User talk:DiverDave
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Tip: Categorizing images
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Thanks a lot for contributing to the Wikimedia Commons! Here's a tip to make your uploads more useful: Why not add some categories to describe them? This will help more people to find and use them.
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[[Category:Category name]]
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[[Category:Astronomical diagrams]]
[[Category:Comets]]
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When picking categories, try to choose a specific category ("Astronomical diagrams") over a generic one ("Illustrations").
Thanks again for your uploads! More information about categorization can be found in Commons:Categories, and don't hesitate to leave a note on the help desk.CategorizationBot (talk) 10:40, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Stylet.JPG was uncategorized on 24 October 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:40, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Laryngoscope-Miller.JPG was uncategorized on 24 October 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:40, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Nick Catanese.jpg was uncategorized on 20 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:28, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
- Image:John DeServio.jpg was uncategorized on 20 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:28, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Dave - nice photo but it is actually a Black Currawong (Strepera fuliginosa)....Casliber (talk) 08:27, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
File:Parry–Romberg syndrome.jpg
[edit]Hallo DiverDave, do you have the explicit permission from the depicted women in File:Parry–Romberg syndrome.jpg? Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 04:35, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
- No, I do not. DiverDave (talk) 04:58, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
- Hmm - you need to ask her. Otherwise we should delete the photo because it could violate her personality rights. See Commons:PEOPLE#Photographs_taken_in_a_private_place. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 05:20, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
- I believe you are correct. Problem is, I don't know how to delete the file. Can you either delete it for me, or else show me how to do it myself? Regards, DiverDave (talk) 15:28, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
- Hmm - you need to ask her. Otherwise we should delete the photo because it could violate her personality rights. See Commons:PEOPLE#Photographs_taken_in_a_private_place. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 05:20, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
Go to File:Parry–Romberg syndrome.jpg click "edit", and paste on top of the page
- {{speedy|Uploader request: We do not have permission of the depicted person - see [[User_talk:DiverDave#File:Parry.E2.80.93Romberg_syndrome.jpg]]. --~~~~}}
and save. Will be deleted in a day. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 03:30, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
- OK, I have pasted the tag. Too bad, it is a great photo, but you are correct and the person depicted in the image has been lost to follow-up. Thanks for your help! DiverDave (talk) 19:13, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
- Well done - it was deleted on 20:21:44. Yes, it was a good photo - but is has to be sacrificed to protect the rights of the depicted. Thank you for cooperating and understanding. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 01:18, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
- OK, I have pasted the tag. Too bad, it is a great photo, but you are correct and the person depicted in the image has been lost to follow-up. Thanks for your help! DiverDave (talk) 19:13, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
Newby-McMahon Building photo permission request
[edit]Hi Dave,
I am working on a book for Scholastic and would like to use your image of the Newby-McMahon Building - The smallest Skyscraper. Can you contact me at eteresa-consultant@scholastic.com for more information? We can give you a photo credit for this. Please contact me as soon as possible. The book will be going to manufacturing by mid June 2015. Thank you for your help!
Best regards, Emily _____ Emily Teresa Sr. Photo Editor | Scholastic Inc. 557 Broadway | New York, NY 10012 eteresa-consultant@scholastic.com | 212.343.7144
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Dual Freq (talk) 13:47, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
Gunshot wound picture
[edit]I would like to use this photo in a special effects reference guide. How would you like your credit listed?
Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2018 is open!
[edit]Dear DiverDave,
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