DrThneed

Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, DrThneed!

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-- Wikimedia Commons Welcome (talk) 00:25, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

File:Chorus box Antarctic Falcon Street Dunedin.jpg

File:Chorus box Antarctic Falcon Street Dunedin.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!

A1Cafel (talk) 02:50, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

File:Edmonds Cookery Book (1980 edition).jpg

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A1Cafel (talk) 02:51, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

File:Edmonds Cookery Books (1980 and 1998 editions) 01.jpg

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A1Cafel (talk) 02:51, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

File:Edmonds Cookery Book (1998 edition).jpg

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A1Cafel (talk) 02:51, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

OpenRefine starts SDC development! 💎

Hello DrThneed! OpenRefine has started development of features for Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons. Would you like to be informed about ongoing work? You can sign up here to receive occasional updates on a Wikimedia talk page of your choice. Also, feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions! SFauconnier (talk) 13:52, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

New Zealand google photos

Hello. I noticed that you've recently uploaded a bunch of photos from this photo album. The license that is specified in there is {{CC BY 4.0}}, not {{CC BY-SA 4.0}}. Is there a particular reason why you uploaded them under attribution-sharealike rather than simply the attribution license? — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 19:30, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for spotting that @Red-tailed hawk, it was just a mistake on my part. Is there an easy way to change them to CC By 4.0 all at once? DrThneed (talk) 19:47, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

There's a gadget that should make doing this fairly straightforward. I can handle it if you'd like; just let me know. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 19:50, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Oh thank you yes, if you wouldn't mind! I've got a heap more to upload, will be more careful with the next batches! DrThneed (talk) 20:20, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Not a problem! I've swapped the license on those photos to be attribution rather than attribution-sharealike, so we should be all good at this point. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 02:14, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Source of derivative work is not properly indicated: File:WikiWellington slides March 2023.pdf

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Headlock0225 (talk) 23:36, 18 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Headlock0225. Have added attribution for images. I did not realise until now that some Pixabay images are not OK to use on Commons (anything after a license change on 2017, I think?). Could you maybe delete the file and I will remove/replace the two problem images? Thanks. If I'm replacing it, is it OK to just add links/licenses on the images in the presentation, or is it better to do it in the template like I've just been adding?) Cheers, DrThneed (talk) 07:59, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

Your opinion about OpenRefine and its Wikimedia Commons features: two (!) surveys

Hi! You have recently tried/used Wikimedia Commons features in OpenRefine (uploading files, or editing existing files). I'm curious to hear how this has gone, also if you only briefly tried these features.

To help the OpenRefine team with future improvements, it would be immensely helpful if you would be willing to spend a bit of time filling in two surveys. (Yes, two! Each of them uses a different method and (open source) platform). Both will run until approximately end October 2023.

1. A first, classical, survey (fully anonymous) where you can tell us how you use the Commons features in OpenRefine, and how you (want to) learn to use them better;
2. A second, more experimental survey (also fully anonymous) in which you prioritize the features that matter most to you. This second survey is a bit strange in that you can 'just keep clicking'. Feel free to use it as long or as briefly as you want; you can stop any time. Please also add your own suggestions!

Many thanks! With kind regards, SFauconnier (talk) 18:33, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, DrThneed!

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.

--Belbury (talk) 13:28, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Wikimania presentation

Hello DrThneed. I watched your Wikimania presentation on catch-up and guessed J.S. Bach on the first go! I think this has as much to do with New Zealand being a young and small colony, as with the international nature of academia. Also I'm impressed by your Maori greeting at the start of the presentation, thank you! Deryck Chan (talk) 19:08, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Well done you on guessing Bach! And thank you so much for taking the time to say hello, it's nice to know when things get watched. My te reo Māori could use a lot of improvement, but it's important to make the effort. :) DrThneed (talk) 00:37, 27 November 2023 (UTC)