User talk:Manxruler

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Mugabe in SOF

Thanks for your message. Could you tell me:

1. What this magazine and the article are about?
2. Did they respect the licence and mention my name?

Thanks. --TwoWings * to talk or not to talk... 12:01, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for the details. I really appreciate. Regards. --TwoWings * to talk or not to talk... 22:32, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

SS Celtic pictures

I'm not 100% sure about steam ship or sail-steam ship. I'm not an expert on ships. Possibly it is a sail-steam ship, but I cannot be any more definate than that. Mjroots (talk) 08:23, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Image:Castle Rushen from the harbour (cropped)2.jpg

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Uploading new versions of image

Hi Manxruler.

The easiest way to upload an edited image is as follows. Download the image you want to edit and make a copy - this is used as a 'reference' to compare the edited image with. Edit the downloaded original image and save over the original - this keeps the filename exactly the same and allows the version on Wikipedia to be overwritten. Click on 'Upload file' in the 'Participate' menu at the left to upload the edited version. You will then get the page 'Commons:Upload' - select 'Go directly to the main upload form.' On this page select your edited file in the dropdown box and add a summary of your edits in 'Additional info' - leave the rest of the boxes blank. Then click on 'Upload file'. You will then get a warning page that the file already exists and do you want to overwrite it - select Save'. If you have any problems then leave me another message. Regards Ian Dunster (talk) 10:02, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Images from Bundesarchive to Coastal artillery

Just fyi, I'm changing the images you've added to the category Coastal artillery, from bundesarchive, location Norway, to a subcategory of that category, named Coastal artillery in Norway. If you come across any more such images, please add them there instead of the parent category Coastal artillery. Jerazol (talk) 20:50, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Most of these are probably German World War II coastal artilleries, true, but quite a few of these were constructed on the sites of existing pre-ww2 coastal fortresses, and many of them were also to a certain extent used after ww2. Not really sure what would be the most appropriate name. Jerazol (talk) 20:57, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I have to say, this donation from the bundesarchiv is really cool. Just wish wikimedia had a better search engine :-) Jerazol (talk) 21:06, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Sure, I don't really feel very strongly about it either way. Fjell Festning and also to a certain degree, Oscarsborg were in fact in large parts built by the germans during WW2. It may also make sense to re-categorise the images once we're able to identify the locations they were taken. I have to get to bed now, work tomorrow etc. so I won't be doing any more on this before tomorrow, so feel free to arrange it whichever way you see fit :-) Jerazol (talk) 21:39, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

File:Kirsten Flagstad statue Oslo Opera House.jpg

Hi Manxruler. Unfortunately, I had to delete this photo as a derivative work. There is only noncommercial freedom of panorama in Norway. --Kjetil_r 19:06, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Re: Crown copyright photos from the Second World War

Hello! Sorry for the late answer. What I did to make the images larger, was to simply open them in Paint or similar and and just blow them up a little bit and remove the watermark. It actualy worked pretty good! But it's been a while since I uploaded the pictures, and I think the original images used to be larger then what they are now! Best regards Dybdal (talk)

File:Karlsøy in Hamarøy.jpg

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Picture of the Year 2013 R2 Announcement

Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2013 is open!

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Dear Manxruler,

The 2013 Picture of the Year competition has ended and we are pleased to announce the results: We shattered participation records this year — more people voted in Picture of the Year 2013 than ever before. In both rounds, 4070 different people voted for their favorite images. Additionally, there were more image candidates (featured pictures) in the contest than ever before (962 images total).

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Using your image of Hammerfest Airport

Hi! I would like to use your image of Hammerfest Airport (in a modified version) as a texture for an object in flightgear, a free flight simulator (-> flightgear.org). Am I allowed to do that? Regards D-ECHO

Hi @Enzyerklopaedie: . As long as you comply with the licensing (attribution, share alike) this and this, there shouldn't be any problems with that. If you'd drop me a link to the finished product, I'd appreciate that. Manxruler (talk) 13:19, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Bilder

Hei jeg har lastet opp noen gamle bilder som ikke gikk gjennom kvalitetskontrollen den gangen kanskje du kan hjelpe meg med å sortere og legge til kategorier etc.

Se https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?limit=500&user=Snurre86&title=Special%3AListFiles%2FSnurre86

Blir nok aldri å bruke denne siden igjen etter dette er gjort var et reint helvete å laste opp filer nå i forhold til den gangen. --Peter Kaino Jensen (talk) 07:42, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

Jeg har ombestemt meg jeg vil ikke ha noe med dette stedet å gjøre lenger. --Peter Kaino Jensen (talk) 08:25, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

I'm not entirely sure what you would like me to do here. What kind of "quality control" are you referring to? I'm sorry you had a negative experience with the image upload (I'm assuming you are referring to the Upload Wizard, which I never use - the old upload form is still available), but thanks for your donation of photos today. I'm sure someone (probably not me) will sort through them. Have a nice day. Manxruler (talk) 10:12, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

I just assumed you where Norwegian based on all the edits. I talk about old pictures that did not pass my own quality control back in 2009-2010 and there for where never uploaded, but now I decided that they where never going to get improved so might as well upload them (might be useful to someone). I was going to put in some effort categorize and describe the images after uploading them but after the nightmare uploading them I remembered why I left this project so someone else will have to do it or not what ever is decided on. That the old upload form (semi hidden features) is available is really a bad idea in my opinion as it makes people not care about how shitty the rest of the project is. --Peter Kaino Jensen (talk) 10:37, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Oh, I'm Norwegian. I just never write in Norwegian here. Seeing as I'm only active over at English language Wikipedia, I find it best to keep it all in one language. Have we communicated before? I don't recognise your user name, or seeing your pictures. I'm sorry you're dissatisfied with Wikimedia Commons, but there's not much I can do about that. Best of luck anyway. Manxruler (talk) 20:49, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Neubaufahrzeuge, tegning av Andreas Hauge

Hvorfor slettet du bilde jeg la ut på siden om Neubaufahrzeuge? Med grunnlag som POSSIBLE copyright violation. Er ikke det litt tynt? Forsvarsmuseet sitter på rettighetene til tegningene til Hauge, men disse er alikevel public domain og kan brukes fritt. Jeg fikk også personlig tillatelse av Andreas Hauge rundt den tiden jeg skrev de artiklene som er oppført som kilder på siden on Neubaufahrzeuge, til å bruke tegningene hans fritt som jeg ville, så lenge der er for å fremme folks kunnskap om norsk krigshistorie. Jeg legger mye arbeid ned i å skrive krigshistorie på frivillig basis, selvfølgelig med kilder og fotnoter, så bare slette ting uten gyldig argument er ikke holdbart.

@TomV71: Hi there. I did not "delete" that drawing, I merely tagged it as a copyright violation, then someone else reviewed the case and deleted it.

What makes you think the drawings are in the public domain?

Hauge only died not too many years ago, and according to Norwegian law, his works of art (and drawings like that one qualify as works of art) are protected by copyright law until the artist has been dead for at least 70 years. Whether or not Hauge "allowed you to use his drawings freely to promote people's knowledge of Norwegian war history" is irrelevant, everything that is uploaded to Wikimedia Commons is supposed to be free for use for everyone, including for commercial purposes. Manxruler (talk) 17:57, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

Just to show that the drawing absolutely wasn't "deleted without a valid argument", here's the summary left by the administrator who deleted the drawing in question: "Copyright violation: It is a work of art, created in the 1970s, the artist only died a few years ago. No sign that copyright has been waived. Clearly still copyrighted." The onus is on you as the uploader to show why the image you have uploaded is free from copyright. Manxruler (talk) 18:11, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

Altmark in Jøssingfjord

Hi Manxruler,

there is an image you have uploaded on 25 December 2010‎ with the German tanker Altmark in Jøssingfjord with the following description:

Aerial reconnaissance photo of the German supply ship Altmark moored in Jossing Fjord, Norway, photographed by a Lockheed Hudson of No. 18 Group prior to the Altmark Incident by HMS Cossack (F03) on 16 February 1940.

The ships stern stands in a right angle to the shore, in the tiny bay, where she was stranded by her crew. There is no ice and the ship is not as near to the shore as when she was grounded. The Altmark was pulled off the ground on 22 February and left the Fjord on 6 March. It must have been taken in the meantime, after ice has already melted. Hence this description must be wrong. Can it be altered? --Andreas P 15 (talk) 16:09, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

@Andreas P 15: Hi there. The description is not one that I've created. It's what the Imperial War Museum said about the image when I uploaded it. I do not think it's a good idea to change the description itself, as it is the description used by the image source. One option is for you to add a note below the description, detailing why you think the photo could have taken after the incident. That is done at times. Another option is to contact the Imperial War Museum and talk to them about it. Manxruler (talk) 18:36, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for your answer. I guessed this would be the case. I will try.

Greetings --Andreas P 15 (talk) 19:56, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

Source of derivative work is not properly indicated: File:Ryoichi Sasakawa bust at WHO building Geneva.jpg

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Category:British POW's of the Dieppe raid

Category:British POW's of the Dieppe raid 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 category, 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!

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