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Thanks. Unfortunately, I'm not an OTRS user, so I can't confirm or deny (hopefully confirm) that the image may be used. It shouldn't take too long for an OTRS user to get around to it, though, perhaps a week or two? –Juliancolton | Talk15:49, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
Evidently bureaucrats can't locally assign the import flag (who knew?), so I guess you'll have to talk to a steward... sorry about that. –Juliancolton | Talk13:32, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
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Commentsgreat, definitely QI! But why ISO 2000, 1/800s...? You can see that the quality suffered, maybe with F10, ISO 100 and 1/320s the picture could be FP. Because the composition, lighting and angle of view are very good... I'm not sure if it could FP now... Well... --Carschten16:41, 17 January 2011 (UTC) Thanks. Unfortunately, that can be attributed purely to operator failure, as I had forgotten to readjust the ISO after some night shooting the previous evening. :( I think it's still worth QI though, so I'm glad to see your positive review. Juliancolton01:05, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I've already been able to rename my account from "gaby_la_star" to "gbrlhtclcq" in the French and English wikipedia, but in commons.wikimedia.org my user name is still "gaby_la_star". Could you please rename my account from "gaby_la_star" to "gbrlhtclcq" ? That would be awesome. I want to rename because I don't want my name to be associated with "gaby_la_star" anymore.
Thanks for any help !
Kind regards,
Gaby la star (talk) 07:37, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
So... I was thinking about going for adminship here again. I am an OTRS volunteer and as you know an enWP admin. I would like to be able to help with COM:DEL as it always seems to be bogged down as well as help with "speedy" deletions. Let me know if you think I am adminable :p --Admrboltz (talk) 01:25, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Hey Russell, glad to see you're still interested. Just took another look at your vitals (contribs, deleted contribs, talkpage) and it seems to me the community would be readily willing to promote you to +sysop. We always need more admins over at DR, so if you're prepared to trudge through the years of overdue stuff, then I'd say you're good to go. Want a nom? –Juliancolton | Talk02:55, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
I do not at all mean to be rude by this question, but have you seen my last question at the "Changing username" page? If you haven't been online, I'm very sorry for "nagging" a bit, but I just wanted to make sure that you got it. Thank you in advance!
I have replied at the page with the file in question. Reasons for deletion of my versions are, as you will find there, anonymity, bad quality, and because a new version is already up.
Is it possible to delete my version and the reverted one by Jcb, which is mine as well, without deleting the new version that's in use?
You would do me a huge favour, and I will not ask anymore of you.
Dutch773
File mover status
Julian - Just discovered file mover status. Based on my extent of works uploaded, this would be a helpful tool. I can haz filemoverz? upstateNYer12:50, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
Hmm, I'm honestly not sure to be honest. In retrospect it seems more practical that way, so I'll try to do that from now on. Thanks. –Juliancolton | Talk19:28, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi. Can you please change my name to User:Spesh531? I already sent in the request. I would appreciate it (not in a demanding way) Thanks. -- The spesh man (talk) 02:16, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
OTRS
Hi. I've noticed that I still have an OTRS operator flag, which is not valid anymore, because I ceased to be one some time ago. Could you please remove it from my Commons account? Thanks! Masur (talk) 19:22, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
There is a little problem with the user Gaijin. I use that name as my unified account, and the two contributions in Commons are related to articles I created in the Spanish wikipedia, so I don´t understand why the account here in Commons is not unified. Can you check if there is any problem? Thanks a lot! --210.165.148.17314:28, 31 March 2011 (UTC) P.S. Here is my SUL data, and links to the two articles I mentioned: Blitz related to this sound file and Nakajima Sakae, related to this picture.
When you tagged this file as reviewed was it licensed as "no known copyright restrictions"? Currently the file is licensed as cc-by-2.0. MorganKevinJ(talk)15:41, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I've already renamed my account from "Just_Angelus" to "ANGELUS" in the Italian Wikipedia, but in commons.wikimedia.org my username is still "Just_Angelus". Could you please rename my account? That would be awesome.
My request is here. Thank you! Just Angelus (talk) 19:20, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
I have the global account associated with Tathar, and I'd like to use the same name on Commons, but someone currently has a Commons account of that name. The usurpation instructions on Commons are a lot more difficult to understand than they are on enwiki, and I need some help following them. Since I do not have a Commons username yet, please respond on en:User:Tathar instead of here. --173.168.123.18721:25, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
Dear Juliancolton, I am Nodar Kherkheulidze, my wiki home is on ka.wikipedia.org. There I changed my old username "Nodar kherkheulidze" to "Nodar Kherkheulidze" (difference between these usernames: new username starts with big letter "K"). I kindly ask yo to change my old username "Nodar kherkheulidze" to "Nodar Kherkheulidze". Now I have two mentioned accounts, but I don not want the old one: "Nodar kherkheulidze". Thank you in advance. Nodar Kherkheulidze (talk) 10:08, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
Hiya Julian, how are things? I have a question, licence for File:Sudbury sno.jpg says it is public domain because it's copyright expired, (likely because creation prior to 1923), but the date on the source says 1999 (also I doubt there was much thought put into observing neutrenos in Sudbury in 1923). The link is a NASA website (which would suggest public domain) but the credit is to a fella from Queens University, in Kingston, Ontario...Queens in cahoots with NASA = PD? Thoughs?--Kelapstick (talk) 19:42, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
Please undelete file File:Mlawacentrumlotnicze.JPG and another files uploaded by same user in same time. It must be about 15 files. We have permission for this files in OTRS system (2011101310016599) from 18 days, but we have not active user with sysop rights in polish queues for supporting this. Sp5uhe (talk) 12:21, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
I'm not familiar with the finer points of licensing on Commons. According to the summary, this image's author is the University of Michigan, yet the license says the file is PD because it's a work of the U.S. Federal Government. The source is listed as a Google cache copy of a page from the University of Michigan's website. I'm not extremely knowledgeable about Commons policies, but this seems a little fishy to me. Is there a template to add to an image description page to tag it for closer inspection? —danhash (talk) 20:15, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
Just letting everyone know that I'm still lurking, and do intend to at some point resume editing and use of my sysop/bureaucrat tools. Hope all's well with everyone, and I wish all my colleagues a happy New Years in the meantime. –Juliancolton | Talk00:02, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
Dear Juliancolton/Archive 6. I am writing to you to inform you that you are in danger of losing your adminship on Commons because of inactivity.
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Thank you for the kind words - I will try to make as good use of the tools as I can, and although I feel quite safe in most situations, I will take you up on that declaration to help me out in a pinch :) Wpedzich (talk) 21:29, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Thank you, Julian. Of course I'll be taking in account also the opinions expressed by those who didn't support my RfA. -- Blackcat (talk) 22:05, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Help with unified login
Hi Julian, thanks for helping me to sort out my login to Commons. However, I'm still having trouble with setting up my unified login because I've got the same problem with my Mediawiki Bazonka account (which I don't think I've ever used). I can't log in or change my password. Can you help please, or will I need to find a Mediawiki admin/bureaucrat to help? Bazonka (talk) 22:23, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
If Special:MergeAccount didn't work, then I think you might have to ask a bureaucrat at mediawiki to do the same thing I did. You should still be able to merge your global Bazonka account in the mean time, assuming you don't use the local mediawiki account very often, though. Keep me updated. –Juliancolton | Talk00:34, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Yeah, I thought I might have to do that. I wasn't sure if your powers of bureaucracy crossed over into other Wikis - obviously not. Bazonka (talk) 08:08, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Hello Juliancolton,
I hope I am not bothering you, but since you are a bureaucrat here on commons and I recognise your name from en.wikipedia I figured I would ask you about my current situation. Recently, I have been usurping accounts all over the wikimedia wikis, as detailed here. I was eventually hoping to obtain a Commons account by usurpation, but when I read the guidelines and found that an account with any helpful edits to its name does not qualify under the current rules, with no provisions for age (7 years since last editing), it seemed a little excessive, so I thought I would ask a few questions:
I appreciate that the Commons usurpation guidelines are more strict than on other projects, but is there room for flexibility in the rules in a case such as this one (where the user is more than likely never to return)?
What are the "GDFL copyright issues" (referenced on the COM:CHU/U page) a renaming could cause?
Ultimately, is it feasible that I could eventually obtain the username on Commons?
Clay, I am exactly in the same boat. I have been trying to usurp User:Ahmerkhan into my SUL for more than 3 weeks now, as I am using the same name on the English (en:User:Ahmerkhan) and German (de:User:Ahmerkhan) Wikipedia. I had successfully usurped the English one, but on Commons User:EugeneZelenko has rejected my request saying "User has useful contribution.". This however is not the case IMHO. That user I am trying to usurp has uploaded one picture of two cats back in 2007 which is not being used anywhere. He has no user page, no other articles, no contribution whatsoever. In fact he has probably never logged in to Wikimedia again after uploading the one (!) picture and never will, but it stops me from having a single username on all Wikiprojects I'd like to work in. Very frustrating. --212.183.20.3411:31, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi, i'm Silver seren over on English Wikipedia. I set up a global account a couple of months ago and, unfortunately, the Commons one didn't attach. It's only now become an annoyance, so i'm looking to get it fixed. Could you usurp the account on here (which seems to have never been used anyways) so I can reattach it to my global account? Silverseren5 (talk) 22:16, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Juliancolton. By coincidence I noticed you gave user PumpkinSky admin rights on 10 July. As for the reason, this is what I found in the log: "return of rights to former admin, resigned with no controversy locally. private correspondence." But PumpkinSky started contributing in 2011 and never got any admin rights nor was his account renamed. Did he have admin rights under a previous account? Could you please clarify this? Furthermore I'd appreciate it if you could add him/her to Commons:List of administrators and the other corresponding pages. A note on the Commons:Bureaucrats' noticeboard would be a nice thing to do too. Thanks in advance. Kind regards, Trijnsteltalk20:11, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
You know that I have been a supporter of yours - however I do think think that, given your own effective absence from the project, regranting admin rights to someone who left the project approaching two years ago without any mention to the community is not really right. I look forward to seeing something more public. Thanks --Herbytalk thyme21:14, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
My apologies if it's agreed that I was too aggressive. I haven't been editing or logging many actions for a while due to family issues and personal business, but I have not abandoned the project by any means. With that said, you are all absolutely right; I should have made a public notice, but failed to due to my own absent-mindedness. I'll do what I can to make this right. –Juliancolton | Talk01:46, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
I've been keeping up policy and the length of time isn't a problem for me. I have been and will continue to be extra careful and check on things if I have any doubt whatsoever. PumpkinSkytalk02:29, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
To JC - I understand real life issues - we all have them and I do hope you find more time soon. I look forward to seeing some posting regarding this action on a community page in the next day or two. Admins are granted rights through the support of the community and the community must be informed of such actions.
To PumpkinSky. I am sure that you have kept up to date however the community has not been kept informed about this and you will find that there is effectively a new community compared to the time you left the project and many of those now active will not know you - they need to be happy with this. Thanks --Herbytalk thyme07:38, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey Julian, can I ask you for some help? I just uploaded Henrik Vibskov.jpg, which was sent to me by his agency. I have the email message giving me permission, and I assume I need to send that to someone to verify the license (it doesn't actually mention the specific license, BTW, so I kind of you know ahem made a guess). Can you help me out? BTW, the guy looks super cool. I'm jealous. Thanks so much, Drmies (talk) 20:35, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
(talk page stalker) Allow me to throw in two bits. I used to do OTRS. My suggestion would be to email the guy back, have him specify the license in a reply, then send it to OTRS Commons for processing. No one will ever question it. Make suggestions about which license to use in the email back to him. JC: file link is File:Henrik Vibskov.jpgPumpkinSkytalk20:56, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
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You might be interested to know that the image File:Ford_Taunus_GT_coupé.jpg which you reviewed upon its import from Flickr has been nominated for deletion as a copyvio. You can see the fully story at its nomination page.
I have very serious reservations about this process. First off how this vote came to start is problematic. Secondly we seem to have a non-Commons community (en.wikipedia) attempting to decide our Bureaucrats for us given the evidence of canvassing at least through Jimbo's talk page on en.wikipedia. And thirdly I do not think the issue is advertised enough for the general community to know. -- とある白い猫ちぃ？ 13:23, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
C'mon, did you really think I'd be gone forever? I've been trying to slowly get back into the ring... apparently real life is a little more unpredictable than I once thought. Keeping yourself out of trouble, I trust? :D –Juliancolton | Talk00:24, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I am user "Nanako" and write mostly in the Norwegian WP. I have created a global account, but there is a inactive user in the commonswiki with the same name (totally 4 edits, since 2009). Can I get this account for global user Nanako please? --NanakoComm (talk) 05:52, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi Julian- I'm wondering if you might have a minute to look at a name change/usurp request I made a few days ago. Can you tell me if you think I've presented it properly? I should tell you that I contacted another bureaucrat a couple days ago to ask him the same thing, and he did not agree with the proposal. In the interim, I have received the consent of the target account holder. Thanks in advance looking in. --Eric my en.wp talk page17:19, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
I personally don't have any objection, but there are very few local bureaucrats and I'd hate to unilaterally overturn the decision of a far more active (and therefore trusted) user. Could you let him know I think it's ok and see if he consents? –Juliancolton | Talk04:40, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
Yes, I'll let him know. He didn't decide against it--just told me on his talk page that he doesn't think it's a good idea in general to usurp usernames that are common names. But that was before I got in touch with the target account holder, who consented with no hesitation. Thanks. --Eric my en.wp talk page12:48, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
This projects bureaucrat's are asleep at the wheel? -- please wake up
As we know from COM:BUREAUCRATS, "bureaucrats are expected be capable of leading where necessary and of guiding (but not imposing their will on) policy discussions and other major community issues."
I need to draw your attention to an issue which is going to blow up in the collective faces of this project, and with the exception of User:Odder, every single one of our bureaucrats has been asleep at the wheel. We are now destined for a trainwreck, and a whole heap of fallout. Numerous chapters, including Wikimedia Israel, Wikimedia Spain, Wikimedia Argentina and Wikimedia Venezuela, are going to be in a mighty pissed mood and ready to have the head on a stick of any bureaucrat who dares come along and do what has to be done for the good of this project.
As User:Odder has opined in the discussion, him doing what needs to be done will surely have cries of "INVOLVED" levelled at him, so this is now left up to the remaining 8 bureaucrats to snap out of the slumber they seem to be in as it relates to this issue, and deal with it before it blows up further in our collective faces.
The community is waiting for immediate action on this issue. Can you please initially confirm that you have received this message, so that the community knows that you haven't died in your sleep :) russavia (talk) 00:10, 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, FASTILY07:40, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
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@Daniel Case: Great shot! I'd definitely support that at FPC. Conceptually the same as my nom, but the greenery really gives it an entirely different atmosphere. That stretch of shoreline there is a hidden photography gem, I think... my trips to Norrie always began and ended with the pier by the visitor's center until I started doing some exploring last winter. I'm pretty sure there's a photo to be had on/of the breakwater across from the marina, maybe a long exposure of flowing ice, but the conditions haven't worked out for me so far. –Juliancolton | Talk16:06, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi Juliancolton, I'm writing in regards to File:Gauss& Di Fruscio.jpg. I have provided a link to a website showing that the work is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. I have also notified permissions-commons@wikimedia.org that I have received permission from the owner to use his material, but they take ages to respond to my emails.
Thanks Shotgun petetalk11:18, 3 March 2017 (UTC)}}
Muito obrigado por me avisar sobre os direitos da imagem. Eu ainda estou meio perdido, como posso enviar uma imagem de uma capa de álbum por exemplo sendo que ela tenha direitos? Éder Cambuí (talk) 02:22, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
Hi Julian (or anyone reading this). I have been learning how to use photo improvement software. But sometimes when I upload new versions of a photo, the version displayed at the top of the File: page is the previous version, not the freshly uploaded one. Am I doing something wrong or is this just an issue with file caches not being updated yet? Thanks. PumpkinSkytalk00:22, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
@PumpkinSky: Yup, that's perfectly normal and expected from the cache being out of date. Check out Help:Purge. Sometimes a simple purge shows the latest version for me but other times it seems to require a sequence of purging and refreshing. –Juliancolton | Talk00:31, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
Very nice, look forward to seeing some of them once they're uploaded. I think you said you just got your new camera recently, how do you like it so far? My old D5000 was (and still is) a great camera, so hopefully that held true for the newer models in the line. –Juliancolton | Talk00:51, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
I love it. I've had it maybe 3-3.5 weeks now. I'm slowly getting better at photos. I really like macro but have learned it's one of the trickier parts of photo taking. I have 3 lenses: 18-55mm, 70-300mm, and a macro 85mm. I uploaded modified versions of my QI and VI pics; I keep a running list on my user page at the bottom. The chicken one and the VI ones are just waiting for a bot run. The others are pending review. I'll let you know when I upload the latest chicken pics. Should be sometime today. PumpkinSkytalk01:08, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
More Thai chickens
I've uploaded nine more.
The original one, which is now officially QI, is here and I did some touch ups on it last night, the legs are much sharper:
The others are here, I cut off their legs in "white head 2" and "white head 3" so I didn't retouch them and won't put up for QI. I know what I plan to do with them and which two I think are best, but if you have the time and inclination, I'd like to know what you think.
I have five others at QIC right now. I think the Buddhist temple ruins one will be successful. Not to sure about the others. Thanks. PumpkinSkytalk22:56, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
Nice shots! Definitely some QI contenders in there... red 1, red 3, and white head 1 have a good shot for sure. I really like the lighting and processing on white head 4 which I think might benefit from a crop. Your technique is solid - it's good to see you aren't afraid to boost your ISO to keep the shutter speed nice and fast. Many folks just learning photography (myself included at one point) try to get away with low ISOs when shooting handheld in overcast conditions, and only end up with lots of motion blur. I really like the temple shot, by the way. That one might stand a chance at FPC if you can deal with the slight chance that the hivemind is in bad mood on the day you nominate it... –Juliancolton | Talk03:08, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the helpful and positive feedback!!! After I made the above post I nom'd one flower and 4 more temple shots, a different one than the first temple. As for FPC, do you mean the first one: File:Wat Mae Chon ruins 2 -Sukhothai.JPG or one of the ones I just uploaded (Wat Chang Rob)? I keep a list of all my pending noms at the bottom of my user page. Right now there are 10 at QIC that need reviews. I'll crop white head 4. I have to wait to tomorrow to nom more as I hit my quota of 5 this am. PumpkinSkytalk08:23, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
Glad to help! And yes, sorry, that's the one. If any of the QICs are still awaiting review this afternoon, I'll head over there and take a look. –Juliancolton | Talk14:51, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
Down to 7 noms. That's ok. I knew they all wouldn't make it. In a bit when the next wiki day rolls around I'll put up 5 of the chickens--the more you mention plus the preening one because IMHO that one's pretty good too. Even when my noms are declined I learn from the comments. See email too if you haven't already. All my Nikon D5300 pics on commons are here: User:PumpkinSky/Uploads/2017, including the Thailand ones. PumpkinSkytalk23:02, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
An offering for our new administrator from your comrades...
Juliancolton, congratulations! You now have administrator rights on Commons. Please take a moment to read the Commons:Administrators page and watchlist related pages (in particular Commons:Administrators' noticeboard and its subpages), before launching yourself into page deletions, page protections, account blockings or modifications of protected pages. The majority of the actions of administrators can be reversed by the other admins, except for history merges which must thus be treated with particular care. Have a look at the list of Gadgets (on the bottom there are the ones specifically for admins – however, for example the UserMessages are very helpful too).
The bot ran and this is now officially a QI. I think I'll wait 1-2 days before taking up your suggestion to put this up at FPC. PumpkinSkytalk10:18, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
@PumpkinSky: Nicely done, hopefully the FPC goes well. I'll head over there and add my support. Sorry for the the spotty replies the past few days... some RL distractions getting in the way. –Juliancolton | Talk02:16, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
JC: Please see the four versions of this file I've uploaded. I think it's pretty good except for the upper right corner, especially the two circles that are, what, relfections of something? Note water on the plant. I'd just watered it. I'm good with the first three versions of the file but on the 4th, where I labled it "gimp", I feel I didn't do such a good job of getting rid of the circles. What are these? Any input on how to fix these circles and the upper right corner in general greatly appreciated. I still have all 4 versions of the photo on my computer too. Thanks. PumpkinSkytalk20:35, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
two more, same plant but these two are of a different blossom:
Want to show your participation in Wiki Loves Monuments 2017? Add {{User Wiki Loves Monuments 2017}} to your userpage!
Hi there! My name is Kevin, one of the organizers of Wiki Loves Monuments in the United States. Last year, you contributed to our 2016 event. It was a great success thanks to you and many others, with over 1,700 people contributing over 11,000 great photos of cultural and historic sites from all over the United States. Over 1,000 of these photos now help illustrate Wikipedia articles, making our open knowledge about United States history and heritage all the better.
I'm pleased to say that we're back this year with Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 in the United States, and I'd like to welcome you to participate once again in the event. Check out our updated event page for more information, including updated tips, lists, and prizes. Like last year, you'll be able to upload your new photos of any registered historical site in the United States through the end of September (even if the photos were taken before this month).
Once again, thank you for participating in Wiki Loves Monuments 2016, and we hope to see you in this year's event! If you'd like to respond to this message directly, please do so on my talk page. ~Kevin Payravi (talk) 08:05, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
Dear {{subst:PAGENAME}}. I am writing to inform you that you are in danger of losing your adminship on Commons because of inactivity.
If you want to keep your adminship, you need both to sign at Commons:Administrators/Inactivity section within 30 days of today's date, and also to make at least five further admin actions in the following six months. Anyone who does not do so will automatically lose administrator rights.
Hi. I apologise for doing this, but would you please take a look at this: Special:Contributions/Frha_Ribo. All of the uploads are logos, where the uploader claims them to be own work. I would have nominated them myself, but I am on mobile, and it is very difficult to do from mobile. I apologise again, and thanks a lot in advance. —usernamekiran(talk)21:07, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
lol. You dont need to apologise :) Yes, I remembered that law after Yann removed my speedy request.
I have just one question though. How should I gain more knowledge/experience regarding file moving, and how should I display/show that I have gained it? As there is no "move discussion venue" here, and my current activity on commons basically originates from enwiki; most of my activity here (which is almost non-existent) revolves around nominating the photos for deletion (which i come across on enwiki), and rarely uploading photos from PD. —usernamekiran(talk)20:21, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
@Usernamekiran: Well, since you say your activity here is non-existent, that begs the question of whether you really need the file-mover right in the first place. There's a somewhat pervasive train of thought among contributors from large projects that because they're active and trusted with certain rights on their home wikis, they should also have the whole gamut of advanced rights here... just because. Obviously we don't expect Commons to be most peoples' home wiki, but the folks who do spend more time here than elsewhere tend to resent users (mostly from enwiki) resting on the laurels of their accomplishments elsewhere. A nice example is this current RfA. If file renaming is an area in which you'd like to help out, there's plenty of work to be done. Category:Media renaming requests needing target is perpetually backlogged; you can choose suitable target names for the files populated there. Mostly, though, rename requests of your own is the tried-and-true way of demonstrating familiarity with the relevant policies. –Juliancolton | Talk20:38, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
Commons:License reviewer
Hi, I have been a active user on enWikipedia for some time. Of late I have been enjoying my time on commons. I have been going through Flickr files needing human review. I would like to help out here if possible. While trying to review one of the files a warning sign came up while trying to save this file so since then I refrained from doing so. I would like access to this tool if possible. Thank you and I hope this is not incorporate me requesting this on your talk page. FitIndiatalk to me20:54, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
@Fitindia: How do you know the linked file isn't an instance of flickr washing? While the license on flickr is compatible with Commons requirements, the uploader there says it was taken from Instagram, where I can find no evidence that the image has been licensed under CC-BY. –Juliancolton | Talk18:20, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
Juliancolton definitely an error on my part I took a second look and yes it seems to have been lifted and cropped from Instagram without permission. I think I should undo the review and tag it with no permission/license? FitIndiaTalk18:33, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,
I'm wishing you all the best for the New Year and I hope you're going to have many memorable photo opportunities in 2019. With 2018 coming to an end, it's time to look back at the past 12 months. I'm curious – what would you consider your best shot of 2018 and why? I invite you to share your image and your thoughts in order to provide others with the opportunity to celebrate, learn, and enjoy:
Hello! I haven't got a lot of experience with Wikimedia Commons, so I want to answer: doesn't these logos of Slovak capital Bratislava meet threshold of originality and can I upload they on Wikimedia Commons? I don't know, where I can write my question, so I wrote to random administrator. :) Thank you very much. --MmichaelDr. (talk) 11:32, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
Hi MmichaelDr.! I'm honored to be the randomly selected admin. :) Those logos are all made of simple text and shapes, and do not appear to pass the originality threshold. Some countries have special exemptions to this rule, or allow more broad copyright protection for simple images, but I can find no evidence here on Commons that Slovokia is one such case (see Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Slovakia). So, good to upload! –Juliancolton | Talk15:00, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
Photo walk in Stockholm
It's only a few weeks until Wikimania 2019 in Sweden. I'd like to invite you to the Commons Photographer's photo walk. If you're planning on going to Stockholm in August, please consider joining this event. This is an opportunity to connect with other photographers, have fun together, and explore the beauty of an iconic Scandinavian city… All the best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 03:41, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,
It's early 2020, which means it's time again to look back at photographs taken over the course of the past 12 months. As always, I'm curious – what would you consider your best shot of 2019 and why? I invite you to share your image and your thoughts in order to provide others with the opportunity to celebrate, learn, and enjoy:
Commons Photographers User Group: Meeting on May 30, 2020
Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,
I’d like to invite you to our group’s first Virtual Meeting on Saturday, May 30, 2020. The meeting will serve as an opportunity to get to know each other better, share learnings, and connect in times of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Please take a look at the meeting page and add your name to the list of participants if you’re planning to attend.
Commons Photographers User Group: Meeting on September 26 and other stuff
Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,
I've got a quick update for you, containing three items:
I’d like to invite you to our group’s second Virtual Meeting on Saturday, September 26, 2020. As last time, this meeting will serve as an opportunity to get to know each other better, share learnings, and connect in times of the global COVID-19 pandemic. If you'd like to present, please add your name and the proposed topic to the list on the talk page.
Also, I'd like to start a conversation about how we should be sharing responsibility for the user group going forward. I'd love to get some help when it comes to organizing things and I'm convinced that we can achieve more if a couple of people helped with coordinating stuff.
Finally, the Wikimedia Foundation has asked me to spread the word about their latest survey: Universal Code of Conduct Survey. The goal is to create a safer environment on Wikimedia projects and the Foundation gathers feedback prior to coming up with a first draft.
This is a quick reminder that our second virtual meeting will take place this Saturday, September 26. The agenda entails presentations about drone photography, about the story behind a featured picture, and about the future of LRMediaWiki. We'll also discuss photographers’ contacts with the Wikimedia Foundation and the election of representatives for our user group. You'll find information about all of this on the event page:
I'm also inviting you to share some information about yourself and your photography work with other members of the user group on our new membership list:
Commons Photographers User Group meeting on Saturday
Dear Commons Photographers User Group member,
I'd like to invite you to our next virtual meeting on Saturday, December 12. We'll have two presentations: Habib Mhenni aka Dyolf77 will answer the question Do "we" need DSLRs anymore? and Martin Falbisoner will walk us through the making of his featured picture File:Caribbean_Sea_-_Long_Exposure.jpg.
If you can make it, please add your name to the list of attendees to this page:
I hope to see you in three days. Also, I wish you, your family, and your friends all the best for 2021. Your contributions to Commons make a big difference.
Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,
Over the course of the past two years, we've been sharing pictures that have a special meaning with each other at the start of the new year. Today, I'm inviting you add your most memorable shot of 2020 to this page:
I hope you, your familiy, and your friends are well during these difficult times. I wish you all the best for 2021 and I can't wait to see what your most memorable shot of 2020 looks like.
Please participate in the Universal Code of Conduct consultation on Wikimedia Commons!
Dear Juliancolton
Thank you for your hard work to create the sum of all knowledge that is freely sharable to every single human being across the world. As our diverse community grows, we need a guideline that will help all of our work collectively and constructively where everyone feels safe, welcomed, and part of a team. That is why the Wikimedia movement is working on establishing a global guideline called the Universal Code of Conduct, often referred to as UCoC.
After the months-long policy consultation, we have prepared a policy (available in many languages) that has been ratified by the Board of Trustees. We’re currently in the second phase of the process. During this round of consultation, we want to discuss the implementation of this policy. As a member of the functionary team of Wikimedia Commons, your opinion on enforcement is of great value. We want to hear from you on how this policy can be enforced on the Wikimedia Commons community and what might be needed to do so. There are a few enforcement questions so you can easily outline your answers based on them. Please do not hesitate to bring any more questions/challenges you think are not yet discussed.
The discussion is taking place on Commons:Universal Code of Conduct consultation. You can also share your thoughts by replying to this message (Please ping me so I get notified), posting your message on my talk page. I am aware that some thoughts cannot be expressed publicly, so you can always share your opinion by emailing me as well.
As a valued member of the Commons community, please share your thoughts, ideas, and experiences that relate to UCoC. Let us know what needs to be improved so we can build a more friendly and cooperative space to increase editor engagement and retention of new users.
Wikimedia projects are governed by you. So, it is you who needs to step up to ensure a safe, comfortable, and pleasant working environment.
I would like to inform you that we now have a survey in place to take part in the UCoC consultation. It is not a long one and should take less than 10 minutes to complete. You can take the survey even if you have already participated in the on-wiki consultation. It has a different set of questions and allows you to participate anonymously and privately.
As a member of the Commons functionaries, your opinion is especially essential. Please click here to participate in the survey.
You are still welcome to participate in the on-wiki discussions. If you prefer you can have your say by sending me an email. You can also drop me an email if you want to have a one-to-one chat.
Dear Juliancolton. I am writing to inform you that you are in danger of losing your adminship on Commons because of inactivity.
If you want to keep your adminship, you need both to sign at Commons:Administrators/Inactivity section within 30 days of today's date, and also to make at least five further admin actions in the following six months. Anyone who does not do so will automatically lose administrator rights.
Next Commons Photographers meeting featuring large format photographer Ben Horne
Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,
I'm happy to invite you to our next virtual meeting on Saturday, March 20, at the usual time. As I mentioned during our last get-together, I'd like to invite external guests every now and then, given that it seems good to expand our view and learn something from someone outside our community.
Our first external guest, Ben Horne, will talk about large format wilderness photography, followed by a question-and-answer session. Ben is maybe one of best known contemporary large format photographers in the United States. On his excursions to national parks, he shoots 8×10 film and talks about his adventures on his YouTube channel which has attracted more than 48,000 followers so far. He is YouTube's first, and longest active landscape photography vlogger and I'm thrilled that he has agreed to join our next meeting and talk about his experiences.
If you're interested in joining this meeting, please sign up on the page below:
Also, don't forget to post your question(s) prior to the meeting on the following page in order to ensure a good and fruitful question-and-answer session:
Just a quick reminder: the meeting with large format-photographer Ben Horne will happen tomorrow, Saturday, March 20. If you haven't done yet, please consider signing up for the event and add your questions to this page. This will be our first virtual meeting in 2021 and I'd be super happy if you could join. All the best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 16:33, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
Dear Juliancolton, I hope you are not too offended, but as your admin status has been removed for inactivity I have updated your user page to remove the admin userbox.
Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,
I'm happy to invite you to our next virtual meeting next Saturday, October 30. This time, our colleagues User:Dey.sandip from India and User:Ermell from Germany will talk about their work.
If you're interested in joining this meeting, please sign up on the page below:
and provide feedback. I've listed a number of positions for our first board and I've also outlined a possible timeline for the elections. The current plan is to open the self-nomination process up on November 15 and then have the election start on December 1.
I'm super excited to get this going and I'm very much looking forward to hearing from you. Please use this talk page for your thoughts.
Commons Photographers elections: self-nomination phase is open
Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,
The self-nomination phase for the first board election of our group is open as of today. If you'd like to take on a more active role and take our user group to the next level, please consider running for one of the open positions. Please check out the Board Election 2021 page for more details.
Happy New Year! As always at the beginning of the new year, I'm inviting you to share your most memorable shot of the past year. Which of your photos stood out in 2021? Which image created special memories that you'd like to share with others? On behalf of the Commons Photographers User Group I wish you, your family, and your friends all the best for 2022. Warmly, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 03:25, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
Reopening of a deletion request closed in 2009
Hi, I stumbled upon a file that had previously been nominated for deletion but was kept, was later edited making changes that can't eve be explained as a different choice of stance on some linguistic point. At the time the reason it was kept seems to have been related to its use, which is now mostly incidental and replaceable, which I am willing to do. I go into the reasons on the talk page, but I wanted to give a heads up before nominating it for deletion again. (I don't nominate very often, and don't really know the proper etiquette, if there is one.) Cheers Naturalnumber (talk) 09:29, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
Renaming Request for Psi1 Draconis
Hi Julian. Thanks for the explanation. Much appreciated and it makes total sense. In the future I will use the other criterion (#1) that you suggested. David.
Save the date: Commons Photographers meeting next week
Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,
Please save the date: on Saturday, June 19th, our next virtual Zoom meeting is going to take place. As you know, one goal of these meetings is to share knowledge about different types of photography. This time, we've lined up the following presentations:
Photography in Nigeria
Photographing vehicles
I started printing my images – here’s what I've learned so far…
If you'd like to participate in this event, please consider signing up on this page. Also, if you'd like to present at one of the next meetings, please send me a quick note. Sharing your experiences and learnings with others can make a huge difference!
I wish you, your family, and your friends all the best! Hope to see you on the 19th.
Hi, this is just a quick reminder: the next virtual meeting of our user group is scheduled for Sunday, June 19, 16:00 UTC. Topics are: “Photography in Nigeria”, “Photographing Vehicles”, “Wildlife photography and citizen science”, and “I started printing my images – here’s what I've learned so far…”. I'm thrilled about this great agenda and I'm looking forward to connecting with you again. Stay safe and all the best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 03:08, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
Quick update on behalf of the Commons Photographers User Group
Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,
I hope you're well and enjoy taking photos for Wikimedia Commons. Here are a couple of quick updates on behalf of our group:
Our next virtual meeting will take place on Saturday, August 27. At this point we have two presentations lined up:
Suitable! Unsuitable! How to choose photos for a Wikipedia for children, “Klexikon” (Ziko)
The aperture and its (less known) effects (XRay)
You can sign up for the event on this page: Virtual Meeting on August 27, 2022. – Given that we can accommodate more speakers, I'll invite you to get in touch with me in case you'd like to present on the 27th. You can reach me any time on my talk page or by sending a quick email.
Also, we now have a page for local events organized by members of our user group: Local events 2022. Please check it out and consider organizing an event yourself!
And finally, we're planning on offering a Post-processing Workshop on October 8. Please save the date; an events page with more information will go up later.
Thanks for being a member of our group and for sharing your works under a free license. Have fun taking pictures!
Dear fellow member of the Commons Photographers User Group,
At our last meeting end of August, we talked about getting in touch with the Wikimedia Foundation and offering our help for improving Wikimedia Commons. Today, I invite you to provide your input on a draft open letter to the Foundation. Over the course of the next ten days, we'll further improve the text together, before inviting people to sign it. If you're interested in providing input, please engage in the discussion on the talk page of the draft.
I'm writing you to today on behalf of the board of the Commons Photographers User Group. The past year has been a busy one for us. In 2022, we've had more activities than ever before in the history of our group and you'll find an overview on our group's page.
With that being said, 2022 was also a year of learning for the current board members. Most of us hadn't been involved in running the Photographers User Group and we spent quite some time on getting used to our new roles. We all feel it was a steep learning curve.
That's why, at our last board meeting, we decided to ask our members whether they'd be ok with us serving for another year. Extending our board duties to the end of 2023 would allow us to continue the work we've started this year, and to benefit from the knowledge we've built over the past twelve months.
However, in the end, it's up to you and the other members of our group to decide whether such an extension of our board term should be granted. I invite you to voice your opinion on this page:
Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,
I wish you a Happy New Year! As it has been our tradition at the beginning of the new year for a while, we're sharing our most memorable shots of the past year with each other. I invite you to share a picture that is particular meaningful to you and to describe why that's the case. Also, as Wikimania 2023 will be here before we know it (August 16 to 19), please consider adding your thoughts on our planning page, where we gather ideas for how we can make Commons photography more visible than in the years before.
Commons photographers: next virtual meeting on August 5
Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,
I'm inviting you to our next virtual meeting on Saturday, August 5th. We'll have two speakers: Poco a poco will provide us with an update on his underwater photography and George Oates from the Flickr Foundation will talk about the Flickr-to-Commons bridge (“Flickypedia”) that is currently in the works. If you're interested in attending, please sign up on this page: Virtual Meeting on August 5, 2023.
I hope you're having a great time taking photos and I'm looking forward to seeing you on August 5th.
Quick reminder: Commons Photographers meeting this Saturday
Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,
This is a quick reminder that our next meeting will happen on Saturday, August 5th. If you haven't registered yet and you're interested in learning more about underwater photography and “Flickypedia”, please sign up on this page. Also, I invite you to fill out this survey created by the people who are working on the Flickr-to-Wikimedia Commons software. Your input will make a difference.
We haven't had a virtual meeting in a while and I'm so looking forward to this weekend!
Done. Thanks for the note. –Juliancolton | Talk 20:38, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
@WLMUnitedStates for updates, news, and more.
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