User talk:T L Miles
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New category
[edit]I'm not sure that the new category you created is well named? How did you come up with the name? --Herby talk thyme 16:55, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
Senegal
[edit]Hey - thanks for the update about the map(s). I can update them, but it will take about a week for me to get to it. If you want to hone your skills, let me know! :) Rarelibra 13:45, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
UN photographs
[edit]Hi. I wanted to ask you to please stop uploading images from the UN photo library. Their terms of use are explicitly unacceptable to Commons licensing. You've uploaded a number of these images, for example Image:Pottery women Kalabougou Mali.jpg [1] and Image:UN Combined Patrol Abidjan 2005.jpg[2]. I'm sure this was an oversight on your part, and I just wanted to inform you so that further images are not uploaded from this site since the license is not acceptable. We'll be deleting these images from Commons shortly. If you have any questions about this, please feel free to ask me. I'm at your service. All the best, --Durin 00:43, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Duala people
[edit]Hi, T. L. I was thinking that Category:Duala peoples should be deleted and that Category:Bakweri and Category:Isubu should be moved out from under Category:Duala people. My sources all say that these are three different ethnic groups, albeit ones who speak related languages. It's odd to lump them all together in one category. What do you think? — Dulcem 09:20, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
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Mangostar (talk) 03:27, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
Voice of America
[edit]Hi. I'm afraid that images you upload from voice of america do not meet Commons criteria for being free. From their statement:
1.You are welcome to use any material that is published by voanews.com, or you may link to any of the web pages that Voice of America has published on the internet. There is no need to request further permission. Should you wish to establish a link to any VOA web pages, please send your request to pubaff@ibb.gov. Credit for any use of VOA material should be given to voanews.com, Voice of America, or VOA, and 'we ask that you not abridge or edit any VOA material which you may use.
This means you may not create derivative works, and so it does not meet our requirements. See COM:L for more info. Thanks. -mattbuck (Talk) 20:41, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
- Bah, I wish these people would stop trying to claim copyright restrictions when they have no such rights. Sorry for the foulup. -mattbuck (Talk) 20:56, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
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--Martin H. (talk) 19:04, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
Tip: Categorizing images
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Thanks a lot for contributing to the Wikimedia Commons! Here's a tip to make your uploads more useful: Why not add some categories to describe them? This will help more people to find and use them.
Here's how:
1) If you're using the UploadWizard, you can add categories to each file when you describe it. Just click "more options" for the file and add the categories which make sense:
2) You can also pick the file from your list of uploads, edit the file description page, and manually add the category code at the end of the page.
[[Category:Category name]]
For example, if you are uploading a diagram showing the orbits of comets, you add the following code:
[[Category:Astronomical diagrams]]
[[Category:Comets]]
This will make the diagram show up in the categories "Astronomical diagrams" and "Comets".
When picking categories, try to choose a specific category ("Astronomical diagrams") over a generic one ("Illustrations").
Thanks again for your uploads! More information about categorization can be found in Commons:Categories, and don't hesitate to leave a note on the help desk.BotMultichillT 06:26, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
- Image:2005 Shayana D Kadidal crop.jpg is uncategorized since 11 March 2009. BotMultichillT 06:26, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
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[edit]I am now proud owner of a TUSC account!
Re: You sir are a saint!
[edit]Thank you! I really appreciate you noticing. Pbroks13 (talk) 05:36, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
A file uploaded by you is under deletion request
[edit]A file (or files) you uploaded from the Remote Sensing Tutorial from NASA Goddard Space Center has been tagged for deletion since that tutorial acknowledges that not all of the used images are actually NASA. (See here the overview of the tutorial). The group deletion request is here. Comments would be welcomed.--Garrondo (talk) 11:48, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
File tagging File:Paranthropus on Plains art.jpg
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FunkMonk (talk) 14:39, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
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Logan Talk Contributions 21:30, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
See above
[edit]Why I don't contribute to Wikimedia projects anymore. Deleting perfectly good and legally clear photos. As a hobby.T L Miles (talk) 23:11, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
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Antemister (talk) 11:15, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
Notification about possible deletion
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- Affected file is File:Amadou Bamba wallpainting.jpg. Taivo (talk) 12:04, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
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Oompahloompah2016 (talk) 09:24, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
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B dash (talk) 03:39, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
Please remain calm and collegial
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--B dash (talk) 09:16, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
- This sounds like a ‘you problem’. Please do not contact me further 67.243.14.22 20:06, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
Source of derivative work is not properly indicated: File:Fete Huma 2004 Sept 2004 227 Youssou N Dour crop.jpg
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Sourced to file since deleted as copyvio or missing Yours sincerely, BevinKacon (talk) 13:55, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
Notification about possible deletion
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Affected:
Yours sincerely, A1Cafel (talk) 02:57, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
Apparently no images of buildings are legal in Niger
[edit]And some jackass has taken it as a personal hobby to delete all free images of Niamey based on this. Just a note to point out that folks like that, and more importantly that Wikipedia lacks any method to control them in any way, are why no one bothers with Wikipedia who isn’t try to push some agenda.T L Miles (talk) 21:14, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
- Or Mali. Note the obvious error here. While there is no “freedom of panorama” law in these nations, there is also no law enshrining that as a concept, so there is no legal restriction on public photos. The fact that every press agency, government agency, and businesses in these countries publish photos of public spaces within Mali and Niger daily. If in doubt, read the press from these nations or look at government publications. Unfortunately there are no adults in the room given the ideological ‘libertarian’ construct of Wikimedia, and these folks know no one will bother to spend the hundreds of hours needed to argue through a Byzantine ‘mediation process’. This is, once again, why the project chases off so many editors. 67.243.14.22 20:13, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
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JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 08:26, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
Notification about possible deletion
[edit]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. |
Affected:
Yours sincerely, JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 02:31, 9 September 2024 (UTC)