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I commend you on having creating The Bolinas Page

Thanks if you did!

--Thaavatar (talk) 09:29, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Use of copper beech photograph

Hi Derek, I would like to use a part of your copper beech image as a banner on our new library web site. I am not sure about if our expected use is in accordance to the license. Please contact me at farrenkopf@sub.uni-goettingen.de to discuss the issue. best wishes from Germany, Stefan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.3.200.134 (talk) 22:26, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Request to Reprint Photo

With your permission, I would like to include your photo in an article I am writing for our Purple Heart Magazine and on our website www.purpleheart.org. It is the best photo I have seen of the whole mountain and I will be using it with other photos taken on "Operation Denali", a team of 6 combat wounded warrior Purple Heart recipients who reached the summit last week. You can read about this amazing feat at http://www.theveteranscoalition.org/operation_denali/

Thank you for your consideration. The photo info follows:

Description: Mount McKinley and Denali National Park Road 2048px.jpg A photograph of Mount McKinley from the Stony Dome lookout point in Denali National Park. Camera and Exposure Details: Camera: Canon PowerShot S1 IS Lens: Canon 1:2.8-3.1 USM 10x Zoom Lens Exposure: 16.9mm (110.9mm in 35mm equivalent) f/5.0 @ 1/1000 s. Date August 21, 2005 Source Own Picture. Author Photo (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man)

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File:Leucanthemum vulgare 'Filigran' Flower 2200px edit1.jpg

Hello Ram-man, a long time ago I nominated your photograph of an oxeye daisy for Featured Picture status. A rather poorly edited version of it was eventually promoted. I was never quite happy with it, as I believed that your original version was superior. Fast forward a year and I finally took my own photograph of an oxeye daisy to replace it. Thus I have nominated the edited version of your photograph to be delisted and replaced. Hope you don't mind. Kaldari (talk) 15:09, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Photo Roseate Spoonbill

I seek permission to photo-transfer a copy of your Roseate Spoonbill balancing on one leg into a handmade journal (possiby two handmade journals) I am making for a friend whose favorite bird is Roseate Spoonbill. I thank you for your consideration. Mimi 70.104.121.48 (talk) 13:37, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Village pump discussion on US settlement articles for the 2010

Hi, just leaving you a note that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Village_pump (miscellaneous)#2010 US Census on what to do with the various User:rambot generated settlement material for the upcoming 2010 census. -Optigan13 (talk) 05:33, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

use your image of Monarch butterfly

Hi Derek,

I have a web site about San Diego and would like to use your photo of a Monarch butterfly with a tag on its wings. I hope that's OK. I credit you as the photographer and I also provide a link that links back to your wikipedia page. My page is here:

http://www.san-diego-travels.com/monarch-butterfly-migration.html

Thanks and let me know if you want something changed, Diana —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.36.37.244 (talk) 05:18, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

permission to use american holly photo

I work for the us fish and wildlife service and am putting together an interactive screen with text and photos of common plants and animals found in the forest and on the wildlife refuge. Could I get permission to use your american holly photo with the berries? Pipingp (talk) 18:34, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

POTD notification

POTD

Hi Derek,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus on Milkweed Hybrid 2800px.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on July 26, 2009. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2009-07-26. howcheng {chat} 03:51, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

your picture for a cd-cover?

dear derek,

i found this good picture a a poppy flower in wikimedia. i would like to use it for a cd cover of a low budget production, can you tell me what you want for that use?

the cd will be self destributed and will be published in germany. the artist plans to make 500 or 1000 copies only.

answer to fab@fabricekoch.de

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_Poppy_Papaver_Flower_Top_2008px.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.217.227.94 (talk) 12:29, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

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Monarch image - permission to use

Dear Mr. Ramsey:

I am writing to ask permission to use one of your monarch butterfly life cycle images (the female laying eggs).

I am a free-lance writer with a monthly column in a FREE montly publication distributed in Fredericksburg, Virginia (and for which I receive no renumeration). My column for this coming month describes my experience several years ago seeing millions of Monarchs in flight in Canada as they were beginning their migration to Mexico, and I thought the article would be enhanced by your photograph.

Please feel free to send your response to: mvreeland45@gmail.com. My deadline to submit to my editor is 8/20/09, so a prompt response would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your consideration.

With kind regards,

mvreeland45@gmail.com ```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mvreeland45 (talk • contribs) 01:41, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

copyright permission request - hawk picture

Hello, I am writing to ask your permission to use your red-tailed hawk picture in a kiosk-based presentation that may also eventually be distributed online. I discovered your photo at Wikimedia Commmons athttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red-tailed_Hawk_Buteo_jamaicensis_Full_Body_1880px.jpg

I am a volunteer Master Naturalist in Minnesota currently working on a capstone project for the Minnesota Master Naturalist Program. My team is creating a kiosk-based touch-screen tour of birds of Fort Snelling State Park. We would like to use your image in our public education kiosk presentation with the understanding that we may need to reduce the size somewhat for inclusion in the PPT-based work.

I wonder whether the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources can have your permission to use your photo for this purpose.

Since we are up against a tight deadline (Thursday), your quick reply on this would be much appreciated.

Thank you, Lee Scholder lscholder@yahoo.com

copyright permission request - hawk picture

Hello, I am writing to ask your permission to use your red-tailed hawk picture in a kiosk-based presentation that may also eventually be distributed online. I discovered your photo at Wikimedia Commmons athttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red-tailed_Hawk_Buteo_jamaicensis_Full_Body_1880px.jpg

I am a volunteer Master Naturalist in Minnesota currently working on a capstone project for the Minnesota Master Naturalist Program. My team is creating a kiosk-based touch-screen tour of birds of Fort Snelling State Park. We would like to use your image in our public education kiosk presentation with the understanding that we may need to reduce the size somewhat for inclusion in the PPT-based work.

I wonder whether the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources can have your permission to use your photo for this purpose.

Since we are up against a tight deadline (Thursday), your quick reply on this would be much appreciated.

Thank you, Lee Scholder lscholder@yahoo.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lscholder (talk • contribs) 16:40, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

flame azalea image

Hi Ram-Man! I'd like to use your azalea image on a brochure I'm designing for the Chattahoochee River for the National Park Service. They gave me a crummy lo-res image and I saw yours through Google image search and fell in love!

The brochure's initial print run is 10,000 copies and your name will appear under the image.

What are your terms and conditions for it's use?

Please let me know asap.

Thank you very much!

````Judy Ellis GREATgraphics! 757 491 4707 judy.ellis@me.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greatgraphics (talk • contribs) 16:09, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

permission to use image of Japanese maple

Dear Derek, I would like to use your photo of the Japanese maple on wikipedia in a powerpoint presentation which is part of a concert on the theme of the environemnt and climate change.

Can I get copyright clearance for this purpose? I would of course give fully acknowledgement to you as the author of the photo.

Thank you,

Johanna Selleck —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.28.215.196 (talk) 11:42, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Please create a Wikipedia account and use it to me or leave your own email address on this page. -- RM 12:23, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Monarch

I would like notify you that I am interested in using a derivative (black and white) version of your http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Monarch_Butterfly_Danaus_plexippus_Male_2664px.jpg In my creation of a collage for a non-profit educaational website. It is a beautiful image. please let me know if this is Ok or if you would like to see the final image. tmclaren@essentialtalk.com

Cheers,

Teresa —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.201.174.179 (talk) 17:18, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

denali panorama

Hi, my name is Amie and I would possibly like to use this panorama photo for a mural I am designing for the UAF College of Natural Science & Mathematics. It would be a one-time single use. Would this be possible? We can give credit for the photo on the poster.

Thanks

Amie Pappas CNSM Web, Media & Publications 358 Reichardt 907-474-6714 adpappas@alaska.edu —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.229.51.25 (talk) 17:32, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia Takes Philadelphia

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Register your team here

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photo use permission request...

Hi Derek, I am the committee chair of a newsletter to a Homeowners Association, the Lakeland Homeowners Association, Auburn, WA. I viewed your panorama photos of Mt. Shuksan and found them to be quite stunning. I would like to use the following photo for the banner of our winter quarter newsletter. [1] Each quarterly edition newsletter is distributed once to 3000 addresses and is provided at no charge by the Homeowners Association. Please let me know if this is permitted. Naturally, you will get credit for the photo as we have done in the past with wikimedia panorama hi-res photos. If it is ok, please let me know by email and put in the credit text you would like to see. I can also have a copy of our newsletter mailed to you, although I am not sure if the content would be of value with you being in PA and us in WA. Please note that we put a copy of the newsletter as an archive pdf file on our web site.

Thanks very much Jerry Carpenter, [2] communications chair and webmaster for [3] Jcarp1939 (talk) 01:30, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes you may use the image provided that you provide the proper credit. Please provide me a link to the PDF and that will be sufficient for a copy. -- RM 02:06, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Using of your Image

Hello Ram-Man,

we are a German publishing house for school material and would like to use your picture of Hycinth (Garden Hyacinth Hycinthus orientalis 'Blus Jacket' Flower 2000px.jpg) in one of our books (title: Training for Latin at Highschools).

Please send us how you would like to be credited for your picture.

Kind regards Katharina Eichler STARK Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG

Eichler.anna-katharina@starkverlag.de —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.30.194.3 (talk) 07:46, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Derek ramsey

Hi, i made an article about you. Portillo (talk) 07:52, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Idea for Stubs on Wikipedia from Public Domain Books Hosted on Google Books

Ram-Man,

I wanted to get your opinion on an idea I had for creating new Wikipedia article stubs based on Public Domain Books hosted by Google Books. I got the idea when reading the Wikipedia Article on Wikipedia's Growth, link included here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Modelling_Wikipedia's_growth At one point in the article it mentioned that you (Ram-Man) created an article stub for every town in the United States using Rambot in October of 2002. Here is the quote from the article.

"The sudden jump in article count in October 2002 is due to roughly 30,000 stub articles on U.S. towns and cities generated from a database being added by an auto-posting robot, Rambot, during an eight-day period. Although initially controversial as to whether these were "real" encyclopedia articles or merely "stubs", most of the Rambot articles have since been substantially expanded."

That got me thinking that other large data sets of notable and important information might also be worth automatically creating stubs for which can then later be expanded upon. With this information still fresh in my mind I was checking up on the progress of Google Books and noted that they are now hosting more than 1,000,000 public domain books as part of their Google Books project.

http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2009/08/download-over-million-public-domain.html

I think it would be an incredibly valuable resource to have a bot like Rambot create, 1,000,000 stubs for the public domain books hosted on Google Books. This is a resource of already vetted and notable material, hopefully in a standard format at Google including author name, book title, year of publication, name of publisher, summary of the book and more.

Let me know what you think of the idea and if you think its worth a go.

I hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,

OrangeCorner OrangeCorner (talk) 11:29, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Rambot activity in 2002

Hi, I am trying to model Wikipedia's growth, and that implies obtaining reliable data on human (non-bot) article creation. I would appreciate your help on that.
There are a couple of glitches in the "official" article count data between 2001 and 2003 that result in anomalous peaks in the growth rate. Two of these glitches are well-known, and are already being corrected for: (1) a bug in the counting software between 2002-08-10 and 2003-03-23, that undercounted articles by about 5–6%; and (2) about 30,700 articles created by Rambot over a 10-day period, between 2002-10-17 and 2002-10-27.
However, there seems to be a smaller but still quite large surge of new articles not long before that "Rambot week". Namely, between 2002-09-24 and 2002-10-08 (14 days) there seems to be about 2900 articles added above the normal rate.
Did Rambot create these 2900 articles too?
I see in the FAQ that Rambot has 36,973 articles in its database. Even assuming a 6% undercount by the WP software at the time, that still leaves about 1350 Rambot-maintained articles unaccounted for. Do you recall whether those 1350 articles were created by rambot at a later time, and, if so, when? Or were they created manually, before or after 2002-10?
Are you perchance aware of any other robot, besides Rambot, that has created thousands of articles in a short period?
Many thanks, and all the best, --Jorge Stolfi (talk) 00:48, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Image use request

Hello

My name is Jenna Fulford and I am the editor at Carmarthenshire Life Magazine. I am currently working on the February - March edition of the magazine and was wondering if i could use this image on our St Davids page? Obviously you will be credited on the page

Kind regards Jenna

jenna.fulford@chrt.org.uk

(Fulfy24 (talk) 14:11, 16 December 2009 (UTC))

animation

hey there. I am a buffalo fanatic, and I am using your image of that american bison sign in a cartoon im working on, for like half a second or so. :) - tom_null2005@yahoo.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.107.110.8 (talk) 04:00, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for File:Fremont Troll Seattle 2048px.jpg

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Unreferenced BLPs

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Photo use request

Dear Ram-Man

I just sent you an e-mail regarding the use of one of your photos. Please check your e-mail account and let me know if my use of your photo is acceptable.

Best,

Rob —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bbuckaroo (talk • contribs) 20:31, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

reproduction permission

Dear Derek Ramsey,

Wrocław University Press is going to publish 13th volume of Studium Generale. In this book is an article by prof. Beata Zagórska-Marek entitled "Magnolia w naturze, eksperymencie i... komputerze" ("Magnolias in nature, experimetn and... computer"). The author would like to reproduce your photo of Magnolia Virginiana from the Chanticleer Garden (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sweetbay_Magnolia_Magnolia_virginiana_Flower_Closeup_2146px.jpg). We would like to kindly ask for one-time reproduction permission. Please suspend reprduction fee due to low printrun and strictly academic character of the book. Thank you in advance.

Kind regards, Katarzyna Berbas

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego Sp. z o.o. pl. Uniwersytecki 15 50-137 Wrocław tel.: +48 71 375 24 74 fax: +48 71 375 27 35 e-mail: licencje@wuwr.com.pl Vat no.: PL8971066307 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.17.87.250 (talk) 07:55, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

photo of A late instar caterpillar feeding

Hi Derek, My name is Linda Repplinger and I work for an interpretive design company called Sea Reach Ltd. We are teaming with Pantex on an education display to go into a visitor center in Amarillo Texas to teach people about insects found in the region. We are interested in using your photo captioned "A late instar caterpillar feeding" on a display. Is the image available for use and how would you like to be credited? A typical credit line reads: Photo courtesy of Derek Ramsey.

URL where we found the photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_butterfly

Your assistance is greatly appreciated! Sincerely, Linda Repplinger Sea Reach Ltd. 503-843-2005 linda@seareach.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.216.189.46 (talk) 18:52, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

2010 Copycenter drive?

Hey Ram-Man,

I'd like to run another PD licensing drive, asking the top thousand contributors and all active bot owners to identify multiple licenses wherever their default license pref is less restrictive than CC-SA... and to write a bot that would maintain a licensing registry to keep track / for use by other projects. It would be interesting to see what the "PD subset" of Wikipedia looks like, and to autogenerate that every so often [the easy way would be -- the last pure-PD/[m] revision of every article. There might be ways to capture only the PD changes to an article over time, but for most articles that wouldn't be worth it. Maybe a pre-compilation assessment could identify which articles are mostly-PD and worth doing that sort of merging... perhaps a bot-assisted human merge in each case.]

I'd be interested in your thoughts. user:pharos and the New York Wikimedians have had some interesting ideas about promoting the value of the public domain, and might join in as well. –SJ+ 21:57, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Permission

I would like to get permission to use your photo of the Italian Market in a new Culinary Arts textbook in the chapter Cuisine of the Mid-Atlantic. Credit will be as you desire.

Thanks

Teachef1949 (talk) 16:15, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Used file:Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea Flowers 3008px.JPG on wikipedia

Just wanted to let you know I linked to your Z. aurea photo on the wikipedia article for that plant. Thanks for making it available. Glorioussandwich (talk) 06:29, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

You're invited to Wikipedia Takes Philadelphia

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request to use your Magnolia images

Hi, I'm putting together a small printed newsletter for the Harvard Conservation Trust, a non-profit organization in Harvard, MA. The newsletter contains an article about Sweetbay Magnolia, and we are interested in using 2 of your images to accompany the article. I noticed on your usage guide that you will sometimes allow non-profit organizations to use your images with less restrictions. We would be happy to give you credit for the image, but all of the stricter requirements are a bit overkill for our small newsletter. Please let me know as soon as you can, since this is a bit of a rush to print the newsletter.

Thank you!

71.233.23.37 (talk) 23:09, 18 March 2010 (UTC) Holly Peterson hep@bumblebeehill.org 978-857-7135

Permission Request from Fairfax Magazines, Auckland, NZ

Hello Derek

We would very much like to use one of your images in a forthcoming edition of NZ Gardener magazine. The image is: Aquilegia vulgaris 'Black Barlow' taken at the Chanticleer Garden.

We would be grateful for your prompt response to this request as we will have to find alternative images should you deny this request.

Many thanks

Angela Espley Photo Library Fairfax Magazines

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—Preceding unsigned comment added by Angelaespley (talk • contribs) 23:05, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

File:Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus Tagged 3008px.jpg

Hello,

I really love your picture of a tagged monarch and would like to show it to my students and visitors. thanks David

File:Question Mark Polygonia interrogationis Flower 2506px.jpg

Hi, I really love your photo and I'd like to show it to my students and visitors (in a butterfly house).

Thanks David

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Review of closure process 2

Because you've contributed to FPC either recently or in the past, I'm letting you know about the above poll on the basis of which we may develop proposals to change our procedures and criteria. Regards, Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 01:44, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Under water photography.

i am just starting diving and considering bying a camera with underwater housing. Have you tried several if so what suits you the best and why?

Speedy deletion of Custer County, Idaho

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Can I use this picture for a powerpoint?

I am doing research on fish and thought this picture was amazing for it. I was wondering if I was allowed to use it on there was stated it was copyrighted and I did not want to break the law:) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.179.60.130 (talk) 14:54, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Inquiry re: Sequoia Picture

Hi Derek,

My webmanager would like to use your photo for my new educational publishing company:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giant_Sequoia_Sequoiadendron_giganteum_Tyler_Tree_2000px.jpg

Would at least like it on my Home page, and do not understand everything you lay out at wikipedia. Not saying it's unclear, just that I am.

Looks like this would fall under the commercial category, so let's commnicate about what this will cost me. In addition to paying, I'd like to list your name/work and any link you specify somewhere on the Home page.

Hoping the price is right since your pic is my favorite out of all the ones I've seen.

Also, I really don't know how to use wiki; can you e-mail me at gematria303@hotmail.com?

Regards, CraigSeaPea303 (talk) 04:01, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Curiosity

Hi, I was looking at the brief article about Hatfield, Minnesota, which states that the population is/was 47. I'm curious how it can be described as a city when (from the size of the population) it hardly attains the status of a hamlet?? Can you help? Thanks in advance. Denisarona (talk) 10:59, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

The terms "city", "town", etc. all have specific legal meanings that differ from state to state. These meanings may have nothing to do with the population. In some cases, the terms have no meaning at all and are just whatever the census bureau decided to call them. I don't know which of these is the specific case here. -- RM 01:42, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. Denisarona (talk) 09:15, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

May I use you picture in a college flyer for a school project

I am trying to become a school teacher.

Kuzikan (talk) 03:45, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Green Frog Photo Permission to Use

Derek, Hello! I am a wildlife biologist recently retired from the Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW). I am helping the DOW and Colorado Department of Agriculture put together a Pocket Guide to Aquatic Nuisance Species. We would like to use the photo you took at the Tyler Arboretum. You would be fully credited. This Pocket Guide is not for commercial use, sale or distribution - it is to help our field staff identify potentially threatening species so that they can be contained. Your photo is excellent and would be a great addition. Can we use it? Wendy Hanophy —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wendyhanophy (talk • contribs) 03:28, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Photo Permissions

Hello Derek, I recently emailed you about acquiring photo permissions for use in a campaign by my affiliated nonprofit. I hope to hear from you soon. Best, Christine Chung —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cszc (talk • contribs) 18:11, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Request for permission to use picture in master's degree project

Dear Sir / Madam

My name is Erik Alm and I am a student at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, where I study landscape architecture. At the moment I am writing my master's degree project about winter gardens in Sweden.

In my project I will list about one hundred types of plants that are suitable to use in a Swedish winter garden. In addition to the Swedish and scientific names, this list will include a picture and a short description of every single type of plant.

So therefore I wonder if it would be possible for me to your picture of "Hedera helix on a brick wall" in my project.

The picture will be approximately 2x2 cm (0.8x0.8 in) in the project.

I do not intend to make a profit on my project. The project will be published at Epsilon; Electronic publishing at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences: http://epsilon.slu.se/eindex.html

Best regards Erik Alm e-mail@erikalm.se —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.253.0.90 (talk) 08:51, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Image use query

Hi Derek, I've been encouraged to let you know here that I've sent you an image use request via Wiki email. Thanks for your time. Sherrie SherrieY (talk) 00:08, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Tagged monarch butterfly

Hey, just letting you know I've nominated one of your pictures for featured picture status. J Milburn (talk) 13:35, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Reuse of Geum 'Beech House' Flower Closeup 1625px.jpg

Hello. I am planning on using one of your images on a separate website.

The URL of the reuploaded image is:

[4] on Plantspedia, a project of Wikia Inc.

If you need to contact me, email me, contact me through Wikimedia, or through my wikia account

--Aamsse (talk) 22:45, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Image now featured

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus Tagged Closeup 3008px.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! I'ḏ♥One 23:48, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

use of pic

hi. would you grant me permission to use your pic of the red tailed hawk, Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Full Body 1880px.jpg, on my facebook page? i live in the rockies and just saw one, and want to share it with my family. i have 27 friends. i am happy to list any credits you require. thanks so much. deborah davis Ziggy120 (talk) 17:13, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

2010 Census

I see you commented at Wikipedia talk:2010 US Census,[5] and I know you made significant contributions to filling in articles with data from the 2000 Census. It looks like there hasn't been any further discussion in the past year. It appears that the data will start to be released in February.[6] It won't come out in one big lump, but various types of info will be released over a year or more. Any thoughts about how we should be planning for this?   Will Beback  talk  05:20, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Homer Spit

Hi, I work at the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks on curriculum development for Alaska science teachers. We are currently developing online tutorials for a project on Snow & Global Climate. The tutorials are intended for teacher professional development. I'd like to use your photo for a KML file of 20 weather stations throughout AK - Homer being one of the stations. This way, our users (teachers & their students) can access weather station data from the Alaska Climate Research Center through Google Earth.

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

Great photo! Thanks, Snowgecko (talk) 00:38, 29 September 2010 (UTC)Lena

Butterfly on Echinacea

Hi,

I'm a self employed software developer. I plan to use your butterfly image as splash screen for a free (GPL3) software I'm developing for a customer. Just to let you know and thank you.

Lucio Crusca —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.60.156.216 (talk) 11:51, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

I've just used one of your photographs in a blog post

about monarchs' ability to cure their parasite infestation by herbal remedies. It's in here: http://zaozi.blogspot.com/2010/10/fera-sum-humani-nihil-me-alienum-puto.html . I always have troubles with GFDL licensing, so I hope you find it acceptable. Thanks! 150.254.101.154 (talk) 13:00, 9 October 2010 (UTC)Michał Kosakowski

Link to the USO of North Carolina

Jsrawlinson (talk) 20:40, 21 October 2010 (UTC)I am the administrator for the USO of North Carolina page, which links to yours. Would you consider linking us to this page?Jsrawlinson (talk) 20:40, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

An article you started is being discussed

You are invited to join the discussion at WT:N#What is the consensus on City articles?. patsw (talk) 01:02, 29 October 2010 (UTC) (Using {{Please see}})

Merge discussion for Gravel Ridge, Arkansas

An article that you have been involved in editing, Gravel Ridge, Arkansas , has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. --ARTEST4ECHO <sup>(talk|contribs)</sup> 17:14, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

spaghetti squash

May I use your picture of spaghetti squash for non commercial purposes? -Tatiana —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.245.88.197 (talk) 14:22, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Permission to use image

Just wondering if we could use your image for our church calendars providing we use a GNU 2.5 notation. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hbcreate (talk • contribs) 17:39, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

amaranthus photo

I am currently completing my doctoral dissertation after spending a year abroad living among the Otomi Indian peoples of Hildago, Mexico. They gather and eat quelites there, and your photo looks the most like the ones that they gathered. Is it possible for me to use this photo in my dissertation if I give you credit for it? ````Gabrielle Hodson —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ghodson (talk • contribs) 04:27, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

use of Nova Zembla picture

Hello I'd like to have permission to publish, with all due credit, a picture of Rhododendron Nova Zembla in a business horticulture industry magazine. The magazine is available only upon subscription to 6500 subscribers and is published in french, in Quebec, Canada, 6 times a year. The pictures will be displayed at approximately 2"X2" size.

Best regards quebecvert@transcontinental.ca

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—Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.107.246.216 (talk) 19:59, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Permission to use image

Derek Ramsey,

I am doing a poster for school of a Honey Dew plant. As of now, I have both SEM and TEM images of the plant, however I need a macro image for my poster. I was wondering if I could use your picture and site it?

mrkreul —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrkreul (talk • contribs) 22:51, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Ram-bot question

Hi Derek,

I'm curious how feasible it would be to make a special version of Ram-bot that did the following: For every U.S. city article at [CityName, StateName], if [CityName] is a redirect to [CityName, StateName], delete the redirect and move [CityName, StateName] to [CityName] (thus creating a redirect from [CityName, StateName] to [CityName]), along with the associated talk page. I presume it would not be a big deal. Please let me know. Thanks. Your answer might be relevant to a discussion at WT:NCGN. --Born2cycle (talk) 01:00, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Rhododendron albrechtii images

I'm affraid these three images are misidentified. Rhododendron albrechtii is quite different. This is probably some cultivar. I have not changes the file names.

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Compare with [7] Uleli (talk) 21:42, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Image Use Request

Hello Derek,

I am currently designing a US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) funded teacher guide about the Upper Mississippi River called "Our Mississippi". This is a 350 page 2 color not-for-profit book that will be distributed free or at cost to every formal and informal educator interested.

We would love to use a photo from your Wikimedia Commons site of the following photo of a monarch butterfly: Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus Laying Egg 2600px.jpg Photograph of a female Monarch Butterflyen (Danaus plexippus en ) laying an egg on a Mexican Milkweeden (Asclepias curassavica en ). Photo taken at the Tyler Arboretum.

If interested, please let us know what your usage requirements are.

Note that our permissions request follows USACE requirements for one-time, unlimited, non-exclusive reproduction rights for the printed publication and electronically on the accompanying CD and website "www.ourmississippi.org". All electronic appearances of the image will only ever be in its original graphic layout.

Thanks so much for your time,

Corrie Greening Formations Inc. www.formationsinc.com 503-665-7110 cgreening@formationsinc.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Womandork (talk • contribs) 19:16, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

using an image

Hi Ram-Man. I'm not sure how to use this User talk thing, so I hope you get this, and I can figure out how to see your response. I would like to use your image "File:Fulmer Falls Closeup 3000px.jpg" in a cellphone app. It would be a noise machine app, where the sound of a waterfall is used to listen to while sleeping. Your photo would be the background. I would attribute it to you, and link the commons page where I got it in the app help. The app will not be free. Please let me know if you are ok with this. If not, that is fine, I will find another image, I just really like yours.

thanks Ramsour (talk) 21:20, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Dear Mr. or Mrs Owner of this photo, I'm an Italian student from Naples, and I'm going to graduate in Pharmacy. By many weeks I'm looking for some decent pics of Echinacea plants, and I'm very happy to tell you that I've found one here. It's large, clear, and wonderful, shortly it's perfect for my purpose. I'm talking about my thesis.

So, it would be absolutely great if will give me the authorization to use it for my work.

Please answer me to davidin82@yahoo.it

Looking forward to hear from you soon. With regard,

Dave Forni Napoi, 11 march 2011 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.36.145.159 (talk) 22:40, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Request to use photograph

Dear Ram-Man,

The National Center for Science Education is developing an online educational activity that will be free of charge and will only be accessed via our web site, ncse.com <http://ncse.com/>. The users will use ‘time-travel’ to learn about the history of science, general history, biological evolution, and cosmic evolution. Depending on the year that the time-traveler chooses to stop, a graphic will be displayed with a short educational narrative. There will be approximately 1,000 different graphics & narratives in the database.

We would like to use your photograph of the Philadelphia Zoo Welcome Gate <wiki/File:Philadelphia_Zoo_Welcome_Gate_2832px.jpg> to illustrate the 1874 opening of the first public zoo in the U.S. "

I may be reached at almandsmith@ncse.com

Respectfully, Dave Almandsmith Dalmandsmith (talk) 20:42, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Permission to use the leafy sea dragon photo for Oceana, a non-profit organization

Dear Mr. Ramsey,

If possible, I would like to request permission to use your leafy sea dragon photo for educational purposes. I´m a volunteer at Oceana, a non-profit, non-governmental ocean conservation organization, and am writing an online feature on seahorses. If this is possible, please let me know how you´d like to be credited.

Thank you very much in advance.

Veronica Lo VoluntarioMadrid@Oceana.org Europe@Oceana.org www.eu.ocean.org —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.0.112.204 (talk) 08:34, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Leafy sea dragon

Hello Derek,

I wanted to let you know that I used your photo in a way that I am sure is consistent with the license you chose to publish it under. Since you took care to spell out the acceptable terms, I thought I'd run it past you so you could look at it. Please let me know what you think.

http://oceanlife.omeka.net/items/show/18

Sincerely, Mike Davidson —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.136.3.10 (talk) 16:33, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Use of Pipeline Image

Ram Man, I am seeking your permission to use your photo :Alaska Pipeline Closeup Underneath" in a permanent installation at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado (NCAR). NCAR is a research laboratory with non-profit status. The image will be part of a timeline mural of major science achievements. Unless you prefer another attribution, we will be crediting your image: (c) 2005 Derek Ramsey (Ram Man). Thank you! Linda

Linda Carbone Exhibits National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research 1800 Table Mesa Drive Boulder, CO 80305 lcarbone@ucar.edu —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.228.68.237 (talk) 17:54, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Mass content adding

Hello Ram-Man

I found you about m:Botopedia and I am just wondering if you could give me some advise how to ad a huge number of new articles to Wikipedia. This is not to made some silly things like spam. In fact, I am involved in ln: and I am collecting data about villages in the Congo (where people speak ln:. At the end there would be about 30 000 articles/stubs like "A is a locality in B territory in C province in the Dem Rep of Congo." And"B is territory in C province in the Dem Rep of Congo. The localities A, D, E, F and G are part of this territory."

I know, even with a bot, it takes a lot of time. And it is not possible to do it in one time. Maybe territory by territory – this means in about 130 steps. I have some (little) experience with python and every time I did first a few examples as test. Don't worry about the community on ln:. There are three active members at the moment and I am in close contact with the two others. You may also send en e-mail to me trough my profile's page or leave a note at ln:User_talk:Eruedin. --Eruedin (talk) 19:02, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

A picture of a white daisy taken at the Chanticleer Garden.

To Whom It May Concern:

I am requesting permission to use your daisy photo, description: A picture of a white daisy taken at the Chanticleer Garden, in my wedding brochure/program. I will be printing 150 and distributing them only to wedding guests. This brochure/program is simply to serve the purpose of providing detail to guests of the days events and a brief description of the symbolism of the wedding flowers I have chosen, the architecture of the chapel where we will be getting married, and some other wedding symbols. My flowers are daisies and yellow roses. This is the best photo of a white daisy I have found. May I please have permission to use it for this sole purpose as described?

Very Respectfully,

Flashoflife (talk) 12:54, 26 April 2011 (UTC) aflashoflife@att.net

Questions about rambot

Hi Ram-Man,

I like the work you do for Wikipedia. I'm very interested in the rambot you created. Do you do any fact check using it? What are the rules you use? Do you mind sharing more information with me about rambot? I would like to create some automatic validation rules for geographic information. Thanks a lot!

Linnaweb (talk) 23:05, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Monarch butterfle photograph

Hello,

I am a reporter for the Rede Ambiente site - www.redeambiente.com.br (it means Enviromental Network in portuguese). We're writing an article on non-obvious poisonous animals, such as the platypus, the slow loris and the monarch butterfly. We would like to use your photograph http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Monarch_Butterfly_Danaus_plexippus_Male_2664px.jpg - with cedits, of course. I'm sorry, I could not contact you by e-mail, it doesn't seem to be working. Could you please send you answer to helena@canalazul.net?

Thank you in advance.

Hope to hear from you soon, Helena Dutt-Ross Produtora Canal Azul helena@canalazul.net (+5511)30814017 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.121.195.252 (talk) 22:02, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

permission to use your photograph

Hi Derek

I am writing to ask permission to use your photograph of a monarch caterpillar in a course at Saybrook University. The course is Art and Healing and the image would appear on the part of the Saybrook website set aside specifically for the course and accessible only to Saybrook students and faculty. The butterfly is a symbol of transformation worldwide because it changes so completely during its lifetime and I would like to use your image to show its early stage as a caterpillar. I hop you will grant us this permission and perhaps let us use some of your other photographs as well.

Thanks,

Tobi

Tobi Zausner, PhD Graduate College of Psychology and Humanistic Studies Saybrook University Email: tzausner@earthlink.net — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tzwik (talk • contribs) 20:44, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Use of Lancaster County Covered Bridge pictures

Hello, I like your pictures of covered bridges in Lancaster County and would like permission to use them on a website that I am building about Lancaster County - www.visit-lancaster-pa.com. Please let me know if I may have your permission to use these pictures and how you would like them to be attributed to you.

Thanks, Rbmck12 (talk) 02:28, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

hammerkop

I would like to use the hammerkop picture for a scientifis publication. The reason is that the bird has a very special symbolic status in Cameroon, but it is hardly ever seen there. Details can be given. Please contact me

Walter van Beek PhD vanbeek@ascleiden.nl — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.56.130.54 (talk) 11:29, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Photo Permission

Hi Derek, I am the art director at Institutional Real Estate, Inc. We are publishing an article about lists of various things, one of them being wacky signs. We would like permission to include your photo of the Inter Pennsylvania Welcome 2171px.jpg in a high res version. Please let me know if we have permission to use. We do not really have an art budget so am hoping for free useage. Please let me know what is possible. Best Regards, Susan311 (talk) 18:14, 27 May 2011 (UTC)Susan Sharpe Art Director IREI s.sharpe@IREI.COM

permissions request - A patch of Tobacco

I am interested in using one of your photographs: A patch of Tobaccoen (Nicotiana tabacum en ) in a field in Intercourse, Pennsylvania.

I am working on a sign to be displayed at the Fort Lancaster State Historic Site in Sheffield, TX(with your permission). Here is a link to the park where the signs will be displayed: www.visitfortlancaster.com

carollieb@lycos.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.19.239.19 (talk) 19:42, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Image permission request

Dear Mr Ramsey

I would like to email you regarding using one of your images of a labelled monarch butterfly in an educational reader.

I would be most grateful if you would reply with your email address and I will send you an email requesting permission forthwith.

Yours sincerely

Rachel Clare RachelClare (talk) 12:20, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

License photo for commercial use

Hi Derek,

I'm interested in licensing a high-res. (300 ppi) version of your Clown Triggerfish photo with filename "800px-Clown_Triggerfish_Balistoides_conspicillum_Side_1888px.jpg" for commercial printing on apparel.

Is that a possibility?

If so, would you send me your licensing terms and price for that use?

Assuming you'll let me know if you need more details or have questions about use.

Thanks.

~ John

~ John Howe johnny@clearwatercom.com 617.497.2059 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jrhowe (talk • contribs) 14:58, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Copyright permission for morning glory

Nice picture of a "blue star" morning glory, which I was thinking of using in an article about "blue star strategy." You write that the GFDL v.1.2 license applies. "A physical copy of the license text itself (if printed) or THE FULL TEXT OF THE LICENSE IN DIGITAL FORMAT. PROVIDING THE LINK TO THE OFFICIAL TEXT IS INSUFFICIENT.

Do I understand you correctly? You want me to insert a seven page, 3700 word licensing agreement underneath the picture, instead of a link? Or I put a footnote to the picture, use the "end of article" footnote format, use the smallest font the computer will generate, instead of a link right there?

As a long time faculty member, I do not recall having seen any seven page licensing agreements after images, either on a webpage, in a book, journal article or seminar handout either. I have not seen that kind of footnote either, although I often see name and date attributions with website links. My conclusion is that you wanted to use the picture for the Wikipedia article you contributed to, which meant that you had to "release" it. You did not want to do that, and found a rather clever way to "have your cake and eat it too." Presumably you are an attorney; if not, you certainly missed your calling. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.91.110.34 (talk) 12:28, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

File:Siberian Iris Iris sibirica Plants 2000px.jpg

The iris in Tyler Arboretum is not Iris sibirica, but a similar species: Iris sanguinea. The main differences are:I. sibirica has bracts supporting the flowers that wither along the margins, flowers with various pedicel length. The scape holding the flowers is hollow. The closely related I. sanguinea has bracts that stays fresh, flower pedicels (more or less) equal in lenth and the scape is solid. The last is not visible in a photo.

Compare:

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  Iris sibirica

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  Iris sanguinea

I have changed the categories in this series of photos, but not the file names. Uleli (talk) 12:20, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Using one of your photos today

I write a bird & nature blog & used one of your photos today, complete with photo credit, attribution and links at: http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/06/21/power-sleep/ Thanks for posting your excellent photos on Wikimedia Commons. Kate St. John, Pittsburgh www.wqed.org/birdblog/

Great Spangled Fritillary

I would like to use the photo of the Great Spangled Fritillary found on the Wikipedia entry for that species on my blog, Lexilalia. May I?

-Manuel "Mandel" Cabrera Jr. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.166.89.59 (talk) 18:21, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Suspension of admin privileges due to inactivity

Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative privileges of users who have been inactive for one year, meaning administrators who have made neither any edits nor any logged actions in over one year. As a result of this discussion, your administrative privileges have been removed pending your return. If you wish to have these privileges reinstated, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e., as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised and that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions). This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. RL0919 (talk) 22:15, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

using your photo

I am with Landscape Architecture magazine, part of the nonprofit American Society of Landscape Architects. We would like to use your photo of the branching trunk of Parrotia persica with an upcoming article we're doing about that plant. I understand from the license that we can do so, and we will credit you as requested, but I also wanted to let you know. My name is Lisa Speckhardt and you can reach me at lspeckhardt@asla.org if you have any questions. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.218.228.19 (talk) 16:01, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Identification of your photo n° 2779px

Hello, Mr. Ramsey,

   As your email link doesn't work, I am trying to contact you this way.

I absolutely confirm that the Hesperiidae (Eudaminae) on your photo 2779px is: Epargyreus clarus clarus (Cramer, 1775).

    Among the many species of Epargyreus, it is the only one that one can find so far north.

Best regards.

B. Hermier hermier2@wanadoo.fr

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— Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.123.107.35 (talk) 10:19, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Notification of image use

Dear Derek,

This is to notify you that my company is planning to use your image of Maple Seed Pods in a forthcoming project. In line with the GNU license we wanted to notify you or its use and that we will be crediting the photos to you with a citation. The image will not be altered and used only once, in a copmputer program on nature and science fun facts for children with growth problems.

I hope that this all seems satisfactery, if you could acknowledge this message with an email to fiona.saunders@tvf.co.uk I would be very grateful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TVFcommunications (talk • contribs) 14:24, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Image usage

Dear Derek Ramsey,

My company is planning to use 2 more of your images for our forthcoming project, and in line with the copyright wanted to notify you and check that we had the correct name to credit the image to. The extra images are the 'Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus Male 2664px' and 'Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus Caterpillar 2000px'.

The image will be used on a science and nature fun facts computer program for children with growth problems. The DVD will have very limited release only to the relevant patients.

If you could confirm receipt of this notification and the correct name to credit as soon as possible I would be very grateful, my preferred email address is fiona.saunders@tvf.co.uk

Kind regards,

Fiona Saunders — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.187.167.1 (talk) 07:48, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Copyright permission for reproducing images of medicinal plants

Dear Director,

Good Day.

I am pleased to inform you that I have written a manuscript on Medicine and Pharmacy. The manuscript is now ready for publication. It contains 27 chapters and nearly 1000 pages. The manuscript is aimed at filling up the gap of original work on Medicine and Pharmacy in the light of the Holy Scriptures, particularly the Bible and the Qur’an. In the manuscript there is a chapter on Honey in the Holy Scriptures. I have decided to several images of Hordeum valgare, which I have seen after searching the images from Google website. I intend to paste them at the appropriate place in the text. 

I therefore, need your kind permission for reproducing the pictures, which may be subject to copyright, in my manuscript. As a source of the images you will be acknowledged in the text just below the images. 

Please note that I have already received permission from Ta Ha Publishers UK, Darussalam Publishers, Riyadh and from some other internationally reputed publishers, individual authors and websites. 

I look forward to welcoming your kind permission towards a noble work for the benefit and welfare of mankind Please treat the matter urgent.

With best regards,

Yours faithfully,

MUHAMMAD MUSHARRAF HUSSAIN, PhD (Pharm), Post-doc (Japan), Herbal

Medicine (Gold Medallist)

Formerly,

Principal Drug Analyst and Lecturer I, Department of Industrial Pharmacy and Quality Control, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria and Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.149.12.201 (talk) 04:54, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Copyright permission for reproducing images of medicinal plants

Dear Director, Wikipedia.com

Good Day.

I am pleased to inform you that I have written a manuscript on Medicine and Pharmacy. The manuscript is now ready for publication. It contains 27 chapters and nearly 1000 pages. The manuscript is aimed at filling up the gap of original work on Medicine and Pharmacy in the light of the Holy Scriptures, particularly the Bible and the Qur’an. In the manuscript there is a chapter on Honey in the Holy Scriptures. I have decided to several images of Hordeum valgare, which I have seen after searching the images from Google website. I intend to paste them at the appropriate place in the text. 

I therefore, need your kind permission for reproducing the pictures, which may be subject to copyright, in my manuscript. As a source of the images you will be acknowledged in the text just below the images. 

Please note that I have already received permission from Ta Ha Publishers UK, Darussalam Publishers, Riyadh and from some other internationally reputed publishers, individual authors and websites. 

I look forward to welcoming your kind permission towards a noble work for the benefit and welfare of mankind Please treat the matter urgent.

With best regards,

Yours faithfully,

MUHAMMAD MUSHARRAF HUSSAIN, PhD (Pharm), Post-doc (Japan), Herbal Medicine (Gold Medallist)

Formerly,

Principal Drug Analyst and Lecturer I, Department of Industrial Pharmacy and Quality Control, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria and Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria. email: dmmhqiabd@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.149.12.201 (talk) 05:01, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Permission

Hello.

I have written a book for children about animals that I want to publish. In searching for photographic images, I have found your picture that is very beautiful and fit the storyline that I want to convey. I will appreciate it if you will give me permission to use these photo in my book. Below are the animal-insect that will represents your photo. I will also include all info that will accompany the acknowledgements. I will acknowledge your work - Beneath the photo and at the end of the book, your information. I ask that if you agree, to kindly send me your Name and appropriate information as you wish it to be published.

Photographer: Derek Ramsey. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monarch_Butterfly_Pink_Zinnia_1800px.jpg Butterfly. Thank you very much. Louise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.169.126.193 (talk) 21:18, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

inus_virginiana_Scrub_Pine_Branch

I am working on a project for the New Jersey Pinelands Visitor Center and would love to display your photograph (with your permission).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pinus_virginiana_Scrub_Pine_Branch_3200px.jpg

Please let me know if this would be possible.

Thanks!

Carol Lieb 781-378-1484

carollieb@lycos.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.34.173.138 (talk) 19:49, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Request to Use an Image

Hello, I am creating a booklet for the non-profit organization, Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault. It is an internal "Strategic Plan" document in which we want to integrate images of Maryland. I came across your image entitled, Susquehanna State Park Maryland Waterfall 3264px.jpg. We would love to use this in our report, but wanted to make sure we had proper permission to do so.

Thank you! Shannon scarswell@glowflycreative.com

Use of Amur Tiger Photo

I would like to speak with you about the use of your Amur Tiger Eye Photo. I tried to email you but get an error from wikipedia when I try. Please contact me Spangler.Lynda AT gmail DOT com (fix the email when sending => )

Thanks,

Lynda Spangler — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.172.137.161 (talk) 20:23, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Permission to use your image of Mount McKinley

Hi,

I'm the picture editor for "Wild West" magazine and would like to consider your image of Mount McKinley for possible use in my December issue, which ships to the printer in one week.

I have several other possibilities, but think yours is one of the most beautiful and would like your permission to publish it, with proper credit given, of course. I will also send you a few complimentary copies of the issue, when published.

Please let me hear from you, right away, so I'll know whether or not to eliminate your image from my "possibles" list.

My e-mail address is lori.flemming@weiderhistorygroup.com.

Thanks, very much, and I'll look forward to hearing from you, Lori — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.10.227.114 (talk) 14:04, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

painted lady

Hi Derek

I am a member of a small club in Dublin, Ireland, and we are planning to publish a guide to butterflies found in Ireland. The American Painted Lady is an extreme rarity in Ireland. But we would like to include a photo to distinguish it from the other Painted Lady.

May we have permission to use on of your photos - the one with wings open?

Many thanks

David Nash email: davidnash at eircom dot net

Dwn01 (talk) 20:12, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Dwn01 (talk • contribs) 16:50, 10 September 2011 (UTC) 

Permission to use "Wheel bug nymph" close up photo

I would like to use your photo of a wheel bug nymph for a newsletter I am editing. It is a newsletter for the Alabama Vector Management Society (www.alabamavms.org), a non-profit, educational society focused on the management and control of vector and pest species in Alabama. Please contact me at arossi@aces.edu if you approve. I've read the terms of the copyright, and I interpret them to mean that I can use this if attributed to you and to the web page, but I'm not sure I understand fully. Thanks in advance.

Ashley Lovell AVMS editor arossi@aces.edu — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.68.1.127 (talk) 18:02, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Use of photograph

Hi

Working on a presentation about the Klondike Gold Rush for the Swedish American Centre in Karlstad, Sweden, I came across your beautiful photo of the Yukon river. I would like to include it in a presentation that will be shown to visitors at our centre, and the wikicommons-page said to notify you.

Best regards,

Kristin Mikalsen — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.160.21.187 (talk) 10:16, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Use of photograph

Hi

Working on a presentation about the Klondike Gold Rush for the Swedish American Centre in Karlstad, Sweden, I came across your beautiful photo of the Yukon river. I would like to include it in a presentation that will be shown to visitors at our centre, and the wikicommons-page said to notify you.

Best regards,

Kristin Mikalsen kristin.mikalsen@swedenamerica.se — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.160.21.187 (talk) 10:17, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Demographics section of US populated places

At some point, it may be that you or your bot created/updated the Demographics section of every US populated place (cities, towns, townships, CDP, etc). These all show year 2000 US census data. I don't know if the 2010 census data is finished yet down to the populated place level, but I wonder if you have plans to update all the US articles' Demographics sections with this new data? Thanks Hmains (talk) 18:45, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Persian Ironwood Branches

Hi Derek,

My name's Annie and I'm a writer for houzz.com. I'm working on a weekly "design plants" plants story, and I'm having trouble finding a great shot showcasing the branching structure of the plant mentioned above — my plant pick for the week. I'd love to use yours. I'm a little unsure about how the licensing and crediting goes as far as Wikimedia Commons, so I thought I would contact you directly to ask. I'll give you full credit on the site and a link, and any other citing that you would like. Is this okay for you?

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Persian_Ironwood_Parrotia_persica_Branches_2000px.jpg#filelinks

I look forward to hearing from you soon (annie@houzz.com)

Thanks,

Annie — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anniekendall (talk • contribs) 00:33, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

use of one of your photos

Hello Derek.

StudioAmmons is designing the Visitor Center exhibits for Smith Mountain Lake State Park, in Virginia. Here is information about the park: http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/smi.shtml And here is information about StudioAmmons: http://www.studioammons.com/

We would like to use this image: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Butterfly_Weed_Entire_Flower_Head_2608px.jpg

I can only give you a simple photo credit. There wouldn't be space to put the complet GNU Documentation License.

Will you give us permission? And how would you like to be credited?

Thanks in advance!

Dolly Holmes

Dollyholmes (talk) 21:15, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Hello, Ram-Man. Please check your e-mail – you've got mail!
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{YGM}} template. — Dollyholmes (talk) 14:47, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Hello Derek Ramsay,

I sent you an email requesting the use of an image.

Thanks!

Dollyholmes (talk) 14:47, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Scott County, Indiana

Please refrain from introducing inappropriate pages, such as Scott County, Indiana, to Wikipedia. Doing so is not in accordance with our policies. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Ramaksoud2000 (talk) 18:50, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

• above deletion nomination was withdrawn by the nominator once he saw it was just vandalism by a recent editor. Hmains (talk) 22:42, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

Can I use your photos of yellow coneflower?

Hi

Can I use your photos of yellow coneflower on my page where I sell seeds of this plant? Please let me know on klementynaw@wp.pl — Preceding unsigned comment added by Freya2011 (talk • contribs) 01:03, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Permission to use your photograph?

Hello Mr. Ramsey,

I was wondering if it is possible for me to include your photograph of the Red-tailed Hawk from the wikipedia page on my non-profit university's database on lifedesks.org. You would be listed as both the photographer and rights holder.

It would be much appreciated.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. (I do not want to disclose my personal email since this comment will be public, but you can reply on my user talk: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Pitterpatters

Best, Patricia T. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pitterpatters (talk • contribs) 03:15, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Request for Interview

Greetings Derek-

I hope this finds you well. I am a graduate student at the University of Oregon, currently collecting data for my dissertation on Wikipedia editors who create and use bots and assisted editing tools, as well as editors involved in the initial and/or ongoing creation of bot policies on Wikipedia. As you have been quite involved with the bot community on Wikipedia at a number of points in its progression, I would very much like to interview you for the project at a time and in a method that is most convenient for you (gchat, another IM client, Skype, email, telephone, etc.). I realize you must be busy; I am completely flexible and can work with your schedule. I would anticipate a synchronous interview taking between 30-45 minutes.

My dissertation project has been approved both by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the University of Oregon, and by the Research Commmittee at the Wikimedia Foundation. You can find more information on the project at my [page].

Please let me know if you have any questions, and I look forward to hearing from you to set up a time to chat. Thank you very much.

Randall Livingstone, School of Journalism & Communication, University of Oregon

livingst[at]uoregon[dot]edu UOJComm (talk) 18:50, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Baseball stats

Template:Baseball stats has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:36, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

cymbidium orchid image

Ram-Man,

I am a garden club member who has been asked to give a talk to my club on home orchid growing. I would like to use your image of a cymbidium in my talk. Is this OK?

Thank you, Judith McMillan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.190.195.171 (talk) 16:27, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Yes -- RM 01:13, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Rambot

Hello Ram-Man, I found you trough :meta. I created a list with about 16 000 towns and villages from the Congo to create small articles on the Wikipedias in congolease national languages (kg, ln, sw). I am neither a script kiddy, neither a Java programmer, but somethin in between and also some experience with Python. I hope, you can help me. If you does not want to do this on the talk page, you can also contact me by e-mail (e-mail this user in the toolbox of my user page). Best regards, --Eruedin (talk) 23:29, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Use of your Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet' photo

I've sent an email to ask if I can use your photo -- the details are in the email. When you have a minute, could you let me know if you are okay with the use of your photo? Thanks, Julie J 599 (talk) 17:54, 21 February 2012 (UTC)