User talk:Betacommand

−6099 days left

If you are here to register a complaint regarding my edits, before doing so please note:

There is a very clear policy regarding the use of non-free images. This policy is located at Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria
Read this talk page and its archives before registering your complaint. It is likely someone has already registered a similar complaint, and that complaint will have been given an answer.
Read the policy
Check and make sure the image has a valid source
Make sure that the image has a valid Fair use Rationale (A guide can be found here)
I will not add rationales for you. As the uploader it is your responsibility, NOT mine.
I do not want to see images deleted
All images must comply with policy
A generic template tag is NOT a valid fair use rationale.
If you're here to whine and complain that But <place image name here> is just like my image and isn't tagged for deletion I will tag that image too, I just haven't gotten around to it yet.

I Don't Understand

My image that i uploaded, [[1]]], is apparently not in compliance with the policy for non-free content or whatever, and i dont understand the policy all that well. i dont know what a rationale is or anything. i'm only a teenager who made a page for an album that wasnt yet posted on Wikipedia. i would like to be told what is wrong with my image in terms that i can understand. please lemme know!

I Don't Understand either

Why is that you had not giving me a chance to fix the solution with my images, i put a lot of work in to the article, i would have been more then happy to bring up a solution then you deleting my images, why didn't you try and help rather then just deleting images. holy crap the person up top just took the words straight out of my mouth, i'm a teenager too who made a album well "mixtape" page for lil' kim's Ms. G.O.A.T. i would also like to be told what is wrong with my image's in terms that i can understand. please actually help me out this time!

		The Original Barnstar
		Because of your repeated kindness and willingness to help others when nobody else will even know about it, I sincerely thank you. You've helped me build an army of... well, I'll just leave it there. :-D east.718 at 01:16, December 16, 2007

Headline texti got blocked by this thing

apparently i was aggressive i was no where near aggressive, i dont understand now i cant even fix anything this is crazy

notifcation delivery

So it seems taht there will be a new poll/vote/discussion about Rollback (ugh!). I've scanned the various pages its ever been discussed on and compiled a list of 1119 users who've ever commented on rollback. Once the poll is up and running, I can do a semi-automated delivery using AWB to notify the 1119, but I know BCB is much, much faster than my pointer finger. Can he help out here? MBisanz ^talk 20:51, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just need a list of what/where and Ill be happy to do it. β^_command 23:19, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well I'm gonna be out of the country for part of next week and won't have much access to the internet. It looks like this whole issue is still in flux, but should we decide to take a poll, User:Mbisanz/RollbackNotify has the message and user list inbetween the nowiki tags. MBisanz ^talk 01:29, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Disputed non-free images as of 2 January 2008 1 and the like

Can you script your bot to add the text "__NOGALLERY__" [2] to non-free categories like these the next time you create them. Per WP:NFCC, this should be done when categories of non-free content exist. Thank you. — Save_Us † 11:14, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How many images left?

Hi. Do you have some estimate of how many images with missing or invalid fair use rationales there are? I'm just curious about how much work it would be to fix them. --Apoc2400 (talk) 16:57, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

At last count there were 68,000 identified images that have/had problems of those ~12,000 have been tagged. that is about the best guess I can give as for current numbers. β^_command 17:51, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Of the ~12,000 tagged on Jan 2, by Jan 12, 6,000 had been fixed or deleted with review. Assuming 1,500 new images are added and scanned per day, it seems like the community can bear a rate of 2,100 image tags per day. Is there a way to fit this model into BCB scan schedule and the deadline schedule? MBisanz ^talk 18:13, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

that is not really a good option. Ive been throttling the tags for the last 6 months. Id like to get done early with these so that the backlog has time to clear itself. β^_command 19:31, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I re-did my math over dinner and realized at 2,100 a day, we wouldn't meet the deadline. Is there someway we could have a calendar of days when "big" runs will be done? MBisanz ^talk 02:25, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion: Categorize by type

It would be great if your bot could put disputed fair use images into categories by type, such as logo, album cover, screenshot, etc. Since these are marked with templates it should be possible. --Apoc2400 (talk) 17:02, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

if you can create a list of template/new category pairs Ill try and add them into the bot. β^_command 17:52, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, here is a suggestion:

Tags	Category
{{logo}}	Category:Disputed non-free logo images
{{albumcover}}, {{book cover}}, {{DVDcover}}, {{Non-free game cover}}, {{Non-free magazine cover}}, {{comiccover}}, {{product-cover}}	Category:Disputed non-free cover images
{{game-screenshot}}, {{film-screenshot}}, {{tv-screenshot}}, {{Web-screenshot}}, {{non-free music video screenshot}}, {{non-free software screenshot}}	Category:Disputed non-free screenshots
{{promophoto}}, {{promotional}}	Category:Disputed non-free promotional images
{{art}}	Category:Disputed non-free art images

I noticed I can get a similar effect by using CatScan, but it takes a long time and only returns 1000 results. --Apoc2400 (talk) 00:04, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

commons-ok bot

Is this still running? I tagged quite a few images a while ago (and marked them with categories) but I still see many (maybe all) that haven't been moved. Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:55, 12 January 2008 (UTC) [reply]

Joeydeacon2.gif

"This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program or station ID. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that produced it. It is believed that the use of a limited number of web-resolution screenshots". It's very low resolution and I believe the above rationale applies. DavidFarmbrough (talk) 16:35, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please see WP:FURG as that is not a proper rationale. β^_command 18:00, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Update on List of fictional South Park species‎

As I said I would do, I have re-listified the above article, and commented out the images. No one attempted to reference the page when it was titled as an article, so it's apparent to me that this is, in fact, a list, and most likely the images should be removed per NFC8. Bellwether ^B _C 02:22, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just to let you know

If I made an edit to the information about a CSD'd image to help get it out of that situation, please don't reply by sending me the same template. Sometimes, the template doesn't make clear what is wrong with a certain image, only that something is causing it to continue to be a candidate for speedy deletion and being sent the same exact information does not help. Thank you --w^L^{<speak·check>} 14:07, 13 January 2008 (UTC) [reply]

User talk:Nleobold

Another editor has added the "{{prod}}" template to the article User talk:Nleobold, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the editor doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia or discuss the relevant issues at [[Talk:User talk:Nleobold|its talk page]]. If you remove the {{prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. BJBot (talk) 03:29, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]