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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Ojw (talk | contribs) at 22:24, 3 November 2018 (rm 2005 discussion). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

There is no need to inform me on this page about images that you'd like to delete - I'm not interested. Especially if the image already has a valid copyright tag. Especially if the reason for deletion is that it doesn't match a tagging system that you invented last week. Double-especially if you're an automated process deleting thousands of images because you can't understand plaintext descriptions of them. Go ahead and delete, don't waste your time requiring me to write a copyright essay on each tiny fair-use screenshot or self-made photo.

Helicopter anatomy

Thank you for providing the annotated diagram on this page! If you open the article you will see some hidden notes describing the remainder of the dials and warning lights. Now Wikipedians can pretty much get into a Robinson R22 and fly it away... once you (or someone else) produces a further annotated diagram. Visit the article and you'll see what I mean. Benet Allen 18:15, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Circuit diagram example ( + Seychelles map)

Thanks! It's now in use. Great work. – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 13:41, Jan 31, 2005 (UTC)

And the Seychelles image looks great. I was going to finish this, but I got distracted, reading about how Seychelles fared in the Tsunami. Anyway, thanks! – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 20:58, Jan 31, 2005 (UTC)

Hi Ojw, I left a question for you (just curiousity) at Wikipedia:Image recreation requests#Completed requests. dbenbenn | talk 22:52, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Don't know whether I'm supposed to reply on my talkpage or yours. The earth image is pretty common - I got mine from here or here, and xplanet has loads more where that came from.
As to copyright, I haven't found anyone attempting to stop them being used as public-domain images, although they're occasionally found credited to JPL/CalTech. Images are distributed with xplanet for example, which is GPL, and many of those popular websites are displaying them without copyright notices (and have been for decades).
One page says that another page says that Living Earth claimed copyright of a similar image, but I can't find anything to substantiate that. Anyone wanting to dig through and come up with an answer I'd be interested to know, but I'd treat the images as public domain. Ojw 23:29, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Rules of the road map

Hello Ojw. I would do this myself, but I don't seem to have the facility to do so. It's about the map that you've posted at Rules of the road. I've noticed a couple of minor errors or omissions in it, namely:

There may be other oversights that I haven't noticed.

Sorry, I don't mean to be a nitpicker, but I like to see accurate maps. I'm sure you do, too. So if you get a moment, could you change the map? Thanks. Kelisi 03:55, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The countries which are missing completely, there's a good chance that they'll be missing from every wikipedia world map, because we all derive maps from the ones on Wikipedia:Blank_maps
Perhaps you could raise it either on the map page, or on one of the wikipedia helpdesks, because if there's a problem with missing countries it will affect a lot more than just this image (and it can only really be solved by someone capable of regenerating the maps from raw data, not those of us colouring them in). Ojw 17:22, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

free software = freeware!

Why did you change it? Kmg90 00:08, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

We have two pages: Free Software refers to Free Software (freedom to use, modify, and redistribute the software), while Freeware refers to software which is available at zero-cost.
The first paragraph of the article already mentions that, and provides a disambiguation link to freeware. So regardless of anything else, putting another link would be redundant.
Secondly, whoever changed the article wrote it as "Free Software (Freeware)", implying that the two were equivalent, which they're not. Free software isn't always available at zero cost, and freeware doesn't always allow you to modify and redistribute it.
OK, the concepts of freeware and Free Software sound similar when you first hear them, but they are distinct terms, and that's reflected in us having two pages for them.
Does that sound reasonable, or are there still unanswered questions? Ojw 00:33, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Maritime flags

I happened to notice you wanted maritime signal flags. Not being an expert on these, but luck happening as it does, I happened to visit this page earlier in the day, which may have what you want. Burgundavia 03:54, Mar 27, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. They're now at International_maritime_signal_flags. Ojw 20:02, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
India.png didn't upload, so I'll put it up in a minute. kwami 09:18, 2005 Jun 4 (UTC)

Your comments on Talk:BitTorrent

I agree with your comments on the inclusion of the legality of BitTorrent. I made similar arguments several months ago, but they were reverted some time after I removed the 'legal issues' section. Multiple members of the community reverted them, but none made any response to my arguments. My attempts at compromise were also ignored :-( I honestly don't know what to do, just letting you know that I've tried to remove those sections myself, and the experience has soured me on editing Wikipedia as a whole. :-(

OK, will look back at the page. I assume you're referring to "if we mention the illegal uses of BitTorrent, then to be consistant, we should mention the illegal uses of every other tool on Wikipedia" argument? Ojw 12:44, 31 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

References

Hello! I noticed that Web application framework doesn't have any references or sources. Although the contents of that article do seem like "common knowledge", it would still be helpful if you could mention your sources. Many thanks, Lupin|talk|popups 03:05, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Knots template

Hi,
I've started using your template {{knot-details}}. I've placed your talk page on my watchlist, so you may reply right here, to keep the discussion all in one place. --Smack (talk) 05:20, 21 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'm trying to shape up Wikipedia:WikiProject Knots. Johan Andersson 08:21, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Swiss sculpture

Image:birth machine.jpg

When you cleared out all your copyright notices you deleted a comment from me you may consider useful. Your image is indeed free under Wikipedia:freedom of panorama under Swiss law, but unless you upload the image to commons.wikimedia.org, Wikipedia will not respect this. I urge you to re-upload this free image to Commons so it gets marked as free instead of fair use. -N 17:53, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cool sorry, I never got around to fixing that. Is swiss law the one to use for a photo taken in switzerland then published internationally on a florida website by a person in england?
My main questions are (a) why is there a legal difference between putting it on one wikimedia site and another? Presumably if it's not acceptable here, those same policies will eventually be applied to the commons? and (b) surely anyone can upload it to commons? Ojw 18:01, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Is the image actually creative commons? Then yes, you can upload it to Wikipedia or to the commons. The source url is lacking though and is crucial to making the argument this is a free image. To answer your questions a) there is no legal difference. As pointed out in Wikipedia:freedom of panorama, on Wikipedia people are used to applying U.S. law and don't understand freedom of panorama as they do on Commons. And b) I would upload it to commons if the source url were supplied. To answer your other question, the law where the photograph is taken is applied when determining freedom of panorama. "Is it legal for me to take this image" is the crucial test. Switzerland's law is very broad and it is legal to take most pictures. -N 18:07, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
By source URL you're asking did I copy the image from a CC website? No I took the photo myself. I've just made it PD on the image page, to make it easier if anyone wants to copy the photo. Ojw 18:12, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:WrestHouseSilso.jpg

Your image of Wrest House has been posted to flickr here http://www.flickr.com/photos/london_heiress86/1093606473/ as the work of the account owner. This is against Flickr's own terms of use but they will only respond to complaints from the copyright holder. See http://docs.yahoo.com/info/copyright/copyright.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.92.168.164 (talk) 17:00, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like flickr have removed that account now? Ojw (talk) 15:07, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Nautical_s.png listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Nautical_s.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. OsamaK 09:54, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

International maritime signal flags (images) deletion

Hi, I was looking for one of the screenshots you uploaded, and noticed the long list of the maritime signal flag images you uploaded, including Image:Nautical s.png. I went to the deletion discussion page, and saw that you had stated the images had been replaced by SVGs. Therefore, I have listed a whole batch of maritime signal flag images (except the s) for deletion, at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2008 November 6. --Joshua Issac (talk) 21:16, 6 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal for Mountaineering and Climbing Project

Hi, my name is Jarhed and I am an amateur rock climber and mountaineer. I recently reviewed some of the articles on these subjects, and I believe that they could use the attention of interested editors such as yourself. I have proposed a new project on these topics and I am interested in your opinion. You can find the proposal here: Mountaineering and Climbing Project Proposal. Thank you for your time, and have a great day.Jarhed (talk) 21:49, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File Copyright problem
File Copyright problem

Thank you for uploading File:PPUK guardian 2009-08-27.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the file. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

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If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. Sherool (talk) 00:13, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

NowCommons: File:Xplanet polar ortho.jpg

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Speedy deletion nomination of Tamper-evident

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Nomination for deletion of Template:XCF

Template:XCF has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:56, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Metrolink, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. TorriTorri(talk/contribs) 06:57, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:OpenStreetmap

Template:OpenStreetmap has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 05:13, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

ERP Software Category Page

Hello, I noticed you are the creator of the ERP Software category page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:ERP_software). Would you mind removing the link to the Microsoft Dynamics subcategory? Wikipedia should be vendor neutral.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.20.87.238 (talk) 18:23, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Birmingham screwdriver listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Birmingham screwdriver. Since you had some involvement with the Birmingham screwdriver redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Si Trew (talk) 05:34, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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