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[edit] Image:RalstonCC.jpg listed for deletion

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[edit] Image:Ralston.jpg listed for deletion

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[edit] Image:Renfrewshire Bridge of Weir.gif listed for deletion

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[edit] Image:Renfr Paisley.jpg listed for deletion

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[edit] Image:Renfrewshire_Renfrew.gif OB by Image:RenfrewshireRenfrew.png

I've listed a load of your GIF images on WP:IFD since you've replaced them by PNGs. Hope that's okay. --Tagishsimon (talk)

[edit] New Maps

(Pasted from my talk pages (Just to keep the thread together) - I can respond here or on my talk page. --Colin Angus Mackay 16:20, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC))

Hi Colin. The new 'satellite' location maps for Scottish towns are based on a template which I created yesterday, using copyright-free clipart and Paint Shop Pro. When uploading these new images, I used the '{{PD-self}}' statement, as I thought they constituted personal work. If I am mistaken, could you please inform me as to what I should do to avoid these files being removed in future? If you are satisfied with this explanation, I would be most grateful if you could revert the affected articles back to include these new maps. User:K851jg2 (Talk) 14:37, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

If you based the maps on something else then you should cite that source. I've never heard of copyright-free clipart (unless that is a synonym for public-domain). Most commonly clip art is royalty-free which is something different. If the maps have a public domain source then that's fine, but your statement should say that you've based your work on top of another public domain source. I've noticed that NASA produce public domain satellite images and if that is the source of your map then that is fine to use it. But there is a specific Wikipedia tag for NASA images.
I've not put in motion anything to remove your images from Wikipedia, although I did revert the pages that I spotted with the maps - I just wanted to know that they come from a valid source and I'll be happy to revert back to your maps if so. --Colin Angus Mackay 16:10, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hi again. I'm sorry if I've overstepped the mark in already reverting the maps in question. I used the term, 'copyright-free' wrongly and should actually have said 'royalty-free'. As I'm still pretty mutch a fledgling at this, I'd be most grateful if you could tell me how I can retro-adjust the copyright tags on existing maps I've uploaded, as I reckon your suggestion of a "modified from a public domain source" statement sounds all-encompassing. Do you think I'll need to change the tags? I've noticed that some of my images, which I'd uploaded in the 'early days' without tags, have had copyright information assigned to them by the administrators. One way or the other, though, thank you for your advice and please accept my apologies if I've 'tread on your toes'. --K851jg2 17:30, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
No, you've not "overstepped the mark" nor "tread on my toes" if you think these images are genuinely acceptable. However, if the images are "royalty-free" then you have to be careful because that means the images may still contain copyright with a license for you to use the images in certain ways. Unless the images are compatible with the wikipedia license then they are not permissable. You should read the Wikipedia Image Upload Policy for more details. You also need to check the license you got with the clip art to ensure that it is compatible with Wikipedia. As Wikipedia is licensed under the GFDL everything in it must be licensed under the GFDL or is public domain (as is my interpretation). You may also want to read Wikipedia:Copyrights as a general guide to what can and cannot be included.
Once you have assertained the correct status of your maps you can update the image notice by clicking the "Edit this Page" button on the image page. This will give you an edit box to change the copyright notice and add any other relevant infromation. I tend to give also a one line bit of information about the image as well as the copyright notice just in case anyone wants to use it in another article and they want to be sure of its relevancy. You can see my images on wikipedia and on Wikitravel (Note: Wikitravel uses a different license)
I hope this helps you to get the right copyright notice on the maps. --Colin Angus Mackay 18:21, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image LocationIreland.png

Hi, I have slightly modified this image to add a few pixels for the smaller British Isles and to beef up Donegal a bit. The northernmost bit of the island of Ireland is in the Republic which it didn't appear to be in the original version. Here are the two to compare:
Image:LocationIreland.pngImage:LocationIrelandA.png
If you're OK with the new version, I'll put it in the pages that currently link to the old one. --Cavrdg 20:50, 4 August 2005 (UTC): County Donegal could do with being beefed up even more! but it is a definite improvement! --Red King 19:36, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Stirling (location).png

Hi, this is a lovely-looking map. In the interests of improving my own maps, where did you get the background image from? Lupin 14:49, 10 September 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Image Tagging Image:Renfrewshire Hillington.gif

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Thanks for uploading Image:Renfrewshire Hillington.gif. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{GFDL-self}} to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, please read fair use, and then use a tag such as {{fairusein|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. SteinbDJ 15:26, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Translating Gavin Douglas

Hello.I have a request for your Gaelic skills. I have been editing the article slughorn. This word is an archaic form of slogan and is derived from the Scots Gaelic sluagh-ghairm. As you may know slughorn was used by Thomas Chatterton and Robert Browning in quite a different sense to mean trumpet (or possibly some kind of oboe). According to this article from the 1911 edition of Encylopedia Brittanica it has been shown that Chatterton got the word out of Gavin Douglas' translation of the Aeneid and simply misunderstood. The article quotes the relevant passage (without book or line reference): "The deaucht trumpet blawis the brag of were; the slughorne, enseule or the wache cry went for the battall all suld be reddy". Please tell me, what does this passage mean? --Stroika 17:36, 12 July 2006 (UTC)--Stroika 17:32, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

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