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A couple issues with Image:Interstate Highways.svg

The following roads are shown but are not Interstates:

  • US 60 east from Phoenix, Arizona

The following Interstates are not shown:

That's just from a quick look; there may be others. Do you know if the USGS uses an azimuthal equidistant projection on its topographic maps (and if that projection allows for rotating one map to match up with a larger one)? If so, I should be able to help with the missing ones. --SPUI 23:30, 4 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the info! I'll see if I can find any of these in the data I used from nationalatlas.gov. Also, I can easily change the map projection if that helps. User:dbenbenn 23:43, 4 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Update: My data does have w:New York State Highway 17, which is the same as 86 east; it just isn't labelled as 86 east in the data. So that will be easy to fix. Perhaps the others will turn out to be similar. User:dbenbenn 01:55, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oh dear, here we go again...

Guess what: the Nuvola icons are now available in SVG! Compare SVG versionPNG version. They're in the GNOME Themes Extras package, available from [1]. User:dbenbenn 16:11, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know about the SVG versions of the Nuvola icon set. Well, I don't really have time to upload them again, but if anyone does, there are a few things that need doing:
  1. Remove the duplicates before the images get uploaded
  2. Remove any potentially trademarked images
  3. Go through and replace them (cf. checkusage tool, kicking around somewhere...)
Gargh. I've just been on vacation and look what happens when I get back... Alphax (talk) 12:22, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

{{Cc-by}}

Shouldn't this redirect to the most recent version, ie {{Cc-by-2.5}}? Just thought I would check if there is some special reason to RDR to {{Cc-by-1.0}}, or if it is just historical. pfctdayelise 04:50, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nope. If someone releases their work under cc-by-1.0, you can't later change that to cc-by-2.5; only they can. I think the best thing to do would be to orphan cc-by (with a bot, replacing it with cc-by-1.0), then make it into a message about how there are different versions of the license, and you have to pick one. The same goes for {{Cc-by-sa}} and {{Cc-sa}}. User:dbenbenn 21:41, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry to eavesdrop, but it seems like unless cc-by-2.5 is strictly more liberal than cc-by-1.0, that even the copyright holder cannot change the license (although they can add an additional license). Deco 07:00, 21 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that's what I meant. User:dbenbenn 18:13, 21 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bigfoto

Hi, there is no problem with the Bigfoto pictures. There is a mail at permissions (at) wikimedia.org from the Bigfoto Team (Ticket#: 2006012710006851), which says they agree to the usage by there image under the same terms as the wikipedia = GFDl. --Ixitixel 12:49, 28 January 2006 (UTC) Please restore the Template.[reply]

I've restored Category:Bigfoto. Please mention the above at Template talk:Image-Bigfoto. User:dbenbenn 17:41, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thumbnailnote on Garmo Stave Church Winter (edited).JPG

Frankly I have no idea why you tagged this image like that, and according to the tag you should notify me, which you hasn't.

The image (Image:Garmo Stave Church Winter (edited).JPG) will not be uploaded under the old name as this will destroy the possibility to use the original for further copies. I will not upload a larger image as this is not of sufficient quality to justify a larger version. The original is linked on the image page and it is available. The license is not changed and the original source is attributed.

The edited image is now in use in articles at several wikipedias so pleace do not remove it.

— John Erling Blad (jeb) 23:58, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I tagged Image:Garmo Stave Church Winter (edited).JPG with {{Thumbnail}} because it is a thumbnail of the original image.
Your statement, "as this will destroy the possibility to use the original for further copies", is wrong. Since you are not an administrator here, nothing you can do can possibly delete images. The original will always be exactly where it is, unless an administrator deletes it. Cheers, User:dbenbenn 02:30, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Nearly none of my previously uploaded images have alternate revisions, aka admins do remove revisions. I am not going to replace the original. An image with a height of 1600px can hardly be called a thumbnail, stil it is not an original it will never be of the same quality. — John Erling Blad (jeb) 13:58, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Could you provide a specific example to justify the claim "Nearly none of my previously uploaded images have alternate revisions, aka admins do remove revisions." I have checked some of your uploads, and haven't found any example where an old version has been deleted. User:dbenbenn 20:31, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

auto subst in template:Unknown

Acccording to meta:Help:Variable#Subst_2 it should. Bawolff 01:27, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I see. With your edits to Template:Unknown, {{subst:unknown}} would put the date in. But simply using {{unknown}} was broken. User:dbenbenn 02:25, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
No, It shouldn't be like that. It should work for just normal transclusions. Bawolff 02:32, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I've reverted Template:Unknown back to your version, for the sake of argument. Check out Image:Lilium michiganense 4.jpg. User:dbenbenn 02:37, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
yeah, I just did some testing on wikinews too. Sorry for the inconvideance. Bawolff 02:51, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Blue Demon mask

Hi, David:

I made those images on Macromedia Freehand, however i´m not sure if the file can be exported to SVG format. Maybe you can give me some advise about it. --LeCire 22:59, 31 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I don't know anything about that program. User:dbenbenn 00:37, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Avoid CamelCase

Hey, Dbenbenn,

When you do an "avoid CamelCase" notation on a move, could you link it to this page: meta:CamelCase. I had no idea what you were talking about :-). Cary "Bastique" Bass parler voir 14:18, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

unprotect Image:Meta-trans 135px ohne text.png

Hi Dbenbenn! How's it? Could you do me a favor and make the image Meta-trans 135px ohne text.png unprotected? It's going to be deleted (there is an SVG available), but I cannot put a delete-tag inside. Best regards, Schaengel89 11:52, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done. User:dbenbenn 15:53, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very very much! To show my thanks, take the wonderful beere shown right, Schaengel89 18:05, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mmmm, tasty. User:dbenbenn 18:08, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bot flag

Hi villy. I'm planning to upload 3140 United States county locator maps in a couple days, as User:David Benbennick. If you want, it might be a good idea to set the bot flag for that account, so the uploads don't drown Special:Newimages. Cheers, User:dbenbenn 01:28, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For that amount of pictures, you probably should open a dbenbennbot account and ask for a bot permission on meta, using the appropriate boilerplate at the top of the meta page. Thank you! villy ♦✎ 07:14, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I made a request at m:Requests for bot status#Commons:User:David Benbennick. User:dbenbenn 08:08, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete request

Hi David, Would you mind deleting Image:Sonar data graph.png, Image:Typical sonar data graph.png, and Image:Typical.png? These have all been superceded by Image:Sonar plot.png. Sorry, I had a bit of trouble getting the colours and the image names right. Drew Devereux 02:46, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I deleted Image:Typical sonar data graph.png and Image:Typical.png. Image:Sonar data graph.png is used at es:Sonar. Actually, what I think you should do is simply upload your new version, Image:Sonar plot.png, over Image:Sonar data graph.png. That way User:Snottygobble's version is still available in the history. Make sense? After all, when you want to modify an article, you don't first copy it to a different title ... User:dbenbenn 03:31, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK

Hi Equi. The Creative Commons Attribution license requires that you attribute the photographer. For example, at Image:Abbey Road sin Beatles.jpg, you didn't include the photographer's name in the page. Please go through your uploads and add that information. Also, when you upload a picture from Flickr, you need to upload the highest resolution available. For example, Image:HarryLego2.jpg is a thumbnail. Please re-upload any pictures where you didn't upload the full size version. Thanks, User:dbenbenn 07:01, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I will re upload the images... I don't know exactly when, but I'm sure I will :-)
One question: If I uploaded a photo from flickr, I would put: This photograph was taken by (name of user on Flickr)?
You told me something about the resolution, but I think the photographs aren't with a low resolution. They are in 768x1024 I think... it's a low resolution??
Thank you vey much for the advice. --Equi 05:09, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
:P:D:Sorry for my english, I'm from Argentina ;-)
Yes, the files aren't low resolution, but we want the highest resolution possible. Imagine you're printing a picture on a 600 dots-per-inch printer: 768x1024 would only be 1x2 inches! If you can't upload the large version because of bandwidth or something, you could just add {{Thumbnail}} to ask someone else to do it.
For attribution, it's probably best if you use a link for the photographer's name. For example, at Image:Desdelatorre.jpg, I put
Photo taken by Thumbling.
(You can write the attribution in Spanish, of course, instead of English!)
Also, if you want, you can use Template:Flickr. User:dbenbenn 06:14, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, you're right. I put the image Image:HarryLego2.jpg in 768 x 1024 when I could put the picture in 1536 x 2048; Sorry ^_^ ...
Should I put the template {{Thumbnail}} and then replace the image, shouldn't I?
Thanks you very much your attention. --Equi 01:04, 13 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Template:Thumbnail is a way to ask someone else to upload the full size version. If you're going to do it yourself, there's no need to use the template. You can just upload the new version with the same name. (Near the bottom of the image page is a link that says "Upload a new version of this file".) User:dbenbenn 01:10, 13 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

County locator maps

Hi Bastique. I recently uploaded locator maps for all Florida counties, in Category:Florida county locator maps. I noticed there was one SVG map already, Image:Marion County Florida.svg, which you uploaded. What do you think of Image:Map of Florida highlighting Marion County.svg in comparison? User:dbenbenn 11:04, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Marion County...looks good except for one thing. Lake Okeechobee is missing!!! Cary "Bastique" Bass parler voir 13:03, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the suggestion; I'll add it soon and re-upload. I'll color it blue, as in Image:Map of Michigan highlighting Mecosta County.svg.
I specifically didn't add in all lakes, to keep the maps simple. Are there any other important lakes you think should be on the maps? Perhaps the Great Salt Lake. User:dbenbenn 13:10, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Only because you've got all those inland waterways. However, take a look at Image:Map_of_Florida_highlighting_Tallahassee.svg. You can probably copy the lake from it too... In fact, the lake is labeled as Lake Okeechobee.... Cary "Bastique" Bass parler voir 13:32, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Map of Florida highlighting Alachua County.svg has the lake now. Any other changes to make before I upload the new versions of the other Florida county locator maps? User:dbenbenn 03:48, 13 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Looks great. Go for it! Cary "Bastique" Bass parler voir 16:41, 13 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Map of Michigan highlighting the Cabinet counties.svg

Would it be possible to darken the lines between the adjacent counties shown in red. It is very hard to see how many counties are in the red blocks. User:Rmhermen 22:29, 13 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sure! Is the new version of Image:Map of Michigan highlighting the Cabinet counties.svg what you were thinking of? (You'll probably have to use Shift+reload to see the new version.) User:dbenbenn 05:00, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

PR municipalities

It's O.K. Sanbec ✉ 12:35, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Problem with template

Hello Dbenbenn, could you have a look at Category:Coris monspeliensis? I can't find the right parameters to add the sisterwikispecies template. Thank you. Anna 20:33, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Monobook.js

I fear that your change to the MediaWiki:Monobook.js has some bug as it broke the function of the script. (It doesn't show up at me). :-( Arnomane 12:32, 16 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hm. I'm using Firefox 1.5, and it works fine for me. Are you using IE? User:dbenbenn 12:37, 16 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
No I'm using w:Konqueror. See my discussion page. Arnomane 12:52, 16 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Okay. I reverted my changes. Does the new version work for you? In a few hours I'll test the changes I was trying to make in Konqueror, and see if I can pin down what the problem was. But right now it's time for a nap. User:dbenbenn 12:58, 16 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hm strange. Still doesn't work for me after I restarted the browser, cleared the cache and so forth. So perhapes there is some caching lag of the Wikimedia servers (I had this yesterday as well with my version, Essjay needed to purge the server cache in order to make it function in short time). I'll be online again in about 3-4 hours and will join in IRC so that we can test and discuss this faster. Arnomane 13:17, 16 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Please, read my comments at the Village pump. Thanks. --Sanbec 13:00, 16 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
David,
As you must certainly know, we programmers are an arrogant category of individuals. Before you find something that doesn't work on an oversight by another programmer, you had best be absolutely certain that what you are mentioning to the world at large is, in fact, the error in question. I'm a bit older than typical, and have had amicable dealings with you at the Commons, therefore I didn't eat your head for breakfast. But watch out!  :) Cary "Bastique" Bass parler voir 14:12, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
What? User:dbenbenn 15:10, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Lev Vygotsky.gif

Hello, I have tried to fix the image Image:Lev Vygotsky.gif to have a correct copyright status so I can delete it from svwiki. Since you are the one who marked it I tought you maybe can tell me if I done it right. /Grön 19:26, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Looks fine. User:dbenbenn 10:26, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
OK, thanks /Grön 16:27, 21 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Wikibooks-logo.svg

Hi there! Could you please block this image? Regards, Schaengel89 09:55, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's better to wait. Someone might want to change that file, to make it look more like the actual logo used at wikibooks:Main Page. If the logo gets vandalised I'll be happy to protect it then. User:dbenbenn 10:31, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Orgullobot (wikinews)

Hi Orgullo. Are you aware of wikinews:Wikinews:Bots? Are you planning to make a bot to copy Commons images directly to Wikinews? (By the way, if you want Wikinews:User:Orgullobot, I'll be happy to give you that account. ;) User:dbenbenn 09:23, 21 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Yes, I am aware. I don't take sides on these types of issues. I am only writing the bot because someone asked me too, and as long as it doesn't kill anyone, I'm not worried about the political part. I couldn't care less if people store their images on commons, locally, or in their shoes. Ah, and no thanks, I'll just register a different account.--Orgullomoore 10:33, 21 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
If you change your mind, and decide you want that account, please just send me an email and I'll send you the password. User:dbenbenn 13:55, 21 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Policy proposal:No deletion of improved versions of images

Hi Dbenbenn. You may be interested in this: Commons:Village pump/Policy proposal:No deletion of improved versions of images. pfctdayelise (translate?) 00:55, 21 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

n:User:Orgullobot

You have created an impersonation account on Wikinews. This behaviour is not tolerated on Wikinews, according to our n:Wikinews:Username policy. This account has been permanently blocked, and this may affect your, or others in the IP pool your ISP uses, ability to edit on Wikinews.

You may contact me via IRC, via e-mail, or on my talk page if you are able to edit to discuss this block and this behaviour. - Amgine | talk en.WN 04:38, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I hope you understand I was acting in good faith. I saw a discussion about giving bot status to a non-existant account. I was afraid someone evil would register the name, so I registered it first, and then immediately offered it to Orgullo at User talk:Orgullomoore. Anyway, feel free to leave it blocked. I wasn't planning to use it anyway. User:dbenbenn 09:03, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
My apologies, I do not see that you were acting in good faith based on your edits with this account. - Amgine 23:14, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well, that's okay. Nobody's perfect. If you wish to discuss anything specific, please feel free. User:dbenbenn 09:56, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

a request

Hi ben! I've got a small one-minute-task for you: put in the {{ConvertToSVG|logo}}-tag in the following image description pages: Image:Wikibooks-logo-en.png, Image:Wikispecies-logo.png, Image:Wikipedia-logo.png, Image:Wikinews-logo-en.png, Image:Wikinews-logo.png and Image:Wikiquote-logo-en.png. Would be very nice! Regards, Schaengel89 12:34, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think I'll wait on that. There's been a bit of controversy lately about changing to SVG, and I want to avoid it. User:dbenbenn 13:08, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:PD-author

Sorry, but I revert your edit because it isn't necessary that tag appears on category. there is, in the category, a message that says the tag to use. Bye --RED DEVIL 666 22:59, 1 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the purpose of my edit was so that when you're at the template page, you can easily see what category the template puts images in. No big deal, though. User:dbenbenn 23:36, 1 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I know, and some times ago I made it too, but a general decision said to make not this. --RED DEVIL 666 23:39, 1 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have put a simply ":" then the tamplate are no categorized, but yo can see the category ;-),--Sanbec ✉ 08:53, 2 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

County maps and Alaska

Moin Dbenbenn, we used the county locator maps that you have uploaded, to create a new parameter-based template. Was very helpful ;-) Thanks. But I found no maps for Alaska boroughs and census areas. Are there no maps or was I searching the wrong place because of the different terms? --::Slomox:: >< 01:06, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm really glad to hear you're using the county locator maps!
The problem with Alaska is that the state is so huge, MediaWiki can't render the SVG maps! I uploaded Image:Map of Alaska highlighting the Unorganized Borough.svg, then had to upload Image:Map of Alaska highlighting the Unorganized Borough.png.
I'm still trying to think of ways to make the SVG code small enough that MediaWiki can handle it.
In the mean time, I could upload PNG maps for Alaska. Can you make your template smart enough to deal with that inconsistency? User:dbenbenn 02:51, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

TX for bugfix, & cry for Help

Hi David, nice you got things OK that quickly, this morning. It seems that my Adobe PS6 has troubles with PNG. PNGs with transparent parts become about three times bigger than GIFs (whith supposedly same amount of colours). As in German WP I am rather "mistreated" since I showed up there, I hardly get any answer on my questions, and if I do, most are just cynical (you can check e.g. de:Wikipedia Diskussion:Bildertutorial/1 and its history on this, as well as the tutorial itself, in case you are curious; I'm de:User:IP.).

What I want to ask you now: Which tool to use for PNG re-writing? In DE.WP, I just was "offered" pngout which has to be handled by command line, and I feel somewhat too tired and wiki-stressed to learn that now. So, in case you can give me a hint on DAU [sorry, don't have the English for it, it means "Most stupid Imaginable User"] - safe tool, which is freeware, too, it would be great. I for sure do not want to make you troubles with my PNGs too often! TX, WolfgangW. 10:45, 3 March 2006 (UTC) (Hmm, I probably do not explicitely have to say that my machine runs on WinXP?)[reply]

I use pngrewrite, advpng, and optipng. Sorry, they're all command line tools! If you want to give any of them a try, I recommend starting with pngrewrite. Anyway, they're all free. User:dbenbenn 12:39, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Finding same on my page, I've answered there. TX, EOD, WolfgangW. 14:47, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Policy?

  1. I thought, if I asked something here, I should expect your answer here. Having been alerted by your answer on „my“ page, I clicked the alert and re-answered. It is but now that I find time to check my "list" and see that you answer here, too. Is there, regarding answers, some different policy here than I'm used to in de:WP? and how to deal with it? - do I have to leave an additional note on the page where I do NOT re-answer? Sounds like redundancy(?).
  2. Would "EOD" seem unpolite in the way I used it above? To me, it just means that I do not have anything more to say on a given subject, therefore, to the other side, nothing to wait for, like eg. „OUT“ in radio communications. Is this automatically understood, or does it sound unpolite to you and other English speakers? TX, Best, and on THIS point I DO expect your answer, wherever ;) WolfgangW. 15:07, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I usually prefer to answer in both places. Since I answered here, anyone else who looks at this page can easily see what I've been saying lately. And since I copied my answer to your talk page, you got a "new messages" notice that I had replied.
I don't know any non-command line tools for dealing with PNG.
I don't think EOD seems impolite. But I'd bet most people won't have any idea what it means. I can guess it stands for "end of data", but only because of your explanation. User:dbenbenn 16:18, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
TX (would this be readable as "thanks"?). I thought I found "eod" for end-of-discussion, maybe end-of-data quite often on german forum pages. As, however, that does not seem to you to be THAT evident, I'll make up my mind on this. Tnanks, w. (going to have a break now) WolfgangW. 17:21, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Me again ;((

Hi David, would you please in favour of me and some nice German wikipedian care for Image:Schwingende Saiten.png, please? My yesterday's hype on PNGGaunt is gone, unfortunately, the tool (somehow mis-using pngrewrite, it seems) is not only s.l.o.o.o.w, but also tends to make the same kind of trouble against which I had had it installed: sometimes-invisible items! So, in case you find the time to correct that, the world might be happy about, as would I, btw.

I personally will do my best by having one more interview with my son, next weekend, but not before. Please, if you care about the picture and if it's not too much asked, it would be better to give the baby an English name, and at the same time leaving the „2. original“ (38k) for a possible Bug-Demo, one day. Would that be OK to you? tx, w. WolfgangW. 11:56, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The problem with that image seems to be on Wikimedia's end. I've reported it at bugzilla:2888. User:dbenbenn 15:26, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Another request

Hi!

Say, would you mind creating another hybrid flag for me? I'd require a flag with the the UK flag in the upper left corner and the English one in the lower right... I tried to make it myself, based on the other hybrid flags, but I couldn't manage. Thanks! —Nightstallion (?) 18:52, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is this roughly what you had in mind? Looks kind of odd ... (If so, I can fix that stray blue line.) User:dbenbenn 19:43, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that's basically it; fixing the line would be appreciated. Thanks a lot! —Nightstallion (?) 21:22, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Done. User:dbenbenn 02:42, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! —Nightstallion (?) 09:35, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Dbenbenn, I just find out that w:flag of the United Kingdom is "closed" to editing. I suggest to add the term "Union Jack" to the description. How do you think about? WolfgangW. 06:32, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
No it isn't. And it says "commonly known as the Union Flag or Union Jack" right at the top. User:dbenbenn 13:53, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, you meant Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg. I've unprotected it. User:dbenbenn 13:55, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Big TA, and sorry that had copied the wrong link. For as long as I'm quite uncertain on what is right or not in picture description, I will at least sleep over it before editing... Besides, it might be quite a good idea to protect files descriptions after there is not much to add...
I may proudly announce that I got the right thing for PNG-compression, for me: PNGGauntlet, which works under some MS .NETframework ;)) This is just to thank you for the links you gave, where my son found it. Good evening! WolfgangW. 16:04, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Claiming a fake ownership

Hi! Here is an user, User:Gabri-co, that is uploading image files about Spanish flags and coat of arms. He's tagging all these files claiming to be himself the owner of the work, with a combined license of use cc-by-sa and gfdl. In adding, all those images are also used on a webpage, http://www.telecable.es/personales/panizo/indices/portada.htm, where the autor of the web are claiming also the ownership of the designs about flags and COAs, and are all these copyrighted. Examples: Image:Flag of Ibi.gif with [2], or Image:Flag of Elche.gif with [3], etc... (See user's contribs). I've asked first him if he is being the same autor of this webpage. In the case he isn't the same person, how is it proceeded usually here in Commons? Obviously these files would be deleted, but what about the user?. --Joanot Martorell ✉ 19:41, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think lying about image sources is the worst sin a Commons user can commit. Anyway, there isn't any kind of formal process for dealing with problem users. I think you just discuss the issue with him. If he doesn't provide a good explanation, and he keeps uploading stolen images, then you can just block him. User:dbenbenn 16:00, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
David, I've decided finally to block him for two weeks. This user not only hasn't answered the question I've posed him, but also has blanked his talk page and he was been uploading stolen images again (Image:Flag of the province of Granada.gif). I hope I've decided it correctly because it's the first time I've have to block someone. --Joanot Martorell ✉ 18:34, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hm? You blocked the same user for a week in February ... Anyway, I think it looks fine. User:dbenbenn 19:48, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If possible, protect Image:Example.jpg

In English, I can't do better - so, if you'd like to correct any "distorted" text, it would be nice. —WolfgangW. 11:18, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't use {{Notify}}. Such images have to be deleted. User:dbenbenn 15:52, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
(from my page) I thaught I.did.stumble.over.a.talk where.YOU.seemed to declare that such would be allowed! But maybe I did not reda till the end. Never mind. I wrote yesterday "Change it into whatever, if you like, or have-to. I won't care. WolfgangW. 16:17, 7 March 2006 (UTC)". Supposing there might have been more than one reason to delete so soon, I created Image:Exemplum JPEGis.jpg today which for the moment needs no protection, as today I finally stumbled over language templates and I might like to play around with the picture whilst testing those. Best, _w., T.P.B 11:49, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Heya, I've noticed you moved the FPRC-pages to the Commons-namespace. I don't really oppose that move, but wouldn't it make sense to move Template:Featured pictures candidates as well for consistency? I created the FPRC-pages in the Template-namespace just because the FPC-pages were there, too, actually. --Conti|✉ 21:14, 9 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I think that would make sense. User:dbenbenn 21:19, 9 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Moving the hundreds of subpages won't be fun, tho. ;-) --Conti|✉ 21:34, 9 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
That's why I didn't move Template:Featured pictures candidates. User:dbenbenn 21:35, 9 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The montly FP logs only go back about one year. Check the history of Template:Featured pictures candidates, list for FPC nominations from February 2005 and earlier. Here's an example of what FP promotions used to look like. Thanks, --MarkSweep 03:49, 10 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've replied at Commons talk:Featured pictures. User:dbenbenn 04:42, 10 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please reinstate the OSCE logo - it has been uploaded with the permission of the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna. Evstafiev

What did their permission say exactly? Did they release it under a free license? User:dbenbenn 19:37, 10 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wolfgang, On editing "First Steps"

Hello, I start a dummie- or demoversion of "Beginners First Steps" on Commons:Erste Schritte which I discuss on Commons talk:First steps. Would you please have a look at it? I might need some protection for my idea, which seriously differs from acual First Steps by using several more little pages. As beeing in a flame war with (at least) one of the German admins, I'm afraid I might not be able to show my thing running before it would possibly be killed. TX, Wolfgang Annie IP 19:43, 10 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know German. User:dbenbenn 19:45, 10 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
See no problem. If you pass by Commons talk:First steps, it's English. My question is: would I get the chance to show tha this is a better way to guide a beginner? I use 4 subpages in order not to mix up information on different topics within same page, you might see the difference without knowing German, I think. In case you're interested, I'd also translate the "Erste Schritte" into English. I mean, the English version is.not.good. for a beginner, as it is at the moment, and might with not so much expense be seriously improved by splitting up - but I repeat what I wrote on the talk page. Bye, Annie IP 20:35, 10 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
@Annie IP: I have answered that specific question personally to you on my talk page in German where I also strongly advice that you do the same with the German text for the time beeing. Please read my reasons there why I won't split it up at this moment. And the First steps are still work in progress as you can easily see. I need to do some other related things first in order to finish the last chapter and in order to polish/copyedit the whole page. Arnomane 20:49, 10 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
BTW: "IP" alone is higly sufficiant, and w. does it as well. The human being behind any IP is, in this case, me, Wolfgang ;) ACK, I'll do so at once, but I really think that might be discussed on the English talk page, as I suggested above. oh, the translation for dbendbenn: User:Huitzlipochtli III./First Steps for Annie IP Annie IP 21:02, 10 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Raw translations,

as done by now (should be sufficient for evaluating):

  1. "Main" First Steps-Page: User:Huitzlipochtli III./First Steps for Annie IP
  2. Upload file (English version)

Libyan Pics

Hi Jaw. Please make sure to provide attribution when you upload photos (the name of the person who took the photo). Most Creative Commons licenses require this information. See Image:Libyan Arabs.jpg for example. User:dbenbenn 22:05, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the advice. I've done as you've said. It has taken me a long time but finally there are decent numbers of Libya images. You should take a look at the Libya article in Wikipedia. Thanks again Jaw101ie 22:26, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
That was quick! I've been checking out the world66.com site. It looks like a pretty good resource. I'm curious about Image:Germa museum .jpg, which you got from [4]. The version you uploaded here is larger, and doesn't have the watermark in the lower right corner. How did you do that? Is there some secret link I'm missing? Thanks, User:dbenbenn 22:36, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
In response to your message, I am an Architecture student and am thus competant at using Adobe Photoshop. With Photoshop I removed the red writing and made the image larger. As far as I'm aware that's o.k. right? Jaw101ie 21:21, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that's fine. User:dbenbenn 21:28, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Do not blank the stock.xchng warning template.

Regarding, [5]. This is not simply a matter of commons policy. These images are clearly questionable, and in a large number of cases our tagging is clearly incorrect. We may go ahead and discuss policy, but if you blank this template again I will have you immediately desysoped and blocked from editing. We are legally and ethically obligated to discontinue misrepresenting the copyright status of these images. --Gmaxwell 00:00, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gmaxwell would you please stop your threats towards us Commons admins? Please read at first some analysis we did in Commons on that matter. Thank you for your understanding. Arnomane 13:55, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the support, Arnomane. User:dbenbenn 20:17, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Dbenbenn, as it happened I would have supported blocking the bot. I am impressed by your cool-headed approach, as ever. :) pfctdayelise (translate?) 00:14, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Threats to block me

Hi Villy. Do you know if this edit is anything more than an empty threat? Also, perhaps you'd like to take a look at Template:Sxc-warning. Gmaxwell has apparently decided to change the Commons policy on Stock.xchng images. Thanks, User:dbenbenn 01:34, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

David, this is clear abuse. I've deleted {{Template:Sxc-warning}}. Nothing has changed since Commons:Stock.xchng images/vote and the policy is still Commons:Stock.xchng images. The threats are completely injustified and I have warned Gmaxwell that *he* will be banned from Commons next time he would feel like threatening instead of discusing. Any admin, including you, can block obnoxious people trying to harm the project. Regards. villy ♦✎ 14:14, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. User:dbenbenn 19:50, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Hullbr3ach. Some of your uploads don't have any source information. Please say who took the photographs, or they will have to be deleted. Thanks, User:dbenbenn 21:45, 9 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for indicating the missing copyright info on my uploads. Luckily I saw it on time. Maybe you could quickly check if everything is correct now. Thanks --Hullbr3ach 22:08, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
That looks fine now, thanks! User:dbenbenn 22:19, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What was wrong with my archive?

—Annie IP 22:31, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You moved your talk page into the "main namespace". You probably wanted to call it something like User:Huitzlipochtli III./whatever you want. User:dbenbenn 22:33, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry about that, which I did not realize.
Is there, btw, a kind of map wherefrom those spaces could be understood by Annie Beginner? If so, please give a link. or if it's at least some sitemap to commons comprehensive to non-informatics.
It's because I see that Arnomane (?) tries to talk about namespaces in "First steps" without being very clear/comprehensive, I'd say.
Your Q, I'm going to answer on my page, this afternoon. tx, —Annie IP 03:42, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Commons:Category scheme playing cards

Seems a shame to delete such work. Why don't we just move it to Suggested category scheme for playing cards or some such, out of the Commons namespace? pfctdayelise (translate?) 07:12, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, it's a shame. A lot of work was spent on that, but it was all wasted. Anyway, feel free to remove the {{D}} if you like. But I think it should stay in the Commons namespace if it's kept at all. User:dbenbenn 08:37, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:String Quartet No. 14, movement 1.mid

Why the .ogg version is 100 times heaviest than the .mid version?

As I understand it, MIDI isn't actually a sound format. It just stores notes, and you need big data files on your computer to play those notes correctly. The OGG version, on the other hand, actually encodes a specific sound, without any extra data.
So MIDI is a better format for people who can play it, but the OGG should be easier to play. User:dbenbenn 11:31, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Filled pentagram star

Hi David! Just read the note on your user page and wanted to tell you that it's rather simple to draw an exact filled pentagram in SVG: 

<g id="cone">
  <polyline id="triangle" points="0,0 0,1 .5,1" transform="translate(0,-1) rotate(18)"/>
  <use xlink:href="#triangle" transform="scale(-1,1)"/>
</g>
<use xlink:href="#cone" transform="rotate(72)"/>
<use xlink:href="#cone" transform="rotate(-72)"/>
<use xlink:href="#cone" transform="rotate(144)"/>
<use xlink:href="#cone" transform="rotate(-144)"/>

Well, this version has no practical meaning, the approximated version 

<polygon points="0,-1
      0.587785252292473129168705954639072768597652,0.809016994374947424102293417182819058860155
      -0.951056516295153572116439333379382143405699,-0.309016994374947424102293417182819058860155
      0.951056516295153572116439333379382143405699,-0.309016994374947424102293417182819058860155
      -0.587785252292473129168705954639072768597652,0.809016994374947424102293417182819058860155" />

is sufficient for coding. But it's rather interesting from a mathematical point of view, isn't it? -- Regards, Pumbaa80 17:09, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome! That's pretty clever. I updated the flags of the United States, Turkey, and Texas. You don't have a fancy way to stroke an exact pentagram or pentagon, do you? User:dbenbenn 18:54, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well, you could compose it from single lines (Just keep pushing and rotating...) But that would result in strange-looking peaks :-( I'm pretty sure that there's no way to do it accurately since the path and polyline elements do not feature commands like "turn by x degrees"
Again for the filled star: My version cannot be filled with opacities other than 1 - for this purpose, you must first define a clipPath, and then put something like
<circle r="2" clip-path="url(#star)" fill-opacity=".5"/>
Do you have any idea why the use element does not seem to work when defining a clipPath? I tried
<defs>
<clipPath id="star">
  [text from above]
</clipPath>
<def>
but this just won't do... --Pumbaa80 20:52, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weird
I was about to say I didn't have any trouble with it. I put your exact star in a clip path, then drew two circles clipped to the star. But when I uploaded it, I got something really bizarre. There are only 2 circles in the SVG image to the right!
Anyway, the Commons uses librsvg to render SVG, and it has plenty of bugs. Image:Petersen graph.svg used to look good, but a few weeks ago they upgraded to a new version of rsvg, and now it's broken. User:dbenbenn 00:21, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
LOL, the example on the right is really funny. I took the liberty of changing the radii to 1, so the circles fill out the mould entirely. Well, didn't really improve the picture...
And here is what it looks like in Inkscape: Image:Example_of_clipPath_with_xlink.jpg (Guess this is correct). Adobe's SVG viewer 6 doesn't display anything. On the other hand, I have images with clipPaths that Inkscape just won't show at all, even though they look good on Adobe's viewer. It seems there's not a single program that can handle clipPaths :-( --Pumbaa80 01:06, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
OK, here's the explanation: [6] If a 'use' element is a child of a 'clipPath' element, it must directly reference 'path', 'text' or basic shape elements. Indirect references are an error. --Pumbaa80 01:31, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
That's an annoying limitation. User:dbenbenn 01:33, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Just couldn't stop thinking about the whole thing. You may want to have a look at these: Image:SVG_exact_five-armed_star.svg, Image:SVG_exact_pentagram.svg, Image:SVG_exact_pentagon.svg, Image:SVG_exact_pentagon_filled.svg, Image:SVG_exact_five-armed_star_filled.svg
Neat. I bet you can't do an exact pentagon with a given edge length, though (instead of a given radius). I sure can't see how. User:dbenbenn 15:51, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
That's even easier than the ones before: Image:SVG_exact_pentagon_with_given_edge_length.svg. But I can't find a way to center it at the origin (guess that's what you wanted) --Pumbaa 18:35, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
BTW: I think the problem with the clipPaths might be that they have clockwise and counter-clockwise orientations at the same time, which results in some "evenodd clipping" --Pumbaa80 13:56, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Heraldic Shield Vairy or and gules.svg

It looks okay in the category, but I don't really like that the size was changed to do this, as this fill make it necessary to fix the size in the articles, instead of relying on the size here. If we change things later on this will cost us consistency.

Also there was a reason for the defs-section: it makes it more easy to manage the various defintions across images.

In short, this problem will have to be solved another way someday, but I guess there's nothing much we can do, except to wait for a new rsvg version. Shinobu 03:45, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Note that it's not a good idea to rely on the pixel size of an image, because it's likely to change if anyone modifies the image. It's safer if you just explicitly say what size you want whenever you use the image, with [[Image:FOO|123px]]. Also, it's important to make the image more than 300px wide in any case, so it works right with the "|thumb" syntax. Cheers, User:dbenbenn 15:01, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

French translations

Hello,

Following the talk at the Village Pump, I give you some French translations :

To protect the wiki against automated account creation, we kindly ask you to solve the following task below and enter the answer in the box (more info):

Pour protéger le site des bombardements publicitaires automatiques, il vous est demandé, pour pouvoir vous inscrire, de recopier les mots qui apparaissent sur l'image :
(De quoi s'agit-il ?)

Vous avez déjà un compte ? $1.

Teofilo 18:17, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I changed MediaWiki:Captcha-createaccount/fr slightly from your version. Anyway, how about a translation of MediaWiki:Gotaccountlink? User:dbenbenn 18:23, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Also, now there's a language bar in Special:Userlogin. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to put it right at the top. Anyway, MediaWiki:Nologin also needs a translation. User:dbenbenn 18:36, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

German translations

The whole translation thing is a great idea! Here's my contribution:

Internetseiten wie dieses Wiki, die von jedermann bearbeitet werden können, werden häufig durch sogenannte "Bots" missbraucht. Es handelt sich hierbei um Computerprogramme, die Einträge automatisch erstellen; meist zu Werbezwecken oder aus sonstigen unerwünschten Gründen.

Als Schutzmaßnahme vor solchen Bots werden Sie in gewissen Fällen -- insbesondere wenn Sie auf einer Seite externe Links anbringen -- aufgefordert, eine verzerrt dargestellte Buchstabenkombination einzugeben. Dies stellt für Bots eine nahezu unüberwindbare Hürde dar, wohingegen die meisten Menschen diese Aufgabe meistern.

Leider stellt dieser Test auch Sehbehinderte sowie Benutzer von text- oder sprachbasierten Browsern vor große Schwierigkeiten. Eine alternative Methode mit Audio-Sprachausgabe ist zur Zeit nicht verfügbar. Bitte kontaktieren Sie einen Seiten-Administrator, wenn dieser Kontrollmechanismus Sie am Verfassen seriöser Einträge hindert.

Klicken Sie auf den 'Zurück'- Button Ihres Browsers, um wieder zur Anmeldeseite bzw. zur Bearbeitungsseite zu gelangen.


Bei der Erstellung eines Benutzerkontos geben Sie bitte die auf dem Bild dargestellte Buchstabenkombination ein: (Warum?)


Haben Sie bereits ein Benutzerkonto? $1


Hier geht's zum Login


Noch kein Benutzerkonto? $1


  • Createaccountlink?? Should be translated, too:

Konto anlegen


BTW: If you go to Special:Userlogin while some other person is logged in, the page will be shown in the other person's language (chosen in 'preferences'). Thus, the language bar does not appear until the other person logs out. Guess this is not a big problem, though ;-) --Pumbaa 08:49, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! User:dbenbenn 16:31, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

CheckUser

Commons could use some users with CheckUser access. I applied, but each wiki needs at least two, according to the CheckUser policy, so that they can keep each other in check. Maybe you could apply as well? Ausir 17:59, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. User:dbenbenn 19:04, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Attribution

If a file is Attribution 2.0 but not Share Alike, am I allowed to alter it and upload the new altered version onto Wikimedia? Jaw101ie 20:53, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, and you can for ShareAlike files too. You just have to give the name of the original author.
It's nice if you upload the original first, so that people can see what changes you did. But it's not required. User:dbenbenn 21:16, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Also, when you copy images from Flickr, please upload the largest version that's available. I just fixed Image:Tanzanian Animals.jpg and Image:Modern Manama.jpg. User:dbenbenn 21:21, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is this o.k. Image:Modern Tripoli.jpg ? Jaw101ie 21:25, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I just uploaded the original version, with the same name, then reverted to your version. Check out the "File history" section at the bottom. Now anyone can see how you changed the photo (even if it disappears from Flickr) and even improve on your work. User:dbenbenn 21:29, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder if you would be kind enough to look at User_talk:Huebi#Decategorizing_gallery_pages and give us some guidance, please? --Wsiegmund 00:30, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Replied there. User:dbenbenn 02:48, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your comments. I'm afraid that I inadvertently upset Huebi by asking where this was discussed. Wsiegmund 03:03, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I don't think you said anything upsetting. Huebi is just overreacting. User:dbenbenn 04:42, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

French translations

Here you are :

Teofilo 07:22, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done Sanbec ✉ 09:34, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Japanese translations

For the other two, MediaWiki:Captchahelp-text/ja and MediaWiki:Captcha-createaccount/ja, I've left a message on the Japanese Village Pump, asking for a volunteer to provide translations. Teofilo 08:14, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Spanish translations

For the other two, MediaWiki:Captchahelp-text/es and MediaWiki:Captcha-createaccount/es, I've left a message on the Spanish Village Pump, asking for a volunteer to provide translations. Teofilo 08:24, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done ;-) Sanbec ✉ 09:21, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Chinese translations

For the other two, MediaWiki:Captchahelp-text/zh and MediaWiki:Captcha-createaccount/zh, I've left a message on the Chinese Wikipedia's Village Pump, asking for a volunteer to provide translations. Teofilo 11:38, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hungarian translations

Updated captcha-createaccount; added loginprompt; added comment about the Hungarian translations. —UED77 02:41, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hello David. Again, if any more translations are needed, ask me. And note my comment on Teofilo's talk page. I might start a new page at User:UED77/Translations to keep all of them in one place. —UED77 02:57, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

About Chinese translation on "MediaWiki:Captchahelp-text"

The following is in Traditional Chinese

不少容許公眾張貼文章的網站，包括這個維基網站，均有機會被個別人士，張貼垃圾信息或連結。雖然可以把此等信息刪除，但仍會在網站運作上構成困擾。

為減低這個問題，使用者在本維基網站的分頁加入連結或圖像時，本網有時向用者顯示一個加入顏色及經扭曲形狀的字詞，用者需輸入圖中的字詞方能繼續，這是因為機器是很難辦認經特別處理的字詞，也就能減少以機器來進行的破壞攻擊。

不過，此舉會為視障人士及使用發音瀏覽器的用者帶來不便，現時尚未完成發聲裝置的開發，因此如果有需要的使用者欲在本站張貼正當內容，當遇上這類信息時，請向管理員尋求協助。

按動瀏覽器的「上一頁」按鈕，即可回到文章編輯頁。

And the following is in Simplified Chinese

不少容许公众张贴文章的网站，包括这个维基网站，均有机会被个别人士，张贴垃圾信息或连结。虽然可以把此等信息删除，但仍会在网站运作上构成困扰。

为减低这个问题，使用者在本维基网站的分页加入连结或图像时，本网有时向用者显示一个加入颜色及经扭曲形状的字词，用者需输入图中的字词方能继续，这是因为机器是很难办认经特别处理的字词，也就能减少以机器来进行的破坏攻击。

不过，此举会为视障人士及使用发音浏览器的用者带来不便，现时尚未完成发声装置的开发，因此如果有需要的使用者欲在本站张贴正当内容，当遇上这类信息时，请向管理员寻求协助。

按动浏览器的“上一页”按钮，即可回到文章编辑页。


a more fluent translation for zh-simplified

许多容许公众自由张贴文章的网站，包括维基媒体基金会的网站，均有可能被个别人士利用软件或程序张贴垃圾信息或链接。虽然管理员可以把此类信息删除，但这类骚扰仍会给网站运行带来困扰。
为尽量避免这个问题，新用户试图在维基媒体基金会的网站分页中加入链接或图像时，本网有时会向使用者显示一个加入颜色及经扭曲形状的字母组合，用户需在提示框中输入图中显示的字母方能继续操作。这是因为软件程序很难识别经过特别处理的字母，这样就能减少用软件或程序进行的破坏攻击。
不过，此举会为视觉障碍人士及使用发音浏览器的用户带来不便。维基媒体基金会目前尚未完成发音装置的开发工作，因此如果有需要的使用者欲在本站张贴正当内容，当遇上这类信息时，请向管理员寻求帮助。
按动浏览器的“上一页”按钮，即可回到文章编辑页。

regards -- Kallgan 13:03, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

About Chinese translation on "MediaWiki:Captcha-createaccount"

Simplified:

为防止自动化垃圾信息，您需输入以下图像中出现的字词，方能创建新帐户。 (这是什麽?)

And Traditional:

為防止自動化垃圾信息，您需輸入以下圖像中出現的字詞，方能創建新帳戶。 (這是什麼?)

Traditional versus Simplified Chinese

Hello Dbenbenn,

Thanks for adding Hungarian and Chinese.

The texts you've added in the [[Mediawiki:.../zh]] files are written in traditional Chinese characters, therefore the title should be 正體中文 "traditional Chinese" not 简体中文 "simplified Chinese". Considering that A separate Traditional Wikipedia was closed down a year ago, and now the Chinese Wikipedia uses a conversion system. However, the majority of content is written originally in Simplified, with perhaps 10% in Traditional, probably half of which is pages relating to Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and overseas Chinese interests. (written last year on zh:Wikipedia_talk:Guestbook_for_non-Chinese-speakers), shouldn't we provide simplified Chinese, instead of traditional, if we have to make a crucial choice ? Is there no way to provide both with [[Mediawiki:.../zh-hans]] and [[Mediawiki:.../zh-hant]] files ? Teofilo 06:48, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In fact there are five languages preferences here on Commons :

  • zh : Chinese (general)
  • zh-cn : Chinese (Mainland China)
  • zh-hk : Chinese (Hong Kong)
  • zh-hg : Chinese (Singapore)
  • zh-tw : Chinese (Taiwan)

The use of Simplified or Traditional characters in these countries is as follows :

  • zh : Chinese (general) ----------- Simplified (I have checked on other messages on Special:Allmessage)
  • zh-cn : Chinese (Mainland China)-- Simplified
  • zh-hk : Chinese (Hong Kong) ------ Traditional
  • zh-hg : Chinese (Singapore) ------ Simplified
  • zh-tw : Chinese (Taiwan) --------- Traditional

Teofilo 07:25, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I think I have it straightened out now. I moved the Traditional Chinese to zh-hk, and put the Simplified in zh. User:dbenbenn 09:29, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki:Loginprompt in Chinese

要登录到维基共享资源，您必须启用cookie功能。

This is Simplified Chinese and should therefore be added into :

要登錄到維基共享資源，您必須啟用cookie功能。

This is Traditional Chinese and should therefore be added into :

Teofilo 07:30, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done. User:dbenbenn 09:16, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Monobook.js in French

Hello,

Please, could you update MediaWiki:Monobook.js/fr with the translation I provided on MediaWiki talk:Monobook.js/fr ? Teofilo 08:51, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done. You'll have to hit Ctrl-F5 to see the changes. User:dbenbenn 09:12, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It works fine. Thanks. Teofilo 15:21, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment on image

Hi. Could you comment on the deletion request of the image:Simply Red.gif? It is listed under deletion request for March 25. I saw from English Wikipedia that you had commented on its deletion request on English Wikipedia. / Fred Chess 21:52, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I commented, though I didn't have much useful to say. User:dbenbenn 22:10, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. / Fred Chess 22:18, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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