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In case you hadn't seen, the Matt Sanchez image for which you sought and obtained permission to use has been deleted. I thought I'd let you know, since it doesn't look like the deleter bothered to do so. I didn't see any evidence for discussion either, although I might not know where to look. Aleta (Sing) 20:56, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
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Dear Durova,
Hello! I hear you are a whiz with old photos! Willow suggested that you might be able to help me with my old photos for the entry on Dixie Roberts, which Willow has helped me so much with.
I read your entries above. I am REALLY REALLY new at this, LOL, so I don’t exactly understand all of what you are talking about.
the photos are clearly promotional photos, and even when the photographers were still alive, she used them to give to newspapers etc, for promotional purposes. I am sure they are “work for hire” , but I will make sure.
None have the “c” copyright symbol on them, though some are stamped with the name of the agency/photographer. (But they are cute, one stamp says, “Please credit Bruno’s of Hollywood. Some day we may be able to return the favor.”
So is there a way I can have Dixie sign something to release the photos in a way that is compatible with printing a few of these on wikipedia? Also, some of the photos have other people in them, so I am not sure if I can use them or not …one is a photo of Dixie and Gene Kelly out to dinner, it’s really cute… And I have some cool ads, articles and columns from newspapers and the cover of a magazine, most from the early 40’s - all about Dixie – so I am also wondering what the deal is about posting a jpeg of a newspaper article or ad, do you know about that too? thanks SO SO MUCH for any advice! MimiBelle (talk) 10:21, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
If the answer to all of those questions is yes, then did she renew copyright 26 years after publication? If not, then they're already public domain. What we'll need to do then is to get a written statement from her that she allowed the copyright to lapse, and I'll take you through the next steps from there.
Regarding old scrapbook material: the good news is that newspapers and magazines make excellent text citations if the clippings include enough information to cite (publication name, article title, date, etc.) Scanning isn't such a good idea. It would be very hard to prove any of it lapsed into the public domain, so just paraphrase and quote that material the same as you would for any other newspaper or magazine source. Best wishes, DurovaCharge! 10:44, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi Durova, Thanks you for your reply, I got confused, I didn't realize til today that I needed to come back to this page to get my answer, I'm new, I'm learning though, LOL. Gosh, there is alot to know! I hope i am replying in the right place, too! All the photos except 2 or 3 were shot in the US. (The ones that apparently weren't, have a stamp on them that says "Foto Fernandez, ARZ. MERINO NO 51, CIUDAD TRUJILLO") So I assume she was in Peru. (I know for sure that she did shows in Brazil, and other places in South America) She told me that the photos were all work for hire - she paid the photographers for photos to use to promote her career. yes they were published in the US during the 1940's and 50's. (these were photos she gave to the reporters) I am sure she did not renew copyright 26 years after publication,. but I will ask to confirm. Can you tell me what I need to include on the written statement? I will need to type it and send to her to sign.
Thank you so much. I hope I am replyiing the right way. --MimiBelle (talk) 07:36, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
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For working selflessly to improve Palestinian costumes and bring it up to GA status, as well as for your efforts to improve the general editing environment in I-P related articles, I hereby award you this very apt barnstar, and hope you forgive me for anything I might have ever said that may have offended you Tiamuttalk 14:13, 20 February 2008 (UTC) |
I was inspired by your wonderful work on writing articles since you gave up your tools, so went off and have been working on articles, and now have my very first DYK - Liasis olivaceus. Thanks for the inspiration. ViridaeTalk 20:29, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
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It also seems like another user made his own crop from that TIFF version.Funkynusayri (talk) 22:28, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Done. Ping me when you're ready to conominate. Cheers, DurovaCharge! 23:09, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Does this ring a bell, FYI only, re our previous conversations, which have been archived already? Newbyguesses - Talk 10:12, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
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Hello! Newbyguesses - Talk 13:52, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
Perhaps [Writing for the enemy] can be re-named, any ideas?
Yes, I would love to contribute more to article content, in addition to reverting nonsense in mainspace. But, I am restricted, in that, due to inadequate computer system, I am forced to avoid all the best parts of WP, Featured article, long articles, and those with images. I have contributed in a small way to Existence and Singular they, although there are still problems with these articles. I work mainly on stubs, tagged and other fairly crummy articles, it is a bit dis-heartening.
My intentions for TWILIGHT a) attract some thoughtful editors to the talk page debate. b) Use this talk-page to discuss this question, ie.
How far does one go with AGF before SPADE kicks in, and is it really helpful to label editors with titles such as troll, etc. For instance, GTBacchus is a stickler for the concept of "discuss the edit, not the editor", see [Wikipedia Talk:Ignore all rules/Archive10] or round about there in the archives, where GTB patiently engaged in dialogue with Zenwhat (now retired) long past the point when everyone else had given up. (I think that is one of the few recent archives that MiszaBot II has done there where my handle does not appear.
But I was tearing my hair out over Zenwhat on a number of other pages (which that user was attempting to hijack). Until my recent experience with that user, i had never thought that i would be forced to call anyone a troll, now i have lost that innocence. (You may find this odd, but I am not a fan of WP:DICK, which apparently many of the old-school treat as, um, gospel.)
So, I see myself as a bit of a maverick, well-meaning, and generally held in good regard by my peers. Not necessarily a great asset, in the eyes of some super-users, but, there ya go. Yes, I am a football fan.
I did appreciate User:Durova/Recusal. Back away from the ones where you can't be objective. Yes, absolutely. 9/11 is a big deal. I stayed awake on the couch, watching TV for fifty hours at that time (?), a big deal, yes: but every person's reactions and fears are different. I am just as scared today by the "war on terror" and the inadequate and corrupt way such things are conducted. And whether a terrorist, a fool or a so-called "gangsta", I detest bullies. Of course, my sympathies are with you as to your personal story, and your uncle's story. Thanks for sharing.
PS: May i ask a little advice? I prepared some stuff in my sandbox, as research. It consists of straight quotes from a published work. Obviously, such would definitely NOT be suitable in mainspace. But, in a sandbox, (and mine is always full of Lorem ipsum), such a page would not present any problems as to WP:COPY or whatever policy applies? Or, how else can one do research?
PPS: I could have scrunched this up into a DIFF, if that keeps your talk page less-cluttered, please let me know if that is a proper procedure, and if you have any good advice for me as to efficient talk page communication. Cheers, Newbyguesses - Talk 23:12, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, I checked out Biographies, revisited I am surprised that, say, these two need work, they seem such famous names!
Betsy Ross = B-class, relevant free-use image in article. WP:LEAD could use expansion.
Joseph Marie Jacquard - stub class, needs expansion and referencing
I haven't looked at any articles yet; at the moment, with computer problems still, I take every opportunity when on-line to plough through the arbcom. case evidence. If i go wikiB, see ya back at talk:newbyg, when. Good luck with your evidence, it seems we do think along same lines, gotta go,
PS: Aw, soap!
Just as i typed that, computer system downed me again, so dratts! curses!!,
PPS:Wikipedia:TWILIGHT redirects to Wikipedia:The grey zone; there is no redirect from for instance Wikipedia:The gray zone to cater for international spelling (?), [DIFF xxxxxxxxx Identify the enemy, a mid re-write version, with sinister connotations, a kind of a who-dunnit], now there is Image:Janus cassini, which is public domain nasa [[smiley.20pix -->.
Might get another two minutes om line! Newbyguesses - Talk 04:03, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
This guy User_talk:128.220.181.222 with a preoccupation with gerbils has run through the vandalism warning levels. Thanks. -Jmh123 (talk) 23:48, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
This is the second time you have accused me of bad faith simply for disagreeing with you. It makes me wonder if you really do know what the term's intended meaning is. I'm not really sure what you're after, but I wonder if you and all the other editors on those arbitration pages would ever stop to consider that expending this amount of vitriol and harassment simply in an attempt to prove the kind of petty sockpuppetry and conflict of interest editing that is becoming commonplace here really isn't doing Wikipedia a favor. Dmcdevit·t 03:42, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Dmcdevit, how is it anything other than bad faith to accuse me of having prejudged the situation, when I actually haven't? I'm aware of the danger of asking someone to prove a negative, and endeavored at several junctures to articulate specific actions that would satisfy my concerns. I remain willing to withdraw every suspicion I've advanced, and provide public apologies. How much more can I do to prove that I approached this reluctantly, and with an open mind, and did my best to keep it fair and orderly? And that the weight of the scales tips in a certain direction, in my opinion? I'm not sure how far it tips; it does seem that enough opportunities have been extended and rejected that it isn't premature to assert a working conclusion, at least in some limited and open-ended sense. DurovaCharge! 03:57, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi Durova. Following your request I completed User:Ealdgyth/Crusades quotes testbed. I added French quotes, references, links to Google Book when possible etc... I also offered to send scans of pages if necessary. I don't see any significant issues with the material. Thanks to tell me if you think otherwise. Please bear in mind that in many cases I have been translating the French original into English, unknowingly of the English editions. I don't see significant differences though, and I am of course ready to shift to the "official" English translations, or provide both French and English when necessary. PHG (talk) 06:04, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi there, your majesty, I must have more baubles, they seem to be strangely addictive.
Thank you in anticipation, your Royal thingness ... Kbthompson (talk) 08:59, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Sorry i took so long to see this at the talk/Evidence. Yes, I have done so. I am getting very frustrated, every page i visit takes hours to load, and i have been off-line all day, except for two two minute periods!
That makes it so hard to keep up with developments. I was under the impression that talk page comments constituted evidence, especially if they include DIFFs, but it doesn't matter, that is up to the arbs. to sort out.
i do hope i haven't put my foot in it, however, one does one's best, that is all, and i am prepared to apologise if i am proven wrong. FYI Newbyguesses - Talk 11:10, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Refactoring/ how so? You have seen my reply. If you have any suggestions, I will surely consider them, thanks. Meanwhile, note my note to clerk, drats!! computer hassles, wish i could afford a Mac and etc. Newbyguesses - Talk 11:24, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
<-- Thanks, Durova, for your kind words. I am really a newby, i have heard of Usenet, but dont know anything about it. Thing is, i never go to blogs, or Instant message, or even bother much with emails. WP is practically the only site i go to on the web, although when ii get tired of the library, i guess i will have to start to follow up those pesky External Links, that always seem to crash my computer on me. (On-line can be very frustrating for an old fella). Now, your general comments are all very well, but have you noticed any of my questions that remain unanswered? Perhaps that is tact on your part, i dont know! Will be getting back to the slog now, before my system dies for the day in about half-an-hour.
Bummer; system died JUST AS I TYPED THOSE WORDS - AHHHHHH! < I am sure I said Soap! about here, it was in relation to the /wshop talk-page. Just as I saw the soap - crash! >- Cheers, Newbyguesses - Newbyguesses - Talk 00:36, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Yas, I have been off-line for {-----------------------------] this period of time, grr!
PS:Quick, newbyg, post now-------
Newbyguesses (talk · contribs) 09:27, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Just a friendly note on the article Quilting. I replaced the bit about the stab stitch, as this is a pretty common term (I don't hand quilt, and I knew exactly what the stitch was). I also added a ref. Hope that works for you -- if not, let me know. Cheers!--Fabrictramp (talk) 19:40, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
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Hello, previously you expressed interest in participating in the Wikipedia:Admin coaching project. We are currently conducting a reconfirmation drive to give coaches the opportunity to update their information and capacity to participate in the project. Please visit Wikipedia:Admin coaching/Status to update your status. Also, please remember to update your capacity (5th table variable) in the form of a fraction (eg. 2/3 means you are currently coaching 2 students, and could accept 1 more student). Thank you. MBisanz talk 09:01, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
DIFF. Am I re-inventing the wheel here? Has some other user entered into evidence some entries from User Talk:Wordbomb, such as these? Would that not be a reasonable line of evidence, if I choose to follow it up, do you think? In all fairness, wordbomb's words can be heard, it is all GFDL. And, most of the edits to talk:wordbomb, as is usual, are from other editors, ie. mantanmoreland, lastexit, samiharris and other interesting anon's, not to mention edit wars galore from my inspection. Would [you ie, to whom it may concern] care to comment, cheers Newbyguesses (talk · contribs) 12:56, 24 February 2008 (UTC) -->
Me and several other editors have been drafting an RfC on JzG here. We listed an effort by you to influence his behavior in the past but don't necessarily expect you to be one of the certifiers for the RfC. But, if you'd to look it over and tell us if you think anything that we listed is unfair or inaccurate before we post it, that would be very helpful. Thank you. Cla68 (talk) 01:26, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Well, if you've already delayed for two months then you've tried that option. He's an incredibly hardworking volunteer and he's put up with a lot, yet I've always had concerns about some of the ways he conducts himself. In some ways this reminds me of another recent situation. What's to be done? As a courtesy, since there seems to be enough other evidence, would you remove me from it? The textile arts project is coming back to life and we're running a featured portal drive. If something draws me into the RFC, then by all means go ahead and reintroduce it. DurovaCharge! 06:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
At AfAr/MM/talk/Evidence, see - Newbyguesses - Talk 09:23, 23 February 2008 (UTC) DIFF Am I going soft in the head, or has Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive371#User Crum meat puppeting at LAYOUT been deleted or archived/ I cannot find the thread anymore. Huh? Newbyguesses (talk · contribs) 02:34, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I do, thanks. Leave it to the arbs, not some admin from the boondocks. User:Crum375 has not contributed, as is rightful, to Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Mantanmoreland but then began a long run of edits to the /Evidence page, which were opposed by a number of parties. What gives here? Newbyguesses (talk · contribs) 03:46, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Yeah. This was one of the questions i was interested in, maybe you missed it, or I am asking too much.
PS: May i ask a little advice? I prepared some stuff in my sandbox, as research. It consists of straight quotes from a published work. Obviously, such would definitely NOT be suitable in mainspace. But, in a sandbox, (and mine is always full of Lorem ipsum), such a page would not present any problems as to WP:COPY or whatever policy applies? Or, how else can one do research?
If you have a comment, you have been writing lots for a long time, but I am new, and want to work with excellent reliable sources, in a library! I even wrote up a dummy article about a dictionary! It would be frustrating not to know how to go about utilizing one's knowledge, but I cannot seem to get a balance between just quoting a "source" and OR'ing. Cheers Newbyguesses - Talk 08:53, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
OK, thanks. I think I understand, that you don't understand, what it is that I don't understand, I think. Cheers! 10:36, 27 February 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Newbyguesses (talk • contribs)
Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Japaneseweavera.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. MER-C 09:09, 25 February 2008 (UTC) |
Unfortunately, nothing comes to mind. You can look through Category:Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth historical images and commons:Category:Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth for old Polish images from that period (most images from the first cat need to be transferred to commons, btw). I am not familiar with good source of free imaginery; while there are both museum exhibits and reenactors in Poland, nobody I know has decided to share their images with Commons yet. I try to take all photos I can in museums, or when I can, but I am constantly failing to get my images to Quality status on Commons (rant...) so certainly my photos would not be considered for Features status. PS. Halibutt who is a much better photographer than I used to take good photos (most of them are on Commons), many of them from museums from that period, but than he was chased off wiki and stopped contributing, as you know :( --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 20:36, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
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Yeah, good image. I agree with you. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 09:03, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm kind of thinking we should write off the entire 19th century and pretend it never happened. Troublemakers the lot of them! Adam Bishop (talk) 10:30, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
I wasn't actually sure about the Runcorn case until I looked at the editing patterns and observed precisely the same thing we see here—use of open proxies, absolutely no collisions (none in 7+ accounts!), and very few interleaving edits. I don't want to draw the analogy too forcefully because some users think it's a dirty word, but I'm entirely convinced that the Runcorn ring was one operator, and the evidence here is exactly analogous. Cool Hand Luke 22:17, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
Out of curiosity, what exactly does one do to get an article to be a DYK? Loggie (talk) 07:20, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Indian pigments.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. MER-C 08:22, 28 February 2008 (UTC) |
The article Navajo rug you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. It hasn't failed because it's basically a good article, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Navajo rug for things needed to be addressed. Juliancolton The storm still blows... 14:09, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
You have a lot of pictures nominated and (congratulations on your excellent work). My question is can a photo that is medical be put up for nomination? Thanks, --CrohnieGalTalk 15:01, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Sorry to bother you- I was just wondering why you added the "No more links" template to Units of textile measurement, as it doesn't have a spam problem, and it currently only has one external link. I'm not incredibly active on Wikipedia, but I'd never seen this template before and don't understand what it's purpose is. QuixoticKate (talk) 20:45, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Here is a bonnet and dancing shoes to make your pig look more beautiful..:) Igor Berger (talk) 11:05, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I hope I'm not bothering you, but I wanted to ask you a question. Because you know so much about images, is there a way to tell if an image on Flickr can be uploaded to commons or to wikipedia? Thanks, Juliancolton The storm still blows... 13:14, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
Double-heddle looms are used in West Africa, and also Ethiopia and Madagascar. What exactly does the source say for this? I'm very confused, because unless we are talking about rigid heddles, then I've not heard of double heddle looms- double harness, double shaft, but not double heddle. With rigid heddle looms, generally the loom is, in my experience, refered to a rigid heddle loom, with two heddles. (If it has two...) I'd like to redo and expand the article, and thus I'd very much like to know exactly what the book says so I can incorporate it, as currently I'm very confused. Is it possible that the book was only talking about rigid heddle looms? Loggie (talk) 22:31, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
He would point to the conduct of the other side take offense at questions.
Dear Durova, myself and a few others are working to drastically revise this article. Anyway, because you managed to bring Joan of Arc in popular culture to featured status and this article also concerns a "woman warrior" in popular culture, I thought you may be able to help us out with your experience. Thanks! Sincerely, --Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 01:05, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
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You deserve this for a million reasons, and it would be insulting to name a few at the expense of the others. David Shankbone 04:00, 1 March 2008 (UTC) |
Hi Durova. You said you would come to my defense if I addressed Ealdgyth/Crusades quotes testbed . I did . Could you kindly keep you word? Thank you. PHG (talk) 04:03, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
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