User talk:Russavia/Archive 16

Please delete

File:Zalipie - about.JPG. I was reviewing my old uploads and this seems like a copyvio; also mostly useless project scope wise. PS. Also File:St. Jan Nepomucen Church in Zwierzyniec - 01 about.JPG. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 07:07, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

• As these are FOP related, could you take them to COM:DR instead. Cheers, russavia (talk) 14:11, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

User:Mike78040

I see that you blocked this user yesterday for abusing multiple accounts. Do you happen to know what the other accounts are called, or did you just act based on the user's section headers on Meta? I noticed that the user has uploaded lots of copyright violations locally to the English and Italian Wikipedias, and the other account(s) should also be checked for this unless someone already has checked those accounts. --Stefan4 (talk) 14:00, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

• It is this individual, whom I believe CU shows is also Special:Contributions/Wikigabriel12 and Special:Block/Wikigabriel11 (globally locked). russavia (talk) 14:09, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
  • Ah, thanks. --Stefan4 (talk) 14:27, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Category:Sunrises of Manly

Hi Russavia. Dozens of your uploads have syntax errors. Could you please fix them? --Leyo 00:36, 30 October 2013

Russavia, your attempts at fixing have not been successful so far. Example: File:Sunrise At Manly (7806219130).jpg --Sitacuisses (talk) 09:54, 30 October 2013

Thanks, yep noticed that when I did the regex change, not sure exactly why it is doing this, but will get the 100 or so files done in the next day or so. Thanks for notifying. russavia (talk) 09:59, 30 October 2013

All done, thnks for bringing to my attention. russavia (talk) 23:46, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. --Leyo 01:35, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Saab JAS-39 Gripen of the Czech Air Force taking off from AFB Čáslav.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Saab JAS-39 Gripen of the Czech Air Force taking off from AFB Čáslav.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

/FPCBot (talk) 14:09, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

File:Arteba2012 (7250684958).jpg and other from same event

Are permission(s) from painter(s)/sculptor(s) available? --EugeneZelenko (talk) 15:31, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

Вопрос

Здраствуйте, это правомерно?[1]--6AND5 (talk) 19:02, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:V22-Osprey.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:V22-Osprey.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

/FPCBot (talk) 06:06, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

File:Vintgar Gorge, Slovenia (7182678357).jpg

File:Vintgar Gorge, Slovenia (7182678357).jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Eleassar ^(t/p) 16:07, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

Featured Picture Nomination

Hello. I just wanted to let you know that the image Lufthansa A380-800(D-AIMA) (4818451804).jpg, which was created or uploaded by you, has been nominated for featured picture status; have a look at the nomination page. Thank you and good luck! --AVIA Bavaria 18:49, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

File:G.I. Joe Australian Premiere (8557347998).jpg

Hi Russavia. Who is this? Élodie Yung or Tasneem Roc? Mattbuck thinks Tasneem Roc, but the two are a bit alike and I'm not sure... Trijnstel_talk 23:22, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

Heya, it is indeed Tasneem Roc, so have fixed description to reflect this. Cheers, russavia (talk) 05:09, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

Categories

Hello. Loving your plane photos, lots of them are available which is great. Can I please ask in future could you please just add the location of the aircraft and the registration for the categories? That would be amazing if you could. Although their are only two categories these actually cover a lot of categories anyway such as Airbus or Boeing :) Also just be careful with the location category as there are now sub categories for them as well such as Category:Monarch Airlines aircraft at Manchester Airport.

Thanks and keep up your amazing work! :) --MKY661 (talk) 01:50, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

File:Zboralski-anthony-art07.jpeg

Hi to warm Australia! Author of by me downloaded picture: File:Zboralski-anthony-art07.jpeg changed his mind and made restriction: "only for non-commercial use". Under this circumstances we have to remove this file, sorry. Anyway we got another picture of Mr Anthony Zboralski, so it is no problem. Thank for help and sorry for inconveniences. Greeting from cold England... Zboralski (talk) 12:55, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

• Cześć! I have gone ahead and deleted the file as per your request and per above information. Cheers, russavia (talk) 09:09, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
  • Thank you i dziękuję! Zboralski (talk) 01:14, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

A plush toy for you

	Give him a hug
	I can't help it, he insisted and I had to put him on your talk page:-) or he said he would vandalize Commons while you are sleeping. So here he is – an innocent teddy bear that wants to keep you company while you are editing. Seleucidis (talk) 09:57, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

• Thanks, he's cute, but also he reminded me of this. :) russavia (talk) 09:03, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

  Oh, this young man on the video made an idiot out of himself. Maybe I could even laugh about it, but after searching for at least half an hour to find probably the most beautiful teddy bear of the whole Commons for you to make you a nice surprise, somehow I did not laugh at it, I couldn't, to be honest I was feeling like crying. Sorry. Seleucidis (talk) 11:18, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

By the way. I have noticed that category sex toys [2] is included in category toys (for children) [3]. Can you remove it yourself? If not, please bring it into administrators' attention. Greetings. --Seleucidis (talk) 10:05, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

• I won't touch that category, as sex toys are indeed Category:Toys, just a different type of toy. And being not censored, it would amiss to remove that category. russavia (talk) 09:03, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

  I did some research. Categories Toy and Sex toy are completely separated on enwp, dewp, plwp, frwp ad nlwp, even if the name sex toy in the original language contains the word toy in it, just like in English. In Polish the name has nothing to do with the word toy and means sexual accessories, so the Polish reader will always be flabbergasted to find sex toys among toys for children on Commons. Also in Dutch language there is similarity between seksspeeltje (sex toy) and speelgoed (toys), but the category is named seksueel hulpmiddel, that means sexual aid. Only enwp mentions sex toy in a disambiguation. All other wikipedias nlwp, plwp, frwp, dewp don't mention sex toy in disambiguation. The Oxford dictionaries keep these two terms separately: [4] & [5]. Also in real life these two kinds of toys are completely separated. In a toy shop you can buy toys for children, but you won't find there sex toys, even hidden on the highest shelf:-) If one wants to buy a sex toy, one must go to a sex shop. I am afraid Commons category Toys is the only legal place where these two kinds of toys (toys for children and sex toys for adults) are put together in one sack. Are all of them wrong or are we wrong on Commons? That's the question. It has nothing to do with religion or censorship. It has to do with common sense and human decency. Commons is international, so should apply international solutions. Personally I am sure that no adult will search for sex toys on Commons among children toys, but will type sex toys in our search-box and will be immediately redirected to category sex toys, just because the term has sense only in combination of these two words. And yes, category toys is an interesting category for our young readers, and we don't need to confront a 6 years old child with [6], because the child will be scared and will cry. So please have a rest, listen to some nice and quiet music [7], [8] and take a look at this issue again with clear mind. Greetings. --Seleucidis (talk) 10:58, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

Party logo, File:Logo-twoj-ruch2013.png

It is me again. Last time I am not lucky with my contacts with designs artists - they are so sensitive human beings... I am forced again to ask you to delete for me next file. This time it is party logo: File:Logo-twoj-ruch2013.png And again designer changed his mind, and asked to delete it. So, we have to do it. It is not necessary to make any nothices about it in my "Disskusion". Let it simple disappears. Thank you for your help! Zboralski (talk) 13:29, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

Hey there, this logo is in fact {{PD-textlogo}} so it would be ok for us to host it here on Commons, if we simply add {{Trademark}} to it. That all ok? russavia (talk) 14:03, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

Can you ID these markings?

Can you tell what Air Force this Mig-15 belongs to or is painted to represent?

Articseahorse (talk) 03:06, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

Not too sure, perhaps it could be Bangladesh? Also, the aircraft is a Shenyang JJ-5, and I have renamed it accordingly. russavia (talk) 01:01, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

Except if the J-5 is a copy of the Mig-17, there should be three wing fences rather then two?

Articseahorse (talk) 01:54, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Air-to-air photo of a Sukhoi Superjet 100 (RA-97004) over Italy.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Air-to-air photo of a Sukhoi Superjet 100 (RA-97004) over Italy.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

/FPCBot (talk) 22:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

The fact that a page exist on wikidata doesn't means that the subject should be notable, in effect all the edit there are done by bots, except the two you did. Most of the articles on wikipedia's are done by unregistred users and never been modified except that by bots. Maybe it would be useful open some deletion request for lack of encyclopedic matter on all of that articles? Someone else purposed thoose files for deletion, i only agree with that. Cordially. Ciaurlec (talk) 16:26, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

Airline safety cards

Hi Russavia, I saw a bunch of airline safety cards you transferred, such as this on File:Airbus_A320_Thomas_Cook_TC_A320R-1_(4138699227).jpg tagged with speedy delete. Just wanted to make sure that this was really just an erroneous upload or if they are for some reason available under a free license. --Dschwen (talk) 16:23, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Deleted for now. Ping me if you disagree. --Dschwen (talk) 19:42, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Veronidae images delete nominations

Hi Russavia, I don't know if you remember us talk in IRC over Veroniade images deleted nominated by me. Could you send me the images. She need know exactly were deleted. Thanks --The Photographer (talk) 16:46, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Notification about possible deletion

Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry. If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with them, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Affected:

• File:Dmitry Medvedev in Volgograd Oblast, March 2010-1.JPG

And also:

• File:Dmitry Medvedev in Volgograd Oblast, March 2010-2.JPG
• File:The Motherland Calls - Dmitry Medvedev.jpg
• File:Volgograd, Mother Russia 06 (4137815163).jpg
• File:Концерт «На Главной Высоте России»-1.jpg

Yours sincerely, Eleassar ^(t/p) 09:40, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

File:Standbeeld Ferdinand Foch (6226423889).jpg

Hi, please delete File:Standbeeld Ferdinand Foch (6226423889).jpg. Thank you. --Eleassar ^(t/p) 07:15, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

Understanding of the Catalan Government licensing

Hello Russavia! the other day I reviewed with positive result this image based on the terms of use of the Catalan Government (English version, Spanish version). Later on I learned from the uploader (see discussion in my talk page, unfortunately in Spanish) that you had actually questioned the license here and asked for deletion of an image based on the same license. The point is that they want to allow derivative works:

the Administration permits the reproduction, distribution and public communication of the work and, furthermore, the transformation of the work in order to make derived works, for everyone and without time limits, and provided that it does not contradict any license or notice that a work may hold.

but just want to avoid that the information is not distorted (the original text in Spanish/Catalan is better here: "No desnaturalizar el sentido de la información."). So, derivative works are welcome, but they don't want that the message of the information is changed but still appear as source. I am not sure whether this is actually a problem for media, and rather applies for textual information. If an image is changed in a way they don't like the information is not there anymore. I don't know if I can express myself on this. What do you think? We should in any case be consistent with the usage of images from this site. In parallel I will ask them to adopt CC-BY-SA, or at least CC-BY, through the Spanish Wikimedian Chapter, where I belong to. Regards, Poco² 12:57, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

wandalizmy na commons

wandalizmami jest to co robisz na commons i we wszystkich projektach wikimedia. żeby stosować podpisy trzeba znać język polski i wiedzieć co zawiera galeria a jest tam 3619 zdjęć - to jedno jest kompletnie niereprezentatywne dla juwenaliów krakowskich. to POV w czystej postaci. zresztą to też ma swoją wymowę. to co robisz to typowe trollowanie wikipedii, ale jak widać na dłuższą metę takie działania nie są tolerowane. - John Belushi (talk) 11:24, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Editor @ ar.wiki

Hello. I would like to inform you that I have granted you editor flag at the Arabic Wikipedia, all your edits there will be automatically marked as patrolled. Best regards.--Avocato (talk) 14:05, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

File:B & F Technik FK-9 Mk3B AN0868568.jpg

Hi russavia,

are you in contact with the original author of this file? I noticed that the description is wrong (it's a Flight Design CT, not a B&F FK 9). I've already changed the categorization, requested a rename etc. but I thought it might be a good idea to give something back and let the author know so he can change the description at airliners.net too.

Cheers, --El Grafo (talk) 19:30, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

You can submit correct information on that photo here and the photographer will also receive the notification. Hope that helps. Cheers, russavia (talk) 06:00, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

 Done Thanks for the pointer! --El Grafo (talk) 12:23, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the International Organizations in Vienna

Hi, I've seen on User:Russavia/Required photos that you're looking for photos of the Russian Mission at Erzherzog-Karl-Straße in Vienna. I've uploaded some photos of that building to Category:Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the International Organizations in Vienna. I'll leave it to you to categorize that into whereever it belongs in the Russia/international relations category tree. (Also if the descriptions or filenames can be improved, please do so, I know almost nothing about international relations.) If you remind me again in April or so, I might be able to take better photos because the lighting will be better then. :) darkweasel94 14:01, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for getting those photos, it's much appreciated mate. Cheers, russavia (talk) 12:39, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Deleted file

I deleted this file per an uncontested DR: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Italy Vatican - Creative Commons by gnuckx (3492606518).jpg. Could be a mistake. Two other related files have been mentioned on my talk. INeverCry 19:32, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

No problem, the deletions seem sound to me. Cheers, and welcome back. russavia (talk) 11:33, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Category:Pages using Information template with incorrect parameter

Hi Russavia. Could you please fix your uploads in this maintenance category? Thanks. --Leyo 23:53, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

 Done russavia (talk) 05:58, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

your reverts on my cahges in watermark cat

..thx. I did not intend this changes. Possibly istead of opening a image for edit, I opened the category page. I shall add a remark in the description page to prevent further errors. - Andy king50 (talk) 07:14, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Category:PH-KCA_at_the_2013_Toronto_Pearson_Street_Festival

Category:PH-KCA_at_the_2013_Toronto_Pearson_Street_Festival has been listed at Commons:Categories for discussion so that the community can discuss ways in which it should be changed. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this category, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for discussion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it. If the category is up for deletion because it has been superseded, consider the notion that although the category may be deleted, your hard work (which we all greatly appreciate) lives on in the new category. In all cases, please do not take the category discussion personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!

Geo Swan (talk) 20:04, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

File:Tower of London (8145484209).jpg

File:Tower of London (8145484209).jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that. The file you added has been deleted. If you have written permission from the copyright holder, please have them send us a free license release via COM:VRT. If you believe that the deletion was not in accordance with policy, you may request undeletion. (It is not necessary to request undeletion if using VRT; the file will be automatically restored at the conclusion of the process.) Warning: Wikimedia Commons takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

 

Stefan4 (talk) 16:10, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

About one deleted file

It has been a few months since I lasted edited/visited English Wikipedia and now that I do I see my images are not there. Well, I acknowledge that some of the images which I uploaded didn't have the required licensing attached with them, yes and I admit should have been more cautious but they were owing to my lack of comprehensive knowledge about the application of licenses and not intentional violations, as you perhaps might imagine. Now, what is done is done, moving on!

I would like to draw your attention to one of the files which I believe, no I am sure, was created solely by me using Google svg editor and one of Wikipedia's svg file (map of the world). I do not know what would have been the right license for it, could you please take a look into this matter.

File:Agni Missiles Range comparison.jpg <-- either this one or one of its redirect targets! Mrt3366 (talk) 05:38, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

An ice cream

	Chocolate&mint
	Considering the weather forecast it will bring you some nice refreshment. Seleucidis (talk) 21:03, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Why thank you, it's already heating up here, didn't get below 23C last night, so a totally uncomfortable night was had. Will definitely be enjoying the trip to the beach sometime over the weekend though, and yes, I will beware of the sharks ;) Cheers, russavia (talk) 23:32, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

We can work it out:-)

Hi Russavia! The whole issue met the video eats at everybody. So to see there is no obvious consensus. It seems like a never ending story. Every few months it is being nominated for deletion. What do you think about this suggestion JKadavoor made that: someone contact Pricasso for a less controversial work and replace it. Maybe WMF could pay the price of a new painting and video and maybe there will be no problem to find a volunteer willing to be portrayed by Pricasso. Jimmy Wales would be happy, you would have peace of mind and less drama made around your person. Life is very short and there is no time for fussing and fighting, my friend:-) [9] Seleucidis (talk) 09:36, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

+1. Pricasso claims he has fully consented work of people like Helen Zille; then why don't make an attempt than sticking on that work with no consent? Jee 09:45, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Actually, that was my idea, not Jkadavoor's. But, not being Apple, I haven't applied for a patent on it. :) darkweasel94 11:06, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

OK,OK; I'm not a fan of stealing other's credits. :) Jee 12:10, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

 Support . --A.Savin 12:47, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

 Support That would certainly be classed as good faith. 131.137.245.209 18:00, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

If anyone wants to contact the WMF and put this proposal to them, then they are free to do so, but at the moment, this is what we have at the moment, it breaks no policies, and the whole brouhaha over Jimmy is totally redundant. So I will leave that in the capable hands of others, but on this project we don't engage in censorship, and I am surprised at the number of people who are advocating for censorship in this case.

BTW, I stated some time ago that the painting would be auctioned, and one can now see it here. All proceeds from the sale go to the WMF and WMAU -- 50/50. I did attempt to list it on eBay but due to it not being sanctioned by the WMF or WMAU, and as per this eBay policy, it was not able to be listed on that site. :( russavia (talk) 01:02, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

• I doubt if it was a good idea to put the portrait to be auctioned right now, if ever, while we are still trying to solve the issue. Isn't it better to donate it to WMAU as a decoration of their quarters? Only there, there is the most suitable place for a portrait of the co-founder of Wikipedia made by an Australian artist. I truly suggest doing that instead of an auction. You are surely right talking about the censorship, but we must also take feelings and emotions into consideration. Seleucidis (talk) 09:22, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
  • We all know that it was always going to be auctioned, and it was always known that proceeds would be donated. The artist even said so to at least one journalist that I know of. The timing is coincidental only, as we are now in the "begging for donation" season, and I have spent some time talking to eBay CSR's relating to a couple of issues, in particular the charity aspect. It was suggested by another person that I omit any mention of the proceeds being donated, but this would make it look like I am profiting from this, and that is not the case, and it would go against the reason that Pricasso donated the painting, and would also go against what has been previously publicly stated in relation to the proceeds being donated. So after some back and forth emails between myself and eBay, over the period of several days, the decision was made to sell it on quicksales. As I say, the timing is mere coincidence.

• • As to donating it to WMAU to decorate "their quarters", WMAU doesn't have any offices, they aren't a rich chapter like WMDE, WMUK, and these others that have budgets of 100,000s or millions of dollars. And, again, it would take away from the reason that the painting was donated as well -- i.e. auctioned to benefit the WMAU and WMF.

• • In relation to feelings and emotions, we should take that into consideration, but only in so far as it relates to the board resolution and what we should, and have basically always tried to do here on Commons -- that being showing respect and courtesy to people with complaints about images about themselves. It does not mean that anyone with a complaint about their image will see that image being deleted from Commons as a result of that complaint. Commons:Deletion_requests/File:P1080449_-_Elena_LENINA.jpg is such an example. Everything else is merely smoke and mirrors, and needs to be ignored. But yes, the censorship issue is a major one that could affect Commons, and Pete Forsyth has shown some great examples of images which we should also delete, if we are to delete this inuse, and in scope, media file. russavia (talk) 17:37, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

"Humpback whale" photos from Madagascar

You added several photos of "humpback whales" that actually show southern right whales. The former have a relatively straight mouthline, have tubercles on their rostrum, and lack callosities, whereas the latter have an arched mouthline, lack tubercles, and possess callosities like the whales in the photos. How did you confuse the two? SHFW70 (talk) 04:36, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, these are not my photos but photos I have imported from Flickr. Without the actual photo links I am unable to look at them and see exactly what needs fixing, can you possibly supply those? Cheers, russavia (talk) 18:15, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

"Boneheaded tirades"

Hi Russavia I have to say that this statement of yours goes quite some way beyond what is socially acceptable on Commons. As a highly experienced admin here you know very well that personal attacks on others are not permitted, and that you should be setting an example. Your posting was particularly egregious being made as it was just hours after I warned against personal attacks being made on that very page.

I make no comment on any provocations you feel you have been exposed to, as I would expect admins to be above responding by means of direct attack whatever the provocation. Your postings are and remain your own responsibility even if others may have done the same and got away with similar outbursts. I would probably have blocked another editor, but have not done so here as you are closely involved and may have relevant comments to make on the applicability of the new WMF board resolution.

May I ask that you reconsider your post and strike at least some of it? --MichaelMaggs (talk) 15:31, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Hey Russavia, MichaelMaggs is right. I have slightly moderated your comment. Please, please, please keep it polite. It is for your own good. Seleucidis (talk) 11:24, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi Russavia....

...I've just created my first template and I was wondering if you can take a look on this if it's everything correct.

I wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Greetings from Spain!!

--Dura-Ace (talk) 11:34, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi mate, great stuff, it looks perfect. Merry Xmas and Happy new year to you also! Cheers, russavia (talk) 18:07, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

File:Trabalhos.jpg

You probably missed Commons:Deletion requests/File:Trabalhos.jpg. Multichill (talk) 13:56, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for that, I did indeed miss it. russavia (talk) 17:58, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Best wishes

Hi Russavia, thanks for your wishes, to you and your family I also wish Merry Christmas and the best for 2014, Poco² 11:42, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Holiday wishes

	Happy Holidays! Vera (talk) 13:45, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Christmas time

Hello Russavia!

Thank you for your wishes.

I also wish you a Merry Christmas. War is over, if you want it

I hope you are not dreaming of a white Christmas. It would be difficult to fix it for you:-) Well, we will have a green Christmas, but I do not mind. Seleucidis (talk) 15:00, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

2014 !

	* * * 2014! * * *
	Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Happy holidays! -- George Chernilevsky talk 16:12, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Hello russavia! Thank you for your wishes. I also wish you stress-free days and a happy new year! Best regards, High Contrast (talk) 23:19, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

A pie for you!

za pomoc/for help Grzegorznadolski (talk) 14:49, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

Happy Holidays and all the best for 2014

Christmas market (Weihnachtsmarkt) in Ulm in front of our 14th-century Gothic Minster

Hi Russavia, thanks for the kind seasonal greetings at my talk page. I wish you and your family as well happy holidays and all the best for 2014. Greetings from Ulm that is currently not as cold as it should be (due to the Föhn coming down from the Alps), AFBorchert (talk) 23:21, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

Feliz navidad retrasada

Feliz Navidad

Joyeux Noël frère. J'espère que cette fois vous pouvez l'utiliser comme je l'ai effectivement fait récemment (à venir rendre visite à ma grand-mère), avec la famille et les amis. C'est un moment idéal pour partager et faire un peu de charité pour le prochain. Laissant de côté les différences que nous avons parfois à ces gens que nous aimons. De même, je vous souhaite une bonne fin d'année partie. Un câlinThe Photographer (talk) 00:26, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

File:Grafitti (8312860855).jpg

File:Grafitti (8312860855).jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Fæ (talk) 13:28, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Cheer up

Hey Russavia! That's not the end of the world. Take a rest, breath deep a few times and come back to editing Commons. Remember, everybody loses, we all got bruises. Every disadvantage has its advantage. Seleucidis (talk) 16:29, 26 December 2013 (UTC) But bruises heal. Learn from them. And keep going on. As somebody wisely said in the comments. Seleucidis (talk) 21:45, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	thank you Dr.walid reda ashour (talk) 15:31, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

Copyright tag removal

I assume this edit was a mistake, with which you removed the copyright tag from the image I found in Category:Media without a license: needs history check today. Please be more careful when editing such image details because, as an admin you no doubt know, it could well have been deleted for lack of a licence except that I reviewed the history and found the problem. Thanks Ww2censor (talk) 12:29, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

Hi Russavia, you have new message at my talk. Cheers. ;) (✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 16:10, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Request...and a question :P

Hi mate, in future if there are anymore of such impersonation socks at EN, could you inform me on my talk page here? And I've a question for you - similar in style to one that you asked me before: Do you still stand by your comments and edit summary in this edit? :P Cheers, (✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 03:42, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

I will answer your questions relating to my comments in a week or so, there are issues which I am trying to get the WMF to address, and it falls upon deaf ears. Nothing about your personally, but it is time that these issues are looked at. russavia (talk) 15:08, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Sorry mate, don't get you. Nothing about your personally. I dont understand? (✉→Arctic Kangaroo←✎) 16:09, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Your thanks

Thank you for doing all the work of registering my CC licensed content ClemensV

honour me.

Keep up the good work! --Jwh (talk) 21:57, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Jwh, you too :) russavia (talk) 03:58, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Spruce in Estonia

Happy new year!

Thank you for co-operation and a happy new year!

This spruce grows in Estonia. I have seen it from train window with my own eyes. Taivo (talk) 20:27, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Eesti, happy new year to you too, and look forward to another year of working with you on whatever needs to be done on the project. russavia (talk) 03:59, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Notification about possible deletion

Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry. If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with them, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Affected:

• File:Ugo Rondinone aux Tuileries (Paris) (3934209707).jpg

And also:

• File:Ugo Rondinone aux Tuileries (Paris) (3934991898).jpg
• File:Ugo Rondinone aux Tuileries (Paris) (3946682459).jpg
• File:Ugo Rondinone aux Tuileries (Paris) (3946684315).jpg
• File:Ugo Rondinone aux Tuileries (Paris) (3947461534).jpg

Yours sincerely, russavia (talk) 12:10, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

File:Vasters 0378 (6597709061).jpg

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BrightRaven (talk) 13:14, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Notification about possible deletion

Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry. If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with them, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Affected:

• File:Une étrange rencontre (4902587122).jpg

Yours sincerely, russavia (talk) 02:47, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Notification about possible deletion

Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry. If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with them, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Affected:

• File:UNESCO building (8183356662).jpg

And also:

• File:UNESCO in Paris (8183164057).jpg

Yours sincerely, russavia (talk) 02:50, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Re:Congrats

Didn't happened yet thanks to the burocracy needed to marry when you didnt born in the same country as your fiance. If all goes right it will be official in the end of this month or begining of February. Are you by any chance plannig to visit Venezuela in that time? If so tell me and I send you an invite! :D Béria L. Rodríguez ^msg 12:56, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

FP Promotion

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/FPCBot (talk) 06:05, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

FYI

Just to let you know that I have created Category:Novo-Ogaryovo for the many images that you laboriously uploaded making them thus available for ru.wiki authors. Best regards, --Nabak (talk) 02:37, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Great stuff, thanks for creating it :) russavia (talk) 11:55, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Спасибо за всё!!!

Thanks for everything! ! ! Лукас Фокс (talk) 07:35, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Lukas, very much appreciated. Keep up the great work yourself too :) russavia (talk) 11:55, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Treatment of anons

+1. Thanks. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 14:39, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Clouds in the coffee:-)

A mug of coffee, made in the right way milk first, to keep your mind sharp while editing Commons

Hallo Russavia! As you have already noticed the new, neutral files have been not only uploaded, but also provided with the necessary OTRS tickets. Jkadavoor added the picture into the article on en.wp. I hope you like Milton – the dog who has made it:-) The wiki-drama is over. I hope we all have learned something from this unpleasant affair, so I hope we will be able to avoid such wiki-dramas in the future, that all of this misery was not for nothing, that we are wiser, we forgive each other and will move on with our lives. I wish you a good luck in your life and a lot of pleasure while editing Commons. I hope you will soon regain the trust of the contributors who lost the trust in you, because end good – all good as the Dutch say. Take care of yourself, will you? Greetings. Seleucidis (talk) 10:14, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

At no point has Russavia ever lost my trust. --Fæ (talk) 10:27, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

Flickr relicensing

Hi russavia. As I think you have some routine in asking people to relicense their Flickr streams (I don't even know how to send private messages or what the relicensing interface looks like, nor do I already have some "standard letter" for this - never used my Flickr account for anything), could you, when you have some time, perhaps ask this user to relicense this set Commons-compatibly? These photos would be really awesome to have on Commons. I'm prepared to do the uploading and categorization once they are compatibly licensed. Thanks! darkweasel94 10:32, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Have contacted him, will let you know if I get a response. russavia (talk) 03:35, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

File:Tornado - RIAT 2013 - Explored (9571868318).jpg

Does not the custom paint job on this give rise to a COM:DW issue ? LGA _talk^edits 03:25, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Not particularly, it would be covered by Commons:FOP#Germany russavia (talk) 03:35, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

How so, it would fail the Permanent test of the German FOP requirements. LGA _talk^edits 05:56, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

File:Cheetahs on the Edge (Director's Cut).ogv

Where on the page cited as the evidence of the license does it mention the CC-BY- license? Geni (talk) 06:56, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Just below the title, right of the author name at http://vimeo.com/53914149 Jee 07:53, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Files name

Hi Russavia, thanks for uploading pictures about uzbekistan; it would be very nice if you could name the picture so that we know what it is. For some of them, it's easy to know but not for most of them. So we have some beautiful pictures but we don't know what it is. Faithfully yours--Faqscl (talk) 18:36, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Category:Richard Crossley

Why have you put all of these in Category:Unidentified birds? They are all identified, and shouldn't be in this category. Could you remove them again, please, I don't have the time to do the over 600 edits needed . . . Thanks! - MPF (talk) 21:01, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

I helped out with adding the OTRS tag to these images some time ago via User:Russavia/otrs. Going through my subpages I saw this page. Birds are not my forte, but to ensure that they are in correct categories, which it appears most were not, I've added it to that category so that those familiar with birds are able to help with categorisation, etc. No-one expects you to do them all by any means. :) russavia (talk) 21:08, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

I looked at a small sample, and every one also had the correct species category. Just to show the magnitude and annoyance of the task you have created, there are 611 files in Category:Richard Crossley, and 628 files in Category:Unidentified birds, so therefore, 17 files scattered somewhere among the total which should be in Category:Unidentified birds and were likely added by other editors. But who now is going to ever find the time and effort to search for those 17 files among the 628 to try to identify them? Will they ever get looked at again? Sorry to get so exasperated, but this is a very serious and potentially permanent wreckage of the value of the category. - MPF (talk) 21:14, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Hmmm, OK I see my sample was too small ;-) I'll start on tackling them, a few a day and have it cleared in a couple of months . . . MPF (talk) 22:11, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

We could ask the uploader, User:Princetonnature to help with that. russavia (talk) 22:31, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Good idea, thanks! - MPF (talk) 23:08, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Finished! - MPF (talk) 18:03, 28 January 2014 (UTC)