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Hi Jo-Jo. I thought you'd like to know about c:Commons:Deletion requests/File:'Bridge' by Kenneth Noland, 1964..jpg because it's related to the close of Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2018 July 27#File:'Bridge' by Kenneth Noland, 1964..jpg, and the local file has also been tagged for speedy deletion as well. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:24, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
- The CSD tagger is jumping the gun IMO, CSD tags are for clear cut cases and a PD-simple question is far from being one. The problem with these images is that "selection and arrangement" copyright only applies starting from a certain complexity, and it's not usually clear cut when that complexity is reached. In theory a court would have final say, in practice we have to rely on the list of images on commons:COM:TOO#USA which either a court or the US Copyright Office deemed uncopyrightable. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 05:48, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
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16:46, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
DYK for Alexa Bank
On 21 August 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Alexa Bank, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Alexa Bank is probably a drowned atoll? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alexa Bank. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Alexa Bank), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Can you please tell me why you declined speedy deletion when it is a pdf. It meets WP:CSD#F10. On top of that, it is orphaned. Pkbwcgs (talk) 18:15, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
- Because F10 is not about PDF files, it is about
files that are neither image, sound, nor video files; are not used in any article; and have no foreseeable placement in an article.
and that file is an image. A few sentences farther isnor is an extension alone enough reason to delete; this criterion is based on file content
so by definition that PDF is not eligible. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:32, 22 August 2018 (UTC)- That pdf was not being used in any articles and it was orphaned. That file being a pdf was not the reason for deletion. The file is also orphaned and is not being used in any articles and has no foreseeable use. There is a template on that very image that says that it is a non image format and that
If the contents are unencyclopedic or a copyright violation, please consider tagging it for deletion as a useless image using {{db-f10}}.
It this case, the content was unencyclopedic and I couldn't find any foreseeable use for that file. Pkbwcgs (talk) 19:40, 22 August 2018 (UTC)- A demographic image is not "unencyclopedic" and I can certainly imagine a legit use of the file in Mioče, Bijelo Polje. The criteria for speedy deletion are intentionally very narrow and to me that request seems quite a stretch. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:55, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
- That pdf was not being used in any articles and it was orphaned. That file being a pdf was not the reason for deletion. The file is also orphaned and is not being used in any articles and has no foreseeable use. There is a template on that very image that says that it is a non image format and that
Not sure
If you meant to post this struck through: [2]. FWIW, I agree re: the conflicts with other wikis, even though I don’t necessarily think activity there should be taken into account if we find it disruptive here. Just a simplification and application of common sense would avoid stuff like people on nl.wiki trying to get a steward blocked because his username is in Arabic script... TonyBallioni (talk) 20:42, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
- I don't think that common sense is as common as some people believe. Since we live in a Brave SUL World now it makes relatively little sense to me for every project to go special snowflake and having their own policy despite being no longer in charge of user names. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 07:10, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
DYK for El Tatio
On 27 August 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article El Tatio, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that El Tatio (pictured) is the largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere and the equal highest in the world? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/El Tatio. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, El Tatio), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
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16:16, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
DYK for Takuyo-Daisan
On 28 August 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Takuyo-Daisan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Takuyo-Daisan was once an island in the South Pacific but is now a seamount off Japan? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Takuyo-Daisan. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Takuyo-Daisan), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
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A couple of days early
FYI, you went through and closed Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2018 August 25 when I think you meant to do Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2018 August 23. Everything in Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2018 August 23 is at least seven and a half days old. Everything in Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2018 August 24 is at least six and a half days old. But Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2018 August 25 is only five and a half days old. (Not saying you should undo it or anything like that - just FYI in case you wanted to go through and do the 23rd as well.) --B (talk) 12:13, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
- Yeah, that was wrong. I've backed out the premature closes, let's hope I got them all. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 13:59, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
Cerro Prieto
Consider using "volcano" OR "volcan" OR "volcanic" OR "volcanism" OR "volcanoes" AND intitle:"cerro prieto"
as a search term for sources. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:44, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
Making a note to update Quetrupillan. JoJo Eumerus mobile (talk) 21:53, 28 August 2018 (UTC)That's done, but Sairecabur needs GAN prep work. San Pedro (Chile volcano), Nevado de Longaví, Lake Ptolemy, Mentolat, Kurile Lake, Ouki and Altiplano-Puna volcanic complex need updates. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 20:35, 29 August 2018 (UTC)- For Pisgah Crater, it'd be
Pisgah -sight* -"pisgah national" -"pisgah view" -moses -mount -"pisgah hills" -peoria -"pisgah tract" -"pisgah ridge" -"pisgah phase" -forest -anticline -"pisgah astronomical" -carolina -alabama -brazos -kentucky -iowa -fork -church -moab -deer
and for Amboy"amboy" -"perth amboy" -civil -syracuse -papa -philadelphia -camden -pelado -filters -forests -author:amboy -jersey -children -quaker -beans -church -"south amboy" -"amboy wa" -"high school" -illinois -court
. Coso needs more material; perhapsvolcano OR volcanic OR volcanism OR volcanoes OR geothermal OR thermal OR lava OR obsidian OR domes OR pleistocene OR magma OR california AND intitle:coso
. JoJo Eumerus mobile (talk) 09:54, 30 August 2018 (UTC)Also check Laguna Lejia, Laguna Miscanti and Laguna Miniques. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 14:34, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
- For Pisgah Crater, it'd be
I think I have made a decent fist of a fair use rationale. I'm somewhat out of practice, but I have placed it on the file. If I haven't got it right please tidy it. I think the information in the file is too precious to lose, and hope it may be preserved here. Fiddle Faddle 16:21, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
- I or another admin will handle this once the closure train comes to that FFD, I believe. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 14:33, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
- True. I'm just not sure there is much, if anything, left for folk to discuss. It can either run its course or be closed early, with whatever outcome is appropriate. Fiddle Faddle 12:04, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
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- There is a new user right for users who can edit CSS and JavaScript for the entire wiki. Before this all admins could edit CSS and JavaScript. This was a security risk. This group is called interface administrators. Administrators can delete user CSS and JavaScript pages. [10][11]
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wp10in ORES is now calledarticlequality. [15]- When you get a new message on your talk page you get a yellow message in the toolbar. The preference to show or not show this has been removed. [16]
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- UploadWizard had problems with campaigns. Users could not upload files. This has now been fixed. [17]
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16:47, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Jimmy Hibbert
Hi Jo-Jo - You closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jimmy Hibbert as a delete, and deleted Talk:Jimmy Hibbert with the rationale (G8: Talk page of deleted page) - but no-one has actually deleted the Jimmy Hibbert page itself - could you oblige? Thanks - Arjayay (talk) 08:48, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
- Sorry, apparently I fail at clicking "save". Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 13:52, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
- I know the feeling - thanks and best wishes - Arjayay (talk) 14:21, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
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- OK, doing these. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 13:57, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
Regarding labeling a valid page vandalism
Hi, Baydardi (G5, G3) was deleted by you recently. Let us get this straight, i dont know if this page was created by blocked user but an article with notability like this [20], [21], [22], [23] should not be deleted and and as far as of article, that article was created months ago, was never vandalism and there were major expansions by others including me. I added Plot in that drama article and you can check that in history too. A request to kindly undelete it, it has wrongly been labeled as vandalism and we hope to right out wrong on wikipedia. 203.101.166.194 (talk) 13:04, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
- Greetings. The "G3" text was just an error in the deletion summary; it was a fairly clear cut example of a page created by and edited solely by a block-evading sockpuppet and thus eligible for G5. Moreover it looks like that sockpuppeteer has a habit of making non-nnotable articles with poor sources and original research, so I am not inclined to restore it. You probably ought to write a draft from scratch. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 14:04, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
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Image splitting
Thanks, On the second of the images you mention : The split was to do with :
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/e/eb/20080123140852%21Shantavira2.jpg
if the subject of the image could be identified. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 07:53, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
- Looking around the edits of the uploader and the upload summary I found it already on Commons at File:Svyatoslav2.jpg, first upload. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 14:13, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Mount Erciyes
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22:35, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Cima volcanic field
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Split media backlog
Thanks for the efforts in working away at this backlog. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 14:43, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
In relation to split-media stuff
This had been split previously but needs to be cleaned up File:Types.jpg, If you would be able to do this, then both categories will temporarily be empty and there can be a discussion about how to handle 'image-clash' situations moving forward. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 20:02, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
- Did it another way and marked the resulting duplicate for deletion, also renamed the newer file and protected the current title as overly vague. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 20:21, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
Wanted your opinion on this needing a split?ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 12:16, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
- I think so yes. In fact, I'll do so now. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 12:36, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
- In regard to the more general issue, I am considering asking at Village Pump Technical about there being a mass sweep for 'image clash' situation using file hashes..ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 13:06, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
- There'll be a lot of slightly different images where one version is simply a quality improvement over the other. So a lot of false positives. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 13:07, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
- That was partly why it needed a disscussion. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 15:00, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
Split needed - The info block I think relates to the former upload, not the current one. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 10:14, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
- Er, I did alredy decline a split request there and checking the history tells me that the problem isn't resolved yet. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 10:24, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
Two images, One is clearly a lizard, the other looks to be something else. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 16:42, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
- Whichever it is, the page history is incomplete and thus I've declined the split request. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:47, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
Taapaca scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the Taapaca article has been scheduled as today's featured article for October 26, 2018. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 26, 2018, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1100 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:00, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
- Jimfbleak I did do a source sweep to see if there was something to add, but nothing. Pity that we don't have sector collapse yet. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:48, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks. There is no requirement not to have red links. In my own FAs, I frequently have obscure invertebrates, plants or parasites crop up, and I usually write a two-line stub just to avoid a red link, but that's my own foible—and species are notable by definition anyway Jimfbleak - talk to me? 05:32, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
Shoreline image
Clearly an accident, but I have no recollection. Delete!! jengod (talk) 06:06, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
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21:58, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Waw an Namus
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DYK for MIT Guyot
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Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
Ubinas
Ceranthor
Saw your ping - will try to get to the Ubinas FAC tonight. Limited computer access for the next few days, but will do my best. ceranthor 20:23, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
Mike Christie
I see Tisquesusa has chipped in; if you still need comments when he's done, drop me a note. (Duplicating from your phone talk page in case you don't see that ping.) Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 00:07, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
- Mike Christie Thanks anyway. I note that Tony1 has had some critique of the prose. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:43, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Waw an Namus
The article Waw an Namus you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Waw an Namus for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Bobamnertiopsis -- Bobamnertiopsis (talk) 19:42, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
Undeletion request
Hi! Can you please undelete File:NGS Honorable Mention Award to THFFI.jpg? We've received an OTRS permission for it. Thank you! Ruthven (msg) 13:52, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
- Done, added the "no permission" tag mostly as a placeholder.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 14:00, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you! --Ruthven (msg) 16:54, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
- @Ruthven: As the creator of the depicted work, the National Genealogical Society is the copright holder, not the recipient; therefore, the permission is not sufficient. — JJMC89 (T·C) 05:23, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
- I got confused with all those societies. I write them back. Thank you. --Ruthven (msg) 05:44, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
- @Ruthven: As the creator of the depicted work, the National Genealogical Society is the copright holder, not the recipient; therefore, the permission is not sufficient. — JJMC89 (T·C) 05:23, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you! --Ruthven (msg) 16:54, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
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- Thanks, DPL bot. I note though that you didn't check my earlier edits to other articles such as Vesteris Seamount. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 09:35, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
DYK for Melimoyu
On 24 September 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Melimoyu, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the name of Melimoyu, a volcano in Chile, means "four breasts"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Melimoyu. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Melimoyu), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
Salisbury North Football Club
Hey, just noticed that on a recently closed FFD you deleted the wrong file. On the Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2018 September 16#Logos by Speedy2169 FFD File:Salisbury North FC guernsey.jpg was meant to be deleted and File:Salisbury North FC logo.jpg was meant to be converted to non-free logo. Salavat (talk) 09:09, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
- Whoops. Rectified that. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 14:00, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks. Salavat (talk) 14:13, 24 September 2018 (UTC)