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deleted icon from TextMate page

Hi there. You yesterday deleted the icons from the TextMate article, without either alerting the talk page of the article, or in fact touching it in any way; you left ImageRemovalBot to clean up the broken links (which is extremely annoying as bot edits don't show on watchlists). Anyway, I'm happy that you want to delete stuff for no reason, but you could save yourself the trouble, by just putting a note at the talk page instead; the fair use rationale is pretty simple for someone to add, but now we have to go find another copy of those images to upload back. --jacobolus (t) 18:16, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Indeed, I don't think the proper protocol was followed, as I'm pretty sure there was no weeklong notice placed either at the images themselves, or at their uploaders' talk pages (see WP:CSD#I6). Speedy deletion of anything should be done cautiously, not rampantly. --jacobolus (t) 18:20, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for voicing your concerns. I follow the necessary procedures, but frankly, process is rather evil. You can enable bot edits in your watchlist. You should also try to assume good faith. And I merely delete image that nobody has cared for in seven days. Thanks, Maxim(talk) (contributions) 00:06, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
Okay, but the point is that no one was notified that this image would be deleted before it happened. And since Wikipedia deletes (at least user-visible) metadata and page history for deleted images, the result is a large wasted effort, with no positive benefits, and potentially catastrophic negative side effects. It's quite frustrating. You may be acting out what you believe to be best for Wikipedia, but the results are predictably the opposite. --jacobolus (t) 06:15, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
Is it possible for you, or some other person with administrative rights, to restore such wrongfully-deleted images? For reference they were at Image:TextMate.png and Image:TextMate-original-icon.png --jacobolus (t) 06:17, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
They're not wrongfully deleted!! They're missing fair use rationale, and if you want the image, you should upload them yourself. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 11:23, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Fort San Felipe del Morro

Somehow, in removing a jpg, you changed Fort San Felipe del Morro to be the same as citadel. Delfeye 02:11, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

That was a bug that has since then been fixed. →AzaToth 14:52, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Please restore protection at Eugenics in Showa Japan

Discussion appears to have gone nowhere as the edit warring has just picked up right away after protection expired.

Any advice as how best to proceed to resolve the dispute (I've instigated an RFC, but it has gotten little attention, as usual) would be appreciated.

I have suggested that FlyingTiger initiate Mediation steps.--ZayZayEM 02:24, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism on Separation of powers

Bonjour, j'ai vu sur ta page que tu maîtrise le français, c'est plus facile pour moi car je parle mal l'anglais. Aussi, au sujet du message que vous m'avez envoyez et le revert sur Separation of powers, à l'évidence vous vous êtes trompez : à l'origine je contribue sur le wikipedia français, et un vandale, connue ici (Miriam83), y est intervenue, alors j'ai décidé de vérifier sur ce wiki ces autres modifications. Là (sur Separation of powers) il s'agit d'un autre vandale, certe, mais vérifie bien tu as "reverter" sur la mauvaise version. --86.69.230.26 23:59, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[Image:Streptococcus oralis on Wilkins-Chalgren Agar.JPG]

Why delete the image. It was taken by uploader (my wife) and she had put a license on it. It only was not placed in a tag because she did not how to do it.

It seems inappropriate to me to auto-delete images without looking at the text. Woefully discouraging.

Note on: WP:CSD#I4

" Lack of licensing information. Images in category "Images with unknown source", "Images with unknown copyright status", or "Images with no copyright tag" that have been in the category for more than seven days, and which still lack the necessary information, regardless of when uploaded. Note, users sometimes specify their source in the upload summary, so be sure to check the circumstances of the image. "

--Djihed 17:43, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, missed that one. However, I strongly suggest you upload it specifiying the source in the image description. Also, I don't delete image automatically; I inspect every one carefully, but I make some mistakes, unfortunately. I'm sorry. --Maxim(talk) (contributions) 00:26, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
ok - that's alright, but could you please restore the image. --Djihed 13:44, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
Maxim, again, could you please restore the image. --Djihed 12:42, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I'd prefer it be properly re-uploaded with all the details. Sorry for not getting back quicker to you, my talkpage is very full (and everything older than three days is archived).
I'm not sure whether she has the picture any more. I'd be really nice of you to restore it, I'll make sure that it gets the proper license tag. About details, the old page already has what is needed AFAIK (camera make, model, etc?), otherwise, what other details are needed?. --Djihed 21:13, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Image Deletion

Perhaps I could ask you to explain why you removed the image Dining.in.hell,toon.jpg from the Project (as noted here). I had permission to use the image fromthe artist, it had a Fiar-use argument that I thought appropriate, and I am curious that, if it was defective in some way, how to re-upload it in such a way so as to avoid the previous errors. Is there a reason it dodn't show up in IfD noms?- Arcayne (cast a spell) 20:55, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

You licensed it under a non-commercial or education use only license. Those are ineligible for Wikipedia.
Okay, I guess I am unclear how to tag the image. I would think its fair-use, because I have obtained permission to use the image. How should I license the cartoon? - Arcayne (cast a spell) 22:43, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Just add {{fairuse}} then an appropriate fair use rationale. My tip is not to select from the drop-down list. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 22:45, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
You wouldn't happen to know where there are any political cartoon images or the like in WP? - Arcayne (cast a spell) 01:09, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
Um, I kinda have no clue, I'm not an image search engine. ;-) Maxim(talk) (contributions) 11:24, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
Come on, I think you can, I think you can, I think you can... :) - Arcayne (cast a spell) 22:21, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Apples99

Out of curiousity, what led you to block Apples99 indefinitely? --Nik 17:46, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Massive trolling and personal attacks. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 11:25, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
Where? When? I've gone through his contributions list, and while he seems upset about the deletion of the Panhandlers Union article, I didn't see any obvious trolling or anything that merits the label "personal attacks". For the sake of transparency: he turns out to be my brother, although I didn't know it was him until yesterday. --Nik 14:48, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Image Deletion even after filling up the Fair-Use template, Please explain

As I was informed that I did not give enough information about the fair use of the image(Image:RustyJeffers DVD.jpg), I followed the instructions and fill up and posted the Fair-Use Template and left words on the discussion page. The administration is required to give me an explanation of what further information is necessary for posting that image rather than detleting it without communication. I have been frustrated with your rules about posting a image. I do not know how to post one even though I have got the agreement of the owner of the photo to use it!

Please explain the reason of my inadequacy in using that image.

Thanks.--Alvinyu 09:34, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

It was deleted because it didn't specify an article that the image should be used. A fair use rationale justifies a use of an image in a certain article; that's how they work. Yours didn't. You recieved a notice on the your talkpage explaining it, and it had the links. You didn't do anything to the image for over seven days, so it was deleted. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 11:29, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your explaination. I did add a fully completed fair-use template and specified the article used in Wikipedia. I also left a message on the discussion page of the image for advice on any information I should give for the use of the image and checked almost everyday without any rely. You just deleted the image without notice. Should I remove the "reputed" code after I have added the completed template for that image to avoid the image deletion without further notice?

Thanks for your advice again. --Alvinyu 13:53, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

You saved me a trip to arv to (grudgingly) request he be blocked, so I suppose your way's better than mine. Why some people go here instead of myspace I'll never know... YДмΔќʃʀï→ГC← 10-26-2007 • 22:37:03

Oh, and according to this, David just did a foolish thing by reverting a revert. It was there when the page was first made, and someone reverted it, and david reverted them, and I reverted david (long chain huh?). Just for clarity I'm not sure he knew what he was doing, but I don't want to argue about my oppinion after all, I'm just some kid in NC. YДмΔќʃʀï→ГC← 10-26-2007 • 22:53:20
Thanks. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 23:35, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Procterandgamble.svg

I'm surprised you deleted this. Yes, there had been a dispute. The miss was that it did not say what page this image was used on. I added this. What else was missing? We really need an image on this article - to make it a top class article. Can you advise if something else was missing as I plan to boldly improve regardless.Obina 18:51, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

It was deleted because its fair-use rationale had issues. Please re-uploaded with a proper rationale. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 23:35, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Fracas page image deletions

All of the images on the Fracas! Improv Festival page were deleted, and I am worried that I misunderstood the copyright guidelines they were supposed to be uploaded under. I followed the instructions on the image upload page in order to license the images as Creative Commons images, but they were deleted. The reason given was that I did not give information as to who owns the image, who created it, and what the copyright specifications were, but I did. Can you please explain why these images were deleted so that I can re-upload them correctly? Thanks!

Reed.jacob 22:13, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

You didn't say where you got them from. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 22:14, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply. Sorry I am not more well-versed in how these things are supposed to be done, but how/where am I supposed to list where I got the images from? They are my images. I re-uploaded one of them and tried to create an image summary like I have seen on other wikipedia images. Here's a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fracas_Improv_fourguys.jpg I don't know if that's the right way to do it though. Reed.jacob 02:23, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
{{PD-self}} is a useful template to put in the description, without using the dropdown menu. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 23:35, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
Well, the pictures were taken by a professional photographer. He has agreed to let them be used publically, as long as he is credited. That's why I used the Creative Commons license that says the image can be used for whatever, as long as the photographer is credited. What's wrong with doing that? Reed.jacob 02:06, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

re: MPRE page

The external links which I removed from the page are dead links. My edit was intended constructively, I believe they should be removed, since it is inconvenient for people like me to click them and be directed to empty pages...

Sorry for the mistaken revert. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 23:35, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

User:170.215.130.65

You undid some vandalism from this you once. He seems to be back vandalizing articles (same articles in the same way), but now he's at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/74.46.215.122 I've been reverting his posts, but they are getting annoying. Can you help? Mathewignash 13:43, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

I think the anon stopped. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 23:35, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Removing instance of image Govdejongh.png

I attempted to add an image of our Governor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Jongh) to his wikipedia article and it was recently deleted citing: Removing instance of image Govdejongh.png that has been deleted because "CSD I7 - Replaceable fair use image"); using TW)

This image is available in every USVI Government Office and is also available on his website. I have directly contacted his special assistant who confirmed I was free to use the image on Wikipedia.

My question is how can I add it so it won't be deleted. I'm new to uploading images to Wikipedia but the process seems really complicated unless you took the image yourself. What do I need to do to keep the image up?

You can't use fair use images for living persons. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 23:35, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Edit to Kettle hat

I reverted your rvt to Kettle hat because I believe the edit was made in error. Not a big deal, however, you may want to modify your V1 warning on the user's talk page in case this edit was indeed an error. Cheers. BC 19:02, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Oops, I made a mistake. Thanks for the rvt, Maxim(talk) (contributions) 23:35, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you :)

Thanks for keeping Image:4000_interior.jpg and Image:4000family.jpg And please keep this one Image:Rafttruck2.jpg until next summer, when I will have access to this particular vehicle again, as stated in more detail here-- User_talk:Rettetast. I'm new to Wikipedia and am slowly learning. I don't have very much time to spend here as I work 40+ hours a week in a national park.--Lpimlott 22:43, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Maxim(talk) (contributions) 23:35, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

My compliments on your huge effort and a question

Hi Maxim. My compliments on the huge effort you are making to keep Wikipedia clean. I am an admin on Commons where I occasinally also delete a thousand pages on a day, but from what I have seen in the past days, this is your daily quotum. Fantastic effort and thank you for keeping the wiki nice and tidy - or at least trying to.

I've been tagging media that have duplicates on Commons lately. I am using CommonsClash for that. Currently I am tagging about 1.000 media files per day, about 4/minute. I was wondering if this is a manageable workload, or if I should tag fewer or could tag more. In total there were about 35.000 media files to be processed. Currently there are about 30.000 left. Please give me some input so that I do not overburden admins and do not make the most effective use of they time they have. Cheers! Siebrand 22:48, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

As long as it all done correctly, you can put up to 4000 per day in a category. I ran a script through it, and it goes quite quickly, so I'm O.K. with that number. Thanks, Maxim(talk) (contributions) 22:51, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

DRV listing

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Image:Ckfilm.jpg. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Otto4711 03:15, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

awaiting reply

Why have you archived this section without replying to it? :( Waldir 02:22, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Purely by accident. It was at the top of my talkpage and I'm being mercilessly flooded with messages (I archive anything older than three days).

Hi Maxim. I'd like to ask you about Image:CapeVerde.png. Not being a bit-by-bit exact copy of the Commons' one is a perfect reasoning for an automated process of elimination not to delete an image. But in a human perspective, in this case it seems to me that the image is indeed deletable, since it is visually the same, and might even have less detail than the commons one, which has 8KB while this one only has 7KB. What do you think? Waldir 19:13, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

It has a different name on Commons. If I delete the image, I'll break the display of the images in articles. --Maxim(talk) (contributions) 21:19, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
Only about 3 articles link to it. If I change the links on them, will you delete it? Waldir 19:09, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
Sure, and you're an admin, feel free to delete it yourself. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 11:32, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
It's ok, I understand :) I can tell how your talk page is busy, my watched list has been much longer than the usual, the last few days :P Anyway, I replaced the image in the pages it was used in with the commons' one, and remarked the image page with the nowcommons template. I am not an admin here in english wikipedia, so I can't delete it myself. So, whenever you have time, it's your turn to play now :) Waldir 13:37, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Image deletion

Hello. I added a fair use rationale to Image:Bt en vivo.jpg last night, but it was deleted today. I don't understand how it was invalid. TravelingCat 04:33, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Restored. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 14:33, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
Many thanks! TravelingCat 03:05, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

more image deletion

re Image:Division of anger.JPG (a book cover with photo to illustrate author bio) was tagged for possible deletion a few days ago here. i took this to mean there wasn't a specific justification for the page in question & fixed it with a link to that page & explanation. as i understand it book covers are justified for author pages, what have i done wrong? the deletion cites I7 but does not say how the rational was inadequate. thx in advance, ben  ⇒ bsnowball  08:27, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Restored. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 14:33, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Erich Kästner

Hi Maxim! Due to copyright laws all quotes in the article are supposed to be deleted. In Germany Kästner's son Thomas has recently won several lawsuits against people who on the internet quote from his father unauthorisedly. T.Kästner strongly objects to quotes by his father being published on the www. In the German Wikiquote for instance, E.Kästner is a "No quote". Can I delete? I have several sources which verify T. Kästner's lawsuits. Unfortunately they are all in German, I should say --Fromgermany 11:25, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Germany has no control over the English Wikipedia, as it is hosted in Florida. I'll be in touch with legal counsel over this. I'll temporarily protect the page. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 14:33, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, I do know that German copyright laws are restricted to Germany but Thomas Kästner has repeatedly stated that he wishes all quotes by his dad and his dad's work to be banned from the WHOLE www and not only German websites. Anyway, thanks for your help/effort/support. I don't want to stir up things. I only want to protect Wikipedia from getting into any legal jumble. ;-) --Fromgermany 15:52, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

About image deletion

Sir or madam, I notice that you have deleted the following images which were uploaded by me, even after I had added {{Non-free media rationale}}, would you please tell me what I had done wrong? Thank you!

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] Talk to ► Kevin 14:09, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Dearie me, you did everything right. I didn't. I'll restore everything. Sorry, Maxim(talk) (contributions) 14:33, 4 November 2007 (UTC).
Thank you very much!!! Talk to ► Kevin 14:43, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:81 leaving Cody Wyoming after world run 2006.jpg

Regarding [Image:81 leaving Cody Wyoming after world run 2006.jpg], I had placed a dispute tag on the page and added comments to the talk page in response to it being flagged for a copyright violation, yet you deleted it without further discussion or review (that I am aware of). I am uncertain: was this usual procedure? Please advise. Thank you, and have a Wiki day! Mmoyer 15:26, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

It was deleted because a free image can be found for what the image in question was illustrated. The notice on the talkpage didn't convince to keep the image. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 20:09, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

More Wierd Image Deletion

Image:Farmers'Almanac1818 ZP.png and Image:Farmers'Almanac ZP.png I clearly stated that fair use rationale was provided on the image pages of the originals. I even provided the link! ...and it was still deleted? Gee, and I thought everyone's contribution was welcome, guess not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by XcepticZP (talk • contribs) 18:02, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Actually, if this was really published in 1818, then it's public domain now, and was simply mistagged as nonfree. In that case, it could be undeleted. — Carl (CBM · talk) 18:35, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
Your rationale did not justify use of the image in the article. That's why it was deleted. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 20:02, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Another deleted image

It appears that Image:1946-10-07 Life-Lady Luck-ad-d.jpg was improperly deleted in the recent round of deletion. Can you please restore it? Thanks. Otto4711 18:51, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Sure. Y Done Maxim(talk) (contributions) 20:03, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Stanley Cup

From a WP:MOS point of view, it looks ready; I can't comment on the subject matter, since I'm not a follower. The one question I have is this sentence:

  • for ten guineas (ten and a half pounds sterling, or $48.67 USD at that time).

I'm not sure the numbers and fractions comply with WP:MOSNUM, but I'm also not sure how to fix it. You might ask Tony1 (talk · contribs) to look at that specific phrase. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:33, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:CountryStampedeLogo

You deleted the image Image:CountryStampedeLogo.jpg even though I provided the requested the fair use rationale. Can you explain the reason for this, and if it was a mistake please restore the imgage? Thanks! -Kgwo1972

Mistake. Restored. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 20:06, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. -Kgwo1972 —Preceding comment was added at 20:46, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism?

Hi Maxim

What do you mean with Vandalism on Pyramid? It is an article, not a commercial link. Please explain.

Regards John

A diff, maybe? Maxim(talk) (contributions) 01:55, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:1993-ApplicationofEnglishLawAct-titlepg.jpg

Hi, Maxim, I'm afraid I dispute the deletion of Image:1993-ApplicationofEnglishLawAct-titlepg.jpg. Originally the image was tagged for deletion on the basis that it was orphaned. I realized that it had originally been in "Law of Singapore", but the part of that article that the image had been in had been spun off into "Sources of Singapore law". When the problem was brought to my attention, I updated the information on the image page to refer to "Sources of Singapore law". Could you explain why, therefore, that there was an insufficient claim of fair use? — Cheers, JackLee –talk– 22:22, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Restored as an error. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 01:55, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks very much for acting so quickly in restoring the image. — Cheers, JackLee –talk– 01:56, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:Crazy Taxi-A Redemption Game.jpg

I thought I had fixed the WP:NFCC#10c problem on Image:Crazy Taxi-A Redemption Game.jpg several days ago. Please let me know what the problem was that resulted in this deletion. Thanks. Anomie 00:26, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Error, sorry. Restored. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 01:55, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. Anomie 02:48, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

...

Just restore my pages or I'll get Z-man to do it again, then report you. Tyler Warren (talk/contribs) 01:58, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

It appears to just be a misunderatanding, someone reverted my removal of the old speedy deletion tag after I undeleted the pages on request. Mr.Z-man 02:05, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Ah. Well.....then....uh...-runs- Tyler Warren (talk/contribs) 02:12, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Yet another image deleted

Hi, I see you deleted Image:Russia5000rubles04back.jpg. That image was linked from Russian_ruble article and now that article has all images of ruble banknotes including 5000 front but not 5000 back. Which looks kinda strange. Could you restore the image because it's obviously has the same fair use rationale as other 13 images of banknotes? Anyway, by Russian Legislation currency is not eligible to copyright at all. (Federal Law N5351-1, article 8). Panda34 07:52, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:Chasebank.jpg

I did not notice that this image was up for deletion. If you will restore the image, I will add an appropriate fair use rationale.
Thank you,
--JKeene 21:49, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

You have 48 hours to add a rationale. I will re-delete it if the concerns are not addressed within the alloted time. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 01:55, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Please review the image to assure that all issues have been addressed.
Thanks again,
--JKeene 02:11, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Wayne Gretzky protection

Thanks for being vigilant watching the Wayne Gretzky article. I have constantly been monitoring the page almost two years now. I've been asking for indefinite semi-protection for a long time now. Thanks for helping out. Flibirigit 23:13, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Majorly RFA

Hi, you appear to have double commented - you opposed and supported. :S -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 05:22, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry, all fixed up. I see what you were doing; making a statement. Apologies. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 10:37, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Collaborative editing

you are causing a lot of wasted effort with deleting images without proper discussion first. very unnecessary. if image is missing rationale, go ahead and try add proper rational? maybe? maybe a week is too fast for anyone to react with busy schedules? looking through all the comments its obvious deletion is unnecessary. Collaborative editing Obrez 01:36, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

I suggest you read /talkpage rules, which you obviously did not. Nor did you read the notice on BetacommandBot's talkpage. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 01:55, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
I just reviewed the criteria for speedy deletion and it mentions "Missing non-free use rationale." Image:Adam carolla radio.jpg had the non-free use rationale, but it was missing one line from it. Speedy deletion criteria does not mention "Partial non-free use rationale" or "non-free use rationale that requires minor edit". In fact, image was already tagged once, and non-free use rationale was put there, before even the format of the tag changed. You did not review the tag. Please restore. What a waste of effort. Obrez 18:26, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Majorly

Hello, Maxim. I noticed that in Majorly's RfA, you voted twice. Normally, I'd remove/strikeout/indent the most recent vote, but I can't in this particular situation. In this case, I noted that you had cast a vote in both the Support and Oppose sections. I don't know which one is your true vote, but thought you should be notified of this so you can take whatever action is needed. Ksy92003(talk) 01:39, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Both of 'em are my true votes. ;-) Maxim(talk) (contributions) 01:42, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Is that possible? Well, not gonna disagree with an admin :-) Better safe than sorry. Ksy92003(talk) 01:45, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

It's interesting, though. By voting in both sections, and going by the (not really true) metric of 75%, where one oppose vote is worth three supports, you've effectively done an oppose vote worth 2/3 of a normal oppose vote (I think). If you disregard the "not a vote" thing. Hmm. I think the only other permutation possible is two support votes and an oppose vote, which would be 1/3 of an oppose, or even three support votes and an oppose vote, which should, theoretically, cancel each other out. Silly, isn't it? :-) Carcharoth 16:21, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Actually, that metric only works when the percentage is actually 75%. At the moment, it is running at 90%. In other words, the value of support versus oppose votes varies depending on the current percentage. That means that at the moment you would have to support 9 times and oppose once, to have your desired effect of not really having an impact on the percentage. Given that your duplicate votes are messing up the "duplicate vote detector", I suspect an irate bureaucrat may tell you that a "neutral" vote is an easier way of doing this, and that your protest at the process should just be a comment somewhere (either with the vote or in the discussion). It is certainly interesting though! :-) Carcharoth 02:36, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Beijing-Spring-Summerlands-51029.jpg

Hi - can I just check on the rational behind the deletion of these images. I had understood that CD covers were acceptable images as per the licensing drop down menu? Could you clarify please?

Many thanks

3seat 06:20, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

See WP:FURG. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 20:22, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
CD/Album covers always satisfy fair use when used to illustrate an article about the CD/Album. As a result, these images should not be deleted under FU unless it isn't being used in that way (or it is redundant, too big, etc). They do not require a detailed FU. Simply identifying it as an album/CD cover is sufficient. Rklawton 20:36, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
No it is not. The fair use rationale specifies in which article the image should be used, so a boilerplate template is not sufficent. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 20:38, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
The boiler plate for a CD/album cover states the limitations. To wit: the image can only be used in articles or sections about the CD/album. In short, the rationale is built in. If the image is used for any other purpose, then the editor would need to add that rationale to the image's page. However, it is not appropriate to delete a CD/album cover simply because an editor doesn't re-state what the CD/album fair use statement already says. And if, for some reason, an editor fails to apply the correct fair use tag (CD/album cover), then it's still not appropriate to delete the image. Simply add the appropriate tag. Rklawton 22:01, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Including only a boilerplate template fails WP:NFCC#10c. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 22:13, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
I've asked for clarification on the policy talk page. You are invited to contribute. Given that the boiler plate specifically states that the image can be used in the album's article, any additional requirement is redundant. I agree that we need a fair use statement for images for other articles or sections not about the album, since this isn't covered in the boiler plate. I ask that you suspend deleting such images until we can resolve this question. Rklawton 22:20, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:Bjppod.jpg

...appears to have been deleted despite having a FU. Otto4711 13:07, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Restored. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 20:32, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:Dcdvd1.jpg

...appears to have been removed despite having a valid FU. Otto4711 13:08, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Restored. In the future, can you please remove the bot notice on the talkpage, it's much easier for everybody. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 20:32, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

G8

Hi, I see you deleted some of the articles on Beta's list. I'm not really willing to call it a brainless deletion, but you deleted some pages that I reviewed and sometimes restored, such as Talk:Web 4.0, Talk:Wolfgang Somary and Talk:Encyclopedia Dramatica. As you can see, some were edited lately, and contained information about why these pages were deleted, and I think G8 doesn't apply for these. :) -- lucasbfr talk 13:38, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Thamls for the reminder. : ) Maxim(talk) (contributions) 20:32, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
I took it as a "ok, you can restore". If you have some time, I hope you can double check your G8 deletions to ensure no other valuable discussions are lost. These popped on my deleted contribs list since I added a "do not delete" template at the top, to ensure they would be double checked, but there probably are others ;) -- lucasbfr talk 09:20, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:SummerCDJI.jpg

You seem to have deleted this image even though I used the FU template Template:Non-free_album_cover

Has there been a chance in FU policy? Can you explain why a thumbnail of a CD jacket isn't fair use on en.wikipedia? Thanks. -- Joi 14:20, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

You may want to see WP:FURG and WP:NFCC. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 20:32, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

You poor man :(

You've had 36 messages in 3 days. Cheers, Qst 21:01, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

In Remembrance...

Remembrance Day


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Deleted Image

regarding Image:Anniearniel.JPG that was just deleted for copright issues, it is clear and proved beyond all doubt, the photograph was published well before 1923. I have a book in my hands from 1921 with th picture in it, and a newspaper article 4 years earlier with it too. All works published in the United States before 1923 are in the public domain. What is the problem? --Kenmenard1983 00:20, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

You deleted this image (Image:Songsofthecolonies.jpg) even though I had provided a valid fair-use rationale. Please explain. -- Chironomia 01:40, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Mistake. Sorry about it. Maxim(talk) (contributions) 11:25, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
You also deleted these two images (Image:DeccaDL5428.jpg and Image:DeccaDL4179.jpg), which also had fair-use rationales. Do you have a way of putting them back? Thanks. -- Chironomia 19:33, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

LOTD proposal

You have nominated a recent successful WP:FL. There have been two recent proposals to begin a List of the Day feature on the main page, which have both received majorities but have not been approved as overwhelming support sufficient for the main page. WP:LOTDP is a new proposal to try to get the ball rolling based on the original proposal. Voice your thoughts on its talk page.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 21:07, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. Maxim 23:27, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Massage Therapy Training Institute

Maxim - Hi. I'm in the process of creating a new article and it was deleted for blatant advertising. This is my first articles submission so I'm just figuring out the process. I'd appreciate any help in correcting my article to be included for submission. Thanks!

tcunard —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tcunard (talk • contribs) 21:10, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

I suggest reading over the notability guideline first to see if it meets that. Maxim 23:27, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Can you...

Copy the contents of the deleted Hue band talk page to the article creators' talk page so they can see my comments regarding bands, reliable sources, notability and verifiability. Thanks. Exxolon 21:21, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Linky? Maxim 23:27, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
User_talk:Hueband Exxolon 01:24, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

speedy deletion

Neumatic band: when deleting a page please don't forget to check whether it is linked from something. `'Míkka 23:14, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

I did. ;-) Except I don't like to remove links, since faults in such articles (like assertion of notability) maybe fixed in the future. Thanks, Maxim 23:27, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Click there to open your card! → → →

RedGear Technologies

Hi I'm new to Wiki--if it's not obvious. A few days ago I researched RedGear Technologies on Wiki. The page didn't exsist so I decided to try to create a page and have received nothing but resistance.....why? If I did something wrong why not explain how to do it right instead of simply deleting the page and leaving me wondering. Any explaination would be appreciated. Sorry if I come across slightly pertubed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Criswikiacnt (talk • contribs) 21:30, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

There's a deletion summary I always leave. You should really look at the links provided to you, instead of immediately complaining here. You're not the only one that's doing it, and it creates more work for me, and some stress, as I do answer such queries daily. In the article's case, it was deleted because it was advertising. Maxim 23:27, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Maxim, I did browse the links provided. I patterned other pages about other businesses. I tried to write the page as objective as I know how--finding the information for the article at the resources I provided. What was the difference between that page and any other page on a business? Is it possible to do this page "correctly"? If so, how? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.180.87.42 (talk) 15:18, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

BTW I read back through the policy and the only thing that I could see that might violate the policy was a link to the corporate page. But, that's what every other page on a business does. ???? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.180.87.42 (talk • contribs) 10:22, November 8, 2007

Please review WP:CORP more carefully, and you may see the reasoning behind the deletion. - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 15:25, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Amazing how no one can just give an upfront answer---(This is the way it is....) I read the policy and don't see it. Refer to conversation above. Did you see my page Cobalt?

Perhaps I was under a false impression of what Wiki is. Seems like there are a lot of hidden agendas going on here. And why??? I just wish someone would be upfront and honest

ANC logo

Hi, you deleted Image:ANClogo.svg for lack of a fair use rationale, but I think that may have been excessive. Instead of deleting it, why didn't you try to find a fair use rationale? It was easy enough for me to find one; you could use basically the same rationale as Image:COSATU_logo.png. It doesn't help to go around deleting fair use images when they're appropriate under the fair use doctrine. LittleDantalk 03:47, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Read /talkpage rules. It's not my responsibility, it's yours, if you're the uploader. And every fair use image needs a rationale. Maxim 23:31, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

The London Speaker Bureau

You say that The London Speaker Bureau is a club or a group when it is neither, it is a registerd company Why is the entry for National Speakers Bureau allowed when it does exactly the same thing? You proposed deletion for "advertising and promotion" and when I asked what part of the text was advertising you did not reply. --Brendanoc 14:18, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

I never proposed anything. Maxim 23:31, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:Streptococcus_oralis_on_Wilkins-Chalgren_Agar.JPG

Maxim, please don't you ignore this. You erroneously took out this picture, and you should bring it back. I'm fairly sure that it is possible. --Djihed 16:59, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm still unwilling to restore it. Please re-upload it with proper licensing information. Maxim 23:31, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
you realise that you're giving us a lot of work to look for the image to reupload it, provided that it existed, which I don't it still does. You, as an admin should know better than to step in the way. --Djihed 09:46, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:CapeVerde.png

Sorry to say, but it happened again.. Waldir 20:58, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Damn it. I've deleted it, i hope it's all god now. Maxim 23:31, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! ^^ --Waldir 10:55, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Images on Commons with different names

Hi Maxim. Sorry to bother you again but I think you may be mistakenly deleting images which exist on Commons under a different name without fixing the links first. For instance, you just deleted Image:Belln209.jpg which on Commons is under the name Image:Bell 209.jpg. The result is a broken image link in AH-1 Cobra which will soon be removed by a bot who will simply comment-out the image. Pascal.Tesson 23:16, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, the example you specified looks O.K... Maxim 23:21, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
No actually, I just looked at your last round of deletions and it's full of the same problem. Check the article AH-1 Cobra. The two broken image links are the result of your deletions. Same problem on article Calakmul because of your deletion of en:Image:CALAKMULL.jpg. I think there's something wrong with the bad old ones tool because it never shows the usage of the images properly. In any case, you have to stop doing batch deletions because it's going terribly wrong. Pascal.Tesson 23:25, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
I wasn't doing batch, I was doing it manually. :-S Maxim 23:28, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Ah ok, but you're still forgetting to replace instances of the image by the Commons name. In about half an hour you won't be able to fix these problems because a bot will have removed the broken links to these images altogether. Bad old ones never shows the en usage correctly so you have to look at the backlinks directly from the image page. Currently you're unknowingly deleting (through these cleanup bots) instances of perfectly good images. Pascal.Tesson 23:31, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Deleted Image

Regarding your deletion of Image:Co logo express black 3p.gif, I believe that there was a fair-use rationale attached to the image. Could you give me some feedback onto why that fair-use rationale was inadequate? Thanks
Rover007TN 22:06, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

You must have a link to the article in which the image is used. Hence, I deleted it per this part of a policy. Maxim 23:27, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
Oh, well since it was being used in the Continental Connection article up until its deletion, and since the fair use rationale did apply to that article (although I did make a small oversight and not specifically reference the article in the rationale), is there a way we could reinstate the image, and have me add the 'Fair use in Continental Connection' phrase to the fair use rationale?
Rover007TN 15:48, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
Deleting an image because of an easily correctable defect is disruptive. It would be simpler to just correct the defect. This was just such an obvious case. Rklawton 15:58, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Problems

I'm seeing you're having ALOT of problems with image deletions. Something up? Vampire Warrior 23:57, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

What? How on earth is Maxim having problems with image deletions? They seem to be working perfectly fine from where I sit. Daniel 00:02, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Compared to the number of deletions, I'd say Maxim's doing really well... I estimate about 2-3 comments per 1000 deletions. Siebrand 00:03, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Tagging Commons dupes

Hi Maxim. In about 1000 edits SieBot will be done tagging the round of duplicates on Commons. Once they have all been taken care of next week, I'll see if it is needed to do another round. At least now the en.wp admins will get the opportunity to use CommonsClash for its second intended purpuse: getting rid of naming conflicts between a local wiki and Commons. Ideally this list is empty :). Cheers! Siebrand 00:01, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

The talk page of Suck my balls

I specifically asked that an administrator not delete the talk page of suck my balls without leaving on my talk page a consideration of the proposal that that salted page should actually be a redirect to teabagging (compare eat shit --> coprophagia). Yes, the subject matter is the sort of thing that would attract vandals, but if you could unsalt the page so I could create that redirect, that would be good. Sometimes, I just feel that admins fail to listen, which is why I'm considering requesting adminship myself, as I've been around long enough and made nearly 8000 positive edits.--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 01:39, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Maxim I really don't want to look like stalking you (I'm hitting my usertalk contribs), but you really should go through your deletions of that day, as I said there probably are more pages you shouldn't have deleted right away (or before at least addressing the concerns raised there). -- lucasbfr talk 10:10, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
The salted page template says: "Restoration can be discussed at the talk page or deletion review." Evidently that's not true, in this case. There's a paradox with the salted page template because these talk pages do meet the WP:CSD.--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 15:31, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Where have I been incivil? On this talk page? I don't want to get into disagreements, but I don't think what I said here alone merited a "strong oppose" - I don't even think I was acting outwith civility at all here.--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 18:07, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

"admins fail to listen"[12] appears to qualify.   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 22:10, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

why did you delete VoiceCaptionIt

The article was completely factual and modeled after similar pages for Google, Sierra On-line, Microsoft, and dozens of other company pages. There was nothing advertised at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jerrybowerman (talk • contribs) 17:24, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

I suggest reading up on WP:SPAM. Maxim 21:30, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Userpage

Hi. Why do you really not want a userpage? Thanks!   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 01:05, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Do I have to want one? ;-) Maxim 21:30, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:77baloonscrew.jpg deletion from Match Game

If I had known about the rationale issue, I could have easily provided a TV screenshot rationale for this image. Although I didn't upload the image, I did have the talk page of Match Game watchlisted. If you had placed a notice on the talk page about the rationale problem, I could have provided a detailed and convincing rationale for an image which was quite useful in explaining the Match Game xx naming convention for the show.

I request that you restore the image so I can provide this rationale. In the future, a notice on the talk page of an article where an image is used would be appreciated, so editors can provide the required rationale. Such a notice may not be required by policy, but fair warning of an image removal to all editors interested in a particular article would be helpful and courteous. Thank you. Casey Abell 17:40, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

I suggest reading these guidelines. I don't tag the images, a bot does, it's not my responsibility to tag the images, and I merely delete the image with unaddressed concerns after 7 days. However, I'm restoring for 48 hours to allow to add a rationale; if it's proper, I won't delete it, if it's not I'll redelete it. Maxim 21:30, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Smile

SJP:Happy Verterans Day! has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Thanks. :D Maxim 21:30, 12 November 2007 (UTC)


Deletion of page

I belive you deleted the page User:Benno briton and Jojo da best's page. Can you please un-delete the page because we shared a page. Now our pages redirect to a deleted page. If you can't undelete the article please send me a mail of its contents.

           Thank You.
Wikipedia isn't Myspace. Myspace is this way. Maxim 21:31, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Animal feed

I'm going to restore an article you deleted after its proposed deletion expired; I think I can address the issue that lead to its proposed deletion. If you object, let's talk. ike9898 02:12, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

On PROD's, I really don't mind. :-) You have my full permission. Maxim 21:30, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Amir Abdul-Malik Ali

I noticed that you deleted the Amir Abdul-Malik Ali article. I didn't write the text and have no interest in it. But the text definitely comes from reliable sources that weren't added to the text. Nor was it possible to add any sources since the article was protected. I added a comment about this to Talk:Amir Abdul-Malik Ali and in WP:BLPN#Amir Abdul Malik, showing a few sources for some quotes in the article. So the article was not a BLP violation and shouldn't have been deleted for that reason. –panda 02:28, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

I removed numerous things that I believed where BLP vios. Afterwards, I compared the revisions, and everything was essentially the same since it was created. I'd prefer if you restart as a fully sourced article. Thanks. Maxim 21:30, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Ryoung122

Hi Maxim, I dunno if you have noticed, but since you blocked Ryoung122 (talk · contribs) he has recruited at least one meatpuppet (StanPrimmer (talk · contribs)) and identified himself as the user of two anon IPs (see 131.96.70.143 (talk · contribs) and 131.96.70.164 (talk · contribs)). I see that he doesn't appear to have been autoblocked, so I was wondering if you could upgrade his block to an autoblock? Ta

BTW, I don't yet have the links, but I have been informed by someone who is on Young's mailing list that he is campaigning hard to recruit meatpuppets. This effect of this is visible at the current AfDs, and I intend to monitor it. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:20, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

I think I'm going after his socks, I'm also getting the help of a checkuser to weed it out. And I'll sprotect the AfD's. Maxim 21:30, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Deleted Image

regarding Image:Anniearniel.JPG that was just deleted for copyright issues, it is clear and proved beyond all doubt, the photograph was published well before 1923. I have a book in my hands from 1920 with the picture in it, and a newspaper article 4 years earlier with it too. All works published in the United States before 1923 are in the public domain. What is the problem? --Kenmenard1983 00:20, 8 November 2007 (UTC) ----repeated 12 november because of no response!!!!!!!!Who is Maxim's supervisor??

Sorry, I get swamped with messages, and I'm not always on time... :-( For your question, simply slapping that it's PD isn't enough. You HAVE to state where it's from. Maxim 21:30, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

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StanPrimmer

Hi Maxim. I think that StanPrimmer (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) is an innocent victim of Young's offsite vote-stacking. He's clearly a different individual, and is stated to be notable in his field. Do you mind if I unblock him and see if we can't straighten things out? Guy (Help!) 12:31, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

I've been following this, and I agree. All this Ryoung stuff has stirred up a lot of drama, but I don't think the best response is to block all the meatpuppets. As people have been saying elsewhere, this is severely biting some people who are new to Wikipedia. Even if they arrive for the wrong reasons, we should hope that they will look around, learn a bit about how things work, and then eventually start to contribute productively. Even if this means that tidying up the supercentenarian material (some of which does need to stay) takes longer, this will be better than alienating lots of people. Carcharoth 12:53, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
Hmm. It is normal to give a reason for unblocking. Maybe even an apology? The way it is now, people reviewing the block log have to dig around to find out the reason for the unblock. Carcharoth 02:41, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you so much for your "beat the bom" support in my successful RfA. It's humbling to have the community's trust. As I master the ways of the mop and bucket, please don't hesitate to message me for any advice or corrections. Cheers! Spellcast 22:45, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Oh and don't worry about that image backlog. I intend to help out there ;) Spellcast 22:45, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

CHTV Logos

I was wondering if you'd be able to email me (or potentially even restore them, with proper copyright tags) the two images Image:CHTV1.svg and Image:CHTV2.svg. I won't re-upload the images without consent or agreement from other wikipedians. if you can't or are not allowed to, that's ok.  :) RingtailedFox • Talk • Stalk 01:12, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

I've restored both images as mistakes. And in the future, please don't post your e-mail address; it's not the smartest thing to do. Maxim 02:15, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of Image:Camber of culdi first.jpg

I noticed that you deleted Image:Camber of culdi first.jpg and I believe the deletion of the image was in error. The stated reason was that the rationale was invalid. At the time the image was tagged for deletion I discussed it with the tagger at User talk:Betacommand and there was an issue with the rationale pointing to the wrong page Camber of Culdi vs. Camber of Culdi (novel) which was corrected at the time. The image was also linked to Deryni novels by someone other than myself. While I had uploaded the image and provided the rationale for Camber of Culdi (novel), I didn't feel comfortable adding a rationale for Deryni novels and am unsure if the use in that article also qualifies for fair use. Regardless, there was a proper rationale for the use in Camber of Culdi (novel) and I believe that I noted on the image's talk page that the image should not be deleted in that article. I removed the deletion tag from Talk:Camber of Culdi (novel) but not from the image itself nor from the talk page for the second article since that use was still in dispute. Is it possible to restore the image itself and the use in Camber of Culdi (novel)? --Rtrace 14:23, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Oops, I made an error deleting this image. Thanks for asking so politely so I'd restore it. :-) Maxim 02:13, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for restoring.--Rtrace 03:07, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:Muh-hund-originallit.JPG

Why did you delete Image:Muh-hund-originallit.JPG and Image:Muh-hund-original-rondellliten.JPG? The artist of the images publicly gave permission for them to be used on Wikipedia and that was included in the fair use rationales. Please undelete them ASAP. Fnagaton 01:02, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

I deleted the images because their fair use rationales (which don't even exist, another reason to delete) failed WP:NFCC#10c. Maxim 02:09, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
The fair use rationales do exist though. I know because I read the fair use rationale on the article talk page. Fnagaton 11:24, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of Image:Knotts Gate.jpg

Hi, I realize that the image was copied to Commons, however, on this page, it says if the "Image description page contains a request not to delete the local copy" then it can't be deleted. I, in fact, put that request on there today and wrote on the talk page asking if I was supposed to replace the tag or not. Since you deleted the image can you restore it or do I have to upload the image again? Thanks. Phydend 01:08, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't notice your message. In the future, feel free to remove the tag. I have restored your image. Maxim 02:07, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks a lot. Phydend 02:38, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Jason image

You deleted Image:Jasonf.jpg because it shared a name with an image on Wiki Commons. The image on Wiki Commons is the exact same image, and it certainly isn't a free image in the least--as it was a promotional image released by New Line. That user who uploaded to Commons should not have done so, and it appears it is about to be deleted in commons because if insufficient copyright status. Can this be corrected?  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 05:56, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Certainly, and I've done so. Thanks for telling me that, I didn't notice that problem when I was deleting. Maxim 11:55, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
It's cool. Thanks for fixing the issue.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 12:10, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of Image:Hinch badge.png

You deleted Image:Hinch badge.png which had a full fair use rationale. It was tagged because the article name was not included in the rationale template. This was quickly fixed. From reading earlier sections here it would appear that I should have removed the tag. I did not do this as I mistakenly thought that this could only be done by someone else, omce they had reveiwed the rationale. Can you reinstate this file please?Weejack48 08:26, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Of course, and I've done so. In the future, can you please remove the tag that the bot puts on the image after you fix the rationale? Thanks! Maxim 11:56, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

About image deletion

Sir or madam, I notice that you have deleted the following images which were uploaded by me, even after I had added {{Non-free media rationale}}, would you please tell me what I had done wrong? Thank you!

[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42]Talk to ► Kevin 17:04, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Can you please, please... xinfinity remove the tags next time. Usually I make about 5 mistakes like this per about 200 images when I have to use more drastic measures in a HUGE backlog. 36 mistakes.I needed the help of two other sysops. :-S Maxim 20:31, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
So next time, after I add {{Non-free media rationale}}, I can remove the tag automatically? If so, I'll do. Talk to ► Kevin 23:34, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
Oh, by the way, thank you so much for reverting them!! Talk to ► Kevin 23:46, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
Yes, please remove the tag. It will save me, you, and in this case Henrik and CBM many headaches. Maxim 02:19, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Oh, once again, please check this image for me, thank you... Talk to ► Kevin 00:25, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Thank you so much!!! Talk to ► Kevin 04:34, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Unresolved Resolved Delted Image Conflict

Why did you delete move to the archives the thread regarding the reinstatement of the Image:Co logo express black 3p.gif? I was willing to add the phrase "in Continental Connection" to the already provided fair use rationale if you reinstated the image. Can you please cooperate with me on this so we can all make Wikipedia better and more informative?

For further reference, the original thread can be found here on your archive page [43] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rover007TN (talk • contribs) 23:23, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I completely forgot to reply. I've restored the image so you can fix up the rationale. Sorry for the delay. :-( Maxim 02:17, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, I've fixed it. And sorry if I came across poorly, that was never my intention. :) Rover007TN 00:09, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of Image:NZ fern.jpg

Hello there, I'm sure I must have received a warning about this having been tagged for deletion, but I must have missed it or I'd have improved the fair use rationale. Would it be possible to reinstate the page and I will beef up the rationale as soon as the page is up? I must admit I'm loth to post images because I almost always seem to fall foul of the rules: they seem so much more opaque and poorly explained compared to those concerning the text of articles! If this is not possible I'll re-upload the image and try to do better with the rationale. But it was rather nicely illustrating an article I'd started (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry) and I'd be sorry to lose it. Thanks. Kim Dent-Brown (Talk to me) 22:33, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

I've restored for a few days so you can put a rationale. Thanks for asking! Maxim 02:10, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks a million. Will look at it later tonight and let you know when I have done so. I'm still not rock-solid sure of what is needed on image pages so may need some advice!! Kim Dent-Brown (Talk to me) 16:39, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
OK: I've added the fair use template and removed the deletion tag - hope that's OK. If it needs any more work can you let me know? Many thanks - Kim Dent-Brown (Talk to me) 16:52, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Busybest (talk · contribs)

Question: Why does Busybest (talk · contribs)'s block not appear here but does here? - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 12:19, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for intruding here, but I can answer this. The first link is the new user creation log (Special:Log/newusers). The latter link is a link to this users block log. If a user is blocked, it only appears in the block log - not the newuser creation log. Qst 16:51, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

CSD I8

Hi Maxim, I think Image:Cetacea range map La Plata River Dolphin.PNG Did not qualify for speedy with CSD I8. The commons version does not specify source and authors and is therefor a copyvio. Regards, Codeispoetry 15:23, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

It's obvious the author made it and uploaded it. ;-) And the Commons version's no different from the one here. Certainly not a copyvio, but if you feel so compelled, feel free to tag it on Commons. Maxim 21:29, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
.It wasn't the author who uploaded it: The uploader was commons:User:E., the file was created by User:Pcb21, 2004 and User:Vardion 2003. Codeispoetry 07:53, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Featured List of the Day Experiment

I am contacting individuals in the order of the number of featured lists that they had created by Novemeber 10, 2007. You have created several. So you are among the first. There have been a series of proposals to initiate a Featured List of the Day on the main page. Numerous proposals have been put forth. After the third one failed, I audited all WP:FL's in order to begin an experiment in my own user space that will hopefully get it going. Today, it commences at WP:LOTD. Afterwards I created my experimental page, a new proposal was set forth to do a featured list that is strikingly similar to my own which is to do a user page experimental featured list, but no format has been confirmed and mechanism set in place. I continue to be willing to do the experiment myself and with this posting it commences. Please submit any list that you would like to have considered for list of the day in the month of January 2008 by the end of this month to WP:LOTD and its subpages. You may submit multiple lists for consideration.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:LOTD) 17:09, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of Image:OKC flag.png

Can you undelete Image:OKC flag.png and inform me once you've done that? I'll add the fair use rational that was missing when you deleted it. Thanks! --Bobblehead (rants) 19:55, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Done. Maxim 21:27, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Deleted image to be restored.

22:19, 14 November 2007 Maxim (Talk | contribs) deleted "Image:Murakami(Army of Mushrooms).jpg" ‎ (Deleted because "CSD I7 - Invalid fair use rationale". using TW)

Image:Murakami(Army of Mushrooms).jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by Knulclunk (talk • contribs) 03:27, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

I see that you were the deleting editor for this images. I am a watcher for this article and just noticed the image's removal. Could you please restore it, and I will provide the appropriate {{Non-free 2D art}} tags and rationale? As you realize, there is no way to notice a deletion request if the image itself is not being watched. This was an image that satisfied all 2d art rationales, the original uploader simply must have be absent. Thanks! --Knulclunk 01:57, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Sure. Sorry for my tardiness. :-( Maxim 22:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! --Knulclunk (talk) 23:01, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of Image:Lotus logo.png

Hi Maxim. You recently deleted Image:Lotus logo.png because "CSD I8 - Image has the same name on Wikimedia Commons". Which it does. Unfortunately, though, the image on Wikimedia Commons was deleted on the 10th of November. Can you please resolve? Thanks. DH85868993 02:36, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Further to this Maxim, I notice from the above comments that you are not exactly fastidious in ensuring that you are deleting images for a valid reason, or than proper attempts have been made to resolve issues if they remain outstanding. Please make absolutely sure that your actions are correct. The Lotus logo could not possibly be a valid Commons image, as it is subject to copyright and was being used here under Fair Use. As an administrator you have a responsibility to make absolutely certain that you are in the right before you start on a path that will cost other editors time and hassle to rectify. If you continue to perform inadequately your sysop status is highly likely to be challenged. Probably by me. Pyrope 14:11, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Have you noticed that Maxim deletes staggering amounts of bad images? If you have, you'll have seen that he has deleted over 5000 images in the last two days alone. It is unreasonable to expect that no mistakes are ever made and his error rate is exemplary, less than 1%. And he gracefully handles those mistakes that happen. Please don't jump to conclusions. henrik•talk 20:29, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
I restored the image in question. Thanks, Henrik, for the note. I think it really sums up my reply to Pyrope's comment.
Thanks for restoring the image. I've restored it to all the articles that ImageRemovalBot removed it from in the interim. DH85868993 (talk) 05:25, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:KIFR-FM.png

This 7 day fair use rationale deletion deadline is extremely maddening. Could you please restore Image:KIFR-FM.png and add the following:

  • Fair use rationale for use in the article KFRC-FM:
  • It contributes significantly to the article, by providing historical information about the station's branding in a way that text cannot;
  • It was widely distributed without charge for the purposes of promotion and advertising;
  • No free alternative can be made of this copyrighted logo image which would adequately give the same information;
  • It is low resolution and does not supplant any market role of the image; and
  • It is only used for informational and educational purposes.

Thank you. DHowell 02:37, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Please also restore Image:KBUE-FM.png, with the following rationale:

  • Fair use rationale for use in the article KBUE:
  • It contributes significantly to the article by identifying the subject;
  • It provides information about the station's branding in a way that text cannot;
  • It was widely distributed without charge for the purposes of promotion and advertising;
  • No free alternative can be made of this copyrighted logo image which would adequately give the same information;
  • It is low resolution and does not supplant any market role of the image; and
  • It is only used for informational and educational purposes.

Thank you. DHowell (talk) 06:05, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Y Done. Thanks for so politely asking me to fix it. :-) Maxim 22:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Reopen Open Hearts (2007 film)

I would consider reopen the deleted article about the movie remake "Open Hears" of the Open Hearts (2002 film) by Zach Braff. The imdb comment states "Zach Braff has put the project on hold", still, it is sheduled to release in 2008 (next year) and the imdb note states "Because this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change; some data could be removed completely."
So the definition of the movie meets the requirement of being in production, the original reason for deletion of the article. The movie (and its wikipedia internal link) is mentioned in several other articles as Open Hearts (2002 film) and Zach Braff. The imdb Profile of the movie can be seen here. I do not know which information was given in the article, but it can surely be expanded to at least an film stub now. Since the movy will be released next year, there isn't much time left to enter the movie into the wikipedia. Greetings, ColdCase 03:21, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Per policy, I've restored it. In the future, if a sysop deletes a page citing an expired PROD, just ask them to restore it. Cheers! Maxim 22:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

"Image:HamiltonPoliceOntarioLogo.png"

Hi, I noted that you had deleted an image I had uploaded. I reviewed the policy you cited in the deletion log, but I'm unclear as to specifically what part of it you feel applies in this case. -- Alan.ca (talk) 17:28, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

I've restored it so you can add the rationale. I'll give about 48 hours to do so, after which I'll redelete it. Maxim 22:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Malone College Athletic Logo

I believe you were incorrect to delete the logo Image:MaloneCollegeLogo.jpg as it most certainly meets fair use rational for Wikipedia, and the fair use rationale was clearly spelled out. Other examples of fair use logos are:

  1. Image:FloridaAtlanticOwls.png
  2. Image:NotreDameFightingIrish.png
  3. Image:University-of-Nebraska-Lincoln-logo.png
  4. Image:UCLA Bruins Logo.png
  5. Image:BostonCollegeEagles.png
  6. Image:MichiganWolverines.png

When I uploaded the logo, I used the fair use rational from a collection of colleges just like these as an example. Since the other college logos obviously meet the standards, Malone College Athletics should as well.---- Paul McDonald (talk) 22:36, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

OK, if you fix the image, you should remove the tag, as I sometimes miss them and delete inadvertantly. Just as an aside, you need to add an article name to Image:FloridaAtlanticOwls.png and using it in 8 or 9 pages is abuse. Maxim 22:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

I got a better idea--how about you check first before you delete anything. You could have easily reviewed the history before deleting the file. It's obvious from reviewing this page that you are pretty darned trigger-happy at deleting things. Many of them do need to be clarified and many of them should be deleted, yes. But please--think first.

Or here's an even better idea: you could also easily have left instructions to remove the tag that you put on once it is fixed. You put something on a page, then you want me to remove it so you don't delete the page? Surely this is not a good idea.

As it was, I left notification that I had made changes to the fair use rationale and was under the assumption that you would have reviewed the discussion page notes.

I don't know anything about the Florida Atlantic logo--I was just using it as an example. As you can tell by reviewing the history of the page, I've never made any changes to it.--Paul McDonald (talk) 23:50, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Ryoung122

Hi Maxim. As the blocking admin, do you think you would have time to comment at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Ryoung122? Thanks. Carcharoth (talk) 00:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll try to comment, but I'll add a short comment here; Robert has used sockpuppets and I've blocked one of his IP ranges for a few months via simple observation and Checkuser confirmation. So I'm not too eager. Maxim 22:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query Did you know? was updated. On 17 November 2007, a fact from the article 2007 Siberian orange snow, which you recently nominated, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Zzyzx11 (Talk) 03:54, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Hooray!!!

Replaceable fair use image

I saw that you closed a speedy deletion nomination at Image:Rafttruck2.jpg, claiming that it was nonreplaceable. I'm not sure that was appropriate, though, given that it was just a picture of a truck. It's clearly possible to take a free image of truck, and the uploader himself has said: "will replace when I have access to this vehicle." I've subsequently listed the image at images for deletion. He mentioned your name in a thread on my talk page, so I thought I'd notify you about my new nomination. -- RG2 21:39, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

I don't have access to large vehicles as I live and work in a national park. It was decided to keep this image until I can get one of my own. I would like it left there until I am able to. I don't exactly have the time (or money at todays gas prices) to go out driving around taking pictures.--Lpimlott (talk) 22:22, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
The reasoning was fairly convincing, but the article has too many fair use images. One's sufficient in the lead, fair-use galleries are frowned upon. Maxim 22:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
I haven't read anything about galleries with fair-use images being frowned upon. The images illustrate different

variations of the particular model. Is there another way of incorporating these images until I'm able to get my own?? I would appreciate some help instead of just deleting these. Thanks--Lpimlott (talk) 22:55, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

I agree with Lpimlott -- please try to communicate and be helpful instead of just being "delete-happy" --Paul McDonald (talk) 23:52, 17 November 2007 (UTC)


img.AlexFinlayson.jpg

Dear Maxim, The glory of Wikiland is its army of anonymous objectivity. The scourge of it is its verbosity. Please please please give me a 1,2,3,4 on how to correctly upload and certify this photo-- instead of the mumbo jumbo of endless wikispeak. When I am instructed civilly, I cooperate. When I am given infinite lists of regulations and links (poorly written and disorganized) I slink away. My past editors have taught me much, but even the last two have said that photos are a no man's land even they do not understand. Enlighten me. Vidamasvida (talk) 00:49, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of Image:AsuradaAFK0 Saga.JPG

I noticed that you recently deleted the image Image:AsuradaAFK0 Saga.JPG. I was the original uploader for the image and added Fair-use rationale to the talk page. I didn't realize until perrusing your talk page that I was supposed to delete the template for deletion as well. I hope that you will be able to restore the image please and let me know if there are any additional tags I need to add. --TnoWatanabe (talk) 18:51, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for the mistake, I've restored it. Maxim 22:49, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks a lot. And keep up the good work! --TnoWatanabe (talk) 00:26, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Please warn us if you are intending to delete images

Hi Maxim, you deleted the following images without giving fair warning on the article talk page, so we never had any opportunity to provide the missing fair use rationale.

  1. Image:Estonian ID card front.jpeg,
  2. Image:Constitutional Pilsener.jpeg,
  3. Image:Kõige suurem sõber VHS.jpeg,
  4. Image:Pehme ja karvane Ilves.jpeg

Could you please restore those images so that we can add a fair use rationale. In the future, could you please put a warning on the article talk page where the image is used, if an image will be deleted in a few days due to some problem. Thanks. Martintg (talk) 19:20, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

It's the bot's job to notify the talkpage, not mine. However, since anything related to it always bypasses WP:AN to WP:ANI because of its infamy, it maybe bugged. I'll restore these images for a few days to allow you to fix them.

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Deleted image

Hi Maxim. You recently deleted (image to right) thumb because it "has the same name on Wikimedia Commons". Ostensibly that's fine, but I now find that the image has also been deleted over at the Commons because it wasn't attributed properly there. Firstly, I never put it there in the first place - I uploaded it to Wikipedia directly; secondly, I'm pretty sure that I originally uploaded it with the proper attributions (it was self-made). Anyway, it's not your fault that was deleted from the Commons, but seeing that you seem to police these matters, I was wondering if there was anything that I can do to stop this chain of events from happening again? It's very annoying to find legitimate content being covertly (to me anyway) deleted. Finally, can the image be restored without me having to upload it again? Cheers, --Plumbago (talk) 12:04, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Political positions of Christopher Dodd

This may be a weird request since I was the one who nominated this article for deletion but I am about to write an article on the campaign of Chris Dodd and it would be extremely helpful if this article was undeleted so I could use the information in it in the article I am about to create. Could you please undelete Political positions of Christopher Dodd? --Southern Texas 01:15, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Y Done Maxim 23:26, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Two deleted images

Hello, you recently deleted Image:PowerStation3.svg and Image:Transformer3d col3.svg, both on the grounds of WP:CSD#I8: "Image has the same name on Wikimedia Commons". This was true, but both were featured images on Wikipedia, and no longer appear to be. What is the practice for featured images under these circumstances? — BillC talk 19:11, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Two errors. Fixed. Maxim 23:26, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Deleted image

Hi,

I noticed this image was deleted Image:NGoScreenshot.PNG. What would I need to do to be able to show this image on here? Would permission from the publisher be sufficient?

Wikidan829 (talk) 16:12, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Look around WP:OTRS to send permission - it should be confirmed there. Maxim 23:26, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Please restore the Barnard's Star images

Please restore the Barnard's Star images you recently deleted at the end of October. I have contacted the author, and he has confirmed in email and on the source web page that he put the images in question into the public domain. The pages where the images were used are Barnard's Star and proper motion.

(I thought you had already restored these, but they were actually linking from Commons. They are now being deleted there because of incorrect attribution.) --IanOsgood (talk) 18:46, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Look around WP:OTRS to send permission - it should be confirmed there. Maxim 23:26, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
I presume you mean I need to start an official deletion review? OK, I did that. --IanOsgood (talk) 01:20, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
No. I completely misread this, I thought you got an email from the author. The license and source is all good, I've restored the images. The deletion review wasn't necessary. ;-) Maxim 02:47, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale

Hi, Maxim. According to the deletion log, you deleted Image:MichelleD04.jpg because of "CSD I7 - Invalid fair use rationale". I have since re-uploaded the image to Image:24 character dessler.jpg and added a fair use rationale. I was wondering if you could check that the rationale is sufficient. Thank you, Ladida (talk) 02:46, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

It looks fine to me. Maxim 23:26, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. Ladida (talk) 04:58, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

C21 Logo

Hi Maxim, I was wandering around and saw you deleted Image:Century 21 logo.png. I didn't upload it, but since its a logo and those tend to be easy to write fair use rationales for, I'm wondering if you can undelete it to give me a chance to take a shot. Thanks. Mbisanz (talk) 04:00, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Have you had a chance to review this request yet? I know you might be busy with the holiday, depending on where you are. Mbisanz (talk) 20:47, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
I accidentaly skipped this request. I've undeleted it. Maxim 01:39, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
Re-added to article and rationaled Mbisanz (talk) 03:34, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:Gocountry105.png

Thank you very much for restoring the KIFR and KBUE logos. Could you please also restore Image:Gocountry105.png, using the same rationale as for the KBUE image above? (with the article name replaced by KKGO, of course). Thank you. DHowell (talk) 03:32, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Y Done, I believe. Maxim 01:38, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

this block

With regards to the above block, didn't you mean usernameblock, not schoolblock?--U.S.A.U.S.A.U.S.A. 01:30, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Yup. In Special:Blockip, there is a dropdown menu of commons block reasons and times, and I've blocked usernames for one year countless times. :-S

User page

Nice to see you finally got one... :) J-ſtanTalkContribs 03:59, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of Image:NextelChallenge.JPEG

Why did you delete this image. That image is the only version that can be found and there's no Free versions of this image avalable. I would put that as a rational but the image was deleted. The image is used to reference the logo of that race on the article NASCAR_NEXTEL_All-Star_Challenge. Sawblade05 (talk to me | my wiki life) 04:16, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

To answer your first question, I specified a reason in the deletion log. Afterwards, do you wish that I restore the image so you can add a rationale? Maxim 23:26, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
OK, I uploaded a rational to the image. I hope thats enough to get the image undeleted. Sawblade05 (talk to me | my wiki life) 06:38, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
I've restored it. Cheers! Maxim 00:05, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

You forgot

...to semi-protect Jenkem. __meco (talk) 10:34, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Y Done Maxim 00:05, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

SlamTV! Episodes

I noticed you deleted the SlamTV! Episodes pages earlier this month. I tried to dig it up, but I don't know much about the technicals of wiki. I was hoping you could undo the deletion or make the page again with the same info. I will provide the links to the DVDs and the home page for notability afterwards. Thanks.Juggalobrink (talk) 18:09, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Would you have a link to the deleted aricle to help me out? I make thousands of deletions, bringing up the subject of the article doesn't ring a bell. Maxim 00:05, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Deleted Shropshire Revolution Images

Hi Maxim,

I notice that you have recently deleted two images that I have uploaded, Freerevolution.jpg and Freerevolution001.jpb because of "CSD I7 - Replaceable fair use image". using TW). I have obviously given the wrong summary or something. Can you tell me what I need to do 'exactly' to keep these images up and in accordance with Wikipedia policy? Many thanks in advance. Robert C Prenic (talk) 21:31, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Provide a proper fair use rationale, but keep in mind that fair use images of living/existing people/buildings aren't accepted because a free version could be reasonably easily created.
Done, I think. Robert C Prenic (talk) 07:55, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Vegalitarianism

I am only leting you know that you forgot close the vote for deleting the page. It was nominated 20. november 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Tramp (talk • contribs) 15:18, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, but I think someone else has beat me to it. Maxim 00:05, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Sgrumf

Why did you delete my monobook.js? →AzaToth 01:00, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

I was browsing over it and I clicked csd, because I had just installed it... and then I clicked a button by accident and I noticed that it started so I thought I canceled it, and I inadvertantly deleted it... Complete accident, you're welcome to delete mine anytime you want. :D Maxim 00:05, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Category:Proposed deletion as of 17 November 2007

looks like you did a speedy delete on the category Category:Proposed deletion as of 17 November 2007 while there were still five articles in it. Jeepday (talk) 15:03, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Whoops, my JS didn't finish properly... :-( Maxim 00:05, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of image mainlib.gif

Hi. I work for the Jacksonville Public Library and I am responsible for maintaining the accuracy of web presentations of the library including the Wikipedia page which I created. The image you have deleted twice has been approved by the library to be representational of the Main Library building. Yes there are presumably free images of the library out there - I've taken a few myself. However the best representational picture of the entire facade of the building is the one that I chose to put in Wikipedia. I'd appreciate it if instead of just deleting the image you'd let me know what I should do as far as licensing if that is what needs to be changed.Pejorative.majeure (talk) 23:55, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Fair use images of existing building are not accepted because free ones can be created; see WP:NFCC. It'd be better if you uploaded a free one. Also, you should read up on the conflict of interest policy. It concerns you. Maxim 00:05, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. I do try to be as neutral as possible, esp. when I write about the library. Pejorative.majeure (talk) 01:00, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Deleted image

DEAR SIR this is regarding the deleted image "Image:Krishna Hospital.jpg" kindly help me how do i add the image the image is of an existing building how do i do it

Pingali (talk) 06:39, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Fair use images of building aren't accepted, because a freely license one can be created. Maxim 00:05, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

You also deleted my image, "Image:Okervil dont.jpg" and I want to know why. It clearly had a fair use rationale on it and I did get it from the record label's web site way back when. -- H3xx (t/c/b) 23:04, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Did you care to read the link I provided in my deletion summary?

Re: A barnstar

Thank you very much for the kind words, Maxim. :) east.718 at 07:37, November 23, 2007

Your help please...

You deleted wikipedia:Image:Elbe watershed 7.png because it had been ported to the commons.

Unfortunately, whoever ported it did not copy the original creation date.

I am porting it to the citizendium. And I should really use that original creation date. Can you look it up for me?

I mentioned this problem, in general, over on WP:AN/I

Thanks! Geo Swan (talk) 19:33, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Also wikipedia:Image:Jutland peninsula 2.png, if you don't mind. talk) 20:01, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
Also wikipedia:Image:Lake Simcoe Ontario.png, if you don't mind. Geo Swan (talk) 20:47, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
In order:
09:44, 3 November 2004 . . Geo Swan (Talk | contribs | block) 514×484 (22,047 bytes) (Watershed of the River Elbe in central Europe)
10:49, 1 November 2004 . . Geo Swan (Talk | contribs | block) 514×774 (13,707 bytes) (jutland peninsula, europe)
23:03, 18 November 2004 . . Geo Swan (Talk | contribs | block) 534×708 (10,066 bytes) (Lake Simcoe Ontario)
Nice pics, by the way. Maxim 00:05, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks.
And thanks for the compliment. The tool makes it easy.
Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 21:05, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of image Season3pan.jpg

Hi! You deleted this image on November 22 due to a supposed missing fair use rationale. I was the current uploader of that image and I'm sure I had a correct FUR on it. Did a vandal remove the information? If not, could you restore it and I'll readd the FUR? Thanks. -- RattleMan (talk) 03:53, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Y Done. Sorry for the tardiness, I believe I skipped this thread by accident. Maxim(talk) 02:00, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Broken

Hey Maxim!

If m:User:Maxim is you, then your signature is broken :o) ➔ REDVEЯS would like to show you some puppies 22:25, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Action about user 68.146.103.228

I do not agree with your decision. Did you read the said user's comments? Wikipedia has a 0 tolerance for such comments WP:NPA . I am wondering what your motive was for not baning him. Granted he was not warned, however in such situations their should be no lenience.--Jab843 (talk) 23:11, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

The user stopped, a final warning wasn't even issued. If you dislike the guidlines, change 'em. Maxim(talk) 02:00, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Block of Anonimu

Given the ArbComm case was underway, please at least note your block in evidence. Giving the reasons would also be a good idea. GRBerry 04:43, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

I've noted it here as a finding of fact that he was continuingly in violation of policy. Will (talk) 10:41, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

More deleted TV & radio station logos

Thank you so much for your previous restorals, could you also please restore the following, using the rationales as noted here?:

Hope this isn't too much trouble. Thanks! DHowell (talk) 06:21, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

We (me and a few nice other admins) are working on this. Please be pateint while this is being fixed. Maxim(talk) 02:00, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
Most of the images should be restored, but I'm not going to add rationales and revert for 35 images and pages. If someone else feels like helping that's cool, if you wanna, it's cool as well, but I don't have the damn patience, time, and willingness to fix it, as it's really your responsibility. Maxim(talk) 02:09, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
No problem, I will add the rationales myself; I appreciate you undeleting them for me. Obviously I can't undelete images, and it would be a daunting task to determine where all the images came from in order to re-upload them, since any source information gets deleted along with the image. I just ask that if I find more in the future, would you mind undeleting them, or give permission for another admin to revert your deletions of similar images at my request? Thank you very much for you continued help. Also, are there any on-wiki discussions about restoring deleted fair use images which have nearly-obvious rationales like these? I am aware of the discussion about trying to change policy to prevent these types of images from being deleted in the future, but not aware of any coordinated effort to restore images already deleted. Once again, thank you very much for your help. DHowell (talk) 03:07, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

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User:Anonimu

Hi Max, as the blocking admin of Anonimu, could you please put a notice of the indef block on his user and talk pages. Thanks. TSO1D (talk) 16:20, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Already resolved, I think. Maxim(talk) 02:00, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Please restore

Hi, could you please restore these images you deleted: Image:Center of the Universe.jpg and Image:Built to Spill Caustic Resin.jpg? I had added the fair use rationale a week and a half before they were deleted (as soon as I was notified of the problem) and even requested on their discussion pages that somebody contact me if the rationale wasn't sufficient. Thanks. Torc2 (talk) 21:51, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Y Done, sorry for the mistake. Maxim(talk) 02:00, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Interwiki vandal

Our "friend" of Jijona continue with others pages. Today this. Here you can find the pages that he/she vandalize in others wikis. Thank you, RoyFocker (talk) 09:22, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Already resolved, I think. Maxim(talk) 02:00, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I'm curious

Why did you temporarily remove the non free images here? -- Scorpion0422 01:45, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

To upload the article to Veropedia. See it here. --Maxim(talk) 02:13, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
I may be missing something, but isn't copying material from the main Wikipedia to other wikis kind of a big no no? -- Scorpion0422 03:18, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
Veropedia stored stable version of the best articles from Wikipedia. Free from vandals, editwars, drama, politics, etc. Veropedia isn't exactly a wiki, as well. Maxim(talk) 01:11, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Imperial triple crown jewels

I, Durova, am proud to bestow these imperial triple crown jewels upon Maxim for superb content contributions to Wikipedia. Thank you for your generous time and effort. DurovaCharge! 04:36, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
I, Durova, am proud to bestow these imperial triple crown jewels upon Maxim for superb content contributions to Wikipedia. Thank you for your generous time and effort. DurovaCharge! 04:36, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Your Imperial Majesty, enjoy these triple crown jewels as a memento for your achievement. May you wear them well. :) DurovaCharge! 04:36, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

W00t!! Maxim(talk) 01:10, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Arguments to avoid

Hello Maxim. I just noticed that last June it was you who added a link to Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in adminship discussions to the RfA front matter. I've just started a discussion about it here. Your comments/opinion would be most welcome. Best regards, Húsönd 20:46, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Steve Augustine

Just wondering why his article was deleted. He is the long standing drummer for the succesful rock act Thousand Foot Krutch and is in my opinion very notable in the music industry. Please respond. Saksjn (talk) 21:28, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

I was only a n00b sysop back then, a better summary could be better. :-) The article was extremely short, it just stated the fact he was the drummer, and the content belonged better in Thousand Foot Krutch. I deleted per WP:PROD policy. I made a redirect, and if you wanna create a bigger article, feel free to do so. Maxim(talk) 01:05, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Leonard Peikoff

Howdy, sorry to see you heading out from the project. I'm writing because I saw your block on User:Leonard Peikoff . I figure there is a chance the user is actually Leonard Peikoff, and wrote a note to that effect on his page. In light of your retirement, would you like me to take care of further concerns of this user? I don't imagine unblocking unless some verification can be given of who he is; if he really believes he's going to be an admin immediately, he may well be disappointed, however. Thanks, --TeaDrinker 21:10, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

On further investigation of his deleted edits, it indeed seems unlikely he is who he says. Thanks for indulging me. --TeaDrinker 21:12, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm not retired, I'm merely retired of silly drama. Anyhow, he was trolling, and that's why I blocked him. If you want to take care of the user sure, feel free to do that. --Maxim(talk) 21:13, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I boldly added the block template and warned him against further disruption on his talk page. <edit conflict> Dlohcierekim 21:14, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
  • For a note, I blocked a likely sockpuppet, Yaron Brook (also a notable person), and deleted the RfA. Acalamari 21:22, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Request

Sorry to see that you're retiring. However, I was wondering if you would mind copying the contents and history of this deleted page and moving them here? Thanks, Scorpion0422 00:43, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm not retiring. I actually wrote a good article. Pete Muldoon, almost from scratch yesterday. If you read carefully, I'm more tired of silly wikidrama. ;-) Otherwise, I moved the history to the requested page. Cheers! --Maxim(talk) 13:20, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Wikihelp

Thanks for making me a sysop, I think I'm the first admin non-'crat. :) — Rudget contributions 11:57, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Takemitsu

I would just like to let you know that you have deleted audio excerpts that were correctly tagged from this article. The bot flagged them up because the composer cited was "Toru Takemitsu", rather than "Tōru Takemitsu". I posted a note about this on the bot's talk page and on the article talk page itself. Please check next time, you have just undone hard work needlessly on a featured article candidate, which is now reduced in quality by these needless deletions. I will now have to take the time to recreate the expcerts and upload the files again. Matt.kaner 12:59, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

You know, you could have asked to me to fix this up, I can, and because I'm, well, unfortunately, human, I do make mistakes, and there is no reason to be so abrasive. And to be honest, I have almost zero appetite to help after I'm being approached like that. Have a good day, --Maxim(talk) 21:25, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Sorry for snapping, I'm just taking out my frustration (which is really directed at the bot for tagging the excerpts for such a ridiculous reason) on you and I shouldn't have. Thanks for fixing them up, it's much appreciated. Matt.kaner (talk) 21:22, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

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