User talk:Ram-Man/archive7

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Bot Information
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Multi-Licensing FAQ
Moved to User talk:Ram-Man/MLFAQ And here.

Rambot question
So how does he do it? Let me tell you why I asked: check out Diarmuid_Fionntain_O'Scannlain which I creating by essentially pasting http://air.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=1803, a PD USGov site. 90%+ of Federal Judges on WP are redlinks, which is a shame, since they're all notable, interesting, and all the bios of all congress-confirmed federal judges of all time are available in PD in the same form (meaning that a bot could upload it) online. So do you think a bot can swing it? Rambot? Thoughts? Thanks. - CrazyRussian talk/email 04:39, 6 September 2006 (UTC)


 * This would be great! I've been creating articles on various federal judges using the entries on that site and this would be helpful.  Question for Crzrussion: Would you suggest that we include all historical federal judges or just current ones?  My personal goal is to have at least a stub on each First Circuit, Second Circuit, and SDNY judge within the next month or so.  Regards, Newyorkbrad 16:07, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Rambot demographics suggestion/question
Are there sources that you could use to add housing and cost of living information to city articles? They are common counterpoints in non-wikipedia articles on median income, and would provide valuable context to other information that you already include in automatically generated demographics sections. MrZaius talk  19:53, 6 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I'll look into this for future work. -- RM 21:23, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

RamBot for Bengali wikipedia
Hi Ram-Man, I was wondering if we could make use of your rambot in Bengali Wikipedia. We currently have almost no US city/county related pages there. If your bot is still active, I can help with creating the templates for the city/county articles in Bengali script. Thanks. --Ragib 08:18, 12 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm working on restarting the rambot, but it's painfully slow. Most people do not have the patience for such things. -- RM 21:24, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Approved request
In general, please try to let them stay transcluded for a few days or until the operator is aware. In this case it doesn't matter, but I just want to make sure that things flow smoothly for those requesting approval. Voice -of- All  18:52, 22 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Once a bot has been approved and a bot flag granted, there is really nothing left to say. Adding it to the list of approved bots is sufficient at the bottom of the page is sufficient.  All the links are available to the approved tasks.  Leaving on the request list implies that there is still more to be done. -- RM 23:09, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Future census data
I've been tinkering with the Fort Hood article, and was thinking that editor changes to the articles at the wrong spot could make it difficult or impossible for Rambot to update demographic and other data, such as when the 2010 census is published. How about creating a template for this? That way, the template could be tinkered with to fix wording or spelling problems and create a more standardized look, and rambot would only have to adjust the figures listed in the template.

I've been working on Template:Update after with Rick Block, and have learned that some interesting things can be done with templates.

--Scott McNay 12:48, 16 October 2006 (UTC)


 * This has been discussed before, but nothing ever done on the topic. I'm not entirely sure whether a template is a good idea, since it is just a large amount of data and it isn't very readable for normal users who want to add information to an individual article.  As for updating the articles, little changes here and there will have to be dealt with manually.  It will be interesting, no doubt, but the wide majority of rambot-added articles have a consistent look-and-feel, so it shouldn't be too bad. -- RM 15:02, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

SatyrBot Approval
Thanks, Ram-Man, for the speedy approval! When you get a chance, could you let me know about the automatic process of adding templates to stub talk-pages? I guess I can tweak my code to do that.. I think for the moment I want to do it with overview, just to make sure I haven't messed up the python code (not my native language :) As a total aside, do you know of any PHP-driven (or anything else for that matter) GUI for pywikipedia? I searched the net to no avail, but may not have been looking in the right direction. Thanks again! -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 20:55, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

There are others, but one currently in the approvals process is Selmobot. -- RM 13:00, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Template:Bots
Please see https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1619527&group_id=93107&atid=603140 → Aza Toth 19:43, 20 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your code submission. I think this opt-in/opt-out feature could be quite useful. -- RM 20:53, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * FYI: I hate python :) → Aza Toth 21:09, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Love it or hate it, there are sure a lot of bots that use it. -- RM 21:20, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

I Need some Support
As a member of the BAG I think we need to give cyde our full support in a statement or something. Cyde is getting flak for his WP:CFD/W work we have given him the nod for this task but haven't full officially approved it though and he is taking heat over it. I thought we could draft a statement as the BAG showing our support. See: User talk:Cyde for the full issue Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot) 18:06, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll look into it. -- RM 19:27, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

User:LordAnubisBOT
Dear Ram-Man

Previously, you have granted a flag to my bot LordAnubisBOT, according to : Bots/Requests for approval/LordAnubisBOT, however, I tried to run some interwiki/warnfile processes today, but my bot didnt get a bot flag, for e.g: on Usher (entertainer).

Please advise.

Regards --Lord Anubis 01:41, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Dripping Springs, Oklahoma
The tag "prod" template to the article Dripping Springs, Oklahoma, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at Talk:Dripping Springs, Oklahoma. You may remove the deletion notice, and the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. Oo7565 04:20, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

WP:BAG
Hello. I would like to be on the bot approvals group, and since you yourself are in the group, it would be great if you can stop by and either support or oppose my request. Thank you! — Mets501 (talk) 23:16, 31 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I was on vacation and did not have a chance to comment, but it would have been support. -- RM 00:20, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Will you approve my Robot? Thank you Ram-Man. ;-) Also I am having problems getting another picture onto my page. It doesn't show up right. And, someone tried to delete it. :( Jina Lee 16:59, 3 January 2007 (UTC)Jina Lee

WP:RFBOT
Your recent bot approvals request has been Denied. Please see the request page for details. -- RM 17:23, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Township Question
I brought this question up on the Illinois Portal, but was directed to you. I was told you run :User:Rambot and created such categories as Category:Townships in Michigan, Category:Townships in Ohio, and Category:Townships in Pennsylvania. I was wondering if you would be able to create a Category:Townships in Illinois by chance the same way? This would save me time researching all the different townships. Ogle County has 16 alone! Thanks for any assistance in this.--Kranar drogin 03:29, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Image:Blue and Purple Morning Glory 2400px.jpg
Your image has been uploaded under its true name: Image:Ipomoea purpurea 2400px.jpg Epibase 16:34, 19 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Nice, thanks! -- RM 18:38, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Switchfoot GA


Heads up
I have made a request for membership on the bots approval group. I have received only one response by User:Mets501, who suggested I drop the group a line and let you know about my request. Thanks. HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 04:22, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Portola Valley, California
I came across an interesting error in the demographics data for Portola Valley, California. It said that "Males had a median income $0 versus $92,585 for females."

It's easy to see where the error came from. If you check the US Census data, the figure was given as 100,000+. There can't be too many communities that had median incomes over $100,000 in 2000, but I would assume that RamBot changed all of those figures to $0. I just looked at a few of the cities listed in the Highest-income places in the United States, and most of the ones that I looked at seemed to have problems with their income numbers. BlankVerse 08:37, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Image licensing problem on commons
Hello Ram-Man. I noticed that you have been including some additional license warnings on the images you have uploaded to commons, and I'm afraid they're a problem.

The statement "You may NOT use this image on your own web site or anywhere else unless you release this image and any derivative works (e.g. your web site) by following the terms of one of the following licenses" is contrary to the Creative Commons license, since the website (or newspaper, etc.) where the image might be used is not considered a derivative work.

I you want to release them under a licence that does not permit their use on proprietary websites or other media, you can't use the CC license (since the restriction you appear to be adding here means that the image is not free use, so actually you couldn't keep the images on commons at all). Please let us know what you'd like to do (best leave me a note on my commons user page). -- SB_Johnny |talk|books 17:00, 29 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I will take this under advisement and resolve this issue as soon as possible. Please allow me some time to make the changes. -- RM 18:31, 29 January 2007 (UTC)


 * No hurry... I figured that was the case. You just need to remove that sentence and otherwise it's OK (OTOH, you really don't need any additional licensing stuff at all).
 * There are bots available to make the changes en masse... let me know what changes you'd like made and I'll see if I can get it done for you. -- SB_Johnny |talk|books 18:38, 29 January 2007 (UTC)


 * New reply on my talk (on commons). -- SB_Johnny |talk|books 19:41, 29 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Boing again. BTW: I really like your photos... the problem is that the use restrictions you've added with your template make them policy violations (candidates for speedy deletion).-- SB_Johnny |talk|books 21:51, 29 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Again, let's discuss this on your talk page, since I disagree, and at worst pictures with debated licensing are not subject to speedy deletion. -- RM 23:27, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Village Pump / Notability of Towns
You might be interested in WP:VPP. --Random832(tc) 19:11, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

bug or illegal?
Have a look at the median male income in Lonerock, Oregon. At first I thought it was vandalism, but it goes back to your creation of the article in 2002—Wow! How can I check the data? —EncMstr 18:32, 13 February 2007 (UTC)


 * The town has a population of 24, so apparently the median male salary really is $0, which isn't all that strange. The average is likely not $0, just a "lot" of unemployeed people at the time of the census.  Or a bunch of liars. -- RM 20:34, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

RE:Multi-Licensing
I was looking at my talk page and noticed that you had mentioned to me "multi-licensing". I don't understand this. Please give me a simpler note. - Patricknoddy 21:37, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
 * You also called it Article Licensing. What is this? - PatricknoddyTALK (reply here) | HISTORY 23:57, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I sent you this note a while ago. In the meantime I have discontinued this, however, if I find some time, I'll explain it to you.  Until then, don't worry about it for now. -- RM 03:00, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

census data entry
Hi, I'm a sysop on srwiki. It is my understanding that you are in control of a robot which was used to add data from U.S. census to large numbers of articles on this wiki. :)

A similar attempt at our wiki was made roughly a year ago and it ended, ehm, rather infamously. Many people were very discontent with the whole concept and then there was a whole additional mess created by the fact that we must transliterate all names into Serbian script which is a task that bot can not and no human wanted to do. Anyway.

I am actually writing for a more structural reason. We are in the process of discussing and hopefully adopting our own version of Notability. Many people fail to see how random places of 25 souls each meet the basic notability criteria just because there is a set of data about it - in other words, how is it that creating articles about places based solely on statistical data does not violate "Wikipedia is not an indiscrimimnate collection of information" or lead to articles about intergalactic partcles and such.

I am sure you had a wide discussion about these issues here on enwiki. It would be great if you could point me to places where I could read some of these deliberations and what kind of consensus was reached. Any additional comments or advice would also be welcome. Thanks. (You can also leave me a message at sr:Разговор са корисником:Dzordzm if you'd wish.) --Dzordzm 01:50, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Sorry I forgot my talk page was semi-protected (I blocked a rather unpleasant vandal and expected him to come curse away his frustration.) I'll try to process it with others and see what comes out. --Dzordzm 03:19, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Burhinus capensis (moved page)
See WikiProject Birds for article title. --Stavenn 05:12, 25 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Gotcha. I've done so much work on plants, fish, this animal, that animal, and there is no consistency, so I just didn't know. Thanks for the info. -- RM 05:28, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Rambot?
I was just curious: seeing all the work Rambot did on those municipality articles a few years ago, could you perhaps bring him out of retirement? Some other editors and I recently completed stubs for all Ohio townships, but virtually none of the articles have census information. Thanks! Nyttend 14:48, 27 February 2007 (UTC)


 * For the most part if the there is census data available, it should already exist. If it does not exist, it may be a real place that is not considered by the census bureau to be census designated place, that is, it will be part of another broad city, township, county, etc.  As such, I do not have the data that you are requesting.  Sorry! -- RM 17:29, 27 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Some pages do have at least minimal census information, such as Salem Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, but most do not. Would you be able to mine pages such as the reference listed for this page?  Thanks!  Nyttend 19:30, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

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Use of Butterfly weed photo
Hi Derek,

I write and design for a newspaper called the Durham Herald-Sun. We create a quarterly, glossy magazine called Facets, for which we are now working on the spring issue.

I am writing a photo-heavy story on Unique plants for avid gardeners. A local and highly regarded botanist suggested I use Butterfly Weed as one of the plants in the story. I found your photos online and would like to use one of the flower bud closeups, with your credit of course.

Please let me know if you are interested in sharing.

Thanks,

Melanie Busbee Special Publications Writer mbusbee "at" heraldsun.com (919) 419-6819 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Melbusbee (talk • contribs) 14:37, 6 March 2007 (UTC).


 * Responded through email. -- RM 15:01, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Much deserved barnstar

 * Believe it or not, the rambot got a barnstar, but this is my first. Woohoo. ;-) -- RM 03:18, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Surprising since you've been around for awhile. Maybe if you add this one to your user page others will be inspired? :-) 05:47, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Sharing part of the Rambot database
Hi Ram-man,

I'm considering creating a bot that will add some infoboxes and new maps to many cities/towns/townships/etc in the United States. I've already created the Massachusetts ones and want to expand to the rest of the country. Right now I have a list of 38,500 articles in this category, but I need a way to map the Wikipedia article names to the US census database. Would it be possible for you to provide me with such a mapping (i.e., article names to FIPS codes, or whatever other field you use to connect to the census database)? Or perhaps you might be willing to share the entire database with me instead of just that one field? It would drastically reduce any differences in geographic/demographic information between the text of the articles and the infoboxes if we were using the same data (although I still plan on writing a bot to go through a data-dump and extract all of the geographic/demographic information from the text to help minimize the problem). Please let me know if this will be possible. --CapitalR 05:26, 10 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Since the bot has last run, I have not done anything with the data. It resides on archive DVDs in MySQL format.  Nevertheless, the rules for naming are generally somewhat complicated and not always accurate.  For example, sometimes what the rambot named the articles was later changed by moving or merging an article.  Also, some municipalities have changed by absorbing others or being absorbed, so that changes everything as well.  In order to get you any data, I would have to spend the time to setup MySQL (which is not installed on my computer) and setup the tables.  I suppose this is possible, but in the years since I've last done anything, I have not found the time, despite all the requests.  I would need a minimum of a few days to get it done anyway.  But it isn't possible to get an exact one-to-one mapping without first checking the page to make sure it matches the main list (which should be 95% accurate). -- RM 15:13, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

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Bots/Requests for approval/CommonsDelinker
RM, regarding this speedy approval, I don't see where the trial results were ever posted, and is this still going to be operating as an anon? — xaosflux  Talk  12:21, 15 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I've been heavily active on the commons and watching the progress of this bot in general, so I've seen it functioning. However, if you feel that a speedy approval is unmerited, feel free to change it to trial.  I'll make sure that the bot logs in so we can track the changes. Also, this bot never did post a trial here on en explicitly, because the bot owner never formally requested approval, except on the meta where there was a project wide request.  I consider its recent edits as a sufficient trial, just like we have done in the past with a number of other bots.  Since it was approved project-wide, this request was a mere formality IMO.  The bot makes a lot of edits and should be running with a bot flag, plus people will block a bot if they can't find any specific approval, so we had to do at least that much. -- RM 12:34, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the update. The only issue I ever saw with it was that it should be logged in here on en:.  Thanks! —  xaosflux  Talk  19:34, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Bot approvals process
Just in case any of you haven't seen the new bot request to track the bot approvals process, this is just a reminder to use the correct templates at BAG Admin Tools so the bot can correctly identify the stage of bot approval. Also, the approved requests section has been moved to a separate page at Bots/Approved bot requests for the Bureaucrats to watchlist. When approving a request, make sure you remove it from the main page and place it on that page so that a bureaucrat can flag it. Thanks. MetsBot 16:46, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Emerald Tree Boa
Dear Ram-Man, My name is Joe. I am 7 years old and in the first grade. For home work I have do a report on animals in the Rain Forest and I wanted to do snakes. My mom helped me Google Emerald Tree Boa and we found your beautiful photos. Would it be all right with you if I used a couple in my report and some to hang in my room. Love, Joe —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.64.112.250 (talk) 19:00, 18 March 2007 (UTC).


 * If you are just using it for an educational, non-commercial purpose, in this case a report and hanging them up in your room, then I think that would be fine. -- RM 23:55, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

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RamBot
Is it possible to get the source code for rambot somewhere? 84.139.94.99 14:08, 22 March 2007 (UTC)


 * The rambot is both (mostly) inactive and the code kludgy and proprietary. That and it is broken and can't login properly for some unknown reason.  You wouldn't want it anyway.  Sorry. -- RM 14:13, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

1902?
1902? See your userpage. Is that intentional? Newyorkbrad 17:34, 23 March 2007 (UTC)


 * See the big red box at the top of my user page for more information. Do not trust anything said there, it is likely vandalism.  I'll probably revert it soon, but it is safe to ignore it. -- RM 17:41, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

60 days vs 6 months
60 days is still a lot of time for Betacommand to mend his ways as compared to six months. Even after that time period, BAG would still reserve the right to bring him in or keep him in probation for another four months. So I think it's ok. I read the comments, and the community endorses the overall proposals before BC posted his his. I have kept in mind both points and also the fact that BC is still free to help out here. Sentiments are high against BC right now, but may not be so in 60 days. =Nichalp  «Talk»=  15:19, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Sounds fair enough to me. Thank you for closing the debate. --kingboyk 15:28, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, I approve of that reasoning. Thanks for taking the time to explain it. -- RM 16:45, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

BAG help
I've got an issue I'd love to hear some more on at:Wikipedia_talk:Bots/Approvals_group if you have a moment. Thanks, — xaosflux  Talk  03:16, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Fishes
There is a new proposal on naming conventions for fish being discussed at WikiProject Fishes. As a member of said project group your feedback would be appreciated at the WikiProject Fishes talk page here. Cheers, David. MidgleyDJ 06:58, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

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Betacommandbot
Hi, I was looking into flagging Betacommandbot, but I haven't had time to wade into the whole issue. What I do see is several messages at Bots/Requests for approval/BetacommandBot 3 and Bots/Requests for approval/BetacommandBot that say it is revoked. If indeed all the relevant discussion has been taken into account, can you adjust those pages to reflect that and let me know? I'd do it, but I'm terribly busy atm. Thank you. - Taxman Talk 14:03, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Requests for arbitration/Betacommand
Hello,

An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened: Requests for arbitration/Betacommand. Please add any evidence you may wish the arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Requests for arbitration/Betacommand/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Requests for arbitration/Betacommand/Workshop.

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Township request again
Hello again. I was wondering if you would be able to finish setting up the townships for Illinois as you did in Ohio? We do not have much left, having created most of the stubs myself. Thanks for any help in doing this, it will save me a lot more labor.--Kranar drogin 03:49, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Random Smiley Award
 For your contributions to Wikipedia and humanity in general, you are hereby granted the coveted Random Smiley Award originated by Pedia-I (Explanation and Disclaimer) ♠  TomasBat   ( @ )  ( Contribs )  ( Sign! ) 21:36, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Merge proposal: incorporated place and census designated place into place (United States Census Bureau)
While caught up in the argument about whether we should use the term "census designated place" as the primary term to refer to unincorporated towns and villages I did a bit of research. I think what I found was interesting and useful. However I found it awkward to incorporate the information into the census designated place article, partly because the material also belongs in the incorporated place article. Also, a lot of the CDP article explains how a CDP resembles, but is not, an incorporated place where the incorporated place article is practically empty. I don't think there is enough unique material for three separate articles so I'm proposing a merger into one article named "place (United States Census Bureau)". I have already written the article that explains the terms in a logical order. I am asking for opinions, edits, etc. from other people who have written on the issue. See Talk:Place (United States Census Bureau) for more information. Rsduhamel 01:02, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Image:Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Full Body 2000px.jpg
I am going to use the above linked image on User:GeorgeMoney/potd/May 10, 2007. Just thought you might like to know, thanks. - PatricknoddyTALK (reply here) | HISTORY 11:33, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Image:Mount McKinley Denali Closeup 2800px.jpg
I am using the linked image on User:GeorgeMoney/potd/May 22, 2007 - PatricknoddyTALK (reply here) | HISTORY 12:33, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

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Picture
i need to use your high definition picture of the rainbow lorikeet for ny website.

-Afarila


 * To use my pictures you have to follow the licensing restrictions on them.   Any other use requires special permission. -- RM 01:32, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Licensing question
While looking around at stuff for Crawford County, Pennsylvania, I found that there weren't individual municipality locator maps, as there are for places in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Therefore, I took your blank county map and made individual maps for each municipality, CDP, and township. However, I'm not exactly sure whether I licensed it properly in accord with your previous file, since the images I upload are generally original pictures that I release into the public domain. Would you please look at the one locator map that I've uploaded so far, Image:Map of Adamsville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Highlighted.png, and let me know whether I've done it appropriately? Thanks! Nyttend 21:11, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

WP:BAG election
There is a current election in progress for a new member of the Bot Approvals Group. The discussion is being held on WT:BAG. Thank you, — xaosflux  Talk  23:36, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Amur Leopard Photo
Wow, that is a beautiful picture! I'm not going to use it, but I just wanted to tell you that it's wonderful. 71.37.75.43 18:08, 23 April 2007 (UTC)Jo Leary

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Small world
Thanks for your message. What irony that there are two people named "D. Ramsey" on Wikipedia who are interested in photography! I have spent the last hour looking over your Commons photo category ... and am green with envy! When I grow up, I hope to be like you! --Kralizec! (talk) 02:08, 3 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Behold, my first Commons contribution: Image:New 7 Wonders Winners.png! Did I do everything right?  I hope you do not mind that I horked your excellent license setup.  --Kralizec! (talk) 15:26, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

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Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania
fits the criteria for speedy deletion for the following reason: merged into Fort Indiantown Gap --Android Mouse Bot 2 10:57, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

=)
Oh, reading this was hilarious: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hibberts_Gore%2C_Maine&oldid=441085  But not as good as this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oil_Springs_Reservation%2C_Cattaraugus_County%2C_New_York&oldid=447890 <BR> You really made my day today, thank you. Haplolology 03:26, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Census-designated place
Among the CDPs in Arizona that you created is an article originally named Big Park, Arizona. Some time ago, it was moved to Village of Oak Creek, Arizona, but there is currently a discussion going about moving it back to Big Park. Would you please offer an opinion on the subject? Thanks! Nyttend 22:41, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

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HI!!

I am an spanish's student and I don't know if you could be worry about using your picture of the lion from pittburg zoo. I have put the origin.

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Congratulations, and thanks for taking it for us. Raven4x4x 08:49, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi Derek,

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Hi,

I have a client that I think this image would work for her website. She is a healer and plans on consulting to similar businesses to help them present a more professional image.

Please advise if it would be okay to use your image and what if any information we would need to include.

Thank you, Sherri

www.inter-pub.com


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Image:Two Hens and Chicks 3264px.jpg
Sancheck? Ben Aveling 06:51, 8 June 2007 (UTC) PS. Thanks for reviewing my QI candidates. It's good to get feedback, even if it is in the form of 'suggestions for improvements'.


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Hey again
Hi again, Derek. I just wanted to give you an update and heads-up about the Wikimeetup this coming Sunday. I'll be there, as will my friend from Wikibooks, but the *big news* is that we're launching a local Wikimedia chapter at the event: Wikimedia Pennsylvania (the first official US chapter). If you have irc access, pop on #wikimedia-pa (freenode) for more info on it, or just have a look at Wikimedia Pennsylvania.

In an unrelated heads-up, Wikiversity finally got DPL enabled, so there are graphical bloom clock lists now (at least for Southeastern Pennsylvania). Here's an example of what I mean... thought you might get a kick out of it. -- SB_Johnny |talk|books 11:50, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikimedia Pennsylvania
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hello i am a student AT A high school in califonia.. i was going to ask if i could use your picture in a powerpoint.. i am doing a brief history and research information on the history of alaska for my vice principle. if you could get to me that would be great thank you -briana —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.213.190.50 (talk) 17:58, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

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OTRS request
Various friends of mine have taken pictures that they're willing to let me upload to the Commons under appropriate licenses. Some months ago, one friend took a picture (Image:TRC Perry Township.jpg) and sent a well-worded permission email for the OTRS. I'd like to give this text as an example to my other friends, but I don't have the text of the email. Would you please access its ticket, https://secure.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketID=786492, and email me the text? Thanks! Nyttend 03:18, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi. I came across your photo of Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct and would like to find out how I might obtain permission to use the image in a text book I'm writing for high school students about technology. The book is part of a National Science Foundation project and would be commercially published and distributed nationwide.

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Ram-man and RamBot
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Rambot
Hi! I'm an administrator of the Spanish Wikipedia and I would want to create stubs of U.S. counties and cities on that Wikipedia. I've seen the rambot Article Translation Project. ¿Which steps should I take so Rambot could create the articles? Thanks in advance. Paintman 17:16, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Did you start the Kite article?
Did you start the Kite aticle? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.30.111.146 (talk) 22:51, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Re-used your cygnet photo
Hi Derek, I've re-used your cygnet photo here: http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/316-guid.html I hope I've done the credits and license right: I copied the GNU motto and I linked the photo to its Wikipedia Commons page --Harnad 10:52, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

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Gymnotiformes
would like to use a high resolution digital file of your Black Ghost Fish (Gymnotiformes) for a middle school textbook for the National Science Resources CEnter. Can you advise? J. A. Martin jane@thephotoeditor.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.143.132.187 (talk) 17:57, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

use photo
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Secure rights to use a photo by Ram-man
I would like secure rights t one Echinacea paradoxa photo. D. please contact me. natgar@aol.com

Secure rights to use a photo by Ram-man
I would like secure rights t one Echinacea paradoxa photo. D. please contact me. natgar@aol.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ken druse (talk • contribs) 18:42, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

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Seeking permission to use digital photo
Dear Sir/Madam,

I am an editor with Panpac Education Pte Ltd, an education publishing firm based in Singapore.

We would like to seek permission for the use of the following digital photograph of colourful maize, that can downloaded from this url:

This digital photograph will be used in the following Activity Book:

1.        Integrated Science Activity Book Primary 6 Ghana

We hope you can grant us world rights in the publication of the abovementioned textbook for primary school students.

We look forward to your favourable reply.

Yours sincerely,

Chan Shyong Yaw

Editor

Panpac Education Pte Ltd

Times Centre, 1 New Industrial Road,

Singapore 536196.

DID: (65) 6213 9556

Tel: (65) 6213 9241     Fax: (65) 6846 3440

Email: sychan@panpaceducation.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.117.109.2 (talk) 03:42, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Denali Panoramic Image
Hi There,

I would like to ask your permission to use the above image in our Family blog: http://blog.tripwiser.com/familytrip/

Please let me know at azisling@tripwiser.com

Thanks Aharoni TripWiser.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.185.35.193 (talk) 05:04, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar
Hello Mr. Ramsey,

I am an editor from Silverleaf Press. We are in the process of publishing a book called Gardening with Good Bugs. We would like to use your image of the monarch butterfly caterpillar. We would like to include the photograph and its source code and cite the photograph in terms agreeable to you. Please advise me on how best to do this. Thank you for your time and your lovely photo.

Leigh Brown Editor Silverleaf Press —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lbrown6 (talk • contribs) 22:28, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

User:Ram-Man/Licensing Guide
Hi Ram-Man, I'm fairly sure no. 3 and 4 are not correct - what do you base those points on? --Fir0002 09:43, 7 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Number 3 is quite obvious because the text of the license says so. You must include a copy of the license along with the image.  It can be either in physical or digital form, but it cannot be a link to some web address (with the exception of a web page, where you have to also host the copy, but can link to that copy, as Wikipedia does).  You cannot link back to gnu.org or just provide the web address like you can with a Creative Commons license because that is not a copy.


 * Number 4 is just a rephrasing of the legal definition of a derivative work. Now it is possible for an image to be used in a "collective work", but this is unusual and not the normal usage.  I could have just quoted the U.S. statute governing these terms, but then that wouldn't be as easy for everyone to understand either.  It is simply not true that you can use any GFDL image with any text and not have that be a resulting derivative work.  The rules for images are the same as the rules for text.  If you copy text verbatim and add it to your document, that's exactly the same as copying a picture and adding it to your document.  If either are GFDL, the entire document must be GFDL.  Please see copyleft.  I have this notice especially, because most people do not understand copyleft or the GFDL, so this has to be explicitly stated or people will violate my copyright.  I have had infringers images taken down for this copyright violation in the past.  When other users choose to ignore this type of violation when their own pictures are used, that is totally their business, but I won't allow it if they don't ask for the permission that I'm legally entitled to.  The note on fairness is just plain common sense: people frequently try to rip off my work without properly licensing an image and without giving back their derivative works.  They want something for nothing, but this isn't public domain, and that needs to be made very clear.


 * -- RM 12:48, 7 February 2008 (UTC)


 * OK fair enough - I can readily understand your concern with regards to copyright violations (it's something dear to my heart also); however I think you're stretching the terms of the GFDL on a technicality with regards to the GFDL link. I'm fairly sure that you wouldn't be able to do anything about it if someone merely linked back to the gnu.org copy or even the image description page on Wikipedia/commons - this has happened to me before. Number 4 I'm not sure on (hopefully I might be in a better position in six and half years when I finish my double degree!) - to me it wouldn't make sense to demand an entire 48 page book be released under the GFDL just because it includes a 8x5cm picture! Anyway I think what this really illustrates is the need for Wikipedia/commons to adopt a NC license! --Fir0002 10:45, 9 February 2008 (UTC)


 * The requirement for a copy to be included is one of the criticisms of the GFDL, something the CC license do not require. In copying large quantities in a printed medium, the license also requires that they provide a web link to the original or a digital copy, something I should probably add to my list of requirements. #4 is something most people do not like, but it is the purpose of copyleft.  The point is that you can't normally use any part of a copyleft work in a non-copyleft work.  The two are incompatible.  In the case of an encyclopedia, however, each article is considered a separate work, so the license in one does not automatically become the license in the other.  However, within an article, the images and text should all be the same license.  I don't know how Wikipedia gets away with using CC licenses in a GFDL document, because such usage is supposed to be forbidden.  I know that Wales and others are working on a new GFDL version that eliminates this problem.  I suppose people just don't object or maybe there is a legal loophole somewhere. I avoid that issue entirely for my works, so I don't pay much attention to it. -- RM 15:37, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Rambot city coordinate format
At WT:GEO I was wondering about the origin of city articles' DMS (decimal) coordinate format. I see Rambot created it in one article. Because clicking on a coordinate now shows both DMS and decimal coordinates, I was wondering why both formats were being used. Can you join the discussion there? -- SEWilco (talk) 05:22, 9 February 2008 (UTC)


 * There also are plans over there to convert the various coordinate formats to coord, which I see conflicts which Rambot's Mapit. -- SEWilco (talk) 05:24, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Request to edit Template:DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Future
Hi. There's a request to edit the template above, which you edit protected in 2005. It seems harmless to me, as a request to optionally add logos to the template, and unlikely to conflict with your stated reason for protecting the template, but my strengths are definitely not in template making, and I thought to ask you. :) Is it all right to implement this requested change? --Moonriddengirl (talk) 22:25, 14 February 2008 (UTC)


 * The page was protected to prevent the legal text from changing. Adding logos shouldn't be a problem.  If you are worried about messing it up, make a copy in a personal sandbox to test it out. -- RM 00:57, 15 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I'll give it a try. :) The person who is requesting the edit requested the last one, implemented in April of 2007 evidently without problems. I've tested it out at my sandbox, and it seems to be okay. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 01:06, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Image:Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus on Echinacea purpurea 2800px.jpg
I hope that you can give me permission to use your image in my userpace as the featured picture of the month for May of 2008. I would also be humbled if you could send me the original high quality picture for personal reasons (I will not redistribute it). — Cuyler  91093  -  Соитяівцтіоиѕ  05:25, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

HI,

I'd like to know how to get some info I know is out ther I just dont know how.

I somehow got to your page because you edited the page for the township where I live and got some info.

I am new here but will look tomorrow to see if you get htis. Thanks tomjimcosky@yahoo.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomj59 (talk • contribs) 05:37, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Permission of use of monarch butterfly photos
Hi,

I am a butterfly enthusiast that is currently preparing a blog/website on butterflies and moths. I have came across this photo of monarch butterfly that is really gorgeous. As I am writing an general article on differences between moths and butterflies, I wanted to show the scales of the monarch butterfly taken by you using your photo. I will edit the photo for the explanation purpose but I will definitely include your name in the photo as well. I wonder is it ok? Sorry, I am not very good in this. I apologize if I sounded abrupt. Thank you very much —Preceding unsigned comment added by Avin316 (talk • contribs) 09:09, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Bot for es:wiki
Hi, Ram-Man!

I am Racso, from the spanish Wikipedia. There we have aproved a policy that allows users (under certain [¡lot of!] conditions) to run articles-creating bots. I have created a bot that translates your Rambot articles into spanish. I know the bot works because I have used it for improving articles (Counties articles) that some people had already created (it has a problem: some of the articles have changed their text, so the bots has problems some times when translating; I corrected those translation bugs by hand). BUT... it cannot be used for creating articles because the policy states that a database shall be used, and I am using en:wiki as database, but I i think that is not valid because the data could be changed/vandalized.

That is why I am here. We are interested in making articles for all the counties, and for cities with more pop than X people (We are not sure about X; maybe 30K, 50K, don't know).


 * 1) ¿Have you released the source code of the bot? If you have, ¿where can I get it? If you have not, ¿is there any way you can share it?
 * 2) Or well, there is another solution: I can make another bot that takes the data directly from the source, but I don't know where is that. ¿Where does the bot takes the data for making the articles? I saw the U.S. census page, but all the data is really dispersed in lot of pages. ¿Is there any file containing all the data I can use?

That is all. Thank you very much for your atention, and sorry for my bad english ;). --200.114.40.62 (talk) 17:11, 2 March 2008 (UTC) (Racso)

Permission to use Image:Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus on Echinacea purpurea 2800px.jpg
Hi, I would like your permission to use this image once again. I would really appreciate it if you actually responded. :) Cuyler  91093  ( Contribs ) 07:54, 4 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Using it in your userspace is perfectly compatible with the license. As per the request above, this is the highest resolution I have. -- RM 12:43, 5 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks so much! おべんとう   むすび  ( Contributions ) 19:11, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

possible issue with attribution of PD material in articles on towns
Hi Ram-Man -- In a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cities, user SEWilco has suggested that two articles, for Bartlett, Illinois and Ephrata, Pennsylvania, and perhaps many more, are deficient for their failure to attribute use of public domain text. He asked me to contact you. Honestly, I believe he is trying to egg me on into making some too-broad criticism, and honestly I am unclear what are his true complaints about these articles that he singles out. But, if your "rambot" grabs information out of some census database or other public domain source, and generates an article about a town, then I probably would think it should include some attribution to the source. By the way, output from the Elkman NRHP infobox generator, includes a footnote to the National Park Service NRIS database that is its fundamental source. That generator has been very helpful in many thousands of wikipedia articles on NRHP sites, and I expect that your rambot has provided an equally valuable contribution in its domain. I don't know anything about your rambot though, and whether it can be improved in any way or not. Anyhow, could you please take a look at the discussion which has opened up? I'll look for your response there. Thanks! Sincerely, doncram (talk) 20:29, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Bot activity
I was going over the list of bots and noticed that has not edited in a very long time. Is this bot still active and if not, would you object to it being de-flagged? Please post your comments to Wikipedia_talk:Bots/Requests_for_approval since this is a rather widely-posted message.  MBisanz  talk 01:39, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for responding. Nothing will be done to Rambot flag status.  I just was trying to clear out the automated list of accounts with the Bot flag, so its easier to keep track of whats going on.  But of course, once your approved for a task, that approval doesn't expire due to inactivity.  And back when I was an IP editor, what drew me to the Meta part of the site was all the discussion of Rambot's activities, which I thought were really cool and couldn't see why others objected to them.  Happy editing.  MBisanz  talk 23:04, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Web reference simple
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pipeline phot0
permission to use you photo in a powerpoint presentation discussing a balnaced energy plan for the state of ALaska?

Chris Rennau 907.339.3904 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.193.48.104 (talk) 22:00, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Planning for the 7th Wikipedia Meetup
The planning for the summer Philadelphia meetup has begun. We would appreciate your input. You're getting this invitation because you're on Wikipedia:WikiProject Philadelphia/Philadelphia meet-up invite list. BrownBot (talk) 21:45, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you!
I would like to tell you that I´m using your gorgeous Golden Conure´s photo in my project for portuguese wikijunior book []. So, thank you and I would be very proud if you could go to see it RêBretz (talk) 21:59, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

I forgot...
my name in wiki portuguese is Alustriel RêBretz (talk) 22:00, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Funhouse info is relevant
The information about the fun house is relevant to the site, as it certainly one of the exceptional things about Orcas Island. It is a lot like the Exploratorium in San Francisco and for something like that to exist in a small rural community is worthy of note. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Presspot (talk • contribs) 17:14, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

How to request protection on Commons
I am curious as to how protection can be requested on subpages of a specific user...specifically, a page, such as subpage on the User profile that should only be modified by the user or an admin. If you could let me know, that would be appreciated. The specific pages are based on the Licensing Guide and License Terms on your subpages. --AEMoreira042281 (talk) 13:44, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

POTD notification
Hi Derek,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Lily Lilium 'Citronella' Flower 2578px.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on June 22, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-06-22.  howcheng  {chat} 23:13, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Your Watermelon Leaf Photo
Dear Derek,

I found your watermelon leaf photo through the Mayflower image search on Wikimedia, and used it (crediting you) in a report on my environmental blog, "Wild Orchids for Trotsky." Here is the link:

http://trostomaten.blogspot.com/2008/06/good-watermelons-make-good-neighbors.html

I hope this is OK with you. Congratulations on a very nice image.

Best, Rachel Idempotent (talk) 11:03, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

U.S. city articles
Hi, I'm an administrator of Polish Wiki. I'd like to add U.S. cities and counties to our Wiki and have question for you: do you still have data for this task, and if so could you share it with me? Mathel (talk) 15:53, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

May I please post your image on my garden blog. I saw a blue poppy today at the US FolkLife festival. THe event featured Bhutan.

Of course, I will credit you AND can link to your garden site, if you wish.

www.minxterbloom.squarespace.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.231.232.133 (talk) 00:18, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Lion photo
Hello,

I was wondering if I could please have your permission to display one of your photographs on my userpage on Wikipedia? It's this one: African Lion Panthera leo Male Pittsburgh 2800px adjusted.jpg (the lion in the snow) Alphard08 (talk) 02:52, 8 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Go for it. -- RM 03:03, 8 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much! Alphard08 (talk) 03:09, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Image:Maple Leaf Red Rings 2000px.jpg
Hi!

We really like your picutre and wish to use it as background of roll-up representing a biomas project in Alberta, Canada. We are working as summerstudent at StatoilHydro in Norway and this roll-up will show our results. Can we use your picture? Please contact us as soon as possible.

Best Regards,

Anna Elofsson elofssoa@student.chalmers.se —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.97.2.35 (talk) 13:07, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

picture use
Hi!

We really like your picture (maple leaf) and wish to use it as background of roll-up representing a biomass project in Alberta, Canada. We are working as summerstudent at StatoilHydro in Norway and this roll-up will show our results. Can we use your picture? Please contact us as soon as possible.

Best Regards,

Anna Elofsson elofssoa@student.chalmers.se —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.97.2.35 (talk) 06:34, 21 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, please credit me as the author: (C)2008 Derek Ramsey. License: GFDL v1.2 -- RM 00:47, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

POTD notification
Hi Derek,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Yellow Coneflower Echinacea paradoxa Twisted Pair Bee 2000px.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on July 31, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-07-31.  howcheng  {chat} 18:21, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Rambot
Can you email me the source code for rambot, at mailDeborah1@gmail.com --Deborah1155 (talk) 06:06, 29 July 2008 (UTC)


 * It is not available, sorry. -- RM 01:30, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Use of the image?
I am currently trying to find pictures of daylilies to use as inspiration for a tattoo. I wouldn't be using your exact image, but I was wondering if you would mind if I brought in your picture to my tattoo artist. I will wait to do anything until I have gotten a response from you, because I certainly don't want to offend you or use your copywritten image illegally.

Thank you! 24.121.94.39 (talk) 00:01, 15 August 2008 (UTC)Emma


 * You are just using it for inspiration. Even if it is technically a "copy" of sorts, that's fine.  Go ahead and use it. -- RM 01:06, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata Flowers Closeup 2800px.jpg

 * And it's gorgeous, but isn't it a pod, not a leaf? &mdash;JerryFriedman (Talk) 03:54, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
 * It's not a pod or a leaf. It's a flower. -- RM 00:26, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

POTD notification
Hi Derek,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus on Echinacea purpurea 2800px.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on August 27, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-08-27.  howcheng  {chat} 21:20, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Monarch Butterfly figure
Hi,

I do research in image processing, and I would like permission to use this image in my research.

Thanks, Antonio


 * Is it commercial? -- RM 03:11, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Hello Derek Ramsey
Hello Derek Ramsey!

We want to use one of your fabulous picutres by Elephant Beetle on Wikipedia- for a literature project in Germany. It will be a low budget readers anthology CD with only 50 Copies. We would write your name and all facts about the picture, as you like it, on the backside of the cover and in the booklet of our CD. If you give us an postale code and an adress we send you an deposit copy of our product. Please give us the acceptence for using the picture.

Please write us back to the following E-Mail Adress: marry.a.mueller@web.de.

With kind regards!

Golem123 (talk) 11:21, 30 August 2008 (UTC) M. marry.a.mueller@web.de

Data for US towns
Dear Ram-Man, I noticed that you were the first contributor for Addison, Alabama: do you know, please, if all the data for US towns are available elsewhere in a compact form? This would help me with translations. Many thanks. Best regards --Lombard2008 (talk) 18:43, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

use of photo
I would like to use one of your photos in an exhibit I am working on with the Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota. It would be used as an example of citizen scientists who are monnitoring animals to gauge the heath of their environment. I would used it along with a wolf,bird,bee,butterfly,frog. I am interested in the brook trout image. Let me know if I may used the image and how the credit line should read. thanks. Lonnie Broden lbroden@brspaint.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.42.164.33 (talk) 12:22, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Cedar Grove, Florida
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Proposed deletion of Ekalaka, Montana
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your red lionfish photo
I am making a movie about the red lionfish in my marine biology class as part of a research project and i was wondering if i could use your photo in my movie? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Taylor rose baby (talk • contribs) 20:59, 10 October 2008 (UTC)


 * yes. -- RM 16:56, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

FP nomination
I have nominated one of the images you have uploaded as a Featured picture candidate at WP:FP. Thought you might like to know.

Elucidate (parlez à moi) Ici pour humor 14:01, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Valued/Encyclopedic image proposal
I would propose that Wikipedia adopt a 'Valued' or 'Encyclopedic' images department. The images that garner this status on Wikipedia would have to be tagged with a different template to the Valued or Quality image seals, in order to distinguish between them. I suggest that images that receive this status should be highly encyclopedic images, although not necessarily of excellent quality. Images that illustrate a point in an exemplary manner, for example, could be nominated as these 'Encyclopedic Images'. There would obviously be problems, for example: who defines an image as being encyclopedic or the most valuable of a large group of images? What scope should or could an image be nominated within? Thus, a vote of consensus would be required. I think the initiation of such an area would benefit Wikipedia. Diagrams, sounds and various other media could also be included in this. I would be willing to draw up a draft for the page; however, the decision must first be made. I've seen you around WP:FPC, so I thought you'd be interested. See the Village pump for more information. Elucidate (parlez à moi) Ici pour humor 08:21, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

License for Image:Black squirrel.jpg
The image Black squirrel.jpg is a candidate to be copied to the Wikimedia Commons. When you uploaded this image, you licensed it for use under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). On behalf of the Wikipedia and Commons communities, thank you. However, the GFDL requires that reproductions of the image (and any other GFDL-licenced works), must be accompanied by the full text of the GFDL. The GFDL is intended more for documentation and not images, so downstream re-users may be hindered by additional restrictions of the GFDL which may not work well on the use of one image.

Before I copy this image to the Commons, I wanted to ask whether you would be willing to multilicense your work under an additional license, such as a Creative Commons licence. Creative Commons licences, such as the Attribution Share-Alike license provide a similar copyleft permission to the GFDL, but without some of its requirements such as the distribution of the licence text. All you need to do, is place the additional license tag alongside your current license. Users can choose between which one they want to use the image under. There are many free licenses accepted on Wikipedia and Commons which can provide freedoms similar to the GFDL, but without some of its requirements.

You are under no obligation whatsoever to alter the license. Doing so merely cooperates with those members of the community who believe that multilicensing your work can ease the reuse of images outside of Wikipedia.

If you use a GFDL license tag which requires distribution of Wikipedia's general disclaimer (indicated by "Subject to disclamiers" in the template), it is also suggested that you switch it to one which does not apply them.

Whether or not you choose to dual-license your work, thank you for your consideration.

Thanks! --Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:20, 5 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Feel free to copy it to the commons, but I won't dual license my images because I have a philosophical problem with Creative Commons. They support a very loose interpretation of "derivative work" that I cannot accept. -- RM 12:36, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Photograph usage permission
Hi,

I would like to use your picture on wikipidia as follows: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Caladium_bicolor_'Florida_Sweetheart'_Plant_2220px.jpg

I intend to include this picture in a textbook that I am preparing for my students as an example of Araceae plants.

Thank you and best regards,

Gonzalo Diaz, PhD Professor gjdiazg@unal.edu.co —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.225.40.67 (talk) 02:10, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

GFDL licensing used does not permit later versions - Image:Black squirrel.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Black squirrel.jpg.

However, I note from the file's description page that the file is uploaded under a version of the GFDL that does not permit  re-licensing under a later version of that license.

If you are the creator of the image or media in question, please update the license to a version of the GFDL which permits limited re-licensing (such as 1.3 or later, this is due to planned licensing changes across WMF projects.

If you are not the creator of the image/media in question, then please contact the original copyright holder(s) or uploader(s), to request re-licensing. If you have uploaded other files, under GFDL terms which does not permit re-licensing under a later version, please also consider updating the licensing for those images.

Images with GFDL versions, which do not permit re-licensing under later versions may be considered for deletion owing to planned changes in Wikipedia licensing.

If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 16:50, 7 November 2008 (UTC)


 * The GFDL 1.2 is equally compatible with the GFDL 1.3 in the same way that any of the CC-SA licenses are, but that doesn't stop Wikimedia from using them. Unless we reject the CC-SA licenses, we must equally accept the GFDL-1.2 licenses.  Both contain copyleft clauses that only support their own license.  If Wikimedia transitions to the GFDL 1.3, I'll consider uploading my licenses, but since I have not reviewed the new license, I will not relicense my work.  Blindly licensing my work automatically is reckless. -- RM 18:58, 7 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I think the point was the specific type of GFDL 1.2 tag you used (GFDL-1.2-en), which specifically states that it is not compatible with future versions. WP is licensed under 1.2 and any future versions, which is the image tag GFDL. I don't mean to sound patronizing if you are already fully aware of the details. The specific version of the tag you used places images in Category:GFDL 1.2 images, and you'll notice that there aren't many images there (and many are from you or your friends). Apologies if this is seen as annoying, but this small edit will prevent the possibility of these images being deleted when WP switches licenses in the next year or so (see Licensing_update/Questions_and_Answers). Obviously it's up to you what you do you with your images, and I am simply hoping this is a confusion of the wording of the tag. Thanks! ~  JohnnyMrNinja  03:06, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

reuse of Santa picture
How much do you charge for the use of the santa picture on this website. Please e-mail me @ makeup4u35@aol.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Uneak (talk • contribs) 17:40, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Photo of Denali
I work for the UAF College of Natural Science & Mathematics and I would like to know if I could use the photo of Denali for a poster I am designing. It would be a one time use. Thanks for your time.

Amie Pappas CNSM Publications fnadp@uaf.edu —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.229.51.89 (talk) 20:33, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Lancaster County image
I was hoping you would grant me permission to use that stunnning image you have of a farm in Lancaster County, for Jacob O. Meyer article. In Citer (talk) 16:34, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

history of the dupont family
my grandmother and grandfather worked for the dopont family about 1896-8 in delaware just trying to get info about them —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.237.195.253 (talk) 23:43, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Austell, Georgia
A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Austell, Georgia, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process
 * Most of this article is incorrect.

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Bethlehem
By chance I noticed you had a bunch of images geocode in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Per the discussion at Featured picture candidates/Bethlehem Steel, I'm hoping that as a (possible) local you'd be able to more geocode File:Bethlehem_Steel_Pennellb.jpg with greater precision. Thanks Noodle snacks (talk) 11:53, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

O.o hi.. i am a high school student, i just want to use that image of the american bull frog i'll give the proper credit, i just want my essay to have a good clean photo on which i can anotate the differences between a male and female bullfrog =) thank you. if you are fine with letting me use this image you can contact me at this email : Chaitanyaupmanu@hotmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.86.130.28 (talk) 07:23, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm a journalist from Austria (Europe) and would like to use your picture for a story. Is it possible?

POTD notification
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TfD nomination of Template:Infobox U.S. Covered Bridge
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You're invited!
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permission to use showy butterfly image
Dear Derek Ramsay, I would like to have permission to use the showy butterfly image for two research publications at the University of Arizona. One is to use the butterfly as part of an illustration and also for part of a collage of other creatures for the cover of an educational text.

Can you please contact me to let me know if permission can be granted.

rlaroi@u.arizona.edu Renee La Roi Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy University of Arizona

Thanks,

Renee —Preceding unsigned comment added by Reneelaroi (talk • contribs) 16:47, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Monarch butterfly image
Hi Derek, Would you mind if I included your monarch butterfly image (perched on milkweed) on an educational DVD (video) I'm producing on Virginia ecosystems that's intended for use in 4th grade classrooms in a northern VA school district? I'd be sure to give you a photo credit both on the DVD and in the printed Teacher's Guide. Thanks for your kind consideration of my request. I look forward to your reply. Betty Scratchy225 betty@scratchcat.com Scratchy225 (talk) 21:01, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

picture utilisation
Hi,

I am a french picture Editor in Paris for the magazine Science et Vie Découvertes (a science magazine for kids). I'd like to use your picture of the :American Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_Bullfrog_Rana_catesbeiana_Side_1800px.jpg

Would it be possible?

Of course, I'll mention your copyright and I'll be glad to send you a mag with your picture when it will be published, next month. My request is urgent, please, let me know as soon as you can... Thank you very much for your help, Best regards,

Marie GANDOIS Photo Editor Science et Vie Découvertes 1 rue du colonel Pierre Avia 75015 PARIS tel : +33 (0)1 46 48 19 66 iconosvd@mondadori.fr —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.195.19.81 (talk) 16:53, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

I would like to use your image in a workbook. The workbook would be free of charge and included in the price of a course we offer in ultrasound physics. I would like to use this image to demonstrate turbulent flow —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.17.237.178 (talk) 17:32, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

POTD notification
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Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata Flowers Closeup 2800px.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on March 9, 2009. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2009-03-09.  howcheng  {chat} 17:53, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

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Templates trademarked and OTRS on Wikimedia Commons
You took a photograph and uploaded the File:Philadelphia Zoo Sign 1065px.jpg on Wikimedia Commons, which now has two templates added:

Template:OTRS pending

Have you ever done anything about these templates? I have had the same templates added to one of my photographs, so I learning about what happens. Davidt8

Tobacco Picture
Hi Mr Ramsey-

First off I just want to say you have some amazing pictures. Second, I work at CancerQuest (www.cancerquest.org), a cancer education website at Emory University, and I would love to use your tobacco picture in one of our projects. We are a non-profit, our website has no ads or fees. We don't have a budget for photos, so I have no money to offer, but of course you would get credit for the photo.

Thanks! Darren Johnson Coordinator CancerQuest darren.johnson@emory.edu —Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.140.245.104 (talk) 17:43, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

POTD notification
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dogwood picture
your permission to download your picture of the dogwood flower. I am going to take it to our church as an expample.

And tell the story, how the dogwoo was used in the crucifiction, of Jesus, and how the flower, represents, this. If you will allow me to copy it. thank you , anet perdue (janetstired@yahoo.com) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.136.27.117 (talk) 00:30, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Amur Leopard Photo
Hello,

I am a writer for ecoworldly.com.

May I use your leopard photo for a post I will make soon?

Please reply to: contact@jake-richardson.com

Thank you,

Jake —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.96.4.1 (talk) 20:06, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

POTD notification
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I hope you don't mind that I published your yellow-headed lorikeet photo on this page: http://www.avianweb.com/yellowheadedlorikeets.html ... Please let me know. Thanks. Sibylle Faye from Avianweb —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.219.71.36 (talk) 15:54, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Article licensing
Hello Ram-Man. Well, it took me 5 years to make up my mind but I finally decided to add the CC licensing template to my user page as you suggested so long ago. :) --Loremaster (talk) 08:32, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Request to use three morning glory pics of yours, with credit and with GNU license. Only editing would be to shrink the file size for posting to a web page
Hi Derek,

Pursuant to the below-noted request, I re-read the terms of the GNU license and determined that I am complying with your requests.

The images are up here:

http://e-cuneiform.blogspot.com/2009/05/fight-for-light-fearsome-foe.html

If you have any concerns, please let me know. I believe that I have met with all your concerns.

Tschuess, Chris

PS. Below is my prior request on this same subject. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.246.211.167 (talk) 01:10, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi Ram-Man,

I run a blog at http://e-cuneiform.blogspot.com/

I would like to use three of your morning glory photos:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Morning_Glory_Curled_Side_1800px.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ipomoea_purpurea_2400px.jpg

and

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morning_Glory_Leaves_3284px.jpg

for a posting on Morning glory.

I would include your description, credits, and the GNU license on both an alt-title for people for whom the image does not load up and as a mouseover title, which is my standard practice.

I was intending on downloading the pictures to my hard drive, running them through picassa to save them in a smaller memory format suitable for posting on blogger, posting them, and then deleting them from my hard drive.

I would, of course, let you know when I post the article, as a courtesy.

Please let me know if this is acceptable.

I almost invariably post using my own pictures, but this story and article date from three houses, two countries, and two continents ago. And a corrupted memory file. So I have had to go to the Wikimedia Commons to find images of morning glory.

Please advise if this is acceptable to you.

I am not sure how public this space is. You could comment on the blog, or find the email through the blog's "complete profile" section, the link to that is found at the very bottom of the blog page.

Thanks for your time and for uploading the pictures.

I hope I can use them.

Cheers, Sepiru (Akkadian for Scribe) Chris 219.73.79.27 (talk) 05:42, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

You're invited...
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REQUEST A PERMISSION FOR A PHOTOGRAPH
I found one picutre of a Santuary of Butterfly in Valle de Bravo. I work for Periódico Factor of México, a monthly publication. Every issue we publish an article about specific place in Mexico, in this case we are going to mention Valle de Bravo. I found that the picture that I mentioned at the beginning was taken by you, so the reason for this email is to to ask for the permission to publish iit to complete my article.

Please let me know you decision to my request. My email address is pilar.factor@gmail.com

Best Regards,

Pilar Garcia Junco Periódico Factor Mexico —Preceding unsigned comment added by CONHISPANA (talk • contribs) 15:42, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

permissions
Please update your contact info. I am unable to contact you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by G8way2u (talk • contribs) 14:15, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

use of clown triggerfish
Dear Derek,

I would like to use your image for a species id board at an aquarium in Portugal. If this ok, then could we use it for other species ID boards?

Best wishes Olivia Walter 86.158.251.211 (talk) 09:38, 5 June 2009 (UTC)