User talk:StevenBirnam

Image source problem with Image:Ying Yang Tai chi.jpg
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Kiryat Gat photo
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 * Could the image possibly be of kibbutz Gat founded in 1941? see Hebrew wikipedia article -- Derwig (talk) 15:32, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

You could be right, Derwig - since all that the photo label says is the Jewish settlement of Gat - the distinction of Kiryat Gat and kibbutz Gat are not made. From my understanding, there was a settlement at what was later called Kiryat Gat well before the town was actually established - but it is not clear whether the photo is from one or the other site.StevenBirnam (talk) 10:42, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Tiverya Flag.jpg)
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Kotel photo
Hi! Just wondering if you remember where you got Image:Yerushalayim praying at haKotel 1900.jpg from? I want to upload it onto commons and it needs a source. Thanks, Chesdovi (talk) 20:06, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Hello, Chesvodi: I was sent the photo by a friend in Yerushalayim. But I do believe it has been posted on several sites on the web. The photo was taken almost 100 years ago, and I believe is part of the Matson collection.

My friend pointed me, believe it or not, to the Palestine Remembered site, where he had found a lot of old photos of many cities and towns in Israel from the Mandate period and before. I checked with him on this photo and he said it was at http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Jerusalem_5180/Picture_15412.html

BTW: Noticed that you had done work on Chassidic families in Stanislov - Ivan--Frankivsk - Stanislowow Would you have any information on the Jewish community there, other than the Chassidim? StevenBirnam (talk) 17:26, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

License tagging for Image:Haviva Reik at Haifa.JPG
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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Aharon Shulov book cover.jpg
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Deletion of Migvan
Hi, StevenBirnam! Just wanted to drop you a note about the article Migvan that I deleted. You're absolutely right - there are processes for deleting articles. One of them is the Speedy Deletion process. If, for example, an article is just spam, or is a copyright violation, or has no context, then it is eligible for "speedy deletion", which adds it to Category:Candidates for speedy deletion. Any user can add one of the "speedy" banners to an article. Then an admin comes along and cleans up afterwards, deleting articles that truly do fall into one of the speedy criteria.

In the case of Migvan, the article was started yesterday by User:SZAgassi. About half an hour later, User:Martijn Hoekstra added the speedy tag. Four hours after that, I deleted it. All of that happened per the process and procedures laid out in WP:SPEEDY.

The reason Martijn added the speedy tag is because the article contained two sentences and a link to the kibbutz's website. Nothing about the article asserted any sort of nobility or said why the kibbutz was important or should be contained in an encyclopedia. It said nothing about being one of four urban ones.

So next time something happens to an article to which you feel attached, please consider that whatever happened might have been done by someone trying to improve the work. Please do not assume that the editors involved want to hurt you or the article in any way. We are all working toward the goal of a better encyclopedia. Thanks! -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 20:41, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Shmuel tankusExample.jpg
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AfD nomination of Yakum
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Airedale terrier image issues
I'm nominating for deletion the following images: because there's really no discussion of these books and I don't see that we need a discussion of these books, and so there's no good reason to have them on WP. I've removed them from the Airedale Terrier article because they didn't add anything to the list of reference titles.
 * Image:Airedale Terrier Today Janet Huxley.jpg
 * Image:Airedale Terriers An Owner's Companion Swash and Millar.jpg

Also, I've flagged Image:Airedale Terrier Champion.jpg as questionable; the page doesn't give the source, and GFDL or any other release can be given only by the image's creator. Elf | Talk 20:27, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Meetup/Montreal
I see you are a user located in Montréal, you may be interested in: Meetup/Montreal. Please add your name to the "Interested" or to the "Not interested" list. Date is set for May 3rd 2008 and Buffet La Stanza is the proposed location. If you have another idea for the location; propose away! Please pass on to any Montreal Wikis you maybe aware of and who are not yet listed as interested, may be interested, or not interested. Pro bug catcher (talk • contribs). 04:57, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Merci pour votre invitation. I would be delighted to join the meetup, but malheureusement, I most probably be out of town on that date. Please keep me updated - perhaps we can form a mailroom to keep all Montreal-based Wikipedians advised.(StevenBirnam) 12:22, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Semel palyam.JPG
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This logo or emblem of the Palyam has the same origins and Fair Use Rationale as the Palmach emblem, Palmach.jpg, it is a logo of an organization, in this case, an organization over 50 years old. It is believed that the low-res image qualify for fair use on Wikipedia under US and Israeli copyright laws. As this, and other offical military emblems are displayed on Wikipedia, using the same fair use statement, what more is needed - especially since, in this case, and the Palmach emblem cited, the emblems were first posted on the Hebrew Wikipedia pages, with no issue regarding usage. StevenBirnam (talk) 16:32, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Haviva Reik at Haifa.JPG
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Unspecified source for Image:Caesarea_Crusader_ruins_1935.jpg
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Proposed deletion of George M. Galambos
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Unreferenced BLPs
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You're invited!
Hello, StevenBirnam,

You are invited meet with your fellow Wikipedians by attending the Montréal meetup scheduled on Sunday, June 27, 2010; between 1500 - 1700 to be held at the Comité Social Centre Sud (CSCS), located at 1710 Beaudry, in Montréal. You can sign up at the meetup page.

The meetup is happening in concurrence with RoCoCo 2010, a free, bilingual, weekend unconference including many people involved with Wikis both within the Wikipedia/Wikimedia Community and abroad. You do not need to attend the conference to sign up for the Wikimeetup, but you are certainly welcome! Bastique ☎ call me!

(PS: Please share this with those you know who might not be on the delivery list, i.e. Users in Montreal/Quebec) Delivered by SoxBot (talk) 00:50, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

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File source problem with File:Tiberias pre-1946.JPG
Thank you for uploading File:Tiberias pre-1946.JPG. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the page from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of the website's terms of use of its content. If the original copyright holder is a party unaffiliated with the website, that author should also be credited. Please add this information by editing the image description page.

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File source problem with File:Rosh Pina early 20th century.jpg
Thank you for uploading File:Rosh Pina early 20th century.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the page from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of the website's terms of use of its content. If the original copyright holder is a party unaffiliated with the website, that author should also be credited. Please add this information by editing the image description page.

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Notification of automated file description generation
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This notification is placed on your talk page because a bot has identified you either as the uploader of the file, or as a contributor to its metadata. It would be appreciated if you could carefully review the information the bot added. To opt out of these notifications, please follow the instructions here. Thanks! Message delivered by Theo's Little Bot (opt-out) 11:31, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Non-free rationale for File:Dov Grobshtein in Siberia page 211.jpg
Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:Dov Grobshtein in Siberia page 211.jpg. I notice the file page specifies that the file is being used under non-free content criteria, but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia is acceptable. Please go to the file description page, and edit it to include a non-free rationale.

If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified the non-free rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem. If you have any questions, please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 01:11, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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File permission problem with File:Airedale Nigel with degenerative retina condition.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Airedale Nigel with degenerative retina condition.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

If you are the copyright holder for this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either
 * make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
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If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org.

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Non-free content, use a tag such as non-free fair use or one of the other tags listed at File copyright tags, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See File copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in [ your upload log]. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described in section F11 of the criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. DferDaisy (talk) 01:00, 11 May 2017 (UTC)