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Hi Atlslin! I was doing my flickr reviewer duty when I checked over your recent uploads. Nice pics. One small request though - would you please choose the highest resolution version available to upload. That would awesome. Thanks! Brynn(talk!)03:17, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure how that particular tool works. I always use Bryan's flickr web tool. http://toolserver.org/~bryan/flickr/upload It works flawlessly. To use it, go to the flickr image page - just above the image, on the left, there is a little button that says "All Sizes" - click that, then click on the highest resolution available. After that highest res file loads to your browser, copy the URL. On the flickr web tool page, paste the high res flickr image URL and fill in your Commons user name then click 'next'. You will be returned to Commons where you will then need to click "Save Page", then click the link that is up in the information field to finish the upload. That's it! If you have other questions, feel free to ask! Brynn(talk!)03:57, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
This just the exact tool I said! And about the tool I found it just need you paste the pic url(normal size) and it will upload the higest resolution for you automatically. But there is one pic I upload by this tool seemed have some problem--。I've waited for more than 15 mins but it still can't daisplay properly.
Yes, sometimes the bot doesn't upload the file but just adds the license. To reupload the missing file, go through the same steps as you did before and give the same name to the new file. After saving and clicking on the upload button, the bot should preceed with its usual routine. Try it with Image:Fuzhou temple.jpg and see if it works out. Let me know if you need help with this. --Kimse (talk) 06:27, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It worked, congratulations. What's strange about the process? The only actual thing that you need to do when reuploading images through the bot is to add the new Token ID that is used by the bot in the place of the license - see here. Sometimes the bot doesn't work as it's supposed to. There's also another bot to upload images from Flickr - Magnus' Flickr2Commons, you already have the TUSC account. Try it out too. --Kimse (talk) 06:53, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Atlaslin. Concerning geocoding, I've added the location to the image you've mentioned by copying the coordinates from Flickr. There are bots here that check the EXIF of the images on Commons to see if they contain location information and automatically add them into files' description page. When uploading through Bryan's flickr web tool, it doesn't include the location yet. However, two other uploading tools Flinfo tool and Flickr2Commons include the geocode automatically. And why doesn't the Flickr2Commons tool work for you? You have the TUSC account, right? --Kimse (talk) 09:28, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Kate Hudson.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.
If you created this image, please note that the fact that it has 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 it, such as a copyright issue.
In all cases, please do not take the deletion request personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!
If you created this image, please note that the fact that it has 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 it, such as a copyright issue.
In all cases, please do not take the deletion request personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!
I noticed you've uploaded one or more images and I thought I should turn your attention to a common error. Please give some thought to writing a good description of uploaded images. This ensures that they can be used. It also helps those that review and improve categories do a better job, which also ensures that images will get used in novel and interesting ways. Thanks, and happy editing! Sdrtirs (talk) 10:46, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
When an image has no description, feel free to describe what is shown by the image. It's better than having no description. Regards, Sdrtirs (talk) 11:02, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ok! I see you didn't see that the description "Nude Asian woman" on this image was added by me. You can take this description as an example. I hope I made it clear now for you.--Sdrtirs (talk) 11:14, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Nude filipina woman.jpg has been marked as a copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content, that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You can ask questions about Commons policies in Commons:Help desk.
The file you added will soon be deleted. If you believe this image is not a copyright violation, please explain why on the image description page.
hi Herbythyme, this photo of Nude filipina woman.jpg comes from Flickr and I check it followed the copyright of wiki and it also uploaded by these two tools automatically Flinfo tool and Flickr2Commons, which we can check the upload history.
Could you tell me where is problem about the copyright and Do you mean the tools has problem?
Strange - there is a copyright symbol in the corner of the image so I deleted it. Of course I should have checked Flickr first but with the symbol I thought I was right - I was wrong! Restored & apologies. Regards --Herbytalk thyme13:57, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It's ok now, that mark just the author's name and we can erase it according the copyright. And I think maybe add its entry on this suspect photo would be better.--atlaslin (talk) 14:03, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Atlaslin, thanks for participating in my RfA, which passed with 11 supporting votes. I'm honored by the trust that you have put in me, and looking forward to continue cleaning and contributing to Commons. Thank you, Kimse (talk) 04:46, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, first the geotags: his stream consists of several image with tags, e.g. this image of Flocke. Flocke is an Polar bear from the zoo in w:de:Nürnberg. Flocke was strictly seperated from public, only a very few camera teams became the chance to photograph or film the little polar bear. Geotags are easyly created. According to his album cine, art & entertainment: There is Melrose place, Back to the Future, Indiana Jones. All images are low quality. All images are taken in Sao Paulo, even Melrose Place and the Oscar Awarsds with Sophia Loren. There should be no doubt. --Martin H. (talk) 02:36, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The geotag can made e.g. with picasa from google or just changing the file properties. A suspicion of copyvio leads to a deletion request, this is a obvious case, so speedydeletion is ok. And for you information: Some images from the world economic forum are free licenced, check Image:Rupert Murdoch - WEF Davos 2007.jpg --Martin H. (talk) 02:54, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Thinkpad logo.jpg has been marked as a copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content, that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You can ask questions about Commons policies in Commons:Help desk.
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Thank you for your contributions. Your image or other content was recently deleted, or will soon be deleted, in accordance with our process and policies, because it was not, or is not, within our scope. Please review our project scope, but in short, Commons is targeted at media files including photographs, diagrams, animations, music, spoken text and video clips. Wikimedia Commons does not contain text articles like encyclopedia articles, textbooks, news, word definitions and such. Each of these other kinds of content have their own projects: Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wiktionary and Wikiquote.
If the content seems to fit the scope of one of those other projects, please consider contributing it there. If you think that the deletion was in error because the contribution really was in scope, you can appeal it at Commons:Undeletion requests, giving a reason why it fits our scope to help others evaluate the matter. Thank you for your understanding. Sdrtirs (talk) 03:46, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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:
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.
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