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What is trolling? Respond on my talk page please.S.V.Taylor (talk) 21:44, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I will stop, someone has explained what I have been doing and I get it now.S.V.Taylor (talk) 21:47, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Demographics

FutureP could you please join this discussion. The Ottoman demographics of Yanya vilayet are being removed by Alexikoua, who as always is trying to prove the usual pov. Again with the usual snippet abuse he removed [1](which presented the obvious ethnic groups that you would expect to exist in an area divided between three different geographic regions) with the usual snippets[2](apparently according to Greek writers there were no Bulgarians in parts of Kastoria and Florina in 1908 and the Aromanians are just 25,000, while at the same time Greeks dominate the whole region).--— ZjarriRrethues — talk 00:13, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

There isn't a snippet abuse, I have complete access on this. Zjarri., admitted that he has too.Alexikoua (talk) 00:29, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Something else, in 1908 Kastoria & Florina was part of the Monastir Vilayet. Additionally Greeks dominate an area that's today ca. Greece, as described and sourced in the article. Alexikoua (talk) 00:31, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

The kazas of Florina and Kastoria are part of the Manastir vilayet not the whole of their areas.--— ZjarriRrethues — talk 08:01, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Challenge of your block of S. V. Taylor

I'm unconvinced that your block was necessary: see my remark here.

] 00:21, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Jsqqq777

A character you blocked a year ago is back warring http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Jsqqq777.--Galassi (talk) 18:57, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. I guess it wasn't yet quite up to the level of a renewed block, but I've refreshed the "Digwuren" warning. Fut.Perf. 19:21, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Hello, please let me know if the issue is corrected now. The pictures involves two pro's and is uploaded to how their association for the movie Hey Ram. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Imemadhu (talkcontribs)

I'm afraid not really. You say it's a "famous face-off". That may well be true (I wouldn't know, I have absolutely no idea about Indian cinema), but the article isn't saying anything about it. In order to support non-free images from a movie, you first need sourced analytical commentary, which is in need of the image to be understood. So, you'd have to add something like a "critical reception" section to the article, which would deal with how cinema critics analysed and evaluated the movie, and somewhere in there you'd need to cite a
reliable source speaking about what was so particularly memorable or important about this particular scene. Then it would indeed make sense to illustrate it with that screenshot. Fut.Perf.
18:02, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

File:Vasil Laçi 3.jpg

See again plz your concern about File:Vasil Laçi 3.jpg, it is a serie of photos took that time and it is important to stay together! --Vinie007 05:43, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm afraid no. The series is of course historically interesting, but please see
WP:NFC#3, "minimality of use". A single image is sufficient to show what he looked like. We cannot use more than are strictly necessary. Fut.Perf.
06:17, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

File:Mumbai Metro Renderer.jpg

Hi there, can u help me with this file copyright. I mean can you updated its fair use tag there? KuwarOnline Talk 08:32, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

No, I can't. I gave an argument why the file shouldn't be used at all. The problem is not some formality about the tag, it's the use of the file itself. Fut.Perf. 08:37, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
Hmm, well I have added my reason, if you think its publicly available, as you given link of blog, but govt of maha, never show cased it/or never made it public, so until it does so, we can use this image. KuwarOnline Talk 08:46, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
Only if you can make a convincing case that the actual colour design (the livery) of the train is in urgent need to be illustrated. So far, I'm not seeing anything in the surroundings of the image in the article that looks like sourced discussion of the livery. Apart from the livery, you could just use a picture of a train of the same type in operation in some other city. Fut.Perf. 08:49, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
Its specially designed for Mumbai by China, its only of kind, other wise I could have added same as I did in Mumbai Monorail which is designed by Scomi Rail. Again once it made public by govt, I will surely make available at least one image from my friends of skyscrapercity.com till time, I think it will be great to use this image. KuwarOnline Talk 08:53, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Question re current ANI thread on
Khaled Mohamed Saeed
image

Hi, Future Perfect. I want to be cautious here: I don't mean to be officious or interfering, and I understand that you must necessarily be far more aware of all the issues that surround this controversy than I am. But it's my impression from reading between the lines that at least some who want the image in the article might be able to hold their noses and go with the idea of a prominent external link... As you know, I don't want to see the pic itself in the article, either. If nothing else, it seems to me that we should exercise some degree of respect for the subject's loved ones, who will no-doubt see our article at some point. But having had some exposure to what bodies look like after an autopsy, it just doesn't seem credible to me that the subject's appearance can be attributed to that cause, either: I feel the article would be truncated or incomplete without recourse to the photo, in other words, especially since it has strongly influenced current events in Egypt. ( See here, for example. ) So, with the greatest possible respect - I've admired your contributions and judgment on other matters, although we've never interacted before, that I recall - I wonder if you, also, might be able to live with a prominent external link? I didn't want to ask you at ANI because, being so "public" a forum, I felt that might put you on the spot, a bit. But could you, do you think, tolerate such a compromise at all, assuming people on the other side of the issue could also do so? Thanks,  – OhioStandard (talk) 11:10, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Hey, no need for apologies :-) – I haven't yet made up my mind completely about the new discussion. I think I'll answer you a bit later if you don't mind. Cheers, – Fut.Perf. 11:14, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
I appreciate your gracious reply. No need to respond further here, unless you just want to, of course. Mostly I just wanted to communicate my surmise (and that's all it is; I have no inside information) that the opposing side might be able to accept this, if you and other like-minded editors could live with it too. Best,  – OhioStandard (talk) 11:55, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

File:Patnaganges.jpg

Although I have removed the code from the article Patna, but this image is owned by me. May I know who is using it? Boolyme Talk!! 18:29, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

I found it on the web here. That's a smaller version, but clearly from the same photograph, and one that appears to have been published since at least 2007. Your version is evidently a scan from a printed source, which of course I cannot identify. In order to make your authorship claim plausible, I'd need at to know at least the where and how this image was previously published. Fut.Perf. 18:33, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

My pic is not a scanned copy. It is my picture. The pic that the link showed is also mine. I am a native of Patna and have been actively involved in a variety of such ventures helping the Government of Bihar. This pic was also used in Patna Education Expo material some time back. Though I am not sure whether it made its way to the web or not. I am 26 years old now and have been clicking since last 7-8 years. Also, the pic and many similar pics were in my picasa web album which I have deleted now because of memory constraints. I have begun doubting the policies of Wikipedia now. It is no longer a free editing project which made it so popular. It has become plagued with Administrative and Bureaucratic hassles. No wonder, it has lost so many editors recently. Read this- [[3]]. This is a very important issue. Take this criticism in a positive way and don't ban me as my IP is used by many others (I live in an college campus). I might continue editing but many others who may have devoted so much time only to become engaged in editing wars will feel helpless. Thanks. Boolyme Talk!! 18:57, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Anyways, I am quitting wikipedia as I don't feel the need to waste my time trying to convince unknown people. I will focus my energy somewhere else. Wish you luck as an "administrator" ;) ,,|, Boolyme Talk!! 19:13, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
Hmm. Actually, I was about to write out a rather reconcilatory reply here offering to undelete this file on an assumption of good faith, but your last edit [4] somehow tells me it's not that much use, is it? By the way, what set my reaction off was the fact that you had also declared this as your "own work" in much the same words as the other. I suppose if you are 26 now, you didn't work as a designer of postage stamps for the Indian postal service back in 1991, did you? I'm honestly sorry if you feel this is all just bureaucratic hassle, but unfortunately the sheer volume of objectively bad image uploads is still so great we have to be permanently on our guard. Fut.Perf. 19:27, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
Sorry to say this. But I really fail to understand your intelligence. This image is a postal stamp still in use in India. Issued by the Govt. of India. Did I say I made that stamp in my backyard printing press? The pic of the "stamp" was taken by me. I know the IP laws in India. Taking picture and posting them of Indian stamps don't need prior approval from the Government of India. If you don't know the IP laws in India then you don't have to evolve your your assumptions. As far as the policies of Wikipedia and the so-called "Self-appointed moral guardians" are concerned, read the reader's comments here- [[5]]. Might help Wikipedia in the long run. P.S. "Self-appointed moral guardians" is in inverted commas. Reference is the user comments in the linked BBC article. BTW, I don't know if to say sorry for " ,,|, " or not. But, I am human and have emotions. Ok. Sorry. I have said it now. Boolyme Talk!! 19:45, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, Boolyme; I hope you won't mind if I weigh in, also? ( I'm acting as a "talk page stalker" in doing so, a time-honored convention on Wikipedia. ) I just wanted to say that I understand your frustration entirely: There is more bureaucratic overhead involved in getting a photo onto Wikipedia than is desirable. I completely agree the process is daunting, especially the first few times someone attempts to contribute that way. Unfortunately, it's also impossible for us to dispense with that process: Since Wikipedia's content is freely-copyable by other sites, we need to take scrupulous care that everything it includes is also freely copyable. It's a big headache for all concerned, for would-be contributors, for copyright holders, and for volunteers like Future Perfect who try to ensure that copyrights aren't violated. If you knew what a tremendous volume of images and other copyrighted content is attempted to be included every day, I think you might go just a little easier on the folks who try to keep everything cricket. It's a monumental task, and people do make mistakes from time to time, of course. But I hope you don't give up on Wikipedia, though. Despite the necessary bother with matters like this, it really is gratifying to be able to contribute to so extraordinary an enterprise. Also, as much as I do understand your frustration, and commiserate with you, you might like to moderate the tone you're allowing yourself here. Once you've cooled down a bit, I think you'll understand that we're all just doing what we have to, to try to keep all the wheels turning here. Thanks for your contributions, and best regards,  – OhioStandard (talk) 04:21, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Go Ichinose

You had no right to delete a page which HAD to be started. It was the real Go Ichinose, I had links, I was even preparing for more links so thanks a lot for ruining it. Next time be patient.

It contained no assertion of notability. See
WP:CSD A7. Its first sentence was that he was "known only" for work on pokemon. A composer who hasn't written anything beyond some background music for a commercial product like that is hardly notable as a composer. There were no sources either. Fut.Perf.
09:07, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

File:La Concha Motel lobby.jpg

Your deletion tag for this image looks completely justified to me. I'd uploaded the higher resolution image to improve an article that used it, and then belatedly realized that it is a pretty blatant copyright violation. I was about to tag the image myself. So thanks for your quicker work! Cheers, Easchiff (talk) 14:52, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Polemical findings and appropriate detachment

Hi FPaS,

Thank you for your advice on the wording of the finding. Since you appear to know what you're doing here—which I certainly can't claim—I'm happy to be guided by you in this. I have (an edit-conflict actually, I thought it too “cutesy” on my own reflection) attempted to recast the finding to be more appropriately detached, but I am considerably uncertain as to the proper “tone” for this context. If you have further advice or suggestions that might better let me contribute to the process I would be most grateful for it. Oh, and if making this request on your user talk page, rather than on the case page, is inappropriate, please do let me know. I am concerned about the amount of discussion—the sheer volume of text—on the case pages and am attempting to limit my own contribution to that tendency. --Xover (talk) 10:19, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm glad you found the advice useful. You know, I personally am the very model of a modern Arbcom contestant, so it is generally a very good idea to follow my lead. When I myself am involved in Arbcom cases, I usually go around explaining to arbitrators and clerks how they are all stupid illiterate ne'er-do-wells. I can tell you it improves one's standing with Arbcom immediately. ;-) Fut.Perf. 10:29, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
Well, given my
bureaucratic ruleset. Far better to elucidate what they should be thinking in sufficient detail. ;D --Xover (talk
) 10:48, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

As an administrator I ask for ur attention to the above article. User Athenean and , now, A Macedonian, are not working within the good faith template of wikipedia. Specifically, they remove parts which do not meet their POV, despite it being from a RS and neutrally written. They make dishonest claims of synthesis' and breaching consensus, when the only concensus which has been made is that in their own minds. In particular, the summarizing sentence by Borza seems to be utterly unacceptable to Athenean. A Macedonian, now makes false statements of alleged 'concensus' and changes a direct reference from Anson, essentially ,misrpresenting the source

talk
) 12:54, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi, please keep in mind that I can't act as an admin here – too much of a long-term involvement in the topic debate. I'm afraid I'll only be able to re-engage substantial debate on that article once I've had an opportunity of reading the new literature you and others have cited. If you feel the other editors' actions become disruptive and need admin intervention, the appropriate channel would be
WP:AE. Fut.Perf.
13:36, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
The usual 19:55, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
File:Smilie + Wand.gif File:Angry1.gifFut.Perf. 21:17, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

Why scope is important

You asked why scope is important. We thought that having the RFC discuss and come to agreement on relative roles would be a useful technique for reigning in a rouge operative. That,as well as developing system where users and WikiProjects can opt out of receiving promotional communications from WPUS and having group discussion of WPUS communications rather than having it be a one-man show. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 03:19, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

You win

Alright i'll stop. --Hoppybunny (talk) 19:05, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Hello, Fut.Perf. I would like to ask for your attention to the article on the Dalmatian language. An anonymous IP keeps introducing claims about the survival of the language untill the contemporary period without providing any references for them. --Omnipaedista (talk) 12:33, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Your participation in Olive's appeal at AE

(Posted verbatim to the talk page of Cirt, to whom this message also applies)

It has been stated in the Olive appeal thread at

] 00:07, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Apologies; having re-read the comment (which itself was a little confusing) that led to me posting these questions, I now understand that it has only been contested that Cirt is an involved editor.
] 00:09, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
No problems about the misunderstanding. Just for the record, yes, I am uninvolved; the only involvement I've had was itself in an administrative function, in imposing one of the earlier sanctions on Olive and others. Fut.Perf. 06:35, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Problem child

I believe this fellow needs his block extended. He's just responded to his current block in a rather uncivil tone. Some folk never learn. Cheers,
⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 15:21, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Need help with Palestine Papers article

I asked users that have edited it to please discuss or contribute to the article. One of them that I asked on his talk page ignored it and proceeded to add a CAMERA source to the article predating the very leak and contents of the article in an attempt to vandalize with POV. He then buried it with some 7 other edits. Another user then tried to add to the title that the papers are questionable. When trying to undo such damage another wikiuser then started an argument with me on the basis of the semantics of the problem I was trying to fix.

I am only one user who doesn't have much time in maintaining or writing. I do this on a very limited basis but I try to collaborate with others in the talkpage. It is frustrating when such hit and run edits happen. So I ask if you have any spare time from your busy day, if you could help with the further creation, citing, and protecting the page from pov and hit and run editors. As well as help collaborate with others on the talkpage to create a better format for the article. I have a few ideas but I do not wish to make any changes without a form of consensus. If you can't, could you ask another wikiuser who has spare time to help? Thanks for your time. --General Choomin (talk) 01:58, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

File:Athens Montage 2.jpg

Hi! I recently created this new photomontage (File:Athens Montage 2.jpg) of pictures of Athens which is similar but much better than the previous one (File:Athens montage.jpg). As you had advised me then, I cited the already existing pictures that I used from Wikipedia and released the rest, which I created, into the public domain. But there seems to be some problem with 'missing source information'. I can't understand where the problem is. Dimboukas (talk) 16:15, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, I don't see a problem either, except that to be quite correct with the attribution, it would be better to explicitly name the authors of the three source images too. Maybe the other user also was confused because there is no link to the other three images that you created yourself. Perhaps you could upload those three separately too? They are good images and would be nice to have in standalone form. Fut.Perf. 16:28, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

ArbCom Case

Would you kindly give your advice here [6]

talk
) 04:21, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Albania

Should

Albania (Balkans) started by Antidiskriminator be deleted?--— ZjarriRrethues — talk
15:13, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Correct link?

Hi FP, please take a look here, which one is correct?

talk
) 20:51, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks.
talk
) 21:58, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Stanovc again

Gjeravica (talk · contribs) is one more sock of Stanovc (talk · contribs). Just to let you know. --WhiteWriter speaks 16:25, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

IP block

To be fair to the anon IP I've been just as much involved in that edit war as he/she has and my edits may also warrant a block, although in my defence I would mention that I'm just about the only person trying to improve Hanged, drawn and quartered by actually doing some research on the subject. Parrot of Doom 20:01, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

I might also add that another editor has recently re-added one of the contentious links in this article (the inclusion of which I fought for, but lost), but I've reverted that edit and informed him about the discussion, on his talk page. That reversion may well take me past WP:3RR, I haven't counted. Parrot of Doom 20:10, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

senthil.jpg

possible copyright violation. Boolyme Chat!! 21:05, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Ukrainians

Hey — Just to let you know that our friend at

List of people born in Ukraine is back... —David Eppstein (talk
) 06:47, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Yes afcourse --Vinie007 14:15, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
It was from flickr but lost link --Vinie007 14:35, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
As far i know they are deleted all--Vinie007 20:42, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Thats to long ago, I simply don't no, I advise you to change in a Non-free use rationaly, than we are sure we don't have any wrong used file --Vinie007 12:01, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
I go about my own awnsers, if you keep this tone plz don't message me any more --Vinie007 13:58, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Bulgarians

Yeah, I know, everybody blocks everything. :P However, I don't block punitively; I politely asked the editor to step back, and they have done so. There's no sense in throwing around blocks when civil discourse is better. If disruption resumes, then I'll block. As for the dispute, I'll let the editors see if a compromise is OK; if consensus is against, we'll have to wait for more sources. Thanks for weighing in, though! It's always nice to work together toward a solution. Cheers, m.o.p 20:07, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Dialogue

Now that there is some constructive discussion going on, maybe u can help us determine if we should go for a 'long' or 'short' language section [7]

talk
) 09:25, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Police

The state police flag isn't copyrightable according to the Copyright law of Albania, while the source is asp.gov.al.--— ZjarriRrethues — talk 14:26, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Yes, that one is okay now, thanks. If you want to help, it might be good if you had a quiet word with Vinie, because the way they are going now they are steering towards an indef-block for repeated copyvio problems. Fut.Perf. 14:36, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
Btw Mic Sokoli.jpg should be immediately deleted.--— ZjarriRrethues — talk 17:30, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Deleted article

I'm not sure if you have the access to do so, but could you please take a look at the log for Anti-Macedonian sentiment and possibly paste the content on my talk page? I'm quite curious. Thanks in advance! --ДакиТ (talk) 05:51, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

I'm afraid I can't oblige, for several reasons. First, I'm not supposed to take admin action in Macedonian topics (old backstory), so you'd have to ask somebody else. Second, it was a very poorly written article and I myself proposed it for deletion back at the time (
WP:CSD states that deleted material that gets re-posted in main article space is subject to immediate re-deletion. While it would be legitimate in principle if some other admin decided to "userfy" the page for you temporarily, my own personal recommendation would be to just not bother. Fut.Perf.
08:09, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
Not a problem and thank you for your time. I'd still like to briefly view the article (my curiosity stems from the same reasons it was deleted). If you have no objections, can you please direct me to an admin you know who could help me. Thank you again. --ДакиТ (talk) 08:59, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Elm picture

Thanks for you help, much appreciated. Melburnian (talk) 23:04, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Re: Wikiquette alerts

Anyway, if he is who I think he is, I can only recommend, very strongly, to both parties to drop it and walk their separate ways.

I've dropped it, but he's still going and going and going on

WP:ANI,[8] asking the same questions I've already given him answers to, and pretending they were never answered. Not to mention the fact that he's portrayed me as a knife-wielding killer, should I respond or ignore his personal attacks? I would prefer to ignore them as a) I've already responded to his false allegations, and b) he's obviously trying to bait an angry response. Admin DragonflySixtyseven
warned Jack about his incivility in November 2010:

You're dancing very close to the line of incivility. I strongly suggest you make an effort to be more polite.[9] [...] Excessive snarkiness, condescension towards new editors, passive-aggressive statements... if you have a problem with someone, report them. You're getting very close to the line of being a problem yourself. Remember: Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopedia. Everyone has to bear both those aspects in mind: not just 'encyclopedia', but also 'collaborative'.[10]

Since that warning in November of last year, Jack hasn't stopped with the incivility or the personal attacks, and the diffs are stacked high. At what point does it end? Viriditas (talk) 10:22, 10 February 2011 (UTC)


Future, JS has been in conflict with multiple editors concerning multiple articles under his new account. At one point, because of a conflict with Slatersteven, he agreed to not interact for one week with that editor (alluded to here. In addition, he's been in conflict with me, with User:Paul Barlow, User:Node ue, and others in separate situations. I have no idea what his previous account was, or the precise nature of his previous dispute with Viriditas (which he denies having). But it seems to me, based on what I know, that Viriditas is being unfairly singled out. ScottyBerg (talk) 16:58, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

I think I understand the situation fairly well. If J.S. is who I think he is, then yes, he can be extremely difficult to deal with, and I think he will bear me no grudge if I say he can be a pain in the ass. He can also be a very valuable contributor, in between. In the particular conflict V. interfered with him, V. was most probably right and J.S. was wrong. Still, V. yanked his chains, and he ought to have known how susceptible J.S. was to that sort of chain-yanking, and what would happen if he of all people yanked them. Fut.Perf. 17:04, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
Then that would underline my concerns about Clean Start wiping clean this editor's past contributions and disciplinary history, if any. If he has a disciplinary situation in the past, and is repeating his conduct, that is an explicit violation of
trying to evade scrutiny." Yet we have a Catch-22 situation here: how do we know that Clean Start has been violated? It seems to me that if your assumption is correct, then Clean Start has been violated. However, no other editor can raise the issue administratively as we just don't know who he is. That leads me to conclude that perhaps there is a gaming of Cleanstart going on here, and/or a violation of it. ScottyBerg (talk
) 17:20, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
I do not think any rule has been violated in the sense that there would be a need to disclose the connection or force a return to the old name. For now, this whole conflict is a self-perpetuating storm in a teacup, only fuelled by people continuing to talk about it. It will go away as soon as people simply stop. If J.S. creates any more problems in the future they can be dealt with in the normal way. There is certainly no need to hash it all out yet another time on this talkpage, as if it hadn't been all over enough other pages already. Fut.Perf. 17:25, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Possible Sock Puppet

You're the admin who blocked a sock puppet of the same person so I thought I'd bring this to you. I think 98.250.42.90 is a sock puppet of the user KarlKraft. Thanks for your help. --SCochran4 (talk) 04:43, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi, I only just noticed that this image had been deleted as its subsequent deleted talk page showed up on my watch list. This image has had a more thorough review Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2009 June 19 after which the decision was to keep, or rather, because the image had already been deleted the decision was to overturn and the image was then restored. So I want to make sure you understand that this image has more of a discussion history than the short current discussion that led to the current delete. - Steve3849talk 16:45, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

True. I was aware of it. But a second FfD can override a first, and also override an earlier DRV. The recent deletion was on the basis of Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2011 January 31, which, while not attended by a large number of voters, was a perfectly regular deletion process and ended in consensus. Fut.Perf. 16:47, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
The rationale of the second discussion was attended in the first discussion; no new rationale was submitted. - Steve3849talk 17:28, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
It often happens that similar arguments get exchanged in subsequent XfD's but end up weighted differently. In any case, I don't see anything in the older discussions that conclusively refutes the argument brought forward this time: the image "is not helpful for the understanding of the article". Indeed, it isn't. Normally we allow non-free portraits of deceased people (from before their death, obviously) because they show the readers what the person looked like. This image doesn't: the distortions of death, and the angle from which the image was taken, mean that it gives me not the slightest idea of what he looked like in life. Fut.Perf. 19:09, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
The image was placed in the section "death" and was never placed as a representation of his life. His death has historical significance. - Steve3849talk 23:53, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
Yes, but about his death it conveys no concrete information either. It is a widespread misconception that the value of an image is measured by the significance of the event it represents. The question is not how significant the event was, but how much the image tells me about the event that couldn't be conveyed otherwise. This one doesn't tell us anything. Fut.Perf. 08:09, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

User Kavs8

Hi, would you take a look at the uploads of images by

Flight Avia Flight 7100 article were deleted earlier today - File:Manx2cork.jpg and File:Manx2corkb.jpg. Kavs8 claimed to have released them onto the public domain, but they clearly weren't his photos to do. Now we have File:Manx2corkc.jpg on the article. Clearly taken from a newspaper's website. As I explained to this editor, there may be justification for the use of an image under NFFU rules, subject to the necessary NFUR for each such use. Looking at this editors talk page history, it would seem that there is a history of uploading copyvio images. I will give a lvl 3 warning after I've posted here. It may be that we need to formally topic ban this editor from uploading images until such time that they demonstrate an understanding of what images are useable and what are not. Mjroots (talk
) 19:35, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

I see you've already deleted the photo. I've warned the editor not to upload any further copyright photos without appropriate disclosure of their status or NFUR. Mjroots (talk) 19:49, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
Okay, thanks. His earlier uploads appear to be okay, right? Fut.Perf. 19:50, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
I'd say those that are still up probably are. However, a check of his talk page history reveals previous violations, hence the warning I left. No need for further action here unless there are further violations. I think I've made it clear enough to him now. Mjroots (talk) 20:18, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
Hah, I quite forgot this was a guy I myself indef-blocked half a year ago. Well, well, well. Fut.Perf. 21:19, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
I note that he promised to respect copyright in future. One more upload and it's an indef again I think. Mjroots (talk) 22:15, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
As he's had 2 blocks, I've told him that it's another indef should he repeat the offence. Some people learn from their mistakes, whilst others fail to. This may be a case of the latter. Mjroots (talk) 06:49, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Insurgency_in_the_Republic_of_Macedonia#Slav_extremists

Hi! Could you take a look at this article? There were a few reverts, and the ip editor is not willing to engage in the discussion. Imho semi-protection would help. Best regards, Alæxis¿question? 22:41, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Oh, that guy again. Unfortunately I am barred from taking admin action here. Can you ask somebody else please? I quite agree the IP editor needs to be stopped. Fut.Perf. 07:13, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of image Daniel_de_jongh.jpg

I have permission for using the image in a low resolution format by the photographer himself. Please do not delete the image.

Thanks for the response. I have the log of an e-mail conversation with the photographer, can I send that to permissions-en (at) wikimedia.org? thanks. Kartikdhar (talk) 22:32, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Cool. I've sent an e-mail to the permissions address with the e-mail transcript and also requested the photographers to send an e-mail as well. Please don't delete the pictures. Thanks. Kartikdhar (talk) 19:07, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

another review of user images

A user which commented on his page, uploaded quite a number of images claiming they were his own work which I find dubious. Later, he removed disputed copyright tags from the images. When the situation is figured out finally, they may come into play. The user's contribs.
⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 17:42, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

True. They are all military emblems and rank insignia, right? And it seems somebody re-tagged them all as non-free and added rationales. I would assume good faith here – these thingies are sufficiently borderline, somewhere in between not-copyrightable-because-too-simple, public-domain-because-official-symbol, derivative work, obvious fair use, and all those other confusing concepts, that I wouldn't blame a contributor if they mistagged them. I think we generally allow include kinds of sets of insignia for various national armed forces, don't we? Fut.Perf. 17:53, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
Yes, I'm just noting that he claimed they were his own which is what Ehsan was doing and Ehsan said that was to prevent them from being deleted.
I found Wikipedia:WikiProject Iran#Public domain photos which lists some public domain sources. I'm not sure if the fact that this list exists means that others aren't in the public domain or not. Someone on the talkpage of that project might be able to shed some light. I've been looking online and haven't found anything in English (I don't read Persian). Hopefully helpful,
⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 18:06, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Reply

A little reply.--Lsorin (talk) 01:59, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Request basis for conclusions

In explaining your recent deletion of a restored image, you wrote that the "image had already been resoundingly rejected by consensus at the article talkpage." As per the talk page discussion, this comment seems a bit exaggerated, IMO. Including the original image tagger, there were three total editors who opposed (mildly, it seems) the image in discussion. There were two, including me, who agreed that "keep" was justified. One middle-of-the-road commenter simply asked, "Are you guys sure that they really hadn't met each other before that moment?" and his question was answered by the source, which no one bothered to read it seems. The admin who deleted the file did so as a matter of course without comment. A "consensus" of 3 to 2 does not seem to support your conclusion of a "resounding rejection by consensus."

In deleting this image you ignored the fact that detailed commentary directly relating to and describing the image had recently been added to the article. That fact was noted on the new image summary information, the article talk page, and the talk page of the admin who deleted the image. All of those reasons make it hard to understand your rationale for speedily deleting the image.--

talk
) 20:13, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

In NFC-related deletion discussion, strength of arguments is what counts. None of the arguments for keep address the NFC issue. It doesn't matter in the slightest whether Zuckerberg and the actor had previously met. It doesn't matter in the slightest how much the article says about what happened in that show. The only thing that matters is whether the concrete visual information contained in the image is necessary to understand what the text is saying. Quite obviously, it is not. Fut.Perf. 20:35, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
Your comment that "None of the arguments for keep address the NFC issue" is unclear as they were addressed. The essential significance of the image as required by NFCC is that it was their "first" meeting, which supports the commentary. The fact that the image came from the once-only TV show is likewise a requirement, since the TV screen capture also supports the commentary, and is the whole point of the image. So I honestly don't understand how NFCC requirements can suddenly "not matter," but a POV conclusion of "quite obviously", can override everything else.--
talk
) 21:27, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
You evidently didn't get my point. Please re-read. Especially the second sentence from the last: " The only thing that matters is whether the concrete visual information contained in the image is necessary to understand what the text is saying." Fut.Perf. 21:29, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
Please add the required deletion notices to all the image captions you marked. Thanks!--
talk
) 01:24, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
Notifications in image captions are optional, and current practice is that most editors do not do them. I honestly don't know if there is currently some wording somewhere on some policy page that says they are obligatory; even if there is, that rule has been annulled by actual practice. There used to be some bot and/or some function in the Twinkle system that did them automatically, and I would be happy if there were such a function again. My personal position is that I refuse to do them as long as they are not automated. Sorry about that. Fut.Perf. 08:24, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
On the notice posted on the image page it says, "Notify the uploader . . . " followed by "Add following to the image captions . . ." It's logical that without notifying uploaders and watching editors, a picture can simply disappear without prior warning and a chance for anyone to fix any defects, unless there was some earlier discussion. --
talk
) 08:48, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
The same question has been asked here, for another image tagged coincidentally on the same day.--
talk
) 19:50, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Shapiro book cover

Fut. Perf., hold off a day or so before deleting that image. I think it might qualify under Wikipedia:Non-free content. I'll do the required foot work and make sure. Tom Reedy (talk) 22:46, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Well, three things. First, I personally don't really think it qualifies, but then I'm one of those odious extreme NFC deletionists. You run the risk of getting yourself into all sorts of extra trouble with me nominating it for deletion again and all that jazz (I'm worse than Bishzilla when it comes to stomping fair-use images.). The way we usually interpret the NFC principles for this type of case is that a cover can only be used if the book is itself notable and an object of significant encyclopedic coverage. Certainly not when it's just a source being used in the article. So you'd need some rather exceptional justification here. Second thing, I can't currently delete it, because it's on Commons, where I'm not an admin (but somebody else will). Third thing, if you wish to give it a try and keep it under NFC, it can't stay on Commons either, because Commons is only for free media. You'd have to re-upload it here. Fut.Perf. 22:59, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
I'm not going to argue about it or take any time defending it, but it does seem to me to qualify. As a hypothetical defence, it is indeed "to illustrate an article discussing the book in question", and I would think that requiring it to have "significant encyclopedic coverage" would be an over-interpretation of policy. (I mean, please, Goldfinger Comic or 40 Days with God qualify but this book doesn't?) It is indeed a notable book in the field, although it certainly doesn't deserve its own article, that field being quite demonstratively fringe. Also it meets the four tests for fair use under U.S. copyright law.
But as I wrote above, I don't want to spend any time on it, since we've already IMO spent too much time on this article (though it's hardly our fault, I think!). Cheers Fut. Perf. Tom Reedy (talk) 01:54, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

your comment on my page

More: I just deleted File:XChromos Tower.jpg as an obvious copyright violation from [11]. You falsely declared this image to be your own work, and apparently you did the same with a number of images that were later transferred to Commons too. Please go through all the images in your upload log and your log on Commons that still show up as blue links, and if there are any others that you falsely described as your own work or otherwise freely licensed, please list them here on this page. I'm giving you 24 hours; if I should find any others at a later date that you didn't list here, you will be blocked indefinitely with no further warning. Fut.Perf. 15:39, 13 February 2011 (UTC)


I' post some of my images to the forums allowing to be used by others, all images in wiki commons i've uploaded are either mine or already belonged to wiki other language sites i only moved them to English wiki site. And do not jump and accuse people, very rude Mic of orion (talk) 01:45, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Logging

I added your

WP:INVOLVED here, so you should fix the log if it was not your intention to give formal notice to those three editors under the provisions of that case. And thanks for stepping in. - 2/0 (cont.
) 14:54, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Ah yes, thanks, I hadn't noticed that "notifications" section already existed on the other case page. It sure is a confusing set-up. Yes, I did mean these to be "official" notifications. Fut.Perf. 17:22, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Arydberg keeps trying

See my comment here. --

talk
) 17:00, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Pseudoscience and fringe

Please, I used to work at the department of Neuroscience at Brown University. Opinions there when asked about the many web postings vs the official government line that aspartame is safe mostly questioned the funding that advanced the view that aspartame is safe. There are many medical research articles claiming aspartame is dangerous. I can provide them. This is not pseudoscience this is not Fringe. It is a minority belief. It should be covered as such. Yes the majority belief says aspartame is safe but there is a minority that believes it is dangerous.Arydberg (talk) 17:09, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

I don't think anyone would seriously dispute that it's a minority view, in fact an extreme minority view held only by a small handfull (less than "five" fingers?) of doctors and scientists, most of whom are retired and self-publishing their own weird POV, some of which are also pseudoscientific, fringe and even illegal quackery. (You see, people who are odd enough to hold one fringe view often hold many other fringe, pseudoscientific and quackish views, and they often cross the line into what is actually illegal.)
There is no controversy in scientific circles at present, with the lone exception of Soffritti, whose self-published work at his own Ramazzini Institute has been severely criticized. No, the real controversy died out a long time ago. All of the activism and publicity that exists is internet activism fueled by Betty Martini and a couple retired doctors, and their thousands of lay syncophants and SPAs who edit here. It has basically created a situation extremely similar to Delusional parasitosis ("aspartame disease"), where the effect of Martini's activism through the internet is similar to this: Morgellons#Role of the Internet. In fact, that section might serve as a model to use here, but in a modified form. That's what's happening in the real world.
Since the article never mentions any of these descriptions (pseudoscience, fringe, minority), this thread is a
WP:FRINGE
then comes into the picture for how to deal with such minority views.
Arydberg, are you really "A. Rydberg" (your real name is plastered all over the internet, but I'm not interested in
talk
) 20:17, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Gjorgji Pulevski

Hello. I found out here that you have made an analysis of the usages of the names "Georgi Pulevski" and "Gjorgji Pulevski" on Google Books. However, today it is not like that, since Gjorgji Pulevski is more used on Google Books and Google in general. Should we think of renaming the article? Also, you might be interested in this useless and stupid discussion here since I quoted you, which I think you do not mind. This is just informational, best--MacedonianBoy (talk) 23:52, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Tone

Hi FP, there's no call to respond that I'm asking a "silly" question when I ask about the relationship between the image policies and the unwritten understanding that all our policies be applied with common sense. I don't recall you finding me silly when I was spending my time to help you with Deucalionite, so I'd be grateful if you'd spend a little time trying to see my perspective now that it's me who has the problem. You're welcome to disagree, of course, but respectful disagreement would be appreciated, rather than dismissing me as though I'm a halfwit. :) SlimVirgin TALK|CONTRIBS 05:31, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Adding passive aggressiveness to you rhetorical strategy doesn't improve your position either. It was a leading question, and it was a silly trick to employ it. Fut.Perf. 08:19, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Image use policy clarification

Regarding your comment here, and in light of my following reply here, could you clarify whether you were merely stating your opinion or whether you were explaining policy as you understand it? As I write in my reply I'm disposed to assume you know this a whole heck of a lot better than I do—and I would certainly not mind getting out of digging up details or new versions of all those images—but your comment did not make clear whether you were opining on what ought be sufficient or on what you know will have been sufficient when we get to FAC. --Xover (talk) 20:06, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

I have to admit I am far more familiar with image standards from the perspective of deletion processes than from the perspective of FAC discussions – standards quite probably are higher in the latter, so maybe it was a bit rash of me to dismiss the need for more careful sourcing. "Best practice" would probably mean having both types, and if you want to be on the safe side it might be worth going the extra mile, but honestly I'm not sure how they tend to handle that at FAC. Fut.Perf. 21:16, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. I think we'll fix what we can without too much effort, and then try to find someone that does image reviews at FAC to ask for advice. --Xover (talk) 18:08, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Explanation

I was wondering about the warning you gave me. I haven't edited on the aspartame controversy talk page in almost two weeks. The last comment that I made said that if a phrase was not in a reference then it should not be in the article with that reference used to support that phrase. How is this pushing a fringe POV? And why this warning now after not posting for so long? Jmpunit (talk) 05:43, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

The warning was not directed to any one particular posting, but to a long term pattern of editing. It came to my attention through a recent report at ANI which dealt with the overall activity by several editors on that article. Fut.Perf. 16:55, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
I consider this a very serious matter. Please be specific in your accusations. Jmpunit (talk) 22:29, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

MoreThings can probably be unblocked

I think 48 hours was probably excessive given that he said in his last edit that he was going to let it drop. "You've asked me to drop this, and I will."[12] Cool Hand Luke 04:40, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Nevermind, I see this is moot! I've been busy the last couple of days. Cool Hand Luke 04:42, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

A little help

I am unexperienced in license issues regarding commons, but I have created this from this. I intend to use it as a layout for different periods of Albanian history. Am I right with license tags? If not please help. Regards Aigest (talk) 15:20, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Looks okay to me. Fut.Perf. 15:53, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Ada Hotel

You had deleted the page about Ada Hotel as advertisment. But it is not as it is just a description of a hotel, like

Kempinski Palace Hotel (Portorož) or any other. Brief description without commercial details. Just to help people to see more information about the hotel. The page is done in a proper form using hotel info icon, logo, etc. I think this page has the right to be on Wikipedia. Natalia Spatar (talk
) 17:31, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

First, phrases like "famous by its A-plus quality summer visitors", "hosts celebrities as its precious guests", "tastefully outfitted", and "beautiful hamam and elegant library" are clearly promotional in nature (see
conflict of interest, since you apparently work for a closely connected company. Fut.Perf.
17:46, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
Ok, if I delete emphasizing ajectives as "famous" or "beautiful", though everything is true, can it be acceptable? Also this hotel is a member of
Relais & Chateaux, and I could include other referenses from the media. This page is just a brief information about the hotel, nothing commercial. How can I improve this page? Natalia Spatar (talk
) 18:02, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
I recommend you take a look at a few of the debates listed here [13] to get an idea what the implicit expectations about notability are for such pages. Then make a list of independent (non-promotional) sources giving it substantial coverage. I also recommend you should submit this to a disinterested audience to decide, for instance by filing a
deletion review. I personally am currently unconvinced of the merits of this article. Fut.Perf.
18:10, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
Oh, and by the way, I think it would also be helpful, before you continue arguing about the page, if you could clarify up front what your own interest is here. You said at 18:14, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
My interest here is quite clear. I wrote about the yacht as it is a nice vessel, and it can be listed here as any other yacht. Ada Hotel was not featured in Wikipedia before either, but ok, if you say that it is not interesting, what can I do. In this case articles about yachts and properties shouldn't exist here at all? I saw the pages about companies and their businesses on Wiki, so I thought these two nice objects can be listed here as well. Natalia Spatar (talk) 19:22, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Notification

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Jmpunit (talk) 00:34, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Wake up..

.. and smell the coffee.[14] Bishonen | talk 06:05, 22 February 2011 (UTC).

Ah, coffee! Coffee! Fut.Perf. 07:56, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Haftvad