User talk:Conscious

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[edit] thanks

for fixing my user page. Paul 18:59, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

________________ i received the note from conscious and have written a note to the45th surg@the45thsurg.freeservers.com>to inform them that my article is available under GFDL That website is written by several different veterans and I don't know what action I will get from my email. In the past I have asked them to post other information and it has not been posted. But again, I am 84years of age with short term memory loss and early Parkinsonism. Because of this it is difficult for me to write much and difficult for me to remember some things. I have tried to upload pictures of the officers of my old outfit without success. I know that Captain Dardas' picture is some place on Wilkipedia as is Captain Mainella. I know that because when I run a search for them, their pictures come up. I would like some help with the pictures but if my article is going to be deleted, it is a waste of time to do so. I have read some of the nasty messages to you because of the work you do on Wilkipedia and I apologize for them. Incidentally I see you have visited Urbana Illinois. I live about 45 miles from Urbana.

It is almost midnight and I have been working on this note to Conscious for almost 3 hours. It takes me that long to type and correct my mistakes. I can't continue to try and get this information on Wilkipedia So if my little bit of knowledge of the first 45th PSH is not acceptable, just delete it and forget that I tried to give a little history from my memory. P G Theobald MD (retired) Pgtheob 05:42, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I need you to upload file picture here

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Conscious,

You left a message for me on my talk page. Let me respond. I find it arrogant that you would hold yourself up to be judge of what is fit and not fit to be published on Wikipedia. Now because of you, Wikipedia has no entry on Eugene Guth, despite his significant contributions to several branches of physices, and his pioneering contributions to polymer physics.

You say "The copyrights of the journal articles belong to those authors." Are you an idiot? Don't you know people for 2,000 years have quoted from texts of journals and books -- putting the material in quotations with proper cites -- and never violated any copyright provisions?

You are a graduate student in Russia. Do you know anything about American copyright law? I seriously doubt it, based on your statement.

I have a mind to go to every contribution you have posted on Wikipedia and see if there are any asinine comments. My guess is that you are great to criticize contributions that others make, but your own contributions are shallow.

You might want to learn about the "fair use" doctrine of quoting materials that are copyrighted without reprinting substantial portions of the article. You are wrong to believe that authors of journal articles hold the copyrights to those articles. You must not have many journal publications yet in the field of physics. But that did not stop you from holding yourself out to be an expert judge of my scientific biography.

I cannot believe Wikipedia allowed a bozo graduate student in physics to veto and pull from its publication a scientific biography of a significant physicist. That speaks volumes about Wikipedia, don't you think? {above added by User:Mikeguth)

I received a very similar reponse from this user as I commented about his COI on writing about Eugene Guth as the subject's son back on December 13. This however was not in relation to the article on his father but on a bunch of his father's publications added to List of important publications in physics. I have replied to him on my talk page and reverted his removal of the copyvio tag you put on his father's article. I suggested he started again, read the policies and guideline and became more civil. We will see. --Bduke 06:28, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ASUE

Hello, Conscious and thank you for your contributions on articles related to A Series of Unfortunate Events. I'd like to invite you to become a part of WikiProject A Series of Unfortunate Events, a WikiProject aiming to improve coverage of A Series of Unfortunate Events and related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to help out and participate, please visit the project page for more information. Thanks! <3Clamster 20:01, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Move

Hi. You correctly moved Fatima Zahra to Fatimah per talk page, but somebody undid your move [1]. Could you please repeat the move? Thanks. --Striver - talk 01:42, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New England map is part of a series

I have no objection to the map being replaced by an svg version, or with the png being deleted, because svgs are replacing the png format and png maps are already available on Commons. However, I do object to the map touted as a replacement. The New England map is part of a the US region map series maintained by a wikiproject which creates the maps based on research and consensus. Regional definitions of most US regions can be very controversial, and have lead to edit and NPOV wars in the past, so I think it would be a dangerous precedent for a unilaterally drawn map to replace one made by consensus, as people have tried to tout one definition over the other in the past by redrawing the maps to suit there own opinions. I am largely retired from en.wikipedia, and only pop in to add pictures from commons, wher I am still active, or when someone requests my attetion. My suggestion would be for you to suggest to the wikiproject that they update the maps to svg format or if you'd like I can look into doing that myself. -JCarriker 21:15, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Friedrich Kellner

Thank you for your attention to the Friedrich Kellner images. Was there a simpler way for me to get those photos into Commons without having to upload them separately in Commons the way I did? I tried to find a regulation about that, but without success. I have a feeling there is a simple code that I could have placed on the images that would have automatically transferred them to Commons. Am I right? The reason I needed them in Commons is that a number of translations are going on, and the Friedrich Kellner page is now in seven different languages. Thanks again for your help. I do appreciate it. Scott Kellner --Rskellner 18:18, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Blind allez

Alan Thornton (author of the Blind Allez article) and myself have tried emailing several times granting permission for the article to be used on wikipedia but no avail. I state again for about the fourth or fifth time that the author of the Blind allez article has granted full permission for this article to be used on wikipedia. Please reinstate the article.

People go to a lot of effort to add informative and factually correct infomation to wikipedia and it is a travesty that people can just come along and delete it as being against copyright, then ask for confirmation of permission and completely ignore responses granting such permission. tinman (Martin Anderson, moderator of the GUN board in the official Blind allez web site and owner and editor of the GUN fan site "Welcome to the real world") --tinman9898 20:07, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Quake.jpg

Image:Quake.jpg should actually be removed, not promoted to Wikicommons. Image:San Francisco Fire Sacramento Street 1906-04-18.jpg is a far superior version. --Paul 23:12, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edgey

Thanks for the cleanup, how can I add a picture to that wiki (I have dozens to contribute), since I noticed you removed it (but I'm unsure how to verify the legitimicy of any photos I upload.

Thanks.

See WP:IUP. Conscious 18:59, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ru-sib closure

I confirm that I'm for closing the "Siberian language" Wikipedia. Conscious 19:09, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for supporting me in my RfA! It succeeded, and I now have The Tools – which I'm planning to use as wisely as I possibly can. I hope I will be worth your confidence. Thanks again! :-) –mysid☎ 21:04, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Narek removing my sources, yet using same sources??

User:Nareklm is using the same site for "source" , yet he purposely removed my same source (same site armenainhighland.com images) with "no source" so you can remove it. Please check this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tigranmetscoin.jpg ,this is the same site armenainhighland.com source. Yet he removed my images from the "same site" "same source" Ararat_arev

The source I also had put in "File History" please check at the bottom of the images

Here are my images I uploaded from same site as Nareklm uploaded Tigranmetscoin.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Nkar3.jpg and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hurrian-AncientArmenian.jpg

[edit] List of Russian rulers

Sorry! - missed the one good bit whilst trying to rv out the vandalism ! Thanks for that. Pedro1999a |  Talk  11:24, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Award

For your dedicated work in dealing with copyvios, I award you the Public Domain Astronaut. --Robth^Talk 06:50, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Copyvio: Montalbano Innovation and Development Inc.

Thanks for taking a look. I posted a WQA at the time also, and got some good suggestions on how to handle the situation. I guess I should have made it clear on the talk page. --Ronz 00:51, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit]  :Image:Monica sweetheart.jpg

Ok, I'm confused. I thought that the {{imagevio}} tag was the fastest way available to delete an image. I originally tagged this image on 14-January, which means it should have been gone by 21-January, if I recall correctly. How does retagging it {{replaceable fair use}} today help it get deleted, considering it can't be deleted for another week that way? Valrith 22:35, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Order of Crist Cross

The inner white cross of Order of Crist Cross is more length. Please see its real length at São Paulo City flag [2]. The white cross starts where the red serifs ends.Roberto Lyra 23:34, 1 February 2007 (UTC). Thanks

• Yes, please visit the Portuguese and Brazilian page of “Ordem de Cristo” [3]. There are some images with the length of the inner White Cross. The white cross starts where the red serifs ends [4] and, if possible, please fix the actual image. Thanks

__________________________________________ On your list of special contributions that you mentioned on my discussion page, I cannot find one single example on Feb. 3, where you wrote any content. Instead, you pick apart and criticize work others have written. You have their articles declared copyright violations based on what particular academic training? Study of physics?

You clearly have formed a bias with respect to anything I write and are no longer objective. You create significant harm to articles without anyone having a method to challenge your dubious statements. At some point, you really need to examine how you spend your life criticizing others' works, but not writing anything of substance yourself.

Mikeguth 01:00, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Comment to User:Conscious. You state that "I placed appropriate notices in the article and on your talk page, instead of going for outright deletion." That is outright lie! Any user searching for the article would have found the outrageous copyright violation and no content. That is tantamount to a deletion. You acted in December, not on Jan. 8, and you DELETED the article without any notice to me. Your behavior was appalling.

You are correct that I want to see content that you personally wrote. I am confident that you do not have any original ideas of your own, and everything you contribute is indeed a copyright violation. Accordingly, I intend to scrutinize all of your writing on Wikipedia and have any content removed for copyright violations. When you learn you can't write any content without violating copyrights, then maybe you will exercise a little more self-control when you go around sniping at and cutting down other people's work.

Finally, I believe it is COWARDLY for you to hide behind an anonymous name so that you can take pot shots at people and their writings but don't suffer any consequences. Mikeguth 16:07, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] CONGRATULATIONS!

You found the Wikifood! WizardDuck 23:20, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 1st 45th Portable Surgical Hospital

Hi, I just happened to notice the copyright issue on the article. The source now mentions (at the top, left of the picture) that it is GFDL and written by the same name used by the poster here. His talk page also mentions this. I haven't reverted the article because the template proclaims it shouldn't be touched in massive, annoying capital letters, but it should be okay to revert to the content? (I asked you because it looks like you know rather more about the copyright template than I do :P) Thanks- skip (t / c) 08:09, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ALF image

I responded on the deletion page. The image is PD. Arkangel has written to confirm that they don't hold the copyright. ALF images are in the public domain, for obvious reasons. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 00:24, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Fair use claimed" on Image:Fred Rodgers.jpg

Hi, Conscious. You decided Image:Fred Rodgers.jpg was not a imagevio because there was some "Fair use claimed"[5]. Well, the images is tagged as {{Promophoto}} with no fair use rationale. And as I have explained in the nomination, the was downloaded from a site that explicitly says their images can't be used by other sites, that is, they are not promophotos.

Please, understand that not every image found on the Internet is promotional. Most of them can't be used beyond simply viewing them in your browser (even downloading is usually forbidden). Do you still believe the "fair use claimed" for this image is sound? --Abu badali ^(talk) 13:54, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Image:Garrinchab&w.jpg

Also in this case, do you believe we have a rationale strong enough to use an image from photo agency Corbis? The fact the the image's subject is dead only increase the image's value. Have you taken item #2 of WP:FUC and item 5 of WP:FU#Counterexamples into account? --Abu badali ^(talk) 15:42, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm not quite sute what the proper procedure for such cases is. I have tagged both images as {{fairusedisputed}} and moved your reports to Wikipedia:Copyright problems/Fair use claims. Conscious 18:02, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

If a fair use claim is unsound, it's a copyvio, right? Or is WP:CP only for images claimed to be free? These images were tagged as violation, evidence was provided, their uploaders where warned, a week has passed an no objection to the evidences were raised. What's the point in keeping them? Do you have an objection yourself? An image from Corbis is a pretty straightforward case. And in the case of usatoday.com, it was just about reading the site's "Terms of use" to see that was only on more random-image-found-on-internet-and-tagged-as-promotional.

I don't remember ever seen cases like those survive a WP:CP nomination. --Abu badali ^(talk) 18:08, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but I do not feel qualified enough to decide on this. I suggest you nominate these images for deletion through WP:IFD, this is going to be faster (or much faster) than waiting for someone to clear backlogged Wikipedia:Copyright problems/Fair use claims. Conscious 18:12, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

If you "do not feel qualified enough to decide on this", don't you think it would be a better idea let other admin decide on this? Please, I don't mean to be offensive. I understand that you, like any other admin, don't have to be well versed and highly capable in every possible admin task. But I just think each one should choose tasks he/she feels more comfortable doing. And if even in this task you feel unqualified in some special case, you can always skip it and let other admin take care of it. I don't mean to imply any kind of incompetence at all. So, would you revert the {{imagevio}} tags on these images and make sure the WP:CP pages where these images appear are still listed as pending tasks? --Abu badali ^(talk) 18:25, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

"Fair use claimed"... What happened to WP:FUC#2 ?

Conscious, please, could you explain me how is Corbis's image Image:Garrinchab&w.jpg not an obvious violation of item 5 of Wikipedia:Fair use#Counterexamples? Or could you please delete the image instead? --Abu badali ^(talk) 06:49, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the barnstar

Hi Conscious, thanks for the barnstar. I would try to continue my contributions towards this. I could not do perform well without you. Actually you deserve this barnstar. Thanks again for the barnstar and comments. Regards, Shyam ^(T/C) 07:09, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jamesmarkhetterley

Nice solution for Jamesmarkhetterley. He gets to keep his little bragging page, while it is out of mainspace. Thanks. Dan D. Ric 13:19, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Coronal Mass Ejection pic

Hi, I am just checking why you removed the CME picture. I would assume it is from NASA and is fair use, but I want to make sure. Thanks

USferdinand 08:36, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:N739PA Maid of the Seas.jpg

You removed a possible copyright violation tag of this image. However, the fairuse rationale is extremely misleading, given proof I provided in the image's talk page when I did another cursory search on the planes tailnumber and produced the first few images that popped up in a search. The image is still a possible copyright violation. I'm putting the image backup for another examination. --293.xx.xxx.xx 02:32, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Opinion on an image?

Hi - Can you take a look at Image:MontyHallProblemMadeEasy.jpg and let me know what you think about it's copyright status? It's made with clipart from Microsoft Powerpoint which has restrictions listed at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HP030900871033.aspx . As I read this, a derived work cannot be PD (because the clipart image itself is in the derived work, which would imply the clipart image is being made PD). FYI - there's an ongoing dispute at Talk:Monty Hall problem about use of this image in the article (which I'm a party to). It would be kind of a crappy way to settle the dispute, but if the image has copyright problems it clearly can't be used (at least until it's redone). Thanks. -- Rick Block (talk) 03:23, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

It's been a week and a bit since my recent request for adminship passed, and since I haven't managed to delete the Main Page - yet - I figure it's safe to send these out. Thanks a lot for participating in my RfA; I hope to do a good job. If you see me doing something wrong, need help, or just want to have a chat, please don't hesitate to drop by :) – riana_dzasta 13:02, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Flashspring relisted on AfD to achieve more meaningful consensus

Might you want to weigh in? Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Flashspring Cheers. Carolfrog 15:16, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NWA Virginia Alpha Heavyweight Title History page

Why the quick delete??? It's the secondary heavyweight title for NWA Championship Wrestling from Virginia. JeffCapo 17:22, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rochelle Porteous Image

Why did you delete the images for the article?

The reasons for deletion are given in the deletion log. [6] [7] Conscious 17:53, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Soviet Union/USSR

Hello. Shouldn't "USSR national football team" and related FIFA World Cup templates be renamed to "Soviet Union" form? We already use United States instead of U.S. or USA. Regards. - Darwinek 21:59, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help developing Metallurg Lipetsk

I speak a little bit of russian, however i read it very poorly. may you help me use this website: http://metallurg.lipetsk.ru/index.php to help me develop this page: FC Metallurg Lipetsk. I just started it, and it's very vague.

[edit] Wikipedia talk:Notability (people)#Regarding notability of Football (soccer) players

Hi, seeing you are interested in football this is an invitation to contribute to this discussion to clarify certain issues about football player notability. I think clearer guidelines are needed to avoid repeated inappropriate nominations for deletion and time consuming discussions. Cheers! StephP 19:54, 29 March 2007 (UTC)