User talk:Misterweiss

Hello! A note to image deleters:

I believe in ADDING to Wikipedia. Unlike some users who have nothing better to do than delete things on here, I only ADD images, and rarely, information. I believe if you're going to delete an image, you should be uploading a better one, or leave it alone. Respect the efforts of others...they at least took the time to contribute, whereas you, by being an "armchair deleter" are only taking away...and doing it only to suit your whims. I think there are far too many deleters on here. But I suppose in order to have a free Wikipedia with meaningful contributions, we must suffer unwarranted deletions from non-contributers as well.

Correcting bad grammar or factual mistakes is one thing, but deleting images is a bit more aggressive and invasive. How about moving them to a gallery at the bottom of the page instead?

Remember that no one person's additions, deletions or edits are meant to be gospel, or the alpha and omega...and there is always the "undo" link to revert and correct any bad edits or unwarranted deletions.

Please add something meaningful or leave it alone.

wiki commons

You have uploaded a lot of fine images. It would probably be better if you would upload photographs, your own work, directly to wiki commons. You log in to wiki commons just like on this wiki. The advantage is that your images can be linked to any language wiki from wiki commons. Snowman (talk) 11:32, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Nice work with the Beatles pic!

Hey, I just want to say that I thought the grainy, low-res pic was all that was on the LoC site, hence I uploaded only that. I didn't realise that the LoC had a much better version too ... Great job! One more thing, could you update the version I uploaded on Commons here? Thanks. indopug (talk) 21:14, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

I just thought it'd be good to have the original uploaded on Commons too. I was hoping for the original version with the uncropped white border (like in the link above). Anyway, I guess I myself can update the original one I uploaded on commons with the the hi-red LoC pic unaltered. Thanks again, indopug (talk) 00:21, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

I agree with you. Who the hell deletes images here on Wiki? And why, for that matter? I come to Wiki specifically to surf for images. Many contributors have added brilliant photos. Wikipedia would be a much poorer place with less images. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.116.19.185 (talk) 09:11, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Whitby Colliers, Whitby Cats

Hallo Misterweiss, please can You tell me something about this typ of ships, build in the 17. century in Your area. Do You know a former shipyard named G.& N. Langborn in Your town?? Thanks for help--Beaverbear (talk) 06:14, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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NowCommons: File:Portland Headlight 2000 3.jpg

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Chrysler Building

Misterweiss, the City of Phoenix, Arizona is preparing a publication on commercial architecture during the World War II era. We would like to use your photo of the Chrysler Building in New York City in the publication. It appears to be licensed to the public domain, but we would still like to credit you. Will you please contact us at historic@phoenix.gov to tell us to whom we should credit the photo? Thanks - Kevin Weight, Senior Planner, City of Phoenix Historic Preservation Office. 148.167.2.10 (talk) 00:40, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:Monkees_Birds.jpg)

Thanks for uploading File:Monkees_Birds.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Melesse (talk) 09:45, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Non-free use disputed for File:Monkees_Changes.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Monkees_Changes.jpg. Unfortunately, I think that you have not provided a proper rationale for using this image under "fair use". Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page. Note that the image description page must include the exact name or a link to each article the image is used in and a separate rationale for each one. (If a link is used, automated processes may improperly add the related tag to the image. Please change the fair use template to refer to the exact name, if you see this warning.)

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File:Monkees_Monkees.jpg

I have tagged File:Monkees_Monkees.jpg as a disputed use of non-free media, because there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please clarify your fair use rationale on the image description page. Thank you. Melesse (talk) 09:46, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

File:Monkees_More.jpg

I have tagged File:Monkees_More.jpg as a disputed use of non-free media, because there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please clarify your fair use rationale on the image description page. Thank you. Melesse (talk) 09:46, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

File:Monkees_Pisces.jpg

I have tagged File:Monkees_Pisces.jpg as a disputed use of non-free media, because there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please clarify your fair use rationale on the image description page. Thank you. Melesse (talk) 09:46, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

File:Monkees_Replay.jpg

I have tagged File:Monkees_Replay.jpg as a disputed use of non-free media, because there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please clarify your fair use rationale on the image description page. Thank you. Melesse (talk) 09:47, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Fair-use problem (centralized discussion from several file-talk pages)

Why is there always someone who wants to delete images? All I was trying to do is make the Monkees article look better and include low-res pictures of all of their albums. They should be included under "fair use" because they're low resolution. I don't understand what you want me to do here.Misterweiss (talk) 10:09, 6 February 2011 (UTC) copied from File talk:Monkees More.jpg

You have to actually fill out the fair-use rationale template...each rationale needs to include some specific detail about the image and its use, not just a generic "it is fair-use" tag. Even the {{album cover fur}} template you placed on the file description includes a "REQUIRED" notation that you did not satisfy. But also, images that are covered by fair-use requirements are only allowed to be used in very limited cases (per the rationale requirements), some of your contributions appear to be used as "album-cover in article about band" rather than "album-cover in article about album", which is not generally not permitted use. DMacks (talk) 10:11, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Monkees Head.jpg

Thank you for uploading File:Monkees Head.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this file on Wikipedia may not meet the criteria required by Wikipedia:Non-free content. This can be corrected by going to the file description page and adding or clarifying the reason why the file qualifies under this policy. Adding and completing one of the templates available from Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your file is in compliance with Wikipedia policy. Please be aware that a non-free use rationale is not the same as an image copyright tag; descriptions for files used under the non-free content policy require both a copyright tag and a non-free use rationale.

If it is determined that the file does not qualify under the non-free content policy, it might be deleted by an administrator within a few days in accordance with our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions, please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you. J Milburn (talk) 11:27, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Important!

It appears that when you uploaded the images of The Monkees, their uses appeared to be copyvios. However, I wouldn't know if they are slightly better resolution. Their dimensions are the same size, and if they are more legible they could replace the other images found in their specific articles. Please go to the page The Monkees discography to see the articles which contain similar images. Go to the other image's upload it to that file name instead, and add {{db-g7}} to the pages where you originally uploaded your files (yours are currently tagged as "orphaned" fair use). Other users will determine whether your versions or the other users' images are better.

While a non-free image can be used more than once when necessary, only one file of that non-free image should be held on Wikipedia at a time. mechamind90 19:23, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Whitby/GA1

Some good work has been done recently on Whitby. I'd now like to list it as a Good Article, but it needs to be thoroughly checked for copyvio. I looked at another source today and found another example of copy and paste editing. It may just be confined to the Economics section, but it would be of benefit to check the rest of the article. I'm putting the GAN on hold for another week to allow people time to check for and clean up the copyvios. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 14:31, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

This user helped promote Whitby to good article status.

Done. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 21:40, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Chewing gum accusation

Chewing gum?

Hey Mate...

A little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing. You accused me of doing something to a chewing gum article/page? By IP address? My user name is Misterweiss. I don't do any changes/edits without it. I use Verizon Wireless Broadband via a USB modem for internet access - I have a different IP address every time I connect, like dial-up used to be. The only thing I can figure is someone else on Verizon did those changes, and today I happen to be on that IP address. If you check my history, you'll probably see a million different IP addresses in the last 5 years.

I understand you're using bots and such to check for vandalism, but it's quite obvious that it doesn't always work. You can't assume that someone always has the same IP address and accuse people of things.

I have no bloody interest in chewing gum anyway!

Thanks

Bill Weiss — Preceding unsigned comment added by Misterweiss (talk • contribs) 12:31, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

I guess you connected to Wikipedia today, and immediately noticed the orange bar stating that you had new messages (Prior to logging in)? In that case the situation you are seeing is normal. If someone places a message on an IP users talk page any user connecting as that IP will receive the new message bar until the talk page is actually visited. In this case the IP who vandalized the chewing gum page two months ago didn't visit the talk wand thus you ended up seeing the new message bar even though the original IP editor was already long gone.

The good news? As soon as you are logged into your account you are recognized as a named editor instead of an IP user, and thus you won't see the the message popups for an IP address at all. Excirial ^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 13:01, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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Orphaned non-free image File:16 Greatest Hits 300.jpg

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