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Picture keeps getting deleted even though attribution given

@Racconish:, what is the exact reason that https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Highway_of_Tears_Corridor.png gets deleted? It takes effort to attempt to properly attribute this that I have to redo each time without an accurate explanation. The history log at Highway of Tears says that it fails the license review, but this is in error because there are similar images in wiki commons that are allowed to stay. Here is a similar page using a photo derived using the exact same mapping site OpenStreetMap, and the attribution/license that they use is the same one that I used for the image that was deleted in error: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OpenStreetMap_homepage_2018_en.png

Can you please specifically tell me why you keep deleting this image due to licensing?

NigelFox 00:54, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

@Nfox24: the first version was described as own work ; the second had no link to the Openstreet source page and failed for this reason automatic license review ; finally, the 1st and 2nd versions were graphically different from the current 3rd version which is acceptable. I have undeleted the whole history and license reviewed the last version. I hope this helps. — Racconish ^💬 06:49, 24 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

YouTube Copyvio?

Hi Racconish, could you please have a look at this file : [1]. Thanks.--DDupard (talk) 07:37, 23 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

DDupard: license reviewed. Is that what you ask ? — Racconish ^💬 08:22, 23 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Racconish for reviewing the licence, I trust then, it's legitimate.--DDupard (talk) 08:40, 23 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Racconish, sorry to bother you again, since things are progressing on the subject, is it possible to extract a single frame of OdC (in addition) out of that upload: [2] and how to proceed if ok, also what text or burble to include. Thanks.--DDupard (talk) 10:26, 23 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Use the template extracted from on the target file and extracted image on the source file. Let me know if you need further help. — Racconish ^💬 10:53, 23 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ok Racconish, I proceeded to the upload, (without sharpening image), please double check [3] and [4]. Thanks——DDupard (talk) 16:15, 23 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done — Racconish ^💬 16:47, 23 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Montsoreau

Hello Racconish, an article that I have mainly written has been nominated for Good Article by Suavemarimagno in march 2019. Would you mind to review it? or to give an advice for having it reviewed now as I am much available to working on it? Best, --Philippe49730 (talk) 12:01, 8 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Philippe49730: apologies, I am currently on a wikibreak with limited availabilty for such a review. Best wishes nevertheless. — Racconish ^💬 12:12, 8 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Thank you very much for your answer. Have a good wikibreak. Very best, --Philippe49730 (talk) 12:15, 8 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

New Subject Entry

Hello Raccinish. Upon research, I noticed your edits for a past article on Marisol Deluna from several years ago. We studied her during a business school course and in doing so, I obtained verifiable citations for a Wiki entry from our case study assignment. I would like to share my research for an article inclusion.

Can you take a look at the first attempt in my sandbox entry? I realize the citations require formatting and clean up, but an article is taking shape and am navigating my way in learning the Wiki ways through asking for assistance. Thank you in advance. Emma EMETIB MAILLIW (talk) 18:08, 16 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi EMETIB MAILLIW, I suggest you should stick to reliable high circulation press sources, avoiding local news, corporate magazines and blogs. Good luck, — Racconish ^💬 04:54, 17 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for allowing me to lean and the luck! Suggestions taken. I am referencing a mix of citations and keeping the entry simple with the assistance of Treehouse Wiki editors. The subject has been inducted into the San Antonio Women's Hall of Fame and has an educational foundation in Texas since the last entry, so some of the press has a local slant. Getty has over 1K images! Emma EMETIB MAILLIW (talk) 05:34, 17 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Good to see you still around. Just wanted to let you know that another movie you uploaded to Wikipedia is nominated at Featured Pictures. Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Not sure if I asked you before if you ever thought about nominating some of these to FPC. GamerPro64 04:38, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks GamerPro64, I will keep it in mind. — Racconish ^💬 12:20, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Racconish, you kindly replied to my inquiry last September. I only wanted to ask if my draft page about film illustrator David Russell has been correctly submitted for a review, or if I need to do something to submit it again. I created this draft and requested a review a year ago and I am really concerned that nobody is actually looking at my draft and it will never be reviewed for posting. Please help. Thank you, MashaNjikecat (talk) 05:48, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Njikecat: draft review is a slow process and you have to be patient. In the mean time, you can improve your draft. In particular, for ref 1, give a link ; for ref 2 and 3, give a page ; use The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (2013) and Star Wars Return of the Jedi, the Illustrated Edition (1983) as references with page number instead of just citing them. You may also consider using some of these sources. — Racconish ^💬 10:25, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again, Racconish. I appreciate your suggestions.

I just received a note that the article was rejected because it doesn't have enough published secondary sources to confirm noteworthiness of David Russell. I am not clear about which sources would be considered secondary and not primary. I will add more citations of newspaper and magazine articles, interviews, articles in books about the art of storyboarding which also mention David Russell, a major TV news special about the master class presented by David Russell in Europe, and online interviews and articles about him. Would any of that be considered secondary and not primary source? I don't understand how that would not be sufficient confirmation that he is noteworthy. He is the only storyboard artist that has received this much international media coverage. Storyboarding is a highly specialised but little publicised artform, which is why the amount of publicity written about Russell is exceptional. If the media think he is worthy of this much coverage, why would Wikipedia think otherwise? So I will add sources as you suggested and resubmit the article.

With sincere thanks, NjikecatNjikecat (talk) 05:46, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Njikecat: see WP:N, WP:PSTS, and try to use the above sources. — Racconish ^💬 07:05, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Much appreciated advice, Racconish. I will let you know when I complete my edit and resubmit the page. Masha — Preceding unsigned comment added by Njikecat (talk • contribs) 04:13, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again, I followed your advice and added many new sources to the draft. I would greatly appreciate it if you would take a quick look and let me know if this resolves the issue of secondary sources, and if the formatting is okay on the sources. Many thanks again Njikecat (talk) 08:01, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I see that you added a lot of sources, but you did not use them as references to verify statements of the article. — Racconish ^💬 12:32, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Restoring old revision of File:PassionofJoanofArc.jpg

Film is now in PD in the US, so i think the original upload should be restored. --Mayimbú (talk) 08:33, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The Lost World is a

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is an American silent film directed by Stuart Paton, released on December 24, 1916. The film's storyline is based on the 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne. It also incorporates elements from Verne's 1875 novel The Mysterious Island. This was the first motion picture filmed underwater. Actual underwater cameras were not used, but a system of watertight tubes and mirrors allowed the camera to shoot reflected images of underwater scenes staged in shallow sunlit waters in the Bahamas. For the scene featuring a battle with an octopus, cinematographer John Ernest Williamson devised a vewing chamber called the "photosphere", a 6×10-foot steel globe in which a cameraman could be placed. The film was made by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company (now Universal Pictures), not then known as a major motion picture studio, and took two years to make, at the cost of $500,000.

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