User talk:JShook

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Happy editing! Amren ^(talk) 21:01, 17 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Rewa's Village pic

Hey JS. The Rewas Village image you added to Kerikeri is a extremely murky. Is it possible you can lighten up your original of it, using photoshop or whatever, and upload that to Wikipedia to replace the existing one. Cheers, from Kerikeri. Moriori 21:38, 17 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if I'm doing this Talk thing correctly. I'll try to brighten up the picture a bit. I've been adding quite a few, so if there is any way for you to get them flagged as new so you can look at them, that would be great. If you get this please respond so I'll know that I am doing the Talk thing correctly.

You are doing just fine. I will have a look at your images some time later. If you click on Edit This Page at the top of this page, you will see my first message, your reply and then my followup (this one). Note that I inserted a colon (:) at the start of this messasge to create a paragraph indent which makes it easier to follow conversations. To tell you who I am and when I posted I typed in four tildes, four of these things ~~~~. Wikipedia:How to edit a page is a good place to visit. Cheers Moriori 22:24, 17 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Added photo to Kiwi Fruit article. I'm just a content maniac!! Anyway, thanks for the words of encouragement. I have looked at "How to edit a a page" but didn't realise that Talk was just another page, as it were. Good night or morning, as the case may be. JShook 22:32, 17 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

James, you didn't create an indent using the colon. ):-. No matter. I've had a quick look at your pics and they are fine (except for Rewas Village). But I note you state that you retain copyright and release the image under the GFDL. The GDFL can be confusing. I know that I don't upload any of my images that I don't want anyone else using commercially. Have a look at GNU Free Documentation License#Materials for which commercial redistribution is prohibited. Does your wish to retain copyright fit in with that? Cheers. Moriori 22:45, 17 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I am also confused by the licenses which are available for original creators. I basically copied the wording from another image I saw on some page. I have read the document, and this seems to provide the most control for me, but I could be wrong. Since the "Wiki way" seems to be highly biased towards more-or-less giving everything away it doesn't leave me much choice. The license I am claiming seems at least to require that an notice of my authorship travel with the image. I'll review it again, however and change to a different license if it seems better for me. On an unrelated note, I have uploaded two images (which are not used on any pages) that I wish to delete. I can't figure out how to get rid of them.JShook 23:01, 17 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

To mark an image for deletion, just put {{deletebecause|I am the uploader and I have a better image at blah}}, and someone will delete it. (Technically, images such as these don't come under the speedy deletion criteria, but I think most admins will accept a genuine request by the uploader who changes his mind shortly after uploading). Deletion of images takes admin privileges, which both Moriori and I have, but there are admins who regularly patrol such requests for deletion.-gadfium 23:18, 17 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Put "{{delete..." where? In the place where my name and license info is now?JShook 23:55, 17 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

On the image page. Don't delete the existing information. This will add the image page to a category which admins who do speedy deletes will patrol.

I have decided that I'll just go ahead and use it. You can see it in the article "Fumeroles." The "Help" sections of this site are an endless maze--there seems to be eleven ways of asking for help and none of them seem like the right way. I expect I'll get used to it.... I'll take a look at the licenses and see if one suits me better. How would I change a license? It seems attached to the image file when I upload it? JShook 00:39, 18 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

To license your photos, take a look at the cc-by- licenses here. One of them may fit what you want better than GFDL, and they are quite acceptable to Wikipedia.-gadfium 00:35, 18 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, I have swapped the Rewa's Village image--take another look. You may have to clear your browser cache.JShook 23:02, 17 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Arghhhh!!! I completely admit defeat. I have changed the copyright licenses for each image, and now they all come up as missing. If you click on the missing image icon you see the graphics page and all is fine. I've tried re-uploading the images, removing them from the page and then adding them again. Nothing works. This has been one of the most frustrating three or four hours I have spent in some time. What the #@!% is going wrong??? JShook 02:33, 18 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

OK, now I've looked at the pages in a different browser, and all seems fine. Must ne some kind of browser/server cache thing. 10:42 PM. Time for bed.JShook 02:42, 18 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Your photos

Gidday, just wanted to say that I really like your photos. We have a New Zealand portal page which has a new featured article and featured picture each week, and I've put several pictures of yours in the queue, starting next Sunday. Look at the talk page of the portal for the upcoming pictures and articles.-gadfium 23:06, 17 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I've been adding them more or less in the order I took them, so next it's on to East Cape and south from there. Ending up in Waitomo several weeks later. Next year I'll be snapping away on The South Island.JShook 23:09, 17 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, if you have broadband, you can see lots of photos at http://www.jshook.com/nz05/