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23:38, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

67.79.212.219 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

This IP has continued the same type of vandalism that you recently blocked them for: [3]. Thanks. 99.238.24.179 (talk) 05:18, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Blocked again Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 00:00, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Hi Ronhjones,

Thank you for your for your intervention regarding

Skittles has been semi-protected by you 7 years ago. I wish to add information that is mentioned in the talk page regarding the history of skittles as Glees - there are multiple sources with similar information. Can you please unprotect it? Thankyou. -81.154.161.190 (talk) 19:59, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

I've lowered the protection Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 20:06, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

I doubt protection will be needed here. Generally, they've been playing hit and run with the stalking edits, confining their persistent troublemaking to the Detroit articles. We'll see. John from Idegon (talk) 00:23, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

Who are you to tell me my edits are wrong? Paco Galán is still very alive and not what wikipedia is stating that he is dead. Freddyfinger37 (talk) 23:26, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

@Freddyfinger37: - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser=Freddyfinger37 - then discuss it with the editor who added the data. Removing references is always difficult. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 23:37, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

22:40, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

23:11, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

Hello Ron, Regret to inform you that the BBC vandal has resurfaced again as 62.172.166.201 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) making exactly the same unsourced changes as previous. "Contributions" from this IP had already been blocked earlier in the year by another admin. I think they need a lesson once and for all. Best regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 15:16, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

Blocked Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 23:47, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

Ron, Many thanks for your help. Regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 09:25, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Hello Ronhjones, I hope this message finds you well!!

I got a message recently about a picture I uploaded yesterday to Wikipedia (message on the following URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Andington#File_permission_problem_with_File%3APicture_of_Sweet_Female_Attitude_in_2017.jpg)

The Copyright holder has e-mailed a licence to [email protected] (and a copy to me too). But it is a bit confusing as to what we need to do from here. Is there something we need to do to ensure the photograph is not taken down? Here is a copy of the licence:

I hereby affirm that I, Lee Bailey the owner and photographer from Cheshire Elite Photography, am the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Female_Attitude#/media/File:Picture_of_Sweet_Female_Attitude_in_2017.jpg , and have legal authority in my capacity to release rthe copyright of that work.

I agree to publish the above-mentioned content under the free license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts).

I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.

I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites.

I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by me.

I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.

Lee Bailey from Cheshire Elite Phorography [Copyright Holder and Photographer] [26/10/2018]

@Andington: I've removed the banner to let the OTRS process take it's course. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 21:50, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

20:08, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

hi, this message is for pinchofhope concerning an edit I made to page love and hip hop. I deleted information that had been repeated in the previous paragraph. it was literally the same sentence, four sentences later. I don't know how to write on a "talk page" but my edit removed duplicate information. I am going to make the edit again and indicate why more clearly this time because it was not previously understood that I was removing information that had been repeated in the previous paragraph. thank you Jollyioop (talk) 00:30, 2 November 2018 (UTC) Jollyioop (talk) 00:30, 2 November 2018 (UTC) jollyioop

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I sometimes update it :

https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/18892

It's a list of images without {{information}} blocks which I sometimes tweak for various reasons.

You might want to fork it for your own purposes. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 22:18, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

@ShakespeareFan00: I have not played with quarry much, something I may well try, I'll save the page for future reference. One turn deserves another - as I know you also like images, I have written a few extra bots (not approved, as they only write to the bot's own user space - I did try for approval for the commons ones, but was not approved as I did not need it for this task), so do check out...

1. User:RonBot/NewImages - from User:RonBot/13/Source1. Attempt to show last 90 days of new images, not marked for commons, and not moved to commons. A bit like the old User:Multichil/FreeImages that died in 2014.
2. c:User:RonBot/FacebookSource - from c:User:RonBot/1/Source1. Attempt to show Facebook images, not reviewed.
3. c:User:RonBot/InstagramSource - from c:User:RonBot/1/Source1. Attempt to show Instagram images, not reviewed.
4. c:User:RonBot/GoogleSource - from c:User:RonBot/1/Source1. Attempt to show Google images, not reviewed. Skips Google Art, and Google Books.
5. c:User:RonBot/TwitterSource - from c:User:RonBot/1/Source1. Attempt to show Twitter images, not reviewed.
6. c:User:RonBot/FlickrSource - from c:User:RonBot/1/Source1. Attempt to show Flickr images, not reviewed.

All updated once a day (except when trying a tweak! These aren't perfect, it's what I can do with an Api query or two Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 00:38, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

P.S. I might have to split No.1 into more than one page - I forgot, the number of images using that system is limited, I think 500 images is about tops. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 01:07, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi Ronjones. For some reason there are a number of non-free images being displayed at

@Marchjuly: Odd - They come from an advanced search on File space - deepcat:"All free media" -deepcat:"Copy to Wikimedia Commons" prefer-recent:1,1 - which is files in Category:All free media to five levels deep, not in Category:Copy to Wikimedia Commons to 5 levels deep, and weighted by the age in days. There should not be any non-free there - unless it's just been changed from free to non-free - any images you can list in particular? The idea of the page was to avoid using Special:NewFiles as there are so many NF files in that page. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 02:54, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

These are the files which were flagged as being used on that page:

1. File:'Man- b. 1910-d. 1969-Woman- b. 1914-d. 1974' by Michael Tom.JPG
2. File:Alckmin e Ana Amélia 2018.png
3. File:Alvin Brooks III.jpg
4. File:HairyDawgSanfordStadium.jpg
5. File:Community Coalition Congress (Logo).jpg
6. File:Corse Untitled Multiple White Inner Bands 2003.jpeg
7. File:O futuro melhor começa agora image.png
8. File:PROWARIS.jpg

They all look like they've been uploaded fairly recently. Some of them (#2, #6 and #7) have been tagged with {{

WP:FREER as the orginal file is licensed as PD (assuming that license is correct). So, most of these are probably just incorrectly licensed files which have license issues that are getting flag because they were provided with non-free use rationales even if they didn't need them. It looks like JJMC89 removed them from the "NewImages" page already, but maybe there's a tweak which can be made to stop them from being re-added. -- Marchjuly (talk

) 04:28, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

Some of the images are being categorized as free and non-free. They either have multiple licenses (without using |dw=yes) or a free license with a NFUR. Some fixes for the above images: add |dw=yes (template edit), add |dw=yes, and add non-free licence because of NFUR (may actually need to go the other way). I think using cat:"All free media" -cat:"All non-free media" -deepcat:"Copy to Wikimedia Commons" prefer-recent:1,1 would work. — JJMC89 (T·C) 06:01, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

@JJMC89: Nice idea. I like it. I'll update the page ASAP with that search. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 16:03, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

17:28, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

Hello You deleted tne file thumb| Hannah Winbolt in my one and only article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Winbolt (and likely my last!) because I didn't fully explain its source: The South Wales Daily News 18 January 1895. It was illustrating an article for general publication so is therefore in the public domain and out of copywright. I have substituted a previous photographic copy of it but Stockport Heritage Library would very much like me to include the clearer pen and ink drawing. I hope you will kindly undelete it for me. Diane Coffey Diane Coffey (talk) 19:24, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

@Diane Coffey: As I said on the Teahouse - Please see your commons talk page c:User talk:Diane Coffey Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 19:35, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

I have read your comments but I'm not sure how I can seek permission for something published in the public domain some 123 years ago. I believe the particular paper is no longer published. I am a total newcomer to Wikipedia and find these various talk pages confusing but would really like to complete the article with that version of the pen portrait.Diane Coffey (talk) 20:43, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

@Diane Coffey: Well, where did you get the image from? Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 20:55, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

The cutting of the actual newspaper article and the page on which it is printed is in possession of Stockport Heritage Library who have emailed me the version that was deleted and it has been used by others elsewhere on Google. I do hope all this is helpful - I want to comply withWikipedia's rules but alsodojustice to Hannah. Diane Coffey (talk) 21:09, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

@Diane Coffey: I'll pop over and undelete it, but I cannot guarantee someone will tag it later as lack of evidence of permission. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 21:14, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

@Diane Coffey: File:Hannah Winbolt (1).jpg is now sorted out Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 21:18, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

Dear Ronhjones,

I am speaking to you about Singapore International School, Mumbai wiki page. I had added some information which I know to be true through personal experience of studying in the school, but it is constantly removed. I have been undoing the removal often and even noting in my comments that the person is intentionally removing information from the page, which is very relevant. If you could please add the information I had added again, and stopping others from changing, then that would be great. I normally am not one to edit Wiki articles but once I found out my school had one, I had to include this information.

Feel free to message me again for more information!

Thank you for your time!

Sincerely,

27.106.4.217 (talk) 10:47, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

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WP:OR - such edits are not allowed. Ronhjones  ^(Talk)

16:55, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Hello Ronhjones, I am K-Minman96 and in the past couple of days I was approached by you saying that some images I uploaded were too large. Does the image size change by itself or is there a way that I can manually crop the image myself? (K-Minman96 (talk) 21:07, 6 November 2018 (UTC))

@K-Minman96: In theory, the images would be automatically reduced within 24h. The reducing bot is down for a bit. It will catch up soon (probably tomorrow). You are free to crop the image (if possible) or reduce it yourself. The bot will skip the image if under 105000 pixels. Once reduced, you have 7 days before the original is hidden. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 23:28, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Hello, I noticed that the name for File:Popeyes Luisiana Kitchen.svg needs to be fixed as there is a misspelling. It should be Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen.svg not Luisiana. If you could correct this since you were the uploader it would be appreciated. Thank you. YborCityJohn (talk) 05:04, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

@YborCityJohn: Fixed. Not strictly my file, I only reduced the size of the existing image. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 16:06, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

@Ronhjones: Thank you. YborCityJohn (talk) 02:21, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	For your attempt to help with the Hannah Winbolt pic on Commons. This is what makes WP work in practice if not in theory, and it's always encouraging to see it. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:12, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

Hello Ron, I uploaded an image to Wikipedia for the first time, so my apologies if I'm contacting you incorrectly or misunderstand what your bot does.

Unfortunately, the image reduction was so severe (now less than 400px across) that it is barely readable. I had tagged the picture as not public domain out of an abundance of caution, but the image is a tiny part of a much larger work and is from 1971 – centuries old by the standards of software!

This is the file: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Unix_Glob_Reference.png

Is it possible to revert the changes your bot made?

Thanks,

Jeff

Thompson jeff (talk) 08:53, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

@Thompson jeff: I changed it. Let's try what I set up - File:Version 7 UNIX SIMH PDP11 Bourne Shell Manual.png has survived on commons for 4 years... Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 15:24, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

I saw you've tagged several photos by the same user for deletion because of a lack of license information. I'm a little concerned about their uploads because they seem to have put a "this is my own work" tag on files to get rid of the warnings in the past, but some of them (ex: File:Noriko Ohara.jpg) might not actually be their own (IMDB link the image came from). I'm just a little concerned since their talk page is almost all files uploaded without licensing information and I figured someone who is a little more familiar with verifying image licensing should take a look. Cheers, cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 16:52, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

@Cymru.lass: Not an easy case. I found one more issue with an image, where I found it on a web site and he has cropped off the news site logo. 24h hour block for copyright issues, see how it goes when he returns. I thought you would be in Wales when I saw your user name - how wrong one can be...:-) Do you pronounce it properly? Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 18:00, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for taking a closer look! I really wasn't sure if I was in the right vein of thought there. I appreciate the second set of eyes. To answer your other question: Yes! I'm Welsh by heritage, a couple generations removed and have always been in love with the culture cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 19:14, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

@Cymru.lass:I was not happy at the time I added all the tags, it seemed like every upload had an issue. My surname may be Welsh, but no ancestors we can find, but my boat is 1 mile from the Welsh border :-) Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 19:32, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, I came across some cases of the user trying to upload an image and creating a template instead and that's how I entered this whole mess. I feel like there might be some

WP:CIR

issues here with them just not wanting to understand how things work.

How nice about your boat! That must be chilly this time of year... Brrrrr. cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 19:39, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

@Cymru.lass: Judging by the uploaded subjects, my feeling is that English will not be their first language. BBC says it's 12C day and 8C night there and raining (no surprise) - I've closed it down for the winter. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 19:50, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

Oooh, no thank you! We're high of 8, low of 2 right now and I can't imagine being on a boat as it is! I'm so not ready for the first snow. cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 20:38, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

19:22, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

I noticed you blocked 2605:A000:8040:CC00:0:0:0:0 instead of 2605:A000:8040:CC00:0:0:0:0/64 - I assume you were going for a range block, not just for the one IP. Geraldo Perez (talk) 00:11, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

@Geraldo Perez: Doh! Me being lazy and using Twinkle. It don't work for range blocks...! Well Spotted. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 00:29, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi Ron, I had an idea for new functionality in RonBot. Your bot already fixes images that are too large to meet the NFC guidelines, but another frequent problem with SVG files is that they'll be too small. What often happens is, someone will extract a logo from a PDF where it appeared very small, and as a result, their SVG will have a tiny nominal size. Someone reading an article will click on the logo, expecting to see it bigger, and instead they'll see a much smaller version of it. An example of this right now is the logo on Charlotte Independence (used to affect maybe half of the teams in that league, but I've manually fixed most of them).

Would you consider developing new functionality for RonBot to raise SVGs to the maximum allowed resolution for NFC? Obviously, you wouldn't want to automatically scale up every SVG, since some are presumably intended to be so small. Instead, an editor would have to manually tag the image to be upsized. The current process of manually fixing this is quite tedious, so being able to simply click a button in Twinkle and add a template would make it much easier to eradicate these unnecessarily-tiny logos. Let me know what you think of my idea. Thanks, IagoQnsi (talk) 19:13, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

@IagoQnsi: The maths works in either direction - I have seen such items - I seen square logos at 20x20 - It will have to go through a bot request. I cannot say what they will say about such an idea. My view is that we have the guideline of 100,000 pixels, so long as the images stay within the guideline, then why not. I'll start a BRFA, and see what transpires. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 19:34, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

Awesome, thanks! I had a feeling it would be a fairly easy change. I'll keep an eye out for your BRFA. Cheers, IagoQnsi (talk) 19:44, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

@IagoQnsi: Probably nothing to remove. Looking at wrong bot code! RonBot3 tags the images and checks >105000 pixels. RonBot4 just runs the maths. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 20:03, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi Ronhjones. Perhaps you can help out with this question? -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:42, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

Replied at MCQ Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 22:37, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

Please fix your image resize at File:Filemanager31.gif – the text looks horribly broken. It can be resized to the same lower resolution without that effect (though if the text is still unreadable the image should be left at a higher resolution per the usual practice). Modernponderer (talk) 12:18, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

@Modernponderer: Fixed Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 17:40, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

bsd. Hi, Ron! I am trying to figure out how to create a "File history", like this one. Is there a script that generates the list, or is it done manually? Is this at all still relevant, or is the "file history" section obsolete? Thank you! --Ben Stone 18:27, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

@Benstown:It appears there was a GIF version of the file. Then someone made a PNG version from it, and thus copied the history from the GIF history page (before deletion). I think there was a drive to change gif to png many years ago. There is not much point now (besides most free images now get moved to commons). Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 18:35, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

This is precisely what i was wondering, was there any greater purpose in keeping the history of a file. If I understand correctly, there isn't. Thank you. --Ben Stone 18:53, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

Looks like you reviewed this image. Am I missing something here? The source credits the photo to the Des Moines Register, and apparently he was arrested by the Poweshiek County sheriff. So it's not clear why the federal government should have taken the mug shot. GMG^talk 20:06, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

@GreenMeansGo: I think you are correct. https://people.com/crime/mollie-tibbetts-accused-killer-wasnt-acting-any-differently-at-work/ says "Poweshiek County". So not Federal Gov. I've undone my edit Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 20:29, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

Roger that. Just wasn't sure. Taken care of the particulars. GMG^talk 20:34, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

Hello, I have updated the description as you asked. Please go through it and let me know. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akhtar.mubeen (talk • contribs) 20:07, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

@

WP:CONSENT for proper validation Ronhjones  ^(Talk)

21:03, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

The images I uploaded on Wikipedia are my photos. They belong to me. I took them. They were never anyone else's. Kathleenreandeau (talk) 04:05, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

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WP:CONSENT Ronhjones  ^(Talk)

16:56, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

Can I ask if you could hide this edit? It's a copy and paste copyright violation from a website (the website that the IP linked, in fact).--Mr Fink (talk) 15:34, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

 Done Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 16:59, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

Domo arigato gyozamustache.--Mr Fink (talk) 21:57, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

so so cool ..why are you.... hidden in the php.. this is my jem for today,.

Fenwayfender ^{talk page} 21:08, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

Hey, please delete the older versions of File:Bepanah.jpg. Thank you :) MiaSays (talk) 06:15, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

They get done automatically on November 22 Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 23:53, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

I see you're currently active, can you please consider actioning this AIV request. Thanx, - FlightTime Public (open channel) 00:18, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Thank you :) - FlightTime Public (open channel) 00:22, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

heya on ur user page there's a box saying 'this user has set foot in 20 countries' and another saying 'wiki defcon 3' how do I put those in my own user page? thx, TheOneAndOnlyMuffinCat (talk) 20:25, 18 November 2018 (UTC) 

yeet

@TheOneAndOnlyMuffinCat: The data for those two items is below...

1. {{User:EVula/Userboxes/countries visited|20}} {{flagicon|England}} {{flagicon|Scotland}} {{flagicon|Wales}} {{flagicon|Jersey}} {{flagicon|France}} {{flagicon|Italy}} {{flagicon|Monaco}} {{flagicon|Poland}} {{flagicon|Belgium}} {{flagicon|Netherlands}} {{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|Russia}} {{flagicon|Switzerland}} {{flagicon|Austria}} {{flagicon|Germany}} {{flagicon|Norway}} {{flagicon|Latvia}} {{flagicon|Estonia}} {{flagicon|Lithuania}} {{flagicon|Belarus}}

2. See Template:Vandalism information for all the different versions

Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 23:58, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

thanks :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheOneAndOnlyMuffinCat (talk • contribs) 10:04, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Dear Ron,

Please kindly reinstate my article: Chartered Tax Practitioner & Certified Public Finance Accountants of Canada, since I have the required source documents for further updates.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by What'supCanada (talk • contribs) 07:30, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

@What'supCanada: The page is already here - Draft:Chartered Tax Practitioner & Certified Public Finance Accountants of Canada, just fix the page and submit. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 16:00, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

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23:28, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Hello! I've noticed a few times your bot for Category:Association footballers not categorized by position has incorrectly added the category on articles which are already placed in a position category, most recently over at

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R96Skinner: You are very unlucky! Emiliano Méndez - bot starts running at 03:00, you created it at 04:25, by which time the bot already had the list of "Association football midfielders" safely stored. For Francisco Del Riego, the bot crashed (connection died), so I re-ran in the evening, and you created the article after the bot started... I'll have a look at the code and see if there can be a tweak - the bot has to get the whole page to add Category:Association footballers not categorized by position, so I may be able to get a double check there - it depends on how many position categories there are (can't remember at this time) as the page would have to be tested for every one. If one does happen again, then the bot would remove it on the next run. Ronhjones  ^(Talk)

15:54, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

Our little friend is back putting IUCN nonsense into articles now that the semi-protection has expired.--Mr Fink (talk) 21:54, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

Would it be at all possible if you could block this ip? It's another IP-hopping vandal I've been dealing with, and I'm getting tired of reverting its many, mostly bad edits. Or, at least, could I ask you semi-protect its current favorite targets, List of fictional birds and List of legendary creatures by type? (It insists on inserting original research and non-notable information there)--Mr Fink (talk) 05:57, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

Please see User_talk:Debresser#File:Crocodile_Kippah.png that the image was small enough, and need not condensed further. Note, this is only a notification of a thread at another place. I am not watching this thread. Debresser (talk) 18:42, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Saahil R Sultanpuri (talk) 06:42, 26 November 2018 (UTC)hi mr.Ronhjones, There is no any copyright on my pic.

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Have a very happy adminship anniversary on your special day!
Best wishes, A 10 fireplane (talk) 15:57, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

A 10 fireplane (talk) 15:57, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

I'd rather not remember that particular week :-) Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 19:39, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

22:22, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Hey hey, could you take a second look at File:The Amityville murders poster.jpg and File:The Amityville Murders poster.jpg? You had tagged them with {{di-no permission}}, but the uploader had tagged them as their own work. I removed the self licensing tags from the file just now because as an official movie poster (IMDB) for the movie, they're definitely not the user's own works. Does that mean they're good to delete as a G12? I'm not really too familiar with file deletion. I've already had to remove other copyrighted material from Amityville Exorcism--that's what motivated me to look at the files more closely. cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 22:25, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

@Cymru.lass: If (s)he had just said "own work", then it's a G12 (ideally F9 as it's a file). However they did not go down that path and said "This is the promotional poster", so they are admitting it's not theirs, and is a poster - therefore not "Unambiguous copyright infringement", we just need permission. It's a bit of a grey area, some would go F9 straight away and no one would probably complain. One could also use "No license". It's unlikely to remain. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 22:51, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

I see where they put "promotional poster" (thus admitting it's not theirs), but they also used {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-4.0}} in the license section, which implies that they're claiming it's their own work, and they put their name under "author" in the summary template. But I guess it's the contradiction that makes it a grey area and not F9-eligible? cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 23:40, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

@Cymru.lass: Ah, yes you are correct. missed that! Didn't scroll enough, I suppose. Doh! Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 23:56, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Happens to the best of us!! I'm slowly going through the user's uploads/contribs to try and catch all the copyvios. cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 23:58, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Hello

you left a message on my talk page regarding a photo i uploaded.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Hansgruber1967#Image_source_problem_with_File%3AGold_Award_for_%27Get-A-Way%27_by_Maxx.jpg

i took the photo myself in 1994. it belongs to me. The German record label (Intercord) owned the album cover art displayed in the photo is no longer in business. they went out of business many years ago. they went of business in the '90s. the maxx producer would currently be the owner of the artwork/album cover. if needed i can provide proof of this. also the photo is an image that is in the public domain. it can be easily found online just by searching in any search engine. the image is already apart of wikipedia as well

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get-A-Way#/media/File:Maxx-get-a-way_single.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get-A-Way

. please advise Hansgruber1967 (talk) 07:45, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

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WP:CONSENT. File:Maxx-get-a-way single.jpg is not a free image, it's been set up as a copyrighted image for fair use, and is not available for any free re-use. Ronhjones  ^(Talk)

15:38, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

@Ronhjones: okay. no problem. like i said in my message. the maxx producer currently holds the copyright to the image/artwork now. how much time does he have to send the email using that consent form before the image gets deleted? Please advise Hansgruber1967 (talk) 18:53, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

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subst:OP}}. When saved you should have a OTRS pending banner - that delays the deletion enough to process the OTRS ticket. Ronhjones  ^(Talk)

19:37, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

@Ronhjones: done! so the maxx producer will soon send an email to ORTS. but he is actually on a vacation but i will instruct him to do it. . is that all that is needed? does he need to show photo ID or other documentation or something? Hansgruber1967 (talk) 21:05, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

@Hansgruber1967: Once the OTRS team read the e-mail, then they will discuss with him, what they require. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 21:12, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

@Ronhjones: thank you, i don't have an exact date but he will be sending an email very soon. i just called him and he is away from his home in Germany but he will soon take care of this matter. thank you for helping us with this. Hansgruber1967 (talk) 13:24, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi Ronhjones, I've forwarded an email between myself and the original photographer/source in respect to this to the Permissions address. I presumed that the link to the original source on flickr with CC2.0 Sharealike would be sufficient looking at other image submissions in the same vein, but I did expressively ask the source for permission to use over here, so hopefully that'll also be satisfactory? fusedpirates 09:44, 29 November 2018 (UTC) — Preceding

@Fusedpirates: Flickr says CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 - it is share alike, but non-commercial, which is not allowed here. I changed the banner to "OTRS pending" for you. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 16:13, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

The current version uploaded by me is 270px, lower than the older version which is 275px. Still, how is it in need of further reducing per

@Kailash29792: We gave up on single dimensions many years ago, we look at the pixel area. Your picture is 112320 pixels. Just leave it, the reducing bot will kick in at 06:00 and will make it (I estimate) 254x392 (99700 pixels). If you wanted, you could tight crop a few rows of pixels off the bottom left side and top, to go down to 262x399, and then there won't be any more reduction (bot will just remove banner if if finds an image <105000 pixels). Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 19:33, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you Ronhjones, It would be an honor if you could correct the article ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Huzlers )and be moved by yourself as you are a man of experience. I'm new to Wikipedia but from the awards and mass amount of edit and your service to Wikipedia you are the man for this task.

Thank you. Thelastpharoah (talk) 23:00, 1 December 2018 (UTC)ThelastpharoahThelastpharoah (talk) 23:00, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

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subst:submit}} to the top of the page, and it will be placed in the queue for review.Ronhjones  ^(Talk)

23:25, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

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16:12, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Respected sir, Regarding the image of Mr.Sandeep Mudalkar I have got a Copyright clearance from the company on a official letter head duly signed. Please do help and guide me how to submit the scanned copy of letter to Wikimedia? --45.127.56.83 (talk) 05:31, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

@45.127.56.83: You need to go to Wikipedia:Declaration_of_consent_for_all_enquiries Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 18:14, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

 African Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:African_Union_flag.svg i need this flag in table. but i cant. help me.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minorities_in_Turkey#Summary if you can , please add african flag to table. thank you so much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Olesashe (talk • contribs) 09:46, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

@Olesashe: That is not easy. Firstly the flag shown has been set up as a non-free image, which means it cannot be used in the "flag" template. It needs to be a free image. I will ask a question at c:COM:VPC for you to see if we can call it a free image under PD-textlogo. If the image is free then you need to request a flag template be made at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Flag Template. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 16:42, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Your bot has sent me the same message twice, about the same image. I noted the first time that, yes, the file was over 100 megabytes, so I reduced the size to about 89 megabytes, and am using that as the image file. For reasons I don't understand, I got that second message and I don't know why. The older, larger image is scheduled to be deleted, and the newer image should be small enough. This is the file: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jonah_Heston,_Mystery_Science_Theater_3000.jpg I don't know what's going on. Please assist. The Saxon (talk) 22:11, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

@Saxonjf: Byte size is irrelevant - that is just a function on how good the compression works and has no relevance to the size of the uncompressed image. The message tells you the image is over 100,000 pixels. You do not need to do anything, the reducing bot kicks in a 06:00 every day to fix all the big images to be just under 100,000 pixels. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 22:52, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

All right. If all this will be done itself, I'll just let it happen: just don't my file to be deleted.The Saxon (talk) 23:10, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

By the way, that is my own work, not anyone elses. It was made by me, nor was it a "Derivative". Please unmark this file as WP:SPDY. Thanks Tornadosurvivor2011 11:49, 6 December 2018 (UTC) — Preceding

@Tornadosurvivor2011: Changing the colours will not remove the original copyright - it makes it a derivative of the original. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 16:21, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

As the company has been dissolved, please remove the image. It was supposed to go into a userbox, but it apparentley, it didn't, because of

JeewanThapa (talk) 17:54, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

@JeewanThapa: Use the procedure at Wikipedia:Protection_policy#semi to request a change. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 20:38, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi, you recently added a short-term block to the IP User talk:126.3.35.124. His recent edit to Carlos Ghosn matches this case: Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Hydro dot net, and a recent instance of his stream of edits was handled by @Intgr:. Should this be reported to AIV or can you and/or Intgr handle it directly ? Fbergo (talk) 21:40, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

 Done Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 22:31, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

On 12 March 2015, you protected Red Robin (the edit). Did you intend for it to be perpetually protected? Thanks. P37307 (talk) 02:38, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

@P37307: Indef in Wiki is always "undefined", until someone asks. Dropped down to PC. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 19:36, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

17:33, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

		The Disambiguator's Barnstar
		The Disambiguator's Barnstar is awarded to Wikipedians who are prolific disambiguators...in your php..WHY ARE YOU HERE. Fenwayfender talk page 21:08, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

Remember that other IP-hopping vandal I told you about? It's hopped to this IP now, and is currently busy trying to put two prehistoric marsupial articles into a non-existent category. May I ask you put the kibosh on it for a bit?--Mr Fink (talk) 04:32, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi, dearest Ronhjones, and thank you for your message. Sorry, I didn't understand what you wanted to say, can you explanate me? Thanks a lot and see you soon.

Rei Momo (talk) 07:25, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

Sooooorryyyy!!!!! Yes, you are right, so sorry. I recognize my English is very poor, but this is an unforgettable mistake!!! :-) Thanks a lot!!! Rei Momo (talk) 22:04, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi Ronjones. File:Face My Fears - Kingdom Hearts.jpg is another one being picked up by your bot. Perhaps it's the same problem as before? -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:15, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: Look at the histories.... :-)

Uploaded 22:09, 11 December 2018

Bot Run 16:35, 12 December 2018‎

Tagged 18:12, 12 December 2018‎ (by me for "This file is missing evidence of permission")

Changed to NF 18:23, 12 December 2018‎

I'll take it out of the Bot's userpage - it won't add it back tomorrow afternoon as it's not a free image. I see others have removed images from the bot's page. I think I might add a header to the page to explain. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 01:37, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for checking. Does that page refresh itself somehow? Can it remove files originally added as free but then subsequently converted to non-free on its own? If it can, then probably things will be sorted out on their own; if not, then someone will probably have to manually remove the file. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:00, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

@Marchjuly and Salavat: The whole page is re-constructed from scratch every day. I've posed a question at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Templates#Template:IsLocal in case there might be an automated way of not displaying them Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 02:12, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you!

BigSugarDaddy 09:42, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

FWIW, I'd previously posted this advice mainly regarding images, so he should know that the image can't be used unless the source licence is changed fro "All rights reserved" Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:10, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

@Jimfbleak: Thanks for note. Draft:Edwin D. Fuller Looks like an autobio to me, quite promotional. Just put a G12 on it - he does not understand copyright - lots of matches with the web site page. Deleted the image as copyright violation. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 18:14, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Hello Ron

This concerns your email message to me. Please see my email reply, as follows:

This photo was taken in 1929. I am the great grandson of the subject, Jean Louise Carré Hadaway. The photo was taken by her husband, William Snelling Hadaway (and the subject of the Wiki article), my great grandfather. He died in 1941. It was left by him to his daughter Hilary Stella Mary Snelling Hadaway, who was also his executor (see attached .jpeg) and also my great aunt. I was her heir and executor upon her death in 1995. The photo is now my property.

I have attached a scan of the document showing that my late great aunt was granted probate.

I hope this addresses your concerns.

Digory Piper (talk) 19:38, 13 December 2018 (UTC)Digory Piper

@Digory Piper: Part of the problem, is that you uploaded it locally. English wiki does not have the range of useful license templates that are available on commons (as we don't expect free images here any more). On commons I could use c:Template:PD-old-auto-unpublished with a death year of 1941, but it's not available here. I've tidied it up the best I can here. When I get time, I'll move it to commons and change the template. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 00:26, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

I've imported it to Commons. The license for c:File:William Snelling Hadaway 1872-1941.jpg also needs to be corrected. — JJMC89 (T·C) 06:49, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

JJMC89 Thanks Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 17:58, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

@Digory Piper: - Do you know who took the photo of File:William Snelling Hadaway 1872-1941.jpg? and when they died? Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 17:57, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi Ron,

The owner of the photograph gave me permission to use his photograph, through email.

And I have forwarded that email to [email protected].

Please let me know if you need any further action from my side.

Thank you.

Best wishes, — Preceding unsigned comment added by SDE1492 (talk • contribs) 18:29, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

@SDE1492: You will find that permissions will not accept forwarded e-mails - too easy to fake. They will need to get something direct from the copyright holder. Changed the banner to the correct otrs pending for you Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 18:39, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

@Ronhjones: Thank you for changing the banner for me. I can have Prof. Voth email permissions. Would that suffice? Thank you. SDE1492

@SDE1492: You need the copyright holder to e-mail the permissions. Now that does not look like a selfie to me, so the copyright belongs to the photographer, unless there is a written formal transfer of copyright. It's never easy uploading someone else's images. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 19:47, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

@Ronhjones: You are aboslutely correct it's not a selfie. I will contact Prof. Voth and the photographer to send the license permission emailed to permissoins. Thank you. SDE1492

Thank you for changing the banner for me. I can have Prof. Voth email permissions.

Would that suffice?

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SDE1492 (talk • contribs) 18:49, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

@SDE1492: Who took the picture? That's probably who needs to send in the permission. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 23:06, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. ‑‑V.S.(C)(T) 06:58, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi there Ron, I see that you deleted the draft of Edwin D. Fuller. I have been working closely with the admin Jimfbleak to restore a previous article for Edwin D. Fuller. It wasn't done yet and I had been working on it for weeks to get it where it needs to be. I didn't know that a draft could be deleted. It simply wasn't ready yet but I would like to get the content back so I can continue making changes and corrections. Could you help me get the draft back please? I would really appreciate it. And your notes/comments with errors/issues are welcome because I could use the help. Thank you! Imjustvisiting (talk) 22:54, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

@Imjustvisiting: Not deleting admin - 19:07, 13 December 2018 RHaworth deleted page Draft:Edwin D. Fuller (G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement of http://edwinfuller.com/about/). Unlikely to be restored as too much data is a word for word copy. The web page would need a copyright release - currently the bottom of the page says "Designed by 4Front Branding | All rights reserved". We cannot use that data with that license, all Wikipedia pages, including Drafts must not have a copyright issue. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 23:05, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I will ask RHaworth for assistance. I can get the copyright approved. Thank you! Imjustvisiting (talk) 04:36, 16 December 2018 (UTC)