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Note on photo copyrights
- All images which I have taken myself are now tagged "I took this myself." This means anyone is free to use them in any way they want. If you think one of these photos requires a more specific copyright notice, feel free to add one.
- All other images uploaded by me come from various websites which I do not now recall, so please don't ask. If you feel they are in violation of copyright, you are free to delete them.
- I will no longer be uploading photos except those I have taken myself.
- This is all I have to say on this subject. Adam 03:52, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Discussion on article deletion
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Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Occupation_of_Palestine Jayjg 05:39, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Would you mind adding some copyright info on Image:Ac.meinkampf.jpg, thanks. -- Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 16:22, 2004 Sep 18 (UTC)
I have no clue what is in the picture User:Richard Chilton uploaded; I placed it in the COMINTERN article and I labelled it as "media related to the COMINTERN". If you know what it is, please label it as such. WhisperToMe 20:22, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Help needed on the table format
This is regarding the article Indonesian presidential election, 2004. From its history, i understood that you created the table for the final 1st round result. I just corrected a link inside that table, but now some of the content appears to be distorted due to the edit. I hope you could re-format the table so that it will be neat. Thank you. --*drew 04:43, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Do you actually have a job? I notice that you are constantly editing pages. This must not leave much spare time. Xtra
Image upload, again
Adam, please add source and licensing information to Image:Ac.conroy.jpg. Yes, I know, you'll just say again that AUSPIC images were copyright free. I am actually trying to verify that claim. Nevertheless, all our images must have source and licensing info, and uploading images without ever supplying either is just rude because it creates extra work for others. Also, your general unresponsiveness to the repeated requests concerning your image uploads made by several users is rude to the extreme. Go over your image uploads and supply the needed information. Otherwise, all these images will sooner or later be deleted, which would be a pity. Lupo 07:46, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Reply on my talk page. Lupo 08:31, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Acknowledgments
Hello Adam, I have noticed the great amount of work you have contributed, and a lot of it has do to with my country, Greece. To show my appreciation, I've listed you in the "Acknowledgments" section of my user page. Etz Haim 07:50, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Done mate. PMA 08:59, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Offensive "Wiki(Nazi)" "logo"
Hi Adam: Please review the offensive logo File:Wikinazi.png created by User:Guanabot and provide your response on his page/s. Thank you for looking into this as it casts Wikipedia in a terrible light. IZAK 11:14, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Australian government copyright
Hi Adam: With regards to Australian government copyright: there is most definitely copyright on their material. Please do not continue to assert that there is not, you will be wrong and also be misleading people. Ta bu shi da yu 07:19, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
My sources of information are several. The Act itself is a good source of information (obviously) see http://scaletext.law.gov.au/html/pasteact/0/244/top.htm#39B Secondly, there are many fact sheets at http://www.copyright.org.au. Thirdly, I contacted the Parliament of Australia and spoke to their information services people, they said that we need to get permission before we can publish the work. And fourthly, my flatmate is a lawyer and he confirmed all these things to me. - Ta bu shi da yu 11:22, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Firstly, I thought you were asking about my sources of Australian copyright law in general. I understand you have images from the Parliament of Australia and other government organisations. Secondly, I live in the same country you do. I am well aware of Australian copyright law, even if you do not. - Ta bu shi da yu 11:49, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
RE your (Adam's) "The word holocaust originally meant a religious sacrifice by burning, a "burnt offering," but since at least the 17th century it has been used in ..." draft piece:
I have edited it extensively -- there are some real problems -- and did attempt to put my editied version into your user talk page but perhaps unsuccesfully -- I will send you the edited version direct to your email address if you send that address to me --- jon_petrie@yahoo.com -- Jon Petrie, 21 Sept.
I've created Wikipedia:Australian wikipedians' notice board as a means of coordinating some of the gaping holes in Wikipedia's Australian coverage. Feel free to drop by sometime. Ambi 07:33, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Adam, just want to apologise if I've seemed harsh over disagreements lately, especially in my edit summaries in the Mark Latham article. To make myself clear: I think you are an excellent contributor and in fact it was me who suggested to Ambi that you join up. I'd like to clear up any conflict between ourselves, especially as I'd like to colloborate with you on Australian articles. I certainly think you are better at prose than I am, and your assistance with things would be enormously appreciated by myself. Hopefully I can bring some things to the table also, like helping you sort out copyright (I'm kind of anal that way - humour me!) and any other things that I can contribute. Basically I'm asking if we could work together instead of me going off half-cocked and starting arguments with you! - Ta bu shi da yu 12:34, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Adam, I agree with you 100% on the Holocaust page and encourage you to seperate Holocaust (WWII) from Holocaust. Many other groups have had their Holocaust, and shuffling them to the side in the (disambiguation) category is downright disrespectful. Even though our media focuses more on the WWII holocaust, the numbers were far greater in other holocausts (e.g. the Ukrainian Holocaust and 40 million Chinese killed by Mao in the Cultural Revolution). I think you are right on target with what you want to do, and I think you should go through with a proper restructuring once and for all. Sep 22, 2004
- Just a mention: Some WWII incidents in Greece, involving Christian victims, are also called "Holocausts"; this term is mostly used when referring to the Holocaust of Chortiatis (alternative spelling: Hortiatis, Χορτιάτης), where the whole population of a village near Thessaloniki was eradicated in a single mass execution. There's some effort to increase public awareness about these facts in Germany (distomo.de), and since the reunification of Germany, Greece claims compensations for the victims. Etz Haim 00:47, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Adam, re: Australian Election. The DLP is not prefrencing Labor. They are prefrencing Nationals then Jacinta Collins (Labor) then Liberals then Labor Xtra
Hello Adam
You uploaded a pictures called Ac.elas.jpg showing a female ELAS Fighter to Wikipedia. Do you still remember where you got it and if there was any comment about it ? Somehow I am kinda fascinated by this picture...
Bye
Image source information
Hi can you please add image copyright and source information to Image:Ac.hephaestus2.jpg? Thank you - Taxman 14:55, Sep 24, 2004 (UTC)
- Great, can you just note that on the image page and that you are licensing it under the GFDL? We need to be careful that each image states that. - Taxman 15:05, Sep 24, 2004 (UTC)
- Just replace the text at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ac.hephaestus2.jpg with something like "I took this picture and I license it under the GFDL" That is what you do anyway when you put a picture you took into wikipedia, but it needs to be explicit. - Taxman 15:13, Sep 24, 2004 (UTC)
- There are various image copyright tags you can use as well. —No-One Jones (m) 15:15, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I find this whole subject very tiresome. I read the GFDL article and I have no idea what it means. I think I will just tag my photos "I took this myself." Adam 15:28, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- This is really what is needed as is much appreciated; photos that we know are your work can be trusted on to be free from license issues.
- It seems that nobody understands GFDL, and if more people understood it we might just scare people off. The smallest amount of work you can do "solving" this issue of source and license of your images, would be to devote a paragraph about your images on your userpage. A sentence like "I license photos that I have shot under [License]" lets other tag your images for you. ✏ Sverdrup 17:13, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC)
someone using ip 202.73.112.213 just messed up on your last revision on Megawati Sukarnoputri. could you please check that page? thanks --*drew 10:32, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I understand. I took the LaRouche articles off my watchlist earlier this week. A few new editors such as CJCurrie so hopefully they can keep things balanced. AndyL 18:21, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Image tag request Mark Latham is going to be our main page featured article in a couple days. I'll be using a cropped version of a picture of yours, Image:Latham-Hawke.jpg. Please add an appropriate copyright tag. ({{GFDL}}, {{PD}}, etc etc) →Raul654 06:29, Sep 26, 2004 (UTC)
- This one says you took it yourself, which means you own the copyright on it. Now I'd like you to edit the image page to indicate the conditions you've allowed it to be used under - this is what the license specifies. (All of this is explained at the Copyright FAQ, which is short and in plain english) →Raul654 06:44, Sep 26, 2004 (UTC)
- I have tagged it appropriately: {{CopyrightedFreeUse}} - "This image is copyrighted. The copyright holder allows anyone to use it for any purpose." →Raul654 07:00, Sep 26, 2004 (UTC)
Hi Adam, just dropping a line to say that agree with your "all this speculative Senate stuff is getting out of hand" comment on Australian legislative election, 2004, and attendant trimming. With "ongoing events" such as elections, I fear that there's a natural tendency to treat a page more like a newspaper than an encyclopedia. Keep up the good work! —Stormie 04:12, Sep 27, 2004 (UTC)
Adam, since you have already done a lot of work on Greek politics, would you mind adding your comment on this discussion? I've been hoping that this dispute would evolve into an effective compromise, but so far I'm dissapointed by the quality of the replies. Thank you. Etz Haim 09:31, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Terminology of Preferential Voting.
Adam,
Re exhausted ballots, they do exist even with compulsary preferences - see CEA section 270 "Certain votes with non-consectutive numbers to be formal" . Section 273A(6)(b) also mentions the word "exhaused".
This verion of the CEA (2004) eliminates stupid so-called "Langer" voting.
203.12.97.47 03:24, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
just letting you know that annonymous user 144.138.141.241 cut out a large portion of the gough whitlam article. i have replaced it, but am wondering if you as an admin, wanted to take the matter any further. Xtra 13:10, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
So-called "Ballot access" information.
There is a "Ballot Access" page describing how it is possible to get on the ballot (ie. get nominated); this is a US term. I have started to compile the equivalent Australian information, initially using the same term.
When you, Adam, changed the name of the paragraphs on the Australian electoral systems page, from "ballot access NSW/VIC/QLD/ETC" to "Nominations" the several state paragraphs became ambiguous in relation to their links from the "Ballot Access" page. Syd1435 01:48, 2004 Oct 2 (UTC)
Are we officially not using AUSPIC images anymore? I saw your post on the notice board about Amanda Vanstone, but I'm not sure if you read it very often, so I thought I'd better check. Ambi 02:16, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
it is not irrelevant. it is entirely relevant. this is an "encyclopaedia". it is there to inform people of the facts. it is a fact, and one that users were unsure of and it needed note. there is no reason to delete it. Xtra 02:49, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
You might want to look at Holodomor, where our friend is also active in denying communist atrocities (in the Ukraine). VV 07:10, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
i see that everyone's favourite Stalinist (LanceMurdoch/RichardChilton/HectorRodregez/Hanpuk etc etc) is back on the Wiki under another sock puppet (Shorne). It's depressing really :( PMA 16:12, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
I know you've retired from the Lyndon LaRouche file but if you could just pop in on Talk:Lyndon LaRouche and weigh in on the current debate "Crackpot theories" regarding the inclusion of unflattering quotations on LaRouche I would appreciate it. AndyL 00:24, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Adam, I noticed you've made some comments about micronations being rubbish. Some of the micronation advocates are making a push at Talk:List of unrecognized countries to put Sealand in the same category as Taiwan and Northern Cyprus. I thought I'd let you know, anyway - any assistance here would be much appreciated. Ambi 00:36, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Thanks for the list of various people - this is fantastic. Where'd you get them from, out of curiosity? Ambi 07:04, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Vote! See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Violence against Israelis. Thank you. IZAK 09:10, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Adam, I don't see pro-Communist POV in 172's version, I just see a slightly more neutrally worded version of your own text. Perhaps the reference to the Italian elections should be removed as irrelevant, but otherwise it seems preferable. What in particular do you find objectionable about it? Everyking 12:02, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Well, I think most of the differences in the text are just more neutral ways of stating the same thing. At the very least, that helps prevent POV battles of the kind the article has seen, and it is also more cautious and therefore readers can be more confident in the article. But you make some good points, and we should probably find a middle ground between the two versions. Everyking 13:04, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Nauru Elections (October 23, 2004)
Hi, I sent you an e-mail about the legislative elections of the Republic of Nauru on Sat. October 23, 2004 (in three weeks). I hope you can do so. Thanks a lot -- CdaMVvWgS 13:38, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Thank you for your answer. B.t.w., let's continue the discussion about these elections here. Do you have an address of this American diplomate to contact him for any detailed election results? -- CdaMVvWgS 21:00, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- O.K., I've contacted the U.S. Embassy in Fiji. I'll tell you when they answer. Greets -- CdaMVvWgS 09:15, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
One thing I found when I was picking through those links (thanks again!) - it seems Petro Georgiou is spelt wrong (Petro Giorgiou) in your database. Ambi 10:22, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
The fact that I'm Greek doesn't mean I have a grudge against Slavs or any people at all. Have a look at my edits on Rainbow Party, Foreign relations of Greece#The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, or my recent objections to Philaleth on WP:PR and tell me if you see any hint of nationalism in them. Etz Haim 00:21, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Yes, you did understand correctly... BTW, is my English really that bad? More and more people are saying they don't understand me! Etz Haim 01:39, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)