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About image deletion

Sir or madam, I notice that you have deleted the following images which were uploaded by me, even after I had added {{Non-free media rationale}}, would you please tell me what I had done wrong? Thank you!

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Can you please, please... xinfinity remove the tags next time. Usually I make about 5 mistakes like this per about 200 images when I have to use more drastic measures in a HUGE backlog. 36 mistakes.I needed the help of two other sysops. :-S Maxim 20:31, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So next time, after I add {{Non-free media rationale}}, I can remove the tag automatically? If so, I'll do. ^{Talk to ►} Kevin 23:34, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, by the way, thank you so much for reverting them!! ^{Talk to ►} Kevin 23:46, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, please remove the tag. It will save me, you, and in this case Henrik and CBM many headaches. Maxim 02:19, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, once again, please check this image for me, thank you... ^{Talk to ►} Kevin 00:25, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much!!! ^{Talk to ►} Kevin 04:34, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unresolved Resolved Delted Image Conflict

Why did you ~~delete~~ move to the archives the thread regarding the reinstatement of the Image:Co logo express black 3p.gif? I was willing to add the phrase "in Continental Connection" to the already provided fair use rationale if you reinstated the image. Can you please cooperate with me on this so we can all make Wikipedia better and more informative?

For further reference, the original thread can be found here on your archive page [31] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rover007TN (talk • contribs) 23:23, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I completely forgot to reply. I've restored the image so you can fix up the rationale. Sorry for the delay. :-( Maxim 02:17, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I've fixed it. And sorry if I came across poorly, that was never my intention. :) Rover007TN 00:09, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thankspam

Thank you...

Deletion of Image:NZ fern.jpg

Hello there, I'm sure I must have received a warning about this having been tagged for deletion, but I must have missed it or I'd have improved the fair use rationale. Would it be possible to reinstate the page and I will beef up the rationale as soon as the page is up? I must admit I'm loth to post images because I almost always seem to fall foul of the rules: they seem so much more opaque and poorly explained compared to those concerning the text of articles! If this is not possible I'll re-upload the image and try to do better with the rationale. But it was rather nicely illustrating an article I'd started (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry) and I'd be sorry to lose it. Thanks. Kim Dent-Brown ^{(Talk to me)} 22:33, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've restored for a few days so you can put a rationale. Thanks for asking! Maxim 02:10, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a million. Will look at it later tonight and let you know when I have done so. I'm still not rock-solid sure of what is needed on image pages so may need some advice!! Kim Dent-Brown ^{(Talk to me)} 16:39, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK: I've added the fair use template and removed the deletion tag - hope that's OK. If it needs any more work can you let me know? Many thanks - Kim Dent-Brown ^{(Talk to me)} 16:52, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Busybest (talk · contribs)

Question: Why does Busybest (talk · contribs)'s block not appear here but does here? - CobaltBlueTony™ _talk 12:19, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for intruding here, but I can answer this. The first link is the new user creation log (Special:Log/newusers). The latter link is a link to this users block log. If a user is blocked, it only appears in the block log - not the newuser creation log. Qst 16:51, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

CSD I8

Hi Maxim, I think Image:Cetacea range map La Plata River Dolphin.PNG Did not qualify for speedy with CSD I8. The commons version does not specify source and authors and is therefor a copyvio. Regards, Codeispoetry 15:23, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's obvious the author made it and uploaded it. ;-) And the Commons version's no different from the one here. Certainly not a copyvio, but if you feel so compelled, feel free to tag it on Commons. Maxim 21:29, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

.It wasn't the author who uploaded it: The uploader was commons:User:E., the file was created by User:Pcb21, 2004 and User:Vardion 2003. Codeispoetry 07:53, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Featured List of the Day Experiment

I am contacting individuals in the order of the number of featured lists that they had created by Novemeber 10, 2007. You have created several. So you are among the first. There have been a series of proposals to initiate a Featured List of the Day on the main page. Numerous proposals have been put forth. After the third one failed, I audited all WP:FL's in order to begin an experiment in my own user space that will hopefully get it going. Today, it commences at WP:LOTD. Afterwards I created my experimental page, a new proposal was set forth to do a featured list that is strikingly similar to my own which is to do a user page experimental featured list, but no format has been confirmed and mechanism set in place. I continue to be willing to do the experiment myself and with this posting it commences. Please submit any list that you would like to have considered for list of the day in the month of January 2008 by the end of this month to WP:LOTD and its subpages. You may submit multiple lists for consideration.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:LOTD) 17:09, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of Image:OKC flag.png

Can you undelete Image:OKC flag.png and inform me once you've done that? I'll add the fair use rational that was missing when you deleted it. Thanks! --Bobblehead ^(rants) 19:55, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Maxim 21:27, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted image to be restored.

22:19, 14 November 2007 Maxim (Talk | contribs) deleted "Image:Murakami(Army of Mushrooms).jpg" ‎ (Deleted because "CSD I7 - Invalid fair use rationale". using TW)

Image:Murakami(Army of Mushrooms).jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by Knulclunk (talk • contribs) 03:27, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I see that you were the deleting editor for this images. I am a watcher for this article and just noticed the image's removal. Could you please restore it, and I will provide the appropriate {{Non-free 2D art}} tags and rationale? As you realize, there is no way to notice a deletion request if the image itself is not being watched. This was an image that satisfied all 2d art rationales, the original uploader simply must have be absent. Thanks! --Knulclunk 01:57, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. Sorry for my tardiness. :-( Maxim 22:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! --Knulclunk (talk) 23:01, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of Image:Lotus logo.png

Hi Maxim. You recently deleted Image:Lotus logo.png because "CSD I8 - Image has the same name on Wikimedia Commons". Which it does. Unfortunately, though, the image on Wikimedia Commons was deleted on the 10th of November. Can you please resolve? Thanks. DH85868993 02:36, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Further to this Maxim, I notice from the above comments that you are not exactly fastidious in ensuring that you are deleting images for a valid reason, or than proper attempts have been made to resolve issues if they remain outstanding. Please make absolutely sure that your actions are correct. The Lotus logo could not possibly be a valid Commons image, as it is subject to copyright and was being used here under Fair Use. As an administrator you have a responsibility to make absolutely certain that you are in the right before you start on a path that will cost other editors time and hassle to rectify. If you continue to perform inadequately your sysop status is highly likely to be challenged. Probably by me. Pyrop e 14:11, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Have you noticed that Maxim deletes staggering amounts of bad images? If you have, you'll have seen that he has deleted over 5000 images in the last two days alone. It is unreasonable to expect that no mistakes are ever made and his error rate is exemplary, less than 1%. And he gracefully handles those mistakes that happen. Please don't jump to conclusions. henrik•talk 20:29, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I restored the image in question. Thanks, Henrik, for the note. I think it really sums up my reply to Pyrope's comment.

Thanks for restoring the image. I've restored it to all the articles that ImageRemovalBot removed it from in the interim. DH85868993 (talk) 05:25, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:KIFR-FM.png

This 7 day fair use rationale deletion deadline is extremely maddening. Could you please restore Image:KIFR-FM.png and add the following:

Fair use rationale for use in the article KFRC-FM:

It contributes significantly to the article, by providing historical information about the station's branding in a way that text cannot;
It was widely distributed without charge for the purposes of promotion and advertising;
No free alternative can be made of this copyrighted logo image which would adequately give the same information;
It is low resolution and does not supplant any market role of the image; and
It is only used for informational and educational purposes.

Thank you. DHowell 02:37, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please also restore Image:KBUE-FM.png, with the following rationale:

Fair use rationale for use in the article KBUE:

It contributes significantly to the article by identifying the subject;
It provides information about the station's branding in a way that text cannot;
It was widely distributed without charge for the purposes of promotion and advertising;
No free alternative can be made of this copyrighted logo image which would adequately give the same information;
It is low resolution and does not supplant any market role of the image; and
It is only used for informational and educational purposes.

Thank you. DHowell (talk) 06:05, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thanks for so politely asking me to fix it. :-) Maxim 22:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reopen Open Hearts (2007 film)

I would consider reopen the deleted article about the movie remake "Open Hears" of the Open Hearts (2002 film) by Zach Braff. The imdb comment states "Zach Braff has put the project on hold", still, it is sheduled to release in 2008 (next year) and the imdb note states "Because this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change; some data could be removed completely."
So the definition of the movie meets the requirement of being in production, the original reason for deletion of the article. The movie (and its wikipedia internal link) is mentioned in several other articles as Open Hearts (2002 film) and Zach Braff. The imdb Profile of the movie can be seen here. I do not know which information was given in the article, but it can surely be expanded to at least an film stub now. Since the movy will be released next year, there isn't much time left to enter the movie into the wikipedia. Greetings, ColdCase 03:21, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Per policy, I've restored it. In the future, if a sysop deletes a page citing an expired PROD, just ask them to restore it. Cheers! Maxim 22:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Image:HamiltonPoliceOntarioLogo.png"

Hi, I noted that you had deleted an image I had uploaded. I reviewed the policy you cited in the deletion log, but I'm unclear as to specifically what part of it you feel applies in this case. -- Alan.ca (talk) 17:28, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I reviewed the following guideline Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria as it appears to be the relevant policy to the CSD you had referenced. -- Alan.ca (talk) 17:31, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've restored it so you can add the rationale. I'll give about 48 hours to do so, after which I'll redelete it. Maxim 22:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Malone College Athletic Logo

I believe you were incorrect to delete the logo Image:MaloneCollegeLogo.jpg as it most certainly meets fair use rational for Wikipedia, and the fair use rationale was clearly spelled out. Other examples of fair use logos are:

Image:FloridaAtlanticOwls.png
Image:NotreDameFightingIrish.png
Image:University-of-Nebraska-Lincoln-logo.png
Image:UCLA Bruins Logo.png
Image:BostonCollegeEagles.png
Image:MichiganWolverines.png

When I uploaded the logo, I used the fair use rational from a collection of colleges just like these as an example. Since the other college logos obviously meet the standards, Malone College Athletics should as well.---- Paul McDonald (talk) 22:36, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, if you fix the image, you should remove the tag, as I sometimes miss them and delete inadvertantly. Just as an aside, you need to add an article name to Image:FloridaAtlanticOwls.png and using it in 8 or 9 pages is abuse. Maxim 22:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I got a better idea--how about you check first before you delete anything. You could have easily reviewed the history before deleting the file. It's obvious from reviewing this page that you are pretty darned trigger-happy at deleting things. Many of them do need to be clarified and many of them should be deleted, yes. But please--think first.

Or here's an even better idea: you could also easily have left instructions to remove the tag that you put on once it is fixed. You put something on a page, then you want me to remove it so you don't delete the page? Surely this is not a good idea.

As it was, I left notification that I had made changes to the fair use rationale and was under the assumption that you would have reviewed the discussion page notes.

I don't know anything about the Florida Atlantic logo--I was just using it as an example. As you can tell by reviewing the history of the page, I've never made any changes to it.--Paul McDonald (talk) 23:50, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ryoung122

Hi Maxim. As the blocking admin, do you think you would have time to comment at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Ryoung122? Thanks. Carcharoth (talk) 00:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll try to comment, but I'll add a short comment here; Robert has used sockpuppets and I've blocked one of his IP ranges for a few months via simple observation and Checkuser confirmation. So I'm not too eager. Maxim 22:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

Did you know? was updated. On 17 November, 2007, a fact from the article 2007 Siberian orange snow, which you recently nominated, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Zzyzx11 (Talk) 03:54, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hooray!!!

Deletion of Image:AsuradaAFK0 Saga.JPG

I noticed that you recently deleted the image Image:AsuradaAFK0 Saga.JPG. I was the original uploader for the image and added Fair-use rationale to the talk page. I didn't realize until perrusing your talk page that I was supposed to delete the template for deletion as well. I hope that you will be able to restore the image please and let me know if there are any additional tags I need to add. --TnoWatanabe (talk) 18:51, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the mistake, I've restored it. Maxim 22:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot. And keep up the good work! --TnoWatanabe (talk) 00:26, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use image

I saw that you closed a speedy deletion nomination at Image:Rafttruck2.jpg, claiming that it was nonreplaceable. I'm not sure that was appropriate, though, given that it was just a picture of a truck. It's clearly possible to take a free image of truck, and the uploader himself has said: "will replace when I have access to this vehicle." I've subsequently listed the image at images for deletion. He mentioned your name in a thread on my talk page, so I thought I'd notify you about my new nomination. -- RG² 21:39, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have access to large vehicles as I live and work in a national park. It was decided to keep this image until I can get one of my own. I would like it left there until I am able to. I don't exactly have the time (or money at todays gas prices) to go out driving around taking pictures.--Lpimlott (talk) 22:22, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The reasoning was fairly convincing, but the article has too many fair use images. One's sufficient in the lead, fair-use galleries are frowned upon. Maxim 22:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't read anything about galleries with fair-use images being frowned upon. The images illustrate different

variations of the particular model. Is there another way of incorporating these images until I'm able to get my own?? I would appreciate some help instead of just deleting these. Thanks--Lpimlott (talk) 22:55, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Lpimlott -- please try to communicate and be helpful instead of just being "delete-happy" --Paul McDonald (talk) 23:52, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

img.AlexFinlayson.jpg

Dear Maxim, The glory of Wikiland is its army of anonymous objectivity. The scourge of it is its verbosity. Please please please give me a 1,2,3,4 on how to correctly upload and certify this photo-- instead of the mumbo jumbo of endless wikispeak. When I am instructed civilly, I cooperate. When I am given infinite lists of regulations and links (poorly written and disorganized) I slink away. My past editors have taught me much, but even the last two have said that photos are a no man's land even they do not understand. Enlighten me. Vidamasvida (talk) 00:49, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please warn us if you are intending to delete images

Hi Maxim, you deleted the following images without giving fair warning on the article talk page, so we never had any opportunity to provide the missing fair use rationale.

Could you please restore those images so that we can add a fair use rationale. In the future, could you please put a warning on the article talk page where the image is used, if an image will be deleted in a few days due to some problem. Thanks. Martintg (talk) 19:20, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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 I noticed that you recently deleted the image Image:AsuradaAFK0 Saga.JPG. I was the original uploader for the image and added Fair-use rationale to the talk page. I didn't realize until perrusing your talk page that I was supposed to delete the template for deletion as well. I hope that you will be able to restore the image please and let me know if there are any additional tags I need to add. --[[User:TnoWatanabe|TnoWatanabe]] ([[User talk:TnoWatanabe|talk]]) 18:51, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
 :Sorry for the mistake, I've restored it. '''<font face="Arial">[[User talk:Maxim|<font color="#FF7133">Maxim</font>]]</font>''' 22:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
+::Thanks a lot. And keep up the good work! --[[User:TnoWatanabe|TnoWatanabe]] ([[User talk:TnoWatanabe|talk]]) 00:26, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 == Replaceable fair use image ==