User:Scanbus/Archive1
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Image Tagging Image:EscortRally.jpg
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Thanks for uploading Image:EscortRally.jpg. I notice the image page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikimedia Commons (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page. If the content is a derivative of a copyrighted work, you need to supply the names and a licence of the original authors as well.
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Tip: Categorizing images
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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.
Here's how:
1) If you're using the UploadWizard, you can add categories to each file when you describe it. Just click "more options" for the file and add the categories which make sense:
2) You can also pick the file from your list of uploads, edit the file description page, and manually add the category code at the end of the page.
[[Category:Category name]]
For example, if you are uploading a diagram showing the orbits of comets, you add the following code:
[[Category:Astronomical diagrams]]
[[Category:Comets]]
This will make the diagram show up in the categories "Astronomical diagrams" and "Comets".
When picking categories, try to choose a specific category ("Astronomical diagrams") over a generic one ("Illustrations").
Thanks again for your uploads! More information about categorization can be found in Commons:Categories, and don't hesitate to leave a note on the help desk.BotMultichillT 06:24, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
- Image:Davidllewellin.jpg is uncategorized since 26 March 2009.
Decker.jpg
editAppears to have been derived from http://www.grant-thomson-buses.fotopic.net/p30461434.html . This is not allowed under commons policy. How many of the other images you have uploaded did you not take yourself?Geni (talk) 15:58, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
- This image was sent to me by a friend and I put it up in good faith. I was assured by him that he took it himself. As he's a regular bus spotter around Scotland, I had no reason to doubt him.
By the way, I don't particularly care for the tone of your question about my other images, which I found to be accusatory in its nature. Is this how you talk to all users who displease you? Scanbus (talk) 18:48, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
- You've just admited that you've claimed authorship of photos you didn't take yourself. You've also uploaded photos that have been through 2 different versions of photoshop and come from 4 different cameras so I don't think the question is unreasonable.Geni (talk) 18:44, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
- How I edit my photos and how many camera's I've got are none of your business. Your remark was condescending and accusing, bordering on slander. Keep your comments to yourself. Please don't bother replying to this, I've better things to do with my time than enter into petty squabbles. Scanbus (talk) 19:12, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
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ShakataGaNai ^_^ 20:15, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
Also... Chill Out
editThis edit is not cool, ok? Geni was simply trying to establish what was going on. As an administrator on Commons, you run into a lot of people who don't understand copyright laws. Some people believe that they can cite "Google" as a source, and upload any cool picture they find on the internet. Sadly, until proven otherwise, we assume that most people are this way. Heck, not even the administrators are perfect, I've had to delete my own pictures from Commons due to FOP laws in the United States. That all being said, please chill out and work with us. We're not out to get you. Do you have any other images that you uploaded that you did not take yourself? We can go ahead and remove them and you'll be happily on your way. --ShakataGaNai ^_^ 20:27, 22 September 2009 (UTC)