User talk:Explicit

File:Sq3junkyard.JPG

Hi there. I saw you deleted this file a few months ago as it was orphaned. It was incorrectly removed from its article at that time, and I've re-added it. Can you restore the file again? Amusingly, I see this has happened before. Thanks for your help. —Torchiest ^talk_edits 15:51, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Per a request from Torchiest I've fixed up this accidental deletion, so it should be good now. --MASEM (t) 19:17, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Your deletion, from Hosea Williams, the image File:Hosea Williams delivering a speech (capture from US gov National Parks Service "International Civil Rights Walk of Fame" web site.jpg

I believe you incorrectly deleted the fair use image File:Hosea Williams delivering a speech (capture from US gov National Parks Service "International Civil Rights Walk of Fame" web site.jpg from the article Hosea Williams. The image, from a US government publication is of a deceased person, is not replaceable, is used to identify the subject of the article, and is of minimal resolution. It was nominated for removal from a second article for which fair use requirement was not met, not for removal from en.Wikipedia an the Hosea Williams article. Please restore. — Neonorange (talk) 18:21, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

@Neonorange: A freely licensed alternative of the individual exists: File:Hosea Williams; from entry in 'Individuals involved in civil disturbances, vol. 2, distributed by the Alabama Department of Public Safety during the 1960s civil rights era (image plus text).jpg. Is there any specific reason why a cropped version of this image was not being used over the non-free one? I don't see how the file I deleted satisfies WP:NFCC#1. — ξ^xplicit 11:38, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

@Explicit: File:Hosea Williams; from entry in 'Individuals involved in civil disturbances, vol. 2, distributed by the Alabama Department of Public Safety during the 1960s civil rights era (image plus text).jpg is not a suitable alternative:

1. it is essentially a mug shot (distributed by the Alabama Department of Public Safety as an aid to suppressing the African-American Civil Rights Movement; it is useful in the body of the article as the complete image of the identification material including the text—removing the text inervates the impact
2. the extremely low resolution does not lend to use as an identifying image at the lede of the Hosea Williams; descriptive text in the body of the article is necessary to set up the ADPS image
3. the two images serve different purposes; the deleted image illustrates Hosea Williams—the mug shot image illustrates Alabama's official repression of the civil rights movement
4. the deleted image was nominated for deletion from an article about a granddaughter of Hosea Williams, not from en.Wikipedia and Hosea Williams.

File:Hosea Williams delivering a speech (capture from US gov National Parks Service "International Civil Rights Walk of Fame" web site.jpg fully meets WP:NFCC#1 as there is no suitable free image for use in the lede of Hosea Williams. I uploaded both images discussed here, and discussed the licensing and use considerations with an editor experienced in image use at the time.

Please restore File:Hosea Williams delivering a speech (capture from US gov National Parks Service "International Civil Rights Walk of Fame" web site.jpg, as it meets the resolution and other non-free image usage requirements for a deceased (2000) subject and the ADPS is not a suitable replacement for resolution and other reasons given above. — Neonorange (talk) 16:14, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

@Neonorange: I can't say I agree with your evaluation that the freely licensed alternative is essentially a mugshot; it simply is not one. However, the image being perceived as such may be worth discussing, so I will restore the non-free, but will nominate it for deletion at WP:FFD at a later time (I'm currently at work at the moment, and I'd rather much pursue this action at home). — ξ^xplicit 03:57, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Explicit, thank you for your reply and efforts toward a resolution. I welcome the discussion. "Mug shot" seemed an adequate shorthand substitution for a few sentences of text, but I will be happy to expound more fully at WP:FFD. — Neonorange (talk) 04:28, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

File:Cricket India Crest.svg

Hi Explicit. Just wanted to let you know that I pinged you in Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#User:Marchjuly reported by User:Bozzio (Result: Page protected). It has to do with your close to Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2016 February 18#File:Cricket India Crest.svg. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:14, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: I will comment at the noticeboard shortly. — ξ^xplicit 03:57, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Thank you and sorry to pull you away from the real world stuff you've got going on at the moment. I am not sure if the discussion at AN3 has been closed, but the article was protected as a result and can now only be edited by an administrator. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:15, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

I saw your post at AN3. A version of the article was protected with the file being used. A non-free use rationale was also added to the file's page for the article, but that page isn't protected. Since you were the one who originally removed both when you closed the FFD discussion, I'll defer to your judgement on whether they should be removed once again or whether its better to wait and see how things develop. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:41, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

A cheeseburger for you!

Welcome back!!! Steel1943 (talk) 13:46, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Deletion of William J Brennan detail

Hi Explicit. The following is moved here from Carnildo's Talk Page

Deletion of William J Brennan detail

This is a cropped (by me) detail from an existing Wikipedia file, as you can verify by comparing it with the larger Wikipedia file: William Brennan color.jpg - Please revert your delete. PraeceptorIP (talk) 1:47 pm, Yesterday (UTC−4)

What image are you referring to? ImageRemovalBot has handled hundreds of thousands of images over the course of the past decade. --Carnildo (talk) 9:40 pm, Yesterday (UTC−4)

The image is File:William Brennan color.jpg - PraeceptorIP (talk) 9:52 pm, Yesterday (UTC−4)

Justice Brennan

That file quite clearly still exists. Which is the deleted image? --Carnildo (talk) 10:38 pm, Yesterday (UTC−4)

Your bot deleted the detail of that file that I had made and put in Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul#Majority opinion. The detail showed Brennan's head and shoulders without the rest of the body. PraeceptorIP (talk) 11:51 am, Today (UTC−4)

I'm guessing you're talking about File:Justice William J. Brennan - detail 1976.jpg. In that case, it was deleted by User:Explicit for lacking source information, and the bot merely removed the link to it from the article. Your best bet is to talk to Explicit about the deletion. --Carnildo (talk) 4:27 pm, Today (UTC−4)

@Explicit - Would you please restore the deleted material. It is not unsourced. It is a cropped version of a preexisting Wikipedia file. Thx. PraeceptorIP (talk) 00:58, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

@PraeceptorIP: You did not provide an exact source for File:Justice William J. Brennan - detail 1976.jpg; "this is detail of existing WP file" is insufficient. It is not a crop of File:William Brennan color.jpg, but of another image where the subject is slightly younger. Could you specify exactly which Wikipedia file it was extracted from? — ξ^xplicit 11:37, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. File:US Supreme Court Justice William Brennan - 1976 official portrait.jpg is the file. PraeceptorIP (talk) 15:37, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

@PraeceptorIP: Apologies for not responding in a timely manner, I ended up on a business trip with no internet access, but I see you've already reuploaded the file. — ξ^xplicit 00:40, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Excuse me!?

Why did you delete MY PERSONAL picture? I own it. It's not Free for others to use. It's for me to use only. Don't cite any links to anything, explain WHY YOU think this is acceptable behaviour by you. IF i have entered it incorrectly for the upload to my user page, then EXPLAIN how this needs to be done. I make no apologies for my tone, as it is a picture of me wearing my DECEASED brothers Footy jersey....

05:15, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

So, you don't bother to explain yourself do you? I'll just upload it again then. Nürö ^{G'DÄŸ MÄTË} 11:31, 22 April 2016 (UTC)

@Nuro Dragonfly: I was away on a six-day business trip, so I apologize for not being able to respond immediately. Please note the template at the top of my talk page which reads: "This user is busy in real life and may not respond swiftly to queries." In regards to File:My bros footy jersey.jpg, you indicated in your upload that it was a replaceable fair use image of a living person. As a result, it was automatically tagged with {{AutoReplaceable fair use people}}, which led to its deletion. If you'd like to release the photo under a free license, there are some available for viewing here. — ξ^xplicit 00:40, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Sorry, we've both misinterpreted the context. I'm not putting it up as a free licence for anyone to use, it for my personal use only. I thought that I had done this correctly. And yes I understand real life also, so not a problem.

Nürö ^{G'DÄŸ MÄTË} 00:59, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

@Nuro Dragonfly: Per point nine of WP:NFCC, non-free images can only be used in articles; any use of said images on other pages is restricted. If I remember correctly, this file was only used on your userpage, which is not allowed. The only option available would be to freely license the image; otherwise, the terms of your license are too restrictive for its use on Wikipedia. — ξ^xplicit 01:10, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Right, well then I've misread the terminology on how to go about this. Touchy subject matter also. I will have to crop a pic that doesn't involve any of my face at all to have it used in such a way, potentially. Anyway thanks for the explanatory of the NFCC as it wasn't read as such by me, though clearly, now, there is a part which outlines this element.

Nürö ^{G'DÄŸ MÄTË} 01:24, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

16 April 2016 Explicit (talk | contribs) deleted page File:RussianPassport.JPG (F4: File without a source for more than 7 days)

Thank you for speedy-deleting an image I uploaded in 2007, without even trying to contact me first.

It was my own passport, scanned using my own scanner.

Is there any other information you need to undelete it? --My another account (talk) 12:10, 22 April 2016 (UTC)

@My another account: Hi, thanks for clarifying that you scanned the passport yourself. I'll go ahead and undelete the file. — ξ^xplicit 00:40, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

File:Justice William J. Brennan - detail 1976.jpg

Did you see that someone posted a comment on the file information page after you deleted the file? If the deleted file is the same as the current file, then you should maybe undelete the deleted revisions for better transparency. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:54, 22 April 2016 (UTC)

@Stefan2: Good point, I'll do so shortly. — ξ^xplicit 00:40, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

File:Bangladesh Cricket Board Logo.svg

Hi Explicit. There seems to be another misunderstanding about a non-free file removed from an article as a result of an FFD discussion you closed. I tried explaining things at User talk:Ashhab1323#Non-free image use, but I have not had much luck. Perhaps as the admin who closed Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2016 February 18#File:Bangladesh Cricket Board Logo.svg you might be able to clarify this for Ashhab1323. Based upon this edit sum, it's possible Ashhab1323 just might not be aware of NFCC and how it applies. This time I actually self-reverted and re-added the file when I noticed that Ashhab1323 had added a non-free use rationale for the file's usage. My edit sum said that I was going to start a discussion about the file's usage at FFD. Ashhab1323 even thanked me on 18 February for this edit. I then started a discussion about the file's usage at FFD and notified Ashhab1323 of that discussion as a courtesy shortly thereafter. For some reason, Ashhab1323 did not add any comments to the FFD before it was closed. This time two other editors commented in the FFD: Finnusertop and Rangers died, Sevco lied (who was later confirmed to be a sock puppet). I believe I followed proper procedure, so I am not sure what else I am expected to do in such cases.-- Marchjuly (talk) 06:33, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: The edit summary you point out seems to be a case of WP:OWN, in addition to the application of NFCC. I will drop a note on the user's talk page. — ξ^xplicit 00:40, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

File:Battlefield outside Kuwait International Airport.jpg

You were provided with the appropriate permission. You guys need to improve your game and read your emails more carefully.Don Brunett (talk) 01:18, 26 April 2016 (UTC)Don Brunett

@Don Brunett: Only WP:OTRS volunteers have access to the emails, and unfortunately I am not one. There was no tag added to the file's description page to confirm permission; three months is quite a long time. Did you receive a ticket number or a permission confirmation email? — ξ^xplicit 00:40, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

"Mentioned you" notifications

You often delete files, and AnomieBOT then closes the WP:FFD or WP:PUF discussions. Do those edits by the bot generate "mentioned you" ping notifications, saying e.g. "AnomieBOT mentioned you on Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2016 April 25"? 96.41.0.15 (talk) 04:32, 28 April 2016 (UTC)