User talk:Paradiver

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[edit] Archiving talk pages

Hi Paradiver; I noticed that you deleted most of your talk page.[1] You may want to archive it, instead. "Archiving one's own user talk page is optional and is preferred over deletion so that past discussions can be easily searched." Please see Help:Archiving_a_talk_page for more. --Walter Siegmund (talk) 02:09, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 24 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Halema`uma`u crater, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Bobet 13:39, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Halemaʻumaʻu.

Hi Paradiver; thanks for the addition to Halema`uma`u crater. I wonder if you'd be kind enough to put something on your userpage, please? I'd like to add you to the author list in the WP:DYK nom, but your red-linked name really stands out. Walter Siegmund (talk) 02:49, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. I added your name.[2] Walter Siegmund (talk) 03:25, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Replied to your current event query on my talk page. Walter Siegmund (talk) 10:27, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of Archive Okina

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I didn't mean to tag that page as vandalism, sorry about that. I userfied this archive to your space here. Tan | 39 04:49, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
The problem is that you moved the archive into article space, not a subdirectory of the project talk page, e.g., Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Hawaii/Manual of Style/Archive 01. People like Tanthalas39, who do a wonderful job removing vandalism, vanity, and pranks, see project talk added as a new article as possible vandalism, even though you were trying to improve Wikipedia by archiving old discussions per WP:TALK. I'm going to revert your talk page archive attempt. You can try again, or someone else will do it eventually. Walter Siegmund (talk) 13:15, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
I agree with the above comments. After User:Tanthalas39 did you the courtesy of copying the "archive" material into a place where you could preserve it, s/he rightly noted that the erroneously-created page in article space needed to be deleted. Had s/he not copied it first, it would have been deleted and it would have been quite a bit more time-consuming for you to get it back. I deleted the leftovers and marked it as housekeeping, which I felt it was; User:Tanthalas39 had had a difficult time trying to classify exactly what had happened, which is reasonable since I've also never seen anyone try to archive project talk material into article space before. I'm sorry you've been inconvenienced. If there is something that you want to have happen with respect to this material that has not already happened, and that you feel would improve Wikipedia, please let me know what it is, as specifically as possible, please, and I'll try to help you however I can. Accounting4Taste:talk 18:11, 25 April 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Spam in Mortgage Electronic Registration System

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[edit] Image: Pele HVO

It appears you uploaded a photograph you took, Image:Pele_HVO.JPG, to illustrate the Pele (deity) article. It is a beautiful picture and makes the article look very nice. However, I am concerned about a possible copyright infringement. We need permission from the copyright holder of the painting you photographed. The page MediaWiki:Uploadtext/en-ownwork says "The act of scanning or photocopying someone else's work is not considered to be "creative".--Ishi Gustaedr (talk) 00:17, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Lovely illustration, I agree. WP:COPYREQ may be helpful, as well. Walter Siegmund (talk) 05:19, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Paradiver, in a reply on my talk page, you said "The image hangs in the Volcano National Park Visitor's Center and is public property. Copyright is eligible since it is government property." I'm pretty sure that being government property doesn't put it in the public domain. If the work had been created by the government, that would be different. For example, the Smithsonian owns a lot of artwork, but I don't think it's all in the public domain. Do we know who the artist was and if it was created as part of a government contract or something? Honestly, I am no expert in these matters, I just want to make sure we tread carefully in this area. I can see if I can find a Wikipedia admin who understands copyright to help us out. Also, we can contact the National Park Visitor's Center as Walter Siegmund suggested above by pointing to WP:COPYREQ. I'm more than happy to assist, if you would like.--Ishi Gustaedr (talk) 01:38, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
further discussion at Image_talk:Pele_HVO.JPG --Ishi Gustaedr (talk) 16:23, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Paradiver, you continued this on my talk page, please continue it at Image_talk:Pele_HVO.JPG --Ishi Gustaedr (talk) 01:29, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright problems

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Image:Pele_HVO.JPG, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.arthurjohnsen.com/. As a copyright violation, Image:Pele_HVO.JPG appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Image:Pele_HVO.JPG has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message.

If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) then you should do one of the following:

  • If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at Image_talk:Pele_HVO.JPG and send an email with the message to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
  • If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the GFDL or released into the public domain leave a note at Image_talk:Pele_HVO.JPG with a link to where we can find that note.
  • If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the GFDL, and note that you have done so on Image_talk:Pele_HVO.JPG.

However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you. --Ishi Gustaedr (talk) 20:58, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your recent edits

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[edit] Please discuss Image:Pele_HVO.JPG on its talk page

How many times do I have to ask this? Please stop responding on my talk page. I've copied your comments again to Image_talk:Pele_HVO.JPG. If you spread the comments out on different pages no one will be able to follow the thread. --Ishi Gustaedr (talk) 02:39, 31 May 2008 (UTC)