User talk:Bunzil

l33t
Wikipedia is not suited to complex infoboxes. It is suited to prose, because the database structure is so simple. Don't do something because you think it's l33t. &mdash; Dunc|&#9786; 13:56, 11 August 2006 (UTC)


 * The database structure is what is contained within the database. For example, if you go to imdb, for each person they will have a separate entry for their name, birthname, date of birth, and so on.  A wiki is not like that.  It only has a single text entry for each person, which must contain all of the data.  The best way to present data in that way is as prose.

It is best that articles appear uniform across the whole encyclopedia.

That means keeping all the formatting simple.

Now, despite having removed the silliest things from your infobox you are still carrying too much information in it. And I really don't think you've thought this through. People won't get at you because they come across as grumpy, but it really does look terrible. You are trying to do because you think it is "l33t", but programming wise it is nothing new and the novelty for you will soon wear off. &mdash; Dunc|&#9786; 15:18, 11 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Do you actually understand any of this?


 * Do you really intend to list in a side box, all of a person's grad students? &mdash; Dunc|&#9786; 12:47, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi Dunc, discussion on l33t (that I called 'geekiness') and how one might fix it is at. Please check it out. Regarding the students the short answer is "no" and the methodology/intention discussion is in the 8th from bottom paragraph of. I didn't understand the bit about datastructures, so put some questions about that point on your talk page at. Best regards, bunix 13:26, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Image:Alfred kleiner.jpg
Could you confirm that the above image is granted to anybody to use given attribution, not just Wikipedia? Thanks. theProject 19:43, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * There's nothing about the tag that needs to be changed. The only issue is that there are reusers of Wikipedia content that would presumably copy the same image, and if permission is not granted for them to use the image as well, then Wikipedia cannot use the image. I would be very grateful if you could check up on whether the image is granted to anybody to use given attribution, not just Wikipedia. Much thanks! theProject 05:33, 12 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Reusers of Wikipedia content don't have to be "approved" by us, although we generally become aware of them at some point. The GFDL states that anybody can reuse our material, so long as they include a copy of the GFDL and other things required by the license. Some of the reusers are different from us in that they're commercial reusers of the content and are actively involved in producing revenue from the content. There's a very partial list at Category:Websites which use Wikipedia which should give you an idea. theProject 15:45, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

OK, I contacted ETH and got a reply saying they were aware of the Wikipedia rules when they granted permission. However, now that I have raised the matter they are going to have a meeting on this Thursday to check that all the key parties at ETH are happy with it, in order to "double check." I'll report back here at the end of the week. bunix 22:05, 14 August 2006 (UTC)


 * OK, they got back to me and everything is cool. They are totally happy with us & the reusers using the photo. They were going to charge me 200 Swiss Francs but they let me off the hook when they realised that Wikipedia is non-profit. So we got a freebie folks! bunix 09:55, 21 August 2006 (UTC)


 * That's fantastic! Great to hear we have another image for use in our inventory. theProject 18:44, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Nobel medal
Hi, I noticed that User:Ancheta Wis is adding the image of the Nobel medal to Nobel laureats pages and he directed me to you for questions regarding the template. AFAIK, the Nobel Foundation keeps a tight copyright on everything Nobel related, especially the design of medals and diplomas. They state that permission must be asked to use the image of these things and when granted, the permission is for a single use. My concern is that it might not be fair use to put it like that in all articles, though I'm not a lawyer. Question is, are you sure that it is OK, as this might be a pretty serious problem for WP?

PS: You can answer here, I'm watching your talk page AdamSmithee 08:35, 12 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi Adam, Good point. OK, I've just emailed the Nobel Foundation and we should get a reply in a day or two. Keep watching this space :-) Best regards, bunix 06:59, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

They are taking their time...so in the meanwhile I've replaced it with a "home made" Nobel medal, that doesn't look as good as the real one, but will probably do for the time being.bunix 21:58, 15 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm really curious what they will say... Hope they'll have good news AdamSmithee 07:07, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi — not to butt in here, but Wikipedia doesn't use things which only have permission for use on Wikipedia. They'd have to grant permission for all re-users to use it like this as well. This has been policy for awhile due to an order from the top. Just pointing that out in case you haven't seen it. --Fastfission 13:52, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Bunzil, nice solution. Is everyone amenable to us inserting the template again? I know that Max Born, for one was altered to rm the template.
 * Jiang, maybe this image will work. Such an image livens up an article which currently has prose only, which is the case for many of the Nobel laureate articles. --Ancheta Wis 17:12, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

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 * Hi Jiang, Looking into this. See comments to Adam (above). Watch that space in a couple of days for the answer. Best regards, bunix 07:03, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Zeeman
Hi JdH, accoding to "The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists" publ: Oxford, Ed: Roy Porter, Zeeman's PhD was jointly supervised by both Kamerlingh Onnes and Lorentz. If you disagree, please let me know your sources. Best regards, bunix 01:50, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * According to the Dutch biography (P.F.A. Klinkenberg, Zeeman, Pieter (1865-1943), in Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland) Zeeman took courses from Lorentz, but Kamerlingh Onnes was his sole thesis supervisor. JdH 13:10, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Database structure
Okay, I'll try to explain database structure.

Wikipedia's information is carried in a database. Each Wikipedia entry basically has two fields. The first is the article's title, the second is the text in the article. This is extremely basic, in fact it's about as basic as you can get. (The categorisation system makes it slightly more complex, but categories are a side structure rather than the main structure). Wikipedia has one field that is best used for storing prose like an essay.

Compare now imdb. Take as an example, Keira Knightley if you click on the update button at the bottom you get taken to an update page. Now you see that all possible details imaginable have their own entry, their own field. This is a proper database and it is ideal for storing specific information. Her date of birth, place and so on all have separate entries in their own field. This is proper database design. Wikipedia it not a proper database.

Wikipedia is not like this, because it is so simple you need to apply the KISS principle. That means if you're going to use infoboxes, you need to think them through properly, which I don't think you've done. &mdash; Dunc|&#9786; 13:42, 16 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Hey look I can't be bothered arguing with you, even though you are making a huge mess of everything. Infoboxes look horrible, they serve absolutely no purpose, and you seem utterly clueless about how databases work, why formatting needs to be simple, and what you might include in an infobox, but it seems that no-one including myself is really that bothered to have a fight about it. &mdash; Dunc|&#9786; 13:03, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Circumcision
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Nobel again
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Unfree images on Wikipedia must meet criteria for use, see WP:FUC, adding the nobel medal to a page on the medal would be a fair use, adding it to every article on laureates is not a fair use as it adds noting significant to the article.--Peta 08:40, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

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Let's move on
Please check this, in case I've accidentally overwritten something. I hope not, but if so, I apologise. I've put in *, which I hope is OK. Tyrenius 00:34, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

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Help Needed
Dag JdH, I've been toying with the idea that we should start an article on Geertruida de Haas Lorentz who is notable as one of the first female Dutch physicists and also the daughter of Lorentz and wife of de Haas. I am having great difficulty trying to find information about her and particularly a photograph of her. I am thinking you are the perfect person to ask where to find a photo of her, as your Dutch references seem to be superior to mine....any ideas? Can you help collaborate on such an article? Best regards, bunix 10:20, 15 September 2006 (UTC)


 * The online sources I usually look at are Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland, History of science and scholarship in the Netherlands, and the National Library of the Netherlands. Unfortunately, I do not find anything on Geertruida de Haas-Lorentz in any of these sources. Most likely it would require a visit to the archives. You may try to contact a librarian at the National Library. The other possibility is National Museum of the History of Science and Medicine; they have the papers of all prominent Dutch scientsist in their archives. But to be honest, I think that it would require a personal visit to the archives, and go through the papers yourself. Good luck with it anyway, JdH 23:15, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Beste JdH, dank u. I will check those sources. It will probably take me a long time to find this stuff ...but I may start an article soon just with the tiny snippets of info that I do have. Then hopefully there are other Dutch editors out there who can weigh in and add bits also. Who knows, with any luck one of them may even have a photo :-) Een goede dag verder. Best regards, bunix 05:22, 16 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Beste JdH, OK, I went ahead and created a stub based on what little info I have. Hopefully that should get it going. Check it out at: ...let me know what you think. Also if you know any other Dutch editors who might be able to help expand it, please point it out.  Hey, also the stub on Wander de Hass needs to be badly expanded ...have you seen that one? Best regards, bunix 06:39, 16 September 2006 (UTC)


 * It just occurs to me that there may be shortcut to get more information, and that is to ask the web master of the website of Instituut-Lorentz for theoretical physics. He is clearly interested in the history. The website sports a page on Wander de Haas, with a reference to a book by Casimir. Perhaps that book has more info on Geertruida as well; it may be worthwhile to check that out.   JdH 09:55, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Re: Template Infobox scientist
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German academy of sciences
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Infobox Scientist replacement/reengineering
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Infobox scientists - comments
Hi there. I recently read the TfD debate here, and then felt moved to leave comments here. As you were one of the most vociferous defenders of the template, I thought you might be interested in my thoughts. I hope you can see my point about how an infobox designed to try and fit all scientists can miss the point when it is forced on someone it is not designed for. And if people read the infobox first, I believe they can genuinely be offered a misleading mix of basic and irrelevant data that should properly be introduced at the right point, rather than lumped together. I am now going to pop over to Einstein and see if that has any little flag icons in a bio infobox... :-) Carcharoth 03:55, 25 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Dear Carcharoth, whilst I see your point, your point can be applied to infoboxes for philosophers, writers and dozens of other cases. The trick to solve the problem is not to scrap infoboxes (because there are tens of thousands on the 'pedia and here to stay) but to recognise that one can be creative on an article-by-article basis. It is an art to summarize things and summaries can always be done. The creativity can take the form of careful wording, use of the Footnote field in the infobox, and even in some cases leaving a field blank if not applicable (eg. if someone is not dead, the date of death field is left blank). Editors of each article can decide (by consensus) which fields to leave blank...there's nothing wrong with that.  It's better to do that, than to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Specifically, which fileds in which article are you having issues with? Best regards, bunix 11:21, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Image:Rolf landauer.jpg
Hi, I'm confused about Image:Rolf landauer.jpg. It's marked as both a copyrighted promotional image and a cc-licensed image. Which is it? If it's cc-licensed, can you put in the description where specifically it was released under that license? Thanks... &mdash; Chowbok  ☠  02:06, 7 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi Chowbok, I don't understand. You appear to be saying that promo images and CC are mutually exclusive. Please explain rationale. If you are correct, then which alternative to CC should one switch to? Best, bunix 23:42, 9 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, let's go back a bit. Who owns the copyright on that photo? &mdash; Chowbok  ☠  21:08, 12 November 2006 (UTC)


 * IBM (I think)...although their website doesn't explicity say that. It simply contains the photo for free download for media releases, promotional use etc etc. bunix 21:16, 12 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Okay, if you don't know who owns the copyright, then you can't say that the image is CC-licensed. An image has to be specifically licensed that way by the copyright owner, they can't just say it's for free download, etc. I'm going to mark that as a promotional photo, and also mark it as replaceable. (You'll be seeing the boilerplate text that explains that shortly.) Please let me know if you have any questions. Also, can you please sign your messages on my talk page with ~ ? That way I can click right on your username and go back to your talk page. &mdash; Chowbok  ☠  21:23, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, he's dead, isn't he? I'll just mark it promo for now (not replaceable). &mdash; Chowbok  ☠  21:24, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, he is dead as a doornail. I thought it was already marked as promophoto. bunix 21:31, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

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Hey Bunzil, I noticed you've been setting image widths to 300px for a lot of biographical articles. I'm really not sure I agree with these, especially for images that are being stretched beyond their original size-- they come out grainy and grating to the eye. I think I'm not alone here, so do you think you could hold off for a bit and see what others think? Or let me know if you have reason to believe the resizing would be backed by consensus. Thanks. -SpuriousQ 11:26, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi bunix, I responded back at my talk page. -SpuriousQ 23:09, 19 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, please stop resizing images, such as at Jöns Jakob Berzelius, to 300px. --Sadi Carnot 17:18, 14 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Also, this image is oversized Nikolaas Tinbergen, and now, since your edit, I can't down size it. --Sadi Carnot 02:26, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

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Image copyright problem with Image:Cornfeld.jpg
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Image:AnthonyJamesLeggett.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:AnthonyJamesLeggett.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:


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Albert Potter Wills
I have added a "" template to the article Albert Potter Wills, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at its talk page. Removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, but the article may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. 172.162.136.195 14:38, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:George_Paget_Thomson.jpg
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Another problem with image: It is of J.J. Thomson, not G.P. Thomson (!) Site from which it was copied makes this clear.

Image copyright problem with Image:LeoSzilard.jpg
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Orphaned fair use image (Image:Lars Onsager.jpg)
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Orphaned fair use image (Image:Cr rao.gif)
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Image copyrights
Here we go again:
 * 1) You can't re-license PD images as creative commons, stop adding a cc-license to your PD images
 * 2) If an image is on the Commons you do not need to upload it to Wikipedia, just use the normal image syntax and it will magically appear here
 * 3) Most of the images you are uploading as PD have no information about who took the photo, so it is really difficult to verify that the image is actually in the public domain. By making false license claims you put Wikipedia in a difficult position.
 * 4) Continued addition of copyrighted material may lead to your account being blocked.
 * --Peta 03:06, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Image:Female emissions.jpg
The author is not stated in the image description, have you taken the photo? Thanks for your short answer! --Svencb 10:35, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

{subst:replaceable|John l hall.jpg}} Abu badali (talk) 22:39, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Image:H david politzer.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:H david politzer.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:


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Image:MasatoshiKoshiba.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:MasatoshiKoshiba.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:


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Your accounts
My |recent checkuser request your use of two other accounts to unfairly influence votes and continue to upload images of questionable copyright status has been confirmed. I have blocked both your other accounts; if would prefer to continue to edit as one of your other identities let me know and I will unblock the account you want to use and block this one. --Peta 11:39, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Editing guidelines
Hello, I thought I would remind you of a few article editing guidelines: Thanks, Icemuon 13:36, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Please use an edit summary when making edits. This is useful for other editors to see at a glance what were the changes you made.
 * If you make minor edits, please check the "Minor Edit" checkbox right above the Save Page button.
 * Please use the Preview button (right beside the Save Page button) when making changes, so that you don't have to make numerous minor edits one right after another. This keeps the history smaller and allows other editors to see more easily what changes you made.

Copyvio
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your, but for legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted.

Feel free to re-submit a new version of the article. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must include on the external site the statement "I, (name), am the author of this article, (article name), and I release its content under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and later."

You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here. You can also leave a message on my talk page. -- Whpq 16:36, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:John Bardeen.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:John Bardeen.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, then you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, then their copyright should also be acknowledged.

As well as adding the source, please add a proper copyright licensing tag if the file doesn't have one already. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the GFDL-self-no-disclaimers tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Fair use, use a tag such as or one of the other tags listed at Image copyright tags. See Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following [ this link]. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 21:43, 16 April 2007 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. E LBorgo  (sms)  21:43, 16 Apr 2007 (UTC)

Image:Penrose3.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Penrose3.jpg. I notice the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:


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Orphaned non-free image (Image:Camille Keaton camillekeaton.jpg)
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Alfred Kleiner
Hi, I can see that you wrote the Alfred Kleiner article, would you be so kind to tell me what the sources are? Thank you. --Tianxiaozhang 00:37, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Image tagging for Image:Felix_bloch_stamp.jpg
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Orphaned non-free image (Image:Colin h Wilson.jpg)
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Image:Felixbloch_physicist.jpg listed for deletion
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Image:Emil_Warburg.jpg listed for deletion
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Better source request for Image:Emil_Warburg.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Emil_Warburg.jpg. You provided a source, but it is difficult for other users to examine the copyright status of the image because the source is incomplete. Please consider clarifying the exact source so that the copyright status may be checked more easily. It is best to specify the exact web page where you found the image, rather than only giving the source domain or the URL of the image file itself. Please update the image description with a URL that will be more helpful to other users in determining the copyright status.

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Image:Playmen.jpg
I have tagged Image:Playmen.jpg as orphaned fairuse. In order for the image to be kept at Wikipedia, it must be included in at least one article. If this image is being used as a link target instead of displayed inline, please add article name to the image description page to prevent it being accidentally marked as orphaned again. User:Gay Cdn (talk) (Contr) 17:09, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:250px-Paul_Erdos.jpg
Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:250px-Paul_Erdos.jpg. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use. Suggestions on how to do so can be found here.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Fair 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.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' 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 "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. MER-C 10:40, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Image:ASBesicovitch.jpg
I have tagged Image:ASBesicovitch.jpg as no rationale, because it does not provide a fair use rationale. If you believe the image to be acceptable for fair use according to Wikipedia policy, please provide a rationale explaining as much, in accordance with the fair use rationale guideline, on the image description page. Please also consider using or one of the other tags listed at Image copyright tags. Thank you. MER-C 13:00, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Jean_Baptiste_Perrin.jpg
Thank you for uploading Image:Jean_Baptiste_Perrin.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. – Quadell (talk) (random) 04:43, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Image:AdriaanDaniëlFokker.jpg
I have tagged Image:AdriaanDaniëlFokker.jpg as no rationale, because it does not provide a fair use rationale. If you believe the image to be acceptable for fair use according to Wikipedia policy, please provide a rationale explaining as much, in accordance with the fair use rationale guideline, on the image description page. Please also consider using or one of the other tags listed at Image copyright tags. Thank you. MER-C 05:27, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Image:GustavLudwigHertz.jpg
I have tagged Image:GustavLudwigHertz.jpg as no rationale, because it does not provide a fair use rationale. If you believe the image to be acceptable for fair use according to Wikipedia policy, please provide a rationale explaining as much, in accordance with the fair use rationale guideline, on the image description page. Please also consider using or one of the other tags listed at Image copyright tags. Thank you. Rettetast 17:27, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Image:HenkCasimir.jpg
I have tagged Image:HenkCasimir.jpg as no rationale, because it does not provide a fair use rationale. If you believe the image to be acceptable for fair use according to Wikipedia policy, please provide a rationale explaining as much, in accordance with the fair use rationale guideline, on the image description page. Please also consider using or one of the other tags listed at Image copyright tags. Thank you. Rettetast 07:30, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Image:Hugh_everett.jpg
I have tagged Image:Hugh_everett.jpg as no rationale, because it does not provide a fair use rationale. If you believe the image to be acceptable for fair use according to Wikipedia policy, please provide a rationale explaining as much, in accordance with the fair use rationale guideline, on the image description page. Please also consider using or one of the other tags listed at Image copyright tags. Thank you. Rettetast 16:42, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Image:EdwardJohnRouth.jpg
I have tagged Image:EdwardJohnRouth.jpg as no rationale, because it does not provide a fair use rationale. If you believe the image to be acceptable for fair use according to Wikipedia policy, please provide a rationale explaining as much, in accordance with the fair use rationale guideline, on the image description page. Please also consider using or one of the other tags listed at Image copyright tags. Thank you. Rettetast 18:46, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Image:William_Henry_Bragg.jpg
I have tagged Image:William_Henry_Bragg.jpg as no rationale, because it does not provide a fair use rationale. If you believe the image to be acceptable for fair use according to Wikipedia policy, please provide a rationale explaining as much, in accordance with the fair use rationale guideline, on the image description page. Please also consider using or one of the other tags listed at Image copyright tags. Thank you. Rettetast 19:09, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

JohnHenryCoates.jpg
I have tagged Image:JohnHenryCoates.jpg as replaceable fair use. If you wish to dispute this assertion, please add to the image description page and a comment explaining your reasoning to the the image talk page. Calliopejen1 22:49, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:CharlesEMPearce.jpg)
Thanks for uploading Image:CharlesEMPearce.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).

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Erdős number‎ categories nominated for deletion
Removed cfdnotice, cfd has completed. --Kbdank71 17:37, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of the Erdos Number categories
Recently, as you know, the categories related to Erdos Number were deleted. There are discussions and debates across several article talk pages (e.g. the Mathematics WikiProject Talk page. I've formally requested a deletion review towards overturning the deletion, at this deletion review log item. Pete St.John 21:53, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Categories by Erdos numbers
User:Mikkalai/By Erdos contains a very raw list made from remnants of categories and the log of the bot which implemented the deletion you opposed. Please join the discusion here to decide how to proceded. A clandestinely proud Erdos-Number-3-wikipedian `'Míkka 16:29, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:RonaldFisher.jpg
I have tagged Image:RonaldFisher.jpg as no rationale, because it does not provide a fair use rationale. If you believe the image to be acceptable for fair use according to Wikipedia policy, please provide a rationale explaining as much, in accordance with the fair use rationale guideline, on the image description page. Please also consider using or one of the other tags listed at Image copyright tags. Thank you. Rettetast (talk) 16:21, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:PaddyMoran.jpg
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If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 06:42, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Ernestwilliambarnes.jpg
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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Robert-millikan-stamp.jpg
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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Spitgrave.jpg
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Image:John_Archibald_Wheeler.jpg
I have tagged Image:John_Archibald_Wheeler.jpg as no rationale, because it does not provide a fair use rationale. If you believe the image to be acceptable for fair use according to Wikipedia policy, please provide a rationale explaining as much, in accordance with the fair use rationale guideline, on the image description page. Some examples can be found at Use rationale examples. Please also consider using or one of the other tags listed at Image copyright tags/Non-free. Thank you. Rettetast (talk) 20:27, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Charles Edouard Guillaume.jpg
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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:JELittlewood.jpg
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Image:Max_von_Laue.jpg
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NowCommons: Image:Mlmenten.jpg
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Do you remember source of Menten image?
Hello, I am not a bot. As noted above, in September the Menten image which you originally uploaded on 11 Jan 2007 was transferred to Commons, which was good because that made it available to Wikis in other languages. However subsequently someone deleted it from Commons as "nosource", and yesterday (1 Nov 2008) a bot deleted the link from the Wiki articles (in English, French and German at least). I would like to have this photo restored, and it would help if you can remember where it came from - as precisely as possible so that the source can be specified in a new image file. If you have another copy that would be helpful too.

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Nomination of List of people in Playmen 1968-1969 for deletion
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