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Yann 16:51, 30 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

Re:Concerning Image:ESFerry1111demons.jpg edit

Well, sorry for the mistake, but the information wasn't very explanatory as to know the exact location. Cheers. Anna 19:49, 30 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

Autograph Uploads edit

Dear Deryck_Chan, I uploaded more than 300 autographs on the Wiki Commons ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Autographs ). The autographs which I uploaded include:

  • David Ben Gurion.
  • Niels Bohr
  • Ernest Hemingway
  • Dr John C Mather
  • T S Eliot
  • Pearl S Buck
  • King Hussain of Jordan
  • Faiz Ahmed Faiz
  • Ho Chi Minh
  • Arundhati Roy
  • Mark Tully
  • Milton Friedman
  • P G Wodehouse
  • Angela Merkel
  • C V Raman
  • Sirimavo Bandaranaike
  • Kofi Annan
  • Amitabh Bachchan
  • Elizabeth Taylor
  • Richard Burton
  • Betrand Russel
  • Host of celebrities from India / Asia and the world

In this connection, I request you or Wikipedians in your contact to make effective use of these uploads. Regards, Hindustanilanguage (talk) 07:13, 18 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

File:Methylcyclopentanesimp.png edit

 
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Dcoetzee (talk) 22:55, 22 September 2012 (UTC)Reply

TUSC token bd55cd0d280c51f367135156089b05c9 edit

I am now proud owner of a TUSC account!

please look... edit

...at our Laynards and name tags for the Photowikimeetup. Is this in your eyes correct? Can we use this without complications? --Ralf Roleček 20:02, 1 August 2013 (UTC)Reply

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Stefan4 (talk) 21:26, 15 December 2013 (UTC)Reply

Picture of the Year 2013 R1 Announcement edit

category edit

Ive been making categories for all of the attendees that I can identify as sub categories of Category:People at Wikimania 2014 Thelmadatter (talk) 19:52, 17 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

Autopatrol given edit

 

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Yikrazuul (talk) 18:05, 3 November 2014 (UTC)Reply

Re:Wikimania photo edit

Hi, Deryck Chan! Nice to meet you at Wikimania! but, sorry, the man in your photo is not me but my partner, Miya.m. I myself was standing out of the camera frame. Cheers! :) --miya (talk) 13:48, 13 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

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(talk) 09:04, 30 September 2016 (UTC)Reply

Re:Wikimania 2016 photo selection edit

Hi Deryck. Thanks to you for your photos! Some of the photos in that category will be used in a book made by Lombardy Region (a digital book, with a few printed copies). Obviously the book will have CC BY-SA licence. --Yiyi (Dimmi!) 07:53, 2 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

Thank you edit

Hi, Deryck! Thank you! Hope to see you again soon :)--Reem Al-Kashif (talk) 15:27, 24 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

Notification about possible deletion edit

 
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Affected:

And also:

Yours sincerely, (talk) 09:56, 27 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

File:Tomistoma schlegelii HKWP.JPG edit

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Hello, Deryck Chan!
 
Tip: Add categories to your files

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.

--Roy17 (talk) 02:17, 1 June 2019 (UTC)Reply

Re: edit

Hi Deryck! I loved the photo. And all your Wikimania 2019 photos I loved too. Regards! --ProtoplasmaKid (talk) 22:36, 16 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

@ProtoplasmaKid: You're welcome! Deryck Chan (talk) 14:04, 17 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

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Чорний Кіт (talk) 01:06, 15 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

Hong Kong edit

FYI, Deryck. [1] [2][3] 219.76.24.194 03:16, 18 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the message. I've had a brief look at the discussions and don't think I have anything to add. Deryck Chan (talk) 23:54, 18 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
Thank you. This particular user and his associates (Matthew hk and Padgriffin as far as I have observed) are now acting to revert whatever edits made from IP addresses from Hong Kong no matter what those edits are about. Some administrators also block Hong Kong addresses as soon as their edits are spotted. I myself rarely if ever made any edits related to any "obscured" (as Citobun puts it) place names but got routinely blocked and reverted too. Actions coherent with those crackdowns? 219.76.24.204 11:06, 20 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
I'm not sure and I don't know what "mass reverts" you're talking about. Please register an account so we can have a coherent discussion. Deryck Chan (talk) 16:03, 30 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
For your information, Matthew hk's and Citobun's edits, in particular, target Hong Kong's status and cultural heritage too. What they do is to erase Hong Kong's heritage with lack of citations and "obscurity" as disguises, and the latter referred to Instantnood (yes once again there are people doing so). All you have to do is to inspect their reverts to edits made by non-registered users from Hong Kong, and see the harm the trio have brought, along with some administrators and other editors (like Ymblanter, 331dots, HurricaneEdgar). Nothing has been established by any investigation and administrators are already acting as their servants to act according to a long, catch-all list they prepare with little evidence beyond reasonable doubt. Thanks. 219.76.24.207 07:48, 23 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
Citobun has successfully made MSGJ impose a very broad range block of a /16 range for a long period. Is there anything we may do to act against vandals like them? 219.76.24.195 08:29, 23 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

Please register an account. The blocks you're referring to only affect very new or unregistered editors. Deryck Chan (talk) 11:27, 23 October 2022 (UTC)Reply