User talk:Alex rosenberg35

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Hello, Alex rosenberg35, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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[edit] Advice on uploading images

Hello!

Thanks for uploading some pictures to Wikipedia. I wanted to make sure you were aware of some of the requirements and good practices for uploaded images.

  • Pick an image name.
When uploading an image, pick a file name that is descriptive, and unique. Remember that many images may be uploaded about the same topic, and remember that names are case sensitive.
  • Source the image.
On the image description page, explain where the image came from. If you created the image yourself, then say so. If it's from the web, give a URL. If it's a screenshot of a movie or game, or a scan from a book, give the title.
  • Provide copyright and license information.
This part is a little bit trickier, but it's very important. The copyright of the image generally belongs to whomever created it.
If it's a photograph you took, or an image you created (modifying an image that already exists doesn't count) in software like Photoshop or GIMP, then you own the copyright. To upload it to Wikipedia, you must agree to license it under the GFDL (which allows anyone to use it, but requires that they give credit to the original author and requires that any further edit to the image be licensed under the GFDL as well) or release it into the public domain (which allows anyone to use it for any purpose without restriction.) Do this by placing an appropriate tag on the image description page, like {{GFDL}} or {{PD-self}}. Be sure to mention that you created the image. If you're using {{PD-self}}, you may also want to use {{NoRightsReserved}}, since there is some dispute as to whether one may grant items into the public domain.
If you didn't create the image, or the copyright somehow belongs to another party (like a screenshot, which you might "create", but the copyright belongs to the author of the movie or video game), then you need to find another tag that describes the copyright status of the image. Images used on Wikipedia need to be free for our use and the use of sites which reproduce our content. This means that images cannot have a restriction such as "only for use by Wikipedia", or "for non-commercial use only", or "for educational use". Images without a free license may be usable in certain articles under fair use, but such a use should be justified on the image description page.
  • Describe the image.
To another reader, the image may not be immediately understood. A caption in an article doesn't explain the image to a visitor who sees it on its image page. Put a brief explanation of what is in the image on the image description page, similar to what you might include in a caption on an article.

Some links to Wikipedia pages on this subject:

Copyrights, Copyright tags, Fair use, Image description page, Public domain, Images for deletion, Possibly unfree images, Copyright problems, Uploading images

Thanks again for your contributions. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me at my talk page. feydey 05:51, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unspecified source for Image:Piratebay-jan-11-2007-sealand.gif

Thanks for uploading Image:Piratebay-jan-11-2007-sealand.gif. I notice the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this file yourself, then you need to specify who owns the copyright, please. If you got it from a website, then a link to the website where it was taken from with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher then their copyright should also be acknowledged.

As well as the source, please add a proper copyright licensing tag if the file doesn't have one already. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Fair use, use a tag such as {{Non-free fair use in|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 files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 05:51, 12 January 2007 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. feydey 05:51, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Surprise

Please explain why you think that 'de' is the prefix of the Dutch Wikipedia. Did you see an interwiki link in de:Ü-Eier to the corresponding article in the English Wikipedia? Please explain therefore why you think we need a separate article entitled Uberraschungsei. -- RHaworth 05:32, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

  • Hello, I'm responding to your message: Unfortunately I didn't see an interwiki link in de:Ü-Eier to the corresponding article in the English Wikipedia, so I'm glad that you got rid of my translated version and instead redirected Uberraschungsei to the English article. One other thing: Sorry, I didn't realize that 'de' is the prefix of the German Wikipedia. I speak English. (in the USA) I thought that it was the Dutch one. Thanks Keep up the good work! :-) —The preceding comment was added by Alex rosenberg35 (talk • contribs) 04:24, 29 April 2007 (UTC).

In Ü-Eier, look for a box headed "Andere Sprachen" (other languages). The word "English" is a link. Follow it.

I imagine Google gave you the translation without you needing to know what language the original was in. But note the message at the top: "This page was automatically translated from German". But thanks for not taking my message amiss, I did actually think I had been getting a bit close to biting the newbies. -- RHaworth 08:43, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] VOY

Please read the reply posted on the talk page eZio 07:28, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ifd tags

Please do not remove deletion tags from items being considered for deletion, as you did to Image:NBC logo.svg. The tags must remain while the deletion discussion is in progress. Thank you. -N 07:12, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't realize that the image was still being considered for deletion.