User talk:CheetahKeeper/Archive May 2008

Adoption
Hello, CheetahKeeper (do you really have one?) and thank you for adopting me. I live on the border between Washington State and Idaho State in the USA. Always wanted to visit Australia but doubt I'll ever get there. I've tried getting answers to some of my questions elsewhere (before I put myself up for adoption) but I think I just have one of those minds that needs a little plainer conversation than I have received elsewhere.

One question I have had particular difficulty understanding is the "fair use rationale" relative to images in particular. In one example, I wanted to add an image of my favorite clarinet artist Mr. Acker Bilk to the biographical page about him. There is a web site that purports to be his and/or his manager company (in England) (www.ackersmusicagency.co.uk), where they offer several images of him freely to anyone who wants them, spend no effort at protecting the copyright to them, and don't electronically restrict them. In my mind, this constitutes a de facto agreement to place them in the public domain. However, I was told that I had to get the copyright permission of the person who tripped the shutter.

Well, I tried, but Mr. Bilk is older (than me even) and not an e-mail guy, and his manager obviously only responds to requests for play dates for him and his other band members in Europe.

Now, I'm assuming that from a Wiki perspective, we'd rather have a picture on the article than not have one. I'm sure if I wanted to spend my own money corresponding with Mr. Bilk by snail mail, I'd probably eventually get permission, but why can't we just use the images that are already freely available? Or a webshot of an album cover with his pic on it that I own? Or is there another route that I haven't explored? And (question 2) if I GET said permission, who do I submit it to at Wikipedia (or is it Commons?) in order to get the bot to believe I really have authorization? Truly appreciate your advice, and thanks Thanks, CheetahKeeper (what a cool job THAT must be!!) Well, I tried again, and again, first on Commons (where I have successfully uploaded my own images before), and then on Wikipedia directly, and did the best I could following your directions, but I think we're going to have to do this by painting my footsteps on the floor until I see where I am not understanding this uploading business!! I THOUGHT I was a quick study, but I guess not. I went through all the steps each time, and then the "upload" button just wouldn't work. Same story twice on Commons and twice on Wikipedia. Once it seemed to work on commons, then the "bot" decided that it still wasn't good enough and marked it for speedy deletion because I screwed it up somehow. So, either Acker Bilk01.jpg or Acker Bilk02.jpg will still be there, or...maybe not. Sorry I seem so dense, but I know I must be making it too complicated. Please try again.--RogerR00 (talk) 05:00, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, I got Acker Bilk02.jpg that I loaded into Commons to pull into the Wikipedia article and it looks great. Now, if that speedy deletion thing throws it away, then I'll definitely whine.--RogerR00 (talk) 05:14, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, mate...I haven't heard from that fella yet, but I just checked the page and someone HAS deleted the image. I'm whinin' now. Hope that fella can help.--RogerR00 (talk) 03:08, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello, CheetahKeeper..no pressure, but still haven't heard from that fella. Thanks!--RogerR00 (talk) 02:09, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Posing as an Admin/Bureaucrat
Please refrain from posing as an Admin/Bureaucrat and posting an obviously forged statement as you did here. It is considered blatant deception and if you continue to do so, will result in a block of your account. Please note there is an ANI thread regarding this matter located here.¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 23:41, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Discussion about you
There is a discussion about you on the admin noticeboard. Please feel free to explain your actions. Shii (tock) 02:13, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * He's already been notified & promptly deleted it —  iride  scent  02:19, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Editing practices
Hello. Because of the thread concerning you on the administrators' noticeboard, I took a looksie into your edits. It appears that you have been spending a bit too much time in the "vandal fighting" aspect and not as much time contributing to articles. Perhaps you can branch out to other aspects of felidae taxonomy, such as the Bengal tiger or perhaps other members of Panthera and Felinae.

Also, please be advised about AIV, and that only administrators can protect or unprotect pages in anyway (adding pp-semi-protect does not do anything).— Ryūlóng ( 竜龙 ) 16:52, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Your user page
Are you aware that the Wikipedia logo is copyrighted? Use of it on your User page is probably a copyright violation. I don't know if the other Wiki logos are copyrighted, or not, but you might ask. Corvus cornix talk  15:54, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

This is a response
I don't see any comments about me on the Admins' Noticeboard. Corvus cornix talk  17:42, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Siberian Tiger
That page had been protected, but protection expired. See User:DumbBOT/Protection for more details. Tizio 14:14, 22 May 2008 (UTC)