User talk:Abdullah Geelah/Archive7

Bosnian + Croatian + Icelandic
I wasn't sure whether your last name was spelled with a "G" pronounced as in "Jimmy" (i.e. Modern Standard Arabic pronounciation) or as in "Greece" (i.e. eg. Egyptian pronounciation). Let me know and I'll fix Bosnian and Croatian accordingly. The "h" in the end is pronounced, and Avdo is a jolly Bosnian nickname for any Abdullah (notice the one l) they'll meet. nepTune 22:50, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Images
Abdullah, Firstly, I don't believe that the vandalism on the articles is sufficient at the current time to justify protection. Almost every article will get vandalised at some stage, and sadly we just have to live with that. This is especially so if an article was on the main page as Laas Gaal was. Let me know if it gets worse though and I'll see what I can do. Else post a note to WP:RFP.

Secondly, with the images you should now:
 * 1) update each image page with the exact url you got it from.  Wikipedia gets several thousand images uploaded every day and every image must have a source and a valid license attached.  I noticed you updated Image:Laas Gaal.jpg saying that the author is BBC.  That wont work because many people understand BBC images to be copyright.  I'd suggest something very explicit along the lines of "downloaded from http://www.world66.com/africa/somaliland/sights/laas_gaal which asserts a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0 license".  The people at copyright protection need to be able to quickly verify what your saying is correct, else they'll just delete the image.  The onus is on you to provide as much information as possible to make their job easier.
 * 2) update Copyright problems/2006 August 26/Images with the same information.

I@n 01:49, 28 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Abdullah, you are removing copyright warnings from images that may be unsuitable for Wikipedia. eg. .  Please stop as this can be interpreted as vandalism which I'm sure is not your intent.  As I said above, add the url you downloaded the photo from to the image page.  "BBC publicity photograph" or "Flickr Share and Publicity photograph" means nothing.  The changes you've done will now have to be reverted.  -- I@n 13:30, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I've replaced the "copyvio" tag - again - on Image:Lahooh.jpg. Flickr does not assert cc-by-sa. Flickr leaves it up to individual photographers to decide what licenses to use for their photos. If you look at the page the image comes from, it does not say "cc-by-sa" or "Creative Comments". In fact, it says "All rights reserved", which means that the original photographer continues to hold the copyright. Copyright is a complex and detailed area, and I do not think you understand it well. I really think it would be better if you avoided uploading images unless they are pictures that you have taken with your own camera. FreplySpang 15:27, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Thats right. When Flickr says "public" they are referring to public in the context of the photo being visible to everyone as opposed to "private" for members viewing only.  I think you'll find they don't mean "public domain". -- I@n 15:42, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 * (edit conflict with I@n) Exactly. I was just coming here to say what I@n said. We can't use that image. FreplySpang 15:44, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Then can you just upload those two pics please with the right copyright. As soon as you do that I will stop uploading pics. Abdullah Geelah 15:44, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Your missing the point Abdullah. We can't upload those photos because they're under a copyright.  ie. they're owned by someone who hasn't released them to the public domain or with a Creative Commons license.  -- I@n 15:48, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 * OK!! I understand I will delete the images and never upload another Image again! Abdullah Geelah 15:50, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Firstly, you cannot delete the images once they're uploaded. Only an administrator can do that and now that they're listed for copyright review (as I told you yesterday ), it will be a few days before they get deleted.  Don't worry about it, that will get sorted out.  Please don't edit the images any more as you'll only get yourself into hot water.  Secondly, don't be put off from uploading images in the future.  Have a read Copyright FAQ and understand that Wikipedia can only use photos that have been explicitly released into the public domain or have been released with a suitable copyright tag (explained in the above link).  The person who first takes the photo owns copyright on it and unless he releases copyright, use of the photo without permission is theft. That's why the Wikimedia foundation takes this issue so seriously Ask if you need help.  -- I@n 16:02, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Images
''The PC i'm using doesn't work probably so I do apologise fro the spelling errors. I meant by deleting the images by deleting the removing them from the articles they are on. Abdullah Geelah 16:07, 28 August 2006 (UTC)''
 * I see. Yes, I can do that.  -- I@n 16:12, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Its done (they had all been removed already) -- I@n 16:16, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Re: Gold!
Awww, thanks. :) I'm kinda floored, I really don't know what to say, and I'm bad enough at responding to compliments without saying something silly about myself, as it is. :p So, thanks so much. I will strive to keep up a standard of contribution in keeping with this. Thanks again. Luna Santin 18:59, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Copyright problems with Image:Laas Gaal.jpg
An image that you uploaded, Image:Laas Gaal.jpg, has been listed at Copyright problems because it is a suspected copyright violation. Please look there if you know that the image is legally usable on Wikipedia (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), and then provide the necessary information there and on its page, if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. 24.52.254.62 21:40, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi -- I noticed that you deleted the copyvio tag on the image without discussion. Please do not keep on deleting copyvio tags without discussion.--24.52.254.62 23:28, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

copyvio on text
Please participate in the discussion on the Laas Gaa'l article's talk page, rather than continuing to revert the copyvio tags.--24.52.254.62 23:28, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Restoring user page
''Can you restore my edit history on my userpage page please. Abdullah Geelah 17:23, 28 August 2006 (UTC)''
 * Why? The other admin deleted them for good reasons.  If there's something specific you need recovered let me know, otherwise I'm inclined to say sorry, but no. -- I@n 05:08, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but maintaining your edit count is a very poor reason to restore deleted edits. Only an administrator can delete edits - if you had edited out the personal info, anyone could still have viewed it by looking at the edit history.  As far Laas Gaa'l is concerned, User:24.52.254.62 is correct - the image appears to have been taken off the BBC website by world66 and is therefore not useable.  If you want to deal with claims of plagiarism edit the article and use your own words. -- I@n 13:10, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

¡Hola!
About a month ago you left a message at my page soliciting help in foreign languages. Unfortunately I have been on Wikibreak and I found out someone already translated your name into spanish (correctly, I might add :). Anyways, just to let you know that if you need any help with anything in spanish,I'm more than willing to help in the future. Adiós, Rosa 20:40, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Somaliland Maps
Hi. Concerning the maps of Somaliland, I will be glad to make them, but I have had major problems with my computer recently and some of the programs were erased from my system. The one I used to make the maps was one of them. As soon as I get everything functioning normally again, I will create the maps of Somaliland's cities. Thanks. --Acntx 07:51, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Re: Ottoman Turkish version of your name
Hey, Abdullah, I hope you don't mind, but I went ahead and corrected a couple of mistakes in the Ottoman Turkish version of your name. Cheers. —Saposcat 13:58, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Your page
Hey, Abdullah, when are you coming back to Wikipedia? The date keeps changing! I tried to look after your page the best I could. I'm so sorry that your edit history got removed, I guess they had to get the personal stuff out, or something. I talked to several people who all genuinely tried to help you. I hope you had a great holiday and you really come back soon. We all miss you at Wikipedia!  Whis key   Rebel  lion  04:22, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I guess you are back. Duh. Well welcome back!  Whis key   Rebel  lion  04:27, 31 August 2006 (UTC)