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Hi, I'm trying to reupload the logo for our PressReader wikipedia page. I now have all the appropriate Licensing information. Can you give me access to reupload? — Preceding unsigned comment added by PressReader Team (talk • contribs) 17:26, 18 May 2016 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2016-05-18T17:26:00.000Z","author":"PressReader Team","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-PressReader_Team-2016-05-18T17:26:00.000Z-PressReader_logo_reupload","replies":["c-Cactus.man-2016-05-19T18:25:00.000Z-PressReader_Team-2016-05-18T17:26:00.000Z"]}}-->

Hi, I see you've already managed to re-upload File:PR-Logo.jpg. Presumably there's nothing further I need to assist with? Best wishes --Cactus.man ✍ 18:25, 19 May 2016 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2016-05-19T18:25:00.000Z","author":"Cactus.man","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Cactus.man-2016-05-19T18:25:00.000Z-PressReader_Team-2016-05-18T17:26:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

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Image no longer orphaned. --Cactus.man ✍ 16:30, 14 July 2016 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2016-07-14T16:30:00.000Z","author":"Cactus.man","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Cactus.man-2016-07-14T16:30:00.000Z-B-bot-2016-07-14T03:02:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

Thanks for uploading File:Blow, Space and Matter.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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Image no longer orphaned. --Cactus.man ✍ 19:47, 4 September 2016 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2016-09-04T19:47:00.000Z","author":"Cactus.man","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Cactus.man-2016-09-04T19:47:00.000Z-B-bot-2016-09-01T17:41:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

As decided in the Deletion Review of the page "Salimullah Khan", the article deletion has been endorsed and it is recommended to be userified. Please restore the article to my userspace so that I can add the links and restore it to the mainspace. Tahmidal Zami (talk) 14:34, 2 September 2016 (UTC)User:Tahmidal Zami —Preceding undated comment added 14:34, 2 September 2016 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2016-09-02T14:34:00.000Z","author":"Tahmidal Zami","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Tahmidal_Zami-2016-09-02T14:34:00.000Z-Userify_\"Salimullah_Khan\"","replies":["c-Cactus.man-2016-09-02T16:28:00.000Z-Tahmidal_Zami-2016-09-02T14:34:00.000Z"]}}-->

Userfied to User:Tahmidal Zami/Salimullah Khan --Cactus.man ✍ 16:28, 2 September 2016 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2016-09-02T16:28:00.000Z","author":"Cactus.man","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Cactus.man-2016-09-02T16:28:00.000Z-Tahmidal_Zami-2016-09-02T14:34:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

Sir, I have brought about necessary changes in the article "Salimullah Khan" (url-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tahmidal_Zami/Salimullah_Khan). I hope it now fulfills the criteria of a wiki article. I'd request you to kindly restore it now to mainspace. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tahmidal Zami (talk • contribs) 06:24, 2 May 2017 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2017-05-02T06:24:00.000Z","author":"Tahmidal Zami","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Tahmidal_Zami-2017-05-02T06:24:00.000Z-Moving_\"Salimullah_Khan\"_to_mainspace","replies":["c-Cactus.man-2017-05-04T17:24:00.000Z-Tahmidal_Zami-2017-05-02T06:24:00.000Z"]}}-->

Page moved as requested. --Cactus.man ✍ 17:24, 4 May 2017 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2017-05-04T17:24:00.000Z","author":"Cactus.man","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Cactus.man-2017-05-04T17:24:00.000Z-Tahmidal_Zami-2017-05-02T06:24:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

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13:37, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

I noticed that you uploaded an image of this painting. I am interested in using the image as the cover image for a book of poems on Spanish painting. I'm writing to ask if you own the copyright of the image and can give me permission to use it.

Please contact me by e-mail: [email protected]

Thank you for any help,

Derek Sellen — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.78.76.119 (talk) 15:21, 8 February 2017 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2017-02-08T15:21:00.000Z","author":"79.78.76.119","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-79.78.76.119-2017-02-08T15:21:00.000Z-use_of_photograph_of_Checkerboard_and_Violin_by_Juan_Gris","replies":["c-Cactus.man-2017-02-08T21:25:00.000Z-79.78.76.119-2017-02-08T15:21:00.000Z"]}}-->

Hi Derek,

Thanks for your message.

Please note that I am not a lawyer, so the following should be read with that in mind:

I did not take the photograph of the painting and do not hold any copyright over it.

Juan Gris died 130 years ago in 1887, thus the original artwork is out of copyright and is in the public domain in many countries, including the US and UK. However, the image on Wikipedia, hosted on Wikimedia Commons, is a photograph of the artwork, sourced from an art Gallery web page (I don't recall exactly which gallery it was originally sourced from).

Many Art Galleries claim copyright over their photographic images of artworks. However, the Wikimedia Foundation takes the view that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain". This is based largely on the history of legal judgements in the US, notably Bridgeman v Corel. The file is hosted on servers located in the US and is likely fairly safe from any copyright challenge. It's use in other jurisdictions may be different.

I am not sure where you are planning to publish your book, so I think it would be wise to seek independent legal advice on this issue.

Some further reading which may be helpful:

Public_domain

Commons:Reuse_of_PD-Art_photographs

I hope this has been of some use to you. Copyright law is complex, but my feeling is that, dependant on where you are publishing your book, the use of the image will probably be OK.

Again, I recommend taking independent legal advice on this matter.

Regards

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Hello Cactus.man!

I am seeking assistance in restoring a page that was deleted in March 2013. The page was on Philip Gelinas. I wish to improve it and mark it for undeletion. I have been making my way through a maze of Wikipedia links on the undeletion process and landed on your email. I hope you can help me retrieve a draft if the page so that I can proceed. A transcript of the deletion discussion would also be useful. It seems like it was marked for speedy deletion. In any case, I wish to appeal the decision as best I can.

Thank you for your assistance,

Alex — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.22.182.14 (talk) 00:10, 11 May 2017 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2017-05-11T00:10:00.000Z","author":"96.22.182.14","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-96.22.182.14-2017-05-11T00:10:00.000Z-Help_in_restoring_deleted_article","replies":[]}}-->

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Administrator changes

Doug Bell • Dennis Brown • Clpo13 • ONUnicorn

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• An RfC proposing an off-wiki LTA database has been closed. The proposal was broadly supported, with further discussion required regarding what to do with the existing LTA database and defining access requirements. Such a tool/database formed part of the Community health initiative's successful grant proposal.
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• An RfC regarding the bot policy has closed with changes to the section describing restrictions on cosmetic changes.

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• Users will soon be able to blacklist specific users from sending them notifications.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2017 elections, the new members of the Board of Trustees include Raystorm, Pundit and Doc James. They will serve three-year terms.

Dear Cactus.man, I will very much appreciate that you help address the issues raised by the warning tag in the article "Maryann Keller" here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryann_Keller . I appreciate very much your help.

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2017).

Administrator changes

Happyme22 • Dragons flight

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• The RFC discussion regarding WP:OUTING and WMF essay about paid editing and outing (see more at the ArbCom noticeboard archives) is now archived. Milieus #3 and #4 received support; so did concrete proposal #1.

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• Fuzzy search will soon be added to Special:Undelete, allowing administrators to search for deleted page titles with results similar to the search query. You can test this by adding ?fuzzy=1 to the URL, as with Special:Undelete?fuzzy=1. Currently the search only finds pages that exactly match the search term.
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• A newly revamped database report can help identify users who may be eligible to be autopatrolled.
• A potentially compromised account from 2001–2002 attempted to request resysop. Please practice appropriate account security by using a unique password for Wikipedia, and consider enabling two-factor authentication. Currently around 17% of admins have enabled 2FA, up from 16% in February 2017.
• Did you know: On 29 June 2017, there were 1,261 administrators on the English Wikipedia – the exact number of administrators as there were ten years ago on 29 June 2007. Since that time, the English Wikipedia has grown from 1.85 million articles to over 5.43 million.

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:07, 18 July 2017 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2017-07-18T17:07:00.000Z","author":"B-bot","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-B-bot-2017-07-18T17:07:00.000Z-Orphaned_non-free_image_File:Doig,_Ski_Jacket.jpg","replies":["c-Cactus.man-2017-07-24T14:38:00.000Z-B-bot-2017-07-18T17:07:00.000Z"]}}-->

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2017).

Administrator changes

Anarchyte • GeneralizationsAreBad • Cullen328 ^{(first RfA to reach WP:300)}

Cprompt • Rockpocket • Rambo's Revenge • Animum • TexasAndroid • Chuck SMITH • MikeLynch • Crazytales • Ad Orientem

Guideline and policy news

• Following a series of discussions around new pages patrol, the WMF is helping implement a controlled autoconfirmed article creation trial as a research experiment, similar to the one proposed in 2011. You can learn more about the research plan at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial. The exact start date of the experiment has yet to be determined.
• A new speedy deletion criterion, regarding articles created as a result undisclosed paid editing, is currently being discussed (permalink).
• An RfC (permalink) is currently open that proposes expanding WP:G13 to include all drafts, even if they weren't submitted through Articles for Creation.

Technical news

• LoginNotify should soon be deployed to the English Wikipedia. This will notify users when there are suspicious login attempts on their account.
• The new version of XTools is nearing an official release. This suite of tools includes administrator statistics, an improved edit counter, among other tools that may benefit administrators. You can report issues on Phabricator and provide general feedback at mw:Talk:XTools.

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:13, 29 August 2017 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2017-08-29T17:13:00.000Z","author":"B-bot","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-B-bot-2017-08-29T17:13:00.000Z-Orphaned_non-free_image_File:Doig,_Ski_Jacket.jpg_2","replies":[]}}-->

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2017).

Administrator changes

Nakon • Scott

Sverdrup • Thespian • Elockid • James086 • Ffirehorse • Celestianpower • Boing! said Zebedee

Guideline and policy news

• ACTRIAL, a research experiment that restricts article creation to autoconfirmed users, will begin on September 7. It will run for six months. You can learn more about the research specifics at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial, while Wikipedia talk:Autoconfirmed article creation trial is probably the best venue for general discussion.
• Following an RfC, WP:G13 speedy deletion criterion now applies to any page in the draftspace that has not been edited in six months. There is a bot-generated report, updated daily, to help identify potentially qualifying drafts that have not been submitted through articles for creation.

Technical news

• You will now get a notification when someone tries to log in to your account and fails. If they try from a device that has logged into your account before, you will be notified after five failed attempts. You can also set in your preferences to get an email when someone logs in to your account from a new device or IP address, which may be encouraged for admins and accounts with sensitive permissions.
• Syntax highlighting is now available as a beta feature (more info). This may assist administrators and template editors when dealing with intricate syntax of high-risk templates and system messages.
• In your notification preferences, you can now block specific users from pinging you. This functionality will soon be available for Special:EmailUser as well.

Arbitration

• Applications for CheckUser and Oversight are being accepted by the Arbitration Committee until September 12. Community discussion of the candidates will begin on September 18.

Hello Cactus.man,

I created a page that got deleted here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chidi_Okereke. Could you kindly undelete or restore so I can save it as a draft? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chydee (talk • contribs) 22:53, 3 September 2017 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2017-09-03T22:53:00.000Z","author":"Chydee","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Chydee-2017-09-03T22:53:00.000Z-Copy_deleted_content","replies":["c-Cactus.man-2017-09-06T18:50:00.000Z-Chydee-2017-09-03T22:53:00.000Z"]}}-->

I've emailed you the Wiki Markup of the above deleted article. Because of the reasons for deletion, please do not recreate this content on Wikipedia.--Cactus.man ✍ 18:50, 6 September 2017 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2017-09-06T18:50:00.000Z","author":"Cactus.man","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Cactus.man-2017-09-06T18:50:00.000Z-Chydee-2017-09-03T22:53:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017).

Administrator changes

Boing! said Zebedee • Ansh666 • Ad Orientem

Tonywalton • AmiDaniel • Silence • BanyanTree • Magioladitis • Vanamonde93 • Mr.Z-man • Jdavidb • Jakec • Ram-Man • Yelyos • Kurt Shaped Box

Guideline and policy news

• Following a successful proposal to create it, a new user right called "edit filter helper" is now assignable and revocable by administrators. The right allows non-administrators to view the details of private edit filters, but not to edit them.
• Following a discussion about mass-application of ECP and how the need for logging and other details of an evolving consensus may have been missed by some administrators, a rough guide to extended confirmed protection has been written. This information page describes how the extended-confirmed aspects of the protection policy are currently being applied by administrators.

Technical news

• You can now search for IP ranges at Special:Contributions. Some log pages and Special:DeletedContributions are not yet supported. Wildcards (e.g. 192.168.0.*) are also not supported, but the popular contribsrange gadget will continue to work.

Arbitration

• Community consultation on the 2017 candidates for CheckUser and Oversight has concluded. The Arbitration Committee will appoint successful candidates by October 11.
• A request for comment is open regarding the structure, rules, and procedures of the December 2017 Arbitration Committee election, and how to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2017).

Administrator changes

Longhair • Megalibrarygirl • TonyBallioni • Vanamonde93

Allen3 • Eluchil404 • Arthur Rubin • Bencherlite

Technical news

• The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team is creating an "Interaction Timeline" tool that intends to assist administrators in resolving user conduct disputes. Feedback on the concept may be posted on the talk page.
• A new function is now available to edit filter managers that will make it easier to look for multiple strings containing spoofed text.

Arbitration

• Eligible editors will be invited to submit candidate statements for the 2017 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 12 until November 21. Voting will begin on November 27 and last until December 10.
• Following a request for comment, Ritchie333, Yunshui and Ymblanter will serve as the Electoral Commission for the 2017 ArbCom Elections.

Obituaries

• The Wikipedia community has recently learned that Allen3 (William Allen Peckham) passed away on December 30, 2016, the same day as JohnCD. Allen began editing in 2005 and became an administrator that same year.

Hello Cactus.man, I think the hoax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Sumadinac would make a good addition to the list of hoaxes on Wikipedia. Would you mind telling me the creation date so I can add it?

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The article was created on 19 November 2016, 23:16 by User: Sumadinac1234. I hope that helps. --Cactus.man ✍ 11:20, 18 November 2017 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2017-11-18T11:20:00.000Z","author":"Cactus.man","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Cactus.man-2017-11-18T11:20:00.000Z-SansC-2017-11-17T21:44:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2017).

Administrator changes

Joe Roe

JzG

Ericorbit • Perceval • Thingg • Tristanb • Violetriga

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, a new section has been added to the username policy which disallows usernames containing emoji, emoticons or otherwise "decorative" usernames, and usernames that use any non-language symbols. Administrators should discuss issues related to these types of usernames before blocking.

Technical news

• Wikimedians are now invited to vote on the proposals in the 2017 Community Wishlist Survey on Meta Wiki until 10 December 2017. In particular, there is a section of the survey regarding new tools for administrators and for anti-harassment.
• A new function is available to edit filter managers which can be used to store matches from regular expressions.

Arbitration

• Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is open until Sunday 23:59, 10 December 2017 (UTC). There are 12 candidates running for 8 vacant seats.

Miscellaneous

• Over the last few months, several users have reported backlogs that require administrator attention at WP:ANI, with the most common backlogs showing up on WP:SPI, WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. It is requested that all administrators take some time during this month to help clear backlogs wherever possible. It should be noted that AIV reports are not always valid; however, they still need to be cleared, which may include needing to remind users on what qualifies as vandalism.
• The Wikimedia Foundation Community health initiative is conducting a survey for English Wikipedia contributors on their experience and satisfaction level with Administrator’s Noticeboard/Incidents. This survey will be integral to gathering information about how this noticeboard works (i.e. which problems it deals with well and which problems it struggles with). If you would like to take this survey, please sign up on this page, and a link for the survey will be emailed to you via Special:EmailUser.

Hello, Cactus.man. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2017-12-03T18:42:00.000Z","author":"MediaWiki message delivery","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-2017-12-03T18:42:00.000Z-ArbCom_2017_election_voter_message","replies":[]}}-->