User talk:Ragesoss/Archive 1

Sorry it was not my intention to revert , just happened to click the link by mistake. I reverted back to the latest version again. /Daniel78 15:20, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Permission for file

Hey, got a question. You uploaded an image of the Bizzell Library a while ago (Image:Lightning over Bizzell Library.jpg). In the image description, it said you received an email from the photographer saying he released it under the GFDL. You wouldn't happen to still have that email would you? If so, I think it would be beneficial if you forwarded it to the OTRS group so we have it documented. I'd like to get the OU article featured and I could see that being an issue. Thanks.Nmajdan 02:40, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Kunstformen der Natur

Hey, I just came across this page, and... wow. It's incredible. and it must have been a hella lot of work to do all those scans. So a huge thankyou, what a great effort. :) --pfctdayelise (说什么?) 04:39, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Mittlist Gfaell 02.JPG

Hi Ragesoss, you voted for this picture. I would like to inform you that i have added a new edit. What do you think? --Simonizer 20:04, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Hello

Fatima saad sami (talk) 12:26, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Flickr upload bot

Done. Sorry for the delay. -- Bryan (talk to me) 20:47, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Commons:Administrators/Requests and votes/Ragesoss

Added some questions/comments for you. giggy _(:O) 00:49, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

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Congrats! Well done. Look forward to working with you here. And thanks for the comment on my blog about FAs. ++Lar: t/c 18:12, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Good luck. Be sure to ask for help if you need it! giggy _(:O) 08:11, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

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Image:Zoloft bottles.jpg

Hey there. I noticed this image in the Sertraline article over on WP, and thought it was a little on the dark side. I did a bit of levels adjustment and uploaded a new version; do you mind if we use this one in the article? I won't mind if you prefer the earlier version—photo editing is pretty much beyond my expertise, so I'll defer to you on that one :) Best, Fvasconcellos 20:46, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I guess I'll upload over the original, and you can delete the new version—I didn't know you were an admin here. Best, Fvasconcellos 21:35, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Image:Gunnar Myrdal - Sveriges styresmän2.jpg

What's the reason to always create a redirect to another image there? --Denniss 16:40, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

RE Bonsai

You left a note for me a while back about bonsai. Sorry it took me so long to respond but I haven't logged into commons in a while. Regardless, I do keep my bonsai outside. Thanks though! --ShakataGaNai 18:22, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Flickr Review

Thanks for taking a closer look at this photo. I exchanged a few emails with the owner and I think I confused him about the whole OTRS thing, and he tried to release the GDFL through the comment section . So, thanks for taking a second look at that release. I was wondering if you would be so kind as to look at this other photo in the same situation from the same photographer: Image:Barack and Michelle Obama, Bob Casey, Teresa Heinz at Rally.jpg. Thanks!--TheZachMorrisExperience 04:56, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Bonsai Photographs

Hello. I would just like to thank you for all of your pictures from the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum. They are very helpful with the articles Deadwood Bonsai Techniques, and The National Bonsai Foundation that I have been writing on English Wikipedia. You can see both articles from my Wikipedia page here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Remilo

Remilo 23:29, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Image:Peabody_dinosaur.JPG

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FunkMonk (talk) 10:30, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Ragesoss, so nice of you, thanks for restoring the Prince file. I could be wrong but seem to remember that the original of this skyline predates Flickrbot. It's fine with me if its derivation goes away. I sent some proposed text for Commons:FAQ which eventually might help avoid a few deletion requests. Thanks again and best wishes. -SusanLesch (talk) 02:29, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Fast request from Photo Editor in Washington, DC

Hello Ragesoss,

Please forward your reply asap/immediately to Hollmarsh1@aol.com..

I found your photo at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:The_Great_Fire_of_London%2C_with_Ludgate_and_Old_St._Paul%27s.JPG while doing photo research for a textbook publisher on a project. I thought your image might be appropriate for inclusion in a literature curriculum.

I aI am specifically seeking to confirm the if you took the photograph yourself of the artwork, or if not, who the photographer is and how I might reach that party. I work for a publisher who wishes to possibly publish it within them within the curriculum.

I look forward to hearing from you as quickly as possible; the publisher is eager to finalize images to be used.

Thank you, Holly Marshall

Photo Researcher for Pearson Digital Learning Group Washington, D.C. Email: Hollmarsh1@aol.com

Image:Acer campestre - Yose ue.jpg

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Thanks for the Barnstar!

It's great to see you've been following the progress of our event. Hey, did you catch the video? BTW, there's currently a bizarre request to delete very many of these images at Commons:Deletion requests/Image:WSTM Three Blind Mice 0068.JPG; you may wish to comment there. Thanks.--Pharos (talk) 16:12, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Commons:Photo scavenger hunts

Hi Ragesoss. I'd like to let you know you can now sign up as a participant in this new WikiProject. The WikiProject's talk page should be a good forum for future discussions. Thank you.--Pharos (talk) 02:26, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

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File:Tiffany Education.JPG

I think this really, really deserves to be a featured picture, but the details taken from the image are much higher resolution. Would you be willing to re-upload the main image with the resolution from the details (possibly as an alternative)? Adam Cuerden (talk) 08:21, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Education window

Please let me know if that works out - this is a fantastic work, and what you have so far is still better than any other Tiffany work we have, I think. Adam Cuerden (talk) 20:40, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

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I am now proud owner of a TUSC account!

File:Rosalind Franklin.jpg

This is another Elliot & Fry image. I can find nothing stating that it has been released under a Creative Commons copyright licence. Whence did you obtain that information when you originally uploaded it to the English Wikipedia? Uncle G (talk) 17:12, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

• The image was uploaded to Wikipedia by the artists with the title File:Rosalind Franklin.jpg; since that title was in use already on Commons, it was moved to commons as File:RosalindFranklin.jpg and the WP version was deleted. In the deleted edits on en-wiki and the deleted edits on commons, you'll find where (despite some confusion about what it meant, at first) she/they added the CC license. You can see the exchange I had with the uploader, User:SionBrown, at w:User talk:SionBrown and w:User_talk:Ragesoss/Archive3#Rosalind_Franklin_new_portrait.--ragesoss (talk) 01:57, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
• By the way, I assume you don't mean Elliott & Fry, but what did you mean instead?--ragesoss (talk) 02:02, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
  • Yes, I really did mean Elliott & Fry, which is (according to the NPG at any rate) the studio that took that photograph. Elliott & Fry certainly took some of the other photographs of Franklin. Even if the NPG is wrong, the image is not a work of the United States goverment. The United States government explicitly says so itself, saying that the image comes from the personal collection of Jenifer Glynn. Given that it was taken in 1956, it has certainly not yet entered into the public domain, whoever the photographer was. Uncle G (talk) 02:43, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
    • Sorry, I was confused by the fact that there was another image (a painting) by the same name that I had dealt with, which has deleted revisions underneath the current file. I didn't upload that image from the the NIH website, Jacopo Werther did. It looks like that user just assumed that it was PD since it came from a government website. I have no reason to doubt the NPG if they say it's Elliott & Fry.--ragesoss (talk) 03:50, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
    • The photo you link to at NIH that says it's from Jenifer Glynn is not the same photo. A link to the NPG source?--ragesoss (talk) 04:03, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
    • I see two other Elliott and Fry photos on the NPG website, but not this one.--ragesoss (talk) 04:06, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
      • I hope you find a free source! (Just passing by. -SusanLesch (talk) 04:23, 15 July 2009 (UTC))
      • The NPG source is a deleted edit from the NPG's own IP address to the English Wikipedia's page for that file made in August 2005, that reads:

        The copyright in this image belongs to the National Portrait Gallery, London. The information in the copyright box below is incorrect, and the image has not been released into the public domain.

        There's also an edit by the NPG to w:en:Rosalind Franklin here.

        Whether or not the image here is the same one as was here in August 2005, I'm inclined to believe that this is true of all such images of Franklin. They all have not been released to the public domain, and are still under copyright. The NIH says that it is using its image because it is in Glynn's personal collection, but it doesn't know the rights holder or the copyright status. It's reasonably apparent that the Commons image is from the same photographer at the same time, even if the subject is in a slightly different pose. Since the Commons image also came from the NIH, it's not unreasonable to think that that, too, is from Glynn's personal collection, and the NIH doesn't know the rights holder or the copyright status. If it knew for the one, it would reasonably know for the other. Uncle G (talk) 14:14, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

        • I think you're right. It looks like the NPG was referring to one of the earlier images with that name; the images of Franklin on the NPG website by Elliott & Fry look to be a different photo session than the Glynn's collection one, so I don't think the NPG have any interest in the current image. But it still probably needs to be deleted.--ragesoss (talk) 17:41, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
        • The image on Commons at the time NPG made that edit was a crop of this: http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/saction.php?search=ss&firstRun=true&sText=x76929 --ragesoss (talk) 17:48, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Commonist licenses

Dear Ragesoss,

As you might know Wikimedia is currently migrating from the GFDL to cc-by-sa-3.0. Wikimedia Commons is also migrating and we're down to less than 8000 files (started with about 1,8M files) . Unfortunatly this number keeps growing because Commonist contains outdated license templates. You appear to be running Commonist, could you please change the following lines in your license.txt?

{{self2|GFDL|cc-by-sa-2.5,2.0,1.0}} should be changed to {{Self|GFDL|Cc-by-sa-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0}}

{{self2|GFDL|cc-by-2.5}} should be changed to {{self|GFDL|cc-by-3.0}}

{{self|cc-by-sa-2.5}} should be changed to {{self|cc-by-sa-3.0}}

Can I also fix the images you have already uploaded by adding {{Cc-by-sa-3.0}}?

Thank you very much, Multichill (talk) 12:05, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Why can't or hasn't the Commonist source be updated or forked? I usually run it by clicking the webstart link, so I don't have a license.txt file available when I use it. I'll try to download it and use it that way, but the problem really needs to be fixed with Commonist itself rather than trying to continually track down users who are using it.--ragesoss (talk) 12:57, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Of course I contacted the author. If he doesn't respond I will fork it. I'm now notifying users to at least catch the most active users and fix recent uploads.

Back to my first question, can I fix the images you have already uploaded by adding {{Cc-by-sa-3.0}}? Multichill (talk) 13:08, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Yes, of course you can fix the images I've uploaded already. I installed Commonist locally and changed the license.txt file for future uploads.--ragesoss (talk) 19:37, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Ok, great. I changed your recent uploads. Multichill (talk) 11:24, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

File:Charles_Darwin_photograph_by_Leonard_Darwin,_circa_1874.jpg

File:Charles_Darwin_photograph_by_Leonard_Darwin,_circa_1874.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!

dave pape (talk) 01:58, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

FYI, I have no idea if the photo is really copyrighted or PD - our normal rules say it's not PD, but it's an interesting question to resolve. --dave pape (talk) 02:06, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Incoming links

Hi. What did the data look like, that you started from? Did you have page names? The source tool you cite is broken. --Una Smith (talk) 22:42, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

When User:JaGa's script was working, the data was two columns pairing number of incoming links with number of articles that have that number of incoming links, excluding incoming link numbers with no corresponding articles. The graph was based on just truncating the data to the first 50 data pairs; there were (according to my spreadsheet, which is a bit cryptic) over 4600 data pairs. JaGa also created a separate script that listed the articles (maybe 100 or 1000 of them) with the most incoming links. I don't have a copy of that.--ragesoss (talk) 01:31, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Copyright Enquiry

Dear Ragesoss,

I am emailing from a documentary company in England called Parthenon Entertainment and we would love to use the following image within our documentary series entitled Mystery Files.

The Great Fire of London, with Ludgate and Old St. Pauls.jpg

We were wondering if you own the copyright to this image as we would like to use it within our documentary for the rights for worldwide, all media and for perpetuity.

If you can email me at: ellie.davis@parthenonentertainment.com or call me on 01923 286 886 that would be great!

Many thanks,

Ellie.

Tip: Categorizing images

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File:Phragmipedium Memoria Dick Clements, Dartmouth.jpg

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We need your help at the Wikiproject medicine

Hello, Sorry for spaming your talk page, but this is very important. On the behalf of the Wikiproject medicine at the en.wikipedia, I am inviting you to be a part of the discussion going on the project's talk page about Patient images, The discussion started after I obtained a permission to more than 23000 dermatology related images, and about 1500 radiology images. As some editors of the Wikiproject medicine have some concerns regarding the policy of using patient images on wikipedia, and regarding patient consents. Also they believe that common's policy is not so clear regarding the issue. And since you are the experts please join us at this very important discussion -- MaenK.A._Talk 14:23, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

photo use in Washington Post? URGENT REPONSE NEEDED

Dear Ragesoss: We would like to use the photo of the Heublein Tower. Did you take this photo? If so, when? Also, do you own rights to it? Please contact me at beesonj@washpost.com as soon as possible-- we're on deadline NOW for this weekend's Travel section. Thanks! 6/10/2010 3:45 PM EST

De-adminship warning

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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.

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Thank you Huib talk ^{Abigor @ meta} 08:02, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

File:Sonia_Sotomayor_7_in_robe,_2009.jpg

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Jappalang (talk) 08:55, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

File:Personal appeal from a new father.png

Hi, do you have this photo in a higher resolution? It's excellent, and there has been a request for its reuse at Ticket:2010120410013624. Regards, Sandstein (talk) 23:11, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Yes, the original is available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ragesoss/3982421832/in/set-72157614823441699/ . I also can track down the raw file and send it to OTRS, if that's wanted.--ragesoss (talk) 00:36, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll link to the Flickr photo from the banner ad description, if that's OK with you, so the OTRS requester can find it. Sandstein (talk) 08:21, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

File:Zoloft_bottles.jpg

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File:Sea ice by fruchtzwerg's world.jpg

Hi Ragesoss, you have uploaded and reviewed this image, but missed, that it has a nc- and not edit-licece... Greets, Carbenium (talk) 19:41, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

As indicated by the original Flickr upload bot metadata, the license was different when it was uploaded, and can still be considered valid even if the Flickr user has changed the license on Flickr.--ragesoss (talk) 19:49, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Thx for the information. So, once you set a licence, it is irrevocable? Greets, Carbenium (talk) 20:48, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Yes, once someone accepts a work under a given CC license, that license is irrevocable. You can still stop providing it under that license yourself, but if someone got it under the old license, then they are still free to use it and distribute with that license.--ragesoss (talk) 14:52, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Thank you and merry xmas! :-) --Carbenium (talk) 14:33, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Category:Wikipedia_Campus_Ambassador_training_in_San_Francisco,_January_2011

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Reinhardhauke (talk) 13:40, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Lame question

Hi Sage, I left you a message elsewhere but maybe you won't see it. I know it is totally lame, but is there any chance that you can untag me in that picture you uploaded from the Wikipedia training so that it won't be searchable on the Internet? I am not comfortable with it for several reasons. I know that it is really hypocritical of me to ask, since I am all for free and open everything, it's just that I am not really a public figure, just an ordinary non-notable person made personally uncomfortable by it. Let me know what you think. Saudade7 (talk) 23:27, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Yep. I've deleted the picture. It's no problem; there's generally no problem with removing photos from Wikimedia gatherings that the subjects don't like. Sorry for the anxiety it caused.--ragesoss (talk) 23:50, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

I really do appreciate it. I hope you are well! Matt and I met with our first class (Piracy) today. It was great. Probably not enough for an official report yet but fun. Sorry I am such a party pooper. I hope I get to hang out with you again at some point. More soon. Saudade7 (talk) 07:23, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Would like to use your blackberry photo.

I'd like to use a close up photo of blackberries you uploaded to Wikimedia, but I need to discuss with you how to handle the attribution. Please email me at greg(at) goldminemtn.com

Thanks!

Image use

Hi

We are writing a book on spices and herbs.

The title is “Krydderleksikon med urter og smakstilsetninger” (Encyclopedia of spices and herbs). Print run is 5000 copies and the book will be published in May this year. It will be illustrated with photos of all the plants.

Most of the photos are already provided for but we still miss some picture.

We have found your photo of Monosodium glutamate on the Internet and we wonder if you kindly will let us use the photo in our book.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Monosodium_glutamate_crystals.jpg

For more information about us and the book please contact us on: post(a)vegaforlag.no - www.vegaforlag.no

Best regards Gitte

Admin inactivity

Hi Ragesoss. I am sad to tell you that your adminship has been removed in acordeance with our inactivity policy. If you'd like to be a sysop again, I'd kindly ask you to request so at COM:RfA. Sorry to tell you this bad news, abf «Cabale!» 15:34, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Category:Speech

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File:Ofab100-120.png‎

Are you aware of Commons:Superseded images policy? It is generally controversial to delete a PNG that has been replaced with an SVG, rather than just mark the PNG as {{Superseded}}. --Tony Wills (talk) 02:46, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Yes. In this case, the PNG was uploaded after the SVG, by the same user, and was explicitly marked as a temporary upload, and then marked as a duplicate by the uploader.--ragesoss (talk) 03:31, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Ok, thanks, a strange occurrence! :-) --Tony Wills (talk) 05:11, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Please proofread subtitles on File:How to create a Wikipedia article - Right to science and culture.ogv

Hi Sage, I recently tried out the new Universal Subtitles tool by subtitling your video File:How to create a Wikipedia article - Right to science and culture.ogv. See English subtitled version. It'd be great if you could watch it and correct any errors in the subtitles at TimedText:How to create a Wikipedia article - Right to science and culture.ogv.en.srt. Thanks! Dcoetzee (talk) 02:19, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

File:3rd_Day_-_The_Green_University.jpg

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Razghandi (talk) 23:00, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Zdjęcia

Witam cię, czy wiesz jak sie robi te zbiory zdjęć (collage)? NAPISZ 21:03, 10 Oct 2011 (CEST)

File tagging File:Cory Doctorow portrait by Jonathan Worth 2.jpg

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Permission for file in book

Dear Sageross, I would like to use your montage File:Collage of Six cats-01.jpg in a book. Which exact attribution do I have to add in order to act correct? I'm fairly new at Commons, so thanks for your help. --Eiramesor (talk) 13:15, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Possible copyright issue

Hi Ragesoss, I am not sure if File:Krishna the cowherd.jpg passes as "own work". It surely contains clips from images belonging to International Society for Krishna Consciousness, and their images do have copyright. Can you please look? Also if there is some effective way of tagging such questionable images, can you please let me know? Thanks. Hoverfish (talk) 16:42, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Well I was doing a quick check for other such images in Category:Krishna and this one: File:Krishna playing flute.jpg (also here File:Krishna with flute.png) caught my eye, which also seems to be a photo of an image of the above mentioned organization and it was uploaded by the same user as "Public Domain". Hoverfish (talk) 16:52, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Using your photo: Trident Maple bonsai 52, October 10, 2008.jpg

Hello,

We've just added your photo (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trident_Maple_bonsai_52,_October_10,_2008.jpg) on our website: www.picadilo.com . You have been credited accordingly here: http://www.picadilo.com/about.php .

Please let us know if the attribution is fair or if we need to change anything. A big thank you for sharing your great photos! Picadilo Team

Looked okay when I checked. Thanks for letting me know.--ragesoss (talk) 14:41, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

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Image Permission

Hey Sage I have a video project that I'm working on and I wanted to use the images "Prenatal vitamin tablets.jpg" and "vitamin supplement tablets.jpg" as cutaways in the project. Could you please email via my registered account or at sunseekr22@yahoo.com to discuss my possible use of these images. Thanks in advance.

Picture of the Year voting round 1 open

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Your edit to {{Location/layout}}

Hi, I rolled back your edit to the Location template. Check out this diff. Also there is a discussion on Template talk:Location. Cheers Dschwen (talk) 18:59, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Ah, thanks. Whoops!--ragesoss (talk) 19:03, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

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File:Children playing at lightsaber combat - 2.jpeg

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File:Children playing at lightsaber combat - 1.jpeg

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Boston photos

As per your request -- Category:Files from Aaron Tang Flickr stream. russavia (talk) 08:14, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Curious about your take on this

Commons:Requests for comment/AppropriatelyLicensed

You know much more about this area than I do. Let me know if you have any insights? -Pete F (talk) 01:57, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

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Illustrating Wikipedia brochure

Hi there, just wanted to drop you a note to say how much I enjoyed your . I'd love to use the file to create a derivative work for a UK audience. I've tried working with the high resolution PDF file but can't edit it as I don't have the system fonts. I wonder if you have the In Design file (or similar) that I might be able to work with please. Any help greatly appreciated! Thanks and regards. Stevie Benton (WMUK) (talk) 11:38, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for getting back to me, very much appreciated :) Stevie Benton (WMUK) (talk) 13:53, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

Hi Sage, wonderful publication, and I'd also love a source version so that I could tweak some of the parts for an Australian audience. Can you let me know if/when it's ready? Lankiveil (talk) 03:14, 15 August 2013 (UTC).

Thank you very much for sharing the file with me, it's very helpful. Apologies for the delay in getting back to you :) Stevie Benton (WMUK) (talk) 13:27, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Commons Photo Challenge January 2014

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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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2012 Picture of the Year: A pair of European Bee-eaters in Ariège, France.

Dear Wikimedians,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the second round of the 2013 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year will be the eighth edition of the annual Wikimedia Commons photo competition, which recognizes exceptional contributions by users on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons during the last year (2013) to produce a single Picture of the Year.

Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year were entered in this competition. These images include professional animal and plant shots, breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historical images, photographs portraying the world's best architecture, impressive human portraits, and so much more.

There are two total rounds of voting. In the first round, you voted for as many images as you liked. The top 30 overall and the most popular image in each category have continued to the final. In the final round, you may vote for just one image to become the Picture of the Year.

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Picture of the Year 2013 Results Announcement

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Dear Ragesoss,

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).

• In the first round, 2852 people voted for all 962 files
• In the second round, 2919 people voted for the 50 finalists (the top 30 overall and top 2 in each category)

We congratulate the winners of the contest and thank them for creating these beautiful images and sharing them as freely licensed content:

1. 157 people voted for the winner, an image of a lightbulb with the tungsten filament smoking and burning.
2. In second place, 155 people voted for an image of "Sviati Hory" (Holy Mountains) National Park in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
3. In third place, 131 people voted for an image of a swallow flying and drinking.

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CCL/Bass Library

Hi Ragesoss, do you have any photos of Bass Library before or after its renovation? Just rewrote the article but it completely lacks illustration. I've categorized a couple of photos you took at the time on Commons, but I don't have any illustrative interior shots. Nickknack00 (talk) 00:12, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Nickknack00: I checked my archives, but I don't have anything else.--ragesoss (talk) 13:04, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

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File:Antonia Neshev laughing at ROFLCon II.jpg

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Ellin Beltz (talk) 16:55, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

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Thank you, odder (talk) 22:18, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

File:Stuffed ebola.jpg

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Fæ (talk) 14:13, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

Unprot request

Hi, would you please reduce the protection level of Wikipedia-logo-with-cap.svg and Wikipedia-logo-with-cap 2.svg. IMHO semiprot would be enough, so established users can correct the description. sarang♥사랑 08:54, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

sarang: I've removed the protection from both of them.--ragesoss (talk) 15:32, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

Diderot watchface for Pebble

Hi; yesterday after Jeremy Baron forwarded an email, I installed this pleasant little item. Haven't got any pictures that way yet, but found a few local articles that had wrong location or other things that a local editor can fix easily. Which, yes, I could have gotten with a simple map of articles. However, I wonder what kind of publicity you will give it. Discussions about requested photos both here in Commons and in WP? Or is it not yet ready for that? Jim.henderson (talk) 16:30, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi Jim.henderson, and thanks for the kind words! I did a quick post about it on the village pumps both here and on English Wikipedia, and I also shared it with the Signpost — hopefully it'll get a mention in the next issue. Feel free to bring it up other places you think it would be relevant. I've gotten some good feedback already in the last couple days and have some improvements planned, and I'd love to have it in front of more people and get their feedback as well.--ragesoss (talk) 16:35, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Pictures from Pittsburgh museum

Hello.

I saw on the Commons website that you uploaded pictures from Pittsburgh museum, that's the reason why i send you this message.

I'm looking for pictures of the Nimatron, an automata built in 1940. The Nimatron (google translation) should be at the "Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science Building". Are you, in any way, able to go there and take some pictures of it and then upload them to the Commons website ?

I already asked this 2 times without answer here (Pittsburgh portal, village pump).

Regards --Archimëa (talk) 09:31, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Archimëa: Sorry, I don't live in Pittsburgh any more.--ragesoss (talk) 16:20, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Copyright status: File:The Shoppes at Northway - 1.jpeg

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And also:

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Yours sincerely, JuTa 06:52, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

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Thank you, odder (talk) 02:17, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

File:Mouse pointing to the "My sandbox" link on Wikipedia.png requires updating

Hi Ragesoss,
Thank you for your contributions to Commons. I noticed File:Mouse pointing to the "My sandbox" link on Wikipedia.png is out of date. Could you update it? Thanks again. Daylen (talk) 05:01, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

File:3rd Day - The Green Che.jpg

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Mbazri (talk) 07:47, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Outreachy Round 15: Interested in becoming a mentor / featuring a project?

I'm contacting you, as your project is featured on the New Developers page! :) Would you be interested in mentoring a project in the Outreachy Round 15? If so, here is what you might be interested in learning about:

1. Get an overview of the selection process, and your responsibilities before, during, and after the program
2. Create a task, or modify an existing one on Phabricator. Make sure it includes: Project title, description (summary in 8-10 lines), skills required (Phabricator tags are welcome), mentors (required two), micro tasks (link to Phabricator task that must be completed to become a strong candidate).*
3. Tag the task with #Outreach-Programs-Projects and #Outreachy-Round-15 on Phabricator.

Learn more about the accepted projects from previous round - SSethi (WMF) (talk) 13:18, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

File:Yale Modern Head.JPG

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