User talk:Cactus.man/Archive 8

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Cookies

Hello, Cactus.man. I just wanted to give you a plate of cookies for being a Wikipedian. I hope your stress level goes down! Peace, Neranei 01:44, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Belated thanks from me too :) --Cactus.man ✍ 13:35, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome! I hope it made you happier! Hope you are doing well! Nera nei 20:28, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Image:Saintalberts-1-.jpg

Hello LOTRrules. I spotted the above image in use on the Pollokshields article, and I see that you uploaded it with a PD-Self license. It seems to me that the image license is incorrect and this is a copyright violation copied from here, where copyright is claimed by Gerry Blaikie. Unless you are genuinely the creator of the image, the image will be speedily deleted as a copyright violation. I previously contacted Mr Blaikie by email for permission to use one of his other images in another Wikipedia article, but he declined permission. Therefore, unless you can identify yourself unambiguously as Mr Blaikie, I will have no option but to delete the image.

In the meantime, pending your response, rather than deleting the image I've commented it out on the article page. Respecting the copyright of the work of others is vital for the future wellbeing and success of Wikipedia. Please reply on my talk page ASAP. Thanks. --Cactus.man ✍ 12:20, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, but my brother once got rid of my account before as we share a computer at home and only has one thing in his agenda - to get rid of my accounts - I have put restrctions on him before but he won't listen I'm sorry and will remove any derogatory language or copyrighted pictures he has used and has put up...As you can clearly see on my user page he has put "I love Sarah" on it and this does make me rancorous on the subject that he vandelised before - I will try to stop it next time. Youn can delete that St. Alberts picture of course and any others you may come accross. Again I'm really sorry and regret him using the computer for vandalistic purposes... LOTRrules 14:28, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. I'd suggest changing your password via the preferences link at the top of the screen, then your brother won't be able to use your Wikipedia account. Cheers. --Cactus.man ✍ 14:39, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

DYK change

Hey, just wanted to let you know that the DYK is due for a change. I guess I'm supposed to let one of you know. Wrad 14:48, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi Wrad, thanks for the reminder. I've not been a regular updater for some months now, and the process has changed substantially in that time. I don't have much time online today and need to refresh my understanding of the new rules before I get back to updating. Maybe you could drop a line to some of the others who appear to be online? I'll get back to updating duties soon I hope. Thanks. --Cactus.man ✍ 15:01, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Sure Wrad 15:03, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Peter Howson's paintings

Hi Cactus, I'm translating the Peter Howson article to French language. The translation is quite advanced, but I have a some issues about the images of paintings. Are they authorized in the translated article ? (to be honnest, I have some difficulties to understand the copyright).Sylfide (french Wikipedia translator).

Hi Sylfide, this is just a very brief reply because the questions that you ask have no simple answers. I would like to respond in detail to you, but I can only see an IP address in the history - do you have an en.wikipedia account? If not, please feel free to email me. Best wishes. --Cactus.man ✍ 18:26, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi Cactus, I have got an en.wikipedia account. I have suspected that the answer could be complicated when reading the text attached to images. That's why I have not upload them. Sylfide 20:11, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi Sylfide, I hope your translation is coming along well!

I'll try to answer your questions about use of the images in this article. The images are still under copyright to the artist, but they are used in the article under the doctrine of Fair Use which is incorporated within US copyright law. This is also sometimes referred to as "fair dealing" in other jurisdictions, but I have no idea how French copyright law deals with this. Compared to many other jurisdictions, US copyright law is fairly liberal in this regard.

The English Wikipedia currently permits limited amounts of fair use material, provided it meets the Wikipedia policies established at Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria and Wikipedia:Fair use. However, many other Wikipedia projects do not allow fair use at all. The first thing would be to check what the French Wikipedia position is on this. If they don't allow fair use material, then you can't include the images. If they do allow such material, then you'll have to comply with the local policies governing such use. No doubt these policies will take into account the local provisions of French copyright law as they relate to fair use.

I hope this helps, but if you need to discuss this further let me know. Best wishes. --Cactus.man ✍ 10:57, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi Cactus, many thanks for your explanation about "fair use". That really helped me to understand the problem. Unfortunately, the images would not be usable relating to the rules of French Wikipadia. Nevertheless, my translation is quite finished, and I'll soon pass it to rewriting. Best wishes. Sylfide 21:47, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism

Hi admin. There are problem with one user - User:LiveLife, who often removing one external link on page Delara Darabi. This is www.savedelara.com - about a large campaing dedicated to Save Delara, but retains other links. This is totally POW. Darth Kalwejt 11:39, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your message. I've looked at the article, and the removal of the link by User:LiveLife isn't vandalism. S/he removed it because it was already linked in the references section. This is supported by the guidance given at WP:EL#References_and_citation which constitutes part of the Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style.

Regardless, this is a content dispute and the usual way we resolve these matters is by discussion. I suggest in future that you talk with this editor about any such disagreements, or open a discussion on the article talk page. Best wishes. --Cactus.man ✍ 17:05, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Non-free use disputed for Image:Riley, Shadowplay.jpg

Image Fair use rationale problem

Thanks for uploading Image:Riley, Shadowplay.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure 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 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. (ESkog)^(Talk) 01:12, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair use disputed for Image:John Logie Baird, Apparatus.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:John Logie Baird, Apparatus.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure 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 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. (ESkog)^(Talk) 22:26, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Stalking

I have come to the end of my tether. The campaign by User:Mallimak and his countless dynamic IP sockpuppets has now descended to pure stalking behaviour. The Wikipedia community cannot allow this behaviour to continue. I am asking you, and other Admins and Users who have had to deal with Mallimak in the past, to review the situation. Please see:

User_talk:SFC9394#Firm_guidance_to_door_required

--Mais oui! 09:55, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi Mais

I've had a quick look at your situation. It certainly looks like a determined campaign of stalking which is, of course, completely unacceptable. You say these users are all sockpuppets of User:Mallimak. How many of them have been positively confirmed by checkuser? I note that User:Mallimak is not currently blocked, but also that he's not edited with that account since October 2006. Looking through the list on the suspected sockpuppet page, the majority of IP addresses (including the last post you highlighted) resolve to BT Broadband, assigned in the ranges:

81.129.0.0 - 81.129.255.255 - 65,536 addresses

81.153.0.0 - 81.158.255.255 - 393,216 addresses

86.142.0.0 - 86.147.255.255 - 393,216 addresses

217.42.0.0 - 217.44.255.255 - 196,608 addresses

Whoever this character is, he's likely on a dynamic IP, so individual IP blocks will be ineffective. Range blocks may be an option, but given the possible number of potential users involved, is highly risky. It's not an area I have any expertise in, so I won't be performing any range blocks, sorry. You need to track down a range block guru :) Perhaps a message to WP:AN and / or the checkuser talk page looking for an experienced range block admin might help.

In the meantime, I'd suggest not rising to the bait. I know it's difficult to ignore, but just revert personal comments where necessary, remove your own talk page trolling etc (without expansive edit summaries, just "rv" if need be). Extensive and exasperated edit summaries are what these people feed on; In a similar vein to WP:DENY, this will deprive them the high of their own game by ignoring it. I had a minor episode of semi-stalking myself when I first started here, nothing along these lines though, so I understand how difficult it can be to ignore. In the short term though, it's the best policy - they will likely get bored and go away.

You can try reporting to BT abuse, but I suspect you'd be pissing into the wind, and your complaints will disappear into the black hole of teh internets aether :) Sorry I can't be of more help right now. Cheers. --Cactus.man ✍ 22:47, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks...

...for helping out with the Scotland portal. Some excellent choices :) Cheers, Daniel →♦ 02:31, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi Daniel, thanks for the note. You did a great job on the portal overhaul. The automatic update capability is excellent, so I added material to take us well into 2008. I added back the DYK section which is still active and important (but dependant on relevant material obviously), tweaked the layout to suit and modified the title bar colour to reflect the saltire blue, giving a stronger national identity. Cheers. --Cactus.man ✍ 12:45, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Indeed, it looks fantastic now. Thanks again for all your hard work populating the portal into 2008 :) Cheers, Daniel →♦ 02:15, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Deleted Article

The article for Recover Your Life was deleted recently, and I am wondering firstly why - none of the link-pages seem to offer any reason as to the cause for its' deletion - and secondly, is there any way that I can find the information, to re-post it in a more "wiki-friendly" manner?

Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Doodahdoo (talk • contribs) 23:46, August 7, 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your message about the above article. It was deleted twice by TexasAndroid under the Speedy Deletion Criteria. It would be best if you address your concerns with him. --Cactus.man ✍ 17:03, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Scottish Islands project

I thought from your past edits, you might be interested in Wikipedia:WikiProject Scottish Islands - come on over and have a look. --MacRusgail 17:20, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the notification, looks good. I'll sign up and try to do my bit. Cheers. --Cactus.man ✍ 09:42, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to the project. I am sure it is all self-explanatory to an editor with your experience, but please let me know if you want anything. Ben MacDui (Talk) 13:57, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Help on doing a low-res version of a published photo for fair use

I see that the article on Carolyn Cole contains a low-resolution image of one of her LA Times photographs, with a fair-use rationale, all done by you. I would appreciate your assistance in doing this for one or two photographs by David Leeson, who won the Pulitzer the same year and whose article I recently created. There's a photo called "Surrender" that I might be able to find, that has won awards, and the Pulitzer site has a gallery of images (though some are by his co-worker and fellow winner). I want to make sure this is done right, because Leeson has been burned by naively supplying a CD to a military press officer for one-time use in a project for soldiers, only to see it copied and distributed widely and sometimes reproduced with someone else getting credited. Lawikitejana 19:05, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

David Leeson

Thanks for the message about images for this article (nice work BTW). Read all the guidance at Wikipedia:Non-free content. If you think use of the photo's qualifies as fair use then download them and adjust the resolution by resizing in Photoshop or whatever graphics editing program you use. The question of what is "low resolution" is always up for debate, but I seem to recall reading some recent guidelines suggesting that the longest side of an image should not exceed 350px, but I can't find it right now.

Fair use guidelines have tightened up a lot in the last year and some of my images are in excess of this, so I'll work my way through them to adjust. I'd suggest sticking to the 350px guideline.

Once you have resized the image, upload it adding the appropriate tags, most likely {{Non-free historic image}} and {{Non-free fair use in}}. Make sure it provides details of the source, the author or copyright holder, and that it has a valid fair use rationale. You can either write one yourself or use the template {{Non-free use rationale}}, filling in the parameters to suit. Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline gives useful guidance on this.

I hope that helps, but let me know if you need further input. Cheers. --Cactus.man ✍ 07:05, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Abuse of Admin powers

Please see also: [1]

Hi, after returning from my longest ever Wikibreak - my God was it good :) - I am seriously disappointed to see the frankly pathetic edit warring going on at the flagship Scotland article. We haven't seen this level of nonsense for many months now.

However, that is not why I am here at your Talk. What is seriously pissing me off is what would appear to be a blatant abuse of Admin powers. The Scotland article was protected on the 9th: [2], but then on the 10th a new Admin (appointed in May) managed to edit the article!! How on earth is that possible? He did not unprotect it, so do admins have the power to override full-protection? If so, surely that should only be used to implement WP:BLP and other official policy, not to dick around removing links in a highly contentious area, which has frequently been the target of trolls and ip warriors.

I consider this to be a very serious issue. Can you enlighten me as to how this was allowed to happen? --Mais oui! 08:37, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Recovery of deleted article

Could you please aid me as my article was recently deleted and i wish ti have a copy of my article. Your contact was supplied as a "Wikipedia administrators who will provide copies of deleted articles" ,y email is shaw.mark@gmail.com Thanks in advance for your assistance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Markdavidshaw (talk • contribs) 03:23, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Arnold Bronckorst?

I think you were planning on writing about Arnold Bronckorst. I've bodged up a miserable stub and uploaded a couple of thumbnail portraits onto Wikimedia Commons. I'll leave it to you to expand it (how nice of me!) :-) Hope you're well, Angus McLellan (Talk) 09:48, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi Angus, sorry for the late reply but I've been totally inactive for a while due to that strange phenomenon known as the "real world" :) I hope to get back to productivity in the next few weeks or so. Nice start on the Arnold article though. I've had a quick look on the web and there doesn't seen to be much information there so I'll check the library next, but I'll try to add a bit more if possible. Cheers. --Cactus.man ✍ 13:51, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Freud, After Cézanne.jpg)

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Orphaned non-free media (Image:Freud, The painter's room.jpg)

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Hi, your bot tagged Image:Freud, After Cézanne.jpg and Image:Freud, The painter's room.jpg as orphaned fair use images. I've checked the Lucien Freud article and neither image is orphaned so I've removed the tags. Strangely though, "What links here" doesn't flag the Freud article up, but the article is listed on the "File links" section at the bottom of the image pages. Possibly some sort of technical glitch in the Mediawiki software?

I'm assuming your bot is programmed to check only "What links here". If so, could I suggest you modify it to also check "File links" to avoid such false positives in the future. Thanks. --Cactus.man ✍ 14:12, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

if you look at the timestamps BCBot saw this revision of the article which due to vandalism removed those images. So for a short time those images were in fact orphaned. β^_command 14:17, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Signature help

Hi, I was wondering if you could help me with my signature? I've been having a bit of trouble getting it to work. Thanks <c=#002FA7><b>Dracion</b></c> (Level 84 Rs Player) 13:15, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

I think this is what you're trying to achieve ... ?

--Dracion (Level 84 Rs Player)

[[User:Dracion|<span style="color:#002FA7;">'''Dracion''' (Level 84 Rs Player)</span>]]

Copy the code above and enter it into your preferences using the menu at the top of the page. Let me know if you need further help. --Cactus.man ✍ 17:30, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Facebook about to be deleted

Hi, as one of the people with a picture on Wikipedia:Facebook, figured you might be interested in knowing that it is up for deletion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Images of Wikipedians (2nd nomination). - Ta bu shi da yu 03:00, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Redpath, Indian Rug.jpg)

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Again, this image was NOT orphaned. Please sort out the bugs in your bot. --Cactus.man ✍ 09:01, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Access to deleted page content?? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Political

Hi Cactus.man,

I was wondering whether you could assist me?

I was looking to get access back to a page I began in 2005, that was recently deleted without my having a chance to contest its deletion..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Political & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/First_Political

The comments above are very astute, and were roughly the case in 2005. With only 300 people as registered members last time, it was not enough to contest the general election. however, 2008 is another general election, and we look to be hitting the 500 required members, and would like to review the page's text, for the upcoming event.

Further information can be found at:

http://www.geocities.com/nzpolitical/action.html

As you can see, it is true that we are not a slick multi million dollar campaign, but I would appreciate your assistance none the less.

Thanks in advance.

Best wishes,

Robert Bell

(best way to contact me is via email at robbie.bell@gmail.com - as I am not yet used to these wiki things.) Thanks a million. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.234.125.222 (talk) 09:47, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas, Cactus.man/Archive 8! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

Best regards from myself! Post this merry message on any other user talk page you can find.
-- S♦s♦e♦b♦a♦l♦l♦o♦s ^{(Merry Christmas!)}

Suspected Copyright Infringing Material Removal

Hello,

I have removed something that infringed US Copyright Law as I interpret it. I thought I should bring this to the attention of a Wikipedia System Operator so I am here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ocean%27s_Eleven_%282001_film%29&diff=182656265&oldid=182655580 The above is the comparison link. If I was in error please accept my apologies and I will personally revert the change. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeffreh172 (talk • contribs) 02:49, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Need help regarding account compromisation

Hi. Sorry to bother you again, but my account was compromised by two idiots today at school. Because we use a proxy they managed to log in on a separate computer, and do the following [[3]] (Everything between 14:06 and 14:07). If you could lend a hand cleaning up some of the random pages he created, then I would be grateful. Thanks ۩ Dracion (Level 85 Rs Player) ۩ 18:20, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I think I've cleaned everything you asked for, but let me know if I missed any. --Cactus.man ✍ 20:07, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much :D The vandal also created User:Flamingtorch372/Hidden page. I left a message on the guys page, but he hasn't responded yet. If you could delete that as well, that would be great. Many thanks ۩ Dracion (Level 85 Rs Player) ۩ 17:51, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Henri Huet, LIFE cover, 110266.jpg

Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Henri Huet, LIFE cover, 110266.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

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 non-free media 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. Roodngis (talk) 23:35, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi Cactus.man,

thank you very much for publishing the La Coquille picture by Redon, it's my favourite one! :) finding this image made me a little happier today :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.199.128.156 (talk) 11:57, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Forgot Wikipedia Password and I have [apparently] not enabled email

Hello,

Sorry to have bothered you but I could not find any other resolution to my problem than contacting an administrator. My username for Wikipedia is 'rahulnc' and I seem to have forgotten my password. I tried 'Email new password' option but it says that there is not email address registered for username 'rahulnc'.

Can you please help by assigning me a temp password, or by any other way that you think appropriate?

My email address is rahulnc@gmail.com

Regards, Rahul. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.118.28.135 (talk) 19:29, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism

Sorry to bother you again, but I've been having problems with User:Frog_on_a_log, who has vandalized one of my sub pages and c&p'd the entire contents of my user page onto his own page. Is there anything that can be done regarding this, as it's annoying. Thanks ۩ Dracion (Level 87 Rs Player) ۩ 16:50, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi Dracion, sorry for the slow reply, but I'm pretty inactive at the moment. I'll drop a line to this user, he seems to be fairly inactive but recent edits are problematic. Best to just revert and ignore these guys, but I understand how it can be annoying. Best wishes. --Cactus.man ✍ 22:19, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

WPSI Collaboration

WikiProject Scottish Islands: Collaboration of the Month Ben MacDui ^Talk/Walk 16:16, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

File:Larry david.JPG		My RFA
		Thank you muchly for your support in my recent request for adminship, which was successfully closed on 76%, finishing at 73 supports, 23 opposes and 1 neutral. The supports were wonderful, and I will keep in mind the points made in the useful opposes and try to suppress the Larry David in me! Now I'm off to issue some cool down blocks, just to get my money's worth! Kidding btw. All the best, Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 11:31, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

A wee drop of one of these might beat the crappy T-shirt somewhat.

My congratulations too on your successful result. You made it in the end, although it was a bit tight. I have to say that some of the opposition voices were a bit harsh, particularly around the dreaded "question 8", but the the RfA regulars can be an odd bunch. What any policy page says at any particular month or time of day often seems to depend on the wind direction and phase of the moon. Like most things in life it's a matter of common sense and balance, cool down blocks do have some limited use but rarely for established editors (IMHO). Anyway, good luck with the new tools.

Best wishes --Cactus.man ✍ 22:06, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Indeedie! Thanks for the congrats. I won't comment too much on the opposes, but a significant proportion were users pursuing "disagreement" into the RfA, while the question 8 stuff was just ... well ... the mandarin type sometimes have problems "seeing beyond the ink" as they say! Ne'ertheless there were many useful comments about my diplomacy, and I'll be trying to be nicer and soften my "rough edges". Thanks for the scotch. Will enjoy you can be sure! All the best, Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 11:11, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Fanpop

Howdy. I got your name from a list of people who can give the code for deleted pages. Can you please post the code on my talk page for the article Fanpop? Thanks for your time--J-- (talk) 23:29, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

I have the e-mail there yes. Please do e-mail it to me when you have some time. Thanks again. --J-- (talk) 09:54, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Hockney, A Bigger Grand Canyon.jpg)

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Fixed. --Cactus.man ✍ 15:07, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Byrne, Billy Connolly.jpg

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Byrne, Self Portrait.jpg

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Uploaded images

Good grief (Cactus) man, you've uploaded so many photographs by John Thomson but not one to Commons! Please at least ensure you don't upload anymore here, and if you could move some of your past uploads to Commons (a category for his photos would be good) please consider doing so. Richard001 (talk) 00:54, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

err ... thanks for your (rather confusing) message Richard (001). I'm not sure if it was pitched as a general castigation of my contributions, or a back-handed compliment thereof, or even somewhere in between. Anyway, I'm rather busy IRL and don't have too much time to shift those images to Commons right now, but feel free to do so yourself. After all, this is a wiki, and if you perceive a problem, then you're welcome to fix it. --Cactus.man ✍ 23:04, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

I have created a category there myself now (it just has a photo of a biologist he took), but I don't really have time to move these ones there for you as well. I still don't know why they even have to be moved manually, but there are thousands of people who upload images here like you so it's not really something I can make a dent on except by informing people where they should be uploaded. Richard001 (talk) 06:03, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Thomson, Serota Aquisition.jpg)

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Can you please email me a deleted article?

Hi,

An article I recently created was just deleted. Can you please email me the article for Galaxy_Computer_Corporation? Also, do you have any idea why it was deleted, and what can be done to improve the article so it doesn't get deleted when reposted?

Thanks

Pugglewuggle (talk) 09:49, 21 June 2008 (UTC) Jared

I've emailed this to you. Sorry for the delay, I'm a bit inactive at the moment. --Cactus.man ✍ 18:57, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Deleted: Eric W Jepson

Hi. I *am* Eric W Jepson and I recently noticed that my website was getting hits from a Wikipedia article in my name. (This was a few months ago--I noticed well after the fact.) I'm really not notable and am not asking the article be reinstated, but if you could send me the article, I'ld love to read it. Thanks. Thmazing (talk) 02:48, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi

I've searched the deletion logs and can't find any reference to a deleted article for any of the following variants:

Eric W Jepson

Eric W. Jepson

Eric Jepson

E Jepson

E W Jepson

E. Jepson

E. W. Jepson

If you could check your server logs to see the exact name of the article, it may be different. Let me know if you find anything. Otherwise you could try Google Cached entries. Sorry I couldn't turn anything up for you. --Cactus.man ✍ 07:37, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll double check my stats and get back to you if it wasn't one of those variations. 76.88.194.195 (talk) 20:08, 29 June 2008 (UTC)