User talk:Traveler100/archive3

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Georgia State Routes

Thank you for fixing the photo requests on the pages for Georgia State Route 223, Georgia State Route 383, and Georgia State Route 388. Do you think there are any easy changes that need to be made to the articles? I'm planning to start making lots of changes to the articles, but I would like to get your opinion. Allen (Morriswa) (talk) 15:31, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Re St Luke's Church, Abbottabad

Dear User:Traveler100, I must thank you for your edit/change on the talk page of the above article. I also wanted to ask you a question, since Im not v good yet at the technical aspects of Wikipedia, and especially w r to matters like image/s copyright and so on, under Wikipedia/Wikimedia guidelines. There is a research institute here, near where I work, in Pakistan, and they have several photographs of St Luke's Church (i.e. the subject of the above article) but some of them have been used recently and in the past in various research publications by the institute. However, while they hold copyright for these, they are willing to give/share these photos-- would that be ok or not? The second option/part of my question is, what if I go to Abbottabad city (Im based about 30 minutes away) and take my own photos, would these be preferable? Maybe these wouldnt be of the quality of the institute's images but at least, Im thinking that theyd be my own work and hence probably not contentious? I would value your feedback/advice, thanks. Best regs, Khani100 (talk) 10:01, 21 April 2012 (UTC)Khani100

If someone else took the photograph it would be best if they upload the photograph. A published picture is public domain 50 years after its creation. My understanding of copyright law in Pakistan is that you are allowed to publish a photograph of a piece of art or architecture as long as it is in a public place and you took the photo from a position that is public. If possible please upload to commons--Traveler100 (talk) 10:15, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Bot

No problem. I think the stuff I was cleaning up wasn't broken from your bot--it looked like old page moves to the scientific name where someone hadn't redirected the talk page as well. Good luck sorting out the photo requests. It seems to me that breaking down the category by geographic range rather than by taxonomy might be the most reasonable way to do these. Choess (talk) 19:30, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Alcatel OT 980

Saw you had added a free image request to the talk page of the Alcatel OT 980 article. Such an image has now been added. I don't know much about Wikipedia so I didn't touch anything on the talk page there but thought you might want to update it. Tizizi (talk) 00:10, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

thanks for the update, I have removed the request from the talk page. --Traveler100 (talk) 05:58, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Talk:Milind Tambe

Hey: Looks like something has gone wrong with your recent edit [1]. The template 'Computing Science' is showing as a red link. Please take a look. EngineerFromVega^★ 09:02, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

thanks for pointing this out. That was quick! --Traveler100 (talk) 09:08, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick fix. I just happened to log in at this time. :) Cheers. EngineerFromVega^★ 09:12, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Adding images to plant articles

Hi, you're doing a great job finding images in Commons to add to plant articles; keep up the good work!

One point: if you add an image to an article about a genus, it's a good idea to add a caption saying which species it is; obviously this isn't needed for an article about a species. Peter coxhead (talk) 17:45, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

thanks for the comment. I will make a point of adding caption in future in those cases. Would be good to carry this on but I will not work well with categories of 1000 entries. It is quite a manual task. --Traveler100 (talk) 17:55, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Yes, it is a huge task, I quite understand. I did earlier mention the idea of getting a bot to add a hatnote to a plant article without an image but where there is a category of the right name in WikiCommons. The hatnote could say something like "This plant article lacks an image, but there may be one in Commons at ... which could be added." Then when people visited the article, they might add an image.

The bot needs to find plant articles with no image where the article title matches a category in WikiCommons. Is this possible? Peter coxhead (talk) 20:22, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Incomplete caption

Hi Traveler100, On 24 August 2011 you added an image to the Hieronymites article. But the caption just says "habit". I can't imagine what this is meant to say, do I haven't ventured to fix it. I can't find any reference to the Fra Martín mentioned in the picture's commons file. AdeMiami (talk) 07:52, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

I cannot find any other reference but have change the text to the English title of the painting. It was added to address a request for a picture of the habit worn by the order. This was the best I could find.--Traveler100 (talk) 08:37, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Scharfenstein

Hi Traveler100, thanks for spotting that. The WikiProject Germany naming convention is to translate Burg as "Castle"; however, I have simply created a redirect from Scharfenstein Castle (Kiedrich) to Burg Scharfenstein (Kiedrich). I leave it to you as the creator of the article to decide whether to move it to the English name. Your post has also prompted me to look more closely at the rest of the Scharfenstein page and I picked up one or two other errors, so thank you again. Good cooperation! --Bermicourt (talk) 20:42, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Ocotea Lauraceae

Hello, how are you? I have edited in Ocotea I saw that you edited it before. Can you help me to edit again Ocotea? Palecloudedwhite wipe out the article over and over again. In any case I thank you it very much. Curritocurrito (talk) 10:44, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Question about requested photgraph categorization

Greetings Travelor, I have a photograph related question I was hoping you could help me with. I have noticed that there are quite a few groupings of Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in X (specifically by county) that are or almost are, empty. One example is Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Idaho. I think that all these county groupings is a bit too much and was considering submitting some of these for upmerging, including the example provided. Of course there are some counties of some of them that I would agree need to be kept, but IMO this is too complicated and we need to trim this down. Since you deal way more with photos than I do though I wanted to run this by you to see what you think about it. Kumioko (talk) 14:43, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

I tend to agree with you but have in the past run into disputes about this. My personal view is that a category containing about 200 articles is about the right size. If there are less that 50 then should consider merging, if more than a 1000 then should consider splitting. Also I find in most cases that counties make things difficult. When I am in the States I go to the state category and plot in google maps the photo requests to see where I can travel to to take pictures (I see Idaho category text needs improving). I usually have little idea about what counties are called. As you say there are a few exception like large conurbations such as LA or a few states where the local project has been enthusiastic about labelling every small township. I would support you but would recommend being diplomatic as some project groups are sensitive. .--Traveler100 (talk) 15:29, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Roger that thanks. I will probably start with this Idaho group since its pretty clear but I will try and word it carefully. Happy editing. Kumioko (talk) 16:39, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Mespilus canescens

Hi, I've left a more detailed comment at Commons. Unfortunately, the Mespilus canescens image that you have uploaded and used on the wikipedia page is Mespilus germanica, a much more common plant. Best wishes, Sminthopsis84 (talk) 12:22, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

thanks for the update. I was just going by the text description of the original.--Traveler100 (talk) 12:39, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Ah yes, perhaps that is the original source. This same confusion has happened before. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 18:47, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for refining image requested tags, and finding Mexican songwriter Freire photo. Can you work any magic with this? http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:%C5%92illet_Des_Murs.JPG In ictu oculi (talk) 11:59, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

Not magic just a but of effort. Have to download locally then upload to commons. As it is an old picture copyright should not be an issue.--Traveler100 (talk) 16:09, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Actually learnt how to do that once but so long ago have forgotten. In ictu oculi (talk) 22:30, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

Revisions to Reqphoto

Hi Traveler100! I've reverted your change to Talk:K. C. Keeler based on the instructions at Template:Image requested. Could you please let me know if I'm misunderstanding the instructions? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 23:36, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

The change made is correct. Requests of people are generally in a separate category from places but if possible a request both on reason for notoriety (i.e. occupation) and where they are associated with. I will see if I can make the instructions on the template page clearer, suggestions welcome. --Traveler100 (talk) 06:43, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

When {{Image requested|in=Delaware}} is used, the template displays "Wikipedians in Delaware may be able to help!", and the talk page is categorized in Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Delaware. When {{Image requested|American football people|people of Delaware}} is used, the template doesn't have the message, but the talk page is categorized into Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of American football people and Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of people of Delaware.

How about we use {{Image requested|American football people|people of Delaware|in=Delaware}} so we can keep the better categorization of your version, and also keep the template message? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 23:14, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

I think the way to go is to improve the template to show the text for people of locations too. Adding an article to a category and its parent category is not a good idea.--Traveler100 (talk) 05:11, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Actually looking at Template:Image requested the code would get very complicated for such additions. Would placing more information in the category text on how to get help be useful? Maybe also adding reference to this text in the template?--Traveler100 (talk) 15:15, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

I agree that adding an article to a category and its parent category is not a good idea. I've posted on Template talk:Image requested to see what others think. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 17:39, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Category:Fictional criminals

Hello, I don't generally have time to leave notes when I correct erroneous edits that I come across, but your edit that removed a crucial parent cat from Category:Fictional criminals was such an egregious error that I felt obliged to bring it to your attention. I have already restored Category:Criminals as the second obvious and necessary parent category. I sure hope this was a "one-time only" mistake -- please assure me that you haven't removed any other vitally important parent cats. Regards, Cgingold (talk) 13:42, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

I was trying to clean up the fact that working from a top level category down I was getting articles with incorrect results Wikipedia talk:Categorization/Archive 13#categories - real and fictional. For example working from criminals was finding actors playing fictional criminals. I think the issue has now been fixed at a lower level. Sorry if I went to far with the clean-up. --Traveler100 (talk) 20:24, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Reqphoto

I don't add a tag when the article has a picture, unless it's not as relevant as it should be (a picture of a painting but not the painter on a painter's page for example). I simply don't have time to go through all the subcategories, but it is better to have a reqphoto tag than none at all, so thanks for taking the time to finetune them.Zigzig20s (talk) 12:11, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

But 675 entries for photographs of people just in Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in England alone! This makes it very difficult for people to read through to identify requested for places and other topics of that area. If you insist on placing reqphoto on every article that does not have a picture and do not have the time to add the correct sub-category then please just add the template without any parameter. I can then add it using AWB.--Traveler100 (talk) 17:05, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

Ohio requested photographs

Sorry for not replying at the Ohio wikiproject talk page, but thank you for going ahead and tagging the county categories. Nyttend (talk) 11:51, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Amphibious Combat Vehicle

Concerning the Amphibious Combat Vehicle article an a photo I don't think there would be one for the specific time frame of last year (February to April, 2011). Possibly a rough cartoon-like image could be available somewhere. There are clearly other photo examples prior to 2011. Adamdaley (talk) 22:49, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

I meant an artist impression of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle. Couldn't think of the name at the time of the above post. Adamdaley (talk) 02:33, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

AWB template?

Do you use a special module or find/replace with AWB in doing your photo request tag replacement? If so, I'd like to steal it. I come across alot of Image requested tags. As I don't specialize in it as you do, I can't remember the 48,394 different permutations for requesting an image. Of course, you do work like a bot in tagging a ton of articles. In that case, tagging is just a blip in your work day as your prepare to enslave all humans. Bgwhite (talk) 18:20, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

I use the find/replace advanced option. You are more than welcome to use the code. I am no a sentient bot as you seem to suggest :-) so any assistance on this enormous task is welcome. The main one I use I have copy and pasted here: User:Traveler100/imagereqproj and the people specific one here: User:People-photo-bot/source-v9. Go into edit mode to see the text best (or can you propose a better syntax to store this in? Note the main one is not always 100% correct it does need human checking of the proposed edits. --Traveler100 (talk) 08:18, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Ahh thank you Skynet for the code.

If you want to make life a little easier, use User:Magioladitis/WikiProjects as a module in AWB. This will convert any WikiProject name into the proper format. For example, it will turn WPFootball into WikiProject Football. The module is updated with the ever increasing redirects used. Bgwhite (talk) 06:02, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks this would be useful. --Traveler100 (talk) 06:16, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Very good question. I'll ask. Bgwhite (talk) 06:23, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

I worked out how to add the module. First tests look good. Really useful. Note I need to add new version of script as some main categories have been moved.--Traveler100 (talk) 06:26, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Give me a yell when you update the script. The module is being used in Yobot and BG19bot, so it is BAG friendly. Bgwhite (talk) 06:30, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks....

...for your contribution to the article Hachiko! Chrisrus (talk) 15:43, 5 October 2012 (UTC) HACHIKO FOREVER!

Orphaned non-free media (File:Hachiko 20040803.jpg)

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DR/N

Hello, I am Amadscientist, a regular volunteer at DR/N. I have closed the case filing as not having an extensive discussion prior to filing. Please use the article talkpage and continue to seek further input from NonFree Media Noticeboard for help. I also should mention that the Fair Use Rationale was not completed. "Na" is not acceptable and all fields within the boilerplate used must be filled out. Is it possible that is the reason others object to its use?--Amadscientist (talk) 12:02, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Sorry I did not see any comment in the submission about length of time. This discussion started 4 October 2011 Talk:Hachikō#Picture needed, I entered the discussion 31 May 2012 Talk:Hachikō#Two last pictures needed. How long must something be discussed before is is deemed extensive? --Traveler100 (talk) 12:16, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

I made no mention of time. That is not a concern. Some disputes may have very little discussion even being months old. The point of having a requirement for an extensive discussion (see DR/N guidelines in the drop down box located to the top left of the DR/N page) is to be sure that the noticeboard is not used as a substitute for the talkpage itself. Collaboration requires lengthy discussions before a dispute can be claimed. In this way editors are encouraged to work out their differences together to form a consensus. I have noticed myself that the guideline has somewhat buried this important part (we are getting a high volumn of disputes with little to no discussion) so I have taken the liberty of adding the guideline as a bolded notice at the top header. Thank you and happy editing!--Amadscientist (talk) 12:49, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

American football WikiProjects

Traveler100, I've noticed you've recently tagged a number of American football biography articles for WikiProjects. WikiProject American football is intended to cover core aspects of the game of American football, and only specific biography, team, season, and league articles that do not have a more specific WikiProject to cover them. For example, Dexter Daniels should not be tagged for WikiProject American football. That article should instead be tagged for WikiProject College football and WikiProject National Football League. Thanks for all your contributions. All the best, Jweiss11 (talk) 04:31, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

OK , sorry for any inconvenience I may have caused. I will take more care in the articles in future when tagging. Just going through the many Biography articles that do not have a subject WikiProject associated with them. --Traveler100 (talk) 06:00, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

No worries. Just wanted to give you the heads up. Thanks, Jweiss11 (talk) 15:05, 7 October 2012 (UTC)