User talk:Chris 73

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Yay!I'm the first one!Anyhoo...


has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Trampton 07:06, 24 March 2007 (UTC).

Killer whale FPC
Hello. A Featured Picture Candidate you commented on, Featured picture candidates/Killer whale mother and calf, is now in the section for "Older nominations requiring additional input from voters." Contributors have tried to improve it after you commented, and your opinion is welcome as to which, if any, of the available versions deserves promotion. I am sending this message to everyone who participated in the FPC. Thanks! Kla'quot 06:26, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Rocketsnail
It was mean of you to delete Rocketsnail Games page. You have no heart. he is not a cp mod. it was a company aquisitioned by Disney. Would you delete Disney? no. Then why delete rocketsnail?????Flapperistic (talk) 16:54, 21 February 2009 (UTC) The article "Roke" is an inappropriate article. As you are an administrator, could you please do something about this? Linqi.linqi's comment (moved from User:Chris 73/Archive 012 -- Chris 73 | Talk 10:24, 29 March 2007 (UTC))

Image:CardiopulmonaryResuscitationAdult.jpg listed for deletion
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NPA and talk page vandalism
Hi Chris. I'm back from my wikibreak but I think that I'm about to go on a new due to more unpleasant events which make me dislike wikipedia. Do you think that what's been said here is rational? Thanks. Miskin 13:55, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

about the 3 kingdoms maps you created
I hope I can upload a new version of your maps of Three_Kingdoms_of_Korea, the update will be a new border based on and mark the area between the new border line and the old line with strpes of grey and blu, and mark the area as "disputed territory", and mark China into "Southern and Northern Dynasties (China)". please give me a reply if it is ok? thanks--Yeahsoo 03:25, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Please delete
Please delete these articles User:Asad Aleem/David Herald User:Asad Aleem/Rick Herald User:Asad Aleem/Arthur Herald User:Asad Aleem/James Herald User:Asad Aleem/Eric Herald User:Asad Aleem/Mark Herald User:Asad Aleem/Bob Herald User:Asad Aleem/Lilian Jones User:Asad Aleem/Helen Austin User:Asad Aleem/Theodore Herald User:Asad Aleem/Jenny Augustus User:Asad Aleem/Herald Family User:Asad Aleem/Jim Samuel User:Asad Aleem User:Asad Aleem/Asian Wrestler because these articles are composed of fake information and these people do not exist and ban the user who created them.

Remove the Forced Redirect
You should probably remove the forced redirect on "Eric Dill." He is no longer with The Click Five and is pursuing a solo career. Various news articles talk about this, such as: http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2007/04/0504.cfm http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1558026/20070425/lil_kim.jhtml http://theedge.bostonherald.com/musicNews/view.bg?articleid=196306 -- John

MenstrualCycle image
I've modified the image you created for the article menstrual cycle per a request on the article's talk page. Feel free to comment there or on my talk page. Lyrl Talk C 22:53, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem. Always happy if people improve my work -- Chris 73 | Talk 03:46, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Mark 48 torpedo
I just went a double checked, and I think the images your composite was made from were actually taken by Australians, not US navy. Since they're aussie, crown copyright applies, and it's non-free. We can probably make a case for fair use, but it's gonna have to come off the commons and should probably be delisted as an FPC. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 02:21, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Forced Redirect - Please Remove for Eric Dill
Eric Dill is now the "former" lead singer of The Click Five, and therefore needs his own Wikipedia listing. This is not possible, however, because it is set on forced redirect. Can you please remove the forced redirect on this listing? -- John | 11:48, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale
Hi Chris, I've seen that you've uploaded the Image:ShipPamirFalklandIslandStamp.jpg under a fair use license. Could you please add a rationale for the license? As Wikipedia has several free images, I'm not sure what to base it on. Thanks, Ibn Battuta 17:36, 25 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Hoppla, gerade erst gemerkt, daß Du deutsch sprichst. Egal, antworte, wie Du magst. ^^ --Ibn Battuta 17:37, 25 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Achso, ja, auf das Datum hatte ich noch gar nicht geschaut. Da das Bild neu im Artikel auftauchte, dachte ich, es sei neuer... Würde es Dir etwas ausmachen, wenn ich das Bild zur Löschung melde? Wie gesagt, es gibt mittlerweile mehrere freie Bilder, da finde ich schwer zu begründen, wir bräuchten ausgerechnet dieses... Viele Grüße, Ibn Battuta 06:05, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:BrickWall.jpg
Do you maybe have a larger version of that for commons? If you have another one please tell me on my commons page Thanks --D-Kuru 01:13, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I see that there is another picture available on the english wikipedia which is bigger.
 * If you fell like you can upload it. If not, please tell me so that I can do it instead.
 * --D-Kuru 01:16, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


 * The resolution of that image is still to small :-(
 * Do you have a version with a higher resolution for commons?
 * --D-Kuru 18:30, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

New WP:TOJO sockpuppet candidates
A number of odd, Tojo-like edits have been showing-up as parkinsonism again. While I've seen Tojoism in action before, this is the first time I've ever dealt with it directly. Would you mind giving me your opinion on the (all brief) edit histories of the following users and whether you agree with my suspicion that they're Tojo socks?


 * User:210835a
 * User:FishGreen
 * User:DrBruce 67 - Also claims to be "Qualified neurologist. 35 years medical experience"
 * User:ZadTak
 * User:90.207.102.59 - First edit? "(rv vandal)" who added  tag to User:210835a's user page....
 * User:Amanda Cadwallider (less sure of this one).

Thanks much. -- MarcoTolo 19:55, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Image:LuigiWaitesPlaysVibraphone.jpg listed for deletion
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Image:GreyhoundRacing.jpg listed for deletion
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Deletion review
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deleted "Image:Film reel and film.jpg"
deleted "Image:Film reel and film.jpg" (moved to commons) ... Sounds good, but I don't think you caught all the places it was linked from. Can you remind me of the proper code for it (I don't have my notes with me), and I'll try to take care of fixes on teh Film portal project? Thanks..... David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍  ) 22:07, 2 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I think I figured it out. Several "Film reel and film" images were deleted from the Commons for (In category Sxc-warning; no permission). Can you restore it here now that it's not appropriate for there? David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍  )

Capsule Hotel Image
Hello! Just wanted to let you know (as you requested be done) that I am planning to use the image CapsuleHotel.jpg in a school project of mine on Tokyo. I will add the tag that you supplied to my bibliography, with details on what image it is referring to. Have a nice day! Peace out.

Franz T. Speeling 13:21, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the info, and good luck with the project -- Chris 73 | Talk 19:46, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Image:OndesMartenotDemonstratedByInventor.jpg
Hi, I have tagged Image:OndesMartenotDemonstratedByInventor.jpg for deletion as it is missing source/licensing information. Feel free to remove the tag if you can find out more about the image's copyright status. Cheers, --KFP (talk | contribs) 12:06, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Salt Satyagraha.jpg
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Mushiki
Hi Chris, do you know if the sides of a Mushiki are also made from bamboo? It looks more like some kind of bark; at any rate, the linear markings seem unlike any part of the bamboo plant that comes to mind. Unless it be the 'bark' of a very large bamboo, ironed flat ... ? And do you know what the Chinese equivalent of the mushiki is called? Thanks, Jayen466 17:50, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Image:17June1953StonesAgainstTanks.jpg listed for deletion
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Possibly unfree Image:FirestormHamburg.jpg
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Image:IndianaCapitol.jpg
I noticed that you deleted Image:IndianaCapitol.jpg in December 2005 with the edit summary of "moved to commons", but I can't find the image on commons. Did you perhaps save it on commons with a different name? Thanks. --rogerd 13:59, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

September 2007
Please stop. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing. --  ALLSTAR    ECHO  06:02, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * You mean this revert of yours? Seems to be your mistake. Cheers, -- Chris 73 | Talk 21:07, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism notice
A user has been repeatedly changing the Sea of Japan image from using internationally-accepted naming to using the naming advocated by South Korea. Please restore it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Okurisama (talk • contribs) 03:13, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

the Ninth Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names elected to retain the title of the body of water as "Sea of Japan". <<?
 * about sea of japan/east sea edit.
 * actually, iho chief said,
 * "I encourage the three countries concerned to find a solution acceptable to all of them, taking into account any relevant solutions, or else to agree to differ and to report the outcome of these discussions to the next conference."
 * IHO did not decide to only 'sea of japan' naming use.
 * The IHO declined the name use both "East Sea" and "Sea of Japan". They did not decide to only sea of japan name use.
 * 1. IHO cheif said, "these discussions to the next conference."
 * 2. Previous IHO's map delete that only "sea of japan" name use.
 * 3. The latest meeting of the International Hydrographic Organization ended without any changes, but South Korea is happy because the head of the organization suggested the moniker “Sea of Japan” be deleted from the world’s oceanographic maps until an agreement on the disputed name can be reached.
 * 4. so, IHO did not decide to exclusively "sea of japan" name use.
 * According to IHO's technical resolution,
 * It is recommended that where two or more countries share a given geographical feature (such as, for example, a bay, strait, channel or archipelago) under a different name form, they should endeavour to reach agreement on fixing a single name for the feature concerned. If they have different official languages and cannot agree on a common name form, it is recommended that the name forms of each of the languages in question should be accepted for charts and publications unless technical reasons prevent this practice on small scale charts. e.g. English Channel/La Manche.
 * so, exclusively 'sea of japan name use' did not permited. "Sea of japan/ East sea"(same use) is right.
 * I correct from JPOV edit. also, i already discussed in this page.Panelequal3 05:12, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Check the wikipedia Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Korean)
Check the Naming conventions (Korean). According to Wikipedia naming convention,

Per the vote that took place from 18 July 2005 to 8 August 2005 here, this is the new naming convention for the body of water that separates Japan and Korea:


 * 1) For all international articles use: Sea of Japan
 * 2) For all Japan articles use: Sea of Japan
 * 3) For all Japan/Korea and South Korea articles use: Sea of Japan (East Sea)
 * 4) For all Japan/North Korea articles use: Sea of Japan (East Sea of Korea)
 * 5) For all Korea and South Korea articles use: Sea of Japan (East Sea)
 * 6) For all North Korea articles use: Sea of Japan (East Sea of Korea)

Per the conditions of the vote, use (East Sea) only once at the first mention.
 * so, Sea of Japan (East Sea) is right.

admin, you must check first WP:NVPanelequal3 09:54, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
 * This is an international article. Hence Sea of Japan. -- Chris 73 | Talk 09:59, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Yet another General Tojo sock?
Hi Chris - you might also want to check out User:Bolly Holly F as a possible sock of User:General Tojo - it looks like his sole purpose was to wikistalk you. Incidentally, what'd you do to earn the distinction of Tojo? Cheers --Folic_Acid 17:30, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Blocked in error
Chris, I blocked you for a couple of minutes completely in error. I was blocking socks based on a report at WP:ANI and I had a tab open with your account on it for some reason. I noted in the unblock log that the block was in error. Again, I apologize for that! -- Flyguy649 talk 04:27, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Photo use
I want to use a photo of yours on a protest sign. The photo says, "u can use this image freely for any purpose, including commercial use, provided that you license it under one of the above licenses. My suggestion is to use the following text: This Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons image is from the user Chris 73 and is freely available at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Whale_meat_on_dish.jpg under the creative commons cc-by-sa 2.5 license." What does this mean? It seems to mean I have to put these words on the photo, which is about the same as saying I can't use the photo as a photo. Is this correct? I'm not trying to license the phote. I tried to understand GNU Free Document License but it does not seem to apply to photos. The Creative Commons seems to be about commercial use only. I looked for this information on Wikipedia but could not find it. Thanks for the help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.225.2.17 (talk) 05:43, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * What or how do you want to use the photo? The text usually goes e.g. in the subtitle or the credits, but this depends on how the photo is used. The CC license in this case also allows for commercial use (otherwise it would say "NC" for non-commercial) -- Chris 73 | Talk 09:39, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I want to use it on a save the whales protest sign. Not an article, or caption, or subtitled movie, or with credits, it's a protest sign-I wouldn't have to protest if whales or the poor or the innocent had voices and words.  The point of a photograph at times is to convey 1000 different words-which this photo does.  If I add text people will ignore the image and focus on the words.  Watch people at an art gallery or a museum some time-they spend more time on the words and lose the image.  Is it possible to use this image as an image, without words?
 * Technically, you would have to have a small print at the bottom of the poster with the credits. That does not have to be on the photo. You could also put it on the back of the poster. However, realistically, I don't think anybody would mind or care about the particular license. I added the license so others don't use the images commercially without continuing to share the photo, and have no problem with you using it on the poster. So go ahead and just use the picture. BTW, which pic are you interested in? -- Chris 73 | Talk 08:35, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you, your permission is sufficient. No one would mind or even notice except for me as I'm an artist and you might for the same reason. The whale meat.  It's linked above.
 * You're welcome. Also, if you're interested - the whale meat tasted really bad. All the white stuff is fat and grease from the blubber, and only the red part is actually meat, and even that was not very nice. I have no interest in eating that stuff ever again. Best wishes, -- Chris 73 | Talk 12:26, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Sandbox
RE: ''This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits. The next time you vandalize Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing. Chris 73 | Talk 20:03, 27 December 2007 (UTC)'' : The edit appears to have been erroneous since I was directed there as a link to the sandbox. Hence why someone else had also made an edit on there, which was also deleted. It was a vandalism edit, as you can see, simply placed there under the impression I was on the Sandbox page. ('by user:195.82.104.122')
 * No problem, please be more careful next time. -- Chris 73 | Talk 08:19, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

User:ZX787
Nice. I've indef. blocked. Pedro : Chat  20:57, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Photo Use
Hello,

I am the general editor of the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament, a five volume academic reference series on the backgrounds to the Bible. One of my responsibilities is to gather photos for the project. I encountered your photo on Wikimedia Commons "Snake Goddess Crete" and even though it is licensed under Creative Commons cc-by-sa 2.5, my publisher would like me to request your written permission to use it in my book outside the restrictions of that licensing. I would need non-exclusive world rights in all languages for both print and digital formats. You will be given credit in the work for your photo as Chris 73 unless you would like the credit to read differently. Thank you. John H. Walton —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jkwalton5 (talk • contribs) 03:56, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi. I would prefer to keep the license as is. The only difference for you is that in the credits you would have to mention the CC-BY-SA license. This license allows free commercial use, so it does not cost you any more, you only have to add a few words to the credit. Maybe your publisher misunderstood the license term, please check. Cheers, -- Chris 73 | Talk 07:23, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Permission request for photo
I am currently preparing a textbook on Judaism to be published commercially by Routledge, and would like to incorporate the photo of the Speyer mikveh found at . Notwithstanding the disclaimer accompanying the graphic, my editors have requested that I contact you for explicit permission--as well as any other instructions you might have about how to credit the picture (and to be honest, it is not at all clear to me what your relationship is to the photo).

Thanks for your assistance,

Eliezer

Eliezer Segal Professor - Department of Religious Studies University of Calgary SS 1314, 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4 Canada

eliezer.segal@ucalgary.ca —Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.159.144.11 (talk) 15:51, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi. The photo is a photo of mine. You can use it for the textbook free of charge, provided you give credits as indicated on the image page, I.e. the attribution to Wikipedia, and that the image is licensed under the creative commons license. Again, it does not cost you anything except for a line of text underneath the image (or in the image credits). Hope this helps -- Chris 73 | Talk 16:29, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Kabuki actor photos
Hi Chris. I just found your photos of Danjuro, Ebizo, and other current kabuki stars, over on the Commons. I'd like to use them in the appropriate Wikipedia articles, but there's no information provided to be used for a good caption. When were these taken? Where? What sort of event was it? Is there anything else notable or interesting to know about the context of the photos?

Thank you. And congratulations on getting to see these incredible stars in person. LordAmeth (talk) 22:37, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Re User:Molobo
Hi Chris, thanks for your message. If you'd like User:Molobo to be added to the list, please could you report him at Administrators' noticeboard/Arbitration enforcement as this will enable any neutral admin to review the case. Thanks, Waggers (talk) 12:09, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Permission to use Advertisement from Edo Period (Urgent!)
Hi Chris,

I like you have lived in numerous places throughout the world and have a particular love for Japan, hence my SN.

I would really like to you your image on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising the one of the advertisement from the Edo period. I read the license agreement but am a bit confused. I would like to use this image in a brochure that will be distributed for non-commercial purposes through my work. But we are a non-profit organisation and I would just like to make sure that I stay clear of any issues, would you please get back to me when you get a chance? My deadline is tonight and I can't find any other photos that fit in with the argument so perfectly.

Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kobe83 (talk • contribs) 14:57, 6 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi. No problem. Just add the text This Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons image is from the user Chris 73 and is freely available at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Edo_period_advertising_in_Japan.jpg under the creative commons cc-by-sa 2.5 license. somewhere on the brochure. Can be small print. If you don't have enough space on the brochure, you can shorten the text if necessary, as long as Wikipedia and the CC-By-Sa 2.5 is mentioned. And if even that is not possible, the image is so old, it is public domain by now anyway. Just go ahead and use it. Cheers -- Chris 73 | Talk 16:08, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Great, thank you so much! Just one more thing, I don't want to be rude or anything but is that really an advertisement for medicine? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kobe83 (talk • contribs) 20:45, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem. The info text in english next to it said so. However, since i don't read japanese, I am not sure. Try asking on the Japanese wiki at ja:Wikipedia:Chatsubo_for_Non-Japanese_Speakers -- Chris 73 | Talk 22:19, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Cool, I will try that but I doubt anyone will understand it since the script is in old Japanese. Can I ask you a weird question, since I am using this for work purposes do you think you could give me an email address or something so I can confirm what we said here and have it in my mailings. I am leaving my job soon and need to make sure that I have covered all bases. If not, can we figure out something else?
 * Hi. Sorry, no email, but all the discussion on this page will be archived (see links above) eventually, so just link to this page. Cheers -- Chris 73 | Talk 19:10, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Image:Model of historical imperial palace in Edo.jpg
hi there Chris 73,

I stumbled across this image of yours on the Commons. Where did you see this model? And are you sure that it's the "imperial palace of Edo", or is it rather the "shogun's palace in Edo"? 1845 the Shogun was still in power. Hope to hear from you, domou.. Gryffindor 01:55, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * If i remember correctly, it was the Edo-Tokyo Museum. I thought it was the Edo Palace, but I have to check my sources again. -- Chris 73 | Talk 07:14, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Hallo, Chris, der Zweifel von Gryffindor ist berechtigt. Der "Emperor" (Mikado) residierte in Kyoto. Wenn Deine Quellen sagen: Edo Palace, dann ist mit höchster Wahrscheinlichkeit das Schloss des Shogun gemeint. Nach meiner Einschätzung (Hobby-Historiker) hätte der Mikado sich in seinem Stolz nicht dazu herabgelassen (und die kaiserlich Gesinnten hätten es ihm nicht erlaubt), in Edo einen Zweitpalast zu bauen. [User:Kurakikoen|Kurakikoen]] (talk) 03:35, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Omon-logo.jpg
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Suspected General Tojo socks
Polly (Parrot) 22:29, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Many thanks, all blocked -- Chris 73 | Talk 07:18, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello
Bonjour, I leave this message beaucause you should be interssed by the news ! (sorry for my too poor english) I have the idea to do an international meetup in Lyon the 8th december 2008. I don't know if you'ld interessed to come again here, but perhaps you could help me for the translation in english of the bill! fr:Wikipédia:Rencontre/Rhône-Alpes. Thanks for the photos, the fr:Projet:Lyon had recategorised all so you could see the result on commons. ;) Otourly (talk) 21:18, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
 * parle non francais. Sorry -- Chris 73 | Talk 07:19, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Photo vom Valenciasee
Hallo, Chris. Zuerst vielen Dank für Deine Arbeit. Ich würde gern wissen, ob Du das Photo vom Valenciasee in Commons umdrehen kannst? Der Süden steht hier oben. Ich könnte das zwar selbst umdrehen, ich weiss aber nicht, welche Rechte man dann angeben muss (es ist nicht open source, nicht eigenes Werk, etc). Vielen Dank! --Periergeia (talk) 11:51, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:17th_Lancers_badge.jpg
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Gon, the Little Fox
In analysis part of the page you refered to Gon's mother. But like Q-bay pointed out in the talk page, in Niimi's original story there told nothing about his mother. Would you rewrite that part? --Ypacaraí (talk) 02:26, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Note for you...
Someone tried to leave you a note:. Wknight94 talk  01:54, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Image wanted
Hi. I noticed you commented on this engine image. You may like to comment on the planned new image here Cuddlyable3 (talk) 12:10, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Coconut crab FAR
Coconut crab has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 04:08, 27 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Chris 73, I'm sorry you got noticed on two FARs at once; if you intend to work on either of them, extra time is always granted at FAR as long as work is progressing and editors notify that more time is needed. Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 03:10, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Cathedral of Magdeburg at FAR
Cathedral of Magdeburg has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. Thank you, Cirt (talk) 02:49, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I was going through the notifications rather quickly and had not noticed the Coconut crab notice by, so I am sorry about that. However I only really gave you notice because I saw you edited Cathedral of Magdeburg (38) times based on taking a look through this tool (article stats script). Again I am sorry about that and I hope it is okay. Cirt (talk) 03:04, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your understanding, you are most kind. Cheers, Cirt (talk) 20:15, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

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Nassak Diamond
Hi Chris. I'm using your photo of the Nassak Diamond replica in Nassak Diamond, an article I recently wrote. -- Suntag  ☼  11:49, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the info, glad the image was useful to you. -- Chris 73 | Talk 06:29, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

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Barnstar of National Merit for Australia
Hi, Just noticed that you created that BNM for Australia.

It looks really good, well done!

Would like to point out something that you may wish to address, and please feel free to tell me to pull my head in!

When displaying the Australian Flag from the canton, by heraldic and vexillogical convention the Union Jack should be display in the first quarter, ie top-left quadrant -even though the flag appears 'back to front'.

"Flag against a surface whether horizontally of vertically:The top left quarter should be placed uppermost on the observer's left, as viewed from the front" ( The Australian National Flag Association )

Anyways, I'm not here to make a noise or anything. I just thought that given you've made a tremendous effort with it, that you might wish for some constructive feedback.

Cheers Paul Roberton (talk) 16:39, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the info. I made that almost 2 years ago, and currently don't have the time to update it. But feel free to correct it. Cheers, -- Chris 73 | Talk 21:41, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Thx from Charles Jeffrey Danoff
Chris 73,

Just wanted to say thanks for the excellent photos. Your capsule hotel shot & Imperial Palace map perfected my latest blog post:

http://leftinfront.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/thursday-in-tokyo/

Preciated.

Charles Jeffrey Danoff danoff dot charles at gmail dot com

Charles Jeffrey Danoff (talk) 17:57, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the info. Always happy to see my images used. Best wishes, -- Chris 73 | Talk 06:56, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

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Proposal
I invite you to become 3rd moderator of WP:IECOLL. Kittybrewster &#9742;  17:55, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Decline for lack of time. Sorry -- Chris 73 | Talk 18:45, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

User:Anders Svensen
If you are interested, could you comment at Sockpuppet investigations/General Tojo about the link between Svensen and General Tojo? You were the blocking admin. I am merely the one Anders / Tojo harassed after I made a final decline of his unblock request. Mango juice talk 04:21, 18 April 2009 (UTC)


 * You might want to block User:Gunga Dinnnnnnnnn too (see contributions for evidence). --bonadea contributions talk 12:59, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
 * thanks, done -- Chris 73 | Talk 13:06, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

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Oversighting GT sock's edit summaries
I think that his edit summaries on your talk page should be oversighted. Momo san Gespräch 貢献 21:49, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Momusufan, thanks for the comments on Tojo. I'd rather not have my talk page protected, the vandalism is not really a major bother to me. Plus, my talk page is not that much frequented. As for the edit summaries, I don't mind these either. Anybody with two brain cells looking at it will know who's the real moron in these edits. Oversighting them would be a lot of work, since these kind of edit summaries are also found on a number of other pages, where Tojo reverts my edits. Overall, no action is needed except to let the filter do it's job, as you put it. Nevertheless I definitely appreciate your concern and help. Keep up the good work! -- Chris 73 | Talk 21:57, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thats fine, on another point, I looked at you contrib's page and saw some articles he is targeting. I was able to get those pages semi-protected for 2 weeks. Momo san  Gespräch 貢献 22:02, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Seems the filter is doing good. Momo san Gespräch 貢献 22:04, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
 * FYI, deleting and moving away edits like I did is a fair amount of work, but plain ole WP:OVERSIGHT (which I can't do obviously) may actually be as easy as pressing a button. You might want to ask them their opinion.   Wknight94  talk  22:36, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

File:PhilosciaMuscorum.jpg
Hi Chris, there's something weird you might want to check out: the en.wp version of this image credits you as the author of the photograph while the credits a user from the danish Wikipedia. Can you have a look and fix the misattributed version when you have the time? Thanks a lot :)) -- Luk  talk (lucasbfr) 06:49, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

WWW around Wikipedia
Hi Chris,

I would like to get un touch with you, I work for an well-known School edition company in Germany ( Ernst Klett Verlag) We would like to reprint one of your picture
 * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WorldWideWebAroundWikipedia.png

Please send me a message to f.leberre at klett.de

Thank you very much in advance for your cooperation

with kind regards

F Le Berre —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.61.173.37 (talk) 14:51, 18 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi. The image is available under free licenses. I think for your case the best one would be the CC-BY-SA License. There is no money involved as long as you state the license and give credits to me. Nickname is fine. E.g. add to the image credits This Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons image is from the user Chris 73 and is freely available at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WorldWideWebAroundWikipedia.png under the creative commons cc-by-sa 2.5 license. or similar. Hope this helps. -- Chris 73 | Talk 16:19, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

image use
hi chris 73. i write to you on behalf of Paul Docherty who is the managing editor for the British Publishing company Quarto. I will just copy his message to you: "the photo we’re interested in is: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hakarl_near_Bjarnahöfn_in_Iceland.JPG We’d like to use it in a fun kid’s book called 100 Most Disgusting Things on the Planet. We can’t reproduce the GNU license in the book, so we need his permission to use the image. If he’s interested, please could he email me on this address:

pauld at marshalleditions.com

Thanks

Paul" Thanks -- FabioTalk 15:09, 24 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi. If the GNU-License is not suitable, then please use the CC-BY-SA. This one is much easier to use, and does not require the full GNU license text. Just add This Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons image is from the user Chris 73 and is freely available at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hakarl_near_Bjarnah%C3%B6fn_in_Iceland.JPG under the creative commons cc-by-sa 2.5 license. or similar to the image credits. The usage itself is free, i.e. no cash involved. Hope this helps. Cheers, --Chris 73 | Talk 17:28, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Japanese food photo
Chris: I'm not sure how to notify you, but I reprinted your picture here: http://www.philstockworld.com/2009/07/04/the-japanese-stagnation/ Thanks! Ilene (by )

Photo
FYI. Wknight94 talk  11:14, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

I would like to use one of your photographs of Kilimanjaro (Mt._Kilimanjaro_12_2006.jpg) in a college textbook. Could you please indicate your specific permission. Thanks! (by User:DurangoGeo).
 * No problem, just add This Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons image is from the user Chris 73 and is freely available at (add link) under the creative commons cc-by-sa 3.0 license. with the photo credits. No royalties or otherwise necessary. -- Chris 73 | Talk 19:31, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Come back
to Kosova page. I just spent 20 minutes reading your toilets in Japan article --- lol WOW. It's amazing what you've done. SILENT_KILLER/SPAIN —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.106.61.194 (talk) 04:07, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for the compliments :) At the moment however i am rather busy with another project (off-Wikipedia), so I don't edit much, but still frequently check my talk page. Cheers, -- Chris 73 | Talk 09:08, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Re: Rationale for move
Hi, I'll explain why. The most common name is Diaoyutai Islands (as shown in Google search, outstripping Senkaku Islands by more than a quarter). I flipped through the archives and revealed that the last time such discussion took place 2 years ago, and may not reflect that consensus can change. That's why I have tried to get people to comment on it, but nobody said anything after 2 weeks and even the archive bot came around to archive it before I moved it. This surprised me because I don't know why not much interest is generated this time. OhanaUnited</b><b style="color:green;">Talk page</b> 19:38, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * No worries, we'll give it a few days and see. And as a heads-up, I will be camping this weekend (Friday to Sunday) so if you don't see me around, it's not because I'm trying to find a place to hide and avoid the discussion ;) Take care, <b style="color:#0000FF;">OhanaUnited</b><b style="color:green;">Talk page</b> 19:52, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Bridge across the continents, Iceland
The image of "Leif the Lucky Bridge" posted by you in Wikipedia Reykjanes page is very impressive.

Thank you for sharing it under Creative Commons license.

I have used it in my Travelogue of an Armchair Traveller. I have duly cited the source and have also given due credit to you.

Hope it is OK.

The travelogue is a non-profit ads free blog which I have created as a pastime and I do not derive any monetary benefit from it.

CuriousJM (talk) 10:20, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

I don't think this is the swim hall
I believe that your photo (Yoyogi National Gymnasium - Swim.jpg) is actually the smaller of the two buildings comprising the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, the picture having been taken from outside the original swim hall (looking roughly South West). As far as I remember (and have been able to verify so far) the larger was the one that housed the swimming at the 1964 Olympics, and this one housed gymnastics. You can see the interior of the larger hall in this You Tube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj-N0BGoLmo&feature=player_embedded#) and you can see the floor layouts just a bit in this archtectural article (http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Olympic_Arena.html). Neither building seems to be used for swimming now (though my sources aren't very good on this), and the venue was not on the 2016 Olympic bit venue list for swimming. I am still looking for better documentation on this, but am planning to add this photo to a Gallery in "1964 Summern Olympics", as well as the "Yoyogi National Gynmnasium" article (which discusses only the larger building as though it's the whole thing). Perhaps this photo should be renamed. I can't verify right now (I keep getting SNAFU messages) if this is used anywhere other than in your gallery. Donlammers (talk) 20:03, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Image: Toyota Robot at Toyota Kaikan
Hi I would like to use this picture and I would ask if you could send me the picture in a higher resolution? This would ne great. Thanks! JudithSweetsamy (talk) 12:42, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
 * The link at the bottom of the image File:Toyota Robot at Toyota Kaikan.jpg is the highest resolution I have. Cheers, -- Chris 73 | Talk 07:15, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Magellan book spammer
Hi Chris 73, fyi: your cross wiki warning has until now been removed by
 * 90.194.115.222 (cw)
 * 90.216.41.72 (cw)
 * 94.7.227.209 (once on nl:wiki)
 * Karl Kruger (once on af:wiki)
 * César Ronaldo (once on pt:wiki)

I expect we'll see more of this, so we should probably be alert to that. Thanks for the good work and regards, Wutsje (talk) 19:40, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the update. I was wondering when Keith Bridgemann would notice it. Cheers,-- Chris 73 | Talk 20:12, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

I guess there's a connection to this edit too. Do you think that's cu worthy? Wutsje (talk) 11:51, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * NB: I just noticed that this edit has been oversighted, but its content was something to the effect that you are supposed to do nasty things to children. Wutsje (talk) 14:30, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, we're all pretty aware of the spammer's infatuation with children. I'm scared to think of why his mind goes to child abuse so quickly.  Has anyone checked his web site for hidden pedophilia messages or images?  At some point, the local authorities should probably be made aware.   Wknight94  <sup style="color: blue;">talk  14:53, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Cross wiki warnings
Hi Chris, thanks for your new set of cross wiki warnings. One small thing though: it seems to me they all could use some small fixes, like. Regards, Wutsje (talk) 15:21, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Mail
You've got mail. Wknight94 <sup style="color: blue;">talk  15:28, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Talk page spam
Hi!

Thank you for informing us about a cross-wiki spammer. However, spamming the same message on different talk pages was a bad idea, I believe you should have known it. Please use a better venue next time (like local sysops' noticeboard). Thanks. vvvt 12:21, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
 * WP:CANVASS is completely different and you should know that. WP:CANVASS is about alerting people of discussions and where the discussions could be unfairly swayed in one direction, or too many people are contacted directly on their talk page.  None of those apply here.  Chris 73's notice is for very long-term cross-wiki spammer, Keith Bridgeman AKA, not a discussion; it's helpful to every non-banned user, not just one side of a discussion; and it's only on three or fewer talk pages per wiki, not user talk.  You and another ru.wp editor, , are seeing this completely wrong, and you're the only two that have complained.   Wknight94  <sup style="color: blue;">talk  12:47, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the comment. For many articles, there is a group of editors that take care of this particular article (reasons being personal interest etc). My goal was to alert these editors about the commercial cross-wiki spamming of their articles, something that they won't notice if i write it on a noticeboard somewhere else.(Note: commercial in a sense that Keith Bridgeman is trying to make money by ripping off dead authors, but judging from the Amazon sales ranking his work sells very slow and I believe so far his costs by far outweigh the income :) Hence I believe that the minor inconvenience of adding the note to three articles per wiki is acceptable. Hope you understand -- Chris 73 | Talk 15:24, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

RE: Inter wiki spammer notice
Thanks for taking the time to post a note on the scots wikipedia. The sco wiki is not extreamly busy, so we will be able to quickly revert and block them if they attack the sco.wikipedia domain. Thanks, --<font color="6600FF"> Île flottɑnte~Floɑting islɑnd   <font color="red" size="0.5">Talk  15:44, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Source for japanese female urinals?
I noticed that the material you added to the article Toilets in Japan has been taken down. I was going to reinstate it, but it is unsourced. Do you remember what your source was for this edit? Thanks. EdgeOfEpsilon (talk) 09:49, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

when you have time
Dear Chris73:

The title for an image you kindly uploaded to the commons is incorrect. I would change it, but unfortunately i do not know how. If you'd be interested, please visit the image's discussion page where I noted the correct title.

Request permission
Hi Chris 73,

I'm a SF Bay Area artist, and I'm working on a small, self-published coloring book of images of the divine feminine from around the world. As I cannot afford to travel to Crete, I must rely on photographs of this figurine to create my derivative image, or not include her in the book. I would love to use your photo of the Minoan Snake Goddess to help create my illustration, and would like to give you attribution (and using your full name would be great). However, since I will have to publish the book myself, I do plan to sell the book for a modest fee, and copyright the finished illustrations and text.

I am writing to ask for your permission to create a derivative illustration from your photograph for the use in my project, and I would be pleased to attribute the source photo to you.

Thank you in advance, Retrograde Raven (talk) 22:51, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Request permission
Hi Chris 73,

I am writing to ask permission to use the file: Monkey Fist How To.JPG. We should like to use it in our company newsletter, which is printed and sent out to all our clients worldwide - we are a marine insurance company. The text suggested for crediting photos is rather lengthy: "This Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons image is from the user Chris 73 and is freely available at http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Edo_period_advertising_in_Japan.jpg under the creative commons cc-by-sa 2.5 license." Would it be sufficient to state the following instead:

"Source: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monkey_Fist_HowTo.jpg".

Thank you in advance.

User:Osbcla —Preceding undated comment added 12:21, 24 February 2010 (UTC).
 * Hi. Please include the CC-BY-SA license in the text, for example: "Source: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monkey_Fist_HowTo.jpg", licensed under the CC-BY-SA common license". Then everything is fine. Hope this helps -- Chris 73 | Talk 22:45, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Conflicted licensing on image File:FremontTroll.jpg
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Featured picture candidates/Review of closure process 2
Because you've contributed to FPC either recently or in the past, I'm letting you know about the above poll on the basis of which we may develop proposals to change our procedures and criteria. Regards, <font color="#ba0000">Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 01:25, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Bildangaben Lizenz ect.
Hallo Chris, schau mal hier vorbei: http://www.pluspedia.de/index.php/Datei:Auszeichnungsbild.jpg. Da wird dein Benutzerlink verwendet. Ohne weitere Angaben zum Bild. --77.211.255.252 (talk) 12:07, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Danksagung
Hallo Chris73,

dein herrliches bild mit den kirschblüten war genau das, was wir für die mai-ausgabe unseres (gedruckten) gemeindeblatts gesucht hatten. Indirekt ist es dadurch auch online auf der seite der gemeinde <www.heimatgemeinde.de> – als pdf und als gif-Bild, allerdings in stark verringerter Auflösung.

''Vielen herzlichen dank dafür!

Christian''

[Ist diese "ungewohnt öffentliche" art der mitteilung wirklich die einzige Möglichkeit, dir dank zu sagen? – wie du mit „... let me know on my talk page“ meintest?]

90.136.171.208 (talk) 21:19, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Danke für das Update. Genau dafür ist meine Talk Page da. Danke auch für die korrekte Lizenz/Urheberangabe, ich sehe oft auch Bilder komplett ohne Referenz. Liebe Grüße, --Chris 73 | Talk 16:16, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

FAR
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Your photo of Shinjuku Station
Hi Chris,

This is just to let you know that I've used an (edited) version of your photo of Shinjuku Station on my website:

http://unmissabletokyo.com/shinjuku-station

I've acknowledged it by making it link back to the original wikimedia page.

Thanks very much for making it available,

cheers,

Mike —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.148.46.107 (talk) 13:19, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Another of your photos
Hi Chris,

This is just to let you know that I've used another of your photos on my webpage - you certainly have some great photos.

It links back to the wikimedia page, and is at:

www.UnmissableTokyo.com/tsukiji

Thanks very much for making it available under CC licence,

cheers,

Mike —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.206.228.6 (talk) 13:39, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, CC-license means you don't have to pay, but it is not "free". You have to include the credits on the page. Not sure if a link through the image is enough, especially if you Copyright © 2010 UnmissableJAPAN.com - All Rights Reserved. Please add the proper photo credits. -- Chris 73 | Talk 10:34, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Asking permission to use one of your photos.
Hi Chris, I am currently writing a non-scientific report to rise money to build a new nanotechnology exhibition, here in Catalonia (Spain). To help illustrate the report I would like your permission to use one of your photos: * wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:NautilusCutawayLogarithmicSpiral.jpg The intent is to use this photo "as-is" as illustration accompanying the main text, acknowledging the source. To clarify, the report being produced is not intended for sale, but to be distributed to museums and educational departments in Catalonia. I would be very grateful if you could respond promptly to this request, so that I can be sure to include the abovementioned item in the final report. I look forward to hearing from you at ilapueag@hotmail.com. Thanks a lot!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.125.169.228 (talk) 11:51, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi. Please check the credits on the |image page on commons. The image is free for everyone, as long as you credit the author and mention the CC-BY-SA license. E.g. Image by Chris_73 available on Wikipedia under the CC-BY-SA license. Good luck with your project, -- Chris 73 | Talk 17:57, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

Permission: crow eating the shark Photo
Hello, I would like to use your image of the crow eating the shark in part of (possibly the main part of) the art of an underground heavy metal release. If it is the cover art, I would like to be able to have the name of the band and release either on or next to the image. I would put the full citation required in the credits of the release. The citation/credit preceding it would be one of the following:

Cover Art: Chris73 [full citation]

or

Raven photo: Chris73 [full citation]

Are there any difficulties or objections? Any change you would like me to make? Any questions? Anything I should know?

Thanks very much

R. Louviere

70.124.67.154 (talk) 02:26, 21 November 2010 (UTC)


 * The image is free for commercial use, including changing the image (like adding the bands name etc.). Only the citation is required, and that the image and its derivative (e.g. your cover) is under the CC-BY-SA License. For details of the license please see the image page. Cheers, -- Chris 73 | Talk 13:54, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:PregnancyAnatomicalModel.jpg
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School block again
Would you consider extending the anonymous school block for User_talk:168.213.1.137? Thanks! jmcw (talk) 21:25, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Japan Pics
Hello Chris, I would like to use a couple of selected areas from your photo of Kamakura_Takedera in a photo montage or composite image. The composite will be used for a book cover I am designing for a friend. I am not a commercial artist, and I am doing the cover for her as a favor. I will credit you in the book for the use of your photo contents. Thank you for posting such good quality photos! — Preceding unsigned comment added by OrchidsRod (talk • contribs) 00:05, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi Chris,

I like you have lived in numerous places throughout the world and have a particular love for Japan, hence my SN.

I would really like to you your image on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising the one of the advertisement from the Edo period. I read the license agreement but am a bit confused. I would like to use this image in a brochure that will be distributed for non-commercial purposes through my work. But we are a non-profit organisation and I would just like to make sure that I stay clear of any issues, would you please get back to me when you get a chance? My deadline is tonight and I can't find any other photos that fit in with the argument so perfectly.

Thanks!
 * Hi, just give credits to Wikipedia and mention the CC-By-SA license for the image. Cheers -- Chris 73 | Talk 11:47, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

File:Barlach Magdeburger Ehrenmal.jpg
Hi Chris 73, coming over from Commons. Is it correct that File:Barlach Magdeburger Ehrenmal.jpg was originally uploaded by you? If yes, did you originally shoot this image or was it taken from somewhere? No offense meant, but that question is critical, as PD-Art on Commons does not cover 3d pieces. --Túrelio (talk) 10:27, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, he took this image himself. Please see File talk:Barlach Magdeburger Ehrenmal.jpg; it's also mentioned here in the deleted history. Also see the deleted revisions at the commons; in particular . The sculpture is clearly PD by now in Germany. So, unless Chris objects we could even upload the larger photo he originally uploaded (1011×1469px), which is still available in the deleted history here at en-WP. Lupo 10:51, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Great. Best would be if Chris, who has an account on Commons, could upload the higher-res version by himself, as a new version over the existing low-res one. --Túrelio (talk) 11:15, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Done. Re-uploaded high res image -- Chris 73 | Talk 11:38, 4 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you. --Túrelio (talk) 11:47, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Church of God International (USA) for deletion
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OtoHimeSoundMaker
Dear Chris 73, we would like to use one of your pictures ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OtoHimeSoundMaker.jpg ) in a co - dvd production of the science museum in vienna ( Technische Museum Wien ) and the ueberreuter Verlag. The DVD will be available from february 2012. We will use your suggested copyright "This Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons image is from the user Chris 73 and is freely available at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OtoHimeSoundMaker.jpg under the creative commons cc-by-sa 3.0 license." Thank you,Carolina Frank 80.120.178.34 (talk) 07:09, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
 * No problem. Thanks for letting me know. -- Chris 73 | Talk 17:37, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Help!
Hello, sorry for disturbing but you administrators keep writing me on my talk that something is wrong with the charging of some images on commons but I don't know what to do! I tried to enter again in those images but I really don't know what to change. One seem to be uncategorized and the other one you say that doesn't have the name of the creator but it does!! Help! What should I do? Thanx a lot! --Elenaf (talk) 08:08, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
 * No details, no edit history, no link ---> don''t understand what you want. --- Chris 73 | Talk 17:35, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Non-free rationale for File:Montagsdemonstration in Leipzig.jpg
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A barnstar for you!

 * Hey, Thanks :) -- 16:01, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

spiral shot
Thanks for your amazing shot, NautilusCutawayLogarithmicSpiral.jpg. I used it in my blog: http://aroundtheworldwithus.wordpress.com/ for a poem. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.241.237.27 (talk) 18:05, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
 * thanks for the info. Glad you could use the shot. -- Chris 73 | Talk 19:32, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Nautilus Cutaway
Hi Chris, I really like your image of the nautilus shell, it is beautiful. I would like to use the picture on my company website for a page with minimal text. Do you require that the attribution text is shown in close proximity to the image, or can it be elsewhere? For example, could the text be contained in a tool-tip when users hover on the image, or could it be included in a block of "small print" at the base of the page? I could also have the image link straight to the article at Wikipedia if that would be sufficient - it's really just having large blocks of text displayed near the image that I want to get away from. A final option would be a completely separate page on the site, available through the main navigation menu, that contained image credits.

Please let me know which of the above approaches is acceptable.

Many thanks. Si c80 (talk) 02:03, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
 * HI. Either way you mentioned is fine with me. I do not want to mess up your layout just because of the license. What website is it? --Chris 73 | Talk 16:48, 12 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks Chris - the page is now live at http://www.nautilusdevelopments.com/about.php Please have a look and check that the license displayed on mouse-over is OK. Thanks again. Si c80 (talk) 10:15, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Looks fine. Maybe also add a link to the image, but that is optional. Niche page BTW. --Chris 73 | Talk 19:44, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Permission Request
Hello,

In the upcoming book: J. Gomes, L. Velho, M.C. Sousa [2012]: Computer Graphics: Theory and Practice. CRC Press / AK Peters (February 2012) http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781568815800;jsessionid=l8-JOSAz-3rpsz4kVBzWFQ**

We would like to use the following seashell image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NautilusCutawayLogarithmicSpiral.jpg

to illustrate the geometry of seashells as used in computer-generated models.

We would appreciate if you could grant us permission; if so, please let us know the credit line to be placed in the figure's caption.

Looking forward to hearing from you

Thank you very much

Sincerely, Mario Costa Sousa — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.51.83.224 (talk) 00:27, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
 * as per text underneath of the picture: This Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons image is from the user Chris 73 and is freely available at //commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NautilusCutawayLogarithmicSpiral.jpg under the creative commons cc-by-sa 3.0 license. -- Chris 73 | Talk 19:46, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Permission Request
Dear Chris, we would like to use your the nautilus shell image on the cover (front) page of the first issue of our free on-line periodic gazette (PDF format). Can we place credit line on the next (second) page, that is, on the impressum (editorial page)? Sincerely. 89.201.211.250 (talk) 10:35, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure. Put it on the next page. Credits on the cover itself always look strange methinks --Chris 73 | Talk 18:00, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:PetaliferaPetaliferaSeaSlugB.jpg
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File:VihuelaGuittaron.jpg listed for deletion
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MSU Interview
Dear Chris 73,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:
 * Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
 * Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
 * All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
 * All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
 * The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk)

File:Cornett.png listed for deletion
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Nomination for deletion of Template:Commons
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photo of the five-level pagoda in Kyoto
Dear Chris, do you have a more wide-angle shot of the old wooden five-level pagoda in Kyoto? I would like to use it but it needs to be cropped into a square shape without losing too much of the building. If you wish, please reply and I'll explain more. Thanks so much, Chris CWOLF (talk) 13:16, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, no. All reasonable shots i have are online. -- Chris 73 | Talk 18:38, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Romanesco Broccoli2.jpg


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Photo Request
Hello, I'm a member of VANK(Voluntary Agency Network of Korea) who rectifies the errors in Korean history. Recently I visited your website and found this page;동해. The second map in this page points the sea between Korea and Japan as 'Sea of Japan(East Sea)'.

However, these names should be corrected. Using an improper name for 'East Sea' brings to mind Japanese imperialism and unfairness to Korea. It is an absolutely mistaken thing to hear one side of story and follow. If we let this kind of things alone, it brings about a serious problem to disturb order of International society.

Accordingly, I urge you to use only 'East Sea' to describe the body of water in question or both Korean and Japanese designation simultaneously. (e.g. 'East Sea/Sea of Japan')

I inserted hyperlinks about East Sea below this talk. Please click them and read the articles.

I hope the error in this map could be corrected as soon as possible. Thank you.

P.S.I do not use talk page, so please mail me if you have some questions or corrected the map. (jeenam96@naver.com)Jina96 (talk) 06:42, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

*The historical precedent for the 'East Sea'http://korea.prkorea.com/wordpress/english/2012/03/06/the-historical-precedent/

*How to name the sea (Especially the sea between Korea and Japan)http://korea.prkorea.com/wordpress/english/2012/03/13/how-to-name-the-sea/
 * You're certainly welcome to your opinion. Wikipedia, however, decides the names of places based on the name most commonly used in English.  In fact, the name "Sea of Japan" is actually written right into our guidelines because of past disputes on this issue; you can read those at Naming conventions (Korean).  Also, we have an interesting article on the subject at Sea of Japan naming dispute; if you have any new sources that might be beneficial in further filling out the dispute, please discuss them on that article's talk page. -- Chris 73 | Talk 16:21, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Did you take this photo in the city of Nara or in Nara Prefecture?
Hello, Chris.

I'm planning to use this image of yours:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Making_mochi_with_an_Usu_and_Kine.jpg

It will go in an essay on the kanji 臼, which I'll post on my website (www.joyokanji.com) this coming Friday.

The photo caption includes this text: This Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons image is freely available at under the creative commons cc-by-sa 2.5 license.

And I've credited the photo to Chris 73 with a link to your Chris 73 page.

My question: Did you take this photo in the city of Nara or in Nara Prefecture?

Btw, I'm happy to send you a copy of the essay if you like. Just let me know how to get it to you. It'll be in PDF form.

Thanks very much!

Eve Kushner (talk) 19:47, 1 May 2012 (UTC)Eve Kushner
 * Hi. It was the city of Nara, one of the main shopping streets. Don't know the street name, but pretty close to the center. Hope this helps. No need for the essay, best wishes, -- Chris 73 | Talk 20:01, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi, Chris. Thanks so much! Eve — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.110.31.129 (talk) 17:49, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Your Unzen photo
Hi Chris,

Just to let you know that I’ve used another of your photos on my webpage:

http://www.unmissablejapan.com/volcanoes/unzen

It’s a great photo – thanks very much for making it available under Creative Commons,

Mike — Preceding unsigned comment added by Komaba (talk • contribs) 10:00, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Cool, thanks for letting me now. Cheers -- Chris 73 | Talk 17:15, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

Re:File:FrancisMarionSwampFox.jpg

 * [#bodyContent Re:File:FrancisMarionSwampFox.jpg]

Please, specify source of this file Bulwersator (talk) 11:45, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Requesting permission / Minoan Snake Goddess image
Hi Chris,

I'd like to use your image of the minoan snake goddess in an upcoming book of knitting patterns based on historical figures.

Here is the attribution I would like to use:

This Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons image is from the user Chris 73 and is freely available at //commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snake_Goddess_Crete_1600BC.jpg under the creative commons cc-by-sa 3.0 license.

Would this be okay? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.195.41.230 (talk) 17:00, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Looks good to me. Best wishes with your upcoming book! -- Chris 73 | Talk 01:46, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Image Use
Hi, I would like to use one of your photographs in a Thai high school textbook. Is it appropriate to put this statement translated a bit in Thai at the bottom of the page? Thanks!

"ที่มา(Source): Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons (http:////commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NautilusCutawayLogarithmicSpiral.jpg), under the creative commons cc-by-sa 3.0 license" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.29.77.2 (talk) 08:33, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Sounds good to me. Please use the translated version of the copyright notice. Cheers, -- Chris 73 | Talk 12:58, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:NotarchusPunctatusSeaSlug.jpg


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Image permission
Hi Chris, regarding the images above, can you please take a look at CONSENT and follow the instructions on how to provide proof that the original author of the photographs gave you permission for them to be released under a free licence? If you have the original emails from 2004, you might want to try sending them first to see if someone on OTRS accepts them as permission. If the wording isn't right though, you might need to contact the photographer again. Let me know if you have any queries. Thanks SmartSE (talk) 17:54, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:NotarchusPunctatusSeaSlug.jpg


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Bathroom humor
Greetings Chris 73. I was curious if you knew where I could find data regarding the following bit of Wikipedian history that revolved around the article Toilets in Japan. At its creation by you the article included a statement to the effect that there were suggestions that the water jet was used as an aid to female masturbation. That statement lay undisturbed (and was included in the article when that article gained "Featured article" status) until about 2006, when it caught the scandalized eye of an unregistered editor from the UK who removed it because "there were no references" to the claim or something to that effect. Some years later somebody included a similar statement, this time mentioning "sexual stimulation" instead of "masturbation", and this time the article was sourced to a Mainichi Shimbun article, or blog, or something. Again the statement caught the eye of some scandalized Japanese Wikipedians one of whom removed it with the edit summary that "it wasn't true" (not an exact quote). And now comes the comical part of the story: one or several editors who tried to revert that removal on the grounds that the claim was sourced ended up being blocked, banned, I don't know, and the Japanese censors won the day. Currently the article contains no such statement. Did you follow that saga? Or were you by then working on other things, had lost interest in the article and did not pay attention to what became of it. I've tried to piece out what happened from that article's revision history but it's not that easy. I'm asking all this because on my user page I plan to have some anecdotes regarding Wikipedian history and I'd like to find more facts about a story that would be a killer anecdote. As you can see I've got the title of that anecdote all ready. Cheers. Signed: Basemetal ( write to me here) 23:14, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Basemetal,first of all I am honored that you feel my article worthy for inclusion in your anecdotes. Definitely let me know what came out of that. As for the statement, i first added it when I wrote the article (which, by the way, was one of the quickest articles ever to gain feature status, only coconut crab (also by me) was faster, methinks. When I added it i was fully aware that a lot of people will find the idea of masturbating with a toilet revolting. But then, when you talk with emergency room doctors you will find out that they have to deal on a daily basis with surgically removing "masturbation aids" out of somebody's rectum or elsewhere (from lubricated rodents to mobile phones). Hence I added the info anyway, since Wikipedia should not care if the information is likeable, only if it is true. On that respect, my source was also rather weak, the equivalent of the british "yellow press". But since then others brought up many more sources, albeit none of them "scientific". Unfortunately, due to demands in my real life I did not have the time to follow this problem up close, and only acted if people wanted to remove the whole article from feature status on the grounds of yuckiness. It was eventually removed due to lack of citations, which i did not have the time to fix (again - real life demands). Hope this info helps. Also, if you are looking for lore, you can also go into the "Gdansk" vs. "Danzig" conflict, including edit wars with behind the scenes email collaboration to push the polish name. Cheers -- Chris 73 | Talk 09:06, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I'll definitely keep you posted. Was your source you call weak an article published in the Mainichi Daily News, an English publication of the Mainichi Shimbun? Or is this from later than 2004? The "article" (or "blog entry"?) here appears to criticize the original article for wilful mistranslation. As usual, the claim is that "Japanese people would never do such a thing" etc. Signed: Basemetal ( write to me here) 00:45, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

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File:Soda Lime.jpg
Could you explain your deletion of this file? It says that you deleted this as redundant to a different file in the same file format, but you also wrote that it was redundant to a vector file, and vector files can't be in the same file format as a JPG file, so it seems that the file didn't satisfy the criteria for WP:CSD in the first place. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:58, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi. The SVG image is in my view higher quality, even though it is not a 100% identical representation. Hence I deleted it. However, if you want the file back I do not have a problem with it either. Just let me know. -- Chris 73 | Talk 05:56, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
 * It doesn't matter if it is in higher quality or not. As long as it isn't pixel-to-pixel identical (or reduced resolution) and in the same file format, then you can't delete it as F1. --Stefan2 (talk) 09:53, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Would you advise and remove
I work on several Wikipedias and inadvertantly forgot to log off before making a message at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard This User is making a big thing out of it - I think he thinks he has a vandal. I have tried to explain. Evidently he is the only user on Wikipedia that never forgot to log in or log out or was bumped off. He has now exposed my IP to everyone. At least I think it is my IP. I really do not know and would have to deliberately log out to know. He has only been on Wiki for one year and I will give him the benefit of the doubt that it is his mistake in answering in that tone and in that place. I have answered him on his talk page but it does not seem to be enough for him.

Thanks. The user's name is User:Basket Feudalist which goes to User:You Can Act Like A Man. Mugginsx (talk) 16:53, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Picture of Katla
Hi Chris

I work for Pegasus ltd Icelandic Film Production Company.

We would like to ask you if we can use one of your picture as a background in one shot in a commercial we are working on?

This is a picture of the Volcano Katla.

I can send you details and how we are thinking of using the picture.

Can you reply on my email: valli@pegasus.is

Thanks in advance

Valdimar — Preceding unsigned comment added by Valdimar-Armann (talk • contribs) 13:10, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

Hi. Sorry for the delay in answering. You can use the picture, as long as you provide credits and the CC-BY license (can be at the end of the film you are making). Cheers, -- Chris 73 | Talk 17:05, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Gps coordinates of castle of hara
Hi chris,

Do you know the gps coordinates of the castle of hara?

Thanks,

Greetings, Andy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.27.240.122 (talk) 19:32, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

I don't, but Hara Castle has them in the upper right corner: 32.6333°N 130.256°E. -- Chris 73 | Talk 17:09, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

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Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity


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 * Welcome back. I hope you get your bit back without any trouble, we need more active admins. <b style="color:DarkTurquoise">HighInBC</b> 19:56, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
 * many thanks :) -- Chris 73 | Talk 07:03, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

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Requesting permission to use NautilusCutawayLogarithmicSpiral
Hi Chris 73. Your nautilus shell cutaway photo is stunning! Thank you for posting on wikipedia.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NautilusCutawayLogarithmicSpiral.jpg

I would like to request permission to use the photo in an upcoming textbook Introduction to Computer Science, to be published by Addison-Wesley. It would appear next to other images from nature of logarithmic spirals. Would it be possible use the photo with the credit "Photo: Chris 73 (CC by-SA license)" under it (as there is not much room for text). We would include a link to the photo and the license on the accompanying website. If preferable, we could put the full credit on the second page of the textbook?

Best, Kevin Wayne — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.168.227.181 (talk) 15:17, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi Chris

I would like to use your work to healthcare professionals, but would need to medically reference.

please contact me lientjie@actavis.co.za

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.79.242.42 (talk) 13:15, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Hi Kevin, no problem, feel free to use the short license. --Chris 73 | Talk 17:21, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Apologies- I don't know what I'm doing...
Just confirming that it's okay to use the following images. I am presenting research at an academic conference and want to show examples of Mount Kenya vegetation types. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Vertical_Bog_Mt_Kenya.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rain_forest_around_Mt_Kenya_2.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:At_3600_m_ascending_to_Mt_Kenya.JPG I have included your attribution as shown on the pages. Thanks!

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Nautilus Cutaway use in a book
Hello! I'm planning to use the Nautilus cutaway logarithmic spiral image in a nonfiction trade book called SQUID EMPIRE: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CEPHALOPODS. It will be published in October 2017 by the University Press of New England, in print and digital editions, and we will attribute the image according to the CC license. Thank you very much for making this beautiful photograph available! I'd love to send you a signed copy of the book--feel free to e-mail me at cephalopodiatrist@gmail.com if you're interested. Cephalopodiatrist (talk) 21:09, 15 March 2017 (UTC)Cephalopodiatrist

Category:Wikipedians who like NationStates
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Category:Japanese cooking tools has been nominated for merging
Category:Japanese cooking tools has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. BenKuykendall (talk) 18:06, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Used Your Image of Demotic from the Rosetta Stone
on the Rosetta Stone asks for a post, so here I am. Thanks for the image. I teach ninth grade history and am putting slide presentations together for my classes. Wikipedia and Wiki Commons have been indispensable. Thank you for contributing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.5.251.230 (talk) 20:57, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

Your pic of Binzuru fest in Nagano
Hello, I found your pic sourced from commons on jawiki, and what a picture you contributed which depicts the excitement and the sense of pride among those clad in Happis. Would you mind to review the I took the liberty to add anyway please? My wildest guess was that the picture was taken in 2006. Thank you in advance. --Omotecho (talk) 17:21, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Who is the girl in the green top?
Can anyone tell me who the girl ont green top and blonde hair is? On the left in the hospital picture? 2A00:23C7:F09E:5601:C8C2:EC33:27FB:4841 (talk) 00:34, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

Mt Kiliminjaro
I believe a photo of Mt Kilimanjaro you took in December 2006 is being used illegally as an anti-climate change tool and it's spreading like wildfire. This is the link to the meme https://www.facebook.com/groups/2982915401980098/posts/3759520624319568

The photo has been put on this users site as being taken in 2024. https://www.yourafricansafari.com/member/2534/ 101.162.90.118 (talk) 23:08, 4 April 2024 (UTC)