User talk:Michael L. Kaufman

Cheers, Sam [Spade] 04:31, 21 May 2004 (UTC)

Question about Quotes
I've replied to your comment on my talk page. --Paul A 02:05, 27 May 2004 (UTC)

Here's to You
Hi, Michael.

Congratulations for your The 100 page. Pretty interesting. I am writtin because I am interested in the informations you hda put on the Sacco and Vanzetti page, regarding proofs of their crimes. Can you provide some source to back that information? The 'External Links' secction on ''Sacco and Vanzetti' would make for a good place. Thanks.

--Abu Badali 00:43, Jun 29, 2004 (UTC)


 * Abu, Take a look at [The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti]. Lots of good information and some useful links. Best wishes, Michael L. Kaufman 05:01, Jun 29, 2004 (UTC)

Picture of Louise
Please supply the copyright status of this picture, since I'm sure I've seen it somewhere before: gorgeous though it is, if it's not properly attributable, we can't use it. --Phil | Talk 09:35, Dec 15, 2004 (UTC)

The Stars[,] My Destination
Which is correct: The Stars, My Destination or The Stars My Destination? And in either case, why did you create articles under both titles? --Paul A 04:35, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)


 * I think it is The Stars, My Destination without the question mark. And I didn't create either page. I just moved the content from one to the other. Michael L. Kaufman 22:15, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)

I know it doesn't have a question mark; I put that on the end of the sentence myself to show that it was a question. The question is, does the title have a comma or not?

And although technically User:Seth Ilys created both pages, as redirects to Tiger! Tiger!, it was you who turned them both into articles, on December 15, within a single ten-minute period. Why? --Paul A 07:53, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)


 * Sorry, my mistake. I have made the incorrect one a redirect to the other one. Michael L. Kaufman 16:49, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)

Thank you. --Paul A 11:52, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Einstein's Catagories
Frank, Could we please leave Einstein in the Category physicists? The fact that is is a subcategory of some other category is - to me - less important then the fact that the category of physicists will be imcomplete without him (and without the other Nobel prize winners). If someone is browsing through the physicists category, they might not think (or want) to look for and check out related categories. If we drop out all of the physicists who appear in other sub-categories, there will not be much left in the physicists category, which will make it far less useful. Michael L. Kaufman 02:11, Dec 25, 2004 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that, I was working under the incorrect assumption that items should be as far down the category tree as possible (and only there), but after reading up there appear to be not guidelines or attempts at guidelines for what parent categories to include and not to include. I do feel the category bar becomes a bit cluttered like this, but I suppose it is better than having people not find einstein where they expect him. --fvw *  16:58, 2004 Dec 26 (UTC)

Cinderella
I've replied to your comment on my talk page. --Paul A 05:20, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Image source
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Also, Image:Beachvolleyball.jpg. --Ellmist 04:59, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Image source
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Image:Twins.jpg
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Image:Jonestown.JPG
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Image:RockGardenRock.jpg
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 * Please add tags to these images as well:
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Thank you. <> Who ? &iquest; ? 7 July 2005 04:56 (UTC)

Image:Pedromountain.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Pedromountain.jpg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Until a more informative tag is provided, it will be listed as no source or no license. Could you add a better tag to let us know its source and/or copyright status? If you made the image yourself, an easy way to deal with this is add GFDL if you're willing to release it under the GFDL. Alternatively, you could release all rights to it by adding NoRightsReserved. This would allow anyone to do whatever they wish with your image, without exceptions. However, if it isn't your own image, you need to specify what free license it was distributed under. You can find a list of the tags here. If it was not distributed under a free license, but you claim fair use, add &#123;&#123;fairuse&#125;&#125; but you need to substantiate your claim by explaining why you think it's fair use. If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the images by posting to my talk page. If you do this, I can tag them for you. Thanks. RedWolf July 7, 2005 06:13 (UTC)

Some image tips, and a note on fair use.
Hello!

Thanks for uploading some pictures to Wikipedia. I wanted to make sure you were aware of some of the specific requirements for newly uploaded images.


 * Pick an image name.
 * When uploading an image, pick a file name that is short, descriptive, and unique. Remember that many images may be uploaded about the same topic, and remember that names are case sensitive.


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 * This part is a little bit trickier, but it's very important. The copyright of the image generally belongs to whomever created it.
 * If it's a photograph you took, or an image you created (modifying an image that already exists doesn't count) in software like Photoshop or GIMP, then you own the copyright. To upload it to Wikipedia, you must agree to license it under the GFDL (which allows anyone to use it, but requires that they give credit to the original author and requires that any further edit to the image be licensed under the GFDL as well) or release it into the public domain (which allows anyone to use it for any purpose without restriction.)  Do this by placing an appropriate tag on the image description page, like &#123;{GFDL}} or &#123;{PD}}.  Be sure to mention that you created the image.  If you're using &#123;{PD}}, you may also want to use &#123;{NoRightsReserved}}, since there is some dispute as to whether one may grant items into the public domain.
 * If you didn't create the image, or the copyright somehow belongs to another party (like a screenshot, which you might "create", but the copyright belongs to the author of the movie or video game), then you need to find another tag that describes the copyright status of the image. Images used on Wikipedia need to be free for our use and the use of sites which reproduce our content.  This means that images cannot have a restriction such as "only for use by Wikipedia", or "for non-commercial use only", or "for educational use".  Images without a free license may be usable in certain articles under fair use, but such a use should be justified on the image description page.


 * Describe the image.
 * To another reader, the image may not be immediately understood. A caption in an article doesn't explain the image to a visitor who sees it on its image page.  Put a brief explanation of what is in the image on the image description page, similar to what you might include in a caption on an article.

Some links to Wikipedia pages on this subject:

Copyrights, Copyright tags, Fair use, Image description page, Public domain, Images for deletion, Possibly unfree images, Copyright problems

Thanks again for your contributions. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me at my talk page.

A quick final note -- simply tagging an image with fairuse is rarely enough. You need to specify the source and explain why it is fair to use the image despite its copyright. Images are generally only fair use on a limited set of articles, which should be specified on their page, too. Please, *always* specify sources for images. Thanks.

kmccoy (talk) 10:35, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

User:Michael L. Kaufman - I see where you participated in the matter concerning Abraham Lincoln's sexuality that was discussed and voted upon on Talk:Abraham Lincoln. There has been a lengthy and exhausting discussion surrounding this exact same issue at Talk:Elvis Presley and the archived Talk pages as well. Because this has the potential to create a new standard for what is acceptable sources, I thought that you might want to be aware of it.

If the policy consensus you and others arrived at on the Abraham Lincoln issue is set aside in the Presley article it will result in new ones for countless others. I think your group discussion that arrived at a determination of what constituted a proper source should be defined by the Wikipedia community and set as firm policy which would go a long way in helping to substantially reduce the tiresome and repeated edit wars. Thank you for your interest. Please note I have left the same message for others who worked on this matter. Ted Wilkes 20:11, August 18, 2005 (UTC)

Category trimming
Hi Michael. I'm not sure what you meant about adding the category as a subcategory of the base cat in your note. All the Category:Linguists placements that I changed were either in already in national subcategories of Category:Linguists, or they were in Linguists only and more specific categories existed.

As for whether they should be in both, I believe that one of the main reasons those categories were split off in the first place was to limit the size of the main category and to avoid redundancies. If everyone in all the national linguist categories were listed in Category:Linguists, that category would have a few hundred entries and be less browsable. Are you proposing they remain in both? I did at least add a note at the top of the Category:Linguists page pointing out that many linguists are in the national lists, and I believe this sort of splitting is standard practice. I'll hold off for now and stop if you can point me to a guideline that says otherwise. Mike Dillon 14:49, August 29, 2005 (UTC)


 * I happened to see this interchange. Personally, I am very dissatisfied with the way our categorization scheme works. However, we have to work within its limits, and according to the policies and guidelines of the community. The community has decided that articles should not be categorized in both a parent and child category. See: categorization, "An article should not be in both a category and its subcategory..." Hopefully, someday, the category scheem will be improved. -Willmcw 17:17, August 29, 2005 (UTC)


 * I agree with the categorization statement, the problem with what you are doing is that Category:American linguists is not an actual subcategory of Category:Linguists. COnceptualy it is, but there is no way to find it there unless you know it exists. If you added the national categories to the parent category, then they would be subcategories, and at least people could find them. THis also ignores the problem of multiple sub-category inclusion. SHould - for example - Einstein be in category physicists, Category Theoretical physicist, or category Nobel Prize winning physicist. My own opinionm is that a category physicist that doesn't include Einstein is somewhat imcomplete. I don't know anything about Liguistics, but perhaps a category Linguists that doesn't include Deborah Tannen (or at least a way to find her) is incomplete as well. Michael L. Kaufman 00:14, August 30, 2005 (UTC)


 * Here's my take on your example of Einstein. First, he would belong in Category:Theoretical physicists (if it existed). This would not preclude being in Category:Nobel Prize in Physics winners because that category represents a formal designation on top of being a theoretical physicist (whereas theoretical physicist is a kind of physicist). For someone who isn't world famous or at least extremely prominent in the field, I would leave it at that. However, it does seem reasonable to add Einstein to the supercategory Category:Physicists as well, just because he is so notable. I could see Noam Chomsky, Benjamin Whorf, Ferdinand de Saussure and a few other linguists being on that level, but I've never even heard of Deborah Tannen and I was a Linguistics major. As for putting national subcats directly into the occupational category, it seems inconsistent with the other occupational cats. Mike Dillon 01:52, August 30, 2005 (UTC)


 * (Since I've barged in, don't mind if I stick around.) A better example of the problem that MLK has identified is Category:Scottish economists and Adam Smith. If you didn't already know that Smith was Scottish, you'd never find him under Category:Economists (if the editors of economists' bios followed the guideline). According to the guideline, an article can be in "sister categories". So he could be in Category:Scottish economists and Category:18th century economists, if there were such a category. In my opinion, the ideal system would allow categories to be general attributes, like "Scottish", "economist", etc. Articles with those attribute could then be searched using common boolean terms. In the meantime you are free to ignore all rules, like the economists. (though others might, just as freely, revert your work and bring you up on charges). Cheers, -Willmcw 05:51, August 30, 2005 (UTC)


 * Willmcw: In general, I don't like to revert other people's work except for obvious vandalism or for small "fixes". I reverted the Deborah Tannen article, but when I saw that Mike had made a bunch of those changes, I went and left a message for him instead. If I can convince him, then I will go and revert the others, otherwise I will just leave them. Mike: The problem with putting the less famous linguists in subcategoryies, is that they are they ones who are least likely to be findable if they are not in the main category. Everyone knows about Chomsky, so for the prupose of "finding him" it is not really necessary to put him in the main branch. FOr the purpose of Completeness, it wouldn't make sense to have a main category without him. How do you feel about adding the national categories as sub-categories of the main one? That way they are findable by people looking to read up on linguists. Plus, it has the added value that they are actually sub-categories. Michael L. Kaufman 13:12, August 30, 2005 (UTC)


 * I think a simpler way would be to simply change the category page for Category:Linguists to have a blurb about the separation by nationality and a list of links to the national categories. It isn't automatic, but people also aren't frequently creating subcategories anyhow. The only problem I have is letting the number of articles in a category pass 200 entries with the current Wikipedia software. I actually think that Category:Mathematicians is pretty usable, just by its organization. It has mathematicians by nationality, century, and field. There is also List of mathematicians, comparable to List of linguists. Mike Dillon 03:03, August 31, 2005 (UTC)


 * I've gone ahead and changed the Category:Linguists page. I think the results make it more usable. It might be nice to start a Category:Linguists by century, like Category:Mathematicians by century, but I'm not going to take that up soon. If someone does do it, it is easy enough to expand the text on the main page. I feel that linking to List of linguists and Modern linguists is the best way to find a linguist in the circumstance you're trying to accomodate by moving categories or adding people to subcategories and supercategories. Mike Dillon 03:29, August 31, 2005 (UTC)


 * Does anyone mind if I copy this discussion to Category talk:Linguists? Mike Dillon 03:39, August 31, 2005 (UTC)


 * I don't. Michael L. Kaufman 04:01, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

I've copied the previous discussion to Category talk:Linguists. Feel free to delete this and continue the discussion there. Mike Dillon 04:04, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

User:202.125.173.146
Normal protocol would be to report them on Vandalism in progress.Geni 13:55, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Style issue
Hi Michael, You recently made an edit to the Arrested Development page: This parodies the fact that Baio was brought into Happy Days to attract younger audiences.

The phrase "the fact that..." is cliched and should be avoided. I was going to correct it as follows: This parodies Baio's being brought into Happy Days to attract younger audiences.

I didn't want to make that change without checking with you. Is this ok? Thanks. --Happylobster 20:53, 6 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the follow up. Is what I did correct etiquette, or should have I just made the change? --Happylobster 11:38, 7 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Either way is allowed. Your asking me had the added benefit (for me) of giving me better wording for the next case. Michael L. Kaufman 14:48, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

external link on brant's page
hello, I wanted to direct you to the talk page where the reason for removing the link (and my response) is given under the heading "full disclosure"... as you can see, I am a fan of re-instating the reference to wikipedia-watch, but I don't know if there's any convention about providing an external link so early in an article... it might be better to name the site but not link to it externally as is the case with google-watch... JJM 21:05, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Wikifying dates
Michael, I noticed on Annie Oakley you changed some dates from 13 August 1860 to August 13 1860. The purpose of putting the dates in wiki format is that either date will show up the same on a user's screen based on the user's date preference. For example, based on my preferred date format, both show up as "August 13, 1860". Adding or deleting the comma has the same non-effect. See Manual of Style (dates and numbers). There is no harm in making the change, it is merely ineffective. -- DS1953 talk 05:16, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Arrested Development
In order for this article to become a featured article, the number of fairuse screenshots had to be reduced to the current amount, and each image had to have several fairuse rationale added to their image pages. All of the current images have "strong rationale", in that the image illustrates something that is discussed in the text, or that the image is a publicity photo which is supposed to be widely-distributed. Your image didn't have any fairuse rationale, and its content isn't discussed in the text at all. &mdash; 0918 BRIAN &bull; 2006-01-3 03:44

Heather Graham image
You asked why I removed Image:Heather_Graham_-_AD.jpg from the Heather Graham article. Fair use clearly says that we may use the image only for "identification and critical commentary on the film and its contents". We weren't. The only mention, apart from the screenshot, was, "She's also appeared in a small role as a teacher in an episode of Fox's Arrested Development." This simply does not qualify as identification and critical commentary. So I removed it. No big deal. --Yamla 16:10, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Re: Category
Hello, about the category. I did close the discussion and the consensus was delete. I them proceeded by emptying it, but then I realised that there were hundreds of entries and I can't remove them all at once. So, I reopened the discussion and but didn't reisert the categories so that when the discussion is closed, it will be easier to empty. Izehar 17:44, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Perfect 10 models
Michael Kaufman, I've noticed that you've contributed to similar articles in the past and would like to ask that you voice your support in keeping the Perfect 10 models list. I'd appreciate it. --Alsayid 02:35, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

The Coming Anarchy?
Hello from your sister city on another Great Lake. I hope you're well. Thanks for massaging this article. By the way, I think this addition is brilliant! It's a great pic: serious yet appropriate given its subject matter, yet mildly laughable (when juxtaposed with the content in the adjacent paragraph it is now next to). BTW: LL rocks. Thanks! :) E Pluribus Anthony | talk | 00:29, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

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Booth
In the article about John Wilkes Booth, there is a reference to a researcher named Michael Kauffman, and his theory about Booth breaking his leg in a horse fall, rather than his infamous "leap from the Presidential Box". I realize the names are spelled differently( Kauffman and Kaufman}. Are you one and the same with a typo being the issue? Or is that Michael Kauffman a different person? Dr. Dan 14:37, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

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Picture of the kid with craniosynostosis
Did you obtain permission from his parents to publish this photo here on Wikipedia? Some parents don't like the idea of an identifiable photo of their kid being used as the poster child for a congenital disorder. - ikkyu2 ( talk ) 01:38, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Its my kid, so I didn't have to ask anyone. You can see an after picture of her on the Body painting page. Michael L. Kaufman 02:34, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Awesome! Thanks.  - ikkyu2  ( talk ) 02:39, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Hey, hang on a sec - are you the Michael Kaufman who went to Polytechnic School, class of '90? - ikkyu2  ( talk ) 02:41, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, not me. Michael L. Kaufman 03:04, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

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Red hair
Hello. Regarding this edit, I'm not clear on why the word "dyed" was added. From what I can see, the female in question has natural red hair, however, it is common for many women to dye their hair to enhance their natural color. So, with that said, do you have information that the woman in this photo is not a natural redhead? Just wondering why you changed the caption. &mdash;Viriditas | Talk 02:07, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * As to why I don't think the woman in the photo is a natural readhead: 1) She has brown roots. 2) She has brown eyelashes. 3) It is a shade of red that is generally from a bottle. 4) If you go to her web site, you can find a number of pictures of her with brown hair. IE: http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=70737 and http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=70739 and http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=126197. Michael L. Kaufman 04:05, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Out of curiosity, how are these photos any different from say those found on Alyson Hannigan, where she is described as a natural redhead? Many natural redheads dye their hair and their eyelashes.  Some of Hannigan's photos, for example, show brown roots and brown eyelashes.   I think the jury is still out on this one. &mdash;Viriditas | Talk 04:18, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

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Image Tagging for Image:Gerimcgeerosenthal.gif
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Image copyright problem with Image:Doug Barber Lass2j.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Doug Barber Lass2j.jpg. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this:.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me, or ask them at the Image legality questions page. Thank you. Shyam ( T / C ) 01:33, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Ayn Rand pic
Hi, did you upload the pic used at Ayn Rand? Any idea what the date of the picture is? Kaisershatner 18:32, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

re: Robinbianca
I replied on "her" talk page. I, too, noticed that "she"'d put the image of the breast on the Simpsons page. How odd. Perhaps a very inventive vandal?

In any case, I just wanted to note that you're not subst'ing your templates... I thought I read somewhere that that was considered bad form? Or is it an editor's-choice thing?

Cheers, Kasreyn 22:54, 26 April 2006 (UTC)


 * What does "subst'ing your templates" mean? Michael L. Kaufman 01:22, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I wish I could remember where I learned it, or I'd link you there. Essentially, when you insert an un-subst'ed template, it merely adds the template code to the article's source.  It appears like this:   , even in the source.  The problem with this is that the pages controlling the appearance of Wikipedia templates are themselves editable by the public, and so if a vandal changes the template for a NPOV dispute to a 50-page neo-nazi rant, then every single page on Wikipedia that has an NPOV dispute tag will load that rant.  It propagates template vandalism instantly, and it also allows the malicious an easy way to overload the servers and attack Wikipedia.


 * The solution is template substitution. When adding the template, include "subst:" before the template name, like this:    .  When you click "save page", Wikipedia will expand the current template into full source and add it into the article source, instead of just the template tag.  Therefore, further changes to the template will not be able to "find" your inserted version of the template, because it will no longer be a template tag in the code.  Try inserting a template in a page both ways, both substituted and otherwise, and then look at the code and see the difference.


 * The drawback of using subst is that if positive improvements are made to a template, they also will fail to propagate to all the pages. But this is generally fixed fairly easily with bots, so in general, it's considered safest to use subst wherever possible.


 * Try it for yourself, and if you still have any questions, feel free to ask! :)  Kasreyn 06:57, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:J Walter Weatherman - AD.jpg
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Image Tagging Image:Chip Reese.jpg
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Image Tagging Image:Sam Farha.jpg
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Image Tagging Image:Howard Lederer.jpg
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Image Tagging Image:Leif Garrett.JPG
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Image Tagging Image:Sal Minio-David Opatoshu-Exodus.jpg
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Image Tagging Image:Jennifer-Tilly-poker.jpg
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Image Tagging Image:Lacuna Bat.jpg
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Orphaned fair use image (Image:Mukhtar mai.jpg)
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Orphaned fair use image (Image:Walkabout.jpg)
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Image Tagging Image:Jonestown.JPG
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Image Tagging Image:RoyBatty.jpg
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Image tagging for Image:Veronica_guerin.JPG
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Taj Mahal RFC

 * I've filed an RFC relating to the Taj Mahal at Talk:Taj Mahal. Your comments would be most welcome. Joopercoopers 18:27, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Image:Doug Barber Lass2j.jpg
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Unspecified source for Image:TNG crew.jpg
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Are you still around?
I see you haven't edited since July this year. This is just a quick note to see if you are still around. I'm reviewing some old, possibly PD images, that have been tagged for deletion because there is no source information. Would you be able to look at User:Michael L. Kaufman/Images and help out? The image I first came across was Image:BoundFeet.jpg. Carcharoth 19:28, 23 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I am still around, but I got tired of fighting the "image police". Fair use images with an explanation as to why they were fair use were deleted because they didn't have an explanation, things like that. When they deleted the image of Deborah Foremen that she had given me permission to post because it wasn't "Fair Use" enough, I decided that I had better things to do with my time. I still read a lot, and I suppose I may go back to editing, but I am done with images. Michael L. Kaufman 16:51, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Image:Ff_kaylee.jpg
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Image:Ff_kaylee.jpg listed for deletion
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Image:Ayn Rand1.jpg
Image:Ayn Rand1.jpg is up for deletion (no source). See. --- RockMFR 07:36, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Oscarbluthcoffeeshop.JPG
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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:My Chauffeur.jpg
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Image:Fischer Score Card.jpg
Hi. Could you please add information on the source of Image:Fischer Score Card.jpg and how/why it is released under Creative Commons to the description on Commons? Thanks. -- Infrogmation (talk) 17:42, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. -- Infrogmation (talk) 15:57, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Fellowship-River.jpg
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Fair use rationale for Image:GY 5610.jpg
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Orphaned non-free media (Image:Oscarbluthcoffeeshop.JPG)
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Orphaned non-free media (Image:Knightley - Johansson - Vanity Fair.jpg)
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Image:Linday_Funke_-_AD.jpg
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Orphaned non-free media (Image:Justin to kelly.jpg)
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Taj Mahal photo
Hi Michael, could you please add source and copyright information to File:Taj mahal detail outside wall.jpg? A previous photo with that name was uploaded by me and now lives at. It might also be a good idea to rename the file to avoid the name clash. Lastly, if you move it over to Commons all Wikipedias will be able to use it. Cheers, AxelBoldt (talk) 00:51, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Disputed non-free use rationale for Image:Lindsay Lohan - Vanity Fair.jpg
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NowCommons: File:Shirleytemple young.jpg
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Orphaned non-free image File:My Chauffeur.jpg
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Wikimedia Stories Project
Aloha!

My name is Victor Grigas, I’m a storyteller at the Wikimedia Foundation in San Francisco working on collecting unique and interesting stories from Wikipedians that can be used to compel donations for the 2011 fundraiser.

I found your user name on this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedians_in_Chicago

If you are interested in participating, and would like to schedule a telephone or Skype interview with me, please send me an email (vgrigas@wikimedia.org) along with any questions you may have.

Thanks for your time!

Victor, User:Victorgrigas Victor Grigas (talk) 21:14, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

PS If you know of anyone with whom I should speak please let me know :)

Nomination of The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History for deletion
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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