User talk:OldakQuill
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Pronunciation
[edit]- The files are supposed to be recorded by native speakers, so I cannot do it all by myself.
- Help: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sound & http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Multimedia/Help:Listening_to_sounds
--tsca 19:32, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Video clips
[edit]FYI, i added a question/discussion about videos to the commons. -- Chris 73 00:36, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Sisterprojects
[edit]Hello, could you just explain to me why you´ve removed the link to Wikispecies in the template the [1]? Thanx and greetings from :Bdk: 12:50, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- I removed Wikispecies from Sister Projects as it is not a sister project - it is a sub-project of Wikipedia. --[[User:OldakQuill|Oldak Quill]] 20:00, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Hm, that´s new to me. That page does not provide the required information for me. Could you please give me a link to the information about the mentioned status? Thanx a lot :-) --:Bdk: 03:02, 7 Dez 2004 (UTC)
- Wikispecies is a inter-language listing of taxonomy, it has no content apart from taxonomy - and never will. It serves Wikipedia and makes browsing between languages easier. --Oldak Quill 18:32, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Hello again. This was not the question, i knew that before. And i want to point out that i´m not active in content on wikispecies. So where can i find information about the different status you see between sister an sub projects? Commons also just serve other projects ... --:Bdk: 05:29, 8 Dez 2004 (UTC)
- Wikispecies is a inter-language listing of taxonomy, it has no content apart from taxonomy - and never will. It serves Wikipedia and makes browsing between languages easier. --Oldak Quill 18:32, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Hm, that´s new to me. That page does not provide the required information for me. Could you please give me a link to the information about the mentioned status? Thanx a lot :-) --:Bdk: 03:02, 7 Dez 2004 (UTC)
about Coffee_bean.png
[edit]Hi. I'm author of the current version of ja:画像:Coffee_bean.png, you have requested for translation. I received your irc message, and now notice you that I uploaded English version image:Coffee_Bean_Structure.png. I thank ja:user:Miya and user:Tomos for the information and the useful advice, respectively. Thank you for request.--Y tambe 03:14, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Why PNG?
[edit]Hi Oldak. Did you convert Image:Drinking coffee with beans.png from JPG to PNG? Why? The PNG version is ten times bigger. I was considering replacing uses of en:Image:Coffee cup.JPG with this Commons version when I noticed that. Dbenbenn 00:57, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- PNG is patent free, JPG has the potential for legal issues. I want Commons to be absolutely free where possible. --Oldak Quill 20:41, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Re: Death erection deletion request
[edit]I replied to your objection on the deletion requests page. --Conti|✉ 23:34, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Pronunciation of Old English words
[edit]I replied to your post on ang:Talk:Héafodsíde, but to save you going over there, here's what I said:
- A great idea. I've created a page on the Old English Wictionary at Ábiddan rihtstefne. I'm not sure how much we'll be able to keep up with demand, but it's worth a try. My spoken OE is not great, but I can probably get a pronunciation of a short phrase right with enough tries. :) --Saforrest 04:21, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Boltraffio
[edit]You created Category:Antonio Giovanni Boltraffio a few weeks ago. I am fairly certain his name was "Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio", though. I think we should fix that. Any objections? Rl 20:44, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thanks
[edit]Thank you for all music files! I linked them on the various composers articles on NL wikipedia. This one, however, doesn't seem to work: . At least, not at my browser. Maybe due to the ae. Keep up the good work, Elly 23:13, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Commons-l subscription
[edit]Hello OldakQuill,
as per Commons talk:Administrators, I am asking all admins to subscribe to commons-l, a mailing list for Wikimedia Commons policy and project discussion. Since many admins are only on Commons infrequently, this is a good way to alert people about important happenings. The mailing list is nominally multilingual, but predominantly English.
If you are already subscribed to commons-l, I apologize for bothering you, and you are free to ignore this message. If you don't want to use your regular e-mail account, feel free to leave me a message, and I can send you a GMail invite. Traffic on the mailing list is relatively low, and we do not expect admins to read all messages to the list, but it would be nice if you could check on it at least every few weeks. Thanks for your time,--Eloquence 23:13, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks. By coincidence, I signed up today independently. --Oldak [[User_talk:OldakQuill|Quill]] 18:03, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
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Image Tagging Image:Chiesa di San Giorgio - detail of Sebastian.jpg
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Image Tagging Image:Pinacoteca Nazionale fresco of Saint Sebastian.jpg
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San Sebastiano
[edit]In a picture there are two things to be considered: whether the work of art is in the PD, and whether the picture in itself is in the PD. I asked you about the second point, you answer me referring to the second one. Yes I know the paintings are in the PD, the point is whether the pictures are. If you took the pictures yourself, and you donated the images to Commons, then there would be no problems. Otherwise, we need to know who and when took the picture.
It is simply false that "two dimensional images..." and so on, are on the PD in itself. This is a court ruling that is valid in the Usa, but the Usa are not the world. In Italy, if a pcture has some "artistic merit", it is copyrightable. And since Commons is not a Usa-only thing, we must comply with the international legislation, not with the Usa one.
If you prefere, you can uplod those pictures on en.Wiki instead. Wo do so in Italy with pictures that are in the PD for the Italian law, but not for the international law.
Just to give an idea, look at how many pix were deleted in this gallery: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Transwiki:Gallery_of_illuminated_manuscript_images ; they were all 2D reproductions and so on, but... But whose source was unknown...
I suggest that you discuss the matter further in the Village pump page. I am not an adm. I am just a contributor who is checking the images related to Italy and their copyright situation. Best wishes. --G.dallorto 16:48, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
- G.dallorto is correct here. For an image to be acceptable on Commons it must infringe no copyright. For this type of image there may in principle be two copyrights: the first being that of the artist (which has obviously expired long ago), and the second being that of the photographer. Now, it's true that in the USA, a mere record-photograph of a 2D work of art can't in itself attract photographic copyright. But that's not the case elsewhere, and it particular I believe it is not the case in Italy (it's certainly not the case in the UK). Even though the servers are indeed in the US, the rule here is that an image must be copyright free both in the US and in the country where the photograph was taken. So unless you are able to get an appropriate licence from the photographer, these images will I fear need to be deleted. --MichaelMaggs 21:00, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
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double categories
[edit]Hi OldakQuill, thanks for adding Category:Ship components. It seems that this category is synonymous to Category:Ship parts, so I've proposed to delete it. If you wish to comment, please contact me or write a comment in the discussion. Thanks, Ibn Battuta 18:06, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks! (And: That was quick!) --Ibn Battuta 08:46, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
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File:H1N1 map.svg
[edit]The CSS definitions are not much easier to maintain, this is only your point of view. The image editor is better to provide a visual standardization to the maps. The image can be changed easily by everyone. The image editors are much more popular than the text editors. Reegards; João Felipe C.S (talk) 16:16, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
Image: Views of a Foetus in the Womb.jpg
[edit]Hello OldakQuill, I hope I can contact you here. A question because I am not well versed with licensing. Am I allowed to use this Image Views of a Foetus in the Womb.jpg on the cover of a printed (with ISBN) book? Do I have to buy a license? If I am allowed, how can I reference to the source correctly? Thanks in advance and best regards, Tobermann (talk) 10:01, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Tip: Categorizing images
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Blacklake (talk) 19:17, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Unfortunately, this has several problems, including a false junction which obscures the interlacing pattern just left of center, towards the top... AnonMoos (talk) 18:08, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
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Jcb (talk) 21:31, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
Outline drawing
[edit]Dear OldakQuill,
I have found your drawing
![](http://178.128.105.246/cars-https-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Line-drawing_of_a_human_man.svg/96px-Line-drawing_of_a_human_man.svg.png)
. For an article in Polish Wikipedia I would need the same drawing fitting to the human body on the picture but from BEHIND. Would you help me.
Regards Draco flavus (talk) 10:46, 6 March 2019 (UTC)