User talk:LX/Archive/2011: July to September

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AjaxMassDelete

Hello LX (Alexander), I wonder how you performed the last deletion request that fast: Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by PrinceMarciano.

I wrote a handy script (is still in alpha state and will be extended for adding no-permission, OTRS, ...) allowing a mass deletion request. As I think you are able to read and comprehend JS, you might want to test it? You can find it here: User:Rillke/AjaxMassDelete.js. In a few hours there will be documentation on the discussion page.

You can load it for debugging purposes:

importScriptURI('http://www.commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Rillke/AjaxMassDelete.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s');

or for usage only:

importScript("User:Rillke/AjaxMassDelete.js");

When ready, it will be a snap-in for AjaxQuickDelete. -- RE rillke questions? 15:31, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

I just used tabs, copy & paste – no magic involved. :) The script sounds useful; I'll look into it. —LX (talk, contribs) 16:13, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Tried it out for the first time yesterday. Seems to work well. I have a few comments. Where would you like me to put the feedback? —LX (talk, contribs) 12:26, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for the confidence put your comments here. Thank you. -- RE rillke questions? 17:26, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

I am sorry for the inconvinience due to the malfunction of this script. (That happens whenever one has no time to test) The errors should now be fixed. Do you want to use my replacement for MediaWiki:Gadget-UserMessages.js ?

If you want to, here is the neccessary code:

importScript("User:Rillke/AxUserMsg.js");
var AxUserMsgPreSelect = 10; // selects end-copyvio

Errors and desires can be put here. Screenshot and documentation will follow.

Have a nice evening. -- RE rillke questions? 18:11, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Oh, it's been no inconvenience at all. I appreciate the opportunity to test it; it's already saved me quite a bit of time. I would consider most of the bugs I reported to be feature requests rather than defects. If there were major hiccups, I didn't notice them. What are the benefits of your UserMessages version? —LX (talk, contribs) 08:35, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Yes, indeed there were "hiccups". I improved the documentation page. Especially User talk:Rillke/AxUserMsg.js#What has been improved? should be of your interest. Did you ever click on your browser's "back"-button using the old script after adding "... to inform the user"? I did and that's why wrote the new script. (And because it is a good toy for newbies and the forgetful like me.) -- RE rillke questions? 17:45, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Yes, accidental extra messages as a consequence of using the back button have happened to me several times – especially before the Quick Delete gadget was fixed. I'll give your User Messages rewrite a whirl too. It sounds promising! —LX (talk, contribs) 21:26, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

AjaxMassDelete.js - New feature

User manual, requests and known issues

Thanks for trusting in my skills and me.

At this point I would recommend switching to the "load on demand"-feature of this script because it's quite a huge pile of code. This should improve performance and is not mandatory to retain its functionality: It's just a suggestion. This will prevent the interpretation of the whole script if a page loaded on commons. Instead, only if you click on the link, it will load the script.

What you've to do: In User:LX/monobook.js exchange

importScript("User:Rillke/AjaxMassDelete.js");

with

addPortletLink('p-tb', 'javascript:{importScript(\'User:Rillke/AjaxMassDelete.js\'); void(0);}', "Perform batch task", 't-AjaxQuickDeleteOnDemand', null);

That's all. Thank you. -- RE rillke questions? 20:36, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Done. FYI, I had some problems with the script the other day where it wouldn't list any files, so I had to resort to creating Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by RASECZENITRAM manually. It seems to work again now, so I assume it was a temporary problem while the script was undergoing what looked to be some pretty major changes. —LX (talk, contribs) 08:51, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

I forgot to remove a debug-line (console.log()). A similar problem caused a bug in MediaWiki-Software :) I hope it works now as expected. -- RE rillke questions? 09:16, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

JSONListUploads

Rd232 sent an enquiry whether I'd like to create a gallery tool from AjaxMassDelete I did and here is what you need to install the script. It adds a toolbar link (My uploads) if you are somewhere in your namespace. Please do not click on it if you are editing a page. It removes the whole page's content and sets up the gallery.

if (-1 != mw.config.get("wgPageName").indexOf(mw.user.name())) importScript("User:Rillke/JSONListUploads.js");

I read about the features you requested at VPP and I will work on implementing the missing ones in both scripts. Kind regards -- RE rillke questions? 19:54, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Good news: Make and model available. Filter, revision treatment and global usage will follow soon. AjaxMassDelete will adopt this (not yet done because there are some structural changes). -- RE rillke questions? 22:13, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Hello.

This discussion has been moved back to User talk:RASECZENITRAM#Do you own a lot of different cameras?. Please respect my request to keep discussions where they started. Don't continue discussions from elsewhere on this page, as this makes discussions harder to follow. Thank you. —LX (talk, contribs) 12:53, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

A tip for you

Here is a tip for you {{Disputed}}. That is for when you want to fix a problem without deleting a file. --MGA73 (talk) 20:51, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

1. This template is not autotranslated.
2. Nobody/ only a few people care about this tag. You have to ask or invite everyone in a discussion.
3. Sorry for meddling :) -- RE rillke questions? 15:14, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

I'm guessing that's in reference to this comment, and I think you may have misunderstood me slightly. What I meant is this: when adding {{No source since}}, {{No license since}} or {{No permission since}}, I first and foremost hope that the missing information will be provided so that the file doesn't have to be deleted. I still believe – as is our policy – that files which do not provide source, authorship and licensing information as required must be deleted, but it's not an outcome I wish for. I'm well aware of {{Disputed}}. I use it occasionally but sparingly (for the reasons listed by Rillke) – usually in combination with another tag as a means of pointing out where the problem is. It is not a replacement for {{No source since}}-tagging of files sourced only to "Google" and which may or may not be in the public domain. Even the template itself discourages such uses. —LX (talk, contribs) 16:07, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Wykymania, Please do not remove speedy deletion tags

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Le tombeau de l'amiral Baste (Brienne-le-Château).jpg

Hi, Exceptionally, I removed your request for the removal of the watermark on File:Le tombeau de l'amiral Baste (Brienne-le-Château).jpg. Because the file is unsourced and a probable copyvio, I believe it may be better to leave the watermark in evidence until the file is deleted (or validated), even if it is not easily readable. Also, if the file is probably to be deleted, it is better to save useless work for a graphist. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:20, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Fair enough. I'll keep an eye on it in case it turns out to be worth the effort to remove the watermark. —LX (talk, contribs) 20:39, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Michael Myers.png

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Hello

Hi, LX!

I read your message. You're right. There are photos in wikimedia commons it no are my own work (sorry, I have not good english). But, the photos taken with casio exilim ARE MY OWN WORK. If you want, delete other photos, but photos with casio exilim not delete, they are of mi own work.

Thanks

In spanish:

Hola, Lx Leí tu mensaje. Tienes razón. Hay fotos en wikimedia commos que no son de mi autoría.... Pero las fotos tomadas con Casio Exilim SON MI PROPIO TRABAJO. Si tu quieres, borra las otras fotos, pero las fotos con casio exilim no las borres, son mi propio trabajo.

Gracias. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.36.211.12 (talk • contribs) 21:03, 2. August 2011 (UTC)

At the top of this page, there's this text:

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If I left a message on your user talk page, please respond there.

And at the top of the page when you're editing, there's this text:

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So please log in and do that so that I have some chance of knowing who you are and what you're talking about. —LX (talk, contribs) 08:34, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

...for this fixing of the COM:VPR header. :) Rd232 (talk) 14:40, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

No worries. A related hint: if you want to provide a diff link (or similar) that goes to the right server regardless of whether the reader uses the secure login server, you can use fullurl, like so. Makes the source code more concise too. :) —LX (talk, contribs) 15:10, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I actually know fullurl (though I always have to look up how to use it), but it wasn't needed here, as you demonstrated, and I don't normally bother with it in discussions, out of laziness :) (BTW I hear the developers are working on making fullurl redundant, so MediaWiki will automatically know where to send the user.) Rd232 (talk) 15:51, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Good news: In MediaWiki 1.18, we can simply write Special:PermanentLink/56906117 for an oldID bugzilla:268. The secure server will probably change, too (which can ease writing links: [1]) There are plenty of improvements. :) -- RE rillke questions? 16:03, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Awesomesauce! Someone deserves a good beer. —LX (talk, contribs) 16:32, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

photo

The owner is allowed to work @ah0ra (talk) 09:53, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

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So please do that. —LX (talk, contribs) 09:56, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

photos about board games

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Tineye / Google Images

Hello LX,

I see that you sometimes use Tineye to identify copyvios. Google is now offering a similar service at Google Images, search with an image. If you don't already know this search option, you might want to try it. You can either enter an URL, upload an image or use drag&drop. The search results are much better than those of Tineye, probably because Google's databanks are bigger. There is also a plugin for Firefox or Chrome which makes searching with images as simple as a right mouse click. Regards --Rosenzweig τ 17:16, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

PS: More info at http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searchbyimage.html. --Rosenzweig τ 17:18, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

I'm well aware of it and use it quite a lot. (I have the extension enabled in my preferences.) I find that they complement each other nicely. Thanks, though. :) —LX (talk, contribs) 17:20, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

No heading

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Epost

Fick du mitt mail? Jag vill inte tjata, men det är kort om tid och är du inte intresserad får jag fortsätta leta. Vänligen--ArildV (talk) 16:10, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Hej! Nej, jag verkar inte ha fått något mail. Hittar inget i spamkorgen heller. Kan du försöka igen, eller posta här om det inte rör något känsligt. Ursäkta att jag inte svarat tidigare; jag var ute i svampskogen hela helgen. —LX (talk, contribs) 18:43, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Hej! Låter trevligt med svampskogen. Frågan gällde Wiki Loves Monuments där jag är projektledare för den svenska delen och att vi sökte en Wikipedian/Commonsanvändare som var intresserad av att sitta med i den svenska juryn. Trots efterlysningar på bybrunnen både på Wikipedia och här har vi inte fått något napp, och jag tänkte att du kanske var intresserad att vara med i juryn? Det är oavlönat, däremot ska vi kunna stå för eventuella reskostnader för dig till Stockholm. Juryn kommer sannolikt vid åtminstone ett tillfälle sammanträde.--ArildV (talk) 19:57, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Det var både trevligt och produktivt. Jag åker upp till Stockholm rätt ofta ändå och skulle gärna ha ställt upp, men just under september är jag tyvärr alldeles för upptagen med jobb och tjänsteresor. —LX (talk, contribs) 20:03, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Ok. Tack för ditt svar.--ArildV (talk) 20:13, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

This DR

I have withdrawn my panoramio pass in this DR after Admin Lupo clarified that pre-2009 images must not have a "for wikipedia" only permission statement/restriction. Please note that the uploader did try to get some form of permission for his uploaded panoramio images but since it mentions wikipedia, it is not acceptable or free enough for Commons....as you noted. It is strange. I did file a separate DR on 1 of his uploaded photos which grew to a mass DR on many of his other images and I agreed to their deletion. The problem was that this old pre-2009 panoramio images can cause problems (with their restrictive permission) since the permission can be vague..if there is no license change. Thanks for notifying me of the problem. Unfortunately, it is usually Dr. Fo who caused me this problem at panoramio! Best Regards from Canada, --Leoboudv (talk) 19:27, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for reconsidering and for checking other affected files. It's too bad that obviously well-intending contributors who care enough to ask for permission sometimes don't read up on what kind of permission they actually have to ask for. Sorry for not responding sooner; I was out in the woods all weekend. —LX (talk, contribs) 19:56, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

• Sure. I hope there are no more issues with Dr. Fo but I can't be 100% sure. I already have to ask Admin Lupo to delete another 20 images here today from another panoramio account that I passed. Dr. Fo just causes me a headache sadly. But with these old images, there is no bot to review panoramio images sadly and if I make a mistake I have to rectify it. Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 08:52, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

File tagging File:Pirámide de la isla de Jaina.jpg

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Sorry for Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Ljungstream

I just want to say, I am sorry for this. Unfortunately it was not an error I could fix: If you look at MediaWiki_talk:AjaxQuickDelete.js#Handle_server_error_504_and_502, and below, you will see that the API used by this script had serious problems these days because one server was out of sync. This should be fixed by the techs for now. -- RE rillke questions? 09:43, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

No worries. I knew I was test driving a work in progress, and I did notice that something went wrong, so it's my fault for not checking more carefully to see which steps were missed. —LX (talk, contribs) 09:47, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

File:GERMAN TANK DISGUISED AS AN AMERICAN TANK.jpg

Hello LX!

Thank you for your help here. It is nice to see people who know what valid sources are and that such things are important for Commons. Greetings, High Contrast (talk) 12:10, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

My pleasure. Took me all of two minutes. :) —LX (talk, contribs) 12:12, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Files

You must be joking, right? Why don't you first consult me? It takes 20 min to upload one file. I don't want to upload them all again, just because somebody cannot read a bracket. Gun Powder Ma (talk) 14:09, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Please keep the discussion where it started. I did notify you of the discussion and asked for your comments ("We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion"), so you have been consulted. If the permissions are found to be acceptable, the files will not be deleted. If the permissions are not acceptable and no acceptable permission is obtained, the files will be deleted. If the files are deleted and an acceptable permission is later obtained, they can be undeleted. Whatever the case, you will not need to upload them again. —LX (talk, contribs) 14:22, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

How long does the deletion process take? I will need a couple of days for sure. You already knew on 24 August, you could have given me a hint then, instead of immediately plunging into the brute method of mass deletion. Gun Powder Ma (talk) 14:30, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Deletion discussions run for at least seven days, and usually more than that in cases like this, so there's no need to panic. I didn't actually see the response to my question on OTRS until just now (too many pages on my watchlist, I guess), and I thought it was best to deal with it before it got archived. Commons is big enough a project that messages on user talk pages tend to get forgotten if they go unanswered. Open deletion discussions are kept track of more effectively, which is pretty important for cases like this. I hope that we can resolve it without deletion. —LX (talk, contribs) 14:43, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Could you remove the deletion tag from the files with a renewed permission? Gun Powder Ma (talk) 20:59, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

No worries. The admin who closes the request will remove the tags. With an approved OTRS permission they won't be deleted.

If Alex wants to do this before, he can use "custom replace" using RegExp /\{\{delete\|reason\=.+\|day\=5\}\}/ with a space or just nothing. -- RE rillke questions? 21:35, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Done. Thanks for all your work! —LX (talk, contribs) 14:46, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

File source is not properly indicated: File:Bakel plein omstreeks 721 na Chr..jpg

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commons helper

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RE: File:Casadejuntas.jpg

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I replied in my own discussion.--Dagane (talk) 18:44, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Request for image review

A cup of juice for you. Sir you are looklike a good image reviewer.So please review my other uploads.

sridhar1000 (talk) 14:50, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

I did have a quick look through your uploads when I first discovered copyright violations among them. Are there any particular files that you think may need attention? If you are unsure enough about your uploads that you feel like all of them need to be reviewed, perhaps you should consider asking before uploading next time. —LX (talk, contribs) 09:25, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

About an image

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Commons:Categories needs translation

is a huge page which is not translated to svenska. If you find the time or another volunteer, some users would have it easier. I think the first 3 or 4 sections are the most import ones. I just ask because today, Bo Forslind (talk · contribs) asked on Helpdesk how to categorize. According to CentralAuth he could be a native sv-speaker. -- RE rillke questions? 15:29, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

I've written a reply to Bo, who's clearly a Swedish speaker. I'll see if I can find the time to translate the help page later. —LX (talk, contribs) 18:01, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

There was recently a discussion about splitting that page to make it easier to understand. The discussion petered out (Commons:Village pump/Proposals/Archive/2011/08) but it might be worth trying to pursue this before making the effort to translate the page. Rd232 (talk) 11:47, 22 September 2011 (UTC)