User talk:Melesse/Archive 46

Re: Orphaned non-free media (File:Goku-blue.gif)

I used the image for the cover of my Dragon Ball Franchise book. I'll use it for the article soon. --Hello, I'm a Wikipedian! (talk) 19:00, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

I used it! --Hello, I'm a Wikipedian! (talk) See: Son Goku (Dragon Ball)#Appearance —Preceding undated comment added 16:26, 29 May 2010 (UTC).

Re:File:BrooklynDodgersCapInsignia

I updated the file so as it is formatted exactly like File:Giants orange NY.png. FYI, it clearly stated in the summary before your edit that it was a logo (fair-use rationale in of itself), so the tag was in error to begin with Purplebackpack89 ^{(Notes Taken) (Locker)} 04:54, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Image help

Hello, I am curious if you could help me delete and add a few photos to Wikipedia. I don't know the proper procedure, so I am hoping you can help. Thanks, PGPirate 02:18, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Try here instead. More people keep track of that page, so your questions are likely to be answered quicker. Melesse (talk) 04:47, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Re: Orphaned non-free media (File:YTG_Logo.png)

Hi Melesse: I am working on an article in my personal space which uses this image. The article will go live within in the month depending on how much time I have to work with it. My hope is to get it done within the week, but we'll see. The Dark Rabbit (talk) 06:33, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of my file

I am not able to comprehend the text you sent me despite reading the infobox on the page and Wikipedia:Non-free_content_criteria. I made my image's FUR more closely match an example; would you check what I did and see if this is what WP wants? If not, could you guess at what my misunderstanding is? Blue Rasberry 03:05, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

It doesn't meet criteria 1 (Could the subject be adequately conveyed by text without using the non-free content at all?) and 8 (Its omission would be detrimental to that understanding). I'm guessing the screenshot you looked as an example was used in an article about the website itself, not the creator of the website, like it is in your image's case. Melesse (talk) 06:30, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

"Adequately conveyed by text" and "detrimental to that understanding" are criteria that can judged from arbitrary points, and it is not clear to me that the standard notice directs a reader to some way to read about what this means. Can you point me to some discussion about the specific meaning for Wikipedia's purposes? I have seen in other posts you have had with people that a picture of a website, book, etc. can only go in an article about the subject, and you are saying so here also. I understand the distinction of, for example, the impropriety of using a movie screenshot of an actor to get an illustration of an actor for his own article (and not the movie's article), but was using this screenshot (and another you tagged) to illustrate a section within the author's article titled with the name of the website of the screenshot so I thought it would be right. What should I read to better understand how you made your decision? Blue Rasberry 14:26, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Here are some more specific examples. The way you're using the images is akin to a discography listing, which is generally not an acceptable use. Melesse (talk) 23:51, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks; I think I agree with you. Let me post about this on the talk board where these were used; if there is no complaint then I will tag the pics for deletion.

I appreciate that you have an interest in protecting pictures, but I regret that I did not figure this out before I posted them. I am not sure how widespread this problem is, but in my case, I wanted information about whether what I was doing was appropriate and did not end up at the page you to which you just led me, and I would have liked to have gotten there. Cheers, Blue Rasberry 02:39, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:My happy ending.PNG

A tag has been placed on File:My happy ending.PNG requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image is an unused redundant copy (all pixels the same or scaled down) of an image in the same file format, which is on Wikipedia (not on Commons), and all inward links have been updated.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.

Explanation: Your original image upload didn't comply with fair use requirements as specified in WP:Albums#Cover. The image was re-uploaded as JPG format because PNG isn't required for photographic content. Thanks – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 06:53, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of File:Green-example-screenshot-sRGB.png

Why was File:Green-example-screenshot-sRGB.png deleted? It was an image uploaded explicitly as a demonstration in an ongoing discussion on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Color rather than for article namespace, as was clearly stated on the image description page. It was a self-made screenshot, with clear licensing information listed (I think it was CC-BY-NA, though I’m not positive since you deleted the image/page, but to be honest it’s such a simple screenshot that there’s no way it’s copyrightable, so it might as well have been PD-self). Are we not allowed to use demonstrative images on talk pages anymore, or what? –jacobolus (t) 22:32, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

It did not have licensing information. Melesse (talk) 22:50, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Can you please restore it? I can’t see whether it had licensing information or not, since the page has been deleted, but from what I remember of the description, it should have been quite obviously acceptable to anyone who’d actually read it/looked at it, instead of blindly deleting it. Alternately, you could have left me a talk page note, or similar. –jacobolus (t) 21:47, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! –jacobolus (t) 21:39, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Victorias-secret-embrace.JPG

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Thanks for uploading File:Victorias-secret-embrace.JPG. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Hammersoft (talk) 15:37, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

File:Leaf Cert 2of25.jpg

Hello Melesse,

Thank you for the warnings. Don't want to get into bad habbits. This is my first attempt at uploads and would like some help. The page I am creating is an overiview of Jay Cutler Rookie Cards. This looks it falls in the category of encyclopedia type of meterial, but perhaps not. Jay Cutler has over 300 different autographed Rookie Cards. I was hoping to show a few of them for reference and informational reasons. The images being used are scans or photos from my own collection taken be me to describe the individual cards.

I wasn't sure what category these belong in. The suggestions you made were helpfull, but I could use s a little more direction. Please help me with how I should classify these photos and describe them.

Thanks,

Cardbroke —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cardbroke (talk • contribs) 04:34, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

File:MV Pride of Portsmouth Damage.jpg

Hi, I'd be grateful if you could explain why you believe an image of damage to the Pride of Portsmouth sustained in a collision 8yrs ago and only visible from restricted areas (making it incredibly unlikely that a member of the public could have taken a similar image) is replaceable with a free image. Google search's only return this image when searching this subject. It is not possible to reproduce the image because the damage was repaired 8yrs ago. JonEastham (talk) 18:06, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps you should have made those facts clear in your rationale. Melesse (talk) 06:16, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Image Deletion

Hello, Melesse. You have new messages at QwerpQwertus's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

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File:Xsera_Title_Screen_Demo_2.png

Hi:

Thanks for the warning about improperly filling out the summary at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Xsera_Title_Screen_Demo_2.png

I wasn't really sure which license to use, as I'm one of the main developers of Xsera (which is under the MIT_License ). For future screenshots, which image license should I use?

LiAnNaSu (talk) 05:33, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Help

I know your good with images i need help with this picture i got File:Getimage.jpg. Its the Picture of Eishenhower in Chula Vista, CA I added the picture to there wikipedia page but now a bot wants to delete it i need help with copyright stuff. Spongie555 (talk) 04:59, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

The source you've cited states that its copyright status is unknown, so you'll have to find out the source and copyright status from them. Melesse (talk) 17:28, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

The source that I got the picture from said the picture was from unknown person Spongie555 (talk) 04:15, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I mean you're going to have to find another source that knows exactly where the picture is from. Melesse (talk) 08:11, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Request

Hey Melesse. Can you undelete File:Dead kennedys - nazi punks fuck off.ogg, and I add the necessary info. Its use in the article about the song, so I think can be justified easy enough. Ta. Ceoil (talk) 10:52, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Errant deletion?

You deleted a file "File:BrandonCrispMissingPoster.jpg" with the message "Speedy deleted per CSD F6, was a file with fair use tag but no fair use rationale for more than seven days. using TW)". The original of this file had the fair use rationale, it was recently resized to a smaller size and possibly the rationale was not put back in at that point to the new version? But it's a bother to reload it and retype all that info --GGG65 (talk) 14:19, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

The file has reappeared, thank you, now I just need a tiny bit of assistance with the "fair use rationale" - this info was already in under the "Purpose:" entry: "Referenced in Brandon Crisp article to demonstrate public search effort including posters and use of media; historically significant fair use of publicly distributed image". What more should I add, or where should I add it, to meet the needs of "fair use rationale" ? --GGG65 (talk) 01:57, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

One important fact you'll want to include is that he's deceased and that it would be impossible to take a free photo of him now. Melesse (talk) 03:08, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

NowCommons

Really cool that you help cleaning up the backlog of NowCommons files. I noticed this one File:Uch_bwp.jpg it seems to have a problem. It would be nice if you did not delete the files on enwiki before the problem is fixed. It is impossible for anyone else but en-admins to check for missing info once the file is deleted. You are most welcome to delete the files that are ok. However, if you do it would be nice if you could also click "Check now!" in the bot move-template on the file on Commons so we can see that you checked it. --MGA73 (talk) 20:21, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Sorry for the mistake, I get a little tunnel-visioned when I do those, I only check for the consistent author and license. And what's this about a bot-move template? Melesse (talk) 21:28, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Could you also restore Category:Wikipedia files with the same name on Wikimedia Commons as of 15 September 2009 as it's no longer empty? 88.85.130.86 (talk) 22:02, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

File:Vector_Video_Standards2.svg

Hi. You deleted the local copy of File:Vector_Video_Standards2.svg today, but the latest version here was more recently tweaked than the version at commons. The version at commons (commons:File:Vector_Video_Standards2.svg) has buggy-renderer illegibility problems at all non-full-size versions, as discussed briefly at User_talk:Crissov#Resolutions_Image (June 20 and 25) - it's showing a very dark background, which makes all the lines leading from the text boxes non-visible.

I think the local copy probably needs to be restored (and/or the recent updates here could be copied over to commons?), and the issue discussed somewhere (I'm not sure where), as the current version from commons is inadequate for in-article usage. Sorry if my explanation isn't clear, HTH. -- Quiddity (talk) 20:25, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

I uploaded Crissov's most recent update to Commons. I noticed the black background but figured it wasn't a big deal because all the other data was the same. It didn't occur to me that there might be legibility problems at smaller resolutions, thanks for the heads up. Melesse (talk) 21:26, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

[File:Jonathankane.jpg]]

• LOL, You have changed summary of this image from a video game's box art to a front page of the book, Why?It's completely clear that the image is a video game's box art.BestMax Viwe | Wanna chat with me? 15:46, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:Riverplace2.JPG

Thanks for uploading File:Riverplace2.JPG. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information or which could be adequately covered with text alone. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:

1. Go to the media description page and edit it to add {{di-replaceable fair use disputed}}, without deleting the original replaceable fair use template.
2. On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace this non-free media by finding freely licensed media of the same subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or similar) media under a free license, or by taking a picture of it yourself.

If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our non-free content criteria. You can find a list of description pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that even if you follow steps 1 and 2 above, non-free media which could be replaced by freely licensed alternatives will be deleted 2 days after this notification (7 days if uploaded before 13 July 2006), per our non-free content policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Melesse (talk) 02:50, 7 July 2010 (UTC)