Talk:Agra, Oklahoma

Interesting town! Does the US have any villages? deeptrivia (talk) 23:21, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Officially, No. Under Oklahoma law incorporated communities are either towns or cities. Unincorporated communities are called just that, and may have certain rights if they are platted. Otherwise unincorported areas are under the jurisdiction of the local board of county commissioners. OKtag 19:41, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Lincoln County

Hello All! I'm going to be taking any information about Agra, Oklahoma that I can get along with other towns located in Lincoln County for update. Please send your information to: benjitabor@sbc.global.net Thank You!

Information

Sir, It's hard to find information seeing as how a tornado destroyed the Lincoln County courthouse with all the records in the 1930's. There is a small historical archive building a few blocks downtown from the courthouse. Also, People from Carney, Tryon, etc. may have information as well. I don't know what's left of the ghost towns like Avery and Parkland, but it might be usefull to look there too.

Photographs

I have photographs of this location if anyone is interested. Please see the above email address.

Citation Needed

Please add citations to fact when placing them on Wikipedia.137.240.136.82 (talk) 14:51, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

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Ideas and Plans Ideas How to eliminate Link Spam?! - External Links without purpose other than SEO Ideas for Improvement of Content - Category: Internet Marketing Conflict of interest aka WP:COI argumentation. WP:COI can be a helpful thing that should be leveraged but controlled at the same time. WP:COI can be offset if being worked in teams and perfectly WP:NPOV conform. General Plans Extend Internet Marketing Content Merge Online marketing and E-marketing into Internet marketing and then start cleanup Add and Extend Affiliate marketing, SEO and SEM Articles Learn and Find out more about detection and handling of Link Spam at Wikipedias. Try to help. Find, get Wikipedia SPAM related statistical data Compensation methods/Business and Pricing models consolidation and clean up

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Done Ideas and Plans Wikipedia Links NOFOLLOW Articles Ad:tech - internet marketing tradeshow was created by somebody else already Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Awards - affiliate marketing awards within AS article Chemical Reaction / cRo CJU and CJ Horizon Awards] - affiliate marketing tradeshow and awards within CJ article eComXpo - virtual tradeshow for the affiliate marketing industry at eComXpo.com Linkshare Summit & Golden Link Awards - affiliate marketing tradeshow and awards within LS article PCBoard Extend/Rewrite Article Move Clark Development back to own article (with content) Shareasale Affiliate Network (last of the big ones in the US) Templates Google's Picasa

Articles I contributed to

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Special Contributions Featured Articles Search Engine Optimization My Contributions: I provided some minor content, helped with cleaning up the article and contributed to the discussion about the content of the article. I was researching resources and helped the main contributing editor User:Jehochman to get the article finalized for the "featured article" nomination. I also contributed to the discussion for the nomination. The article was promoted to featured on June 1, 2007. Good Articles nofollow My Contributions: I provided a considerable amount of content to the article between May 30, 2007 and December 17, 2007, when the article earned the status (about 30%, based on Wiki Dashboard as of 12-2007). I also nominated the article for the status of Good Article and supported the reviewing editor by implementing recommended changes to the article to improve it. I also have to thank User:BozMo for his substantial contribution to the article. Others Affiliate marketing ASCII art PCBoard

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Other Articles Chemical Reaction (artscene group) Computer Geeks List of notable BBSes SyncTERM (merged -> Synchronet) Tetradraw TheDraw TundraDraw VT500

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Wiki Conflicts eComXpo Article Incident and conflict with User Cerejota Admin MONGO and Wikitruth.info delinking in my Wiki Resources page COI Report at the COI Noticeboard regarding links to sites I control, which resulted in my request for review at the Reliable Sources Noticeboard.

Wikipedia Votes Here is a deletion frenzy going on and I can not keep my list updated. I also don't want to, because I don't want my userpage turn into a "link farm" plastered with links to valuable articles that are being threatened to be deleted into oblivion.

Wikipedia Discussions New User Log: Introduction Censorship: Academic study on media and sex CumbrowskiWikiTest - Impact of NOFOLLOW check

Media Activities

Posts 2006 April 9, 2006, Wikipedia down?!, RoySAC.com April 9, 2006, Wikipedia back up - recovery from power outage, RoySAC.com April 30, 2006, WikiTruth a Hoax, Banned and Deleted from Wikipedia!, RoySAC.com September 17, 2006, Wikipedia Triple Play, ReveNews.com October 23, 2006, Who Invented the Term "Search Engine Optimization”? Part Deux, SearchEngineJournal.com November 23, 2006, Stop Complaining and Do Something, ReveNews.com November 25, 2006, Chemical Reaction (cRO), RoySAC.com December 22, 2006, Semi-Protected Affiliate Marketing Article, ReveNews.com

Posts 2007 January 21, 2007, All Wikipedia Links Are Now NOFOLLOW, SearchEngineJournal.com January 21, 2007, Wikipedia Sends A Message To Spammers and Search Engines, ReveNews.com February 20, 2007, Why Affiliate Marketing Has A Bad Name, ReveNews.com April 27, 2007, How Did I Become a Wikipedian?, RoySAC.com May 11, 2007, Title Capitalization in the English Language, SearchEngineJournal.com May 20, 2007, Click Here to Learn about Affiliate Marketing, ReveNews.com June 3, 2007, At Last - Some Success at Wikipedia, RoySAC.com June 8, 2007, PCBoard BBS Software, RoySAC.com June 23, 2007, How To Find Wikipedia Links, SearchEngineJournal.com July 4, 2007, Good Article Nomination and the Day of Independence, RoySAC.com September 20, 2007, The SEO Reputation Problem, SearchEngineJournal.com September 24, 2007, Wikipedia NOFOLLOW Argumentation - A View Back, RoySAC.com November 22, 2007, Wikipedia Article Quality Assessment ..., SearchEngineJournal.com December 6, 2007, How to Add Content to Wikipedia the "White Hat" Way, SearchEngineJournal.com

Comments Posts where I commented on Rand Fishkin (May 29, 2007), Search Engine Optimization Article at Wikipedia Doesn't Deserve Attention, SEOMoz.org Barry Schwartz (May 20, 2007), Wikipedia Asks For Help Editing The SEO Article, SearchEngineLand.com Durova (August 7,2007), The Right Way To Fix Inaccurate Wikipedia Articles, SearchEngineLand.com Rand Fishkin (November 20, 2007), The Dark Side of Wikipedia, SEOMoz.org

Wikipedia Notability

Wikipedia Notability

While a lot of Guides that are relevant for the AfD can be applied with objectivity, does the main guide WP:N (Notability) is subjective by it's very nature. What is notable? and notable to whom? What is an objective and measurable threshold that eventually defines, if something or someone is notable or not? How many people know about it? How many people it affected directly? or indirectly? Millions of people know about who this years "American Idol" is, but how many people are really affected by it? What qualifies as "affected"? Watching it on TV? Very few (several 10,000 probably, may be more) know about the elementary school I went to for 10 years, which was build in the early seventies and was closed and demolished just a few years ago. What's left is an empty spot, a meadow, which has been at the same spot before it was built. How about individuals or small groups of people that are active outside the publics eye (on purpose) that cause the change of history (for the good or the bad). Only very few know, only a few are affected directly, but millions or billions are affected indirectly. One might argue that notability is already giving if one person takes the time to collect details and references to events and starts writing an article at Wikipedia about it. For others is it necessary that it was mentioned in one of a few major newspapers to become notable. Either is okay, depending on the definition what Wikipedia is. The first argument is the one that is right, if Wikipedia is about all human knowledge, then the simple fact that something is or was is enough to be notable. There you have to separate only between two types of articles, 1. referrenced to allow an outsider to verify it and 2. not referrenced and not verifiable = speculation / theory. Should 2. be excluded? Of course not. Do you know how many "facts" that are general accepted as such are in reality only speculations and theory? More or less probable, but that does not make a theory to a fact. The second argument is correct, if Wikipedia is about general human knowledge that was confirmed by todays official acknowledged authorities or past authorities that are acknowledged by today's authorities. That is a choice that can be made. A Practical Note If an article makes no claims (except for its existence, which can be proofen with a single link if it is about a website) and is not promotional, why not keep it? It is already a good start to build upon. Deleting it will only change one thing. The next editor who starts it (and there will be one) has to start from scratch again and do the same stuff that was already done before once more. Notability is subjective (unfortunately), if you boil it down to its smallest components. My Subjective Point of View I for my part consider everything that a GROUP of people cares about as notable, even if I am not part of that group. The things you can find in Wikipedia and not in the mainstream encyclopedias is what makes me appreciate Wikipedia and is direct cause why I started editing it. I don't come to Wikipedia to learn about Britney Spears. I come for the stuff you have to scrape off the supplemental results of Google, the WayBackMachine or I know that it exists but can't find it anywhere on the Internet, because it is either buried somewhere, not indexed by search engines or was never converted into digital format. The more I use Wikipedia the more I regret how careless I was with original sources of things that were readily available at the time and now lost in time or stashed away by somebody who does not care or know about it. Did I mention that I am what is called an "Inclusionist"? ;-)

Image Licencing

All my Text Art Images which I already uploaded to Wikipedia are flagged as PD, but I went beyond that and released my complete work as Text Artist and my few Scene Art Pixel Graphics into the Public Domain. See Details here.

You can release your images into public domain as well. Simply add the {{PD-self}} Template to your image that you uploaded to Wikipedia or grab the HTML Code generated by the Template below and add it to the Page with your Image on your Website.

Wiki Links, Help, Tutorials and Guides

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User Talk Page Archiving Solution

Screen shot of the template look and feel at an user talk archive page (reduced in size, watermarked and links highlighted)

There exist a bunch of solutions for archiving talk pages. You can find the official Wikipedia guide to this subject here.

The solution based on the templates {{archive box}} and {{atnhead}} or {{talkarchivenav}} are nice, but generic to fit all types of talk pages. As a compromise were some good features and options excluded. For that reason did I create a custom version of the {{atnhead}} and {{talkarchivenav}} templates at my user space, which you can find at Template:UserTalkArchive. To see the template in action see User_talk:Cumbrowski/Archive 5. It has a documentation how to install the template properly. If you have any comments or suggestions to improve it, let me know.

Main features and improvements

• Setup guide provided, which is easy to understand and simple to follow
• Automatic check. Shows link to next archive page only, if it exists (supports 41 100 archive pages)
• Improved layout and images added to better highlight the important things and improve look and feel
• Adds at the end of each archive page automatically the Wikipedia user page template
• Links to user page and current user talk page added
• "Do not edit this page" statement highlighted (bold and red)
• Shows additional list with all existing archive pages and links to them (also max. 100 pages)

User Talk Archiving Primer

1. Create a new User Talk Page with the suffix "/Archive 1". A link to the archive page would look like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Username/Archive 1
2. It will say that the page does not exist yet. Go and press edit.
3. Add at the top the following code. {{Template:UserTalkArchive}}
4. Open your default talk page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Username and press edit.
5. Select everything you want to archive and cut it out of the page ("Ctrl-X")
6. Paste the content into the new talk page after the {{Template:UserTalkArchive}} template
7. Add a link on your standard talk page to the Archive page {{UserTalkArchiveBox|auto=long}} *
   * You can also use {{UserTalkArchiveBox|auto=yes}} instead to make the linke to the archive pages on your main talk page exclude the word "Archive" within "Archive X" in the anchor text to only show "X" instead.
8. Save the standard talk page and you are done

Notes

• The next archive pages would work the same, just call them .../Archive 2 ..../Archive 3 etc.
• The {{Template:UserTalkArchive}} template is a modified version of the {{atnhead}} template and adds the little box to the archive which you can see here User_talk:Cumbrowski/Archive 1. It creates a link to your current talk page automatically (that's why the specific name .../Archive X). It also adds a little navigation to the previous and next archive page. In addition to that (my custom part) does it add a reference to your user page and shows your name (that it is your user talk archive) and the {{userpage}} at the bottom. I also changed the font sizes and colors to emphasis the important parts.
• The {{UserTalkArchiveBox|auto=long}} on your main user talk page creates a little "Archive" box with links to all your archive pages automatically. You don't have to change that one anymore. It automatically detects, if new archive pages were created.

Note for myself

Development version of template moved from User:Cumbrowski/usertalkarchivenav to Wikipedia main template space at Template:UserTalkArchive on December 23, 2007.

Template:UserTalkArchiveBox created, based on template:archive box collapsible on January 20, 2008 for layout reasons

Template:UserTalkArchiveListLong created, based on template:archive list long on January 20, 2008 for layout reasons and to support 100 archive pages (instead of 32)

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Hello everyone, this is my page and it's a shared IP address so be careful who you leave messages for!

An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:River.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. Please go to its page for more information if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. —Bkell (talk) 06:57, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Kenny Rogers & Dottie West photo

Yeah that's fine, it sounds okay to me. Dottiewest1fan 00:17, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

thanks.. its fine with me if you delete , that's a duplicate one! thnk u very much

Bot question

Would you be interested in developing a bot like this? On Staeckerbot you have the duplicate function that may be needed for this bot to. Rettetast 16:27, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm a bit busy these days and it seems a bit complicated for my schedule. Thanks for thinking of me, though. Staecker 11:59, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

No need to be sorry. Rettetast 13:56, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks...

...for reverting Image:Wpixcw11-1.jpg back from the previous incorrect logo uploaded by Liradio. I had tried, but how did you do it? Rollosmokes 15:57, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

On the image description page, in the File History section, each version should have a little (rev) link, which you click to revert to that version. Staecker 18:50, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (Image:HipHopYoda.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:HipHopYoda.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Aksibot 11:32, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of Will Ferrell image?

Why did you delete Image:Will-talladega-uk-premiere.jpg? I have been in discussions with Pd THOR and I thought we had come to a conclusion about the copyright attribution issues. Can you shed some light, please?Kevin Crossman 17:50, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Sorry- I didn't know you were discussing it- should've checked the incoming links more carefully. I commented at User:Pd THOR. Staecker 18:03, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Non-free use disputed for Image:AnEncyclopediaofClaims.jpg

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If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our Criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 21:20, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

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If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our Criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 22:02, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

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If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our Criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 22:04, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:DodgeArenaLogo.jpg

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:DodgeArenaLogo.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 01:38, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Image:The Good Samaritan by Cornelis van Haarlem.jpg

FYI, I misspelled the name of this image as Image:The Good Samaritan by Cornelius van Haarlem.jpg. Not seeing any way to rename the image other than to speedily delete the wrong one and reupload, I did just that. Your bot saw the duplicate image and tried to put notice on the good page, but its message formatting appears to be hosed. Just thought you should know. --Flex (talk/contribs) 23:47, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks- it has something to do with the substed {{db}}. I'll check it out. Staecker 03:43, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Feature request, if possible

I uploaded an image under the wrong name for a template, so I reuploaded it under a different name, and tagged the first for speedy deletion. Staeckerbot then added a second identical speedy tag. I was wondering if it could check for an existing speedy deletion tag, before adding one itself. Just a suggestion, thanks. Jackaranga 23:38, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Jack- I'd been checking for Template:db-redundantimage, but not Template:isd. Both are handled now (plus a few more redirects I found). Staecker 01:23, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

how do I delete one of my own images

Hi Staecker, your bot noticed some of my uploads. I was experimenting with .svg images but I was not happy with the result but I do not know how to delete the images myself. Do you have a suggestion? Thanks in advance. V8rik 16:56, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

You can mark your own uploads for deletion with {{db-self}}. Staecker 16:57, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Image:Teenage Fanclub Live 2003.JPG

Why did you revert the licence? Look at what the photographer wrote that you deleted. Ditto Image:TFC Norman Blake 2003.JPG & Image:TFC Gerry Love 2003.JPG — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.130.0.66 (talk • contribs)

I saw what the photographer wrote- I immediately deleted the images at first, before I decided that it wasn't the right thing to do. I reinstated the original license because the uploader isn't allowed to simply revoke the GDFL license like that (I assume the same goes for the CC). When the uploader released his rights to Wikipedia (i.e. the rest of us), we were granted the right to use that picture. He can't just take it away without a good reason. Staecker 17:00, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Not happy as you imagined :). So let's clarify this, Betacommand & bot are currently on a rampage deleting images all over the place because Betacommand can't/won't rewrite his/her bot to add a boilerplate rationale & warn the uploader to check it & confirm it's correct; leaving contributers (as opposed to whatever Betacommand is ;) struggling to add several thousand near-identical rationales where the only difference is the list of linked pages and the name of the image - surely that's "botable"?

While over on this page we're having a discussion about deleting an image where I, as the copyright holder/photographer, cannot get the images deleted. What do I have to do? Issue a takedown notice? Forward an e-mail from Teenage Fanclub expressing their disapproval that I should publish unapproved images of them? Beg? I would have thought that the process should have been straightforward. I will have to return periodically until I can get this resolved - again, not improving my mood. Regards, M Megamanic 08:45, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm not really knowledgable about copyright laws/terminology, but it may be helpful for you not to think of yourself as the copyright holder (though maybe technically you are). You are the photographer, but the only rights you have concerning the photos are those provided by the GFDL (or CC). Those rights do not include restricting WP's usage after you have left the project. There is no established "process" for doing this because it's not supposed to be done, and (I believe) you don't have any legal right to do it.

I'm sorry you're upset, and I know this isn't making it any better. I'm pretty sure that I'm right about this, but if you'd like a second opinion I suggest you leave a note at WP:CSD asking about "leaving WP" as a justification for CSD G7 ("author requests deletion"). At least that might help for this to be clarified a bit on some policy page(s). Staecker 13:50, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

How about this as a compromise? We leave the images up and add a disclaimer along the lines of "although I can't stop you I'd prefer it if you didn't use this image in wikipedia anymore love Megamanic" & remove the references to the images on the 3 pages. If they return I won't be here to worry about it. Megamanic 04:22, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

The disclaimer you can definitely add- you could even put notes at the article talk pages asking for other people's free images which could be used (though I'd be surprised if many people have ones as good as yours). You are (as always) allowed to remove the images from those articles, but anybody who's paying attention can put them back in. If removing the images reduces the quality of the encyclopedia articles (which it probably does), then they probably will be put back. But I won't be the one to do it.

I would like to remove the attacks on your userpage, which I'll do now. Sorry for your continuing frustrations here, and thanks for being civil to me. Staecker 05:09, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Image:AralShip.jpg

Can you take some new photo about Lake Aral? or aral ship? I need some Photo from 2007.--Tamás Kádár 06:45, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I'm not near the Aral anymore. I live in Pennsylvania. Staecker 17:00, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

• I flew over the Aral Sea in 1989, but did not photograph it. It was part dry. Anthony Appleyard 18:16, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

CSD G7

I have undeleted & untagged Image:TFC Norman Blake 2003.JPG Image:TFC Gerry Love 2003.JPG Image:Teenage Fanclub Live 2003.JPG. Anthony Appleyard 18:15, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks- Staecker 18:15, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Deletion in your bot's log by newcomer

I just wanted to make sure you were aware of this. Sohelpme 23:04, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks- I'm not sure why somebody would want to save a redundant image, but I deleted it anyway. Staecker 23:13, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Re:CSD G7

Hi CG- I noticed that you deleted Image:Teenage Fanclub Live 2003.JPG as G7 (self-requested delete). If you look at the log, you'll see that I clumsily did the same thing and then changed my mind (same goes for Image:TFC Norman Blake 2003.JPG and Image:TFC Gerry Love 2003.JPG). The uploader (User:Megamanic) is fed up with WP and is leaving, and trying to take his images with him. As far as I know this is a violation of the GFDL, since the uploader released his control over the work when he tagged it. I'd like to re-undelete the images and put them back in the articles where they currently live as redlinks, but didn't want to revert you without your OK. My understanding of G7 isn't laid out explicitly anywhere as far as I can tell, but exactly this situation is addressed at Wikipedia_talk:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion#G7. Let me know what you think. Staecker 17:06, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Staeker,

Thanks for pointing that out, I didn't realise. They've all been restored, as they should. Cheers- CattleGirl ^{talk | sign!} 06:19, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: "updated" photo nothing like the original version

Image:FDF talavera PJS.jpg This may not be anything to do with your bot, but I noticed that someone has uploaded a "new version" of a photo which i uploaded some time ago, with the same filename but a completely different picture. Notably the new picture features a different aircraft in a different location, hence the comment in the referencing page was incorrect and therefore someone came along and "corrected" that as well. (see http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/3/30//20070425120947%21FDF_talavera_PJS.jpg )

Is it a feature or a bug in wikipedia that anyone can come along and upload/overwrite a previous picture without needing to "own" the firt upload? Currently, Image:FDF talavera PJS.jpg is a photo nothing to do with me, which credits me, and any links to it will show a different picture to that which the author intended? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bignoter (talk • contribs)

This is a "feature" of mediawiki. The idea is that contributing images is just like contributing text to wikipedia- nobody "owns" anything once it's contributed. Anybody should be able to edit, remove, or replace anything that's here. That's the idea, at least. In practice, a lot of people who don't really know what they're doing will upload a new image on top of an existing one so that they can use the same code to include it in a page (without "learning" how to change the file name). As you noticed, they usually don't change the image description page, so the file will be badly sourced and referenced.

Sometime in May, I modified my bot code to treat such cases more carefully (they are now flagged at User:Staeckerbot/Suspicious images for a human editor to sort out), since deletion is usually not the right thing to do in these cases. Your image switcheroo happened before this change, so in a sense my bot does have something to do with it- but the issue is fixed now.

Luckily these problems are easy to fix, just like bad text edits, but they tend to be harder to notice (it's now about 6 weeks after the fact). If you look at the "File History" section at Image:FDF talavera PJS.jpg you can revert to an older version by hitting the little (rev) link next to the version you want. Then look at the "File links" section to make sure it's being used properly. I've undeleted Image:9885.jpg so that it can be used by itself, and put it in the MEDEVAC article, which is where I think it belongs. I'll leave it to you to revert Image:FDF talavera PJS.jpg to your version, and put it in the appropriate articles. Hope that helps-- Staecker 14:12, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

swap pic?

I see where the calligraphy portion of some of my illustrations has been removed in a couple of articles ( see: Idril). Is there a particular reason for that?Tttom1 16:35, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure why, but User:YLSS cropped the image and re-uploaded it. I've restored the uncropped file as Image:TOURIDRIL.jpg. Let me know if there are others that need to be restored, and you may want to leave a note at User talk:YLSS inquiring about why that happened. Staecker 19:32, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

So you think they were ok as originally added? Another was Tuor. I did put it in 2 articles, one on Tuor and the other on Orcs in the Othrod section is that a problem? OK thanks, I'll ask them.Tttom1 01:44, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

There's nothing about the images that look inappropriate to me, but others may have different opinions. Certainly there's nothing wrong with them in terms of policies. I restored Image:TOURvOTHROD.jpg. Staecker 02:10, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Great. Thank you for the assistance.Tttom1 02:27, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to bother you again, but only cropped images were restored. I contacted the editor who cropped them and I'm afraid we don't agree. I upload new files with the full images and restored those in the articles Idril and Tuor. The new uploads are: Image:TUORIDRIL.jpg and Image:TUORvOTHROD.jpg. I'm curious as to how the cropped version replaced my original upload entirely.Tttom1 15:56, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Any user can upload an image on top of another existing image, and this is how your cropped ones were "replaced entirely". The whole set of files were then re-uploaded (I think to change the filenames), and then the old versions were deleted because they had become redundant with the new versions. Ordinarily none of them would have been deleted, if not for the strange re-uploading and the confusion it caused.

When I say I "restored" them, I mean that I caused the old files to not be deleted anymore. I didn't replace them in the articles- I left that for you to do, and it looks like you've done it. Whether or not the Tengwar appears in the article is for you and the other editors to decide. It looks like a matter of debated aesthetics. You may want to post a note at Talk:Idril and Talk:Tuor to get some opinions from other editors, so it's not just you vs. one other.

Also, would you consider uploading these images to Wikimedia Commons? Then they can be used by all of the wikipedia projects in other languages. They really are great images, and the other projects would probably appreciate them. Staecker 16:35, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Be glad to upload to Wikimedia Commons - I'll follow the link, but I may need help. And thanks for the tips and compliments.Tttom1 16:46, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

I registered on the Commons, but am baffled by the instructions as to what goes in the Summary box - seeing an actual image done would help immensely.Tttom1 17:24, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

OK, I did this - Image:The Wedding of Tuor and Idril.jpg - Is that about right?Tttom1 18:16, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Looks great- I put the commons version into the Tuor and Idril articles, and deleted the wikipedia version (you use a commons image the same way you'd use a wikipedia image). Now other wikipedias can use the image without having to upload it for themselves. Staecker 12:35, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

I moved the rest of the pictures to the commons. I think I did them all the same as the first. But I can't figure out how you got them into the articles or gallery. If you could help that would be great. They're all in a list on my commons contributions.Tttom1 01:15, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

To include a file from commons in an article, just use its file name as if it were a wikipedia file. I can't find your contributions at commons (don't know your username) but you should be able to include the file using something like [[Image:filename.xxx]], where "filename.xxx" is the name of the file on commons. If the commons file has the same name as the wikipedia file, use Template:nowcommons to have the wikipedia version deleted. I hope that's helpful- you may want to check out Wikipedia:Wikimedia Commons for more detailed advice. Staecker 02:08, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

My commons name is TTThom. I swapped most of the pics, having changed the file names it was easy. Only one: TREEBEARD.jpg , with the same file name, hasn't seemed to work. I was advised in my commons talk to firm up source description- I did. And I can't figure out how things get in that gallery page.Tttom1 13:26, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, most of that seems to be resolving on its own. Thanks, for all your help.Tttom1 13:41, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Duplicate picture bot

Hello Staecker, thanks for running that duplicate-picture-catching bot. Opus33

Staeckerbot double deletes

Hi, I accidentally uploaded an image with very similar filenames, and I immediately added a {{db-author}} tag to the duplicate image. Several minutes later, Staeckerbot tells me that it also has tagged the image for speedy deletion (see User talk:Mwtoews#Duplicate images uploaded). Tagging the image once is good enough; perhaps the bot should recognize that, and hold off on the second tagging? This is just a minor annoyance, but in general is no big deal. (Also, as a suggestion, you might want to turn this into a redirect to this page, to reduce any confusion).+mwtoews 02:24, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

I've allowed most types of "double deletes" since it could be helpful sometimes to have more than one reason (if one is unjustified, for example). Self-tags are almost always justified by definition, so I agree it makes sense to rule these out. They shouldn't happen anymore. Thanks- Staecker 04:12, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

My image Schoolburnet.jpg should not have been deleted. I tagged it just like my others. Creative Commons attrition required. I do own that image. I want it on the page. To improve my biography it said add pertinent images. My subject built or had built that one room school for his children and others and then hired an Oxford graduate to teach them. Latin, Elocution, Geography, French, etc. in the WILDERNESS. A great man needs to be honored as such.

I don't care what my image is called as long as it displays!Emuchick 22:42, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

The one in the article was deleted, but I just inserted the duplicate version. Staecker 01:42, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Currency Image:200TengeNote.jpg

Hi, To assist global anti-counterfeiting efforts you may wish to consider marking images of banknotes you upload as "Specimen" in some way, if those banknotes represent legal tender.

Re:Duplicate images uploaded

Do you also think that I uploaded my iGoogle homepage image from a duplicate or not?-- PNiddy-~ // ^{My edits} 22:35, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't think you did... did you? Staecker 00:09, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't think so...--  PNiddy  Go!  0 02:16, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Duplicate image

I first uploaded the image with the useless number/letter name on accident, and uploaded it again with a proper name. I was going to ask an admin to delete it for me, but go ahead, by all means, delete it! ~Bella 00:51, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Duplicate Image

It's because I uploaded it onto the MicroTAC page,but there was a problem and I had to re-upload the image again.Please don't delete it.Paul 1953 06:36, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Duplicate Image II

It's because I uploaded it onto the Pager page,but there was a problem and I had to re-upload the image again.Please don't delete it.Paul 1953 04:14, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar!!!

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Thank You!

Thank you for your contributions and keeping Wikipedia clean! 137.240.136.82 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.240.136.82 (talk) 14:48, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Wiping Talk Pages

Why does everyone keep trying to wipe your talk page of your stuff? 137.240.136.82 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.240.136.82 (talk) 12:34, 12 September 2007 (UTC)