User talk:Captain-tucker/Archive 2

Re: File:NoviPazar05.jpg

Hi. I don't remember the original license of this picture on flickr when I've uploded it in it:Wikipedia. I'm only sure that the license was compatible with Wikipedia, but not the exact license.

Metalab

Thank you about the image change lisence request. I really will use it. (http://tools.wikimedia.de/~daniel/WikiSense/CheckUsage.php?i=Metalab001_A350.jpg&w=_100000)

Openntpd.jpg

Dear captain,

Kindly excuse my bad english.

I'm sorry for the copyright violation. But shouldn't then this pictures deleted too: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Puflogv1000X650.gif http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Openbsd2.svg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Openbgpd.gif http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Opencvs.gif

Because the copyright is by the OpenBSD Group?

Kind regards. Unicard-ic

Request for check

Hi Captain-tucker, I saw you have OTRS access. Could you please check whether the images uploaded by Arjun024 are compliant with the given license/OTRS ticket? The permission note says images have to be checked individually (and I was asked about a watermark on one of them by a Malayalam Wiki user). Thank you Hekerui (talk) 13:45, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

It would appear that the three photos File:Vidya1.jpg, File:Vidya2.jpg and File:Soha.jpg do meet the requirements of ticket 2008030310010794. But this ticket as well at the template {{Cc-by-3.0-IndiaFM}} documentation does state that the image must be individually processed through COM:OTRS. Ticket 2008030310010794 can not be directly used for these image but should be referenced in the email to OTRS. You should either send in the email or have the uploader do this and remove the current OTRS ticket and replace it with {{OTRS-pending}}. --Captain-tucker (talk) 23:35, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

File:Haathi parvat.jpg

Can you see if you can mark this. I had transferred the image, so its better if someone else marks it. Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 19:11, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

 Done, No problem. --Captain-tucker (talk) 19:43, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

• Thank you very much. I had contacted someone yesterday night in Germany but he seems to have been away. I will tell him to not worry about it. The license is right...only the flickr version is cc by sa 3.0. Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 20:54, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Some images you might be able to save

Hi!

• File:Matt_Chico.png / http://www.flickr.com/photos/ableman/607019172/
• en:File:Pat-Burrell.jpg / http://www.flickr.com/photos/ableman/265651015/ + a lot of other files [1]

Are currently under a non free license. We have other images from this user, that is ok. So perhaps user is willing to change license. Could you perhaps ask him? --MGA73 (talk) 20:16, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Flickrmail sent. Will see what he says. Several of the images uploaded direct to en-wiki are freely licensed on Flickr. They need to be moved over to Commons. I haven't done that in a while, maybe I will move them... --Captain-tucker (talk) 12:45, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Sounds good... I thought all free Flickr images were now moved to commons. Perhaps I have forgotten some... :-) --MGA73 (talk) 17:49, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

File:Magic Roundabout, Swindon.jpg

Hello! The author has agreed to change the license on Panoramio to CC-BY-SA so you can confirm the license used on Commons. Link to the photo on Panoramio: [2]. By the way, he asked if it's possible to remove his full name as an author from the history (eg. by deleting those versions of the page where it's used or in any other way) and replace it with his nickname on Panoramio. Regards, Delta 51 (talk) 16:17, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

I passed the file. Can you provide me with the actual request from the copyright holder requesting to have his name removed. Will have to check on this as I am not familiar with our policy on removing this kind of info. --Captain-tucker (talk) 13:19, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

I've asked him to contact you via e-mail, so he can request it personally. Delta 51 (talk) 13:56, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps....

...you can make a miracle once more.... http://www.flickr.com/photos/riviera2005/463855187/ would be nice to have but we need a permission or a change of license. Perhaps you can get it for us? --MGA73 (talk) 21:18, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Are you sure you pasted the right link? That image on Flickr is already CC-BY-2.0. --Captain-tucker (talk) 09:20, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes... We had a DR discussion on enwiki. Perhaps someone else persuaded the user to change license :-) --MGA73 (talk) 18:03, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

File:Doctor Decherd, thoroughbred race horse.jpg and File:Doctor Decherd race horse.jpg

Hiya! You look very busy. Can you tell me what the dealio is with these 2 commons images? I saw your OTRS tag on both, from April 16. While we're at it, what is the dealio with this commons image: File:Chair1.jpg, if you know. That's the one I was checking on, and your tagged images are from the same user/submitter. Thanks much for what you're up to here. Arbortender (talk) 05:28, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Bug fixed

Test the script here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eos_squamata_-Kuala_Lumpur_Bird_Park,_Malaysia-8a-3c.jpg. ZooFari 03:14, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Works perfect! Thanks --Captain-tucker (talk) 15:53, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Picasa review

If you have time, feel free to mark just some of the images in picasa review

• Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 18:52, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

 Done--Captain-tucker (talk) 16:27, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

• Feel free to make a short response to this DR if you wish. Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 21:54, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

 Done --Captain-tucker (talk) 16:27, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

• Thank you for your reply. Hopefully you can save the image but there is no guarantee with a copyvio like this. Best regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 18:59, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
•  Comment I deleted one image and found an admin that could help us with the Russian images in Category:Possibly unfree Picasa Web Albums files. I also left a note on Picasa for one of the images. --MGA73 (talk) 22:30, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

File:Prince Philippe of Belgium, Duke of Brabant.jpg

Do you think you can upload the original size photo for this image? I tried using the bot but it did not cooperate and one is left with the low resolution image the uploader used. My computer today refuses to upload new version of images over pre-existing image files. Just curious? Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 06:31, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

I am getting the following error from both Chrome and Firefox.

This file contains HTML or script code that may be erroneously interpreted by a web browser.

will try it from a different computer??? --Captain-tucker (talk) 08:52, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Strange, I was able to upload the 1024x680 version but not the 4288 x 2848 version. I still got the above error from different computer. --Captain-tucker (talk) 11:52, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

• That's OK. I got the same message from both my father's computer and my computer. Perhaps the picture has some XML which plays havoc with uploading images here. Oh well thanks for your help. We both tried our best. --Leoboudv (talk) 19:54, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
• This was the photo I was talking about. I couldn't upload it and Admin Lupo had to delete html and xml (as he says) which totally currupted the image before he could upload it here. Notice it has the same flickr source. I don't know how he does it but I don't bother sadly. It was taken 3 days before the final defeat of the LTTE on May 18, 2009 and Commons needed Mahinda's photo as PM of Sri Lanka. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 00:05, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

This DR

Would you like to make a reply on this DR? I think the photo can be kept given the unique circumstances. Commons was less strict with image permissions in 2007/2008 but the permission was given on 4 January 2009--very close to 2008. The permission is quite clear and mentions copyright. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 17:43, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

•  Comment: As an aside, can you delete this single old image by me. I gave my reasons in the speedy delete. A 2 year old image that was never used by anyone. And its quality is quite low too:
• File:Cartonnage of Djedmaatesankh.JPG

Can you help here. What do you think? With kind Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 18:08, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

 Done Real Life has been very busy lately. --Captain-tucker (talk) 16:38, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

• Thanks for your kind help. I thought you were away. June and July are very busy months for me too. With best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 19:22, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Rosa 'Capistrano'

Hello,
I wanted to ask if you are sure about the identification as 'Capistrano', as it doesn't look like 'Capistrano' by Morris on helpmefind at all...
All the best, --Anna reg (talk) 20:50, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Last April I went on vacation to San Diego, California and went to a place call The Flower Fields where they have a Rose Garden with all of the All American Rose Selection Winners so I went around taking photos of first the rose and then the sign under the rose. Here is my sign photo: http://s696.photobucket.com/albums/vv323/bailey-tucker/?action=view&current=IMG_0706.jpg you can see a petal with the same coloring as my photo. I also found this Blog posting of someone who took a similar photo along with the sign at the same location: http://nadiaknows.com/2010/05/09/happy-mothers-day/ So I know that my photo is from the same plant. Unfortunately the AARS document just lists the Rose as 'Pink'. http://www.rose.org/site/files/766/66147/251395/463956/Past_Winners_2010.pdf One interesting thing that I did find if you go to page 11 (in the PDF) or page 9 as shown in this document (a listing from a different rose garden in San Diego: http://www.grpg.org/Files/HRGCatalog7.15.10.pdf it lists two Capistrano roses created by Morris, one in 1939 and one in 1949. I would assume that the one created in 1949 was the winner of the 1950 AARS. --Captain-tucker (talk) 15:48, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your detailed answer. I will give it finding information another try... --Anna reg (talk) 17:15, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Hello, would you remove a picture?

Would you please remove this picture? See the reason. Crimson Cherry Blossom (talk) 09:31, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

One question, is this a photograph that you took of a painting or some other artwork? If so who created that painting? --Captain-tucker (talk) 13:54, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Clematis 'Henryi' in NH.JPG, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Good.--Jebulon 22:59, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Picasareview

Thank you for your reviewing pictures that I uploaded. But it seems you erase some text. ( see [3], [4], [5], [6]. ) Is this a trouble of script program or something? --Navian (talk) 02:11, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes it would appear that the License reviewer script removed some extra characters. I will let the creater of the script know. Thanks. --Captain-tucker (talk) 09:46, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Notified script author here --Captain-tucker (talk) 10:08, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for tweaking the template on File:Andrew Wenthe 2009.jpg, I automatically added OTRS pending rather than the preferable OTRS received. Fæ (talk) 23:08, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Not a problem, looks like a tough ticket. --Captain-tucker (talk) 00:47, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Canon EOS 500D

Hi Captain-tucker , I want to buy Canon EOS 500D . please do you want to sell yours or do you know someone who want --Mohamed Ouda (talk) 00:05, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Sorry but no, I love my Canon EOS 500D. Good Luck. --Captain-tucker (talk) 00:40, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

File:A. Steinsaltz Zürich.jpg

Thank you for the correction ;-) -- Badener  17:51, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

File:Trilokinath temple courtyard.jpg

Thank you so much for fixing up the mess I made here - and letting me know you had done so. I have now added a couple of categories and already inseted the photo in the WP article on the Trilokinath Temple at Tunde. Many thanks and best wishes for 2011. Cheers, John E. Hill (talk) 05:10, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Not a problem, if that ever happens again just add the {{rename|new name.jpg|reason for new name}} template to the image and an admin or a file mover will fix it. --Captain-tucker (talk) 15:13, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Re: File:Cody Simpson Live.jpg

Hello, I completely understand why you tagged the photo for deletion, but have a bit of an issue. The permission was given to me by the author via Flikr messaging. Not E-Mail. How would I go about providing the proof that I was authorized by the author of the photo to use it on Wikipedia? Could I just copy and past the correspondence into the description of the photo? Any advise would be appreciated.

What I have done in the past is to take a screen shot of the Flickr email and send that screenshot to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org, see COM:OTRS for full instructions, the best thing to do is to get the Flickr author to change the license on Flickr to either CC-BY or CC-BY-SA. If they won't change it on Flickr, permission must go through the COM:OTRS team.--Captain-tucker (talk) 02:14, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks a bunch. I will get on that.Bped1985 (talk) 22:21, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

File:Cantiere navale - Genova.jpg

Hi, you may delated this file. I could'nt get the right licence. Sorry for the disturb ! Have a nice evening --Nevertime (talk) 18:28, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

OK, did you try and contact the Flickr author and see if he might change the license on Flickr. I have done this many times and have had some success. I have a set of standard messages that I use, see: User:Captain-tucker/Flickr-messages. Let me know if you have any questions. --Captain-tucker (talk) 18:35, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Edit conflict

Hehe I had an edit comflict a minute ago. I looked long to find {{Flickr own work}} :-) --MGA73 (talk) 16:39, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Just cleaning up my NPD tag since you found out he was the flickr author. Good job. I didn't know {{Flickr own work}} existed. Good to know about it, Thanks!--Captain-tucker (talk) 16:41, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

File:Noh Gonbad Mosque.jpg

An email containing the permission for the File:Noh Gonbad Mosque.jpg from its creator was sent to "permissions-commons@wikimedia.org".--Artacoana (talk) 18:56, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Yes, unfortunately the email says you may upload the photo to Wikipedia. This is not an acceptable license on Commons, see: COM:L#Well-known_licenses for examples of acceptable licenses. You should contact the Flickr author again and see if they will either change the images on flickr to CC-BY/CC-BY-SA or reply back to OTRS providing a free license. Let me know if you have any questions.--Captain-tucker (talk) 19:09, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

This DR

If you have any views on this DR by me, feel free to make a comment in it. Thank you and Happy New Year, --Leoboudv (talk) 09:05, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Done, Have a Happy New Year! --Captain-tucker (talk) 12:20, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

• Thank You. I'm afraid that the flickr account, at least for this person, are just flickr washes. I did not know that you were a member of the OTRS team too like MGA73 but congratulation. With kind regards from Vancouver, Canada, --Leoboudv (talk) 21:31, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

RE: File:BrandonFlowersJeanJacket.jpeg

Captain,

Hi. Thank you for having a look at the Brandon Flowers photo. In fact, this photo is allowed for use and is not under prohibitions for copyright. Furthermore, I work for Robert Reynolds (manager of Brandon Flowers) who holds any rights to this photo and has specifically given me permission/direction to put it up. Is there a better way for me to go about doing that? Would you please be able to help me figure that you.

Thank you in advance for your time and consideration. --Waytagojoe (talk) 18:44, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Responded here. --Captain-tucker (talk) 22:22, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Rename of File:Tanew Canon 068.jpg and File:Tanew Canon 133.jpg

Thanks for your response to my request. Mistakenly used the term "mispelled". As a beginner, trying to fix the previous error in the name of two files named "Canon Tanew ...". In fact, I care about the harmonization of names within my own files. In these two files, I used the word "Canon" instead of something more appropriate such as a brief description of the place or even the date the photo was taken. The names of my files also leave core "IMG_xxxx" so I can easily find them in the Wikimedia Commons. Try to find the photo files using a set of words "palenica img", "szczawnica img" or "kazimierz dolny img".

Unfortunatly moves for that sort of reason are not supported by the File renaming policy. But if you want an easy way to find all of your images the better thing to do is to use User Categories. Policy is here. All you do is create a user category such as Category:Files by Robsuper and then in that page put {{user category|cat=Files by Robsuper}}. Then add this category to all of your images and you have a easy way to find all of your images. If you upload a lot of files you can even have sub user categories. Take a look at mine: Category:Photos by Captain-tucker. Now user categories are hidden categories so you will not see them on the file page unless you enable viewing of hidden categories in your preferences. You can enable this by going to My Preferences/Appearance and checking the box next to Show Hidden Categories. Let me know if you have any questions. --Captain-tucker (talk) 10:38, 13 January 2011 (UTC).

Good idea, I will use it. However, again I posted a request to change the names of these two files but this time with a more eloquent figure. And if File Renaming policy will not be too cruel to me, however I have a great re-request for the establishment of such names in accordance with the wishes of my humble manner and modes wish. Thank you in advance, Your Honour. --robsuper (talk) 12:29, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

I will let another file mover/admin decide on your move request, BTW you should always sign your talk page messages, just click on the signatures icon on the editing toolbar or enter ~~~~. --Captain-tucker (talk) 12:35, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your help and understanding. Knowledge is the almighty power. --robsuper (talk) 12:49, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

File:Delta IV Heavy ignation at Vandenberg AFB.jpg

File:Delta IV Heavy ignation at Vandenberg AFB.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 file, 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. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Uwe W. (talk) 11:00, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

For looking into that for me. I didn't want to do anything if I wasn't 100% sure, but I always like having the full answer to a question.  :) Canada Hky (talk) 00:51, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Reviewing question

Hi, Captain-tucker. Among the many files in Category:License review needed I came across a couple of files from http://www.travelgeorgia.ru/ e.g. File:Daryal Gorge.jpg. Each page of travelgeorgia.ru has an indication at the bottom that the content is published under cc-by-sa-3.0. I wonder if in such a case the License review is indeed needed? Isn't it meant mainly for files from sites with multiple licenses? What to do? Thanks. Kind regards, Lymantria (talk) 09:40, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Yes, you are correct, COM:LP does specifically state: external websites that provide images under different licenses. and travelgeorgia.ru does have a footer that licenses everything on the website under cc-by-sa-3.0, so {{Licensereview}} does not really apply. As all of the images from travelgeorgia.ru had the {{Licensereview}} template added by User:Geagea you might want to drop a note on his/her talk page and then remove the {{Licensereview}}. Let me know if you need any assistance. And Thank You for all of your work in Category:License review needed, I added almost 600 images to that category and you have done the majority of the work. --Captain-tucker (talk) 11:10, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome and thank you so much for your explanation. I did as you suggested, and made a general license-notification as header of Category:Photos from travelgeorgia.ru. Here is one more problem I have, and for which I want your advice. Some files, e.g. File:Kintua river.jpg or File:Torre de Madrid y Edificio España en plaza de España de Madrid.jpg, the source indicates license cc-by or cc-by-sa generally, without adding a version number. How to treat these? Thanks again. Kind regards, Lymantria (talk) 15:42, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

It is my opinion that if the publisher does not specify a specific CC license version that it would default to the latest version currently available from CC. At this time this would be 3.0. There have been discussions within OTRS as to what to do when someone just says CC-BY/CC-BY-SA and does not specify a version but I am not aware of any consensus so that's what I do. --Captain-tucker (talk) 15:56, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. I agree that perhaps it is best to add 3.0 as version, but when it is already given as for instance cc-by-sa-all, I think I will accept that. Kind regards, Lymantria (talk) 13:26, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

License Review

Hi Captain-tucker. I've noted you dedicate some time to license reviewing and thought you might be interested in testing a new version of the script. Since I saw in your contributions that you sometimes review files with {{LicenseReview}}, I thought you might be a good reviewer to ask. Would you be interesting in reviewing files in Category:License review needed and do regular reviewing for testing? If so, you may temporarily replace the license review script with User:ZooFari/Sandbox.js. The new stuff about the script are:

• Use license + to review files with {{LicenseReview}}. Note it does not work yet if the template has parameters.
• If there is no {{Flickrreview}} or similar template, use license + and the script will add one to the bottom of the page (may not be convenient if the license is not the last object of the page; I'll try to see if I can find a solution)
• {{Picasareviewunnecessary}} and {{Panoramioreviewunnecessary}} in the license - drop down menu

This new modified version has many loops and conditions that can potentially introduce bugs, so any errors or suggestions before making it live would be appreciated. If you're busy then no big deal, just let me know. --ZooFari 04:30, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

I would be happy to test out your new script. --Captain-tucker (talk) 11:05, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Curious as to why you removed reference to your script in the edit summary. I think it's good to know that a certain script was used for something like {{LicenseReview}}. --Captain-tucker (talk) 12:08, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I removed the reference because I thought the summary looked cleaner and simple. Perhaps having them more informative by including the script reference would be more important. I'll see what I can come up with. Let me know if you have further suggestions. --ZooFari 06:31, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

OTRS

Hi Captain, thanks for leaving a note on my talk page that you are willing to help with the undeletion requestion related to OTRS. Currently there are a couple of OTRS tickets awaiting undeletion. Can you please handle that?

The numbers are 2011020910004428, 2011021010008958 and 2011021010012112. I will leave a note here if I find more tickets that need administrative assistance. --Sreejith K (talk) 16:30, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

 Done - File:Thakur nigamananda.JPG and File:DJ Scene bus picture.JPG have been undeleted. --Captain-tucker (talk) 16:41, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

One more. File:Wilhelm_Rotkiewicz_(1906-1983).jpg as per OTRS TT # 2011021210000925 --Sreejith K (talk) 18:31, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Also, File:DebrajRayPhotograph.jpg as per OTRS TT # 2011021210001228 --Sreejith K (talk) 18:34, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

 Done - File:Wilhelm_Rotkiewicz_(1906-1983).jpg and File:DebrajRayPhotograph.jpg undeleted. --Captain-tucker (talk) 18:52, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

File:Kaada-junkyard-nostalgias.jpg as per TT # 2011021710004887] --Sreejith K (talk) 18:59, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

File:Kaadajunkyard.jpg, File:Kaada recordings.jpg and File:Kaada-patton-dvd.jpg as per TT # 2011021710005001 --Sreejith K (talk) 19:05, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

All four  Done --Captain-tucker (talk) 20:17, 21 February 2011 (UTC)--Sreejith K (talk) 12:30, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

File:SMAW Field Shot.jpg as per TT # 2011021710015624 --Sreejith K (talk) 07:13, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

 Done --Captain-tucker (talk) 09:43, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

File:Eintopfcover.jpg as per TT # 2011022010009796 --Sreejith K (talk) 12:31, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

File:Flyer kaada.jpg as per TT # 2011021910008638 --Sreejith K (talk) 13:03, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

File:Eintopfcover.jpg as per TT # 2011022010009796 --Sreejith K (talk) 13:06, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

 Done, both files undeleted. --Captain-tucker (talk) 13:22, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

File:Leightonchanel.jpg as per 2011021210010692 --Sreejith K (talk) 05:23, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

 Done File:Leightonchanel.jpg undeleted

File:Capping stunt photo.jpg as per OTRS TT # 2011030210002361 --Sreejith K (talk) 06:15, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

 Done File:Capping stunt photo.jpg undeleted --Captain-tucker (talk) 08:49, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

It seems that the OTRS permission is only for the image while we might want the permission from the original owner of the image depicted in the poster. What do you think? Or can we take the poster under de minimis principle and give the photograph owner the copyright since there is also a certain amount of originality involved in the image? --Sreejith K (talk) 10:50, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

This is a close one, I would recommend that you open up a deletion request for this image asking if we need permission of the poster photographer or if it meets the requirements of de minimis. I would lean toward needing permission. A DR is the best way to go. --Captain-tucker (talk) 11:57, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

I have opened a DR here Commons:Deletion requests/File:Capping stunt photo.jpg. Please share your thoughts. --Sreejith K (talk) 13:02, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Oops

• File:Pontia daplidice larva.jpg - I think you have misread the source here... Lymantria (talk) 16:56, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

I don't think this is the first time :). I have changed the default fill-in to http://, hopefully avoiding confusion. --ZooFari 17:15, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

I caught one myself, should have gone back over the rest I guess. Thanks for catching my mistake. --Captain-tucker (talk) 17:33, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Captain-tucker, I have now made the changes to the script. You may switch back to licensereviewer.js. If you find any errors, please let me know! Thanks, --ZooFari 22:56, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

OTRS restorations

• File:Mediation_HKEMC_Venue_001.jpg
• File:Mediation_HKEMC_Venue_002.jpg
• File:Mediation_HKEMC_Venue_003.jpg
• File:Mediation_HKEMC_Logo.jpg

as per OTRS TT # 2011030210002637 --Sreejith K (talk) 04:52, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

 Done - All 4 files undeleted. --Captain-tucker (talk) 10:04, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

File:CIFOR_logo.png as per OTRS TT # 2011031610003333 --Sreejith K (talk) 10:17, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

 Done File:CIFOR_logo.png restored. --Captain-tucker (talk) 10:34, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

The following files as per OTRS TT # 2011030710018095

• File:Josh_Brolin_and_Diane_Lane.JPG
• File:HFPA07 5533.jpg
• File:Josh Wood.JPG

--Sreejith K (talk) 05:20, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

I have restored all three but please look carefully at File:Josh_Brolin_and_Diane_Lane.JPG, File:HFPA07 5533.jpg. They both have EXIF data that claim different authorship. You may want to review the entire ticket closely just to make sure. Let me know if you want File:Josh_Brolin_and_Diane_Lane.JPG and File:HFPA07 5533.jpg deleted again. --Captain-tucker (talk) 10:48, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Before I saw the images, it was already deleted stating balant copyright claim. Two persons, Josh Wood and Luisa Pisani has emailed OTRS saying that they are the owner of the image. They both have used the OTRS template email. Can I know what was the EXIF saying? --Sreejith K (talk) 13:11, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

If they use images for spamming - and all content at Josh Wood does not serve any other purpose but making a non-notable person visible in the internet, and that finding is consistent with the definition of spam - they should use their own images. The File:Josh_Brolin_and_Diane_Lane.JPG contains the author information of that WireImage photographer, the File:Josh Wood.JPG contains the information about said author. The only file that might be ok is File:Josh Wood.JPG where Jdwoodr is holding the camera himself apparently. Likley that upload is the only upload of Jdwoodr where the author claim holds, the rest is all not self-created. --Martin H. (talk) 09:26, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

File:HFPA07 5533.jpg list this in the EXIF: Copyright Info : ©2007 Hollywood Foreign Press Association. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NOT FOR RESALE. File:Josh_Brolin_and_Diane_Lane.JPG lists this in the EXIF: Copyright 2009 Lester Cohen - Let me know if you need anything else. --Captain-tucker (talk) 10:29, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

I replied back to the OTRS email asking him to explain this discrepancy. --Sreejith K (talk) 11:04, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

• File:Forest day 1 logo.jpg
• File:Forest day 2 logo.jpg
• File:Forest day 3 logo.JPG
• File:Forest day 4 dan nap.jpg
• File:Heaquarters bogor.jpg
• File:Theme1-mitigation.jpg
• File:Theme2-adaptation.jpg
• File:Theme3-smallholder.jpg
• File:Theme4-conservation.jpg
• File:Theme5-trade.jpg

as per OTRS TT # 2011031610003333 --Sreejith K (talk) 04:11, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

 Done, all restored. Please note that File:Forest day 1 logo.jpg, File:Forest day 2 logo.jpg & File:Forest day 3 logo.JPG do not have licenses.

File:Axel Zeebroek 2011.jpg

How is the state of this OTRS-ticket? Is it solved and/or can I delete it? -- Cecil (talk) 12:27, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

The permission email was for Wikipedia only, I replied back asking for a free license but never received a response back. I just sent another email saying that the images would be deleted and that if he could provide a free license we would gladly undelete them. So go ahead and delete, while you are at it File:Rutger_Beke_2011.jpg was in the same ticket. --Captain-tucker (talk) 21:04, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Permission was received for these two images from uplace.eu so they have been restored and OTRS permission tages added. --Captain-tucker (talk) 17:48, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Special mission

Another file fixed by the Captain!

Hi! Could you perhaps try to get a valid license for ms:Fail:JalurGemilangBg.jpg? --MGA73 (talk) 21:24, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Flickrmail and regular email send to author. Hopefully one of them goes to an active email account as the last Flickr upload was in 2008 and last Blog post was in 2009. --Captain-tucker (talk) 11:15, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

 Done ms:Fail:JalurGemilangBg.jpg is now CC-BY-SA-2.0. --Captain-tucker (talk) 09:17, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much. --MGA73 (talk) 17:01, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

File:Hôtel_de_ville_de_Vlora.jpg

File:Hôtel_de_ville_de_Vlora.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 file, 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. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

...Captain......Tälk tö me.. 13:05, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, Captain-tucker!

Tip: Add categories to your files

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]]

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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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Questionable uploads from "UED77"

Hi. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. The problem was that one of the the upload guides in Portuguese included my username and the name Cesáreo Fraile Izquierdo (which is someone else's), and some uploaders copy-pasted that verbatim into the file descriptions. I have since replaced most references to my name, but the problem isn't completely solved. I will work with other translators of help pages to make sure this cannot happen again. —UED77 (talk) 10:22, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Your assistance please...

Could you help me with some information concerning File:Family celebrating St Patricks day at Guantanamo.jpg?

Could you help me with the timeline?

User:Yachtsman1 placed a speedy tag on Category:O'Kelly's pub, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base on 15:38, 28 January 2011. I changed that speedy tag to a full deletion discussion on 10:34, 31 January 2011. You closed that discussion as keep on 13:41, 7 February 2011 You deleted it on 14:09, 7 February 2011.

The record shows you also closed the discussion on File:Family celebrating St Patricks day at Guantanamo.jpg as delete on 14:09, 7 February 2011 I changed the speedy delete Yachtsman1 put on 10:34, 31 January 2011 The record shows that I changed a speedy delete tag Yachtsman1 put on the file to a full deletion discussion on 16:59, 31 January 2011.

What I would like your help with are:

1. Did I upload the image of Patrick M. McCarthy, the senior officer who was responsible for the creation of the pub, and his family, prior to this offensive personal attack by w:User:Yachtsman1? Can you tell me when it was uploaded?
2. Can you tell me when Yachtsman1 placed the speedy deletion tag on the article?
3. If the wikipedia, or another sibling project, contained an article about the Pub, would you agree to restore this image of the club's founder on opening night?

Thanks! Geo Swan (talk) 17:39, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you on this as I have not been very active on Commons lately. To answer your questions, you uploaded the photo at 02:24, April 18, 2009, the speedy tag was added at 19:30, January 28, 2011 and the photo is not within COM:SCOPE because it appears to be a private image, it's a photo of a family at some type o celebration, there is nothing that relates the image to the Pub you mention. If you read this section carefully Commons:SCOPE#Examples, you will see that the photo in question is a perfect example of what it meant there. The other images in Category:O'Kelly's pub, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base relate to the pub but this one IMHO does not and is not in COM:SCOPE. You are of course free to bring this undeletion request to COM:UNDEL --Captain-tucker (talk) 00:55, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

You wrote "it's a photo of a family at some type o celebration, there is nothing that relates the image to the Pub you mention."

No offense, but the article the image illustrates was entitled "McCarthy's kick up heels at O'Kelly's" [7], [8]. 462 of the 714 words in the article the image illustrates are devoted to the McCarthy family, the family shown in that image. So, no, I can't agree that "there is nothing that relates the image to the Pub you mention."

Can we agree that images used on other project automatically in scope?

I asked you "If the wikipedia, or another sibling project, contained an article about the Pub, would you agree to restore this image of the club's founder on opening night?" Can we agree that there is, after all, a connection between this image of individuals who spoke or performed at the pub on opening night and the pub itself? Can I ask you to reconsider under what circumstances you would restore the image in order for it to legitimately be used on a sibling project?

I refreshed my memory of Commons:SCOPE#Examples. You said this called this appears to be a private image. However, doesn't the article largely about the featured role the family played on opening night in a public venue make this a public image? As an image taken by a GI it is not only a public image, it is a public domain image. Geo Swan (talk) 05:14, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

I would recommend that you bring this issue to COM:UNDEL and obtain consensus there as to whether or not this image is in scope. You make some good points and that is the place to ensure that the right thing is done. --Captain-tucker (talk) 09:16, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

OK, thanks. I think I will wait until I have actually require the image. Geo Swan (talk) 19:55, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Deletion page restoration

Could you restore the a page outside of the commons, specifically Category:Media missing permission as of 22 November 2010? I'm considering printing the list out, so I can see if I can take some free replacements from Mount Vernon, New York. ----DanTD (talk) 22:23, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

You would need to speak with an admin on the english Wikipedia, I am an admin on Commons only and can not undelete files on en wiki. --Captain-tucker (talk) 01:41, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Using your file

I have used the following file of a Monarch butterfly [9] in a blog about the same. [10] Thank you for making it available. Amandajm (talk) 01:50, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. You are the first person (out of 14 uses) that actually provided attribution! --Captain-tucker (talk) 11:39, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Huan's post card(croped).jpg

Hello!

Something went wrong in Commons:Deletion requests/File:Huan's post card(croped).jpg. You decided to delete it but it seems that it was kept instead. Maybe you can have a look over this issue. Regards, High Contrast (talk) 07:38, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know of that mistake, it has been corrected.--Captain-tucker (talk) 09:09, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:IMG1066A.jpg

Hello Captain-tucker, I was curious as to why you closed Commons:Deletion requests/File:IMG1066A.jpg as keep. It is an extremely low quality image of someone sitting in front of a computer at a radio station. There is an excessive amount of jpg compression and the image is in a fairly low resolution. It isn't used on any of the projects, and there is no foreseeable educational use for the image in the future, either on one of the Wikimedia projects or elsewhere. Therefore, it is out of COM:SCOPE#File not legitimately in use. Alpha_Quadrant ^(talk) 16:18, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

This image didn't seem like it was blatantly out of scope and it seemed like there was a possibility that it could be used. This was admittedly a close call, I was on the fence thinking about it but ultimatly decided to close it as keep. There were no other comments so it was a judgement call. --Captain-tucker (talk) 04:21, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Ok, thank you for the explanation. Would it be fine with you if I renominated it. Perhaps a second nomination will draw comments. Alpha_Quadrant ^(talk) 20:06, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

If you would like that is fine as I have no 'stake' or interest in the image at all. --Captain-tucker (talk) 22:17, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Talk page

I notice that the talk page File talk:Arieliv3.jpg still exists even though you deleted the image page per Commons:Deletion requests/File:Arieliv3.jpg. Thanks Ww2censor (talk) 05:05, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, apparently the DelReqHandler gadget does not notify you if a talk page still exists. --Captain-tucker (talk) 09:46, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

So there is some use in my keeping such nominations on my watch list after all! Thanks Ww2censor (talk) 16:02, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Deletion of File:TramontoBosa.jpg

Hi, and thanks for reviewing my deletion request. You kept it because it was in use in it.wiki. In fact that picture was just part of a gallery, and didn't hold any prominent role in the article. I removed the file from it.wiki page about Bosa now. Should I nominate the file for deletion again? --Japs 88 (talk) 11:01, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

You certainly free to nominate the file again. I personally don't see anything wrong with the file, we do have lot's of sunsets but deleting a file does not save any resources, it just hides the file from public view. --Captain-tucker (talk) 18:47, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Not encyclopedic

Hi Captain-tucker, I removed File:The Iranian National Museum Of Medical Sciences History, Tehran; Iran (By Dr. Maziar Ashrafian Bonab) (4).JPG and File:The Iranian National Museum Of Medical Sciences History, Tehran; Iran (By Dr. Maziar Ashrafian Bonab) (14).jpg from the English Wikipedia article. Unfortunately I'm currently blocked on Persian Wikipedia and I couldn't remove them from the equivalent Persian Wikipedia article? If I ask a user of Persisn Wikipedia to remove them because of not being encyclopedic, will you delete them? AMERICOPHILE 18:27, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

If circumstances change relative to these files you are certainly free to nominate them for deletion a second time. --Captain-tucker (talk) 18:50, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

faked Picasa-Review

Hi Captain-tucker, another user has obviously faked "your" Picasa-review and here for 2 files; though the file itself seems to be o.k. --Túrelio (talk) 10:11, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Will keep an eye on that user. --Captain-tucker (talk) 10:30, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Notification about possible deletion

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. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Affected:

• File:1 Billie Burke best 800.jpg

Yours sincerely Stefan4 (talk) 01:09, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

RfCU

Thank you for your support and kind words.      Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk to me) 11:06, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

You are welcome, I am sure you will do a great job. --Captain-tucker (talk) 12:36, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

File:Logo - Festivalul Ecoul Pietrei Craiului.jpg

Hello.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Logo_-_Festivalul_Ecoul_Pietrei_Craiului.jpg#.7B.7Bint:filedesc.7D.7D

Yes, this it's a copyrighted logo, but it's our logo and I think we can use it. or What should I do ?

Please follow the directions here: COM:OTRS for mailing permissions assuming you are the copyright holder of the image. --Captain-tucker (talk) 22:16, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Repost of File:Карлышева3.jpg

As I remember, File:Карлышева3.jpg, deleted by Commons:Deletion requests/File:Карлышева3.jpg was the same as File:Карлышева.jpg. I think it is repost, so please look at it. Dmitry89 (talk) 20:01, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice, it has been deleted. --Captain-tucker (talk) 20:08, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

TUSC token c5807f5b47c1c877c74a2a9c25dd904a

I am now proud owner of a TUSC account!

About the difficulties to understand the different combinations of Licence

Hello !

I received a strange message on my ip count telling me that I tried to vandalize commons ??? Actually, I didn't understand the different combinations of Licence. I think I understood now. I didn't tried to vandalize but I was surprised by the message shown when selecting specific Licence. I thought I couldn't use that licence on wikipedia. That's why, I do and undo until I understand the meaning and the purpose of the message.

Please, understand that it was only because I didn't know what kind of licence I should use to protect my svg file.

Sincerely yours,

French user, --Matwi (talk) 08:02, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Sorry about that, I was doing a real time patrol of IP address changes and saw an IP address change a license to a template that did not exist on File:Montpellier - Tramway network.svg. I assumed that it was vandalism. IP address sometimes make strange edits in attemps at vandalism. I will remove the template from the IP address. I see that you have changed the license using your regular user id. Do you know that once you release a image like this using a Creative Commons license that its irrevocable. The CC-BY-SA-3.0 license will always be valid. So just changing the license to CC-BY-NC-ND is not a valid reason to delete the file. The image is in use, why do you apparently want it deleted? --Captain-tucker (talk) 11:33, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

I don't want to delete it ! I just want to protect the file from commercial use? Thanks for your help. --82.229.135.217 11:53, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Ok, Unfortunately as I mentioned you have released the image using the CC-BY-SA-3.0 license so there is no way to stop if from possibly being used for commercial reasons. Once you license something with a Creative Commons license its irrevocable which means that you can not retract that license, it's valid forever. The only way to stop it from being used commercially would be to get the image deleted via a deletion request but that may be difficult as it is in use and you did publish it with a valid CC-BY-SA-3.0 license. --Captain-tucker (talk) 12:07, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Clematis 'Niobe'.JPG, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Nice. --Mattbuck 16:01, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

add VisualFileChange.js

with

// == add VisualFileChange.js ==

Kind regards (developer) -- RE rillke questions? 17:46, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! --Captain-tucker (talk) 18:19, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Photo deletion by you...

Hi, I posted a photo back in February to the Wikipedia page of Laura Cha.

Ms. Cha is a personal family friend and she gave me a photo of herself that had been taken by her husband. She asked me to post it as a replacement photo to one that already existed... and that she hated.

I did that... but apparently not in the right procedure, as you deleted it.

Can you please advise how I should "properly" go about replacing her photo for her?

I have read several pages in Wikipedia and Wikimedia etc... but frankly, ams still lost.

Thank you very much.

Tom

Tom, The photo that you uploaded File:Laura May Lung Cha.jpg on 2012-01-01 appears to be a professional corporate 'head shot' and has been published on the internet in many different locations [11],[12],etc... If you have an image that you personally took with your camera you can upload that. If you obtain a photo that someone else personally took with their camera then you need to follow the procedure at COM:OTRS. The photo must have a free license such as CC-BY or CC-BY-SA. You can not download a photo that appears on the internet or that someone else took without obtaining a free license from that person. If her husband really took the photo that you uploaded then you will need him to send an email with proof that he holds the copyright to that photo as described in COM:OTRS. Having the original high resolution image with EXIF data would be very helpful. When someone uploads a very low resolution photo that is published in many other locations on the internet we usually assume that they just downloaded it from some other website and uploaded it here without obtaining a free license from the copyright holder. Please let me know if you have any more questions. --Captain-tucker (talk) 11:42, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

File:2007 Acura RL.jpg

File:2007 Acura RL.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 file, 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. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Pierpao.lo (listening) 13:50, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

You deleted a photo that I took personally and gave full permission for common use

Why did you take down my photo???? It was from my camera, by my hand, and was free use for anyone. What's up with that, Captain?

Could you let me know the name of the photo please.--Captain-tucker (talk) 00:28, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

"Alpina_Sherpa_.JPG"

Files on Wikivoyage from Flickr

Hi!

If you are still into Flicr files then we have http://wts.wikivoyage-old.org/wiki/Category:Files_from_Flickr_-_local_licencereview with files that was uploaded to Wikivoyage or Wikitravel. The files are now unfree or no longer excisting but they were reviewed by a local user.

So we could 1) Trust the local reviewer or 2) Ask the user on Flickr for a change of license or a permission or 3) ???

Do you have any good ideas what to do? --MGA73 (talk) 08:01, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Well if we consider this against out 'rules', I don't think we can just trust the local reviewer. I would recommend that if any of the Flick authors are no longer on Flickr these image cannot be moved since we will not be able to contact them. The only thing we can do and meet our Flickr review requirements would be to try and contact the Flickr authors and verify if the free license was ever valid. I have not been that active on Commons lately but I will see if I can find some time to contact some of these Flickr authors. --Captain-tucker (talk) 01:52, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Help: no-FoP Italy

Hi. When you have a moment, could you do me a favor. I decided to occupy my time to list the no-FoP files in Italy. It has been a long and difficult work that needs to be reviewed by administrators. Please, could you check if everything is correct on User:Raoli/Deletion requests/FoP Italy? Thanks! Raoli ✉ (talk) 00:23, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

File:77 monza mirage.jpg

File:77 monza mirage.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 file, 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. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Raoli ✉ (talk) 16:58, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

can't vote on picture of the year

hey, i've had an account on en.wikipedia.org for years and have made many edits ( > 750). it says if i'm logged in at en.wikipedia.org i'm automatically logged in at wikimedia.org, but when i try to look at the pics it says i'm not logged in (but i am -- at wikipedia), then when I try to log in (at wikimedia) it says my user name (Too Old) doesn't exist.

Don't know if you can help, but, if not, can you direct me appropriately?

Too Old

I believe that you need to visit this page: Special:MergeAccount. You will then be able log in to any wiki site of the Wikimedia Foundation without creating a new account. --Captain-tucker (talk) 10:43, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

SEEKING PERMISSION TO USE ONE OF YOUR IMAGES

Dear Captain-tucker,

We are visual artists and academics who are currently working on a chapter in a book entitled ‘The Photograph and the Album’ (published by MuseumsEtc http://museumsetc.com/blogs/news/7422776-forthcoming-the-photograph-and-the-album). We are also contributing to the editorship of this volume.

Our chapter is examining the role that the internet plays in acting as a 'giant photograph album'. We have taken this principle and have begun to look for images, searching – as many of us do – under our own names, curious to find out what images appear.

The following image came up in relation to one of our surnames:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rcnwr-1.jpg

We are interested in using this image in our chapter and want to confirm that you agree that we can do this in line with the statement that appears in Wikimedia Commons which is as follows:

“I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so: I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.”

To be clear about our use of the image, it will appear as part of a sequence of images for which we will provide full captions and acknowledgement (in reference to the information which appears on the webpage provided above).

We hope you are willing to give permission and would appreciate if you would confirm this via this email – J.Carson@salford.ac.uk. We would also be very grateful if you could inform us of any other parties from whom we should seek permission in reference to this image, if you are aware of any such parties.

If you are willing to give permission please confirm the text you would like us to present in relation to the images to satisfy the condition of attribution.

We would appreciate it if you could respond by Friday June 21st 2013.

Thank you for your consideration & please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Very best regards, Rosie Miller & Jonathan Carson

See private email for response. Let me know if you need anything else.--Captain-tucker (talk) 13:03, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Editor @ ar.wiki

Hello. I would like to inform you that I have granted you editor flag at the Arabic Wikipedia, all your edits there will be automatically marked as patrolled. Best regards.--Avocato (talk) 13:54, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. --Captain-tucker (talk) 07:11, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

File:North Thompson River.jpg

File:North Thompson River.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 file, 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. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Mackensen (talk) 17:28, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

2014 !

	* * * 2014! * * *
	Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Happy holidays! -- George Chernilevsky talk 21:14, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

Restoration files

Hi, Captain-tucker. You deleted 2 pictures, that I downloaded. I sent letter to 'permissions-commons@wikimedia.org' (27.02.13) with permissions of the author of this photo. Please restore this files:

• Казанской иконы Божьей матери.jpg
• св. Андрея Первозванного.jpg

When the OTRS agent validates the permission they will either restore the images if they have admin rights on Commons or request the restoration from an admin. The restoration request must come from the OTRS agent when the permission has been validated. --Captain-tucker (talk) 15:41, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

rename request

Please change my name from gundu to gunduu because this name is already exists on wikipedia. So i registered wikipedia as gunduu please merge or rename as gunduu--Gundu (talk) 09:31, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

File tagging File:BASF logo.svg

This media was probably deleted.

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Wikiuser13 (talk) 16:44, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

ArchiveBot

Hi, I noticed you have set up User:MiszaBot to archive your talk page. Unfortunately, the bot has stopped working, and given how its operator is inactive, it is unclear when/if this will fixed. For the time being, I have volunteered to operate a MiszaBot clone (running the exact same code). With that said, your input would be appreciated at Commons:Bots/Requests/ArchiveBot 1. Regards, FASTILY 07:40, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Deletion of the image which is no more valid

Hello Captain Tucker,

This image has no more use and the kingfisher airline has ceased all of its operation. Hence request you to delete this screen shot. Thanks

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trz-lhr.jpg#file

The above image has already been deleted by another admin as a copyright violation. --Captain-tucker (talk) 09:14, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

Please restore my image

The last one deleted at Commons:Deletion requests/File:AlewifeEnvironmentalArt2.JPG was mine. I was not notified of this deletion discussion, and even the nom suggests de minimas may apply. I request that the image is restored; feel free to start a new deletion discussion about it. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 10:09, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

I am sorry that User:Pi.1415926535 did not notify your of the DR that included your file. I will restore the file and create a new DR. Give me a day or so as I am very busy at the moment. --Captain-tucker (talk) 11:02, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Oh crap, I am so sorry, Piotrus; I did not mean to forget you. I included that image in the original deletion discussion for completion's sake, but I would support it being restored without even bothering with a second deletion discussion. As I recall, the art was not the primary focus of the image and it's an easy de minimis claim. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:07, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

File:Airport (MBTA station) entrance.jpg‎ restored as per De minimis --Captain-tucker (talk) 23:41, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Cheers, thanks! Pi.1415926535 (talk) 00:58, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Echo: User:Pi.1415926535. Thanks, guys. I appreciate your friendly and rapid handling of this request! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 06:51, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Main Page Urdu

Hi,

Could you explain why you deleted the Main Page in Urdu??? صفحۂ اول Thanks, Yann (talk) 14:48, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, I believe it had a speedy tag with the reason 'Editing Test'. I admit I did not translate the title as I (apparently wrongly) assumed that someone had created a page as an editing test. I will be a bit more careful with things like that in the future. --Captain-tucker (talk) 15:32, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Happy holidays! 2015!

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Please restore Humanfolk

Could you please restore the Humanfolk photo that you have deleted? It's currently in discussion with the permissions email. The ticket number for this discussion is Ticket#2014122910001306. Thanks. --Jojit (talk) 11:46, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

If the OTRS agent believes that permission has been granted the photo can very easily be un-deleted by any admin at the request of an OTRS agent. Deleted photos on Commons are just hidden from view, not actually deleted. --Captain-tucker (talk) 11:52, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

FYI, the photo was restored. Thanks anyway for your advise. --Jojit (talk) 01:16, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

File:George Billman.JPG

You deleted File:George Billman.JPG as no OTRS permission, however permission was sent. OTRS is currently extremely backlogged ("approximately 52 days"). I don't know what Commons policy is, but common sense would say not to delete files when they pass the 30 day mark if the backlog is 52 days. Please advise. --ThaddeusB (talk) 17:01, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

If the OTRS agent believes that permission has been granted the photo can very easily be un-deleted by any admin at the request of an OTRS agent. Deleted photos on Commons are just hidden from view, not actually deleted. So when and if your permission is approved your photo will be un-deleted. --Captain-tucker (talk) 01:34, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Most OTRS agents are not commons admins (and I am well aware how deletion works, thanks), and no one else can verify that a deleted image matches the image in the permission file. Again, it seems incredibly stupid to delete images after 30 days when the backlog is longer than 30 days. It is simply not possible ANY file will be approved in that time frame at current, so such deletions are creating a lot of unnecessary work. Can you please undelete the image so I can put the pending ticket number on it. I can't approve it since it is my image, but I can retrieve the ticket number since I am an OTRS volunteer. --ThaddeusB (talk) 15:53, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

ThaddeusB, you should have told me from the beginning that you were an OTRS agent. I am a former agent and will un-delete this file immediately. --Captain-tucker (talk) 20:54, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Much appreciated. I was hesitant to put the "received" template on it originally because the template says "the message was not sufficient to confirm permission" (and because it was my image) - I should have simply looked at the documentation and seen there is a "processing" parameter earlier. --ThaddeusB (talk) 16:53, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

File tagging File:Akshardham Airpano wide view.png

I have added the license info (email exchange with Airpano). I tried to contact the admin who put the deletion tag but could not reach the admin. Would you please remove the deletion tag. Thanks 08:05, 27 March 2015 (UTC) Kapil.xerox (talk) 08:05, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

File tagging File:Akshardham airpano.png

I have also added license info (email exchange with Airpano). Could not contact original admin that put the tag. Would you please remove the deletion tag. Thanks Kapil.xerox (talk) 08:07, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

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Copyright status: File:East Whale Bay beach IMG 1697.jpg

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Happy holidays! 2017! ;)

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Problem with a college of yours

Ellin Blitz , states that a photo I took of my (since August 2016) passed away dad's Type Certificate for flying as Captain (Commander) of an Airbus A320 has a copyright belonging to the instructor at Airbus who signed the document. But he (the instructor) was employed by Airbus Industries. (dad was an airliner pilot between 1967 and 1997. I just cannot imagine flight-instructors receiving copyright moneys for signing the pilot has fulfilled his education for this type of aircraft. If possible, could you help me ? Further, it appears as if I take a shot of a novel - then that's not legal. But if taking a screenshot of the same novel at the web, then there is no problems at all. Boeing720 (talk) 02:29, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

Here's the link. Commons:Deletion requests/File:Airbus A320 Captain TypeRatingCertifikate.jpg

Boeing720 (talk) 02:31, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

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Commons Conference project

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File:A-B-Z-DNA Side View Transparent.png

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JuTa 20:53, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

Happy holidays! 2018! ;)

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File:Bell x-2.jpg

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Jcb (talk) 10:48, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

beetz

Hi, you deleted wrong image Here --Shisma (talk) 21:26, 30 January 2018 (UTC) Shisma (talk) 21:26, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, it has been corrected. --Captain-tucker (talk) 16:53, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

DR

Hi, Can you please undelete Commons:Deletion requests/File:Mr. Herod ~ himself (24211043561).jpg - The nominator is a sock!, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 21:14, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

• Can you restore all images nominated by Linda Lessi as they're a sock of INeverCry, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 21:16, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
  • Items are deleted based on policy not based on who nominates them. If they met the deletion criteria then they should stay deleted. The image you mentioned above was out of scope in my opinion as per the nomination. Captain-tucker (talk) 16:33, 3 June 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Photographer's Barnstar
	organised and neat wikipedia account,great photo book and publications. Delux.delux (talk) 14:01, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank You! Captain-tucker (talk) 09:59, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Happy holidays 2019! ;-)

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Help

Hi, recently an editor named RainbowSilver2ndBackup has uploaded some images that link Houthis to North Korea [13][14] [15] . He says that these images are fictional. Is this allowed in Wikipedia? They aren't sourced flags. He made up these flags from his mind. These images promote biased POV. Could you please help. Are we allowed to create fictional flags to promote our POV??!!. Thanks.--شرعب السلام (talk) 13:00, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

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You can read the de-admin policy at Commons:Administrators/De-adminship. 4nn1l2 (talk) 15:17, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

Happy holidays 2020!

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Vndlsm

Hi. As you are online, can you please stop Special:Contributions/Ashfaaaq? Thx. --E4024 (talk) 03:15, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Happy holidays 2020/2021!

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Please participate in the Universal Code of Conduct consultation on Wikimedia Commons!

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Report

Hello, please take a look at this report: Commons:Administrators' noticeboard#Files named with meaningless/disruptive names (motivated renaming was reverted without any valid reason) as these are serious everyday violations of the Commons rules and protection of meaningless names (in this case, Kalumny which translates as Columns). User Kazimier Lachnovič with filemover rights constantly performs violations of the Commons rules, creates instability issues and protects meaningless names, thus creates confusion. His Commons admin rights previously were lifted, but it is clear that it is not enough. -- Pofka (talk) 17:07, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi, I believe you have made a mistake

On 31st August you have removed this image: https://flickr.com/photos/64865925@N07/6996884540 for the reason "Unfree Flickr license".

However, if you click on the license, "Some rights reserved", it brings you here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/

According to the license this image uses, we can use this image for Wikipedia purposes since there is attribution, it is non commercial and no derivatives (no editing the image). Can you reverse the removal? RBut (talk) 03:06, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

by-nc-nd is not an acceptable license for Commons, please see Commons:Licensing#Well-known_licenses. Captain-tucker (talk) 02:10, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

About the official photo of the current president of Brazil

Hi, I would like to say that I made a mistake with the copyright code of a certain image, I made a mistake with the creative commons code, I should put it as it is on that site to submit to Wikipedia. Could you solve this error for me? The real code is this (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)) as I got the code wrong because I'm new to Wikipedia and looking to contribute to this site. Could you reverse this removal? I would appreciate it a lot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ecleridus (talk • contribs) 23:04, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

Unfortunately CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 is not an acceptable license for Commons, please see Commons:Licensing#Well-known_licenses. The NC is not allowed here on Commons. Captain-tucker (talk) 23:07, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

Deletion question

Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Arch_Near_Louvre_Nathan_&_Miranda_Todd_(10582357403).jpg has two regular editors (I'm one of them) voting to keep and disputing the stated reason for deletion request. Could you explain a bit more why you thought this needs deletion? Thank you for your attention. Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 00:47, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

The photo appears to be a personal photo and would then be out of COM:SCOPE.Captain-tucker (talk) 00:51, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks much for your prompt reply. In this case I disagree with your decision. I have listed it at Commons:Undeletion_requests/Current_requests#File:Arch_Near_Louvre_Nathan_&_Miranda_Todd_(10582357403).jpg. Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 01:11, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

No problem, please let me know the results, when it decided on COM:UNDEL. Captain-tucker (talk) 01:22, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

File:Bella Thorne for Vogue 2019 03.png

IMO, File:Bella Thorne for Vogue 2019 03.png should not have been speedy deleted. Even if the source video doesn’t currently have a free license, it did at one point and the image passed a license review. If there are doubts about the validity of that review, it should be brought to DR instead. clpo13_(talk) 01:22, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

My apologies, you are correct. Deleting files while watching the 13th inning of a playoff baseball game is probably not the best idea :-). Captain-tucker (talk) 01:30, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Deletion of 권나라_2020.webp

hello @Captain-tucker Please can you undelete the file because the deletion request is just nominated and there is no single opinion based on, or any single hard evidence that proves any copyright infringement.  Thank you. 💖 Sakura Hana 🌸 (talk) 20:09, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

As per COM:DEL "requests can be closed by an administrator after seven days", the DR was created 7 days ago. If you have a reason why this file should be restored you can request undeletion at COM:UNDEL.

Happy holidays 2021/2022!

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How we will see unregistered users

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File:Bob Chase Sr.jpg VTRS ticket

Please would you look at this file with a view to either confirming the ticket or possible other action on the file? Timtrent (talk) 09:25, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

@Timtrent: Someone sent in an email to the VRTS about this image last October. A request for more specific information was made and no response was ever received. So it can't be considered confirmed. Captain-tucker (talk) 18:57, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. I have sent it for a deletion discussion. You may have seen already Timtrent (talk) 20:25, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

VRTS status of a file

Can you check if File:Sarah.webp has the right permissions? I nominated it for deletion but a user claiming to be the subject of the photo is saying it was already confirmed by VRTS. Bait30 (talk) pls ping me when you reply 20:10, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

@Bait30: Someone sent in an email to the VRTS about this image last November. A request for more specific information was made and no response was ever received. So it can't be considered confirmed. Captain-tucker (talk) 18:55, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Charles Weldon Cannon exhibit IMG 0247.JPG

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Charles Weldon Cannon exhibit IMG 0247.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 project page, 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. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

  — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 12:17, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

Sound Logo

Hello,

I am messaging you because a contest for a sound logo for Wikimedia is being developed and your opinion as a Wikimedia Commons admin is appreciated. My team would like to know if it is possible for the top finalist sound logos in the contest to have attribution temporarily hidden from public view until all the votes are final? The idea is to let the public judge the sound logo contestants based on the merit of the logo, not the person or people who made it. Again, any feedback is appreciated.

Thank you,

VGrigas (WMF) (talk) 17:31, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

File:Jochen Zeitz HD Photo 2021.jpg

Hi, Could you please fix the license? Thanks, Yann (talk) 11:15, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

 Done Captain-tucker (talk) 16:00, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Question about two deleted files

Hello, Captain-tucker. On October 1st you deleted two photos, which I uploaded to Wikimedia, because of ARR. A few days ago, I found a Collectif-Objets site owned by the French Ministry of Culture that has the same pictures, but licensed under the etalab-2.0. Is it possible now to recover deleted photos for this reason?

Removed files I'm asking about:

1. Statue (gisant) le Squelette, détail (467 x 700).jpg | This file is named "oa055_20215500227.jpg" on the Collectif Objets site. (8th photo out of 24 in the Collectif Objets' gallery, 8/24)
2. Statue (gisant) le Squelette, vue partielle (467 x 700).jpg | This file is named "oa055_20215500230.jpg" on the Collectif Objets site. (11/24)

Iwego (talk) 16:22, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

@Iwego: Sorry for the delay. I have undeleted both files and updated the info on each page. You may want to re view those changes and update if necessary. Captain-tucker (talk) 13:53, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

Happy holidays 2022/2023!

		* Happy Holidays 2022/2023, Captain-tucker! *
		Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Joyeux Noël! Bonne année! Frohes Weihnachten! Frohes Neues Jahr! ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo! Щасливого Різдва! З Новим роком!    -- George Chernilevsky talk 00:36, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

Files Martin Fröst by Mats Bäcker 1.jpg and 2 and 3

Hello Captain-tucker, Today the author Mats Bäcker sent you the release for these photos; I received a copy of it. Now Mats Bäcker tells me that you did not read him as the author in the picture information, but a Nicolaj Lund, which he cannot explain.

I have now read out the 3 photos myself and find the information Nicolaj Lund only on the 1st picture, not on the other two. There it says Mats Bäcker as the author. So these two photos are fine. The first photo is an adaptation of mine, in which I changed the original blue background. As a new background I copied the background from some photo and then projected the cropped photo of Mats Bäcker onto it. Obviously, the background of this is taken by Nicolaj Lund. I now replaced this picture with the blue original. This should clear up any confusion.

Please confirm now, that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms of Wikimedia. Gisbert K (talk) 21:39, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

I added the permission tag on the three images and deleted the first version of File:Martin Fröst by Mats Bäcker 1.jpg which you said was adapted by you and not the original. Captain-tucker (talk) 13:00, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

Notification about possible deletion

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. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Affected:

• File:England Away Shirt 2010-12 (torso).jpg

Yours sincerely, Jonteemil (talk) 12:57, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Invitation to participate in/contribute to a photo contest

English

Dear Captain-tucker,

We’re excited to share with you our first-ever art and photo contest for this year’s #VisibleWikiWomen, on Unpacking Body Plurality in Sports!

We’re inviting submissions of photos, illustrations, and other forms of art depicting womxn and non-binary people in sports — as athletes, fans, cheerleaders, referees, journalists, and much more. Our #VisibleWikiWomxn contest celebrates the bodies of womxn in sports by centering their voices, images, stories, and experiences in all their diversity, plurality, and glory.

You can find all the information on our landing page: Unpacking Body Plurality in Sports

Spanish

Hola Captain-tucker,

Queremos invitarte a participar de nuestro primer concurso de arte y fotografía "Cuerpos plurales en el deporte" en el marco de la campaña #VisibleWikiWomen de este año.

Estamos convocando a presentar fotos, ilustraciones y otras formas de arte que representen a mujeres y personas no binarias en el deporte - atletas, personas aficionadas, animadoras, árbitras, periodistas y personas ligadas al deporte en todos los aspectos. Nuestro concurso #VisibleWikiWomxn celebra los cuerpos de las mujeres en el deporte centrándose en sus voces, imágenes, historias y experiencias en toda su diversidad, pluralidad y gloria.

Puedes encontrar toda la información en la página del concurso.

Portuguese

Olá Captain-tucker,

Ficamos felizes em convidar você a participar de nossa primeira Wiki-competição de arte e fotografia, como parte da campanha #VisibleWikiWomen deste ano, sobre "Corpos plurais no esporte"!

Estamos recebendo fotos, ilustrações, e outras formas de arte que retratem mulheres e pessoas não-binárias nos esportes — como atletas, torcedoras, juízas, jornalistas, e muito mais. Nossa competição #VisibleWikiWomxn celebra os corpors de mulheres e pessoas não-binárias e coloca ao centro suas vozes, imagens, histórias, e experiências em toda sua pluralidade e glória.

Você pode encontrar todas as informações necessárias em nossa página: Unpacking Body Plurality in Sports. Sunshine Fionah Komusana (talk) 09:59, 12 October 2023 (UTC)