User talk:Σ
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[edit]I am now a confused and slightly proud owner of a TUSC account! 70.231.236.174 Σ (talk)
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mabdul 23:58, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
Hello. I see you've tagged File:Annie torres1.jpg and some others with {{copyvio}} but you've not added any explanation of why do you believe it is a copyright violation. Could you please start using reasons when tagging files with that template? Because that tag is to be used for obvious cases the admins need to verify the validity of the claim and on some cases, at least me without any source, have no other option than to decline speedy deletion and send it to a regular deletion request. Thanks. --Marco Aurelio (disputatio) 11:54, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
Tip: Categorizing images
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Thanks a lot for contributing to the Wikimedia Commons! Here's a tip to make your uploads more useful: Why not add some categories to describe them? This will help more people to find and use them.
Here's how:
1) If you're using the UploadWizard, you can add categories to each file when you describe it. Just click "more options" for the file and add the categories which make sense:
2) You can also pick the file from your list of uploads, edit the file description page, and manually add the category code at the end of the page.
[[Category:Category name]]
For example, if you are uploading a diagram showing the orbits of comets, you add the following code:
[[Category:Astronomical diagrams]]
[[Category:Comets]]
This will make the diagram show up in the categories "Astronomical diagrams" and "Comets".
When picking categories, try to choose a specific category ("Astronomical diagrams") over a generic one ("Illustrations").
Thanks again for your uploads! More information about categorization can be found in Commons:Categories, and don't hesitate to leave a note on the help desk.CategorizationBot (talk) 15:22, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
- Image:Marx and Engels.jpg was uncategorized on 5 January 2012 CategorizationBot (talk) 15:22, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
This message was added automatically by Nikbot, if you need some help about it please read the text above again and follow the links in it, if you still need help ask at the → Commons:Help desk in any language you like to use. --Nikbot 06:20, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
Recent files of you reverted it is not better images
[edit]100px version Of Photoshop Lightroom i reverted it now to 128px becuase 100px version is not better. Non transparent version of Adobe Flex logo i reverted it to transparent because there is no transparent of that version. you heard it? Thanks.--Rolandgi (talk) 10:37, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
Please do not edit war
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Common Good (talk) 18:22, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
- Why do you block users if you let them sock, and revert the reverts of the sock?[1] Σ (talk) 21:31, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
Picture of the Year voting round 1 open
[edit]Dear Wikimedians,
Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2012 Picture of the Year competition is now open. We're interested in your opinion as to which images qualify to be the Picture of the Year for 2012. Voting is open to established Wikimedia users who meet the following criteria:
- Users must have an account, at any Wikimedia project, which was registered before Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 [UTC].
- This user account must have more than 75 edits on any single Wikimedia project before Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 [UTC]. Please check your account eligibility at the POTY 2012 Contest Eligibility tool.
- Users must vote with an account meeting the above requirements either on Commons or another SUL-related Wikimedia project (for other Wikimedia projects, the account must be attached to the user's Commons account through SUL).
Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year are all entered in this competition. From professional animal and plant shots to breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historically relevant images, images portraying the world's best architecture, maps, emblems, diagrams created with the most modern technology, and impressive human portraits, Commons features pictures of all flavors.
For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topic categories. Two rounds of voting will be held: In the first round, you can vote for as many images as you like. The first round category winners and the top ten overall will then make it to the final. In the final round, when a limited number of images are left, you must decide on the one image that you want to become the Picture of the Year.
To see the candidate images just go to the POTY 2012 page on Wikimedia Commons
Wikimedia Commons celebrates our featured images of 2012 with this contest. Your votes decide the Picture of the Year, so remember to vote in the first round by January 30, 2013.
Thanks,
the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee
Delivered by Orbot1 (talk) at 10:40, 19 January 2013 (UTC) - you are receiving this message because you voted last year
Picture of the Year 2013 R1 Announcement
[edit]File:Noam Chomsky - Prospects for Survival - 2017 - 3.jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.
The file you added may soon be deleted. If you have written permission from the copyright holder, please replace the copyvio tag with {{subst:OP}} and have them send us a free license release via COM:VRT. If you disagree that the file is a copyright violation for any other reason, please replace the copyvio tag with a regular deletion request.
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Secondarywaltz (talk) 05:02, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
File:Noam Chomsky - Prospects for Survival - 2017 - 1.jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.
The file you added may soon be deleted. If you have written permission from the copyright holder, please replace the copyvio tag with {{subst:OP}} and have them send us a free license release via COM:VRT. If you disagree that the file is a copyright violation for any other reason, please replace the copyvio tag with a regular deletion request.
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Secondarywaltz (talk) 05:02, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
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Secondarywaltz (talk) 15:15, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
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Thanks for uploading File:Noam Chomsky - Prospects for Survival - 2017 - 4.jpg. This media is missing permission information. A source is given, but there is no proof that the author or copyright holder agreed to license the file under the given license. Please provide a link to an appropriate webpage with license information, or ask the author or copyright holder to send an email with copy of a written permission to VRT ([email protected]). You may still be required to go through this procedure even if you are the author yourself; please see Commons:But it's my own work! for more details. After you emailed permission, you may replace the {{No permission since}} tag with {{subst:PP}} on file description page. Alternatively, you may click on "Challenge speedy deletion" below the tag if you wish to provide an argument why evidence of permission is not necessary in this case.
Please see this page for more information on how to confirm permission, or if you would like to understand why we ask for permission when uploading work that is not your own, or work which has been previously published (regardless of whether it is your own). Warning: unless the permission information is given, the file may be deleted after seven days. Thank you. |
Secondarywaltz (talk) 15:16, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2018 is open!
[edit]Dear Σ,
You are receiving this message because we noticed that you voted in R1 of the 2018 Picture of the Year contest, but not yet in the second round. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons during the last year (2018) to produce a single Picture of the Year.
Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year were entered in this competition. These images include professional animal and plant shots, breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historical images, photographs portraying the world's best architecture, impressive human portraits, and so much more.
There are two total rounds of voting. In the first round, you voted for as many images as you liked.
In the final (and current) round, you may vote for a maximum of three images. The image with the most votes will become the Picture of the Year 2018.
Round 2 will end 17 March 2019, 23:59:59.
Thanks,
the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee 18:05, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
Find edits by user
[edit]Hi Σ
I was trying to find out why the M:Requests for comment/Slowking4 lists User:Camouflaged Mirage as the one who created this RFC on October 5 when it is obvious the page was created a few days earlier by another user, so I ran Find edits by use but got the following message:
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- You shouldn't be seeing this page. Please report this to User:Σ on enwp...
Since I am not permitted to participate in enwiki I am reporting this here. I hope I am making sense. Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (talk) 17:45, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
@Ottawahitech: I can take a look, but in the future you should email me directly using Special:EmailUser for questions like this if enwiki is not an option. Σ (talk) 11:00, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for pinging me. Sorry, I have no access to email. Ottawahitech (talk) 19:20, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
Round 1 of Picture of the Year 2022 voting is open!
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Dear Wikimedian,
Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2022 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year will be the seventeenth edition of the annual Wikimedia Commons photo competition, which recognizes exceptional contributions by users on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons during the last year (2022) to produce a single Picture of the Year.
Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year are all entered in this competition. These images include professional animal and plant shots, breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historical images, photographs portraying the world's best architecture, impressive human portraits, and so much more.
For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topical categories. Two rounds of voting will be held: In the first round, you may vote for as many images as you like. The top 30 overall and the two most popular images in each category will continue to the final. In the final round, you may vote for just three images to become the Picture of the Year.
Round 1 will end on UTC.
Thanks,
the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee
You are receiving this message because you voted in the 2021 Picture of the Year contest.
Delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:16, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
Wiki Loves Folklore 2024 has started, Join us!
[edit]Hello Σ,
Greetings from the Wiki Loves Folklore International Team! Wiki Loves Folklore is an international photography contest hosted on Wikimedia Commons to document folklore and intangible cultural heritage from around the world, such as folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, folk games, folk cuisine, folk wear, folktales, folk games, folk religion, mythology, and many more.
The campaign invites participants to document photographs, videos, and audios linked to folk culture and fit within the contest's theme. Through this campaign, you may become a part of a community dedicated to preserving our intangible culture, which has been brought and passed down for thousands of years.
How can I Contribute?
The dates for the submission in the photography contest on Wikimedia Commons are from 1 February 2024 through 31 March 2024. Probably you are wondering how you can take part. It’s simple: grab a camera, record an image, video or audio under the folklore theme and start uploading or Click on Upload Now Icon which is available on right side of Wiki Loves Folklore 2024. To learn more about the rules, check out our Project page on Wikimedia Commons.
Here are the exciting prizes which you can win internationally.
International Prizes
- 1st prize: 400 USD
- 2nd prize: 300 USD
- 3rd prize: 100 USD
- Top 10 consolation prizes: 40 USD (each)
- Best Video prize and best Audio prize: 50 USD (each)
- Top uploader prize for images: First Prize: 300 USD, Second prize: 150 USD
- Wiki Loves Folklore Postcards to top 100 Uploaders
- Certificates and postcards to Local Organizers.
(Disclaimer : The above prizes will only be disbursed in the form of gift card or voucher format only) You can win both International prizes and your local Prizes simultaneously !
If you are interested in participating in the photography campaign, start photographing and collecting media of your local culture and get ready for the photo campaign happening on Wikimedia Commons. For more information about rules and prizes of the contest, refer here. For any questions, email us or join our telegram group here
Warm regards,
Gaurav and Issac
#WeTogether
Wiki Loves Folklore International Team.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:01, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
Edit summary search broken
[edit]Your edit summary search is very useful and there could be really interesting applications of it. However, it seems broken – I tried filtering my edits like so and it shows FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/data/project/sigma/www/python/src/metacrap/wikidata.meta
. Moreover, where is the code? It doesn't even seem to be open source as I thought all Wikimedia tools & scripts would be. Is it on Github and if not could you please move it there or to some other code repository? Then one could also report issues there. Prototyperspective (talk) 00:08, 2 September 2024 (UTC)