User talk:Dbenbenn

I hate trying to read fragmented discussions at others' talk pages, so I jigger comments here to make the discussions coherent to outsiders. And when I reply to you, I'll copy your message along.

Think of it like tennis. Henman copies the ball, leaving one copy on his side of the court and returning the other one, along with a new ball intended as a response to the original ball. —Fvw [1]

• /archive1 01:15, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
• /archive2 22:29, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• /archive3 16:34, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• /archive4 14:28, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Bison picture

Hi Brian. I'm curious about Image:Bison skull pile, ca1870.png. Specifically, why did you convert Bisonpile_lg.jpg to PNG format? I guess the answer has something to do with the way you brightened and sharpened it?

I'm tempted to upload the original JPG image to the Commons, and then upload your sharpened version (in JPG format) over top. Would you object to that?

dbenbenn | talk 21:28, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I started editing the JPG and cleaning a lot of stuff up, so I just saved it as a PNG so there wouldn't be any additional artifacting, although you could just convert it to JPG with the lowest compression. You can do that on Commons if you want. -- BRIAN0918  21:32, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Italian flag

Hi there. Saw you edit/create the new Italian flag with improved colours (the old one was at 20px|Italian flag (Image:Italy_flag_large.png, resized to 20px)). I would be happy (tomorrow, [22nd] if possible) to change all the latters into the formers if you don't feel like doing so - I'm quite probably guilty of using that flag more than most - I'd be happy to take it into my own hands.

RSVP if this is okay.

Bobo192 22:18, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

That sounds great, thanks! I've done about half of them, but there's a lot more to go. I didn't make the new flag; I just found it on the Commons.

By the way, consider using {{ITA}} in places where it applies.

Commons:User:SKopp has been making a lot of great flags, all with titles of the form "Flag of Country.png". Perhaps we should start a project to replace "Country flag large.png" with the new name. There's a lot of them to do!

dbenbenn | talk 22:50, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

M1911 Pistol image

Hi... you made a comment on the M1911 Pistol image, that the current tag is in-appropriate. I disagree. No image is 'free' if it starts with copyright, and thus the CopyrightedFreeUseProvidedThat tag is not for free images as you state on the page, it is... well for copyrighted images. Copyright means that exclusive rights are by the author. The author can grant rights to whomever he want on any term that he wants – and that is exactly what this tag is made for. The image is copyrighted, but free for use provided that you blab blab blab bla... that is what this tag is for and exactly how it is used on that image. Btw I am the creator of the image. Twthmoses 04:08, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

{{CopyrightedFreeUseProvidedThat}} puts the image in Category:Conditional use images, which is a subcategory of Category:Free images. I agree that it isn't clear what kinds of restrictions are allowed after the "provided that"; there ought to be a page somewhere discussing it. As you're the creator, perhaps you'd be willing to license it as GFDL? The only difference would be that the image could be modified (and modifications would have to remain free). One hypothetical reason why allowing modifications is a good thing: someone might want to, for example, crop the bullets to use in a different article. dbenbenn | talk 04:30, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

There is nothing wrong with the tag, this IS a copyright tag and there should of course not be any restrictions to the tag – that defeats the very purpose of the tag. There is only one that can make restrictions and that is the copyright holder. I believe is the very purpose of the tag. This is more of a misplaced category issue.

If an image is free (in the true sense of the word), it should not be using this tag, because copyrighted images are not free images, even when the author says you can use it for any purpose. They are copyrighted and the author can grant you use of it, depending on bla bla bla.. Twthmoses 15:42, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I think you have a misconception about copyright. Almost all images used here, including GFDL licensed images, are copyrighted. An image is "free" if it has been released under a certain type of copyright license. Among other conditions, a free license has to allow modification and commercial use. The tag {{CopyrightedFreeUseProvidedThat}} is intended to be a free copyright license. If you aren't willing to release your images under a free license, then you shouldn't upload them, and we'll have to delete them. That would be a shame, since Image:P38 AC44.jpg, for example, is quite good, and would be very difficult to replace. dbenbenn | talk 16:11, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

By the way, {{CopyrightedFreeUseProvidedThat|it remains unmodified (except re-size), credit is given and copyright is attributed.}} is basically equivalent to {{cc-by-nd-2.0}}. WP:ICT says "Do not upload images for which [this tag] applies". dbenbenn | talk 18:05, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Hmm... I’m in disagreement with that. No matter how you turn it, something copyrighted is not free, unless the copyright holder specified turns over the rights, - which is the case with most images on wiki I guess, by applying some form of the PD tag.

There is CopyrightedFreeUseProvidedThat and CopyrightedFreeUse. What is the purpose of the first (and even the 2nd, is that not borderline close to PD?) if you can't provide any text that means anything? It is ok to write you have to credit the author, but it is not ok to write you can't modify the image? I persume 'remains unmodified' is the problem. Is having to credit the author over and over again every time you use it, not a image restriction too? Is it not an equal hard restriction? And how much modifications can be done before you don’t have to credit the author anymore, because its not the same image anymore?

Btw how does one even go around deleting images again? I see no option for this? Does one apply the delete tag?Twthmoses 18:54, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

You realise that the entire Wikipedia is copyrighted, and is free, right? Most images here do not use the {{PD}} tag.

It is ok to write you have to credit the author, but it is not ok to write you can't modify the image?

That's right, requiring credit is okay; disallowing modifications isn't.

And how much modifications can be done before you don’t have to credit the author anymore, because its not the same image anymore?

If you license your image under the GFDL, the answer is that you always have to be credited, no matter how much the image gets modified. In particular, the "image history" has to be copied along with the image wherever it's used.

If you decide you want an image of yours deleted, you can write

{{db|I made a mistake, and don't want my picture used here}}

at the image description page. But I hope you don't decide to do that. dbenbenn | talk 21:18, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Hmm... Wikipedia is copyrighted?? Is it not the direct opposite? If one reads the sites 'copyright' it says it’s the concept of ‘copyleft’, Anyway there definitely need to be some clear definition of what is and what is not allowed in this tag. I do consider my images free, cause you can use them commercial as well as none commercial anywhere you see fit, just can’t modify them (except resize).

Where can one billboard such a subject so many more voices join the discussion? It would be nice with a 100% clear use of this tag. Twthmoses 04:03, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Copyleft is a form of copyright, in which most rights are specifically given away. Notice the first paragraph of that article specifically mentions modifications.

I've asked at Wikipedia talk:Image copyright tags#CopyrightedFreeUseProvidedThat. That page gets a fair amount of attention. I've asked some related questions at Commons:Commons talk:Copyright tags#What is free content exactly?. dbenbenn | talk 05:33, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your support

I guess I'll try to handle being an admin if it's voted for. (Just what I need; another unpaid position :0) ) Will try to use it well, and summarize more edits! Rlquall 04:48, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Your feature request on WP:AN

Here's a feature idea: first, put a "Block" tab near the "Delete" tab (in the default layout) for admins viewing User pages. Second, when you click the tab, you automatically see that user's complete block history. Good idea? dbenbenn | talk 00:05, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

This might be possible with javascript. (The second part certainly is.) If you can email me the html source that's displayed for a user page, and that for Special:Blockip, to administrators, I'll see what I can manage. (I could dig these out of Mediawiki's source code, but that'd be fairly painful. I really should install php and mysql at some point so I can play around with it more directly.) —Korath (Talk) 00:55, Mar 30, 2005 (UTC)

See [2] and [3]. I didn't copy monobook.css, so the pages don't look like normal. The tab bar is at the bottom under "Views".

What I have in mind is that it would behave something like the "protect" feature [4]. I was thinking of coding something in MediaWiki (possibly a new "special page"?) but if you can do it with Javascript that's cool too. dbenbenn | talk 02:15, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

A preliminary version is at User:Korath/blockip.js, and should be installed in User:Dbenbenn/monobook.js. It adds a "block" tab to User: and User talk: pages pointing at Special:Blockip, which will fill in the username when accessed this way. It currently only adds a "blocklog" tab to User:, User talk:, and the Special:Blockip pages (the latter only when accessed through a block tab) pointing at the user or ip's block log instead of pasting it directly into the page; it also doesn't yet deal with weird characters in user names (which, of course, is the main reason you'd want the tabs in the first place). Neither of these drawbacks are insurmountable, but they'll take a bit of fiddling to get right. —Korath (Talk) 04:23, Mar 30, 2005 (UTC)

Awesome! Thanks! I modified it slightly to fix two minor bugs. dbenbenn | talk 18:52, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

IFD assistance

At Wikipedia talk:Images and media for deletion [5], in regard to deleting images you nominated, you said

But if someone else wants to do the actual deletion, I'll gladly step aside.

I'd like to help. I suggest that for images you nominate, you give them an extra 24 hours. I'll try to get to them in that time, and if I don't (or someone else), they're fair game for you.

By the way, I tried to help out with March 25 today. It took me about 20 minutes to do just the first entry! I deleted Image:Hamlet play scene cropped.png, then had to clean up Commons:Image:Hamlet play scene cropped.png. dbenbenn | talk 02:41, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

You said "I'd like to help. I suggest that for images you nominate, you give them an extra 24 hours." Thanks, that sounds great! – Quadell ^{(talk) (sleuth)} 15:44, Apr 2, 2005 (UTC)

India image

The image, image:LocationIndia.png does not show areas disputed by India. There is no current talk, but I can give you an archived talk on pertaining to image:Indiamap.png. The discussion pertains to the Jammu and Kashmir state which is disputed between India, China and Pakistan. The Indiamap.png is almost an NPOV map, image:IndiaTest.png (more info on its talk page) is an NPOV map wrt. India's boundaries. I would like to see the region that India disputes, coloured in a lighter shade in the locationindia map. Subsequently the maps of Pakistan and China, (so too Bhutan and Nepal, as they have closeups of the disputed region) would have to be updated. Thanx, (I'll catch up tomorrow)  =Nichalp (talk · contribs)= 20:35, Apr 3, 2005 (UTC)

Zither

Hey thanks for taking care of that zither image. Between wikipedia being terribly slow for me and the sxc being down, I just hadn't gotten to it. Also zithers -- I think -- are a general class of stringed instrument without a neck. So there are all kinds of zithers. I think the image you posted is actually a more common shape than the previous zither image shape. Anyway, thanks! --MaxPower 12:43, 2005 Apr 4 (UTC)