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Hello,

Could you please restore File:Pacman-puckman.jpg. It was speedy deleted via criterion F8 (now on Commons), but I nominated the image for deletion at Commons on the grounds that it is non-free, and the image was accordingly deleted at Commons. I think this image could definitely be used in Pac-Man under WP:NFCC, and I would appreciate its restoration, seeing as the image is no longer available on Commons. Thanks, RJaguar3 | u | t 16:14, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Sure... Restored. --MGA73 (talk) 17:51, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

SUL usurpations

Hi, Michael. You're the only administrator from da.wiki whose username I've been seeing around. I just want to hear your opinion. I asked twice usurpation of the username Micki on da.wiki without success. I am active globally and from time to time I come to your wiki and edit as an IP (it is not convenient to me to log out and log in with different name, although I made ​​the account Micki (temp) when I asked usurpation last time). I have read your policy, but I want to ask you is there any chance to make an exception, because the user whose nickname I want to usurp is not active for over 5 years and made just 2 edits. I'm not asking you to break the rules, but only to see with your colleagues is it possible to make an exception in this case. Thanks in advance and sorry if I disturbed you. mickit 16:01, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi. As far as I know we make no exceptions. However, I think we should have a look at the policy so we can allow rename where a user has very few and old edits. I will make that suggestion on da.wiki. --MGA73 (talk) 10:22, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
Thank you very much :) mickit 14:31, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Hello again. I followed the discussion on da.wiki, but I'm not sure if there are any changes. I don't want to be boring, so I decided to ask you. Thanks in advance. mickit 18:27, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

I just checked and all comments was a support so it should be possible to change now even if there is a few edits. We just need to fix the text to correspond to this. --MGA73 (talk) 20:48, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Not for financial gain...

Hi

I have taken many photos in our provincial nature reserves, and would like to add these to Wikipedia. I have contacted the organisation that manages these reserves to find out their policy on photos taken in the reserves. Here are some comments:

"The person was asking if they could post photographs taken in one of our reserves and post it on the Wikipedia website (not EKZNW's website). Section 6.1 seems to say that they can."
"Its fine if they are posting the photos not for financial gain. I am not familiar with Wikipedia Website. It would be nice if they acknowledge us though this is my view and not the policy."
"It would appear we don't have a policy in this regard but that its fine provided there is no financial gain, which in this instance there would not be."

Please advise further.Michaelwild (talk) 09:24, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

If THEY (or someone else) have takes the photos and allows you to use it for non commercial purposes then we can not use the photos. Even if Wikipedia does not have a financial gain all photos must be free for commercial use.
If YOU have taken the photos and they are not derivative vorks then I would say that you can upload them to Wikipedia and use whatever license you prefer. It has been desided that it does not matter to Wikipedia or Commons what "house rules" say. So it is up to you if you want to respect their wish or not. --MGA73 (talk) 12:31, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Tagging chemical structures

Hi MGA73. Could your bot please tag all files in Category:Chemical structures (incl. subcategories) that have already been copied to Commons with NowCommons? I spotted several such files that have been on Commons for several month already. --Leyo 16:59, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

I probably need approval to do so to be sure so I requested it here Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MGA73bot 3. I can move all the usable files (Category:Classified Chemical Structures) to Commons :-) --MGA73 (talk) 20:43, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
There are probably not so many files. You could also just put them on a list (directly posted to Category talk:Unclassified Chemical Structures or linked there).
Define “usable files”. ;-) The non-orphaned files and the ones not tagged with {{Should be SVG|chemical}} or {{Low quality chem}} can probably be moved. It is probably best to continue the discussion on Category talk:Unclassified Chemical Structures to discuss the further steps. --Leyo 21:22, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Some help

Check out Wikipedia:WikiProject Images and Media/Commons/Drive Sep 2011. multichill (talk) 20:20, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

I hope I didn't step on your toes or goof up your process; I didn't realize the image was in the process of deletion/undeletion until I already deleted. Magog the Ogre (talk) 21:54, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

No no.. I did not realize that original version was also on Commons... ;-) --MGA73 (talk) 22:06, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi there. Your bot has been adding files to Category:Wikipedia license migration needs review, a category that I just spent a month clearing (with the understanding that it would not be repopulated). At this point, every file that that your bot tags is one that will have had the GFDL tag added recently, i.e. after the relicense cutoff point. That means that the files are either new, or are being re-licensed long after being uploaded. Do you think that the bot needs to continue to run this task? Would a change to the GFDL template solve the problem? Sven Manguard Wha? 16:52, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Yes sadly the migration project is a long lasting project. I have been working on it for years now and I think I have fixed more than 600.000 files worldwide. I'm very happy that you helped me out here on en-wiki :-D
Most of the files are not eligible for a relicense and my bot should mark most of them as "not-eligible". However in a few cases humans should check. For example if a file uploaded years ago and the license is changed or if an old file is copied from another Wikipedia project. Take this File:1898-O SD.jpg as an example.
If you check the bots edits you will notice that there are not many files uploaded with GFDL. Free files should be uploaded to Commons and GFDL should be avoided. If you check MediaWiki:Licenses/en-ownwork you can see that GFDL is not an option you can choose as the only license. --MGA73 (talk) 18:01, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

I see that your bot has added {{Now Commons}} to this image quite a few times. Are you using Regex to check for the template? You might have to modify it to take the extra parameter for this template which few people has added. --Sreejith K (talk) 17:56, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

I was using tag_nowcommons.py and it seems that the script does not (yet) know it should skip files with a keep local template. Once it works you can just start the script and let it do the rest. --MGA73 (talk) 19:19, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
I do not use Pywikipedia framework. I use a regex function written in c# and thought you were doing something similar since we both made the same mistake :) --Sreejith K (talk) 05:16, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
I have left a note on Multichill's talk page to fix it diff --Sreejith K (talk) 05:48, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
I do not think that Multichill runs the bot anymore but lets see. And now that I know that the bot does not know "keep local" I could just make a list of files without a keep local and let the bot work on these :-) Have you fixed them all? --MGA73 (talk) 12:19, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

File:Chandra Shekhar Azad2623.JPG

I do agree with you. Since the person died in 1931 obviously this photo might have been published in India before 1951. I have replaced the old tag of licencing with new {{PD-India}} on its file description page to which please see.
Thank you very much for guiding me.
With regards I hope this image will not be deleted now
Dr.'Krant'M.L.Verma (talkEmail)
Krantmlverma (talk) 16:27, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

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Update on Structure moves.  Ronhjones  (Talk) 22:12, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

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Error with underlines fixed

I fixed the {{Now Commons}} template so that it will no longer interpret underscores differently than spaces in the page name: [1]. So you don't have to run your bot over the images again. Magog the Ogre (talk) 05:23, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. Good news... I only edited a few to test "the problem". I had no plans to fix them all at the moment. --MGA73 (talk) 10:55, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

I created a tool to orphan the redirects you listed on your sandbox. It's currently semi-automated (requires human input via command line), but should be very easy to automate. I was just about to mass delete all of them, but I thought you might want to have a chance to review the redirect bypasses first :P Regards, FASTILY (TALK) 23:18, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

The files I checked was all changed correctly :-) --MGA73 (talk) 19:10, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

MargieGoldsteinEngle

thanks for getting the license change. most folks dont understand about the ND, NC impact here. Slowking4 †@1₭ 18:37, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Yeah and the best part was that the Flickr user was very, very happy that the image was used on Wikipedia. --MGA73 (talk) 19:00, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Ok, enough for now...

Please stop nominating Billy Hathorn pictures for the moment -- let people deal with what's been posted, then post some more.--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 21:04, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm not aware of a rule that says we can only delete or nominate xx copyvios for deletion each day. If there is a problem with a photo it is important to get it deleted or tagged as possibly unfree. I also think it is better to have similar files nominated the same day - that will make it possible for users to comment more files with similar copyright status fast (copy paste). --MGA73 (talk) 21:10, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
Not if they have to research each one to defend them -- it's a lot harder to establish that something's usable than to claim it isn't. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 21:26, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
I agree. But the proof that it is free should have been provided when the files was uploaded. There is no rule saying that a PUF must be closed after 7 days. It could be kept open for longer if needed. If you tell users that they can't tag all the files as (possibly) unfree there is a risk that we forget the files and they are wrongly used a few years more. --MGA73 (talk) 21:30, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Re: Cool edit summary

Probably a good idea, I created Category:Non-free images of currency and updated the template. It's still empty at the time of writing though, have to wait for the job queue to get around to updating the category table on the images that use the template. --Sherool (talk) 17:18, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Big Eight cities.png

This file is just an edited section of a free image on wikipedia already. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Big_Eight_cities.png

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Big12locations2.png --SportsMaster (talk) 20:55, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

But it still needs a source and a license. The file you link to is uploaded after you uploaded the file so it can't be the source. If you cropped the file from another file just add a link on the file page. --MGA73 (talk) 21:02, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

The original was deleted. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Big12locationsmap.png --SportsMaster (talk) 11:44, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

You can see where it was here. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Big_12_Conference&oldid=368234884#Conference_realignment --SportsMaster (talk) 11:45, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Cool. I added a link to that file and moved it to Commons. You are most welcome to correct text/info if needed. --MGA73 (talk) 14:56, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Dear User:MGA73, regarding your request for comments on the jpg image to the above article, thank you for the query, have just answered, I hope satisfactorily. Im v sorry, am still learning the ropes here and am not entirely sure how to go about posting photos, images etc. However, you please neednt worry about the ownership status of this photo, which I have and I have indeed 'recreated' the same, if not actually created it in the first instance. If you feel we should change the status, would be grateful if you could kindly help in doing so. Thanks once again, Khani100 (talk) 01:53, 11 December 2011 (UTC)Khani100

Merry Christmas...

and great holidays. Enjoy those free days :) Best regards, --Yikrazuul (talk) 18:55, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much :-) I wish you all the best and hopy you will enjoy the Christmas! --MGA73 (talk) 18:56, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

Hi MGA73. Could you please have a look? --Leyo 09:14, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Moving files to Commons

Most of my .png maps are obsolete, mostly because other users have replaced them by .svgs. I have listed at User:Keith Edkins/ObsoleteMaps all those which are apparently no longer used - if these could be double checked for usage and then deleted, I can then source the ones that are left and you move them to Commons.--Keith Edkins ( Talk ) 21:58, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Do whatever will most agreeably get the listed obsolete files removed - I disclaim all interest in them. BTW you said something about "Many of the files are subject to disclaimers" - what were you meaning here exactly?--Keith Edkins ( Talk ) 17:29, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
{{GFDL-with-disclaimers}} sounds like a bot has added it - I don't recall ever using it. Is there any way of finding which of my images have this?--Keith Edkins ( Talk ) 18:00, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Re:MGA73bot 3

Re:MGA73bot 3

Please, see Wikipedia_talk:Bots/Requests_for_approval#Wikipedia:Bots.2FRequests_for_approval.2FMGA73bot_3 Bulwersator (talk) 18:02, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Updated! Multichill (talk) 22:39, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Is Template:Un-commons being put on this user's talk pages? BTW: Is there reason why there is no link to “Special:ListFiles/PAGENAME” in the template? --Leyo 08:56, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

@ Multichill - Yeah cool :-)
@ Leyo - me or my bot has not been adding that template. Actually I had not noticed that it excisted :-) --MGA73 (talk) 14:50, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

You have new message/s Hello. You have a new message at Skier Dude's talk page.

Original on en.wp was PD-self or GFDL? Can you check the deleted file? Thx, --Martin H. (talk) 20:06, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

It was PD. I fixed the file on Commons. --MGA73 (talk) 20:12, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
Thanks, same at File:Slide Lake-Oregon.jpg (was File:Slide Lake (Oregon).jpg). --Martin H. (talk) 20:15, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
It was also PD. Fixed. --MGA73 (talk) 20:19, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
Thanks again :) --Martin H. (talk) 20:19, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for making sure I never again post pictures on Wikipedia, as my requests to keep my pictures local is being ignored wholesale by you.--King Bedford I Seek his grace 22:07, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind notice. Have you noticed this?. --MGA73 (talk) 22:15, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
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Hej! Jag ser att du raderade File:Southern toc logo.png med motiveringen att filen har flyttats till Commons. Jag är dock tveksam till om bilden verkligen är tillåten där, så jag har föreslagit den för radering. Eftersom det var du som raderade den kanske du har en åsikt om detta. Sidan Commons:COM:TOO#UK visar att man bör vara väldigt försiktig med brittiska logotyper. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:16, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Ja det er helt rigtigt. Hvis slutresultatet biver, at en række logoer skal slettes på Commons, så bør der nok gendannes en række filer på en-wiki. --MGA73 (talk) 18:59, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Commons Cat

Hi! Thanks for your info. I just can't quite follow you. :-) Maybe you can give me some more insight? Best regards, --Hedwig in Washington (TALK) 22:27, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Sure. I'll try. --MGA73 (talk) 07:14, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
Gotcha. Thx! --Hedwig in Washington (TALK) 16:56, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

G8

  • 2012-02-11T18:43:17 MGA73 (talk | contribs) deleted "File talk:FRET application phosgene detection.png" ‎ (G8: Talk page of a deleted page)
  • 2012-02-11T18:42:24 MGA73 (talk | contribs) deleted "File:FRET application phosgene detection.png" ‎ (F8: File available on Wikimedia Commons as File:FRET application phosgene detection.png

Är G8-raderingen verkligen riktig? Enligt WP:CSD verkar det finnas ett undantag för diskussionssidor för Commonsbilder: "This excludes [..]] talk pages for images that exist on Wikimedia Commons." --Stefan2 (talk) 21:05, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Når man sletter filen, så bliver man spurgt om man også vil slette diskussionssiden og hvis man svarer ja, så sletter den med begrundelsen G8 (G8. Pages dependent on a non-existent or deleted page.). Så det ser rigtigt ud. --MGA73 (talk) 19:12, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Glemte lige.... Undtagelsen gælder for sider "that is useful to Wikipedia". Så man skal hver gang vurdere, om diskussionen er relevant at beholde. Det mener jeg ikke, at den nu slettede diskussion var. --MGA73 (talk) 19:18, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

No fair singling out mine. If you're going to zap mine, you're going to have to zap ALL of them. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 23:32, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

I found your file trying to empty Category:User-created public domain images from February 2012. Yes perhaps some of the other files from that list have to go too. --MGA73 (talk) 23:36, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
When I saw that mine had been zapped but others were kept that are surely also equally violations of the "freedom of panorama" restriction, I figured either it was OK to re-upload it, or else they all had to go. Thanks for looking into this fairly. :) ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 23:51, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Three other photos was uploaded to Commons. I nominated them for deletion there. Lets see if someone knows more than me about this :-) --MGA73 (talk) 23:56, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Jolly good. Ya know, I wonder if any of the delete-happy folks here have consulted Wyland himself about this. I don't know the answer to this question, but it's at least possible that he has already relinquished the copyright on these murals, so that they can be wider spread. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:48, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
Although this[2] does not directly answer the question, the fact that Wyland got into a financial dispute with the state of California suggests to me that he does consider his art works to be copyrighted. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:56, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
And here's another one, on the Wyland page itself: File:PortsmouthWhalingWall.jpg. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:49, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
Thank you. Forgot to mention that I also puf'ed that. --MGA73 (talk) 23:06, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Kafka

This is in reference to your request for tagging my recently uploaded image - File:Franz Kafka young.jpg. I am new to wikipedia (as far as my activity is concerned) and I do not know how to add copyright tag to this particular one. I went through all the tags in the wiki pages but I couldn't find the one I should use. I downloaded this image from a website which I have already mentioned in the image description. No copyright claims were made for this image. Please help me tag this image appropriately. - AJ.iitm —Preceding undated comment added 08:10, 26 February 2012 (UTC).

Replied on your talk page. --MGA73 (talk) 09:14, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Notification at blocked account's talk

You should probably direct your notice here to "Paul venter", see User_talk:Paul_venter#Fresh_start. cygnis insignis 13:33, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. But I do not think that it is important since it should be a non controversial cleanup :-) --MGA73 (talk) 13:36, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Multiple similar nominations in WP:RFD

Hello! For quite a long period you nominate for discussion similar redirects with similar rationales. Could you please nominate them under single title as described in WP:RFD#HOWTO? Thanks in advance! — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 14:03, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

My plan is to merge them into one DR once all redirects are found and fixed. --MGA73 (talk) 14:05, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Deleting NowCommons

Again, I'd like to recommend my NowCommons script, which is at tools:~magog/commons_images.htm. I will have it updated in about 3 minutes. You won't be able to use half of the stuff, but it's a quick and dirty way to mark images with NowCommons and then Twinkle delete them. Magog the Ogre (talk) 20:19, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

New things are scary :-o but perhaps.... :-) --MGA73 (talk) 20:28, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

No Commons

The reason I edited that was that the template recognises that the category does not exist, and puts the image page in a category for resoling. Helpful Pixie Bot is then trying to work out what date "2012 keep local" corresponds to every time it checks that category. If it was a real month in the last few years Femto Bot would create the category, so the problem would resolve itself. Rich Farmbrough, 11:54, 29 February 2012 (UTC).

Documentation for gadget authors

I saw you had done some work on gadgets. We're trying to start a library for gadget authors to use. Please check it out and post any questions or comments there — MarkAHershberger(talk) 19:07, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Dirk-obbink.jpg

Hi, and thanks for your message. I don't really know what to do about this file. I am sure they have changed the licence tag on Flickr since I uploaded the image to Wikipedia. Jack1956 (talk) 08:21, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the message. I repliced on your talk page. --MGA73 (talk) 18:28, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Deibid CCI

Thanks for taking a second look. The one that seemed most concerning of the few you noted concerns about is now deleted, and I can see where you come from on the others. It's a tough case since some of his images are good quality and fine, so I can't make assumptions one way or the other. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 02:34, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Please see & suggest

Some files on Nepali Wikipedia still have no license information i.e.this is the one of them, which has no description, source, author, date etc. And under licensing the up-loader has stated that he/she is copy right holder and give the permission to publish that. please suggest me here -Bhawani (talk) 14:52, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page on ne-wiki. --MGA73 (talk) 19:09, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Invitation to events in June and July: bot, script, template, and Gadget makers wanted

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Images of O.C.

I have contacted the uploader of non-free orphaned images. I have not been allowed to immediately propose deletion without a mentor's approval. Begoon is busy, and Fastily is on the long Wikibreak. I wonder if you approve that I would tagged the image as "orphaned" without further discussion. --George Ho (talk) 05:59, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Yes I think it would be ok to tag for deletion. In case the files are needed again we can undelete so no harm done. --MGA73 (talk) 18:56, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

This image is used in Katie Peretti article. However, I asked in WP:MCQ, and Stefan2 said that use of this image fails to meet WP:NFCC#8 and WP:NFCC#3a. I contacted casanova88, who added this image to that, about this, although the user is not an uploader. Nevertheless, the user made no response to that. What can I do: tag it for speedy deletion or nominate it for FFD? --George Ho (talk) 00:07, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Unless it is a very clear case I think that nominating files at FFD is better because that allows other users to provide arguments why this file should be kept (or deleted). --MGA73 (talk) 11:52, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
Under mentorship agreements, if I nominate this file, I must put a proposal in a mentorship page first. Why not using {{di-disputed fair use rationale}}? --George Ho (talk) 19:26, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
I mostly work on free files and not on non-free files. But the reason I suggested a FFD instead of a {{di-disputed fair use rationale}} in this case is that I would expect some users to think that the file could be used as fair use. According to a deletion discussion for the template the template is (was) intented to be used in clear cases like WP:CSD#I7. --MGA73 (talk) 12:32, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi - the above page contains 41 non-free images, in violation of WP:NFCC#9. I'd rather you commented out the violations rather than me deleting the page. Thanks. Black Kite (talk) 23:47, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for telling me. I blanked out the page. --MGA73 (talk) 07:28, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

This file is supposed to be free-to-share, but the evidence of permission is flimsy. Can I tag it with "di-no permission"? --George Ho (talk) 04:51, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Yes. To me it is a clear case. We need a permission. --MGA73 (talk) 07:30, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

March drive

I gave awards out really just to thank users for taking part, as there weren't that many involved this time. Cloudbound (talk) 18:25, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Mentorship updates (George Ho)

I have posted messages in User talk:George Ho/Mentorship discussions, but I've not seen responses lately. Also, fastily has officially retired. Moreover, Begoon has not done one thing since March 28, but Begoon has reasons. I wonder if you have spare time to mentor me or something. --George Ho (talk) 07:38, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

update: I have requested a temporary mentor. Is this okay? --George Ho (talk) 19:06, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi! Sorry. Was busy. It is a bit funny. I newer knew I was your mentor untill you asked me on my talk page a short time ago :-D You are welcome to ask me about files but as you can see I'm busy so it may tak a bit time before I answer. If you can find someone with more time it would be good so you do not have to sit and wait for hours or days before you get help. --MGA73 (talk) 19:30, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Minor barnstar
For sorting out the logs and my reviews for the January 2012 MTC Drive, I award you this special star. Guerillero | My Talk 20:10, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you very much :-) --MGA73 (talk) 08:03, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

RE: Why disclaimers?

Oh, must have been a mistake. I'm not sure how I did that - might have copied the template from elsewhere. Rjd0060 (talk) 01:45, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Ok thank you :-) I fixed the template. --MGA73 (talk) 13:19, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Uploads still needed?

Thank you for your query. Yes, the items I deleted can and should go, as they are inferior, irrelevant or both and room should be made for others. Masalai (talk) 03:10, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

See reply on your talk page. --MGA73 (talk) 13:19, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Do you want to be my mentor?

If not, will you resign as only my mentor? --George Ho (talk) 17:56, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi George. As I told you before I'm probably not the best mentor you could have since I mostly work on files. You are always welcome to ask me about files. If it helps you in any way I do not mind if you find other mentors if that is what you are asking. --MGA73 (talk) 20:20, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
In this case, I must apologize for not contacting you very much. I have been facing warnings of deletions on images that I've uploaded, and... I have been out of your touch. That aside, I have one case. Under mentorship discussion, I must need a mentor's approval on filing deletion review, such as yours. Here is one file: File:UKTV.svg. --George Ho (talk) 20:24, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
Commented there :-) --MGA73 (talk) 20:37, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

File:Nausicaa7.jpg

Hi, you've tagged a photo I took and uploaded nearly seven years ago. I've been reading around but the policy on images seems to have been tightened since 2005 so I'm not clear which bit is applicable. From reading your user page you appear to have some expertise on this so could you clarify why you think it is "unfree"? Also, just to clarify: The photo displays the floor of my flat and a collection of manga books spread out in sequence. Obviously the covers are partially visible (wholly in one case), but I'm not sure that this constitutes copyright infringement. If it is then what fair-use criteria should I be looking at (if appropriate)? Wiki-Ed (talk) 21:58, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi. I replied on your talk page. --MGA73 (talk) 22:18, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk · contribs)

This user continues to remove images without notifying uploaders after he has been advised to notify them. He even believes that edit summary is a sufficient communication. I know he has good reasons to remove them, but uploaders do not know how fair use works or are equally inexperienced about copyrights and fair use. What can I do? --George Ho (talk) 20:24, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

On the other hand, some images that he removed from articles are still used in other articles. --George Ho (talk) 20:35, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
I left a note to Hullaballoo Wolfowitz asking to inform uploaders. I agree that uploaders should be informed. Lets hope it helps. --MGA73 (talk) 21:25, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

He might have disregarded your and Magog's (or Elen's) advices and have still removed images under claims of "failing NFCC #8". Specially, Andrei Chikatilo (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) has an image that primarily identifies him, and the topic is a criminal from overseas. --George Ho (talk) 09:14, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

I think that removing images could be ok if he shows good judgement. But I think that he should inform uploaders and tag the file if it gets orphan. Talking to him won't help so the choise is to do nothing at the moment or report him somewhere. I suggest that you think twice before you report him because he will most likely be upset and "make some noise". Due to illness in my family I do not have to check his edits or help you at the moment so I suggest that you wait a week or two. If another mentor has time you should ask him/her before doing more. Sorry. --MGA73 (talk) 10:17, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Sushmita Sen Image

It has been proposed to upload a new version of the image Susmita Sen, see the discussion here: Talk:Sushmita_Sen#Proposed_infobox_image_change_.28version.29.21. You were the admin who reviewed that the image was posted in Bollyhood Hungama. If the image is replaced with another image from Bollyhood Hungama, you have to (or read–"can you please") help to re-review the new image? --Tito Dutta 00:12, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

A new image should be uploaded with another name and not on top of the excisting if that is what you are asking. Just pick the file you want and upload it to Commons and add {{Cc-by-3.0-IndiaFM}} and I or another admin will review it. You can post a link on my talk page once you have uploaded the file if the file is not reviewed shortly after upload. --MGA73 (talk) 10:23, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

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This image is owned by the Getty Images, regardless of prior publication. I wonder if File:Gg beaarthur.jpg is the screenshot, promo image, or the same image. Can I tag the header image as {{db-f7}}, please? --George Ho (talk) 07:48, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Hi! File:Gg beaarthur.jpg had two versions:

  1. (del/undel) 11:24, 11 August 2007 . . LilJonnie (talk | contribs | block) 395 × 298 (21,242 bytes) (This is an screenshot of Dorthy.)
  2. (del/undel) 06:33, 5 December 2005 . . Speedoflight (talk | contribs | block) 250 × 192 (14,261 bytes) (The Golden Girls featuring opening title, Beatrice Arthur.)

First one was a crop of File:Dorothybeaarthur.jpg and second one was a screenshot of "The Golden Girls".

Personally I prefer a DR because the usage was disputed and that allows users to discuss it. But {{db-f7}} would also do. --MGA73 (talk) 10:57, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

I have tagged it as db-f7. Do you permit that? --George Ho (talk) 05:48, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
Yes. In case of an angry mob just send them to me :-D --MGA73 (talk) 07:18, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

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Asked at Commons:COM:VPC#Complex statue case since I'm not sure about the copyright status. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:50, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

File source problem with File:EN Musa crater.jpg

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Yeah I noticed there was no link. However, according to the article about Voyager 2 NASA is the one that launched it. I just thought that adding the photo makes it easier for someone to try to find the original photo somewhere. --MGA73 (talk) 06:28, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

My Photo

Those photos are my own, ( File:Charlevoix metro.jpg, File:Crémazie-StationArt.JPG)i took it with my own camera. So i'd ask you to leave them alone. Thank you very much

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The problem is not who thook the photos but that the photos are derivative works of the art. But the best place to discuss the files is on Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2012 June 10. --MGA73 (talk) 06:30, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

There is a free use image available in The Last Show (The Mary Tyler Moore Show). May I tag it as "replaceable" or "disputed"? --George Ho (talk) 14:44, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Yeah I think that it would be a good idea to challenge this photo. If someone wants to keep it they should add a better reason why it is important to show this particular image. --MGA73 (talk) 17:04, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

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Non-free screenshots of Killing All the Right People

File:DWkilling.jpg (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
File:DWkendall.jpg (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Someone said that they fail WP:NFCC#8. Are they eligible for speedy deletion or full discussion? If full, I must make a proposal here before approved by you. --George Ho (talk) 07:57, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Interessting question. I'm not much into the non-free files so I do not know how strict it is taken. Do you know if there have been a discussion somewhere about using screenshots in single episodes of series? A strict way to look at it is that screenshots are almost never allowed per WP:NFCC#8 because it is impossible or hard to claim that "it would significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic" etc. --MGA73 (talk) 09:06, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
I've added a free image of Tony Goldwyn in this article, so one of screenshots would appear replaceable. Meanwhile, not sure about the other. --George Ho (talk) 09:20, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
They are reviewed and deemed as unable to help readers understand the topic more. Shall I tag them as speedy deletion? --George Ho (talk) 05:23, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
Yes I think that would be ok. --MGA73 (talk) 09:49, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Strange

My watchlist says one thing, reality is another.

(Deletion log); 20:27 . . MGA73 (talk | contribs) deleted page File:Michelson interferometer fringe formation.svg ‎(F8: File available on Wikimedia Commons as File:Michelson interferometer fringe formation.svg (under the same name))

Wikipedia and Commons versions of File:Michelson interferometer fringe formation.svg both exist. Does this maybe have to do with our server problems? Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 23:17, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Perhaps it is some time lag? When I click the link I see "View or restore 9 deleted edits?". --MGA73 (talk) 06:37, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
Both links are still blue. Oh well, it's a minor glitch, I think... but I ought to make a Bugzilla report, anyway. Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 09:43, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
Both links are supposed to be blue because the file has the same name on Commons. If you see the "This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below. ..." message just below the file then everything is ok. --MGA73 (talk) 10:08, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
Oh, I see. The English Wikipedia link to to a redirect, while the Commons link is direct. Whoops! :-) Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 10:14, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Shall I nominate this as "di-disputed fair use rationale"? --George Ho (talk) 05:42, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I would wait a day or two and see what happens on the review discussion and then I would tag it. --MGA73 (talk) 18:26, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

This image is seen in Getty Images. Shall I tag it for speedy deletion? --George Ho (talk) 06:42, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Yeah. If you could find a replacement it would be cool. --MGA73 (talk) 06:53, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

It's free

You put a notification here: [3]. I took the photo. My camwera info is included and it should be pretty darn obvious that it's free. Please don't question my integrity again without some legitimate reason. Niteshift36 (talk) 16:46, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I replied here: Wikipedia:Possibly_unfree_files/2012_July_16#File:Entrance_to_Celebration_V.JPG. --MGA73 (talk) 19:28, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

File:ACABASHI OASIS WIKI.ogg

Thanks for reviewing this one. I have added a comment on the discussion. As I come down hard on URL copyright infringement, if there is a problem about copyright I believe the file should be removed. I've given information as best as I am able from my song registration page, while not knowing much about what necessary information is correct for such files types for Wikipedia. The song is my own and Trussells, and we both give permission for its inclusion, but I know this means little unless the thing is done properly. You will need to look at the other ogg files on the same page. I would be grateful for your advice. Acabashi (talk) 20:00, 16 July 2012 (UTC)}

Thank you very much for your reply. I have to go for today but left a short reply on the the discussion. Hope it can help you. --MGA73 (talk) 21:20, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Filing DRV on two images seen in, not owned by, Getty Images

Nyttend said that these images are okay to use because Getty Images does not own them. However, some others said they are not because of commercial use. Therefore, I wonder if I must file a deletion review on one or both images. File:Jaleel White Steve Urkel.jpg (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) and File:Cheers cast photo.jpg (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) are seen in Getty Images website and, although not owned by but licensed non-exclusively to Getty Images, I don't know what to say. Either highly valuable or okay to use, but I need your approval under agreements that Begoon put on me. --George Ho (talk) 02:32, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

It may be ok to use Getty Images but it seems that replacements has been found and whenever possible we should use photos that are not used commercially (Wikipedia:NFCC#2). So I would not send them to deletion review. Did you ask because you wanted to use the photos or because you was afraid you made some mistake? If it is about the last option don't worry. An admin decided to delete and if someone does not like the result they can start a deletion review themselves. --MGA73 (talk) 06:01, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
No, it is neither of above. It's Nyttend and his beliefs, and I was trying to please him because he is also an administrator, like you. I wonder if you can try to conversate. He contested speedy deletion proposal for File:Frasier Crane.jpg, and I tried to convince him. However, he has his beliefs. --George Ho (talk) 07:53, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Aha. Well if you still believe that we should avoid to use Getty Images it would IMO be better to add File:Frasier Crane.jpg to ffd and tell why. Instead of using a image also on Getty Images someone could just pick a random screenshot. That should be easy to find. So I see no reason why we should keep the one above. --MGA73 (talk) 10:57, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Replaced image with a screenshot in Frasier Crane. Here's my proposal:

I'm nominating this image for deletion because it is shown in Getty Images. Although it is made by NBC, the fact that this photo is licensed to Getty Images indicates a higher commercial value of this image, and higher commercial value would triumph any other intent in Wikipedia. Seriously, I tried saving File:Jaleel White Steve Urkel.jpg (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) but failed. Even I did not vote for or against File:Cheers cast photo.jpg (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs), but it got deleted without votes. One user assumes that appearance in Getty has no effect on Wikipedia use of a commercially valuable image. However, another user says that prior publication does not erase or lower high commercial value. Here's the replacement: File:Frasier Crane Shrink Wrap radio station KACL.jpg.

Let me know if this proposal needs adjustments. --George Ho (talk) 17:28, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm discussing this matter in general in WP:VPP, so I'll wait until the discussion dies down before I can nominate the image for FFD. --George Ho (talk) 19:49, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Looks fine. However, I would also add a link to Wikipedia:NFCC#2 + mention "Respect for commercial opportunities".
Can I add File:Frasiercast.jpg as FFD, as well? It is used in Getty Images and NBCU Photobank. --George Ho (talk) 21:05, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Yes. --MGA73 (talk) 17:15, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Macchi M.70 and other files

You contacted me about helping with some copyright questions. As is true with most image copyright questions, the average Wikipedia contributor could not possibly know the publication history, name of creator, death date of creator, etc., of photos he or she uploads, and can only go with the apparent date of the photos and the substance of the relevant public domain tag that Wikipedia has available. PD-Italy applies to the photos you are asking about because they were created in Italy prior to 1976, per the PD-Italy tag. That tag also says, though, that PD-Italy photos on en.wikipedia may not be transferrable to Commons, because they may not be in the public domain outside of Italy and the United States and therefore cannot be listed as such on Commons. (Which is why I never put anything on Commons, because knowing what can and cannot be there is far too complicated and the necessary evidence is virtually impossible to discover.) I think that some of the photos you transferred to Commons should not have been and need to left on en.wikipedia to keep the photo police from squawking about them and to keep them available on en.wikipedia as I intended.

As for the link to the source for the Macchi M.70 line drawings, it still works fine for me, so I don't know why anyone is having trouble finding it. Go to http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1929/1929%20-%200372.html and the line drawings can be seen on the left-hand side of the magazine page (a 1929 edition of Flight). Mdnavman (talk) 17:15, 17 July 2012 (UTC)mdnavman

Thank you. Replied on your talk page. --MGA73 (talk) 18:07, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

File:IUPAC example Single-Strand Inorganic Polymer.png

Dear MGA73, thank you for commenting on this file and making the licence modification in the text. Really appreciated, because I couldn't see how to do this. One minor question please. Not quite sure what to do regarding the big red box saying 'This file has been listed on Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because the information on its source or copyright status is disputed.' as it looks as the discussion has resolved this so that it is no longer a problem. Should I best leave that and wait for an Administrator to remove it? Have to admit not sure I could do it myself if it is meant to be me doing it. Sorry for bothering you with this. Again, thank you for your help - massively appreciated! Best regards, Rogerchiorns (talk) 15:51, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

It is always best not to remove a tag yourself. The reason I did not move it to Commons myself was that I was not using my own computer. Someone has now moved it to Commons and I deleted the local file so everything should be ok. If something needs to be fixed just to to Commons:File:IUPAC_example_Single-Strand_Inorganic_Polymer.png and fix it there. --MGA73 (talk) 16:08, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Dear MGA73, Wow - that really is wonderful. Thank you so very much. I understand the not removing the red box myself. I won't do that should it arise in other cases. Many many thanks again. All best wishes, Rogerchiorns (talk) 16:22, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Shall I nominate it for deletion? This template is becoming obscure and useless, especially after AFDs. Moreover, I don't think there will be any articles of "Celebrity X on Twitter"; this template is inappropiate for articles about spam accounts, like horse ebooks. --George Ho (talk) 16:56, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't know the template. But it is still used on Barack Obama on Twitter. --MGA73 (talk) 18:03, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

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I requested speedy deletion of this redirect to a file, but Nyttend keeps rejecting it. There are no articles linking to it after renaming situation was fixed, and I don't get the point of keeping it, as any user could use this file name. --George Ho (talk) 04:37, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Files on Wikipedia are not only used on Wikipedia. They can be used in blogs etc (search with Google) and they can be used in books (impossible to find). So if you rename a file and delete the redirect you break the link.
If you look at http://michiganstate.247sports.com/Board/93/Test-your-mental-sharpness-9745461/1 there is a link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ClavenCliff.jpg however it seems to be broken for some reason. But there could be other links out there. --MGA73 (talk) 13:13, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
Another link here http://www.yesfans.com/archive/index.php/t-70468-p-3.html --MGA73 (talk) 13:16, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

File:National Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts of Armenia 1996.svg listed for deletion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:National Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts of Armenia 1996.svg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Bulwersator (talk) 16:02, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Maps

As you probably know, there are some duplicate maps:

and

The maps are identical but illustrate different things. Do you think that it would be reasonable to merge them (by e.g. moving them to Commons as "File:Oregon 2006 Measure 46 and 48.svg"), or would it be better to keep them separate? A bit complex since they technically illustrate different referenda. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:59, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

Hey I was planning to ask you the same thing! I think that it would be fine to merge them and correct the description so it is very clear. We can always add redirects from the old names to the new one to make sure that nothing is broken. --MGA73 (talk) 07:09, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
I also have another question. I noticed that some files have a {{nocommons}} added with a comment something like "Commons image is a copyvio of this one, but Commons administrators won't delete copyvios of GFDL images". So Ifixed attribution on Commons and deleted the file on en-wiki. But how are we going to find other files like that? Files with this template are all in one big category and often there is no reason added on the file page so we have to read edit summary. I think it would be nice if we could separate files into "User do not like Commons", "Highly used file on en-wiki" and "There is some problem on Commons that needs to be fixed first". --MGA73 (talk) 07:18, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
I think that it would be better to adjust the F8 criterion to allow deletion of most {{keep local}} files in the same way as other files. The category is currently very messy and probably hides many copyright violations. Very annoying. There are probably very few cases where there is some real need to keep a local copy (e.g. disputes about British Commons:COM:TOO). --Stefan2 (talk) 22:22, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
Yeah but as long as there is no support to delete files when uploader adds a "keep local" it is hard to do something about it. But we can delete them if the keep local was added because of a problem. --MGA73 (talk) 06:51, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Category:File at CCI by Arab League requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for four days or more and it is not presently under discussion at Categories for discussion, or at disambiguation categories.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Sven Manguard Wha? 06:03, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

YAY! Sven Manguard Wha? 06:04, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
Cool. I deleted it. Good work! --MGA73 (talk) 06:52, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Re: Md iet

That sounds find, go ahead and do that. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 18:36, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

As for Gvnayr, I'd say check each one individually. Some are okay since it's the only image in an article or the only screenshot, but in some cases he has 2-3 for the same game, and the excess can of course be scrapped. As an aside, Deibid's CCI is now closed finally :) Wizardman Operation Big Bear 02:51, 18 August 2012 (UTC)