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Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! I noticed that you recently added commentary to an article, Super Video CD. While Wikipedia welcomes editors' opinions on an article and how it could be changed, these comments are more appropriate for the article's accompanying talk page. If you post your comments there, other editors working on the same article will notice and respond to them and your comments will not disrupt the flow of the article. Thank you. Rcooley (talk) 09:24, 28 March 2008 (UTC)Reply

{{helpme}} Hello editors. This is a test to see how helpme works. Regards, 3dimen (talk) 17:03, 14 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

The article Switcher CAD has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

no evidence of notability

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The article Douglas Hopkins has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Highly promotional article, no evidence of sufficient independent sources to establish notability, orphan for two years

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion.   Will Beback  talk  23:55, 15 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

Are you writing articles for pay? If so, please disclose your conflict of interest. WP:COI.   Will Beback  talk  20:10, 21 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

No. In my opinion the Hopkins subject is a notable person, and I think it's a good article. I'm sorry if some people consider it promotional. Perhaps the problem is that this is an unusual person who has done a lot of interesting things in his life, and I can't help that. However, I will try to find more secondary sources. 3dimen (talk) 03:40, 8 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

A tag has been placed on File:Ap cov 488824530.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an image licensed as "for non-commercial use only," "non-derivative use" or "used with permission," it has not been shown to comply with the limited standards for the use of non-free content. [1], and it was either uploaded on or after 2005-05-19, or is not used in any articles. If you agree with the deletion, there is no need to do anything. If, however, you believe that this image may be retained on Wikipedia under one of the permitted conditions then:

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A tag has been placed on File:Vol 488851659.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an image licensed as "for non-commercial use only," "non-derivative use" or "used with permission," it has not been shown to comply with the limited standards for the use of non-free content. [2], and it was either uploaded on or after 2005-05-19, or is not used in any articles. If you agree with the deletion, there is no need to do anything. If, however, you believe that this image may be retained on Wikipedia under one of the permitted conditions then:

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A tag has been placed on File:Bott 2068761571.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an image licensed as "for non-commercial use only," "non-derivative use" or "used with permission," it has not been shown to comply with the limited standards for the use of non-free content. [3], and it was either uploaded on or after 2005-05-19, or is not used in any articles. If you agree with the deletion, there is no need to do anything. If, however, you believe that this image may be retained on Wikipedia under one of the permitted conditions then:

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I'll also note some of these images are at Flickr, with rights inconsistent with Wikipedia. See [4], and [5]. This is technically not a problem, if we have a permission statement on file with different rights, it will override the rights statement at Flickr, however, it can lead to confusion. Only OTRS agents can see the permission statement, while anyone can see the Flickr page, and it might lead to confusion. It shouldn't but it might. It is helpful to change the Flickr rights to match what is sent to Wikimedia, just to avoid confusion.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 20:09, 3 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

Checking further I do not see that a permission statement has been filed with OTRS. That should not be required IF the Flickr rights are changed, but we need some evidence of an acceptable license. --SPhilbrick(Talk) 20:14, 3 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

To Sphilbrick, just to let you know that I will need some time to digest your message and get back to you. But let me say I was very careful when I posted those pictures and I am surprised this is coming up. I feel my hands are tied because I cannot see the original licensing information I provided way back then. Am I correct in assuming only administrators can see that information now? 3dimen (talk) 22:34, 3 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

If you filed permission with the OTRS system, by sending an email to [email protected], then not even admins can find it, but I can. The permissions statements are only viewable by OTRS agents. If one had been filed and accepted. there should have been a template attached to each of the three images, which would not contain the permission statement, but would have a link to it, and would signal to admins (and everyone else) that there is permission on file.

Look at File:Pandit Ram Kishore Shukla with Rajiv Gandhi at 7, Race course road in 1988.jpg to see a recent example of the template. I did not see the template on the three images you uploaded.

If you believe you did send in permission, let me know and I'll help track it down.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 12:21, 4 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

I've now looked at the help page where you asked to see what licensing was chosen. Primehunter copied the information to the help page. The key point is that the template for the cc-by-sa-3.0 license was added. This is the right license, however, in many cases, especially in the case of clearly professional images, we require a formal permission statement to be filed. Especially in this case, as there is information about the copyright license at the Flickr site, and it is not a compatible license. When such a situation is identified, ideally at time of upload, but in this case three years later, we add a notice to the talk page of the editor who uploaded, letting them know they need to address the problem. We normally allow seven days, which is more than enough time for active editors. Let me re-emphasize, the fact that they are deleted is no big deal. I can restore them, but we need a permission statement from the photographer.

If you provided one, I'll search for it. If not, the desired form is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Declaration_of_consent_for_all_enquiries --SPhilbrick(Talk) 12:34, 4 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

Sphilbrick, this is really good news. I know how to contact the photographer and will help him fill out the form. Incidentally, I will be trying the talkback template (first time) to let you know I left you a message. 3dimen (talk) 05:05, 5 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

Excellent! and the talk back worked perfectly.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 11:50, 5 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

In April of 2012, the following images were removed from the Douglas Hopkins page:

• Vol 488851659.jpg
• Ap cov 488824530.jpg
• Bott 2068761571.jpg

The photographer has now filed a formal permission statement. I would like to rename the images with more descriptive names and restore them to the article. The new names are, respectively:

• Volcano_cover_harvard_magazine_by_douglas_hopkins.jpg
• Cover_american_photographer_by_douglas_hopkins.jpg
• Bottle_fragrance_by_douglas_hopkins.jpg

Both sets of names are included in the permission statement. It might be a struggle for me to learn how to do all this, so I would appreciate any help from the Wikipedia cognoscenti.

3dimen (talk) 04:20, 21 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

I can help but I need help finding the permission statement. I searched for any permission statement with the name "Douglas Hopkins" filed in the last week but did not find it. I also seaarched for any ticket mentioning "Bott 2068761571" but found none. I tried "Bottle_fragrance_by_douglas_hopkins" but that failed. If you can narrow down the date sent, I can check, or if you can share the email address (via email if confidential) I can search for that.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 13:36, 21 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

While waiting for an answer I will note that a permissions statement did not need to be filed if the license on the Flickr page were changed. I prefer that option, because, at present, the Flickr image license is incompatible with licenses acceptable for Wikipedia. The license in a permission statement trumps that license, but permission statements are not viewable by most editors. We hope that an editor reviewing license would see a permission template, once it is added, and check, but the process is much cleaner if the Flickr license is an acceptable license, then it can be checked an verified by bot. Having the Flickr license correct as well as a permissions statement is also fine.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 13:43, 21 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

I've now scanned all the unprocessed tickets created in the last five days and have not found it. I assume it was sent to an English Wikipedia address, rather than the Commons address, because the images are on the English Wikipedia. I haven't scanned the open Commons requests, but there are hundreds, so that is not an option. In theory, the search should have found it, but the search can be very picky for free text.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 13:48, 21 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

A quick followup, as it appears we may be in different time zone/ In a few hours, I have to leave for a business trip, with little time for Wikipedia. If I get an answer before then, I will try to address this today, otherwise, I can't get to it until Thursday.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 16:26, 21 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Thank you SPhilbrick. I'm not sure what an open request is, so please let me know if I need to file one. Thursday is fine - there is no hurry. I should have told you the permission statement was sent by email on Oct 8, 2012. This is a "time available" project for me - apologies for being intermittent. I thought the permission statement would be associated with the images. If you want Hopkins to change Flickr, please tell me what license, and please be sure Flickr offers that option - my recollection is that they don't, but this was a long time ago. Thanks again for your help. 3dimen (talk) 17:07, 21 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

When you say permission was sent my email, I presume you mean it was sent to our permissions recording system, called OTRS. They are saved in that system, and when processed a permissions template is attached to the image. Do you think he sent the permission to <[email protected]>? I found 107 emails sent on October 8, 2012, but most were closed, which means either that a template was added to the image, and a response sent, or if there was a problem, an email response would have been sent. Only 8 are still open, none in English, so I have not been able to find the email.

The page Wikipedia:FLICKR identifies the acceptable, and unacceptable licenses. One of the images see here has the (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0), which is why it was deleted. If the license is changed, which is as simple as clicking on the License section, and choosing on of the last three options, then we wouldn't even have to deal with filing a permissions statement at OTRS. (Obviously, only the image owner can change the license)--SPhilbrick(Talk) 17:54, 21 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

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