Olyngo
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File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.ART.194 - Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw and Nodder) - Kawahara Keiga - 1823 - 1829 - Siebold Collection - pencil drawing - water colour.jpeg edit
Dear Olyngo,
Thank you for your interest for this Japanese water colour.
But you overwrote the historical original - which should stay available internationally - and left out original markings (handwritten species determination!) and colour etcetera. An older version with the same filename cannot be linked on Wikimedia projects (i don't know how, at least). It seems fair to only overwrite an original with a better image (say higher resolution) of the historical original image.
- You created a new version, which please should have a new sensible filename and contain a link to the original.
- It can be referenced in a metadata field of the original as "other version artwork = ...".
- Please keep the license, categories etc. in your new file.
So i have reverted the overwriting, with your version still available for download and reupload as a separate file. Sorry for the inconvenience, but we should not "improve" historical documents by overwriting them (compare with a Da Vinci painting). Of course we can make new separate versions. Best regards, Hansmuller (talk) 17:11, 5 January 2016 (UTC) the uploader.
PS1. I used the original here: w:en:Wikipedia:GLAM/Naturalis#A_sample and was surprised.
PS2. Here is an example of a new version: File:Heterodontus japonicus.jpg with reference and with marking as "other version...= " in the original file File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.ART.251 - Heterodontus japonicus (Dumeril) - Kawahara Keiga - 1823 - 1829 - Siebold Collection - pencil drawing - water colour.jpeg. Hansmuller (talk) 17:11, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
- Ok, thanks for the advice! I understood my mistake and I will try not to reiterate it.--Olyngo (talk) 17:32, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
- Well, I've created new file File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.ART.194 - Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw and Nodder) - Kawahara Keiga - 1823 - 1829 - Siebold Collection - new version.jpeg. But I don't know how to made correctly description.--Olyngo (talk) 18:12, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you for your version, of course as an illustration much clearer than the original. I put a backlink in the original (other version...=). I think your description is clear. Sincerely, Hansmuller (talk) 18:36, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
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Rotate pictures edit
Hallo, please don't let rotate pictures, that are used somwhere else (often in calculated manner). If you need a rotate-version, make a copy, give the picture a new name (perhaps derivate old file nmae) and then rotate it. Thanks.--Siga (talk) 15:36, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2015 is open! edit
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Cropping images edit
By way of information for the future, when you want to crop an image, as you did with File:Roeseliana roeselii nymph Sandy Bedfordshire (14311776477).jpg, I suggest you use the CropTool that can be activated in your commons Preferences, under Gadgets. The CropTool will then appears in the left side of your screen. It saves everyone a lot of time because it transfers all the correct and appropriate information into the cropped image, such as source, license, author, etc. It even leaves a backlink to the original and visa versa so long as the original has been positively reviewed. That way all the proper information is there and does not need to be manually reviewed by volunteers. If you are just cropping a small bit of the image like a frame you can decide to overwrite the original image but for more major crops, like this one, you should upload the cropped version as a separate new image, but you have a choice. I hope you can see how everyone can save time and frustration by using CropTool. Good luck. Ww2censor (talk) 13:53, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2018 is open! edit
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