User talk:Lcawte
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Tip: Categorizing images
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[[Category:Category name]]
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- Image:User-Lcawte-Own Bebo logo.png is uncategorized since 5 June 2009.
- Image:Hack-A-Thon-Brighton-Cropped.png was uncategorized on 9 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 16:55, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
Please note that once you release an image under a free licence, you cannot later revoke that licence. Adambro (talk) 12:29, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
Deprecated License
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Source information
[edit]Hi, I noticed that you transferred File:1777 Burdett map of area around Sale.jpg from en.wikipedia. When transferring files, can you please retain the original source information. Stating that the map originated from en.wikipedia is not helpful as the page was deleted as it was a duplicate of the one on commons. This applies to other files as it makes it difficult to find the original source information. I realise it was retained in the original upload log, but this is not as prominent as the summary box. Thanks, Nev1 (talk) 22:56, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Adding Information template
[edit]If you add the {{Information}} using http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/add_information.php you need to edit the resulting source text to bring it into a good format. The automated adding does not help Commons. If it would, it could be done by bots. --Leyo 22:37, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
- I did some of them, and I was going to go back and do them, however I ran out of time. And anyway, a bot could do it properly, I'm pretty sure a simple script using bits of cosmetic_changes.py (pywikipediabot) would do well enough. --Lcawte (talk) 20:04, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
File source is not properly indicated: File:102hp-walker-railcar.jpg
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Ellin Beltz (talk) 17:53, 16 August 2016 (UTC)
Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2018 is open!
[edit]Dear Lcawte,
You are receiving this message because we noticed that you voted in R1 of the 2018 Picture of the Year contest, but not yet in the second round. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons during the last year (2018) to produce a single Picture of the Year.
Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year were entered in this competition. These images include professional animal and plant shots, breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historical images, photographs portraying the world's best architecture, impressive human portraits, and so much more.
There are two total rounds of voting. In the first round, you voted for as many images as you liked.
In the final (and current) round, you may vote for a maximum of three images. The image with the most votes will become the Picture of the Year 2018.
Round 2 will end 17 March 2019, 23:59:59.
Thanks,
the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee 18:04, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
File:IMG 1601 square.png was recently deleted
[edit]I would like to let you know that File:IMG 1601 square.png was recently deleted, if you disagree with the deletion you are requested to file an un-deletion request at Commons:Undeletion requests/Current requests. Please do not make too many problematic un-deletion requests as this can lead to administrative actions.
Deleted by User:1989. Reason for deletion : Broken redirect . Deletion Notification Bot (talk) 14:33, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
IMSC
[edit]Please Update the Map of the Member States of the International Maritime Security Construct with Brunei Darussalam Greece Ireland the Philippines Thailand and Turkey. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2001:4454:23F:ED00:75DA:890F:2A24:6F1F (talk) 16:59, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
- Please add new sections to the bottom of talk pages. As for your request, please take on board my comments about providing relevant sources for these claims as left in both the edit history of the IMSC page on English Wikipedia, and both yours and my own talk pages on that respective project. As a general note about IMSC membership, historically there has been a greater expression of interest that uptake in actual membership. All IMSC members are presented on the official coalition's social media pages by the relevant flag emojis, as well as appropriate press releases. You'll note that since the removal of Australia's emoji in recent posts (post-29th Dec), there have yet to be any additions. --Lcawte (talk) 17:21, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
So Now The Six Countries Who Will Join the IMSC and it will be Presented on the official IMSC social media pages by the relevant flag emojis, as well as appropriate press releases. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2001:4454:23F:ED00:75DA:890F:2A24:6F1F (talk) 16:47, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
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Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 02:48, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
File tagging File:Annadelviewofsonomamtn.jpg
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— hike395 (talk) 04:45, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
- I'd very much doubt you'll ever get the specific confirmed details of Anlace, but, given their enwiki user page, I'd say with 99% confidence they are C. Michael Hogan (who has a rather limited, private online presence). Are we requiring that all users who edit under a screen name and use their real-world names for attribution on artistic works submit some kind of proof to VRT? --Lcawte (talk) 18:06, 15 July 2022 (UTC)