User talk:Shakespeare

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BNSF railway bridge west of the Ballard Locks

Hi there, Is the name of that bridge really "Salmon Bay Bridge"? --Lukobe 19:07, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Hmm, apparently it is, sort of: http://www.gngoat.org/bridge_4.htm Salmon Bay Waterway, Bridge No. 4. What are Bridges 3, 2, and 1, I wonder? --Lukobe 19:18, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)

The 1957, Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 4, Page 527, lists the bridge as the Salmon Bay Bridge. I suppose the name could have changed. --Shakespeare

You recently uploaded an image of Gas Works Park (thanks) but didn't add any rights information. If it's your own photo and you are licensing it under GFDL, great, but say so. If the story is something else, say that. Please, when you add an image, comment it with info that let's us know it's not a copyright violation. Thanks. -- Jmabel 21:52, Jul 22, 2004 (UTC)

Must have missed checking the copyright ownership box. It has been replaced with a slightly cropped image. -- Shakespeare

Unverified images

Thanks for uploading Image:King Street Station-1.jpg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks much, Kbh3rd 03:24, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Egads! I just checked your User contributions page to see if you were still active and likely to get the message above. I see that you've been very busy uploading new images. Great! But please tag them. If they're your own, you can simply add {{gfdl}} to the description page that you're asked to edit by the upload process. This is very important, as discussed here. Thanks! --Kbh3rd 03:29, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for responding! I'm not sure where the "right" place to respond is – I usually put someone's talk page on my watch list for a little while when I use it to send them a message, so I should see your response if you do it right here. Putting a response on my talk page makes sure that I see the notice that I have a message, but it sure makes it hard to follow a thread of conversation. For our purposes, go ahead and respond here – I check my watchlist regularly.

You've probably noticed the bold notice on the upload page that says that by uploading your own work, you agree to put it under the Gnu Free Documentation License. The thing is, unless you add a tag, there is no way to know that it is your work and therefore subject to your implicit agreement to that license. The use of tags also allow for automated sorting of images by license, which cannot be done with just a plain textual note as to the image's origin and license.

You've uploaded a lot of images. If they're all your work or otherwise known to be under the GFDL, I could certainly help you tag some of them.

--Kbh3rd 17:07, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Except for the 3 photos that are over 100 years old, either Esther or I took them and as far as we are concerned they are GFDL. Esther handles cropping them or whatever in Photoshop and uploads them. I've had her check the copyright ownership box on the upload page but I guess it doesn't do anything. I wonder why it's there? In the future will give {{gfdl}} a try. Having made a big mess trying things a couple of times, one gets very cautious.

I brought up the Image you are interested in but couldn't figure out what to do. If you could fix it and the one in the message above, that would be nice.

Also there are some images that could be deleted as better ones have been taken but I don't know how to do that either. Anyway I guess one slowly learns.

I tagged that image. It's quite simple – click on the "edit this page" link on the image description page and add the tag. If you look at Image:King Street Station-1.jpg and click "edit this page", you'll see just what I did (then click "Cancel" since you're not really editing it). You can also take the opportunity to add a little explanatory text on that page while you're at it, at least with new images – you might not want to take the time when going back to tag all those existing images.

Seems it would be quite useful to have a variety of the more common tags to choose from with a simple click on the upload page. I guess the checkbox that's there now is just to make you consider whether it's a legal upload before accepting it.

If you have a new version of an existing picture, and you see no need for the old one, you can upload the new one with the same name as the old one. You'll then be asked if you're sure that you want to replace the old one before continuing. The old one stays in the database, and is visible in the history shown on the description page, but the new one automatically replaces the old in any articles that use it. There is a process to request deletion. I don't know it off the top of my head, but know it's a bit involved.

Hope this all makes sense, and thanks for your contributions – pictures make the articles so much better!

--Kbh3rd 18:57, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I've found some more images you've uploaded, that need tagging:

Image:Hiram M. Chittenden Locks-1.JPG
Image:Hiram_M._Chittenden_Locks-2.JPG
Image:Hiram_M._Chittenden_Locks-3.JPG. Silverfish 14:11, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Done 1/3/05

Images marked for deletion

The following images have been listed for deletion on WP:IFD:

Image:Fremont Bridge-1.jpg, Image:Fremont Bridge-2.jpg, Image:Frink Park-2.jpg, Image:Frink Park-3.jpg

RedWolf 17:27, Mar 13, 2005 (UTC)

Please delete.

Late comments

Comment below moved from your user page. Sorry, I screwed up and put these comments on the wrong page originally and only now discovered my mistake. Hopefully these comments aren't too late or redundant. --Calton | Talk 13:07, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for uploading your photographs. I notice they currently don't have image copyright tags. Could you add them to let us know their copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for an extensive list.

Also, Image:Ship Canal Bridge - 2.jpg seems to be the same picture as this one], which is already copyrighted by the Washington DOT. See Image:Ship Canal Bridge - 2.jpg for details.

Thanks so much, Calton 15:32, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I took both the above pictures. After I put them out there, I got to wondering since they are historic houses can the owner copyright the house so that one cannot publish a picture of it?

I put 5 pictures out for people to choose which they wanted. When nobody did, I picked 1 and 4 as the best. Therefore I would just delete them.

Image:Snoqualmiefalls.jpg

The above picture is not mine.

Also, Image:Ship Canal Bridge - 2.jpg seems to be the same picture as this one], which is already copyrighted by the Washington DOT. See Image:Ship Canal Bridge - 2.jpg for details.

I can't answer this one. I click on the images and I don't get anything, so I don't know what's under discussion. If I put the picture out there, I took it.