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Advice

Hi Cloudbound. Just in case you are considering running for adminship again, you probably ought to opt in for to display your edit overview so that people can assess your edits. You might also like to read the new advice page at WP:Advice for RfA candidates. Happy editing! --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:40, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

RfA

Hi Cloudbound, I'd be happy to - but it might take me a little while as I'm a little snowed under. I'll get back to you as soon as I can. WormTT · (talk) 13:01, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Manly Colours

Hi Cloudbound, can you explain whats happened with File:Manly colours.svg? I'm a little confused trying to track it back. Thanks! Mattlore (talk) 20:24, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

File renaming

When moving files, don't forget to clean-up, revise the links as well :) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 19:40, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

for the barnstar.--SPhilbrickT 22:23, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Thank you from me too!!! Bgwhite (talk) 23:55, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
Ditto, very kind of you! EricSerge (talk) 01:03, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
I'm going to add another thanks to the pile: Thank you for the barnstar! Sophus Bie (talk) 12:22, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism

How was that vandalism? Although the edit was somewhat... off color, it was factual and not really a joke. I'm just not sure how to cite the book. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gigasuperbunny (talk • contribs) 18:24, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

I am sorry, clicked the wrong link I guess Gigasuperbunny (talk) 18:39, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Re: Barnstar

Thanks for the barnstar, and as for the British Gas logo, I shall upload it to the current one, when they finally do change it, so will be watching out for adverts. Thanks again and happy editing :) -- [[ axg ◉ talk ]] 19:22, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Moving images to better names

Greetings. I've been going through dozens of badly-named images lately, nominating some for deletion and requesting name changes for others. I noticed you've done a lot of the actual moving. Since you seem to have more experience with this than me, I thought I'd ask you some questions.

If an image is used in an article, and I move the image while leaving a redirect behind, nothing seems to break. The article still displays the image, and clicking on it takes you to the new image name, even though the old image name is still used in the article text. Do you know if there's a bot that goes around fixing these? Or do you know if they even should be fixed? I notice that when I then move the image to Commons, deleting it from here, the redirect no longer seems to work in the article. (E.g. The article no longer shows the image.) Is there an automated way to fix this that you know of, or would I have to edit each article manually? Thanks, – Quadell (talk) 17:48, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Autopatrolled

Hi Cloudbound, just wanted to let you know that I have added the autopatrolled right to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the patroller right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! FASTILY (TALK) 04:19, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Historical logos

Hi - Please note that there wide usage of historical logos and before removing the logo from Terra Firma Capital Partners I would like to understand your rationale other than that it is not necessary. |► ϋrбanяeneωaℓ • TALK ◄| 04:51, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

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Good Works!

Wow, my friend, you are going to down on these files for deletion nominations! You're the type of editor I'd like to work with all of the time! -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 02:34, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

I understand. I'm doing the same for Category:Orphan images. Different goals, same paths. -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 02:45, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

B&W Logo?

I believe this is the official Marussia Logo, not the black-and-white version. Any reason why you preferred the B&W version to the colored one? It just doesn't look as good. C1010 (talk) 06:25, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

I was hoping you would add the color version. My image editing skills are very limitted. C1010 (talk) 09:13, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

I notice

that you just sent over to commons some pictures that I had uploaded years ago. Before I understood the lack of freedom of panorama in the United States. Three of them,
• File:HMWashington1.jpg‎; • File:HMWashington.jpg‎; • File:HMPrinceton.jpg ,
are pictures of works of sculpture that are possibly still under copyright. It is possible that the Princeton one could be considered to be a picture of my kids 20 odd years ago, but I would not count on it. I'm not surer what happens next, but it won't be done by me unless I get some pretty good instructions. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 22:55, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Great. I have a theory, pounded into me by a series of hard wikipedia knocks, that "old art" means pre-1923, which these are not. However I posted them to share and am happy to do so. Carptrash (talk) 01:13, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks so much for the barnstar. I think you did some editing on one of my Mason City, Iowa pictures. That was a trip. Afriend and I drove across a good chunk of America and slept in the car in some abandoned building parking lot so that we would be there in the early morning. 25 years ago. I'd forgotten about those until your barnstar showed up. Tanks again. Carptrash (talk) 14:55, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Marking free files as non-free

I don't have any idea why you're marking {{PD-ineligible-USonly}} files as non-free. English Wikipedia explicitly uses American law only for which fiels we can host here - British laws need not apply. Magog the Ogre (talk) 22:51, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

It is presently a mess and not at all consistent. Cloudbound (talk) 17:11, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
A lot of our files are inconstent (e.g., application of the {{trademarked}} tag). But that doesn't mean we should entirely remove the tags. Magog the Ogre (talk) 19:15, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
I believe they should be retagged as fair use, which is why I changed the licensing tags. Cloudbound (talk) 22:48, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Right, but they don't need to be tagged as fair use according to Wikipedia policy (or for legal reasons), because they are public domain in the US jurisdiction. Why do you still think they should be tagged? Magog the Ogre (talk) 21:04, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
I don't think that files should be tagged as being used under fair use unless they are used under fair use. These logos are free in the US and should thus be listed as being free. Wrong tagging may prevent reusers from using the images (e.g. reusers in countries with limited fair use conditions may have to skip fair use images while keeping images ineligible for copyright) and it also risks making people change the licence into PD-ineligible which is very wrong since it may result in a Commons transfer, causing problems both here and at Commons. Besides, a wrong tag prevents people from using the images outside the article namespace, a limitation only necessary for fair use images. Also note that {{Non-free logo}} means that the logo is copyrighted in the United States, so that tag is obviously reserved for logos copyrighted in the United States and not for logos ineligible for copyright in the United States. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:19, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
And please immediately stop marking free images as having orphaned non-free revisions! It risks causing admins deleting history, for example higher resolution versions of free images. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:24, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
I've only tagged images as having orphaned non-free revisions when they are tagged as non-free images in the first place. Stop being so demanding. Cloudbound (talk) 16:16, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

File:Bristol international airport logo.gif

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Replaceable fair use File:S Stock concept.jpg

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I don't understand your dispute of my deletion tagging. Many S stock images exist that are free, and anyone can create one by photographing an S stock train. Acps110 (talk • contribs) 19:35, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

I'm fully aware there are free images of S Stock images - I've uploaded several myself. The image you have tagged is of a concept image for the design, released before the stock entered service. Cloudbound (talk) 19:38, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
That's why it must go. It was a valid argument to say that no images exist before any S stock trains were built. Now, S stock trains exist, thus the concept image is non-free, and can be replaced with free images of the released product. Acps110 (talk • contribs) 19:49, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
I don't agree but will remove my dispute note as it could actually free up space in the article for other photos. Cloudbound (talk) 19:58, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

File deletion

Hi, you left a note on my talk page. Sure, go ahead and delete the file (i should have proposed it for deletion ages ago :) I have said this on the FfD page too. Thanks, benzband (talk) 16:47, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up

about File:A-Star-Is-Born.jpg being up for deletion. I have no memory of creating that image, it is not the sort of thing I've typically done, so I have no reason at all to oppose deletion. Let it rip. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 00:42, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

International Airlines Group fleet table

There is currently a discussion on the Talk page of the above article as to whether the fleet table should be removed. As someone who has made a number of contributions to the article it would be good to have your input. Thanks. Rangoon11 (talk) 13:36, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

File:Zenitandrangersfans.jpg listed for deletion

Sorry, thanks for the message, the picture is now linked. I either forgot to link the file at the time or someone has deleted it without my noticing it: it is a high quality picture showing an important alternative aspect of the events around the UEFA Final and adds balance to the sensational events of the day. Excalibur (talk) 19:43, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

File permission problem with file 18thStreetA.JPG

Hi Cloudbound You just left some complicated message on my talk page about a picture that you thought was not properly sourced or tagged or something. I have no idea what I didn't do properly. I uploaded it for a friend because he didn't know how to upload things to the wiki. He gave permission as I said in the explanation. Can you just ask him yourself? He is the photographer and is here: User:GKoskovich. thanks Saudade7 03:27, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Okay, I just wrote him on the facebook, he said " Thanks for the alert — and thanks, too, for posting the photos. I'll get this straightened out." - I told him to write something under the licensing section. Does that sound right? Saudade7 04:18, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

CVU Academy

Hello there! Your input is request at Wikipedia talk:Counter-Vandalism Unit/Academy. You had commented on the re-formatting discussion at WP:CVU but have yet to comment on the progress done to implement a major change discussed during the reformatting discussion, namely the training for new anti-vandals. Any input would be appreciated, thank you. Cheers! Achowat (talk) 19:28, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

MtC January drive awards

Hi. You awarded the March drive? I was wondering if you had any plans regarding the January drive. Here we discussed the drive and we suggested that we gave out awards without checking hundreds of files. What do you think of this? --MGA73 (talk) 17:26, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your notice on my talk page. Ok that was a good idea. I hope we can also give out awards for January this weekend. --MGA73 (talk) 18:27, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Perhaps you could find some time to look at this? I think we need to find a solution. --MGA73 (talk) 20:05, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

The Commons Ambassador Barnstar
Thank you for participating in the January 2012 MTC Drive. The drive was a big success. As a result of the drive thousands of files was transferred and many files was nominated for deletion because of copyright issues or because they were not usable. For your big work transferring files to Commons you are hereby awarded this Barnstar. MGA73 (talk) 19:14, 27 April 2012 (UTC)


The Transfer to Commons Drive Leaderboard Barnstar
Your work in the January 2012 MTC Drive was so excellent that you are one of the users with most files moved. You are therefore awarded this Barnstar. Once again: Thank you. Hope to see you in a future MtC Drive. MGA73 (talk) 19:24, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

"Shiny"s

Thank you, MGA73 and all others who particpated in the January drive for the "Shiny"s. I hope you do not mind, but I combined them into the multiple barnstar since they go hand and hand. Thanks for all that you do, especially in the image space. -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 00:02, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

I restored File:18thStreetA.JPG

I looked to see if I could find an article where it had been, but I did not succeed. --SPhilbrick(Talk) 19:48, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

FfD on File:AdfghGhjj.jpg

Hi, wanted to let you know I removed the FfD tag on File:AdfghGhjj.jpg as the nomination was never completed. I figure you may want to renominate it. Monty845 18:38, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Deletion Request

Hi, can you delete this file which has been nominated for speedy deletion? Your help is appreciated. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Worldmap_browsers.svg --88.242.154.146 (talk) 15:51, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for your response. do you know anyone who has the rights to delete it? thanks.--88.242.154.146 (talk) 01:17, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Merge

Please confirm and remove/edit merge template at the start of Yahoo! Samba1234 (talk) 00:31, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

69th infantry

please note in the future that the Federal 69th is not the same as the national guard 69th. thanks Brian in denver (talk) 19:51, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

  • 8 april 2012 69th Infantry Regiment (United States) ?
    • on the other hand it does illustrate, that a picture is worth a thousand words, by posting the wrong COA, everyone who subsequently looked at the page dident bother to read it and assumed that it was the famous unit of song and legend, and emedeatly started to "fix" it. wish I had caught it sooner. but I was trying to be retired Brian in denver (talk) 20:14, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
      • I should have requested the COA from Bonny a long time ago, its really the only way to fix what is probably going to be a continuing problem. it usually takes a few weeks for her to get them diged, so maybe Ill have it by mid august. Brian in denver (talk) 20:20, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

London Underground 1996 Stock

Hi. I've copy edited the article as you requested on the GOCE page. I've requested clarification of "because of the national production rules", and there was already a {{dn}} of "Westinghouse" that I was unable to resolve. Regards, --Stfg (talk) 15:42, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your efforts. Very much appreciated! Cloudbound (talk) 17:33, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

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Thank you for transparencies!

May I ask you to do the same to these images?

Thank you! Those marked with ≠ need the darker background cut away.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 19:00, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

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Microsoft Security Essentials is now a featured article

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69th Infantry Regiment (United States)

FYI bonny finally got the federal COA diged and I posted it to the article. but not before another non reader got to it. I guess well see how long it lasts now. Brian in denver (talk) 17:14, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

File:Waterstones Logo 2012.jpg

Hey,

I see you've uploaded a transparent version of the Waterstones logo - that's cool, the one flagged for deletion was the only one available at the time for the Good Article stuff I was doing. The only thing I'd suggest is the new version really should be on Commons rather than Wikipedia, but some bot will do that at some point. I also saw you moved some images to the right, not a major thing but I only placed them on the left to avoid image stacking, which doesn't look good. Either way, article still functions well so cheers for doing this, RandomArticles||Talk 23:37, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

FAR of Microsoft Security Essentials

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