User talk:Jcolbyk

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Welcome Colby and thanks for your work on ATA (in the 'pedia and in real life, hehe). You may be interested in knowning that we have projects dedicated to astronomy and a number of contributors related to the field such as you.

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Worldtraveller would be the perfect contact for more information about the community here, he is a nice guy. :)

Thanks for your contributions. If you need any help just let me know by posting a message in my talk page.

—Joseph | Talk 17:02, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)

Hello Colby, let me add another welcome to Wikipedia, hope you like the place and stay around! Great to see more people from the astronomical community here. Another place you might like to drop by in addition to the wikiprojects is the astronomy portal, which is intended to be a general gateway to all the astronomical content here.
I see you've uploaded some great images already; it would be really helpful if you could also add an image tag, so that the copyright status is clear.
Welcome again, and drop me a line if you've got any questions! Worldtraveller 15:53, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:ATA42-construction.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:ATA42-construction.jpg. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Thank you. Tawker 06:04, 25 February 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Image:Carma-night.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Carma-night.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:

  1. Go to the image description page and edit it to add {{Replaceable fair use disputed}}
  2. On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace the fair use image by finding a freely licensed image of its subject or by taking a picture of it yourself.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our fair use criteria. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that any fair use images which are replaceable by free-licensed alternatives will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. --– Quadell (talk) (random) 20:34, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unspecified source for Image:HCRO-tee.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:HCRO-tee.jpg. 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 there needs to be a justification explaining why we have the right to use it on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you did not create the file yourself, then you need to specify where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the file also doesn't have a copyright tag, then one should be added. 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 you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. —Angr 16:43, 16 December 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Image:ATA-dishscale.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:ATA-dishscale.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:

  1. Go to the image description page and edit it to add {{Replaceable fair use disputed}}, without deleting the original Replaceable fair use template.
  2. On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace the fair use image by finding a freely licensed image of its subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or a similar) image under a free license, or by taking a picture of it yourself.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our fair use criteria. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that any fair use images which are replaceable by free-licensed alternatives will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. MECU≈talk 02:56, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Colony Collapse Disorder

Hi. Just so you know, this topic already has its own article, in which all the information is covered in gruesome detail, and it is also discussed on the Western honey bee page, where it is relevant. It has nothing to do with any other species of bees besides that single species, so it is not relevant to the bee page, which is about ALL bee species. You're not the first to try to include it there (and I'm sure you won't be the last), but that's why there are separate articles for things in the first place. Just because mosquitoes carry West Nile Virus, you wouldn't want someone to go to the insect article and insert a passage saying "insects transmit West Nile Virus", right? That's misleading, just as it's misleading to imply that bees are dying when only one species of bee is dying (and even that one is not dying in the wild - it's only the domesticated stock that is dying, and that could simply be bad beekeeping, instead of a disease). Peace, Dyanega 18:38, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I understand all that. But I think that the magnitude of the evolving story merits special reference to it. Just like how there is a section covering mass extinction on the dinosaur page. I agree it would be better to have this listed under a more directly relavent page, such as Honey Bees. Or a page devoted to domesticated bee keeping. But having no reference at all on the first place most people would look for information about bee's makes it harder to find the information in the end, not easier. I was not attempting to duplicate the full content of the CCD page, just provide relevant references to an evolving and potentially continent wide problem. Jcolbyk 18:44, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

In that case, it needs to be inserted into the text where there is mention of honey bees being used for pollination, as that is the only potentially appropriate place to include it. In fact, I'll do that now. Dyanega 18:46, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Awesome! Jcolbyk 18:48, 11 April 2007 (UTC)