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Tip: Categorizing images[edit]

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Hello, Deanlaw!
Tip: Add categories to your images
Tip: Add categories to your images

Thanks a lot for contributing to the Wikimedia Commons! Here's a tip to make your uploads more useful: Why not add some categories to describe them? This will help more people to find and use them.

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CategorizationBot (talk) 10:40, 28 August 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Great work[edit]

Thanks for sorting the runestones of Södermanland! I did the same for Uppland, and I know it's a bit of hard work, but it's worthwhile, because now you're able to find a specific stone, which was almost impossible before. I still don't know what to do with the "nyfynd" though, which are not designated by a simple number. Any suggestions on this matter? --Zejo (talk) 09:48, 31 August 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for the encouragement; I put the nyfynd stones at the end; many listings do so and users will not be surprised by this Deanlaw (talk) 19:09, 3 September 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Pay attention to copyright
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User:Armbrust (Local talk - en.Wikipedia talk) 18:02, 26 August 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Ocean City firefighter memorial 2.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.

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Ww2censor (talk) 05:17, 11 September 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Thurgood Marshall Statue Baltimore.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.

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Ww2censor (talk) 04:49, 18 September 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Strict application of panorama rule.
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Ww2censor (talk) 13:56, 18 September 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Strict application of panorama rule for photo I took.
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Ww2censor (talk) 14:57, 18 September 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Strict application of panorama rule for photo I took.

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There seems to be a problem regarding the description and/or licensing of this particular file. It has been found that you've added in the image's description only a Template that's not a license and although it provides useful information about the image, it's not a valid license. Could you please resolve this problem, adding the license in the image linked above? You can edit the description page and change the text. Uploading a new version of the file does not change the description of the file. This page may give you more hints on which license to choose. Thank you.

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Corrected by using proper Library of Congress license Deanlaw (talk) 12:57, 2 October 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Autopatrol given[edit]

Hello. I just wanted to let you know that I have granted autopatrol rights to your account; the reason for this is that I believe you are sufficiently trustworthy and experienced to have your contributions automatically marked as "reviewed". This has no effect on your editing, it is simply intended to make it easier for users that are monitoring Recent changes or Recent uploads to find unproductive edits amidst the productive ones like yours. In addition, the Flickr upload feature and an increased number of batch-uploads in UploadWizard, uploading of freely licensed MP3 files, the possibility to overwrite files uploaded by others and an increased limit for page renames per minute are now available to you. Thank you. odder (talk) 21:52, 8 November 2012 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Deanlaw, are you sure that the original drawing is also covered by PD-USGov? As the drawing is even signed, it might be copyrighted. --Túrelio (talk) 17:15, 7 March 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nose art painted on U.S. Airforce aircraft is done by Airforce "employees" (typically enlisted men) who are U.S. government employees and so the image would fall under PD-USGov copyright template. Thanks for checking on this! Deanlaw (talk) 17:33, 7 March 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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Teles «Talk to me ˱C L @ S˲» 20:25, 10 September 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Category 19xx in film[edit]

Hi DeanLaw and thanks for your help. Please note category: 19xx films is a subcategory of category: 19xx in film (see here for example). Cheers, — Racconish Tk 17:13, 28 October 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Something else : if you take the trouble to create a specific category for a film, wouldn't it be better to put the category for an actor in the category instead of the file(s) ? Cheers again, — Racconish Tk 17:33, 28 October 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Not sure I would agree with the second comment. The files in a film categaory should only include those classified with that film (i.e., a user could then easily pick out those of an actor in that film, without being potential confusion by images of that actor from other films). However, that is only my opinion, I have not knowingly made any changes to other wiki contributors work based on this difference of opinion. Deanlaw (talk) 03:19, 10 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you for contributing to Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in the United States[edit]

Dear Deanlaw,

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Dear Deanlaw,
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Thank you for taking part in the Wiki Loves Monuments participants' survey!

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I was surprised to see a "missing monument" involving government housing located near me on the year's list of missing images, it is currently located in a low income neighborhood and I was very happy to find it and be the first to document it with images in 2013 on commons. Now days I go by this location a few times a month as a halal food truck is two blocks down the street from this location.
File:Frankie Mann - Nov 1919 FF.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.

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NearEMPTiness (talk) 11:20, 19 June 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Probably submitted as copyright violation in error, everything was ok / U.S. actress in U.S. magazine. Possible honest confusion of Film Fun US film magazine with British comic magazine. Deanlaw (talk) 03:19, 10 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, thanks for doing some cleanup on what turned out to be a messy batch upload... I realized at some point after starting it that there were screwy things about the metadata that were going to make for a lot of fixing by hand, like ommitting "the" in film titles, dates based on the copyright of the song itself, etc. The fact that they've apparently based their assessment of PD status on the music itself means a couple of post-1922 covers may have slipped through before I realized what was going on and corrected for it - if you see any you think need to be deleted, don't hesitate. One thing I noticed while manually adding cats with hotcat is that it's really nice when a film title category includes the "(19xx film)" part, reducing the need to check that the cat name popping up in the auto-complete is, in fact, for an obscure lost 1910s film. Might be worth including it in all new category creations even if it doesn't seem immediately needed for disambiguation... :-) (Also, note that the category itself is in Category:Sheet music covers of the United States, so no need to add that per-cover, although state categories might make sense.) --jnkyrdsprkl (talk) 01:41, 27 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks Deanlaw (talk) 12:23, 29 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Burton Rice[edit]

Hi Michael, I would love to write an article on Burton Rice, but what I found so far is so scarce that it does not make the subject notable. In particular, I have no clue on what he did after 1919. If you encounter something interesting about him, please let me know. Happy New Year, — Racconish 📥 19:41, 29 December 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:KC-135 Bart Nose Art.jpeg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.

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Neelix (talk) 19:39, 23 April 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Item was deleted on claim of Bart Simpson was copyrighted, although painted on a U.S. Air Force tanker.
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Beeblebrox (talk) 20:27, 8 November 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Item was deleted as some Wikipedia women did not like the idea that someone took a photo of a woman wearing a Confederate flag bikini and posting it on flickr, possibly without her consent. I did not oppose their objection, but my intent was trying to document how often the Confederate flag was being used in current U.S. society (this was one of several flag use photos I posted or identified for a Confederate flag category).
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Imveracious (talk) 21:46, 2 March 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Item retained with improved description.

photo added[edit]

I added one of your uploaded photos to this page- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nose_art — Preceding unsigned comment added by A ri gi bod (talk • contribs) 18:26, 25 March 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]
File:Bang (1921) - 2.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.

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Yo it's Kong of Lasers (talk) 23:24, 3 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Removal request was deleted, possibly entered in error, image retained.Deanlaw (talk) 13:17, 20 June 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]
File:Ernie Morrison aka Sunshine Sammy - Jul 1 1922 MW.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.

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~ Rob13Talk 01:02, 20 June 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Had a discussion concerning this, while I did not oppose deletion on this basis, the decision was to keep. Deanlaw (talk) 13:50, 25 September 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Flickr2Commons[edit]

I have just come across a few images you have recently uploaded from Flickr. I would appreciate it if in the future, you used the Flickr2Commons tool. This tool allows images to be moved to Commons from Flickr without having to download the images to your own computer. It also brings in the largest resolution of the image, as well making sure to list the correct license and url, making it easy for the automated Flickr Review system. Also, it is fairly easy to categorize images with this tool. Elisfkc (talk) 21:15, 6 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Notification about possible deletion[edit]

Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry.

If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with them, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues.

Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

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Yours sincerely, - Alexis Jazz ping plz 09:12, 19 August 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Was not opposed to deletion, although U.S. federal government / military photograph was original source. Deanlaw (talk) 13:50, 25 September 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Postmark by date category[edit]

I wonder if you really this that making categories by date for postmarks is a good idea, when it is likely that most will only have one of a few items. I had not noticed the day or month categories that seem to have been setup in 2017 and most seem to only have 1 or 2 entries. I wonder who is going to go through all the used stamps and covers to populate them. Besides which with this edit you are actually not classifying the postmark but the receiving mark which does not cancel the stamp. If anything this should be in a category date 27 April! I know you did not start this scheme but personally I think this is just over-categorisation and serves little useful purpose in defining postmarks. Maybe they should be discussed at the enwiki Philately Project where more philatelists are around. Seeing as you have been here quite a while, I'm interested to hear you view on this. Ww2censor (talk) 13:35, 25 September 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I did this as a test to determine how much effort was required to do finish one fully when starting with the postmarked card. I have seen a few in the day category and was curious, will not likely try again in next several months. I am not sure about over-categorisation given that some others I had thought were too much ended up being ones that I use in some research. However, you are correct that the Philately Project should determine if this is needed or worth the time to create given the possibly limited benefit. Thanks for the thoughtful comment. Deanlaw (talk) 13:50, 25 September 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Notification about possible deletion[edit]

Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry.

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And also:

Yours sincerely, Rosenzweig τ 21:13, 19 January 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sorry, I withdraw the request. I thought the photos were from British Tatler magazine. --Rosenzweig τ 21:56, 19 January 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]
No problem here, it was an easy understandable error to make when two magazines use the same title. Deanlaw (talk) 06:25, 19 June 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Please do not rotate tiff files.[edit]

I think they are supposed to stay how they are, as the original source. At least I have been told so long ago. F (talk) 06:20, 25 April 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I will stop per the request. I would note that no such restriction against rotating .tiff files is mentioned at the Community Information page Commons:Rotation which normally would include such information. Deanlaw (talk) 13:10, 25 April 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Film categories[edit]

When you create new categories for films, please add them to the corresponding Wikidata object. Like this. /ℇsquilo 13:25, 9 May 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Based on this comment, I was encouraged to learned how to create new basic wikidata entries for new commons categories. There must be a lot of people devoted to updating all the wikidata. Deanlaw (talk) 06:38, 19 June 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Category discussion warning

United States photographs taken on 1860-07-04 has been listed at Commons:Categories for discussion so that the community can discuss ways in which it should be changed. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.

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Auntof6 (talk) 04:15, 29 June 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Need your presence at Featured video candidates[edit]

We request the honor of your presence at Featured video candidates
Dear Deanlaw,
Are you Interested in Film Making/Videography/Cinematography or Animated films? We think you are. Featured video candidates needs your help and you can help by reviewing , nominating your videos for the FV Tag.
You can start reviewing/nominating videos now. Welcome !
-- Eatcha (talk) 17:31, 22 July 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Alexis Kosloff (Q66716461)[edit]

I added Alexis Kosloff to Wikidata, you can always start an entry for someone without a Wikipedia article. You can also help fill in his info! RAN 23:01, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

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Yours sincerely, Patrick Rogel (talk) 22:09, 20 November 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Apparently the date of the photographer's death was previously listed incorrectly as 1935 as a multitude of deletions were performed based on a (revised) date of death of 1963. Deanlaw (talk) 03:19, 10 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Yours sincerely, Sebari – aka Srittau (talk) 09:33, 4 December 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nice job![edit]

Excellent work finding obscure photos, Your image at Category:Muriel Spring helped me identify her in a Library of Congress photo. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 21:29, 28 August 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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  • This file is a copyright violation for the following reason: Claimed as being PD for lack of notiec, but the description says it had a notice; wrongly claims "notice is defective" because the work was not registered, but that's not correct law. More at en:Talk:Invasion of the Bee Girls#Probably not public domain
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TJRC (talk) 02:24, 29 August 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Odd since multiple sources (like AFI) list film as public domain due to the so-called incorrect law; this used to be called "observing the formalities" for copyright registration in the United States law. Note the modern copyright law is much less stringent regarding this issue. However, there are no wiki U.S. copyright templates that cover this issue. This was also discussed prior to the deletion request to no avail. Same with other stills from this film. Oh, well, wiki rules. Deanlaw (talk) 03:19, 10 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Notification about possible deletion[edit]

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TJRC (talk) 18:17, 1 September 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Buenos Aires is in Argentina[edit]

Hi, Buenos Aires is not in Brazil. Please, don't do this or this. There are a lot of photos with the wrong caterogy. Thanks- --Jalu (talk) 19:05, 14 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Woops, got me! Sorry, I cannot believe I made that goof. All I can say is that I was trying to categorize a few hundred uncategorized images that week, and it must have been late. Glad to see it in its proper place, thanks for correcting me. Deanlaw (talk) 05:59, 15 November 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Deletion of files in category Books digitized by Biblioteca Brasiliana Guita e José Mindlin[edit]

Hello, Deanlaw! I saw that you proposed for elimination some files in this category. The files are OK and are readable, with their license also OK; The only problem seems to be the thumbnail that didn't load on Commons. For me, as I fixed just trying to upload the same file, that this is a Wikimedia Commons bug, that should be reported in the appropriate space, rathar than delete the files. Good contributions, Ederporto (talk) 17:28, 1 June 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Oliver Twist (1922) - 4.jpg Bogus Deletion Request / Name Change Process[edit]

Still of Jackie Coogan wearing his The Kid (1921) costume with producer Sol Lesser
File:Oliver Twist (1922) - 4.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.

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2A02:C7E:3908:9F00:C15D:71E1:F0C5:322A 12:06, 18 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Although the decision was to "keep" this film still of a child actor sitting on the lap of the producer, all I can say is what a bogus process used in this deletion request. A non-registered user (or possibly a sock puppet) claimed that the name of the still image was incorrect because it was not directly from the film, but that claim shows a complete lack of understanding of the definition of film still or its scope, which includes photographs behind the scenes, posed shots, and other promotional shots taken outside the film. Lastly, although this deletion request invited participation, it was completely resolved within TWO hours with the record of this change closed with no additions allowed, so my opinion cannot supplement the record of this unnecessary name change. That is my opinion of the Wiki process, or lack of process, used in this minor name change case. All I can say is, "Oh well, wiki rules!" Deanlaw (talk) 02:10, 10 May 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Deanlaw: , wondering if the film is still lost now, since you added a still. Thank you for your time. Lotje (talk) 05:11, 19 June 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The On the Level (1917) article based on the LOC reference says it is lost, and I do not doubt it. Anytime I come across a still in a magazine from a lost film, I feel encouraged to add them to commons and to the article if it does not have a poster. This one had the wonderful poster with Fannie Ward holding the pig. Thanks for asking. Deanlaw (talk) 06:09, 19 June 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
File:Ruth St Denis - Chinese Goddess - Apr 1923 Shadowland.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.

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Hekerui (talk) 21:03, 4 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]