User talk:Mstroeck

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DYK

 * And what a great article it is! I wish I saw more in that section so thorough and well-written.  Kudos!  --Dvyost 00:11, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Dvyost beat me to the congratulations, but at least I have the distinction of having nominated you. This is really DYK of the highest caliber.  Excellent work.  --Aranae 01:25, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Great image
Image:Carbon-nanotube-naming-scheme.png is amazing, thank you for creating and uploading it. silsor 18:48, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your comments! However, I created a better, more detailed version, which you can now find at Image:Types of Carbon Nanotubes.png. Mstroeck 01:02, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Image:Eight_Allotropes_of_Carbon.png is pretty damn awesome too if I say so myself. Jongpil Yun 11:08, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Mr. Mstroeck: I am a graduate assistant working in the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the United States. The professor I work for is planning to use your nanotube image in his forthcoming book. Thus, we need your copyright permission before using it. Please contact me regarding copyright issue. (ullafayette@gmail.com) Thank you very much.

New Images
I really like the new images you're uploading but I recommend that you upload them to the commons that way other wikipedias can use them easily too. Thanks a lot. -- Borb 00:33, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
 * *Slaps himself with a trout*. Thank you for the tip, rather stupid of me. I forgot that these images are not language-specific... I would appreciate any feedback about those images! I'm not a chemist, so I might mess up from time to time... I also replied on your talk-page, concerning the amino acid images I just created. Mstroeck 00:38, 6 February 2006 (UTC)


 * The guanidinium group of Arg and the imidazolium group of His have planar structures. I have removed the images untill you fix them. Why did you go with "sticks/tubes/pipes"? The "balls and sticks" models looked a lot better. -- Boris 19:00, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Answered on your talk page. Mstroeck 21:40, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Amino Acids
I'm kind of busy right now, but I'll give them a quick look over when I get a break. Can you tell me what you based your models on (did you use a specific site or book to base them off?) and if the amino acids you made are in their L or D configuration ? - Mgm|(talk) 08:47, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Mouthfeel
Hello, Mstroeck. Do you have permission to post the content from here to the mouthfeel article? Thanks, Kjkolb 03:14, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
 * That's a good question! I got the text from a company intranet, where only original and licence free information should be posted, I was not aware of that other source. My friend Google now also told me that the exact same text appears here. As far as I know, these temrs and their definitions are industry standards, but who knows where the original copyright for that list lies and whether anybody actually has a copyright on it. What do you propose? Mstroeck 03:25, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Your recent votes on Featured Picture Candidates
Hi Dbenbenn. Please note that some of your recent votes on FPs are not valid. Read the guidelines at What is a featured picture before you vote an any other images. An image does not have to be uploaded to commons to be considered as a featured picture here on Wikipedia. If you think that should change, propose it on some talk page, but please leave it out of the voting area. Please strike or amend your opposing votes that didn't state any other reasons for declining your support. Thank you. Mstroeck 12:53, 10 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Who says they are not valid? I feel that one requirement for an image to "exemplif[y] Wikipedia's very best work" is that it be located on the right project.  Furthermore, Featured picture candidates merely says "Where possible, objections should provide a specific rationale that can be addressed."  I have provided a specific rational that is extremely easy to address.


 * So, I'm not going to strike my recent votes. I want to get others thinking about this issue, and I felt the best way to do that was to voice a handful of oppositions.  But don't worry: I don't plan start a huge campaign or anything!  dbenbenn | talk 13:55, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Saying "Object, because not on Commons." is like saying "Object, because I have a nasty headache.". Both have absoulutely nothing to do with the quality of the picture, and both have absolutely nothing to do with the consensus that editors have reached on criteria for voting on FPCs. Yes, the reason for your opposal is easy to adress, but it's not very productive, and in some cases downright stupid. Images in FPC often undergo extensive changes during the course of their voting period. By the way, if you want the picture on Commons, just take it and upload it. However, I think it would be more reasonable to do so after potential problems have been resolved, which typically is after voting has ended.


 * If you have a point that might be controversial, it's just more reasonable to add it as a comment, not as a vote. You also have a higher chance of success of actually getting heard when you make such proposals on a talk page, where they don't tick people off. Mstroeck 14:21, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Note that Special:Upload has for a long time said "Uploading your files to Commons instead of here is highly recommended." There's nothing controversial about the idea that free pictures shouldn't be uploaded here.


 * Also, I fail to see the relevance of the fact that "Images in FPC often undergo extensive changes during the course of their voting period." The Commons is a wiki, just as this project is; images there can be changed as easily as images here.


 * Finally, about your suggestion that if I want a picture on the Commons, I "should just take it and upload it". I have in fact uploaded over a thousand images to the Commons.  But even if I were to spend all of my effort on moving images, I doubt I could keep up with the rate of uploads here.  A much more effective method is to try to get uploaders to put their images on the Commons in the first place.


 * Anyway, I'm sorry that I ticked you off by opposing your picture. For what it's worth, my vote will obviously not have an effect on the featured status of Image:Eight Allotropes of Carbon.png.  dbenbenn | talk 16:44, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

I agree with all of the above, I just object to your voting for reasons that aren't generally accepted. I just don't think that's a good idea. To clarify things, I'm not ticked off because you opposed one of my pictures, that doesn't matter at all. I wouldn't even have written all of this if you had just opposed mine, because it won't have any effect. Featured pictures is first and foremost about quality, and about exposing Wikipedia's users to some of the excellent work that is created here. We should not make it harder to do that by opposing pictures that are otherwise fine. Mstroeck 17:00, 10 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Alright. WP:FPC doesn't really explain much about what reasons are "generally accepted"---maybe there's an opportunity for someone who's an expert about how that page works to clarify it.  I honestly did not think I was making "invalid" votes.  (How about my comment at Featured picture candidates/Inside a Carbon Nanotube?)


 * I'm highly in favor of "exposing Wikipedia's users" to these excellent pictures; that should go for all of Wikipedia's users, not just the ones who use this English edition. What do you think: could we add a note to WP:FPC encouraging people to put their FPCs on the Commons?  dbenbenn | talk 17:21, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
 * That's exactly my point! I absolutely think we could -it's not a bad idea- but we should bring it up on WP:FPC's talk page. That is a popular page frequented by many people with strong opinions, acting without talking about it first will just cause trouble and minimize the chances of an otherwise pretty useful idea. I encourage you to head over there and propose it :-) This is one of the times where being bold and editing away is probably not the best idea. Mstroeck 17:37, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

When using welcome templates
Please don't forget to use Subst: before the template name, for example it saves us some server load. Thanks Tawker 00:32, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Uh, sorry, I forgot that on my last batch of welcoming... Mstroeck 19:07, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Featured Picture
Congratulations, and thanks for making it for us. Raven4x4x 06:30, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Another one! Congratulations once more. Raven4x4x 04:25, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

DNA Overview
I commented on Image:DNA_Overview.png at Featured picture candidates/DNA Overview. Very impressive; 304 articles in enwiki link to this image! Have you tried "FlyingAlongDNA" (analogous to Image:FlyingThroughNanotube.png)? Best wishes, Walter Siegmund (talk) 15:51, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi Walter! Thank you for your feedback. I have tried to do a "Flying through DNA" picture, but unfortunately I can't get it to work, it just does not look very interesting... Mstroeck 21:51, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi Michael; I wasn't sure it would work either, but my curiousity is satisfied thanks to your efforts. I'm pleased to see your barnstar award below! It is well-deserved. --Walter Siegmund (talk) 23:51, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi Walter; May I have the source that you used for creating your image? Please! It's urgent! I need to have an header for my website until 3 days! Let me know please! 20:06, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

No problem
T'was my pleasure. I monitor Template_talk:Did you know to make sure all articles on it are minimally cleaned up, categorized (surprising amount of uncategorized stuff shows up there) and Cite.php converted. Circeus 19:49, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
 * That's probably a good idea :-) Keep it up! Mstroeck 21:48, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Regarding Articles_for_deletion/Spice_Girls_Historical_Preservation_Society
why was my article deleted???? :s unsigned comment by User: Spice Superstar
 * Please read my reply on your talk-page and this. Nobody involved in the deletion believes the organization even exists and you did not provide any references. The fact that there is not a single Google hit on the topic does not help. Mstroeck 21:46, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

A belated and much deserved barnstar


Hello Mstroeck. I can't believe I'm privileged to be the first person to hand you one of these! Keep up the astounding work :-) ~ Veledan • Talk 20:42, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm extremely flattered! Thank you very much, Veledan! Wikipedia is an amazing and strange thing, isn't it? All it takes to make my day is somebody I don't even know putting a little star on my user-page. Again, thank you very much :-) Mstroeck 21:22, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

DYK
Wikizwerg 00:04, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

GA
I didn't mean to imply that in-line citations are required. The criteria just say "referenced" which de facto has become subjective to different editors. If you (or anyone else) disagrees with my decision, you are free to promote the article to GA status as well. I don't know exactly which article you are referring to, but usually if I fail an article it's because it has no references or very few, or far too many which appear to be dumped from google scholar. Perhaps in the comment that you are referring to, I mixed up my actual GA vote with suggestions for the article in general, which I usually make as well. savidan(talk) (e@) 15:28, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Answered on user's talk page.

Michael Stroeck images
Michael, I would like to use you fine buckyball image in a book I am publishing SOON. Please contact me ASAP at rwitzig@mac.com. Cheers, Richard Witzig New Orleans
 * Answered via email. (In short: Go ahead, credit me and Wikipedia if space permits.) -- Mstroeck 20:46, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

License tagging for Image:Cherries.jpg
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 * Ooops, sorry. The image is self-made and I intended to release it under the GFDL. Fixed now. Mstroeck 13:06, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

FPC Apologies
I have added a rather harsh critique of your DNA FPC. My apologies, it looks like you've done a lot of work on it. I hope I haven't got anything too wrong with what I've said, but there appeared to be a few errors, please let me know if I've messed up or misinterpreted. Sorry. --jjron 08:30, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

DNA FPC nomination
The end result of the nomination process for your DNA image was that it was not promoted. There were some questions about the accuracy/design philosophy of the diagram. A modified version that addresses at least some of the concerns expressed in the nomination discussion would likely be promoted, judging by the comments. The utility of such a diagram is obvious - I hope you'll resubmit a new version sometime. Sincerely, -- moondigger 01:53, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Hello
Nice meeting you. I also thank you for correcting me:. --Bhadani 17:27, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Hello Bhadani! Nice meeting you, too! I was reading through your amazing list of contributions, and I thought correcting a small typo couldn't hurt :-) Keep up your great work! mstroeck 06:06, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Screenshots
Hello, Mstroeck. I notice you recently removed the tag from Image:Eksi Sozluk Main.JPG, saying that screenshots should not be in SVG. You are absolutely correct; SVG makes no sense for screenshots. However, the JPEG format is also a poor choice for screenshots. The best format to use is PNG. The tag says that the image is saved as a JPEG when it should be a PNG or an SVG. Clearly in this case SVG is inappropriate, but the tag is still justified, since the image should be a PNG. Please let me know if you have any questions. —Bkell (talk) 18:41, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Ooops, sorry. I hand't seen that template before, and must have skimmed over the mention of PNG... I of course agree that PNG would be a better choice, but I think there should be specific template for it. The two formats are, IMHO, warranted under completely different circumstances. If you are involved in the process that created that template, I would like to suggest splitting it into two separate ones, one for vector-type graphics, and one for raster images. mstroeck 18:44, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * That might be a good idea, although there are many cases where neither PNG nor SVG is clearly superior over the other. Maps, for example, should ideally be in the SVG format, but it's often rather difficult and time-consuming to create an SVG from a raster image. Suppose a map was converted from a GIF to a JPEG before it was uploaded to Wikipedia. Clearly this map should not be a JPEG, since a losslessly compressed version exists; so currently it should be tagged with . If we split the template into two tags, should we say the image should be replaced with a PNG or with an SVG?
 * In any case, you should probably bring up your ideas at Template talk:BadJPEG, where several other interested editors will be able to read them. —Bkell (talk) 19:05, 29 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I should have mentioned, but I often forget that it exists. Perhaps that's what you're looking for. —Bkell (talk) 03:23, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

template:controversial (history)
The following was originally posted by mstroeck at Duncharris' talk-page: Hi! I've been bold and edited the template you created to reflect the special importance of clearly stating your sources when editing controversial topics. I'm seeing too many huge, heavily edited articles with tiny, tiny, reference sections, and I think we should at least make people aware of that on the respective talk-pages.I hope you agree with me, but I'm of course very open to discussion :-) mstroeck 22:48, 29 July 2006 (UTC)'''
 * Sorry, yeah, I made template:controversial (history) because template:controversial dumps everything into category:Wikipedia controversial topics, which is way too big to be useful. But then I forgot about it.  Maybe someone with a pet bot can get it to sort them out. &mdash; Dunc|&#9786; 22:54, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * What exactly do you mean by "sort them out" ? mstroeck 23:06, 29 July 2006 (UTC)


 * e.g. talk:Conservatism needs to be sorted into template:Controversial (politics). &mdash; Dunc|&#9786; 14:45, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Re:World Oil market timeline
Hi Michael,

I've left my response to you on my talk page, as per your notice at the top. Thanks! Green451 16:30, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey Michael,

Yeah, I was breaking up the chronology into decades but Green451 told me that he and Charlie Huggard were almost done doing the same, so I've been helping them wikify it from here. Writing the summary for each decade and for the introduction will take a little more research but we'll probably get more help once we post the article up. This was a great idea for an article. If your interested, I've also been trying to expand oil politics. medleysoul 03:25, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

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 * Thanks for letting me know, I didn't even notice it went up there! --mstroeck 09:34, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Image Request
I'd like a diagram for zinc finger selection proceedures for an article I'm writing on 'zinc finger chimera'. I can supply an image from a journal article, that you might base your work on. Do you have time for such an undertaking? --Username132 (talk) 11:48, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi Username132! Thanks for your request. Please send me the image via email, and I'll see what I can do. I'd be glad to help, but I guess it depends on the complexity, because I have a rather tight schedule at the moment. You can reach me via [censored]. --mstroeck 12:07, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Don't know if it makes a difference, but I removed you email after copying it, so that no-one else gets the information unauthorised. Thanks. --Username132 (talk) 15:51, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

support
Thanks for your comments at the Flying Spagetti Monster FP voting page. Sometimes we in the States lose track of the larger perspective and get dragged into the debate. Debivort 21:55, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem, I was just letting off some steam... mstroeck
 * I realise it was a while ago, but, hell, I just read your comments, and I am right with you. I have a lot of respect for people who will just say the obvious truth and stop worrying about offending certain people with 'alternative' beliefs. I am reading through the debate now trying to work out whether to re-nominate- I'm certain it should have passed. J Milburn 23:05, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Image:Oil Prices 1861 2006.jpg
Can you please source that image. You made it... but, where is the data from? Thanks. gren グレン 00:09, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry for answering so late. Unfortunately, I cannot find the source anymore, but it was on the DoE website. Anyway, that's data that can be confirmed on a myriad of websites and other sources. I will try to find one for you. mstroeck 13:13, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Any luck with that? Your inflation-adjusted peak seems higher than what I see elsewhere. I can't find inflation-adjusted price data on the EIA's pages; did you deflate the nominal prices yourself? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Maverick XIII (talk • contribs) 08:59, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi. I was wondering if, noting the recent upsurges in oil prices, you would sometime update the picture to 2008's values? That would be cool. Thanks. GeiwTeol 07:23, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

"We have featured articles on Pokemon..."
(Note: I'm in no way a "Pokemon" fan. In fact, I can't stand that garbage, and if I had my way, Pokemon would have never existed.) I'd like to ask you to shy away from the "but there are ### articles on Pokemon" or "but we have featured articles on Pokemon" defense. This has been discussed by many people before; the key is that even the most obscure Pokemon will be known by millions of people. Hundreds upon hundreds of Pokemon I've never heard of (and hope to never hear of) have been featured in multiple video games, films, shows, card games, books, etc. While I hate to say it, even the least-known Pokemon is one hundred times more notable than my favorite band, which qualifies for a WP article. Thus, comparing someone or something with questionable notability (whether it's sufficiently notable for WP or not) to a Pokemon really doesn't stand up. -- Kicking222 00:49, 7 December 2006 (UTC) Just in case readers are wondering, Kicking222 is talking about James Kim. mstroeck
 * I see no need to shy away from that argument just because some people are unable to understand its implications. It is not an argument against articles on Pokémon, but an argument against systemic bias. You do not have to agree, but in my world a real-life journalist, TV-host and entrepreneur who gets killed in an incredibly freak way and who is reported on by by practically every major news outlet in the US is more notable than Bulbasaur by a wide margin. If we let people write elaborate dissertations on Pokémon, we need to let people who care about technology journalism, wilderness safety and the media's reaction on such cases do the same. Nothing is to be gained by knowledge about Bulbasaur. Studying this case and the mistakes that were made might be a very interesting lesson for many people. Deleting "James Kim" would be utterly ridiculous. mstroeck 08:17, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

POTY 2006
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Possibly unfree Image:Lake Peigneur Waterfall.png
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Permission request
Hello. I really like your DNA Overview image, and I'd like to use it in the introduction part of my PhD thesis. I'll of course use the GFDL for that text, as it uses the DNA Overview and one more GFDL-licensed image, but I would like to avoid spending several pages (times 180 printed copies) on the license text. So I kindly ask if may use your image in my thesis without including the license text, while still adhering to the GFDL spririt, providing a link to the license, and crediting you. Carl T 12:00, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Of course, go ahead. I kindly ask you to credit both me and Wikipedia, though, if space permits! mstroeck
 * I certainly will. Thank you very much. :-) Carl T

DNA Image
I think that the image you put up on the DNA page is actually better than the one that I had, since mine probably came off as being a little too artistic. I was wondering though if you (or I - either way) could re-label your image with Angstrom units of measurements instead of Nanometers since there has been some discussion on unit labeling.

I work for Zygote Media Group and we have been making a concerted effort to support education through our imagery rendered from our 3d models as long as it doesn't get in the way of doing what makes us money. Let me know on my talk page if you ever need an image for an article and I'll dig through our archives to see if we have anything that would fit.

 3d science  18:35, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Carbon Nanotube Image
AATCC Review, a textile industry magazine and journal, would like to request permission to include your nanotube image in our nanotechnology issue. It is surprisingly difficut to find a simple schematic of a nanotube despite the media buzz around nano-everything! Of course, you will be credited for the image. Wymand 13:04, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi, go right ahead. Please note that all artwork that is released under the GFDL can always be used if attribution is taken care of. mstroeck 14:26, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Silkscreen (typeface)
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DNA Image - Permision to use images for educational tv program
Hello I’m Diana Acevedo, Copyright Specialist of Ana G Mendez’s Center of Telecommunications and Distance Education. My job is getting permission for the usage of copyrighted audiovisual elements to be used in our educational TV courses. My producers are interested in some pictures that you have on Wikipedia.org. I noticed that those pictures are under the GNU Free Documentation License, which allows the free usage of those documents under some conditions. This license only covers usage on pictures on books and any other printed media but it doesn’t cover the usage on television. We are asking for your permission to use the image of DNA.

Feel free to contact me if you have any doubts. Thanks for your help.

Diana Acevedo d_acevedo@suagm.edu
 * Permission granted via email. mstroeck 13:23, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

permission request
hi, I wanted to use the allotropes of carbon, the carbon nanotube, and the buckyball images tht u have created for my article which i wanna publish in a journal. I have really actually not understood the GFDL guidelines so will it be fine if i convert the images into jpeg format as well as cut/modify them as suitable and use them in my article. i will credit both u and wikipedia for the images i have taken. I require ure permission for the above and please let me know if im supposed to carry out any other requirements in accordance with the GFDL guidelines. Thank u. Please feel free to contact me on shyam_garg@hotmail.com
 * Yes, what you mentioned is perfectly OK. Please credit me and Wikipedia and maybe send me a link or a PDF when you're done :-) mstroeck 22:39, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Class t-shirt
Hello, I am designing a t-shirt for my 1st year Nanotechnology Engineering class at UWaterloo. I have used/modified your buckyball image for the design. I'm wondering how I can properly credit you. We have a widely visited student forum for NE, is it ok if I credit you there and link to Wikipedia? Also we will be collecting money for the t-shirts, but I don't think we directly profit from it (its for the printing fees). We may end up getting paid for class party if the design outmatches the other engineering programs' :P Nvigil 23:32, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Historic Oil Price Graph
I like the historic oil price graph you uploaded. I would like to develop a similar graph for real and inflation adjusted $/kW costs of photovoltaics. I don't know how you produced this graph but I imagine you inserted data into a table and then generated a graph from this data. Could you inform me how you produced the graph and send me the inflation data you used. It's going to take some time but I'm willing to collect and plug in all the PV data I can find. This would be a real asset to explain the history of PV development. I hope you can help or point me in the right direction. Mrshaba 06:51, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Historic Oil Price Graph
Hi: it would be highly useful to see an updated graph, taking into account the latest increases. The graph as it stands doesn't reflect is historically high price, a rather critical feature. 132.239.215.69 (talk) 18:37, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

c60 -permission to use and request for additional information
hello. amazingly helpful work. i am building a large scale version. would like to discuss specifics with you. newbie wiki user. cloudbaby_@hotmail.com tnx. —Preceding unsigned comment added by B.coolik (talk • contribs) 21:48, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Sucrose 3D image
Your ball & stick model is nice-looking, but is drawn in a different orientation than the companion stick-figure diagram. This difference is confusing to some readers. Do you still have the 3D structure file, and could rotate it to be the same orientation? DMacks (talk) 20:19, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

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Color coding of molecular images
Hi,

I'm really impressed with the ball and stick molecular images you've created. But I'm not a chemist and I find the color coding unclear. It's pretty obvious that black spheres represent Carbon atoms and gray Hydrogen but it's less clear on the meaning of the blue and red spheres, which after a little digging I found represent Nitrogen and Oxygen. Since you know what images you uploaded, could you revise their descriptions to incorporate this information.

Thanks much --SteveMcCluskey (talk) 13:57, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

permission to use?
Hi Mstroeck,

I edit the website for the Office of Biotechnology at Iowa State University, US. Could we please have permission to use your wonderful DNA illustration as a background image under the menu on our website? It would be perfect and we would be very thankful.

Camstock —Preceding unsigned comment added by Camstock (talk • contribs) 17:17, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure, go ahead! I would really appreciate if you could mention me and Wikipedia at some point on your website, though. mstroeck (talk) 09:20, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

permission to use in a book?
Mr. Mstroeck, I am writing to request your legal permission to use your nanotube illustration in my forthcoming book tentatively titled COMMUNICATION SHOCK: THE ACCELERATION AND INTEGRATION OF EVERYTHING by TYRONE L. ADAMS (hardbound, 325 pages approximate), to be published by the University of San Martin de Porres Press, an imprint of the University of San Martin de Porres in July 2008. World Spanish/English language rights are needed for all printings of this edition, including updated printings. 10,000 copies will be printed over the life of this edition. [For e-rights: In addition, we plan to post the material in an encrypted format on a secure, password-protected website (or on a CD, etc.). We are thus also specifically requesting from you additional electronic rights for such use.] Please contact me and let me know where to send the legal copyright permission form. (ullafayette@gmail.com) Any assistance from your side will be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.
 * Sure, go ahead! (also answered via email) mstroeck (talk) 11:52, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:AloysWachBergpredigt.jpg
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Image wanted
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Image:Silkscreen font.gif listed for deletion
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NowCommons: Image:Surimi.jpg
Image:Surimi.jpg is now available on Wikimedia Commons as Commons:Image:393px-Surimi.jpg. This is a repository of free media that can be used on all Wikimedia wikis. The image will be deleted from Wikipedia, but this doesn't mean it can't be used anymore. You can embed an image uploaded to Commons like you would an image uploaded to Wikipedia, in this case:. Note that this is an automated message to inform you about the move. This bot did not copy the image itself. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 22:36, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
 * File:OlgaWisinger-FlorianLandschaft.jpg is now available as Commons:File:OlgaWisinger-FlorianLandschaft.jpg. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 22:41, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

File source problem with File:LilaLeeds.jpg
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Copyright problem, Wiegand effect
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 * Hi Moonriddengirl. Frankly, that was so long ago that I don't even remember what my source was - if there's a copyright problem, just delete it. mstroeck (talk) 21:42, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Ancient Egypt rope Image
Hello! Do you have a reference/source for ? I want to include it in my PhD dissertation (I'm studying procedural instructions) as an early example of a user manual. I'm not sure my committee will accept Wikipedia as a source.

Thanks!

Steve --Shendoo (talk) 03:26, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

File:Types_of_Carbon_Nanotubes.png is a candidate for being delisted from being a featured picture.
I have nominated image you created: File:Types_of_Carbon_Nanotubes.png, to be delisted from the list of featured pictures. Please feel free to participate in the discussion there.  J kasd  07:28, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs
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Use of one of your images in a PBS documentary series
Hello,

I am the associate producer for the Emmy-nominated PBS web series The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers. Each week we profile a different scientist and their secret life. We found a perfect image from your Wikimedia Commons website that would be ideal for our profile of a Stem Cell Researcher/Oncologist.

It is titled DNA Overview and can be found here:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DNA_Overview.png

I saw that you have licensed this photo for public use, but that you have added a "Share Alike" clause to the photo. I would really love to use this photo, but I would need exemption from the Share Alike clause (as the educational foundation funding the project cannot legally use Share Alike images).

It is an educational, non-profit project, intended to interest viewers in science. We would really love to use this photo. If you email me back, at list.tobey@gmail.com, then I can send you our materials release. The release does not assume the copyright from you, but would simply say that you are giving us permission to use the photo.

Thank you so much!

Tobey List —Preceding unsigned comment added by SeftelProd (talk • contribs) 22:20, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Molly Bingham
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 * Please do not remove the template from a page that you created. It is still a copyright violation.   EBE123  talkContribs 11:22, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi - sorry for that. I was under the impression that that template is no longer necessary due to the "OTRS pending" template in the discussion section. mstroeck (talk) 11:29, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Proposed Image Deletion
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Nomination of Deco on the fly for deletion
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All files in category Unclassified Chemical Structures listed for deletion
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Orphaned non-free image File:ValerieSolanasSCUMCover.gif
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Request for translation
In connection with our article on the May 25 Houla massacre, what in my estimation appears to be an important new source has emerged in the June 23 article "In Syrien gibt es mehr als nur eine Wahrheit" in the Berliner Morgenpost. Given that in the past there has been much controversy over introducing sources which contradict the main narrative of the massacre, i.e. that it was perpetrated by the Syrian government, or groups loyal to it, I believe a high-quality translation of this article is necessary to facilitate a fully informed discussion about its use.

Based on past experience I have requested a translation from you as well as four other translators listed at Translators available. Therefore, should you decide to take on this task, I would ask that you either give notice to the other four that you are doing the assignment, or to me and I will let the four other know. (I suppose, as a matter of quality assurance, two translations could be presented for comparison, but I don't see that as required at present, but if a second translator would like to duplicate, all the better.) I'm listing the other four below:
 * User talk:Pseudopanax
 * User talk:Marcika/Archives/1
 * User talk:Owen
 * User talk:OberMegaTrans

Your user sandbox could be used as target for the translation (i.e. a permanent link to it would ensure its availability in case it becomes overwritten). __meco (talk) 08:26, 25 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Marcika has provided a partial translation as presented at Talk:Houla massacre. This is significant and will be very helpful in the assessment of the Berliner Morgenpost article as a source for our article. However, a full translation would be preferrable, so I will let the request stand in case any of the translators (including Marcika) will see it possible to produce this. __meco (talk) 08:49, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

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ArbCom elections are now open!
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Cicisbeo
Thoroughly enjoyed reading the Cicisbeo article! I even read the talk page, which eventually led to my being curious about those that contributed to the article. I did miss seeing it when featured as a DYK, but I thank you for such an interesting topic. Now I just need to find a Cicisbeo for myself! :D Ciao User:SeaBeeDee(talk) 08:45, 28 January 2017 (UTC) SeaBeeDee User:SeaBeeDee(talk) 08:45, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

Seeking permission to use your image "Eight Allotropes of Carbon.png"
Dear Michael,

I'm writing to seek your permission to use your image "Eight Allotropes of Carbon" in a book to be published by Robert M. Hazen: Symphony in C: Carbon and the Evolution of (Almost) Everything. The book is written for a public audience to help them understand the important role carbon plays in our lives.

I just wanted to get confirmation that you'd be willing to provide it under the guidelines of the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license.

Cheers! --Mice of Mu (talk) 20:12, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of File:Mstroeck.jpg


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File:Allotropes of Carbon.png nominated for replacement as FP
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Image source problem with File:OlgaWisinger-Florian001.jpg
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Image source problem with File:OlgaWisingerFlorian002.jpg
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