User talk:Jeff G./Archives/2021/December

Chang name request

@Jeff G.: Thank you for the suggestion! I will just create a new account instead, but seems like the username I asked to be renamed to became unavailable. I checked the users list and there was no register of an account with such name, seems like that it's unavailable due to my request, I might be wrong though. Is it possible to have the username obtainable again? Thanks! Ricardo Casares Alexandre — Preceding undated comment was added at 11:05, 9 December 2021‎ (UTC)

Pinging @1997kB, who might know.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 12:02, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

Yes, it is because of request, do you want your current account to be renamed to something random or just want to abandon it? ‐‐1997kB (talk) 16:20, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

@Ricardo Casares Alexandre: ^ ‐‐1997kB (talk) 16:21, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

@1997kB G.: I will just abandon it, thank you for your time. Ricardo Casares Alexandre (talk) 17:23, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

@Ricardo Casares Alexandre and 1997kB: Thanks.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 19:27, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

What to do now?

Hello,

You advised that I consult the Volunteer Response Team/Noticeboard if I had questions about copyright. I did this and received an answer: here There are no permissions and additionally one is apparently a derisive work. So should I now nominate these for deletion? Thanks! Krok6kola (talk) 01:22, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

Flickr review

Hello Jeff! How are you? May you please provide some help here? Thanks, Erick Soares3 (talk) 18:51, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

COM:AN/U

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Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/User problems#Mgendy00. Just notifying you as you left a warning on this user's talk page..

--SHB2000 (talk) 05:34, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

@SHB2000: Thanks!   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 07:12, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

File:-054 - Tickets (25220437525).jpg

File:-054 - Tickets (25220437525).jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

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User:LordSuch&Such

Hi Jeff G. LordSuch&Such seems to be waiting on you for a reply to something you posted on their user talk page. I'm not sure what more I can add to this other than what I posted on my English Wikipedia user talk page and at en:Wikipedia:Media copyright questions/Archive/2021/October#Wizard of Oz image on Wiki Commons. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:53, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: Please see my long reply.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 12:36, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

Just for reference, some of the files this editor uploaded were discussed at Commons:Village pump/Copyright/Archive/2021/10#PD-US-no notice usage and there was an attempt made to try and sort them out. Some of the files were actually converted to a more appropriate license and at least one was even kept via a DR. Another is still being discussed at Commons:Deletion requests/File:War and Peace (1956 film). Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica, Paramount Pictures. Publicity still.. L to R, actor Audrey Hepburn, director King Vidor.jpg and another was cropped to try and keep at least the PD part of the photo on Commons. The cropping was discussed quite a bit as at User talk:Yann/archives 49#Crop from a deleted file to see whether it would be OK for Commons; there's was some disagreement so perhaps it will eventually end up being deleted. The point is though that editors were making a good faith effort to try and sort things out, but in many cases there was just nothing more that could be done, particularly without more clarification from the uploader. They were asked for clarification a number of times and notification templates were left on their Commons user talk page, but for the most part they never responded. The few times they did like here, it was as if they didn't bother to try and understand what the problem was at all. Some of the files they uploaded as "PD-US-no notice" actually seemed to be photos taken between 2010 and 2015. One was even of a grave marker of a man who died in 1992 and his wife who died in 2013; so, I've got no idea how or why that could be considered "PD-US-no notice". It was almost as if they were adding that license to all of their uploads because nobody had yet told them that doing so might not be correct. I've also got no idea as to why they were adding what looks like the same fair use rationale to their Commons uploads. They seemed to kept doing that because nobody told them about COM:FAIR. -- Marchjuly (talk) 14:37, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: Thanks. Do you think COM:CIR or en:WP:CIR applies to him?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 15:25, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

I don’t know Jeff. I want to think they’re just someone who means well, but feeling really frustrated because of some of their uploads being deleted. It could be nothing more than someone really misunderstanding Commons and how it’s set up to function. I can understand their frustration to some degree. They uploaded lots of files and nobody said anything at the time; so, they assumed the uploads were OK. Now, others are telling them that the uploads had licensing issues that meant they couldn’t be kept as licensed. It would be great if they could somehow at least acknowledge that, but their latest response to you on their user talk page, the comment they posted on my Wikipedia user talk and their latest edits to en:Mervyn LeRoy indicate there’s still quite a ways to go for this to be resolved amicably. Maybe taking a step back to see if things cool down a bit is the thing to do now. If they don’t, then further action may be warranted. It’s hard to have a productive Wikipedia/Commons type of discussion when one begins to personalize things and starts feeling they’re somehow on trial. — Marchjuly (talk) 23:33, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

Re: Reminder

Hi Jeff, thanks for your reminder. Those edits were made by an automatic script, as it is intended to be used globally, it adds the delete template for speedy deletion. I will ask the author to make some modifications to adapt to commonswiki situation. Stang^★ 21:40, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

@Stang: Thanks, I will wait for such modifications before trying it myself.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 21:43, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

	Merry Christmas Jeff G./Archives/2021
	Hi Jeff G./Archives/2021, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very happy and healthy New Year, Thank you for all your contributions to Wikipedia,    –Davey2010Talk 18:18, 23 December 2021 (UTC) Share similar holiday wishes by adding {{subst:User:Davey2010/MerryChristmas}} to your friends' talk pages.

@Davey2010: Thanks, I wish the same and Happy Holidays for you and all my User and User Talk page watchers!   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:23, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

	Merry Christmas Jeff G./Archives/2021
	Hi Jeff G./Archives/2021, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very happy and healthy New Year, Thank you for all your contributions to Wikipedia, Lotje (talk) 05:47, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

@Lotje: Thanks, I wish the same and Happy Holidays for you and all my User and User Talk page watchers!   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:23, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Happy holidays 2021/2022!

		* Happy Holidays 2021/2022, Jeff G./Archives/2021! *
		Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Joyeux Noël! Bonne année! Frohes Weihnachten! Frohes Neues Jahr! Счастливого Рождества! С Новым годом! ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo! Щасливого Різдва! З Новим роком!    -- George Chernilevsky talk 14:48, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

@George Chernilevsky: Thanks, I wish the same and Happy Holidays for you and all my User and User Talk page watchers!   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 14:53, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Revert war

Hello, please stop revert-warring over a (not even offensive) talk page post. An admin will be able to clean up things when they get around blocking them, and for now, keeping them bored is the easiest solution (cf. w:WP:BRI). 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 00:40, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

@1234qwer1234qwer4: I was doing the first step of en:WP:RBI, revert. To keep the project clean. Offering Mexican pizza to usernames starting with "Mexic" is offensive.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 00:52, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

I specifically linked a section on dealing with revert-warring vandals. Having dozens of edits reverting back and forth is not necessarily "keeping the project clean", and in general minding trolls too much will only give them more motivation to continue. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 00:59, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

Happy Christmas and new year, Jeff

	Merry Christmas and new year, Jeff G./Archives/2021
	Hi Jeff G./Archives/2021, Have a sweet and a safe Christmas and New Year holidays. Wishing you a colorful Christmas season. , --Contributers2020Talk to me here 10:16, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

@Contributers2020: Thanks, I wish the same and Happy Holidays for you and all my User and User Talk page watchers!   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 11:58, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

Boothcurator2021

Hello Jeff, wonder if this is an appropriate username. Could you take a closer look? thank you for your time. Lotje (talk) 16:37, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

@Lotje: Not much can be done here, but see what I did on enwiki.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 17:35, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

Thank you Jeff, Now I know where to go for similar problematic usernames. Guess you must know every little corner of the Wikipedia Lotje (talk) 06:41, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

@Lotje: You're welcome. I guess it helps to be a Grandmaster Editor First-Class. See also COM:TALK.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 06:48, 30 December 2021 (UTC)