User talk:Redrose64/hints

Hello?
Hi, having been editing Wikipedia since 5 May this year, I've had a blank talk page - until now! It seems that I've drawn attention to myself - or, at least, Jza84 has noticed me. Have I done something wrong? I don't see any recent reverts/undos of things that I've done. Redrose64 (talk) 14:25, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Nope, this is just a welcome, nothing less, nothing more. Jza84 is an administrator who appears to enjoy greeting new(ish) accounts. You've done nothing wrong, and let me add me second to the belated welcome. Xymmax So let it be written   So let it be done  14:31, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * (I edit conflicted with the above  Chzz  ►  14:34, 13 July 2009 (UTC))
 * Hi there, and welcome from me too! As far as I know, you've done nothing wrong; in fact, the lack of posts on your talk would indicate that - if you had done something wrong, I'd expect to see warning messages here.
 * So - I'm sorry that you didn't get welcomed sooner; this does sometimes happen; we avoid using an 'auto-welcome' because we want it to be personal, and sometimes new users like yourself - good users - fly under the radar.
 * If you feel like it, please talk to us live, with this or this.
 * Ask for help any time you need it. Cheers!  Chzz  ►  14:34, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Redrose64 - no nothing bad or wrong at all. I was drawn to your contributions to Template talk:Infobox UK place and noticed you had never been welcomed. I think that's a shame, but nevertheless, I do sincerely welcome you to Wikipedia and hope you enjoy the website. :) --Jza84 | Talk  15:25, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Search facility
At 16:28, 13 July 2009 I created the article Iffley Halt railway station, by clicking an existing redlink within Littlemore railway station. Having saved it, I made sure that it was linked-to from other articles, specifically: Iffley, Kennington Railway Bridge, Littlemore railway station and Wycombe Railway (to get it to link properly from Wycombe Railway I needed to amend Template:Wycombe Railway RDT - you will see why if you "diff" that template); also made sure that it showed in the relevant categories.

Having done all that, my question is: why is it that the "Search" facility, when given the string "Iffley Halt" (without quotes), and advanced search ticked for both Article and Template namespaces, only shows three hits - Littlemore railway station and Template:Wycombe Railway RDT as mentioned above, plus List of closed railway stations in Britain: H-J - no problem with that extra one, but why are Iffley and Iffley Halt railway station not listed even though inspection of these articles shows that the text "Iffley Halt" is present, and that Iffley is linked to Iffley Halt railway station?

My article was marked as "patrolled" by Wt is this at 16:32. Not sure what that means, other than somebody has noticed it. Does the search database only get updated every day or so? --Redrose64 (talk) 20:57, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I belive it takes a while for the article to appear in the search bar. It should come up tomorrow. Try then.  Oliver Fury, Esq. message  •  contributions  21:03, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, that seemed to behave OK. --Redrose64 (talk) 19:20, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Delete page created in error
I was viewing Ella Edmondson and noticed that the album Hold Your Horses was a redlink. I own a copy, so clicked the redlink and created the page. Then I found that there is already an article Hold your horses (note different capitalisation), which is on an entirely different topic, so I hadn't wasted my time, just picked the wrong article name. So I added a otheruses4 template to Hold your horses, and used the "Move" feature on Hold Your Horses to move it to Hold Your Horses (album). I now find that Hold Your Horses still exists as a redirect page. I fixed Ella Edmondson to point to Hold Your Horses (album) instead of the redirect. Thus, Hold Your Horses is redundant.

What should be done about Hold Your Horses - leave as is, turn it into a disambiguation page, or delete it? If delete, how should I request deletion? --Redrose64 (talk) 21:50, 27 July 2009 (UTC)


 * You could leave it as it is; redirects are cheap. If you want to delete it, edit it here and put  at the top, which will mark it for speedy deletion as a "Recently created redirects from implausible typos or misnomers" - which seems like the best category to me; see WP:CSD for more. It would then be deleted in due course. For more help, you can either;
 * Leave a message on my own talk page;
 * Use another here,;
 * Talk to us live, with this or this.
 * Best wishes,  Chzz  ►  21:57, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
 * (Corrected the code above; I put r6 and it should be r3; sorry, thanks for the note  Chzz  ►  22:54, 27 July 2009 (UTC))

Robotics
I think that this edit was unconstructive: it pulls detail into the lead section. Should I simply undo, send a talk (to who?) or do something else? --Redrose64 (talk) 12:41, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi.
 * I would 'undo' it, and then ask them about it on their talk page (which does not yet exist), ie User talk:117.241.120.162. It might be vandalism - their first edit - but we should assume good faith. Nothing wrong with asking them about it (politely) though. And also, it might be worth keeping an eye on their contributions for a bit.
 * Cheers,  Chzz  ►  12:49, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Uploading image
I've got an image which I want to add to the Port Meadow Halt railway station page. It's a 1280x960 JPEG photo of the station site, which I took myself, yesterday. However, never having uploaded an image before, I don't know how to go about it. I am particularly concerned with this business of "fair use rationale", which seems to be common grounds for the removal of many images. I don't want to get caught out, so how should I get clearance for it? --Redrose64 (talk) 18:19, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
 * You should upload it on upload, choosing the 'It is entirely my own work' option; hopefully it's pretty self-explanatory on those pages. If you get stuck, use another helpme or (maybe better) talk to us live, with this.  Chzz  ►  18:32, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
 * (EC) Hi Redrose64.
 * Firstly, you need not worry about fair use rationales. These only apply to images which have not been freely licensed by their copyright holder, but which can be used under certain criteria.  This is not relevant in this case, as you yourself are the copyright holder.
 * You should preferably upload the image at Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Upload&uselang=ownwork is the relevant upload page. I think the form is relatively straightforward, but if you have any further queries just ask. You can post a follow up Q here, or find me in the live help chat, here or here. ∙  AJCham  talk  18:33, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Done, thanks --Redrose64 (talk) 20:06, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

More imagey stuff II
Re old magazine cover scans: notes on copyright, which templates to use, etc. - try Template talk:Non-free magazine cover, also Public domain; Image copyright tags; Image copyright tags/Public domain; Image copyright tags/Non-free; Media copyright questions.
 * Some templates: Template:Non-free magazine cover; Template:Magazine rationale; Template:PD-US-1923-abroad; commons:Template:PD-old. --Redrose64 (talk) 13:00, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Some PDF docs: DURATION OF COPYRIGHT - Literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works

Dealing with inappropriate edits at Portmanteaux or other articles
In general, the steps that are taken when there are vandalism issues are those that continue to allow the greatest number of people to edit Wikipedia articles.

1) Are the inappropriate edits coming from a single or a single range of IP addresses or registered accounts? If so, the first step is to ensure that the people on the other end are aware of Wikipedia policies by providing the appropriate notices and warnings Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace. If the appropriate warnings have been given and ignored, then a request at Administrator intervention against vandalism

2)If the inappropriate edits are coming from a wide range of IP addresses, then you can make a request at WP:RPP

Note that the inappropriate edits must actually be vandalism and that they must be of such frequency that blocking editors / protecting pages is more appropriate than vigilant editors removing inappropriate content. -- The Red Pen of Doom  23:25, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Possible copyright violation?
In the article Miranda Hart, there is an image File:Miranda 1.jpg (held on English Wikipedia, not Commons) which appears to be identical in appearance to one found on the subject's own website - the dimensions and file size are also identical. However, the Wikipedia uploader claims "I created this work entirely by myself.". How can we tell if the copy on Wikipedia is legal, and if not, what is the procedure for dealing with it? --Redrose64 (talk) 22:36, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Have you tried asking at Media copyright questions? Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 22:45, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * We try to assume good faith - so it depends if you think it's reasonably plausible that it really is the work of the uploader - feel free to ask them on their talk page.
 * Sometimes, you can assess the likelihood of it being a copyvio yourself ; If it's very likely a copyright violation, then you could mark it as such, and propose deletion of it - either speedy deletion under the 'blatant copyright violation', or via discussion in WP:AFD.  Chzz  ►  22:50, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * See Possibly unfree files; commons:Commons:How to detect copyright violations --Redrose64 (talk) 11:35, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Also, try Template:Wrong-license. Redrose64 (talk) 18:34, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Resolved, see Media copyright questions. --Redrose64 (talk) 20:07, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Judy Dyble
I was under the impression that subpages could not be created in article namespace, but that restriction does not seem to apply to Talk: namespace. For example, see Talk:Judy Dyble/Comments. I found this page because Judy Dyble, being a page to which I have made significant contributions, is on my watchlist. A recent edit was carried out by User:Jude12, and I was curious to see what else this user had done; so looked at their contributions, which is where I found Talk:Judy Dyble/Comments, which was created by User:Jude12, and edited once, by the same user. There is no such page as Judy Dyble/Comments, and by my reckoning, there cannot be. What should be done? The following alternatives occur to me: Is it a task entirely for myself, or should consensus be obtained and an admin's help sought? --Redrose64 (talk) 12:29, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) Ignore
 * 2) Copy all the comments from Talk:Judy Dyble/Comments to Talk:Judy Dyble
 * 3) as (2) and also mark Talk:Judy Dyble/Comments with as a talk page without subject page, per WP:CSD
 * 4) as (3) and also put  onto User talk:Jude12
 * 5) as (2) and also blank Talk:Judy Dyble/Comments and turn it into a redirect to Talk:Judy Dyble
 * 6) as (5) but use possibly with a message, so that should User:Jude12 go there again, they will be informed of their error
 * 7) as (5) but put a suitable message on User talk:Jude12
 * If I were you, I would be bold and do option 3. It is important that the comments are kept, and they should be on the main talk page of the article. I would also leave a uw-creation type message, but write your own rather than the template, explaining why the comments have been moved. --  Phantom Steve  ( Contact Me, My Contribs ) 12:55, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Option 3 followed, which has placed both Talk:Judy Dyble/Comments and Talk:Judy Dyble into Category:Candidates for speedy deletion. Hopefully only the subpage will go. Have stuck a onto Talk:Judy Dyble just in case. --Redrose64 (talk) 15:41, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Done. NawlinWiki (talk) 15:57, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Sandbox route diagrams

 * Thread moved from User talk:Redrose64/Sandbox, Red rose64 (talk) 20:42, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi Redrose64

I just saw that you got a little problem with gaps in the route diagramms (-> Banbury) Have a look at the german page about the route diagramms: Route diagram pictures(german), there you find the T-parameters to extend a track-icon if you have a linebreak in the text. For further questions use the discussion page there :-) Ingo -- Istiller (talk) 19:59, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Above user has no en talk page, but does have one at de:Benutzer Diskussion:Istiller
 * I don't see a problem with line-breaks in the text; rather, it's some junction shapes which are missing. The icons are pretty much all on commons, so any missing from en are likely missing from de also. -- Red rose64 (talk) 20:53, 11 May 2010 (UTC)