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Coenagrionidae Vajzë Blu (talk) 04:02, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

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Thank you that's so cool! Vajzë Blu (talk)

CS1 error on Role hierarchy

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Thank you bot. It's been fixed. Vajzë Blu (talk) 18:23, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Replaceable non-free use File:The band English Teacher, photo for their "This Could Be Texas" debut album tour, April 2024.png

Thanks for uploading File:The band English Teacher, photo for their "This Could Be Texas" debut album tour, April 2024.png. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of non-free use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of non-free use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:

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I communicated with the band about using the image, and that is the image they're using. If the person who owns the copyright can't give permission for its use, who can? Vajzë Blu (talk) 03:03, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

The file has already been deleted and you can ask the deleting administrator more about the reasons why if you want. As for your question about who can give permission, I'm not sure I understand what you mean by If the person who owns the copyright can't give permission.

Are you stating that the person who owns the copyright can give permission but just doesn't want to? Are you stating that person who owns the copyright can't give permission because they're no longer alive? Wikipedia can't force copyright holders to release their creative work under a free license that is OK for Wikipedia's purposes; copyright holder have to do that on their own. Moreover, in cases where a copyright holder is no longer living, there copyright ownership either passed along to their family/estate under normal inheritence law or was transferred to some other third-party as part of some agreement/sale. In either case, the "new" copyright holder would have the right to give their consent if they want to.

Since you also state that the band is using this photo in various ways, it's possible that the photo was taken as part of a work for hire agreement the band entered into with some third party (e.g. someone working for the band) or perhaps the band hired a professional photographer to take the photo and the photographer then transferred their copyright ownership to the band as part of the agreed upon arrangement. If the band or its representation is the copyright owner, than the band itself (or its representatives) could release the photo under an acceptable free license. If that's the case, just ask the band to send a WP:CONSENT email to Wikimedia VRT (from their official business email address) stating that they agree to release the file under an acceptable license. The band could also have someone take a different picture (perhaps of them performing live), post it on their official website/social media account and then clearly indicate it's being released as explained in c:COM:L. If the band does that, then anyone could upload the photo to Commons under the license the band has chosen as long as that license can be verified.

What's important to understand about this kind of thing is that only the copyright holder can release their creative content under a free license, and they can't change their minds later on if they do. The copyright holder would essentially be agreeing to the same thing you, me and everyone else editing Wikiepdia is agreeing to every time we click on the "Publish changes" button and post something on some Wikipedia page. The only difference is they would be doing it for an image and not text. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:16, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Short is that I told the band about wanting to use this over two months ago. I did send another message to the band so thanks! Vajzë Blu (talk) 23:48, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

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Thanks for letting me know about the discussion! I'll check it out! Vajzë Blu (talk) 16:56, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

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Thanks! I believe I fixed it before I saw this notice. Now there's a tag on the article so nobody but one person can edit it now. Vajzë Blu (talk) 22:24, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

In case you didn't know, (bot) indicates that this an automated message from a WP:BOT. OTOH, IMO it doesn't hurt to be polite to the AI:s, they might remember that when they take over. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:20, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

I think the AIs are already our secret bosses! :D Vajzë Blu (talk) 19:26, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Have some respect

I am working on Principia Discordia and have place an in use tag at the top. Please stop editing the article until I remove it, per the clear statement on the tag. You are impeding my work by causing edit conflicts. Skyerise (talk) 21:37, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

@Skyerise: Could you look at what I've been doing and have some respect for me too? I was in the middle of major editing when you added that tag. I was editing when you put it there so I didn't see any tag. Please don't mess up my edits. Please check through the recent edit history to restore my corrections and citing sources. I've spent hours on this. Thank you. Vajzë Blu (talk) 21:49, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

You are cannibalizing the article instead of trying to provide citations. I don't respect that. Period. Skyerise (talk) 21:51, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

@NinjaRobotPirate: Please see above. Vajzë Blu (talk) 22:26, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Sorry about that, I confused you with another editor. Please feel free to edit constructively, I've restored your constructive changes, except for the Goodreads review, which is not considered to be a reliable source per WP:UGC on Wikipedia. Skyerise (talk) 00:39, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the support! :) Vajzë Blu (talk) 19:24, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

April 2024

Please remember to assume good faith when dealing with other editors, which you did not do on User talk:Randy Kryn. Randy Kryn was just blocked in part because of assuming bad faith. If you start up, too, you'll also be blocked. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 21:45, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

@NinjaRobotPirate: I see that you're an administrator and wanting to help. But could you look at the post I made for the two conflicting editors in "Discordian articles" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Veverve ? You can see I'm trying to help solve the problem. :) Vajzë Blu (talk) 21:59, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

ANI

Your edits are a subject of this ANI:

User:Randy Kryn: refusal to respect WP:BURDEN and WP:NOTDIRECTORY. This is a courtesy note to let you know ----Steve Quinn (talk) 18:41, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice. Vajzë Blu (talk) 02:48, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Sources

The sources you added to Principia Discordia [1], [2], [3] - are not WP:RS and do not seem to comply with Wikipedia standards. If you can, please refrain from dong this. ---Steve Quinn (talk) 19:19, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

I'd disagree with the above editor on the first link, which is hosted at Carnegie Mellon University and is a reproduction of the actual introduction from the book; it just needs to be enclosed in a {{cite book}} template that gives the full details and uses the link as a convenient chapter-url for the Introduction. And the third link, written by the subject, is actually just the kind of citation to the author himself to verify that he used a pseudonym. In any case, I replaced it with a academic source. Goodreads is not reliable though, per WP:UGC. Illegitimi non carborundum. Skyerise (talk) 19:32, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Do continue your work on Principia Discordia. I've removed the in-use tag - for now. Skyerise (talk) 20:00, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Well, that is only one of the sources that you disagree with. Yet, I am not wrong. The author of that intro seems to be affiliated by his own admission. So, please, everybody, use acceptable sources. ---Steve Quinn (talk) 22:50, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

@Steve Quinn: Affiliated sources are acceptable when they are an artist or author discussing the process and materials they used in the creation of the work which is the subject of the article. That's an express exception that allows even the use of self-published works, specifically WP:ABOUTSELF. Skyerise (talk) 22:52, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

I understand on Goodreads. But one of those three is an academic source, and the other is a historical site that was begun after the subject was dead. It's not the author's site; it's a site about the author/creator which includes reports by professional journalists, critics, etc. Even then, "Self-published and questionable sources may be used as sources of information about themselves, usually in articles about themselves or their activities, without the self-published source requirement that they are established experts in the field...." (See WP:ABOUTSELF link above). Vajzë Blu (talk) 02:59, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

File:English Teacher-The Best Tears of Your Life.png

File:English Teacher-The Best Tears of Your Life.png should've probably been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons since files uploaded to Commons can be used by all Wikimedia Foundation projects whereas files uploaded to (English) Wikipedia can only be used on (English) Wikipedia. There's no real reason for content released under an acceptable Creative Commons licensed to be hosted locally on English Wikipedia. Once the file's licensing images have been sorted out, you should tag the file for a move to Commons. More importantly though, you're also going to need to provide a much better link showing the file's licensing than what you've added to the file's description page. The band has to be the one to release the file under a {{cc-by-sa-4.0}}, not you, and there's nothing in that Facebook thread that says that's what the band wants to do. So, ask the band to post something in that thread showing the image that clearly states that they are releasing the file under a cc by-sa-4.0 license. Simply saying that "any is fine" is insufficient; they need to say that this picture is the one they want to release under such a license. The other alternative would be for the band to send a WP:CONSENT email to Wikimedia VRT. The email should come from the band's official email address, should include a link to the Facebook thread where the image can be seen and should include the name of the file.

The following aren't related to the image per se, but you might be considered to have a WP:COI with respect to anything about the band on Wikipedia because you're posting on the band's Facebook page that "you want to use the photo to 'publicize' the band"; so, please keep the COI guideline in mind when editing or creating content about the band. COI editing isn't expressly prohibited by Wikipedia, but it's something that's not really encouraged because it often leads to other problems. If your edits start to stray too far outside of relevant policies and guidelines, others might assume (perhaps incorrectly) that you're editing more to benefit the band itself than to benefit Wikipedia.

Finally, please take a look at WP:REALWORLD and carefully consider how much real world information about yourself you want to make known on Wikipedia. Providing links to external websites (e.g. social media accounts) where other's might be able to figure out who you are out in the real world is fine if that's what you want to do, but you should make sure that's what you want to do. You can self-dox yourself if you want, but you should understand that's essentially what it you're doing. -- Marchjuly (talk) 12:20, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: I can tag it for Wikicommons when that's ready to do thanks! I do want people to know about the band. But I didn't start the article until their song "Nearly Daffodils" was named one of the 10 best songs of 2023 by Time magazine. I figured if Time recognized them they deserved an article. And you're right about privacy and social media links I didn't think about that so thanks for that too! Vajzë Blu (talk) 18:10, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

I should have explained that the image is mine of the band used with the band's permission. I'll try to change that. Vajzë Blu (talk) 18:12, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Are you saying that you took this photo yourself? If that's the case, then you don't need to band's permission to upload the file to Wikipedia or Commons because you yourself would be considered the copyright holder as long as the photo wasn't taken as part of a work for hire agreement between you and the band, or you otherwise didn't transfer the copyright of the photo to the band. If you're asking the band's permission because you're a fan, then that's OK; however, that means nothing to Wikipedia/Commons when it comes to the file's copyright status. The problem could be that you posted the post on the band's official Facebook page before uploading it to Wikipedia; so, it might be assumed (perhaps incorrectly) that the photo's copyright is owned by the band. Because of this, you yourself should really send a WP:CONSENT email to Wikimedia VRT to so that your copyright ownership can be verified; this will make it clear that you're the copyright holder and perhaps help avoid the photo from being tagged or nominated for deletion. The longer you wait to email VRT, the greater the chance that the file will be tagged/nomiated for deletion.

As for you being a fan of the band, that's not a problem at all as long as you don't let your fandom influence your edits to the point that others start to question whether your edits are in accordance with relevant Wikipedia policies and guidelines. You will, however, start having problems if others start to feel that you're editing on behalf of the band (perhaps by acting as their de-facto Wikipedia representative) in a way that's contrary to these policies and guidelines. There's also nothing wrong with interacting with the band via social media or whatever as long as the band doesn't start trying to exert some sort of editorial control over Wikipedia content about it through you. If the band starts to try and do that, you need to make clear that there are boundaries between you as a Wikipedia contributor and you as a fan of the band, and you're limited in what you can do.

Finally, you can WP:OUTING yourself if you want as long as you understand what that entails; however, if you would like any potenially personally revealing information you may have accidentally posted on Wikipedia to be removed from public view just to play it safe, you should email WP:OVERSIGHT and request that an oversighter do so. This is another reason why you should email VRT about this image; your personal information will only be visible to VRT members and they're not allowed to post it anywhere on Wikipedia. The only thing anyone will see when looking at the file's description is a VRT ticket number and that your consent has been verified. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:18, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you I emailed Oversight. And I've been looking at the rest. :) Vajzë Blu (talk) 20:47, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

I am seriously confused on how to move it to Commons. Could you do it? :) Vajzë Blu (talk) 21:37, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Before the file is moved to Commons, the copyright holder should email their WP:CONSENT to Wikimedia VRT; there's no point in moving a file that is just going to end up being deleted because it's licensing can't be verified. So, if you're the copyright holder, you send the email; if you're not the copyright holder, ask the person who is to send the email. The longer you wait, the greater the chance that the file will be tagged for speedy deletion.

The person who emails VRT should use some kind of "official" email address; any type of free email account like Gmail or Yahoo Mail might be treated with suspicions; so, it's better to use something else that aid in the verification process. The person sending the email should get an automatied response containing a VRT ticket number. This number can be used for reference purposes later on if needed. Once the email has been sent, you can add the template {{Permission pending}} to the file's page; this will let other's know that VRT has been emailed and the file is waiting VRT review. If VRT reviews the email and finds everything to be in order, they will replace the "pending" template with template {{PermissionTicket}}; if, on the other hand, finds a problem with the email, the will use the template {{Permission received}} instead. In the latter case, VRT will likely contact the person they received the eamil from and explain what the problem is. VRT will only discuss specific details via email and only with the email's sender.

Once the file's licensing has been verified, you can follow the instructions in WP:MTC and move the file yourself, or you can tag the file with the template {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}} and someone else will eventually do it for you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:10, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

@Marchjuly:Thanks. But Wikipedia bureaucracy is so complicated I feel like quitting! Vajzë Blu (talk) 17:08, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Do you have difficulty understanding English? I'm not asking that to be smarmy or rude; it's a serious question. I realize my posts can be quite wordy and detailed in some cases, and maybe this is one of those cases. Perhaps I posted too much information? Why did you request this file be deleted per WP:G7? Are you not the copyright holder? As mentioned above, if this image is yours (i.e. you're the copyright holder), you don't need the band's permission to upload it to Wikipedia or Commons; you do, however, need to provide a way for others to verify the image is yours and the easiest way to do that is by emailing your WP:CONSENT to Wikimedia VRT. Who advised you to do this? Is there something I posted above that gave you this impression?

Finally, just for general reference, adding WP:PING notification templates to already published posts doesn't work as explained Help:Fixing failed pings; so, ping attempts like this won't work as intended. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:29, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

I have difficulty understanding Wikipedia! One of my teachers writes for major news services. He says he has more trouble making sense of Wikipedia bureaucracy than he does writing for NBC! Vajzë Blu (talk) 00:36, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Replaceable non-free use File:English Teacher, The Best Tears of Your Life.png

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How could you possibly think it's OK to upload a non-free image of this band after everything that's been posted above and after having the previous non-free image (File:The band English Teacher, photo for their "This Could Be Texas" debut album tour, April 2024.png) you uploaded of the band deleted per WP:F7? This is the same image you uploaded under a free license above as File:English Teacher-The Best Tears of Your Life.png that you were claiming you are the copyright holder of, isn't it? As explained in the thread above this one, you're going to need to have the copyright holder of this file email their WP:CONSENT to use this image in the article. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:08, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

@Marchjuly The previous version of the image was deleted after I submitted my request for help through The English Wikipedia Oversight Team. They suggested I start over to make things easier. So that's what I did. They deleted the earlier version for me so I could replace it with this version. I'm just doing what I was told to do. Vajzë Blu (talk) 22:12, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Did the oversighter you discussed things with advise you to reupload the photo/screenshot to Wikipedia as non-free content or did they advise you to re-upload the file to Commons? Please re-check your email exchange with the oversighter again because it seems very unlikely (almost impossible) that an oversighter would advise you do the former, especially since your first upload of this file was one that you were claiming as your "own work" released under a {{cc-by-sa-4.0}}. I believe all oversighters are also Wikipedia administrators and, thus, are quite experienced when it comes to Wikipedia policies and guidelines; so, it's hard to imagine one of them advising you to reupload such a file as non-free content.

Regardless, this file has also been deleted by an administrator for violating Wikipedia's non-free content use policy. That's two files you've uploaded that have been deleted for this same reason; so, I strongly suggest you don't upload anymore non-free files of the band without at least asking about it first at either WP:MCQ or WT:NFCC. If you continue to upload non-free files like this that are only going to end being deleted in a few days, an administrator might decide to step in a either issue a stronger final warning or just outright block your account. It's OK to make a mistake like this when it comes to non-free content use once or twice, and many people do; however, repeating that mistake over and over again almost always leads to an administrator stepping in.

Anyway, as I tried to explain before, permission of the copyright holder doesn't really matter when it comes to non-free content use. So, it makes no difference whether the band told you it was OK to use the photo on Wikipedia if the file's use or licensing doesn't comply with relevant Wikipedia policy. The first time you uploaded this file, you claimed it was your own image and you provided a link to one of a social media site as the source; that was the file the oversighter deleted per WP:G7. The last time you uploaded this file, you changed the source to YouTube, changed the file's description to being a screenshot and changed the file's licensing to non-free; that is the file that was just deleted per WP:F7. Did you take this photo yourself? If you did, you don't need the band's permission to upload it to Wikipedia; you do, however, need to provide a way for someone to verify your copyright ownership of photo. The best way provide such verification is to send a WP:CONSENT email to Wikimedia VRT. If, on the other hand, you didn't take this photo yourself but just used a video on the band's YouTube channel to create a screenshot, you're not the copyright holder of the image. In that case, Wikipedia will need a way to verify the consent of the copyright holder (i.e. the band) of the video in order to keep the file. There are two ways this could be done: (1) the band changes the licensing of the video on YouTube to an acceptable free license as explained in c:COM:YOUTUBE; or (2) the band emails its consent to Wikimedia VRT saying that it agrees to release this particular screenhot under an acceptable free license.

I'm sorry if this seems like more Wikipedia bureaucacy that you need to deal with, but this is and has been Wikipedia policy for many years when it comes to using such images. Plenty of others have over the years have been able to figure out how to upload images in accordance with this policy; so, it's not clear why you're finding things so difficult to understand. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:54, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

@Marchjuly I know you're trying to help. Not blaming you. :)

It's from a screenshot I changed with permission of the band. So it's both mine and the band's used with the band's permission. The previous version was deleted for my protection because I linked to social media.

Every time I try to follow Wikipedia bureaucracy, I run into stuff like this. Every time I try to do the right thing, I get blasted. Not blaming you at all, you're being helpful. But I am so frustrated. Vajzë Blu (talk) 00:59, 23 April 2024 (UTC)