User talk:Fastily

List of intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom

Hi Fastily. Is the use of non-free images at List of intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom#Current agencies within policy? — JJMC89 (T·C) 05:12, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

@JJMC89: Should do. As the non-free images are protected by crown law, there is no way to replace them with free images. Doesn't seem to breach any of the 10 WP:NFCCP's. -- Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 05:21, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

As there is no contextual significance and critical commentary for each and every one of those files, I would say that there is a violation of WP:NFCC#3b and WP:NFCC#8. File:National Fraud Intelligence Bureau.png may be eligible for {{PD-ineligible-USonly}}, but the rest should be nominated for deletion/removal at WP:FFD -FASTILY 07:08, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. I missed your reply. I've nominated the others at FFD. — JJMC89 (T·C) 19:55, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

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13:36, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

User:Rchabes/sandbox

Hi,

I thought G2 did not apply to pages in userspace? I'm also not even certain deletion was intended. The move appeared to be a test. Adam9007 (talk) 02:14, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Adam9007. Rchabes moved a test page with no content (only a sandbox header) into the main space, where it was tagged {{Db-g2}}. Noticed you moved it back to their userspace, but didn't message them, so how would they even know it's back in their user space? This was a housekeeping action, but if you want it back I can certainly restore it. -FASTILY 02:29, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

It was a user sandbox which was mistakenly (I assume) moved into mainspace, so I moved it back. I don't want it back (why would I?), but I believe WP:G2 says it does not apply to pages in userspace? Also, I thought it was tagged U1, but I could be mistaken. Adam9007 (talk) 02:36, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

You're right about G2 not applying to the user space, so I've updated the log accordingly. And yes, it was tagged {{Db-user}}, but not by the original author. -FASTILY 02:41, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Not sure that was strictly necessary (this sort of talk, in my experience, is normally considered a waste of time). But yes, G2 does not apply to userspace. Having my own entry in the deletion log also feels rather strange... Adam9007 (talk) 03:03, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Bot idea

Hey a bot idea struck me recently. Is it possible to tell a bot to use TinEye and see if an image existed non-locally before it did locally? The idea being that the bot could patrol "own work" files and tag them "Dubious self work" (probably have a matienence category) if it found that. Is it possible? Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 00:07, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Iazyges. Probably not. If I remember correctly, this was suggested in the past, but was rejected because TinEye is not a free service for bots and because there is no straightforward way for a bot to determine if the file originated on Wikipedia. -FASTILY 01:48, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Fastily effect

Just wondering ... does Wikipedia:Fastily effect have anything to do with you? I was thinking of nominating that page for WP:MFD, but I thought to run it by you first. Steel1943 (talk) 04:05, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Steel1943. I don't know anything about it, feel free to MfD it. Regards, FASTILY 05:31, 7 February 2017 (UTC)