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Dcwright; you do not need to upload various versions of an image to get different sizes. The Wikimedia software has support for resizing an image. Look at the code that I am typing here to see examples. Visually, you'll see the difference in size between these two images, but they are the same image...I'm just asking the Wikimedia software to resize. Observe:



Hope this helps, --Durin 22:59, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

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 * Re: Image:YorkLogo50px.gif
 * The page I see states that it is fair use of a logo "to illustrate the organization, item, or event in question". Does it need to be in an article? It currently being used in the YorkU userbox for student and alumni of York University, and I think that should be sufficient.
 * Regarding Image:YorkLogo48px.gif -- I didn't like the quality so I redid it (Image:YorkLogo50px.jpg) with plans to delete it (~48px.gif).


 * Oh. I don't see how all the images in those userboxes are in a main article. I'll look into it though. Thanks. Drcwright 23:09, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Fair use images are not permitted on userboxes, period. At any given moment, there are userboxes that have fair use images on them in violation of policy. Myself and a number of other editors attempt to police this. --Durin 23:13, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

I am curious as to why this Queen's logo is not considered orphaned. It is only on user and template pages.

Image:UsermadeQueen's.png —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drcwright (talk • contribs)
 * Because it's not tagged with a fair use license, but a free license. In this case, PD-self --Durin 23:19, 14 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Ohhh. I thought that because this represented York's logo, I had to tag it as a logo. I added the text and used 2 different images in Photoshop to make the logo. Do I thus change the license to "free"? Drcwright 23:26, 14 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Okay... no matter. That was the wrong one too. I've added a new one Image:YorkLogoMotto.png under a free license.
 * Forgive me but I think I may not have conveyed the point. The logos must be tagged as logos because they are copyrighted works. We can not free them of copyrights just by tagging them under a free license. We have to gain specific release of rights from the copyright holder for that.
 * With regards to Image:YorkLogoMotto.png, that is a derivative work, combining the copyrighted images Image:Yorkucrest.gif and http://www.yorku.ca/alumni/images/yorkheader.gif. Yes, some of your creativity went into making it. York University however retains rights to the graphic. I'm sorry. I've retagged the image as logo, removed it from the userbox, and labeled it as orphaned. --Durin 03:07, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Shit. Thanks. I've got it now. Although, I think it's silly that a logo can't be used for a userbox when that logo clearly defines the membership of the userbox.


 * Drcwright, you've once again added a fair use image to the York U userbox. This time, it was Image:Yorkucrest.gif. Could I ask you to please query me on my talk page before adding another image to that userbox? I've tried to communicate to you the nature of these images and how to avoid using them but apparently I'm not getting the message across. Perhaps if you just asked me directly I could tell you, before you put another fair use image on the userbox in violation of our policy. Ok? --Durin 18:14, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * OK... I was thinking only "fair use" images that are used in an article could be used for userboxes. Re-reading your above notes, I see it was pretty clear. Got it. (For real this time.)
 * I've uploaded [[Image:YorkUserbox.png|50px]]. Left note on your talk page. Will wait to hear from you before using.

RE:Battle of Nanj[k]ing
Hardly the main contributor.

It's a romanization issue. We haven't really decided on whether to use WG or Pinyin for these types of articles. -- 我♥中國 03:53, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

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Mama-san
Hi. I browsed through the history of hostess bar, and your name comes up fairly often, so I figured it's safe to assume you have some knowledge/interest in the more Japanese side of nightlife in Japan. The reason I decided to contact you is this: if you should have some knowledge of the whole mama-san thing, could you look into the article? It's in a terrible state as it is - it's been started out with the assumption that mama-san implies to female pimps in Thailand, and while this may be true it's blown out of proportions in the article. For comparison, the German article is way more apropriate - it describes your typical motherly snack bar mastress who pours drinks for sarariman, listens to their complaints and pats them on the shoulders because their bosses don't. Sarariman aren't even mentioned in the English article. If you have no time for or interest in this article, I'll probably eventually just translate the German article. TomorrowTime 02:05, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Got your reply. Same here about the job - just got a new one. Funny thing, jobs. You have so much less time on your hands...
 * Anyway, how about we do a collaboration? I translate the German article into a sandbox somewhere and then you can go through it and add whatever info you've got? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by TomorrowTime (talk • contribs) 08:00, 16 January 2007 (UTC).
 * sounds good. now i gotta get back to work! lol. Drcwright 05:47, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Ping!
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I looked again, and although there are tagged issues, I don't think it's really a candidate for speedy deletion, so I've restored it. Other admins may take a different view, so if you could address some of the issues, that would help. Do not remove the tags until you have done so jimfbleak (talk) 09:51, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

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Hi
Just dropping by to say hi to a fellow Wikipedian in Japan that also went to SFU. Alex ShihTalk 08:23, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Hey there. I'm just dropping in with a very belated reply! It's been a busy year. ;) Drcwright (talk) 05:17, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

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