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Maps edit
In the Perkins book, there are two maps. (1,2) Are they of use? Upload them? If so, please create an image description page for them and I will upload like the rest. – JBarta (talk) 18:07, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
William C. Parke signature edit
Hi KAVEBEAR,
I vectorized the signature you requested at Commons:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop#William C. Parke signature. Is everything all right and can we consider the request as resolved?
Regards, --Patrick87 (talk) 01:53, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
Not sure if GL is on your watchlist. Just letting you know that there was a reply. --McZusatz (talk) 18:00, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
Could you please check it? Thanks in advance.--Carnby (talk) 22:07, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
Redirects edit
Please stop tagging redirects from names that have been in use for years for speedy deletion, those are not unnecessary. --Didym (talk) 16:44, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
Bots edit
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Talkback edit
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Hallo KAVEBEAR, why did you change your mind regarding above image? First with frame and now without? I am a little bit irritated. Regards --Ras67 (talk) 22:47, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
Speedy delete tags edit
These tags should not be removed. You may replace them with a regular tag if you wish because they generally give a 7 day period so that you may add the required information. However, you must state where this digital image was acquired from. Just saying where the painting is not the correct, essential information.--Mark Miller (talk) 03:24, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
File source is not properly indicated: File:Mary Ann and Henry Hoolulu Pitman.jpg edit
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File source is not properly indicated: File:Henry Hoolulu Pitman, Peabody Essex Museum.jpg edit
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A cup of coffee for you! edit
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You probably need a few to keep to keep up with finals! In case I don't talk to you, have a safe trip and take lots of photos! ;-) Hedwig in Washington (mail?) 04:47, 12 December 2015 (UTC) |
- Thank you. I don't really know why I get really riled up with this particular editor but every year around this time it seems to occur. I've been working way too hard on this particular subject to just let it go or turn a blind eye as I've been doing with a lot of his antics. --KAVEBEAR (talk) 04:49, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
- Let it go. I have finally figured out why you have such a problem with me but I am not going to give out off Wikipedia information. Perhaps others will take time to look into the situation and you. Coffee is the last thing you need. Try some chamomile tea.--Mark Miller (talk) 04:42, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
- I can also see that part of the issue in the past is me from that snippy piece of comment I left. I just try to be more positive instead of negative.--Mark Miller (talk) 22:38, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
- Let it go. I have finally figured out why you have such a problem with me but I am not going to give out off Wikipedia information. Perhaps others will take time to look into the situation and you. Coffee is the last thing you need. Try some chamomile tea.--Mark Miller (talk) 04:42, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
Old USCO Records edit
"Wasn't aware of that. I used this search engine http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First but have since realized the records are way too recent. How do you get access to the copyright renewal submissions for the Library of Congress in 1957, 1958, and 1959?--KAVEBEAR (talk) 21:08, 24 December 2015 (UTC)"
See https://archive.org/details/copyrightrecords -- as I said in the DR, it's all there, but not at all user friendly. . Jim . . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:19, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
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source of image? edit
Hi Kavebear, I have a question regarding this image. The Google Books source that you give does not show this image or only a tiny fraction of it, because it was obviously scanned folded together. Is this your own scan out of the book? Background of my question is that also the map beside page 32 (which I am looking for) is not shown properly in the book. Greetings,--Ratzer (talk) 07:48, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
- Yeah I scanned it after loaning it through interlibrary loan. I don't have access to it anymore though.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 08:13, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
Re: Cropp and replace edit
Hello, I done all pictures as requested. Regards PawełMM (talk) 13:39, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
Re: Converting jp2 to jpg edit
I can convert pictures from its tif source like this File:Hawaii album, p. 58, church.jpg. Is it enough? Regards PawełMM (talk) 08:29, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
- Yes.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 08:30, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
AskArt.com edit
I do not know anybody with a paid subscription to AskArt. However, the full text of the biographies is available free on Fridays. I hope this helps. Wmpearl (talk) 19:30, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
File in better resolution reloaded.
Regards PawełMM (talk) 07:46, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
Re: Charles Berger edit
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All done for you. Regards PawełMM (talk) 09:24, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
Reverting crops edit
I noticed you've been reverting some crops for images in the clean-up category Category:Images with borders. As long as these files have the templates saying they need cropping, it's going to be a continual, endless cycle of cropping and reverting, which is counter-productive for everyone. That category link gives more information about the maintenance cropping categories and templates that can be used. Sweet kate (talk) 20:58, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
- Is there a more specific template to use because my problems is only with the crops that are done improperly, cropping more than is necessary. I mean I could have done the crop myself if I was not wanting some help getting it down to the minute point where nothing except unnecessary frames are lost. --KAVEBEAR (talk) 22:34, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
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Sebari – aka Srittau (talk) 20:31, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
Reverting edit
Hello.Why did you retreat my cropping?Do you want to crop while retaining the text?--ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2 (talk) 07:39, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
- I wanted a lossless crop. You removed the parts of the image backgrounds for no reason. Please check how other users perform these crops (see File:Kalakaua (PP-96-15-003).jpg for your version I reverted because it was not done right and the other version which another user did and I retained because I was satisfied with the result). I only want the page in the background cropped. I don't ever want any part of the image to be cropped. Whenever you address the images I've tag in the future, please keep this in mind or refrain from editing them. Thanks, --KAVEBEAR (talk) 07:49, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
File:Tattooing on native woman, Easter Island (1891).png edit
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Done as requested. Regards PawełMM (talk) 17:37, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
Re: Crop of Newspapers edit
Done as requested.
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Regards PawełMM (talk) 14:09, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
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Possible heirs of Gertrude Miller-Toledo edit
It is not certain if she had children. It appears she was a battered wife (there is a book source for that claim) and divorced her husband in a rather controversial situation. I don't know the full details but it might be a tender subject should you approach anyone. Here is a list of her siblings in order to identify any possible heirs. This is public information so, no issue there.
Daisy Kaihikapumahana Miller, John Kilioe Miller, Virginia Kahelekaapuni Miller, Margaret Kaahumanu Miller, Mona Jane Miller and Elmer Ellsworth Kalahumoku Miller (and again, no relationship to my line although several names are similar).--Mark Miller (talk) 22:36, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
The original paintings are displayed at Liliuokalani Church (808) 637-9364. They may be able to provide some information.--Mark Miller (talk) 22:42, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
Just found this; her daughter and probable heir to Mary Koski is Kathy Long of Kamuela (public info from http://merriemonarch.staradvertiser.com/faces-of-merrie-monarch-the-arts-fair/)--Mark Miller (talk) 22:59, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
Askart.com edit
Sorry, but I do not have a subscriptionHiart (talk) 02:58, 22 July 2018 (UTC)
Re: PBA edit
Unfortunately, I will not undertake this task. For me it is too labor-intensive in relation to the expected results. My skills and software have limits. Regards PawełMM (talk) 08:49, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
Kamehameha III in Prussian uniform, c. 1831 (PP-97-7-010).jpg edit
The painting is on loan to the Honolulu Museum of Art from the Hawaii State Archives. I took the pictureHiart (talk) 05:29, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
Re: File:Kaipo and Aimoku.jpg edit
I scaled the incline to a 4:3 aspect ratio. I removed the unnecessary border. I do not know, however, whether the proportions of the picture I have taken are appropriate. PawełMM (talk) 06:59, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
Notification about possible deletion edit
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Liliuokalani image edit
D'ye think we should add the two derivative colour versions? I mean, I don't think they're particularly accurate - for one thing, look at the curtain in the upper left, which wasn't as obviously one in the older copies of the image, so it's treated weirdly in the colourised version, likewise the apparent artwork of some kind above the throne that becomes just more wall, because it too wasn't very defined - but it's from the same photo. Adam Cuerden (talk) 03:31, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
- No they are not historical.KAVEBEAR (talk) 06:32, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
Re: Watermark edit
Unfortunately I can't do this right now. I'm on vacation. Until September 28, I won't have access to graphics software. Greetings PawełMM (talk) 11:47, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
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R. H. Macy edit
Hi Kavebear, Louisa Macy from Hawaii State Archives seems all right, but R. H. Macy turned to be John Bright. That's a bummer since old man's pictures are hard to find. As a consolation, I've downloaded his signature. Best regards, --Taterian (talk) 17:50, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
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re: File:Martin and Moehonua, injured survivors of Honolulu Courthouse Riot of 1874, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Archives, SP 41673.jpg edit
Watermark removed. PawełMM (talk) 22:33, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
re: File:Kekuanaoa and Kamamalu (Bishop Museum Archives. SP 39810).jpg and File:Kalama (Bishop Museum Archives. SP 114516).jpg edit
Watermark remowed.
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re: David Kahalepouli Piikoi & Victoria Kinoiki Kekaulike edit
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Re: Watermark removal edit
Done as requested. Rgards PawełMM (talk) 16:36, 25 July 2023 (UTC)