User talk:TSimmonds

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G'day
Hi there TSimmonds. If you are Troy, or have close business, personal or family ties to him, please ensure that you read the WP:COI and WP:AUTOBIO guidelines. They will advise you as to what is acceptable or not. Removing blatant falsehoods or lies is always OK, but you should be cautious about most other edits. If you have any questions, please reply below here, or on my talk page. Regards, The-Pope (talk) 13:50, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Hi there. Yes I can confirm I am Troy and was basically trying to work out a way I could change or remove the image provided by demonwiki. I want to change the image that comes up via a google search of my name. I have an image I can upload to my wikipedia page that I have obtained copyright for via the AFL photographer. Am i able to do that which then may update the image that is shown on the google search of my name. Regards TSimmonds (Troy Simmonds)
 * G'day Troy, this makes a change from me cheering you on from my seat on the half forward flank at Subi - for a few years, anyway! Photo licensing is very complicated.  The absolute easiest way to upload a photo that you took yourself, applying an appropriate WP:Image licence of your choice, to commons.wikipedia.org - see the "upload file" button in the tools section.  Once you do that, then you need to insert a link to it into the WP:Infobox  on your page (I can help you with that, if needed), and the Google magic should eventually work to replace it - but unless you contact Google, nothing you do here will guarantee a change.  "Obtaining copyright" from a photographer isn't always as easy or as obvious as it sounds.  I'm by no means an expert on copyright, but I would question if the photographer would have full rights to it himself, especially if he took it whilst working for AFL - ie does he have the right to release it or is it up to the AFL to release it.  And did he release it as public domain, creative commons, fair use etc etc.  It's a minefield, that is all wiped away if you use one of your own photos. The-Pope (talk) 04:07, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for getting back to me with your thoughts regarding my query. It sounds as though you have been a Fremantle supporter. Always enjoyed my time over in the west. I understand and agree with you in terms of photo licensing and copyright. The AFL does own the rights to the one I have on file so it would be to complicated to to go through for a wikipedia page. I will attempt the upload of my own photo and will be in touch with any problems I may have. Thank you for the guidelines on uploading a photo. Regards Troy

To the Pope I have just been given copyright consent in written form to use a portrait image of me direct from the photographer within the AFL. He got back to me via email and said I could use it for wikipedia as it is not for commercial endeavours. All I have to do is downsize the resolution and credit it with the name of the photographer. Are you able to instruct me on what I need to do through wikipedia to upload this onto my page successfully. Kind Regards TSimmonds
 * Hi Troy, have a look at Contact_us_-_Licensing. We have a confidential system here call WP:OTRS where you can forward emails confirming consent.  They should be able to help guide you.  By the way, to automatically sign your posts here (on talk pages, not on article pages!) you just have to type 4 tildes - ~ - and it automagically expands it into your username and timestamp.  Cheers, The-Pope (talk) 02:58, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Question regarding my uploaded image
I have just uploaded an image recently to my wiki page. There is just a few minor touches i was hoping someone could change for me. The image has my name above it and I don't think is necessary to be there when the name of the page is Troy Simmonds. Can that be removed? Secondly I would prefer the width of the image to meet the border edge that is surrounding the image? Regards, TSimmonds (talk) 00:45, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi. Since you are using the template, you will be a little limited by what that template is coded to be able to do.  If you want to remove the name over it, you can delete "Troy Simmonds" in the   field. As for making the image larger, I don't see any option in that template to make it fit to the border. Take a look at this page for a full documentation of what the template can do. Cheers, Nick—Contact/Contribs 01:37, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Both the name and the image size are standard features of Template:Infobox AFL biography. Neither aspect of the infobox can easily be changed, and I don't think the name should be omitted. Regarding the image size you may want to suggest a change to the template at Template talk:Infobox AFL biography; personally I'd say adding a parameter to re-size the image (within reason) may be helpful. Huon (talk) 01:52, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅. There is an (undocumented) image_size parameter in the code for that infobox, so I've increased it. The name at the top, however, is standard, so it should remain. The-Pope (talk) 03:14, 7 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you for all your advice. Much appreciated The Pope.  I have also in the last hour just been given permission from the AFL to use an image. They have given me the license for it to release as commons.  I have emailed photo submissions with the new update and a copy of the email I received from the AFL.  Im assuming I upload it through commons and replace the current one?TSimmonds (talk) 05:04, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I'd just upload it as a different name, nothing wrong with having 2 photos of you! If it's in your footy jumper, then it could be used on a season page here, or a club page etc.  On your page you could have it down in the section about your football career, or vice versa, put it in the infobox and have the other one by your post footy career info.  Plenty of articles have multiple photos.  Just try to put them in a relevant spot, not just a gallery for no reason.  And like I said before, you may need to email the WP:OTRS group with the proof of the licence transfer.  The-Pope (talk) 10:10, 7 May 2015 (UTC)