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Archive 4 (11 July 2008 to 24 April 2009)

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Please note this page is archived. I may not see your additions to this page - please talk to me via my main talk page at User talk:Megapixie. Megapixie (talk) 07:51, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Melina_Mores.jpg

Hi, This picture is my own work with Melina Mores from a Canon EOS 30D, and the lack of exif is because the png transformation and resize using Gimp. Should I Really re-upload the file ? Which size (original is 2336x3504 jpg) ? Does the Exif file really must be embeded in Wikipedia content ? Thanks for your help. 82.234.197.125 (talk) 17:38, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

I have responded on your commons talk page, and on the image deletion discussion page. Megapixie (talk) 03:01, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Memristor.jpg

Thank you for contacting me. I have responded to the request for speedy deletion at Image talk:Memristor.jpg. — C M B J 03:55, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

G8 summit

A week ago, some question arose in Wikicommons about the copyright status of a number of G8 summit photos which had been uploaded from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). The following images had been tagged for deletion:

Fukuda arriving at New Chitose Airport, July 6th - [1]
G8+8 Outreach Working Session, July 7th - [2]
G8+8 Outreach Working Lunch, July 7th - [3]
Tanabata, G8 leaders in a group, July 7th - [4]
G8 Working Lunch, July 8th - [5]
G8 Afternoon Working Session, July 8th - [6]

I responded to this perceived problem with alacrity, but I did so in a somewhat confused manner. Despite the awkward qualities of the e-letter I sent to MOFA, that attempt did engender a relatively prompt response. I hope it is not premature for me to believe that the necessary permission or release of whatever-it-is has now been satisfactorily documented?

As construed from the perspective of the Japanese government, a MOFA secretariat official has now confirmed that there was nothing improper in what I have already done. Is something else still needed? My limited experience at Wikicommons causes me to wonder if the imprecise words might not be inadequate? If the proffered paragraph is deemed sufficient, what next? I'm not sure what to do about removing those warning notices on the description page which accompanied each image? Perhaps that's for someone else to decide?

I have already posted an update at Commons:Deletion requests/G8 images; but there may be something else I should have done? I will continue to try to figure this out by myself, and I do want to avoid any additional mis-steps at this point.

Will you please help me to confirm that I am doing what is required? --Tenmei (talk) ...a/k/a Ooperhoofd in Wikicommons... 16:28, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Permission confirmed by MOFA

from g8summit-press@mofa.go.jp

to [Ooperhoofd's e-address deleted]

date Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:33 AM

subject Re: 34th G8 Summit -- official photos, permission for use in Wikipedia context

mailed-by mofa.go.jp

Reply

Mr. ... [Ooperhoofd],

Thank you very much for your e-mail. There is no problem you use summit photos in Wikipedia as you do now, which "author" and "permission" are put down on each photo. We do not set an online set of statements concerning the prospective use of summit photos.

Regards,

Secretariat for the G8 Summit

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

重要度 : 普通発信元 : - <Ooperhoofd's e-address deleted> 日付 : 2008/07/10 06:13:23

宛先 : g8summit-press

件名 : 34th G8 Summit -- official photos, permission for use in Wikipedia context

==> Regarding the letter sent to MOFA -- see HERE for copy of full text.

Further follow-up:
I re-visted Wikipedia:OTRS; and I did send e-mail follow-up to permissions-en@wikimedia.org. --Tenmei (talk) 17:06, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/National Portrait Gallery images (first set)

Could you find a few moments to comment on this? --MichaelMaggs (talk) 07:42, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Photographs

Hi I added some of your Photographs to relevent articles, I hope you dont mind; I was boored. --Climax Void ☭. —Preceding undated comment was added at 10:10, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Iraqi S-60 on T-55.jpg

Hello.

Can you please explain to me how are planning to create a free replacement for the picture of this no longer existing vehicle?

Regards. - SuperTank17 (talk) 16:55, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

I don't know how the lack of knowledge about the photographer is going to help us to make a free picture of a vehicle that doesn't exist anymore. I also don't understand why that picture can't be considered a historical image. BTW I don't know why you think that using text only is going to be better than using an actual picture. Pictures and illustrations always help the reader to better understand the subject of the article or a part of it. Regards. - SuperTank17 (talk) 22:52, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

"Ultimately the article will still make sense without the picture". Come to think of it you can use this logic to any article on Wikipedia. The only question is would it make the article better? Also I cropped out the vehicle from the picture as you can see so I'm not using the entire picture. Regards. - SuperTank17 (talk) 23:43, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Fair use?

Regarding the HS.30 article, I've revised the text so that it is not a direct quote of Haworth. I think, though, your comment about fair use is off the mark. Try googling the text I quoted -- it is already available on the internet and has been made so by a commercial organization. Thus, I hardly feel badly about having quoted it on Wikipedia with its original source indicated. --W. B. Wilson (talk) 05:47, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

The link you quoted is interesting but I have to say at the least it is somewhat vague. For example, one could contend that since people use Wikipedia as a reference work, that "Nonprofit educational uses" might cover the quote in question, but as the article notes, nothing is written in stone. --W. B. Wilson (talk) 06:55, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Films roll call and coordinator elections

Roll call and Coordinator nominations

It's that time of year again – we're wiping everyone's name off of the active members list and doing a project roll call. Your username is listed on the WikiProject Films participants list, but we are unsure as to which editors are still active on the project. If you still consider yourself an active WP:FILM editor, please add your name back to the Active Members list. You can also add your name to any of our many task forces!

It's also time to start the WikiProject Films coordinator selection process! We are aiming to elect seven coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 (UTC) on September 14!

Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 07:51, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Mobility kill

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Proposed deletion of Firepower kill

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Proposed deletion of Mission kill

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Proposed deletion of Catastrophic kill

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Catastrophic kill, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

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Removed PRODs

I notice you've removed the prod notices, suggesting a merge as an alternative. Do you have somewhere in mind? I looked for suitable merge candidates before prodding them, but couldn't really see anything - perhaps you can come up with something... EyeSerene^talk 13:28, 1 September 2008 (UTC) (PS, apologies for the template-bombing; I forgot Twinkle does that :P)

It might be a topic around Armoured warfare - but merging into the main article wouldn't work. Mobility Kill certainly gets reasonable traffic, perhaps merge all the other terms onto there ? Megapixie (talk) 14:10, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

It's a possibility, but still leaves the problem that the terms are US Army jargon (at least, I don't recall hearing them anywhere else!). Maybe a transwiki to Wiktionary would be better? EyeSerene^talk 14:50, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Addendum Looks like someone else has had the same idea. EyeSerene^talk 14:51, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

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Commons

Bueno, hablo en español, pero seré preciso con lo que sé de inglés. Why you delete this photo? File:BritneyOso.jpg, the source says that the Paparazzi put with a license of cc-by or somethin like that: Look: Or i',m liynig????? Have this license. --Daviddavid0100 (talk) 19:20, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Seriously, didin't think so... 'Cause he is a Paparazzi and take a lot of pictures. The only one that he have in this license is from britney spears, really, look the other one have a lot of copyright license, again, the only who don¿t have is the britney pic. Thanks and please, answered me on this page. --Daviddavid0100 (talk) 22:44, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Ok, perhaps is so obviusly...

In other way: this image can be uploaded to Commons? Have license (to wikipedia) and are from red Carpet. Wait your answer. David --Daviddavid0100 (talk) 17:12, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:PeruSu-25.jpg

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Image copyright problem with Image:MacSu-25.jpg

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Battle of Iwo Jima

I am amused by your edit here, as you have now removed the exact example used in the policy WP:NFC#Unacceptable use Images # 4 to illustrate when fair-use is allowed. I know you guys like to make up policy as you go along, but this must be something of a record. Keep up the good work! Johnbod (talk) 22:53, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Blog post about collaboration

Hey, I blogged about our photo work. David Shankbone 23:53, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

WP:FILMS Questionnaire

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Notability of Kaj Birksted

A tag has been placed on Kaj Birksted requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page that you have created, then you should read the guide to writing your first article.

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For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. TM 16:10, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Photo credit

Hi Megapixie

We're a (very) small independent publishing company and came across one of your photographs - of Churaumi Aquarium - and would like to use it on the cover of a book about leadership. You have licensed its use for any purpose, but we'd like to credit you for the photo... is there any particular wording you would like us to use and how would you like your name to appear?

Thanks for the photo

Sunny kate (talk) 16:35, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

"Photo by Max Smith" will be fine - thanks for asking. Good luck ! Megapixie (talk) 22:34, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Mobility kill

I have nominated Mobility kill, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mobility kill. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. EyeSerene^talk 15:27, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXXVI (February 2009)

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Nominations for the Military history WikiProject coordinator election

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Hi Mega

I'm doing something wrong with photoediting in low light, and I was wondering if you could educate me? I did a series of photographs of the Israeli DJ Offer Nissim in conditions I have never photographed in before: a dance club. I think the pictures came out nicely, although my trying to Photoshop them has given them a lot of static and noise. What am I doing wrong? When the photos are viewed small, you can't notice. But when they are blown up, it is quite noticeable. Could you give me some advice? Here's one example. Thank you for any help. --David Shankbone 14:02, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

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New image project

Hi. This little form letter is just a courtesy notice to let you know that a proposal to merge the projects Wikipedia:WikiProject Free images, Wikipedia:WikiProject Fair use, Wikipedia:WikiProject Moving free images to Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia:WikiProject Illustration into the newly formed Wikipedia:WikiProject Images and Media has met with general support at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Files. Since you're on the rosters of membership in at least one of those projects, I thought you might be interested. Conversation about redirecting those projects is located here. Please participate in that discussion if you have any interest, and if you still have interest in achieving the goals of the original project, we'd love to have you join in. If you aren't interested in either the conversation or the project, please pardon the interruption. :) Thanks. Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 15:29, 23 April 2009 (UTC)