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File:Birney Woodlands Philly.JPG

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Thank you

Thank you for File:200 Mill Bristol.JPG. I needed a good picture of that building. It is very generous of you to take all these photos and put them in the public domain. Bravo!--Srleffler (talk) 07:32, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, Smallbones!

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.

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• Image:Meredith House.JPG was uncategorized on 20 January 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:23, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
• Image:Revel 2011 AC NJ.jpg was uncategorized on 13 June 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:34, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
• Image:SE Boundary Stone 5 DC.jpg was uncategorized on 20 August 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:44, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
• Image:Union Club Philly Statue 1.jpg was uncategorized on 7 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 00:49, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
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• Image:Bert Bell... - NARA - 200160.jpg was uncategorized on 5 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:21, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
• Image:L winged horse Philly.jpg was uncategorized on 12 December 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:19, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
• Image:Smith Playhouse Philly.jpg was uncategorized on 12 December 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:19, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

White margins are there for a reason

Files like File:N.A.Naidenov (1884). Views of Moscow. 58. Anglican.png were uploaded with margins for a reason:

• margins contain the year when Naidenov took the photograph. This is critical in some cases, when there's more then one photo of the same subject. Publication year alone is insufficient (and sometimes misleading)

• 
  1882 (pub.1883)
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  1888 (pub.1891)

• margins contain the original name of the place (which can be quite different from present-day name, cf. description in File:Church of Resurrection near Danilov Monastery full.png).

Please if there's a need for a cropped or downscaled version, upload it under a different name and link both cropped and original together (cf. File:Church of Resurrection near Danilov Monastery full.png and File:Church of Resurrection near Danilov Monastery crop.png). This, of course, applies to any photo stock with "inconvenient" but historical text, someone's handwriting (the Bains Collection) etc.

Same with all trim and retouching jobs - edits to File:Voznesensky 8-5 May 2009 1200px.jpg were too radical to be pasted on top of the source file. They need a different file name. BTW, the photo was made half an hour before sunset - it had to be dark to be realistic. NVO (talk) 17:49, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Warner Theater

Hi, I've been emptying Category:Movie theaters since it is a duplicate of Category:Cinemas. There was a Category:Warner Theatre, Erie, Pennsylvania so I put the pictures you took in there but now I'm not sure if they are actually the same theater. Could you please have a look? --IIVeaa (talk) 21:13, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I had also mistakenly given the wrong coordinates to the Erie theater. fixed that just now.--IIVeaa (talk) 23:52, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Goddess of Democracy

as you see capitalist people have difficulty understanding how a statue can be a communal project. why didn't we get written releases from Tienanmen? it's a peculiar american legalistic impulse. the doubting thomases will continue every year or so. Slowking4 (talk) 02:32, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Deletion requests

I am author, I want to delete the pictures.PK1913 (talk) 17:51, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

I have a greater size, the origin version.PK1913 (talk) 17:55, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

File:RRMOP_1818.JPG

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Niagara (talk) 17:13, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

File:Noxontown 031483pv.jpg

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Parking here

{{PD-US-no notice}} {{Artwork |artist = |title = |date = |medium = |location = |source={{own}} }}

File:WP_on_Getty_images_with_watermark.jpg

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Dcoetzee (talk) 13:50, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

South Philadelphia

Hi. I've added a category for South Philadelphia (I live here - "Newbold" neighborhood), and am trying to put any definite South Philadelphia picture in it. Nice pics - wish mine were as good! Allens (talk) 06:22, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

hey i need someone to talk to

	hey i need someone to talk to
	will you come to me in dicussions/ Godsangel249 (talk) 22:35, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

I thought the image you suggested was fine, and chimed in on User talk:Godsangel249 too, Ruhrfisch (talk) 14:38, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Coordinate correction on Tafts Lincoln the Lawyer.JPG

I changed the coordinates on File:Tafts Lincoln the Lawyer.JPG because the coordinates appeared to have been over a spot two houses from the statue. If the camera really was at that spot, let me know. I've added new coordinates based on the assumption that it was taken from the sidewalk in the park. --Closeapple (talk) 10:32, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Thanks for the good additions to the WLM US page (and talk page!). SarahStierch (talk) 01:34, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the complement on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Southern Chester County, Pennsylvania pics

I had made a bunch of random pictures on a bike ride last fall and then realized that a couple fit into the page. That inspired me to go out and hunt down some more. Didn't realize till later that you (Smallbones) had done so much. Really a nice project you created. Had admired the File:Worth J Rural HD Chesco.JPG picture the first time I saw it. It really is an idyllic spot. Will see if I can get another shot in the spring (often ride past it or hike in Stroud Preserve which it borders). Looks like you did a thorough job of covering West Chester. And the Philly statues are great. Hoping to make it to the Philly wiknic this year. Be nice to meet.

File:HayesnKinman1876.jpg

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Adding categories to my pictures?

Uh oh...I haven't been adding categories to my pictures. I wasn't aware this was something to be done, and I'm not sure how to go about doing it either. Where and how do I enter the information, and how do I know what categories are available to assign to a given picture file? By the way, in my travels through Evanston this weekend I took quite a few more to add to National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Evanston,_Illinois, but I'll refrain until I can figure out how to categorize properly. Thshriver (talk) 01:43, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

So, is the general idea with categories to make them as specific as possible without overlapping? I really had no idea which ones to include in the list, so I took a few shots in the dark. And yes, feel free to edit away, I'm not offended at all. This is all very much over my head and I don't really understand it. Thshriver (talk) 03:06, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Huzler Brothers Palace

The color of the sky reflected in the windows below the cornice of the Huzler Brothers Palace works well in the image you recorded. Good work and thanks for sharing it with everyone! Folklore1 (talk) 20:31, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Is it this one? It's always a pleasure to get feedback like this! Smallbones (talk) 20:52, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Monuments

I have replied to your note on the Wiki Loves Monuments US page: Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012_in_the_United_States#Time_to_start_moving Sorry for the belated reply. Cheers Aude (talk) 23:13, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Autopatrol given

Hello. I just wanted to let you know that I have granted autopatrol rights to your account; the reason for this is that I believe you are sufficiently trustworthy and experienced to have your contributions automatically marked as "reviewed". This has no effect on your editing, it is simply intended to make it easier for users that are monitoring Recent changes or Recent uploads to find unproductive edits amidst the productive ones like yours. In addition, the Flickr upload feature and an increased number of batch-uploads in UploadWizard, uploading of freely licensed MP3 files, overwriting files uploaded by others and an increased limit for page renames per minute are now available to you. Thank you. odder (talk) 11:45, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Second hello from Teresa Trimm

I sent you a message...somewhere. Maybe an archive page. I was at your presentation at Wikimania 2012. I have recently written one article at http://www.wikihow.com/Upload-Files-to-Wikimedia-Common and am working on another one about submitting files to the National Register of Historic Places. Any help or direction you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

contacts

• Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2012
• Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 in the United States
• Commons talk:Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 California
• spreadsheet

parking sign

thought you would like this . hope you're rested up for WLM. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 18:29, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

being baptists, you wonder if its full immersion though. screener = mediator? - well, i did say something about fixing the licenses if there were public art monuments. and i can speak non-template tinkle to the newbies. so send some questions my way. i'll be at the Sept 8 event at busboys & poets [1]. should have 20 to upload easy. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 23:53, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

WLM 2012

Hi Smallbones,

You added a picture to WLM uploaded by another user, I took the category of again see here).

The user did not provide an ID for the monument so it's not sure at all he wanted to participate (you could ask ofcourse). If you want to add an image to the contest please use the {{Wiki Loves Monuments|us}} template, not a direct insert into the category, and please make sure ID is provided.

Greets, Basvb (talk) 21:33, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, didn't see you were still working on it. Greets, Basvb (talk) 21:41, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

hi, i did a sweep through WLM uploads for public art. only a handful [2], easy old; [3] hard - see my reasoning there; [4] you might want to warn that user:SarahStierch to stop uploading art that has no date or artist on it ;>. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭

Looks pretty old to me, but a date would be much better. How old is the building? But I don't warn Sarah, vice versa. Smallbones (talk) 19:35, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

1906? [5]; [6] but the art looks like some 70's welder art. pic in 1977 [7] no notice, one could be de minimus.

1925 [8] -- however, need to revisit that easy one, copy of bronze? generic garden fountain not on list? hmm :( Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 21:17, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

1992 - this one will be a problem [9], let the counseling and "fair use" uploading to en wiki begin. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 14:42, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

also be aware that i saw an iwo jima pic forced into a wrong nrhp number [10]. (and i don't get me started about the copyright of that one) Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 23:40, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Problem

Hey Smallbones,

I had a problem, and since this is the first time I've used a wiki of any kind and you were nice enough to provide that info about monuments I thought to ask you. On the list of Historic places for Monongalia County, West Virginia, the post photo link for the Chancery Historic District is only a picture, not an actual link to post photos and I didn't know how to change that or if I even could. Is there anything that can be done, cause I have some great photos of the district. Thank you. - Stryker33 (talk) 10:50, 05 Sept 2012 (UTC)

fixed it! (a minor miracle as far as technical things go) Smallbones (talk) 15:28, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Fantastic! Thank you so much. Stryker33 (talk) 11:35, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Remark that seems to be addressed to you

There's an off-topic remark that seems to be addressed to you at Commons:Help_desk#Copyright_help_regarding_File:The_Monument_ERECTED_TO_LUTHER_AT_WORMS_THE_25_JUNE_1868_AFTER_THE_SKETCH_OF_RIETSCHEL_03.JPG - Jmabel ! talk 15:19, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

RE: African American Vicksburg sculpture

Hi Smallbones.

I hope this is the correct place to respond to you. Thanks for locating the sculptor of the monument. I agree all art displayed in a natinal park should be public. I tried to answer by using the "contact us" section. Not sure if you saw my comment or not. I wanted to place these pictures I uploaded in the I love Monuments contest but accidentally uploaded using the regular wizard. Does it make a difference? If so how can I correct it. I am new at Wiki uploading but have used the information many times in the past It is a great site.

Katyrw(Katyrw (talk) 19:56, 6 September 2012 (UTC))

Pre-1923 Milwaukee Public Art

Hi User:Smallbones! My students are creating still photographs and videos of pre-1923 public sculptures in Milwaukee. Can we contribute these as part of WLM? I was surprised to see that the sculptures are not included on the NHRP in Milwaukee County--can we still participate in WLM contest? Thanks for any guidance you can offer! --Jgmikulay (talk) 15:45, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

File:Penn at PTPark.JPG

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Tim1965 (talk) 20:25, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

• Unfortunately, that statue of William Penn is by Frank Gaylord, who vigorously enforces his copyright for his work. Since U.S. law does not recognize an exemption under panorama (e.g., copyrighted works included as part of a larger panoramic image), I fear the Penn statue cannot be depicted. - Tim1965 (talk) 20:25, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

no, i fear you are mistaken. vigorously, lol, you mean he succumbed to the siren call of a contingency fee lawyer? (and got his just deserts) panorama? - see Commons:De minimis, but i see smallbone's crop makes the point nicely. also since it's 1982, it could be public domain, if no notice, published in newspaper, and not registered within 5 years [11]; see Template:PD-US-1978-89. apparantly not registered [12] Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 15:04, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

that stierch deletionist admin has nominated all the korean photos, but a kind note would be nice. here are the problems i've found:[13]; Korean [14]; [15]; [16]; MLK [17]; dalles mural [18], [19], [20], [21]; painting [22]; fdr [23], [24]; Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 13:58, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

HI

Smallbones, I am wondering if you know the best source for Pennsylvanian historic places

Knitty Gritty (talk) 00:18, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

re H. H. Warner Building RocPX.jpg

Hi-

That would be Lightroom tagging some of my pics with a watermark. I'm still getting used to the new software, I'll be more aware in the future, and I'll re-upload the H. H. Warner Building PIC! :D Also, I have no clue if this is the correct way to correspond or not so feel free to correct me. :D

-Thanks for looking out!

Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 - Old State House, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Hello Smallbones, I hope this is the proper venue to contact you. My girlfriend is a representative of The Bostonian Society, the organization that maintains Boston's Old State House, and she stumbled upon this very interesting contest. She asked if I would reach out to someone involved with the proper team to ask if there was a way that the Old State House can aid or somehow officially recognize this contest and encourage its visitors to participate. I apologize, this request isn't very well-worded, but if you could reply here at your earliest convenience, I would most certainly appreciate it. Hope to hear back from you soon, GlassCobra (talk) 01:23, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Sent you an e-mail via your userpage. Smallbones (talk) 02:14, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Your faith in bots seems misplaced

The night you asked me to stop adding the unreviewed cat to pictures, I uploaded 8 more of my own (without the cat). 2 days later nothing has been done with them, and the total count is off by 15. Are you sure Kaldari's bot is going to do something about it? The numbers were never correct until I started fixing them. Ntsimp (talk) 15:10, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Samllbones

I am not sure if I am in the right place to respond to your request from the general page on the Monument contest. My question had to do with a photo I uploaded to general commons by mistake as I was trying to contribute to the collection of photos from the list of NHR for Monroe county Fl. My user name is capedoryus and the image I deleted was Armory. I tried to link the photo to the contest but could not so I deleted the photo to enter the photo in the contest. The concept of a contest is not important but I would like to have the photo in the NHR listing. (NHR National Historic Register) Thanks for all the work you do.

Thanks! Saw some of the other local photos and was in awe of all your pics. Keep up the great work! I take pics in chambana mostly for use as skins in 3d models for Google Earth. I thought some might come in handy for the monument project. Narasinha (talk) 15:25, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

thanks !!! also, in reviewing your laurel hill cemetery photo [25], i failed to find it on the siris list [26]. more info would be nice. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 21:48, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

I'd have to say it's part of the architecture, see File:Spink tomb West Laurel Hill.JPG. Probably pre-1900 (cemetery opened 1869, but doesn't put dates on the tombs). Despite what William Penn might tell you, ever since the WMF opinion came out, I always look for copyright notices. Never run into one yet in a cemetery. See the *West* Laurel Hill category. Smallbones (talk) 22:33, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

i guess i'm spoiled by adams memorial; siris is so extensive, it's remarkable when they don't have it. could be under the different name. i would say it has some artistic merit beyond generic figure, this could be paul manship.

i'm with you, the sculptors don't much care, even Frank Gaylord didn't register, it's just that the rules changed the presumption. and people take the last installation as publication rather than first. (another lost argument here [27]); so now we have to get emailed permission; hard to see the point. i think i got most of the sculpture "monuments", even the http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alby_Gallatin.JPG (very polite sculptor).

and it's not that they can't shoot gaylord, it's just put it on flickr, and pick one for "non-free" english wikipedia. (starting with the one there - we could refight "minimize fair use" <sigh> ). Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 21:48, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

found a © [28], [29] maybe an otrs is in order. let the counseling begin. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 17:18, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Hey, thank you for your help

you were right. and thank you for your help. When I uploaded only one picture I was able to choose the license to cc:0, but when uploading multiple files, that was not an option. anyway, see you around :) Drorzm (talk) 23:51, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Uploads in the deadline

Hello Peter,

I was contacted by a little turtle which couldn't get two files [30] [31] inside the contest in time, for a difference of less than a couple of minutes. She apparently started the submission a little before the deadline but finished after it. See my talk her talk.

IMHO we should accept them as valid submissions, but I don't feel I should be taking that decision, so wanted to check with a WLM-US organiser first.

Best regards

Platonides (talk) 20:17, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Both look like they started uploading on time. I hadn't realized that there would be a delay. Both are now included in the contest, one has been nominated for further consideration. Sorry for any misunderstandings. Smallbones (talk) 21:08, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Thank you both for reviewing my submission concerns, Platonides and Smallbones. -- LaPetiteTortue (talk) 14:36, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, but I dare to disagree with your opinion, Peter. Deadline is deadline, and pictures that didn't make it should not be part of the competition. I know that it's harsh, but that's the rule; you can see yourself what happens if we grant people liberty to break it. odder (talk) 21:02, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

O of IA

Order of Independent Americans

In the file you uploaded, you asked to be told what "O of IA" stood for. It is the Order of Independent Americans. The refs I found (blog, Flickr description, 1947 obit) would not pass as reliable sources, but they offer a place to start if you need it.

I have altered the description of the file to reflect the order. Thundersnow (talk) 04:11, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

My picks

Are at User:Ruhrfisch/WLM Ruhrfisch (talk) 16:55, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

• Likewise: User:Acroterion/WLM. Acroterion (talk) 18:18, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Caught some duplicates in the overall list

• File:Interior_of_the_Cathedral_Basilica_of_Saints_Peter_and_Paul.JPG
• File:Kendall_Mill_Historic_District.jpg
• File:San Elizario Mission.jpg
• File:The Harpersfield Covered Bridge.jpg

Ruhrfisch (talk) 00:10, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, got'em Smallbones (talk) 00:44, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Email option activated

Good Day Sir,

I already activated the email option on preferences.

Also, I would like to thank you for your message on my talk page last 11 September 2012. I feel very honored that you appreciate my works. As requested, I removed the black bars on the images I submitted to WLM-USA.

Thank you very much and congratulations on the success of Wiki Loves Monuments. Thank you for providing a platform where people can share and use information freely. It has proven to be beneficial to students, professionals and all internet users. Kudos!

Best Regards, Carmelo Bayarcal --Carmelobayarcal (talk) 10:23, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

(Almost) duplicate images

Except for a tiny tilt, File:Birmingham Oct School.JPG and File:Birmingham Octagonal.JPG are the same image. Would you consider deleting the first one so there is no duplication? Thundersnow (talk) 20:22, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for catching it. Smallbones (talk) 23:49, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Places Journal

Thought you would appreciate this article and slideshow on the WLM USA contest and the larger role of the creative commons. http://places.designobserver.com/feature/state-of-the-commons-wikipedia-flickr-public-domain/37038/

Josh Wallaert (talk) 18:38, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

File:Baldwin School Gate 1.JPG

File:Baldwin School Gate 1.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!

GrapedApe (talk) 04:59, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Picture of the Year voting round 1 open

Dear Wikimedians,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2012 Picture of the Year competition is now open. We're interested in your opinion as to which images qualify to be the Picture of the Year for 2012. Voting is open to established Wikimedia users who meet the following criteria:

1. Users must have an account, at any Wikimedia project, which was registered before Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 [UTC].
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Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year are all entered in this competition. From professional animal and plant shots to breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historically relevant images, images portraying the world's best architecture, maps, emblems, diagrams created with the most modern technology, and impressive human portraits, Commons features pictures of all flavors.

For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topic categories. Two rounds of voting will be held: In the first round, you can vote for as many images as you like. The first round category winners and the top ten overall will then make it to the final. In the final round, when a limited number of images are left, you must decide on the one image that you want to become the Picture of the Year.

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Please answer my Question

Hi there my friend! I have a Question and need an answer as soon as possible. I'm translating all NFL teams wiki articles to Arabic wiki, can I use their logos to put on the Arabic wiki or not? b/c it says that the team's logos are all under COPY RIGHTS? ... for example, can I use this logo File:San Diego Chargers logo.svg in the team's Arabic wiki article or not (without creating any problems for myself)? And can I use the NFL logo on the Arabic wiki article? --- I'll be waiting for your answers, Thank you very much! --Qrhoo (talk) 04:49, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

I'm not an expert, especially about the Arabic Wiki. Each Wiki has its own rules. In the English Wiki, I think this is acceptable under the "fair use" exception to copyright, but "fair use" images are not acceptable on Commons. Possible solution: copy the logos from the English Wikipedia to the Arabic and use them there, if fair use is acceptable on the Arabic Wiki. Another possible angle: SOME of the logos may be out of copyright, e.g. the Bears and the Packers may have started using them in the early 1920's so the copyright has run out. Or other teams may have forgotten to renew the copyright. But it's very likely that any team's logo from after 1960 would have a copyrighted logo. So in short, go by the Arabic Wiki's rules. Smallbones (talk) 05:29, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Copyright status: File:Mets Malle Babbe.jpg

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Stefan4 (talk) 13:55, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

No FOP for 3D sculptures installed in the US after 1977

• There is just no Freedom of Panorama (FOP) for sculptures in the USA for sculptures and 3D art works installed after 1977 according to US copyright law. That is why This image was deleted from Commons and placed here on wikipedia on a non-free fair use claim instead. This image of artifacts at the Vietnam memorial was also deleted.

• In contrast, a Vietnam Memorial artwork remains used on Commons. Why? Because at the base of the artwork is the statement that it was created and installed in 1976--thereby meeting US FOP laws that 3D artworks and sculptures are copyright free if they are installed by the end of 1977. However, if you do have permission from the sculptor itself, then I imagine the image may be kept. I will give you the benefit of the doubt, however. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 08:24, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Yes there is explicit permission from the sculptor for anybody to photograph the sculpture. Smallbones (talk) 12:26, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

EC

Sorry about the edit conflict - I am done for the day (though I think they are all cropped and categorized as of now). Ruhrfisch (talk) 19:12, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Highsmith Sentinel 02457v.jpg

hi, with great regret, i conclude it's derivative of a copyrighted sculpture. sculptor alive [32]; [33] sorry about that. maybe an upload to english wikipedia as fair use with article is appropriate. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 15:07, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

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Thank you for contributing to Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in the United States

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NRHP in Philadelphia subsections

I just created new NRHP commons categories for Northeast, Northwest, Southwest and South Philadelphia. As someone more accustomed to the area, I'd think you'd want to move everything into the proper category. ----DanTD (talk) 17:25, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Good idea - it may take awhile. Smallbones (talk) 17:41, 4 January 2014 (UTC)

Here's an update; The one for Center City is finally here since yesterday. ----DanTD (talk) 15:44, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

Wrong venue mate

en:Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Blocked_admin_meatpuppeting_to_block_account.28s.29_here.3F is the wrong venue buddy. If you have an issue with me on Commons, the correct venue is COM:AN/U, not en:WP:AN/I. And if you decide to take the issue to COM:AN/U here, then you best be sure that you have your facts straight, because if you don't shit can boomerang right back at you; particularly when one looks at that thread you are setting yourself up for it looking like cross-wiki harassment. So go ahead, and do what you think needs to be done, but please don't talk shit about me on a project which is totally irrelevant to the issue at hand. russavia (talk) 03:39, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

If you want to use foul language and threaten me, stay off my talkpage. Smallbones (talk) 04:35, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Namechanges

First, I'd like to thank you for being polite and reasonable. Second, I'd like to apologize for the factual Hall/Mall error - mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. I genuinely believed that you had made a spelling mistake, and took advantage of what I thought was a needed correction to make the name more precise and -- this part is important -- less ambiguous.

My philosophy on filenames is that they should be as precise as is necessary for them to be informative and unambiguous, so as to facilitate use by humans. You may find these talkpage posts (from April 2013) to be informative; the tone is slightly more hostile than our current exchange, because it's a response to a mildly hostile message. DS (talk) 03:05, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

File:Goddess of Democracy DC defy censorship.JPG

Can you please fix the licencing of this photo, and any other images of this statue that you have uploaded, as it should be licenced under CC-BY-SA-3.0 and GFDL at the very least. You can't release it under CC-0 given Thomas Marsh's release. If you are not sure how this should be licenced and attributed, then feel free to drop me a line and I will be glad to help. Thanks, russavia (talk) 02:20, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

I've released my photo CC0. If you think that the license is otherwise incorrect, please ask another admin to fix it, but you should stay as far away as possible from any image of this statue, given your previous actions with it.

If I was unclear above, let me be precise. Stay off of my talk page. Smallbones (talk) 03:30, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Unfortunately, you can not release your photo as CC0, because this goes against the CC-BY-SA and GFDL licence. In regards to the CC licence that Thomas Marsh has authorised for photos of the statue to be made available under. If you peruse the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ CC-BY-SA-3.0 licence, the important part of this is:

ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

What this means, is that you have to licence the photo under the same licence. Now, you are able to waive your right to be attributed as part of this licence, but you are not able to release the photo into the public domain using CC0.

Does this make sense to you? Would you like some help in fixing the licencing requirements on this photo? I am full bottle on the licences, so am happy to help you with this, if you so desire. russavia (talk) 04:29, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Quit hassling me and stay off this page. Smallbones (talk) 04:36, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Smallbones, you have to understand that this issue can't be ignored, and it is indeed an issue. I am happy to fix the licencing, as I have stated a few times, but I need to know without a shadow of a doubt whether you wish to waive your right to attribution. If this is the case, please affirm that here and, again, I will be happy to fix the licencing. russavia (talk) 05:43, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Already fixed by @Jkadavoor. Thanks, Jee! odder (talk) 10:24, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Actually, Russavia is half right. The file must have a CC-BY-SA license for the sculptor's copyright because that is what he gave us. It can have a CC-0 or CC-BY-SA for the photographer's copyright. As it stands now, attribution is required for the sculpture, but no attribution is required for the photograph, which is, I think, the way you want it. .     Jim . . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 14:28, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

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2012 Picture of the Year: A pair of European Bee-eaters in Ariège, France.

Dear Wikimedians,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the second round of the 2013 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year will be the eighth edition of the annual Wikimedia Commons photo competition, which recognizes exceptional contributions by users on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons during the last year (2013) to produce a single Picture of the Year.

Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year were entered in this competition. These images include professional animal and plant shots, breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historical images, photographs portraying the world's best architecture, impressive human portraits, and so much more.

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The 2013 Picture of the Year competition has ended and we are pleased to announce the results: We shattered participation records this year — more people voted in Picture of the Year 2013 than ever before. In both rounds, 4070 different people voted for their favorite images. Additionally, there were more image candidates (featured pictures) in the contest than ever before (962 images total).

• In the first round, 2852 people voted for all 962 files
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We congratulate the winners of the contest and thank them for creating these beautiful images and sharing them as freely licensed content:

1. 157 people voted for the winner, an image of a lightbulb with the tungsten filament smoking and burning.
2. In second place, 155 people voted for an image of "Sviati Hory" (Holy Mountains) National Park in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
3. In third place, 131 people voted for an image of a swallow flying and drinking.

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Thank You

This is Dave from the Presbyterian Historical Society. Thank you for putting a picture of the John Witherspoon statue on our wiki page.

You're very welcome, it was my pleasure. See all six statues at en:Witherspoon Building. It may be awhile before I get back to you for postcards, but I think of your resources whenever I'm looking for a pic of a Presbyterian church. Smallbones (talk) 19:45, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	This is Dave from the Presbyterian Historical Society. Thank you for posting the picture of the John Witherspoon statue on our home page. Dkoch76 (talk) 19:16, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

defy censorship

hey, are you trolling me about Herman Herzog ? if you interlibrary loan it, i can't get the microfilm here. [34] (and it's 200 pages? i will talk with our Smithsonian friends. need to get the art history majors involved. Slowking4 ♡ Farmbrough's revenge 02:24, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

PA?

Moving back to Beaver Falls; I haven't yet found full-time employment (background comment, in case you don't remember), so all I'm able to be doing is an extended volunteer project of indefinite length while I work whatever miscellaneous jobs I can get. I only have a few more weeks here in Indiana; this is why I made an every-county visit to Illinois, and why I'm hitting the Kentucky sites so hard at the moment. Nyttend (talk) 13:25, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

NRHP refnum

A minor issue. In a few cases, when adding refnums to images, in particular to Klotz images, you've been adding either a leading colon or trailing bracket, for example, in File:ROMANTA T. MILLER HOUSE, WHEATFIELD, MONROE COUNTY.jpg and File:EDGERLEY,_LIVINGSTON_COUNTY.jpg. This shows the number on the displayed page correctly, but causes the NRHP template to add the hidden category National Register of Historic Places without known IDs. I was cleaning up in that category today and came across 6 like that. Cut and paste error, or rogue script? Generic1139 (talk) 20:38, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Swift poem!

No that's fine. I rejigged it a bit, and got rid of mistakes. Didn't know it was Swift though. Unbuttered Parsnip (talk) 13:09, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

St. James the Less, Philadelphia

I found some more images. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 12:58, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Philadelphia streets

Well, it's taken more than 6 hours, but I think I've corrected the protocol on the streets. Two questions for you: Did you intend "Category:Walnut Street, Philadelphia" to be different than "Category:Walnut Street (Philadelphia)"? And what street is Venturi's Guild House on? == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 18:54, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

Sorry about the 4th digit! "Category:Walnut Street, Philadelphia" is a mistake. The Guild House is on Vine Street, right between a German museum and the Edgar Allen Poe House. Smallbones (talk) 20:48, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

Category:Bellamy_Mansion_(Wilmington,_North_Carolina)

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File:Safe harbor Dam Flickr.jpg

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Thanks for the photo of the Wilmington Delaware YMCA, very useful for a documentary I am making.

Thanks for using it! There's no point in posting these photos unless they are used. Smallbones (talk) 00:10, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

File:Dino toys.JPG

File:Dino toys.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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File:RRMOP 1818.JPG

File:RRMOP 1818.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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What an interesting building

Richardsonian Romanesque reaches York, PA. My guess is mid-to-late-1880s. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 11:49, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

320 N. Queen, York, PA. across from Westminister Park. Apparently no website, but facebook account says "Westminster Presbyterian was started in 1869 as a mission to the working people living in north York. We are still passionate about this ministry today." 1869 is prob. the start of the congregation rather than the building. Smallbones (talk) 12:49, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

It's still there,[35] and the tower & spire are intact, although it's much smaller scale that it appeared in the vintage postcard. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 13:01, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

What you're doing with the Presbyterian Historical Society's collection is a very fine thing. Especially adding all the extra stuff, including coords. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 13:14, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

File:New York NY 1st Presby PHS817.jpg

What is your basis for saying this is pre-1923? Edward Caswell did a lot of drawings of Greenwich Village, but mostly (as far as I know) in the 1930s and '40s. To my (admittedly inexpert) eye, this doesn't even look particularly like early Caswell, especially by the way he handled the background at upper left. - Jmabel ! talk 23:41, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

Moved from User talk:Jmabel to keep conversation in one place. - Jmabel ! talk 01:00, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

This postcard is from the collections of the Presbyterian Historical Society. I am scanning these postcards for them with copies going to Commons. These collections are almost all pre-WWII. They want to be sure that they are not releasing copyrighted works, so my instructions are to use my judgement to scan pre-1923 cards. Perhaps I made a mistake here (1 mistake out of 800 scans is certainly possible) on the pre-1923 part. But as far as the the "not being copyrighted" part, there is no mistake. With 3 or 4 exceptions (not this card) none of the cards have a copyright mark, all have been published in the US, and almost all are pre-WWII. Which adds up that this card, if not pre-1923, is public domain by being published without a copyright mark (in the US, before 1976). If you'd like to change the reason stated for being out of copyright - please go ahead. I'll talk with the PHS people about this the next time I see them, but my guess is that they won't care - the reason the cutoff standard was set so strictly was that a few minor mistakes are bound to be made when so many cards are scanned. I can check the meta data if you'd like, but my recollection was that this had a 1 cent stamp and illegible postmark, no copyright mark (of course) on either side.

Smallbones (talk) 00:50, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

End Moved - Jmabel ! talk 01:00, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

That makes sense. I didn't have a batch to look at, just one image with a date I didn't believe. - Jmabel ! talk 01:00, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

LOVE Picture

Good Evening, my name is Nassir Nixon. I am working on creating shirts for a group i am in, and i was wondering if i could use the picture of the LOVE sculpture in NEW YORK, City. I won't be able to make the shirts without your consent. It would be greatly appreciated if you gave me the consent to use the picture to add to my design. I look forward to hearing from you.

Hi, thanks for the interest. Could you give me the file name? I couldn't find it, and I don't remember taking that picture in NYC. I do remember taking similar pictures in Philadelphia, but I couldn't find them either! Almost always, I make my photos "Public Domain" or CC-0, which is the same thing - anybody can use them for anything, without even asking. There might be a small complication with this photo however. If you could click on the "Email this user" link in the left hand column (under "Tools") I can fill you in, IF you give me the file name.

Sincerely,

Smallbones (talk) 23:58, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

Hey, maybe it's my computer but the link "email this user" is appearing for me under tools.

If you can just give me the name of the file, I'd be able to look at this today or tomorrow. It should look something like this "File:LOVE sculpture NY cropped.jpg" (but that is not my photo). Thanks for your cooperation. Smallbones (talk) 12:53, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

upload wizard

hey, nice uploads of postcards. are you still using the wizard. i'm finding Commons:VicuñaUploader better for batches. fyi, here is a youtube down tool (http://www.thomaspadilla.org/2015/04/27/ydata/). cheers. Slowking4♡Farmbrough's revenge 21:39, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you Smallbones for you wonderful images! Karen Samuels (talk) 14:01, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Thank you @Karen Samuels: . It's always a pleasure to get such nice feedback. Smallbones (talk) 14:33, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

JOHN D. HART HOUSE, MERCER COUNTY, NJ.jpg

Do you or user:KLOTZ know what file:JOHN D. HART HOUSE, MERCER COUNTY, NJ.jpg is of or where it was taken? It was marked as NRHP 72000800, but according to nomination photo and nomination it should be a small clapboard house. Also, the description in the nomination doesn't match the one on the nomination, John D Hart is a presumed nephew of the declaration signer, and not the signer. Any thoughts? In the mean time, I've removed the tag to keep it from getting misapplied to a list. Generic1139 (talk) 20:20, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Re:

Hi, there's no such user:Klotzplate, I think it's somehow mispelled but I'm a bit in a hurry so I cannot look for similar usernames. Anyway the block is meant to affect a certain IP address, not this particular user. So he's caught by a side effect. If you'll give me more detail I'll be able to give the necessary help/advice. --Vituzzu (talk) 15:34, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

Renaming Photɒ

Apologies, did not realize this. Was trying to give some clarity to many photos in commons so they could be found easier on image searches. I can revert the name if you wish. ̴Connor7617 (talk) 12:48, 24 October 2015 (UTC) ˑ

Thank you for the information. I'm a Geographer and have several thousand photos of various places I've worked over the years. Many are on 35mm slides till about 5 years ago, and I catalog them by place/date. Allentown is my hometown and I was just sorting all the images out and cataloging them into some orderly manner. I was unaware there were 25 million images on Commons, so I can see your point. I'll stick to cataloging as I go along then. Connor7617 (talk) 18:53, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

Category:Thirty-third_Street_Bridge_in_Philadelphia

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Choess (talk) 22:57, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Parkway House

Since you seem to have an interest in the Parkway House that rivals my own, maybe you'd like to meet near there for lunch one day, and we could have a friendly "shutter showdown", where we see who can take the better photos of various Philadelphia landmarks that are currently not covered in Commons? - Thekohser (talk) 16:01, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Stay off my page. That goes for both Commons and EN:Wikipedia. Smallbones (talk) 16:49, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

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fyi

hey, check out the comments on english [36] i understand, they are defensive about the mass deletions to make a point, but it would be better for the project, if a modus vivendi could be worked out. maybe you could have a word about censorship. cheers Slowking4 § Richard Arthur Norton's revenge 02:15, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

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Fæ (talk) 13:34, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

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X96lee15 (talk) 23:44, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Hang on, bad nomination on my end. Looks like this image is OK. Will withdraw. Sorry. -- X96lee15 (talk) 23:49, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

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Choess (talk) 19:47, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

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real name

Hello, Smallbones -- I'd like to use one of your photos and attribute it to you, but it looks silly to have a photo credit saying "Photo by Smallbones." Would you be willing to share your first and last name so I can make it say "Photo by Mary Jones" or whatever? Pha telegrapher (talk)

A Walk on Main Street, Ferndale, California

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MacArthur

hey smallbones, check out the new MacArthur wrinkle: "When used herein, Media Organization means a legal entity, for profit or not for profit, engaged in disseminating information to the general public through a newspaper, magazine, other publication, radio, television, the internet, cable television, or other medium of mass communication including by digital means." [37] i.e. wikimedia = media organization? maybe we should revisit that mass deletion. Slowking4 § Sander.v.Ginkel's revenge 00:09, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

Justin Bieber's use

Hi you asked me a comment/statement about Justin Bieber's use of my image of the fetus at 12 weeks of gestation for his aprils joke. Please let me know where and to whom I should send it. Regards --Wolfgang Moroder (talk) 12:56, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

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Yours sincerely, 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 05:22, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

File:999 Eddy a SF CA.JPG

Hey Smallbones, I stumbled upon File:999 Eddy a SF CA.JPG while checking out Wikipedia:St._Paulus_Lutheran_Church. I was wondering if this was taken at 601 Eddy or 999 Eddy because I can't seem to verify the location from the image alone and there appears to be conflicting information on the file page itself. Thanks for your help. — BriefEdits (talk) 07:32, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

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Photo requests in southern New Jersey

Hey, Smallbones! Are you still convenient to Southern New Jersey? If so would it be OK if I gave some photo ideas? I am finishing up a Cape May trip and had photographed stone harbor but I realized I had not in fact photographed the town hall... If you do swing by Stone Harbor someday would it be alright if you photographed the town hall/police station?

Thank you WhisperToMe (talk) 22:56, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

@WhisperToMe: Someday, sure. Maybe in the Fall, maybe next Summer. Smallbones (talk) 00:55, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

@WhisperToMe: Are the coordinates in Wikidata? That puts it on the WikiShootMe website, and the Commons App. I use both to find targets in unfamiliar places. Jim.henderson (talk) 16:02, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

@Jim.henderson: I don't think the town hall has its own entry on Wikidata. The street address is 9508 Second Avenue, Stone Harbor, New Jersey 08247. Google Maps puts this at about 39°03'14.1"N 74°45'28.9"W WhisperToMe (talk) 23:44, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

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signpost obituaries

Hi Smallbones: Just wondering if User:Pi zero could have an obituary in the signpost. He was active on wikinews (obituary:n:Wikinews mourns loss of volunteer John Shutt), but also on many other wmf wikis including Commons, enwiki, Meta and Wikibooks. Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (talk) 21:03, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

@Ottawahitech: go ahead and place the Wikinews obit *after* Yoninah at en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Next issue/Obituary and cut down the word count to 400-500 words (from 980!) I hate seeming so arbitrary, but "parity" is important in obits. Smallbones (talk) 21:29, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

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Filetime (talk) 04:55, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Silly kids

I don't know the process, but could you do it for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Samuel_Escueta/sandbox who seems to be unclear on the concept? Best! Ellin Beltz (talk) 23:19, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

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Thank you!

Thank you for putting George Chernilevsky's day-by-day account in the The Signpost. Such eye witness accounts are very moving. Krok6kola (talk) 18:14, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Thank you (and especially George). Smallbones (talk) 18:29, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

“Dogs can wear hats”

Your photo of your dog wearing the Wikipedia Editor hat on the w:Dog fashion page is possibly my favorite thing I’ve ever seen on Wikipedia, thanks for sharing!

Neighborhood Review (talk) 22:21, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Goddess of Democracy (San Francisco)

I'd love to not "abuse" the {{subst:idw}} but actually, at least one file that you were  Keeping has been re-nominated, you may want to have a look at it. Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 02:03, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

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A1Cafel (talk) 04:19, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Photographer's Barnstar
	i love the dog in the Wikipedia hat Magmamatt (talk) 21:55, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

@Smallbones Hello sir, I love your picture of a dog in a wikipedia hat. Do you by any chance know where I may acquire this hat if possible, and of course under the circumstances you are still active? Thank you! 2601:285:100:DCE0:F0F7:84A1:221:EF6D 19:21, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

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1924 Arch Street

Thank you for your photographs of the Francis McIlvain house at 1924 Arch Street. It was at the time (I believe 2014) on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia. It was subsequently torn down to make way for something modern. Francis McIlvain and his brother owned an Iron Foundry at 8th and Washington in Philadelphia. He was related by marriage to my great great grandfather Lt. William Gelston who died in our nation's civil war. Francis became guardian for the 6 Gelston orphan children (the mother Emma died of cholera) several of whom lived at 1924 Arch Street. Even though the house is gone the picture means a lot to me. Thank you so much. :-) 216.212.124.207 04:35, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/216.212.124.207 Thanks for letting me know. I'm very sorry to hear that it's gone Smallbones (talk) 12:43, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

William L. Price house in Lower Merion called Kelty

Kelty

Smallbones. I am interested in having you take another photograph of this house like the one you posted but without snow. It is for a book that is to be published. How could I arrange that with you? Domestic detritus (talk) 17:24, 19 January 2024 (UTC)