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Tip: Categorizing images[edit]

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Hello, Martinvl!

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.

CategorizationBot (talk) 10:50, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Copyright status: File:DLS M25.JPG[edit]

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CommonLicker (talk) 19:50, 10 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

File:Birth certificate of Prince George of Cambridge - 20130802.jpg[edit]

I have a licencing question with regard to this image, please see talk page. LGA _talk^edits 13:48, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have replied. LGA _talk^edits 23:18, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:Birth certificate of Prince George of Cambridge - 20130802.jpg[edit]

File:Birth certificate of Prince George of Cambridge - 20130802.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.

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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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LGA _talk^edits 10:01, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 - Ein Wiki-Beitrag für die Denkmaltopographie[edit]

Hallo Martinvl,

vor zehn Tagen endete der vierte Fotowettbewerb Wiki Loves Monuments. Du hast daran aktiv teilgenommen und wir möchten Dir dafür herzlich danken.

Mit mehr als 35 Tausend Fotos hat Deutschland wie in den Vorjahren ein gutes Ergebnis erreicht und einen Anteil von 14 % an diesem internationalen Projekt erbracht, an dem sich 40 Länder beteiligten. Sehr erfreulich ist die hohe Zahl an 651 Teilnehmern allein in Deutschland. Schon zum Abschluss des Wettbewerbs waren rund 6000 Fotos (=17 %) in Listen und Artikel eingebunden. Einen detaillierten Überblick zu den Fotos, den Bundesländern und Teilnehmern findest du auf unserer WLM-Projektseite.

Die deutsche Jury hat nun die eingereichten Beiträge übernommen und ist gegenwärtig dabei, diesen wertvollen Fotobestand zu den Kulturdenkmalen zu sichten. Am nächsten Wochenende wird in Hamburg die entscheidende Jury-Sitzung stattfinden. Wir wünschen auch Dir mit Deinem Foto-Beitrag dabei viel Glück und Erfolg. Du darfst gespannt sein und all Deine Freunde bitten, Dir die Daumen zu drücken.

Die preisgekrönten 100 Gewinner-Fotos werden in der Woche ab dem 20. Oktober veröffentlicht. Auf dieser Grundlage wird auch in diesem Jahr ein Kalender-Poster für 2015 gedruckt werden.

Auf zwei Möglichkeiten einer weiteren aktiven Mitwirkung an unserem Denkmal-Projekt möchten wir bei dieser Gelegenheit hinweisen bzw. Dich dazu einladen:

Unsere Freunde in Österreich haben mit einem gerade gestarteten Denkmal-Cup das Editieren von Denkmallisten und Denkmalartikeln in den Focus gerückt. Bis Ende des Jahres kannst Du Punkte sammeln und Preise gewinnen. Dabei geht es mit diesem Wettbewerb nicht nur um Kulturdenkmale in AT oder D, sondern generell um Denkmale in der deutschsprachigen Wikipedia, als offen für alle Länder.

Vom 6.-8. November findet erneut die Europäische Denkmalmesse in Leipzig statt. Mit Unterstützung von Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. werden wir zum zweiten Mal die Ergebnisse von Wiki Loves Monuments im Rahmen eines Standes sowie eines Workshops vorstellen.

WLM-Aktivisten sind herzlich eingeladen, bei der Betreuung des Messestandes sowie in den Gesprächen über Möglichkeiten einer partnerschaftlichen Zusammenarbeit mit den Denkmalbehörden mitzuwirken. Die Reisekosten übernimmt für 8-10 registrierte Standbetreuer WMDE. Es muss nicht der gesamte Messezeitraum sein, auch eine Mitwirkung an 2 Tagen hilft uns, den Beitrag der Wikipedia für die Denkmaltopographie sichtbar zu machen.

Und schließlich gilt: Nach dem Wettbewerb ist vor dem Wettbewerb. Bereits jetzt kann jeder mit der Planung von Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 beginnen. Wir freuen uns auf Deine weiteren Beiträge für Wikimedia-Projekte.

Viel Spaß dabei wünscht Dir das Orga-Team.

( Bernd Gross), 11.10.2014

Valued images[edit]

Hi Martinvl, have you been through the Valued Image process before? It's one of Commons' way of recognising good photos. The [[criteria are straightforward, images have to be:

Is the most valuable illustration of its kind on Wikimedia Commons
Is nominated as being the most valuable within a suitably generic scope
Must illustrate its subject well
Is fully described on the image page
Is geocoded, when relevant
Is well categorized at an appropriate level

I was browsing some of the WLM and File:194 OldScotneyCastle.jpg stood out. I think if it was nominated the in the scope Scotney Castle SW view it would stand a good chance of being promoted. Nev1 (talk) 15:49, 24 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Nev1: Thank you for your message. I have nominated the picture.

Regards Martinvl (talk) 20:50, 24 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Good morning Martinvl,[edit]

Thank you for your message. My English is zero comma zero. Everything I do with Google Trans Lake. If you want to improve it, please. With regards, Dominicus (Famberhorst).--Famberhorst (talk) 06:18, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Valued_image_candidates[edit]

Goedemorgen Martinvl,
Ik heb vanmorgen een foto geplaatst op Valued_image_candidates. Mocht de vertaling onverhoopt niet kloppen, wilt u dan zo goed zijn om de fouten te herstellen? Bij voorbaat hartelijk dank voor de moeite.
Met vriendelijke groet, Dominicus (Famberhorst)

Hi Dominicus

Thanks for your message. I made a few minor changes to the VI request and also added an English description to the image itself. I trust that these are OK. -- Martinvl (talk) 19:02, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
[reply]

Goedemorgen Martinvl,
Fijn, dat u de tekst heeft gecorrigeerd. Ik vind het belangrijk, dat de juiste informatie bij de foto staat. Hartelijk dank hiervoor. Met vriendelijke groet, Dominicus.

Der WLM-Countdown hat begonnen[edit]

Hallo Martinvl,

nun ist es wieder soweit. Vom 1. bis zum 30. September findet zum fünften Mal der internationale Wettbewerb Wiki Loves Monuments statt. Im Mittelpunkt steht bekanntlich das Fotografieren von Kulturdenkmalen. Du hast an einem der letzten Fotowettbewerbe teilgenommen und wir freuen uns auf weitere Bildbeiträge von Dir.

Viele interessante Motive, nicht nur Burgen und Schlösser, sondern auch Fachwerkhäuser, Brücken und Brunnen, technische und Industriedenkmale und vieles mehr gibt es noch zu fotografieren, damit sie in der Wikipedia dokumentiert werden können. Nützliche Tipps findest du auf unserer WLM-Projektseite. Du kannst gerne individuell Fototouren durchführen oder aber Dich auch Gruppentouren anschließen. Besonders freuen wir uns auf Fotos, die Lücken in den Denkmallisten der Wikipedia ausfüllen.

Darüber hinaus kannst Du auch an der Arbeit der Jury teilnehmen, die Mitte Oktober die Fotos bewerten und die Gewinner ermitteln wird. Bis zum 15. August kannst du hier Deine Bewerbung einreichen.

Viel Erfolg und Spaß beim größten Fotowettbewerb der Wiki(m/p)edia in den bevorstehenden Wettbewerbswochen wünscht Dir das Orga-Team. Wir freuen uns auf Deine Fotos.

( Bernd Gross, 6. August 2015)

Apeiba_echinata[edit]

Hi Charles

Please look at my comments at this VI submission. Did you actually check the description? Martinvl (talk) 08:33, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi - yes I did check it and tried to see if there is an appropriate English description, but couldn't see one so I gave nominator the benefit of the doubt this time. Charles (talk) 10:18, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Charlesjsharp: Hi Charles,

Please look at the history of this file. It was submitted a few days ago by the same editor. You will see that it was very poorly documented and that I overhauled the documentation. I would like the editor to do his own documentation this time. If you give editors the benefit of the doubt, please also correct any mistakes that they have made. Martinvl (talk) 10:56, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I really don't have any strong views on this nomination either way, but I do agree with your intention of getting things right. Charles (talk) 11:48, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I see your point about giving the benefit of the doubt to th eeditor, but this is not an examination for the benefit of the editor, but rather an examination to guarantee to the user that the image is better than the run-of-the-mill images in Commons. Martinvl (talk) 12:00, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate status in open MVRs[edit]

Hi Martinvl,

I'm guessing that one of us is misunderstanding the policies/guidelines or whatever they are here. Can we try to figure-out what the rules actually say.

The reasons I changed all the MVR candidates to "discussed" are that:

The last line of Commons:Valued image candidates/Most valued review states: "Each candidate should have its status parameter set to discussed, while the MVR is ongoing."
The first sentence in the second big yellow box at the top of the Commons:Valued image candidates#Pending Most valued review candidates section states: "All open candidates in an MVR has to be in the discussed state".

Can you clarify the basis for your reverts of my changes and your comment that the '"discussed" status only applies to existing VIs"', with references to any supporting guidelines etc.

Thanks. DeFacto (talk) 18:38, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@DeFacto: I have reread the policies/guidelines. You are quite right and I apologize. I have taken the liberty of slightly rewording Commons:Valued image candidates/Most valued review. I trust that you will agree with my rewording. I will reinstate your work. Martinvl (talk) 21:30, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. DeFacto (talk) 07:16, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Block[edit]

You have been blocked from editing Commons. The reason for the block is available in the block log as is the name of the administrator who blocked you. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may add {{Unblock}} below this message explaining clearly why you should be unblocked. For more information, see Appealing a block.

--Christian Ferrer (talk) 19:49, 26 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

{{unblock|1=I wish to appeal my block on the grounds that actions to which the blocking administrator objected were made ten months ago in [[:en:good faith|good faith]]. Actions made in good faith are not vandalism. I acknowledge that I had only consulted the English-speaking community in making this change rather than the entire VI project. I only became aware of the need to consult all language groups after reading the comments that followed my block. Unfortunately I cannot find any instructions explaining either the need to consult all language groups if one wishes to make a change to this project, nor a protocol on how one should consult all group. If I am unblocked and I will make my first priority an apology to non-English (and particularly the French group) for not having consulted them and then invite those involved in the discussion where I was blocked on how best to set up a protocol to prevent others making the same mistake that I made. For the record I know of at least one other editor who might be having the same problems that I had.}} [[User:Martinvl|Martinvl]] ([[User talk:Martinvl#top|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 08:34, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

[Sorry for not using {{Unblock granted}}; no matter what I did, I couldn't get it to display my rationale] This was one of the worst blocks I've seen in nine years of editing WMF projects. More details. Nyttend (talk) 03:24, 29 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Christian Ferrer: I am confused by this block. I don't see any prior discussion, and yet this user was indefinitely blocked for "vandalism" and "disturbing behavior." Can you please explain this? Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 02:27, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Magog the Ogre: I took decision for block during the discussion there. The events as I see them are:

He asked for a change of rules [1]

Two days later, with no answers of the active users of the project, he made the change [2], I am myself active in this project, and never heard about this change of rule nor even about any proposal, maybe Archaeodontosaurus, the most active user of the project can confirm that too.

As you can see in this archive, two month before the change we had a discussion about the project, you can check the names, thus I guess it was not so hard to have the attention of the community for who want it. You may say it's a different talk page, well, indeed. However this talk page is easily accessible.

The discussions inside the nominations themselve are also very common, and it's quite easy to talk about proposals/changes.

He opened a thread in the administrator's user problems. "I have been trying to persuade a group of editors..." "Since three the editors that I named are French ". What? no one had discuss about this change, he tried to persuade?, it's because they are french?. If you're able to see good faith in that, Magog the Ogre, me I am not.

Exemple of reactions that follows:

[3] "Abuses, repeated of Martinval are a problem." Archaeodontosaurus

[4] "There is absolutely no mention of the obligation of a wikilink. The links references for images has never been a mandatory requirement." Medium69

[5] "I don't. Wikimedia Commons VI process would work a lot better without an interfering busybody making everyone else's life a misery. In future I intend to ignore Martinvl's contributions as if they weren't there." Charlesjsharp

I precise at this point no one is aware that he made a change of the rules. The change was discover by RP88. I reverted it, as nobody was asked for this change nor have agreed.

When he spoke [6], he spoke not to try to apologize about any clumsiness: "Now will you please undo your changes".

How is it possible at this point, acting in good faith, to stay on the big white horse and not to jeopardize a bit: why the other users have so much animosity? why have I been reverted?

There is not even one act by him really in the direction of the community. So much endianness (I'm not sure about traduction, french : jusqu'au boutisme), that continue here (victim/defensive position), with no real questioning, can not be good faith and prove not only he did not have, but nor he don't have yet the will to work collaboratively with the others.

I suggest not to unblock him but to increase the block to one month or two as for now he did not yet understand nor he did not show he has the will to understand that he created himself an unpleasant environment for the other users (see their comments above). --Christian Ferrer (talk) 09:29, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I will not go back on the many problems raised by this user. But only on the block. This is not vandalism. The vandalism are easy to see. Here we are in a very special case of a user who modifies the Community rules and that it uses this falsification to impose his ideas. There forgery and use of forgeries. I must admit I have not seen. I had not imagined was possible. This behavior is more serious than vandalism. The block is entirely justified and the community must be vigilant about the actions of this user --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 10:11, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
That confirm an increase of the block is appropriate IMO. --Christian Ferrer (talk) 10:52, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Firstly, will Christian Ferrer please read WP:BRD (in English) or WP:CRD (in French). No discussion took place before he imposed the block.

As regards points #2 and #3 may I draw to attention that in the discussion that took place after I was blocked. In that discission it became apparent that due to the multilingual nature of the VI project, the normal Wikipedia practices are not always practicable, and more importantly that the preferred process for the VI project is not documented. When I made the changes I was not aware of the preferred process. This is not my failing –it is a failing of the project as a whole. This failing can easily be remedied by creating a page ":COMMONS:VI Maintence" which catalogues such processes. Links to this page should be added to the VI index family of templates VIlinks/XX ("XX" = "en", "fr", "de" etc).
The English definition of "Vandalism" and the French definition of "Vandalisme" contain the words "deliberate attempt to damage/délibérément destructive" (my bolding). As I have argued earlier and as the above paragraph shows, any problems caused were the result of misunderstanding. I therefore utterly reject any suggestion of vandalism.
I will not defend the other points in detail, but pick out the one that sparked the whole discussion. Will Magog the Ogre (or whoever else is picking up this thread) please visit this VI and check the links in the description ("Apeiba echinata" and "fruits and seeds"). He will find that they do not link up to any page. This applies to the English, French and German versions of the description). If these links are part of a valued image what does that say about the quality of Wikimedia Commons? My sole intent was to maintain the quality of VI, but my observations were not taken seriously as is shown here.
Finally, may I point out that Christian Ferrer's comments on this page shows that he is not an entirely uninvolved administrator.

Martinvl (talk) 11:04, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That, above, confirm two weeks or two month will change nothing, "indefinitely block" will be more appropriate, ~~if it is not this time so the next time~~. I hope we are not going to start a "collection" of 7 blocks as in English Wikipedia. --Christian Ferrer (talk) 11:23, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

All this story goes beyond vandalism, it is indeed worse than that. Falsification in order to impose ideas, or maybe worse, in order to create an hostile environment. --Christian Ferrer (talk) 11:50, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How is it possible even for a beginner, and he is not, not to think that change rules of a project as VI, QI or FP without even a word exchanged with another user can not pose some problems ? would come to the idea of one of you to do such a thing and not to think that the other users will not appreciate, even when you were beginner ? seriously, how is it possible ? Imagine yourself doing that, please imagine, you change the rules of one of this project without any exchange (discussion), you open a thread at user problem’s and you claim about your good faith, is someone here able to do that and to claim about good faith? There is none good faith here, only provocations. I ask this user indefinitely blocked. --Christian Ferrer (talk) 13:34, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Christian Ferrer:

The standard Wikipedia policy regarding changes is to use the WP:BRD (in English) / WP:CRD (in French) cycle. In some cases preliminary discussion is requested. I did that, but nobody responded to my requests or additions for ten months, so I assumed that nobody had any objections or further contributions to make. The question is whether I have to apologize for failing to follow the VI project rules (which are different to the English Wikipedia rules) or whether the VI project rules are so poorly written (if they are written at all), that the VI Project as a whole needs to put its own house in order.
There is no point you and I discussing whether or not the bad Wikipedia links in this image are sufficient that it should have failed #4.2 of the VI criteria (and therefore should not have been awarded a VI status). This is best discussed by people who have no association with the project. Their verdict on this image will decide the rest of my criticisms.

Martinvl (talk) 16:42, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Let me be clear: falsification is the intentional presentation of incorrect information, or hoaxing. There is no possible way in which a good-faith user can construe this as falsification. Nyttend (talk) 03:24, 29 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sundial category hierarchy destruction[edit]

Hi Martinvl, why are you dismantling the southern hemisphere sundial category hierarchy? DeFacto (talk). 10:36, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I got it slightly wrong in ther first place. I am now aliogning it with the definition in Wikipedia (en:Sundial#Sundials in the Southern Hemisphere) and taking the opportunity to ensure that every sundial in the southern hemisphere is properly classified (horizontal, vertical, cylindrical etc). The Southern Hemisjphere category will now point to sundials on an individual basis, not a country by country basis. Martinvl (talk) 11:01, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Why not by horizontal/vertical/equatorial per country? Then it's easy to do hemispheres, etc. DeFacto (talk). 16:04, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have rewritten the introductory line to "Sundials in the Southern Hemisphere". In it I now emphasise that this clasification is to do with the ordering of the numbers rather the geographical location. Martinvl (talk) 18:12, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

But that category name is unambiguously referring to a geographical location. Why destroy this perfectly valid and valuable category when you could just simply create another called something like Sundials designed for use in the southern hemisphere? You are undoing the hard work of others for no clear or apparent good reason. DeFacto (talk). 18:33, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Since I am now 3/4 of the way through the change, I can easily get it renamed using a BOT. Martinvl (talk) 18:36, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Take a look at the way I've done Category:Sundials in Portugal and think about applying that logic to the ones you are working on. DeFacto (talk). 22:55, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've extended that logic to southern hemisphere countries. I think you'll agree it gives a very flexible scheme. By adding just the one appropriate category to vertical or horizontal sundials we now get the ability to see all vertical or horizontal sundials by country or by hemisphere. You might like to help cover the "equatorial" types and other odd types. DeFacto (talk). 22:37, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Goedenavond Martin,[edit]

Allereerst hartelijk dank voor de moeite die u gedaan heeft om de vertaling van mijn foto in goede banen te leiden, daar ben ik erg blij mee. Volgens mijn informatie bestond de pingoruïne al en is later door turfwinning in omvang toegenomen.
Met vriendelijke groet,
Dominicus Bergsma.
PS: ik heb u in het Nederlands geantwoord om vertaalmisverstanden te voorkomen.--Famberhorst (talk) 16:51, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Famberhorst: Geen probleem nie! Toe ek op skool was het ek geleer om Afrikaans te skryf maar ek weier dus om in Nederlands to skryf, maar ek lees Nederlands. Ek dink dat dit sielsfde met jou is!

Groete

Martin

File:Windhoek christuskirche.jpg[edit]

Hi Martinvl - Thanks for nominating the photo and I confirm I am the author. I first uploaded it to Wikitravel years ago so it was still listed under my name there. I've changed the author name to my WMF name now. Cheers -Shaundd (talk) 06:58, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Marshalling Cat[edit]

Ok I'm sorry File:The Old Police Station, Coat of Arms - geograph.org.uk - 756043.jpg reverted too. --Heralder (talk) 20:57, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Hockey player[edit]

Hello,

About this, I think your e-mail correspondent made a mistake. The player on the photo does not look like other photos of Gerry McNeil on the internet. He does not seem to have a goaler's equipment. Gerry McNeil was not with the Canadiens in 1945, although he was with their affiliate team. The player looks like Glen Harmon. (Your talk page is categorized in Category:Paul Kruger. That should probably be fixed.) -- Asclepias (talk) 23:26, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Asclepias: : Hi,

Thanks for your note. I was relying on second-hand information and I gave the source of my information which I will admit was not particualrly reliable. Please feel free to change it if you believe my identification to be incorrect, particularly if you have a more reliable source - I will not oppose it. BTW, thanks for the note about the "Category:Paul Kruger" - I have corrected it. Martinvl (talk) 12:22, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Don't forget to add the scope change template[edit]

Hi Martinvl, I noticed you changed the scope on Commons:Valued image candidates/Exbury House 2017.jpg. Per Commons:Valued image candidates/Exbury House 2017.jpg#Changes in scope during the review period you also need to add a "VIC-scope-change" template to the bottom of the review. Although there are no votes yet, I suppose it adds clarity in the context of the discussion. DeFacto (talk). 11:27, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Update request for File:Metrication by year map.svg[edit]

Hello.

In File:Metrication by year map.svg can you color the ex-Soviet states the same color as Russia, because the metric system was introduced by a decree of the Council of People’s Commissars of the RSFSR (which included the current ex-Soviet states except Moldova and Baltic states) on Sept. 14, 1918? The RSFSR was renamed the USSR in 1923 and the RSFSR became one of its members as a Union Republic. It was made mandatory for the USSR by a resolution of the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR on July 21, 1925. And on April 16, 1927 other systems of measurements were prohibited for parallel usage, and the metric system became the sole system of measurement. When the metric reform in the USSR was completed, the Commission was abolished by the Decree of the Council of People's Commissars on March 15, 1928

Here is a source in Russian which I think is credible and which can be translated by a Google translator: http://www.krotov.info/history/11/1/kamenzeva_05.htm

If you don't object, can I put further requests for both File:World metrication.svg and File:Metrication by year map.svg, if I find other credible sources for other countries? Sources, let alone credible ones, are very difficult to find.

Thank you.

31.200.14.100 01:32, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Happy holidays! 2019! ;)[edit]

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Hartelijk dank.[edit]

Beste Martin, Ik ben erg blij met uw positieve commentaar on mijn foto. Ik beheers de Engelse taal niet. Alles gaat via translate en dat geeft soms verwarring. Uw verbeteringen worden door mij erg op prijsgesteld. Met vriendelijke groet,
Dear Martin, I am very pleased with your positive comment on my photo. I do not master the English language. Everything goes through translate and that sometimes gives confusion. Your improvements are greatly appreciated by me. Sincerely,--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 07:25, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Goedemorgen Martin,[edit]

Heel hartelijk dank voor de zeer uitgebreide beschrijving van de Amerikaanse windmolen. Ik ga je beschrijving ook op de andere versies plaatsen. Nogmaals hartelijk dank. Groeten uit het mooie Friesland bovenin Nederland. --Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 05:22, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Agnes Monkelbaan: Thank you for your message. Please visit af:Gebruiker:Martinvl. Martinvl (talk) 16:28, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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SI Logo[edit]

Hi Martinvl,
thank you for uploading the Si logo with constants (File:SI Illustration.png). Unfortunately, the image has a colored background., but fortunately, BIPM has provided the original logos for free use - see http://www.bipm.org/en/si-download-area/graphics-files.html

I would suggest that you replace the image you published by the original logo. -- Cheers, Wassermaus (talk) 20:52, 21 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Wassermaus:

Thank you for your e-mail. I checked your reference, but the files at the site you identified are free for non-commercial use only (See here) and are therefore "not free to use" in the Wikimedia sense (see Commons:Licensing. Since the image that I found was extracted from a document published under Creative Commons freedom by the BIPM (owner of the image copyright), my extraction of the image from the document makes it a free image in the Wikimedia sense. I however take your point about the coloured background and will replace it with a white one in the next day or two.

Martinvl (talk) 09:54, 22 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Wassermaus: - all done. Is this OK? Martinvl (talk) 16:09, 22 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thanks. So "free for non-commercial use only" is not free for Wikipedia!? very strange ... you never stop learning. Cheers, Wassermaus (talk) 20:38, 22 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi it's me again. I clicked on one of the original links to the .jpg and got the following pop-up:

"Please read the copyright information below. By downloading this resource you are agreeing to follow the stated terms and conditions?
CC BY-ND 4.0
By ticking this box, you accept that Creative Commons License CC BY-ND 4.0 is applicable: you are free to share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially), under the following terms:
Attribution (you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made, they may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use); No Derivatives [...]"

"Even commercially" - so doesn't this mean that Wikipedia may use it? -- Wassermaus (talk) 09:00, 26 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Wassermaus: . Wikimedia Commons may not host the photo, but in certain languages, Wikipedia allows en:Fair Use in which case, those particular Wikipedias do host the photos and police its use.

May I give you a few examples of CC4 - if you want to use this image you can pay Alamy momey (which I don't see) or you can take a copy straight from here for free. I am not very happy about this, but that is what CC4 means.

On the other hand, this site, this site and this site all use another of my images in a way with which I can identify. Again, I received no money, but neither do the end-users of the images - that is what CC4 is really about!

Martinvl (talk) 16:44, 26 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Got it - thanks! Yet another thing: Could you update the world map of adherents to the meter convention? Venezuela is no longer member state - see [7] . They were excluded (see fin. report 2018 [8] , in French) -- cheers Wassermaus (talk) 08:16, 5 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Wassermaus: I have done the .png version. (The .svg version had already been done.) Also migrated replaced the .png version (Ukranian name) on the Ukranian Wikipedia with the global .svg version. Martinvl (talk) 16:29, 5 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy holidays 2020![edit]

* Happy Holidays 2020, Martinvl! *

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Счастливого Рождества! С Новым годом!

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-- George Chernilevsky ^talk 13:47, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Museum objects[edit]

If you upload photos of these, please be sure to add the category for the museum. You are not adding these but are adding too many vague high-level categories. Thanks, Johnbod (talk) 15:40, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Permission to use "Reconciliation, by Josefina de Vasconcellos, in St. Michael's Cathedral, Coventry" in a book[edit]

Hello Martinvl, I would like your permission to use your image "Reconciliation, by Josefina de Vasconcellos, in St. Michael's Cathedral, Coventry" in a self-published book I am writing. The company through which I am publishing has stated that they do not acknowledged as an authority the Wikimedia usage rights and so I must request that you give permission explicitly. It also gives me a chance to ask you, if you give me permission to use the image, about how I should attribute the work to you. What phrase would you like me to include?

2003:C3:1F03:9E59:1DAA:8117:B2A6:C691 03:39, 3 March 2020 (UTC)TGriffin[reply]

Hi TGriffin

Thank you for your e-mail. I am flattered that you wish to use the photo that I took but I am not willing to disclose my name publically within Commons. I am however happy to correspond with you via an e-mail address that I inherited from my late father-in-law. Please contact me at [email protected] and notify me here when you have sent me an e-mail (as I do not check that account very often). When I reply, I will notify you via a message here which will have my electronic signature. Martinvl (talk) 15:07, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Martinvl,

I have sent an email to [email protected]. I appreciate your willingness to share your image for use in my book. More details in the email. —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2003:C3:1F23:FB82:DB:181F:D6C0:F39 (talk) 06:28, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi TGriffin - just to let you know that I received your e-maiul and have responded. Martinvl (talk) 18:19, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

email[edit]

Was the email you sent just an FYI? You can just reply here or send another one if you need to elaborate. Cherkash (talk) 00:35, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

An appeals board[edit]

Dear Martin,

Thank you for your contribution on Commons:OTRS/Noticeboard#An_Appeals_and_Mediation_Board:_a_proposal. Any suggestion what i might do to improve Commons is very welcome, thanks again, Hansmuller (talk) 07:20, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Valued images[edit]

Hi Martinvl as well as you helped me in this image Valued flag of Mexico.svg With your extensive experience that you have and that you have been nominating images for longer, could you help me with these images so that they are valuable, please?

Emiliano_Zapata 1,
Valued image Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña.png, *
Valued image Agustin de Iturbide Oleo Primitivo Miranda.png,
Emiliano_Zapata 2,
Valued image Miguel Hidalgo con estandarte.jpg, *
Valued image Retrato de Morelos, 1813.png* --Aurelio de Sandoval (talk) 15:48, 19 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Emiliano Zapata[edit]

@Aurelio de Sandoval: I will help you with one photo at a time. First of all Emiliano Zapata. This photo and this photo. are of the same person at about the same time. Only one of them can be a "valued image" (that is a "valued image" rule). I think that the first photo is the better of the two, so I suggest that that you withdraw the second one. If you agree, we can continue from there. Martinvl (talk) 16:29, 19 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Martinvl: Thanks for your help, I have already removed the second image, I agree and we can continue-- Aurelio de Sandoval (talk) 16:38, 19 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Martinvl: We can continue--Aurelio de Sandoval (talk)16:40, 19 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Aurelio de Sandoval: I have reinstated the image. SInce there are processes that run in the background, we need to follow the correct procedure. I will do the work. Martinvl (talk) 16:48, 19 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Martinvl: Sorry thanks, forgive my mistake--Aurelio de Sandoval (talk)16:51, 19 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Aurelio de Sandoval: No need to apologize. Just think of me as your teacher. Martinvl (talk) 16:55, 19 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Martinvl: OK thanks-- Aurelio de Sandoval (talk) 16:57, 19 September 2020 (UTC
@Aurelio de Sandoval: I have done the necessary changes. Shall we see what the reaction is from the other editors. If they are happy, then I think that you can follow what I have done on the other images. Good luck! Martinvl (talk) 17:05, 19 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Martinvl: Ok thanks, one question, do the other images need a change or are they going to be like this?--Aurelio de Sandoval (talk) 17:13, 19 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Martinvl: I think I am going to communicate in Spanish, English is very difficult for me.--Aurelio de Sandoval (talk)17:20, 19 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Martinvl: I accept that you are my teacher.--Aurelio de Sandoval (talk) 17:18, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Declined images[edit]

The user @Archaeodontosaurus: tells me that I must place the geocoding in the image title, the truth is that I do not understand that user where I should place that geocoding and where the image title is, please i ask for their help.

This is the images
Commons Valued:Agustin de Iturbide Oleo Primitivo Miranda.png
Commons Valued Retrato de Morelos, 1813.png
Commons Valued Miguel Hidalgo con estandarte.jpg
Commons Valued Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña.png-- Aurelio de Sandoval (talk) 17:13, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Aurelio de Sandoval: I have already posted a message to Archaeodontosaurus about geocoding and also one to you about the file Commons Valued:Agustin de Iturbide Oleo Primitivo Miranda.png. Martinvl (talk) 17:21, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Martinvl: Ok I appreciate your help--Aurelio de Sandoval (talk) 17:30, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Martinvl: What is the other image that user Ikan Kekek suggested?--Aurelio de Sandoval (talk) 17:33, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Aurelio de Sandoval: File:Agustin_I_of_Mexico.jpg Martinvl (talk) 17:41, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Martinvl: Ok that this is the new image to nominate VI File:Agustin_I_of_Mexico.jpg and that it be withdrawn from candidates for VI and I withdraw my nomination from this image to VI Commons Valued:Agustin de Iturbide Oleo Primitivo Miranda.png -- Aurelio de Sandoval (talk)17:53, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Aurelio de Sandoval: Yes. You should withdraw the image in the way that I showed you and create a new submision with the new image. It might be appropriate to create a new scope. You might choose "Agustin I of Mexico" because the painting is of him when he was emperor or you might choose "Agustín de Iturbide" because that was the name by which he was better known - your country - your choice. Martinvl (talk) 20:49, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Martinvl: I have removed the previous image, now there is the one suggested by user Ikan Kekek Valued image candidates/Agustin I of Mexico.jpg , Can you check if any details are missing from the new image please?--Aurelio de Sandoval (talk)22:00, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Martinvl: I have placed this image in the VI nominations, it had been rejected for the same reason as the others because it only did not have the geocoding https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Valued_image_candidates/Vicente_Ram%C3%B3n_Guerrero_Salda%C3%B1a.png --Aurelio de Sandoval (talk) 22:14, 22 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please[edit]

Please can you nominate this image, not I do it because I already tried and they denied me the image, I ask you, because you have experence please https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emiliano_Zapata-Libreria_del_Congreso.jpg Aurelio de Sandoval (talk) 16:45, 8 November 2020 (UTC)-[reply]

Happy holidays 2020/2021![edit]

* Happy Holidays 2020/2021, Martinvl! *

Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!

Joyeux Noël! Bonne année!

Frohes Weihnachten! Frohes Neues Jahr!

Счастливого Рождества! С Новым годом!

¡Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo!

Щасливого Різдва! З Новим роком!

-- George Chernilevsky ^talk 15:05, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@George Chernilevsky: May I likewise wish you a merry Christmas and a prosperous and safe (Covid-free!) New Year. Martinvl (talk) 22:11, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Château de Vosne-Romanée, Comte Ligier-Belair[edit]

Hello Martinvl, as a result of your remark, I would like to point out that Indeed it is about the quality of the wine produced in this area which confers all the value of the ":Château de Vosne-Romanée, Comte Ligier-Belair". In this regard, although the title seemed obvious, I provided some details in the description of the building. The first plot was bought by the General and Baron of the Empire Louis Liger-Belair who in 1815 settled in Burgundy in the Château de Vosne-Romanée acquired from his wife Claire Basire, with a vineyard (monopolies of La Romanée, de la Tâche and de la Grande Rue, as well as plots of Clos-Vougeot and Chambertin). Sincerely yours--Pierre André ^(talk) 14:50, 4 May 2021 (UTC).[reply]

@Pierre André Leclercq: Thank you for your e-mail. Your description is a lot better, though may I suggest that you replace the opening line with

"Château Vosne-Romanée, residence and offices of the owner of Domaine Comte Ligier-Belair, located in the village of Vosne-Romanée" (with any correction that you see fit).

This will describe exactly what is in the picture, why you consider it to be valuable and will put the names "Vosne-Romanée" and "Comte Ligier-Belair" into perspective for the reader.

Best regards Martinvl (talk) 17:13, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

OK thanks for your response. I've done corrections. Best regards Pierre André ^(talk) 18:02, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Roger Cicala: Imaging before photography - a history lesson (Part 1). Lead image! -- Colin (talk) 13:15, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Colin: Thank you for the note. I am glad that you liked the photo. Martinvl (talk) 15:53, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Metre Convention[edit]

Could you kindly update File:Metre Convention Signatories.svg? Estonia is now full member. Thx, Wassermaus (talk) 20:08, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Wassermaus: Done. Martinvl (talk) 21:05, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Yet another update: Zimbabwe is no longer an associate member - see [9]. But Ethiopia is an associate. Could you update it again? -- Wassermaus (talk) 20:44, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Wassermaus: Done. Martinvl (talk) 21:13, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again: However, Zimbabwe is not a former member state. It is a former associate member (just like Yemen) - cf en:Metre Convention#Former member states. These two states should be treated alike: either no color at all or light green (dark green should be reserved for former full members). Cheers, Wassermaus (talk) 14:45, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yet one more remark: green is s very “strong” (prominent) color. I former (associate) members should have a less prominent color - something yellowish, for example — Wassermaus (talk) 16:54, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Wassermaus:

Done I have also updated the description in the file and also the article af:Meterkonvensie (I an reasonably fluent in Afrikaans). Do you propose leaving editors in other languages to update their own language. BTW, I am blocked from editing both the English and the Simple English Wikipedias. Martinvl (talk) 20:22, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Baie dankie (ek het in Suidafrika gewees en praat 'n bietjie afrikaans...). I have updated the legend of de:Meterkonvention and en:Metre Convention. I will have a look at some other langues versions later, otherwise let's leave it to the communities of the respective langues. Wassermaus (talk) 21:03, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Support Useful & used.--Famberhorst (talk) 15:36, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Question Is that warthog really a "small animal"? This specimen probably weighs at least 50 kilograms. --Palauenc05 (talk) 16:49, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Info @Palauenc05: Relative to the elephant, the warthog is small! Martinvl (talk) 21:36, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I'm wondering whether the scope should be made more specific by specifying the animals' names. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:35, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Info @Ikan Kekek: I though about that, but unless you have two animals that are always found together, for example wildebeest and zebra, the scope would get too narrow. I then looked at what sort of articles could use that image and found that it was useful in articles about different species of animal contesting the same resource (in this case water), which is why I went the route I did. Martinvl (talk) 21:36, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Question Got it. How about "Larger and smaller animals contesting a waterhole". Would that be acceptable to you, Palauenc05? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:09, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose So that should be discussed, as the scope is not acceptable IMO. That warthog is not a small animal. Compared to an elephant every animal is relatively small (apart from a whale of course). --Palauenc05 (talk) 21:53, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Scope is not acceptable --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 05:14, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Scope not acceptable, per others. --Tagooty (talk) 09:02, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Scope changed from Large and small animals contesting a waterhole to Water-hole confrontation at an African game reserve between animals of a dissimilar size --Martinvl (talk) 14:32, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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@Palauenc05, Archaeodontosaurus, Tagooty, Ikan Kekek, and Famberhorst: I have changed the scope to align it with the type of article where this image is actually used. Please review your votes in light of this change. Martinvl (talk) 14:32, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Don't get me wrong, it's a nice picture. But how can I say that it is the best one of a water-hole with two animals? In that category there are so many waterholes with animals of different sizes. And this particular water-hole is far away from being something special or even valuable. --Palauenc05 (talk) 15:19, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Per Palauenc05, no change in my opinion. --Tagooty (talk) 15:46, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Info@Palauenc05 and Tagooty: This image in not just about an elephant and a warthog. It is about an inter-species confrontation over the use of a scarce resource. All the articles where this image is used (five articles) are about territorial behaviour of animals in general. That is why the word "confrontation" appears in the scope.
Support Seems useful to me. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:16, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Scope changed from Water-hole confrontation at an African game park between animals of a dissimilar size. to Water-hole confrontation at an African game park between animals of a dissimilar size. --Martinvl (talk) 14:19, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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@Palauenc05, Archaeodontosaurus, Tagooty, Ikan Kekek, and Famberhorst: I have modified the scope so that the emphasis is now on the word "confrontation" rather than the words "watering hole". I should have used this category earlier, but I did not think about it. In view of this change of emphasis of scope, please reconsider your votes. Martinvl (talk) 14:19, 28 July 2021 (UTC) '[reply]
I'll continue to support, but I don't see that which category is linked really changes much, as the scope remains the same. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:22, 29 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Captions on the Welsh Wikipedia[edit]

Saw the message yesterday on Llywelyn2000's talkpake as it must be on my watchlist after an edit I made. I've been through all contributions up to the last one in December 2020 under cy username Martinvl (is that correct?). Some minor changes were necessary, mainly to do with mutations which I'm surprised Google didn't get correct. In one edit you added a caption Hyfforddi cyrraedd gyrfa Torpantau, which literally means 'Training reaching Torpantau gyrfa' I can guess that the training bit means 'the train'(!) but gyrfa has many meanings. What were you trying to say?--Rhyswynne (talk) 11:16, 14 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Rhyswynne: Hi,

Thank you for checking my captions - I know from my use of Google Translate that some Afrikaans translations look weird. As far as I can recall, I was trying to say "Train at the Torpantau teminus". The railway line currently runs from Pant to Torpantau. See here for more details. Martinvl (talk) 15:10, 14 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

IBAN map[edit]

Dag Martin, ik denk dat ik een foutje in je uitstekende IBAN map heb gevonden. Monaco heeft de euro als officiële valuta dus zou de markering donkerblauw in plaats van lichtblauw zijn. Heb ik gelijk? —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2003:E7:9F0F:6900:8104:97E6:C00F:F95 (talk) 15:03, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Bedankt. Ik heb Monaco gecorrigeerd, ook Andorra en Burundi. Martinvl (talk) 16:21, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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