valletta made to be used. Please don't make a mess in the main category! -- Ies (talk) 07:24, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, I can stop uploading pictures if you like? C T Johansson (talk) 07:30, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Don't stop uploading, just use better categories. -- Ies (talk) 07:36, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

I am not that good in the English language that I know to precise the categories, I just want to give away my pictures. I use a rough category so someone can place it better later, is that so wrong? C T Johansson (talk) 07:44, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

No it is not wrong to place in an upper category and hope someone else can categorize for you. But with that said, it would be very helpful if you could cruise around the subcategories and see where your images would fit. I've done the same thing of put in a large category and someone with much more knowledge comes along and recategorizes it for me. The most memorable was when I uploaded an image of plant from formal labeled garden only to be told by editor "that's not a passion flower, that's a clematis!" He renamed the image, called me stupid on my talk page, etc. Well... guess what... the plant really is a passion flower according to the PhD in charge of the garden. So sometimes even the crankiest of people have their hearts in right place but can be utterly wrong on the details. That's why it's best if you put your images into the smallest category - so people like that don't have anything about which to complain! Please let me know if I can be of help to you in future, you take lovely pictures - please don't stop uploading over a disagreeable experience with another user, ok?? Ellin Beltz (talk) 16:17, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

File:Valletta-IMG 1165.jpg

It would be nice to know what celebration you took this and other images of. Unfortunately the description only says "Valletta". -- Ies (talk) 07:36, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

I don't know what is was, I was just walking by :) The aim for the tour was a stroll around Valletta, the UNESCO part. I know that a president was present... C T Johansson (talk) 07:41, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

As it seems that you know so much about Malta, you are free to fill in the missing information. This is a community and we suppose to help each other to make this place informative, or am I wrong? C T Johansson (talk) 08:13, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

File:Hotel Phoenicia-IMG 1306.jpg

The category for Hotel Phoenicia in Floriana is Category:Hotel Phoenicia (Floriana), not Category:Floriana.

Thank you C T Johansson (talk) 10:40, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

It is correct now, no thanks to you! C T Johansson (talk) 10:43, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Bugging a user to put image into hotel(xtown) subcategory when it was originally in the town category seems a big buggy to me. We have a lot of users who only get their stuff to town name and don't get unsigned notes on their talk pages. I see the point of showing this user how to categorize, my problem is with the method. I'm not seeing that the owner of this user page has caused any trouble by his lovely image uploads; if another admin has a problem with it in the future, please contact me. Don't forget to sign four tildes after your name in future, so the user can contact you without having to search history. Cheers! Ellin Beltz (talk) 16:13, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

File:Valletta-IMG 1260.jpg, File:Valletta-IMG 1262.jpg and File:Valletta-IMG 1264.jpg

Hi C T Johansson, thanks for the barnstar. :) Do you know in which church were these three photos taken?

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I think they might be the Basilica of St Dominic (you also had photos of the church from outside), but can you confirm this please? Best regards--Xwejnusgozo (talk) 11:41, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Yes, that's inside the Basilica of St Dominic. C T Johansson (talk) 12:44, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll add the categories accordingly. --Xwejnusgozo (talk) 13:25, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Hiya!

Hi CT ! If you need/want help with categories, there's editors who do a LOT of categorizing and can perhaps help you. The whole point though is to avoid uploading a photo without putting it in SOME kind of category at all... then it ends up in "Category:Images without Categories" and causes trouble for some admins. So please let me know if you're having trouble with categorizing uploads? At a minimum, please put the image into the town, village, or state of location. When uploading in the "categories" type box, you can type the beginning of a word and it will try to fill out the rest of it for you... sometimes looking at the suggested categories will help. To find categories (for example prior to upload), just use the search box, but type

 Category:____(TOPIC YOU SEEK)_____

so it would look like

 Category:Red Houses

It's really not terribly hard once you get the hang of it. I think you may also find that your work fits certain categories over and over which makes it a lot easier. In my own uploads, I seem to have a large number of electrical covers and telephone poles and infrastructure. I learned a lot about worldwide electrical cover, car charging station, utility poles and other stuff while seeking proper categories for my images. Usually when I am getting ready to upload images, I make a little text edit file on my desk top, and I copy into there all the code I might need for the images. Then on uploading I'm just cut/copy/pasting from that little file to Commons. Most of the time, since I took the images in physical locations, I can just put the town names as category if I can't think of anything else. I think it makes it easier that way - everyone has their own ways of working. But remember, there's three ways to find images on Commons:

1. Search which searches description only... please make long descriptions!!
2. Category
3. Blind luck

Obviously the first two are more likely to get hits on your pictures! Please let me know if I can be of service to you at any time and I apologize if you felt at all harrassed as folks trying to help you become the SUPER Commons uploader (and who knows, maybe future admin) that we know you can be! Cheers! Ellin Beltz (talk) 16:08, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Prehistoric cart ruts

Congratulations! Here you took the first picture of a hidden site of prehistoric cart ruts in Malta. Most likely it's the so called "Malta Cart Ruts (4)" site acc. to [1]. Ies (talk) 08:02, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

That was a lucky shot up on the Dingli Cliffs. I think it was on the south west side of the road. C T Johansson (talk) 08:07, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

Glowing in the dark

Did you ever come across with glowing in the dark succulents? Usually I hate "decorations" like glued hats, eyes, straw flowers etc. on cacti and other plants. In case of the (yes I know: suffering from that) glowing in the dark Echeveria agavoides however I couldn' resist. It was the challenge to take photographs under that unusual light that forced me to buy the poor plant. There was also an ugly glowing in the dark Echinocactus grusonii available that I left in the shop. -- Ies (talk) 17:48, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

I haven't seen that kind of decorations on succulents in our shops. Interesting effect in the picture and a big challenge. But you got a good result. C T Johansson (talk) 20:03, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Season's Greetings

		Season's Greetings and Good Wishes
		Best wishes for the season and the New Year. Ellin Beltz (talk) 05:03, 25 December 2014 (UTC) |} Best Wishes to you as well :) C T Johansson (talk) 06:45, 26 December 2014 (UTC)