User talk:Optigon

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Good luck! -- Herby talk thyme 08:10, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Freely licensed images cannot have imagery of non-freely licensed prgorams
Screenshots of software licensed under free licenses that include imagery of non-freely licensed programs like Microsoft Windows or others are not freely licensed. See commons:Commons:Licensing. --Iamunknown 20:21, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Uploaded Most of the changes with proper licensing
Hi Iamunknown,

Thank you for the message about the screen shots. I have uploaded updated versions and amended the licenses but unfortunately I have one more that I hope you can tag for re-upload. This one: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikibooks/en/a/a1/Wings_Tab_Entry.png I must have been working on the page when you dropped by:) Thanks for the free legal advice and feel free to stop by again:)

Regards, Optigon. 01:48, 1 Feb 2007 (EST)

EDIT : I see that the option to upload is now available, so the graphic has been changed. Does this option appear automatically after a certain period of time? 09:17, Feb 1 2007 (EST)


 * The delayed upload is weird. It does not normally do that.
 * Thank you very much for going through all those so quickly. I know that the image upload system is kind of confusing, but so you know in the future, you don't need to re-upload each image to re-tag them. You can go to the image description page (like Image:Wings Tab Entry.png), click "edit this page," and then add the tag. For example if you wanted to add Template:PD-self (acknowledging yourself as the author and releasing an image into the public domain), you would edit the page, and copy and paste &#123;{PD-self}}.
 * Another thing you might consider is tagging (as in editing the page and then copying-and-pasting) the free images of Wings 3D with &#123;{free screenshot|BSD}}. It isn't necessary, and again you don't need to re-upload each image, but it is standard practice. I could help you with that if you like.
 * And thanks for your enthusiasm and all those contributions :) --Iamunknown 17:55, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice. This is my first attempt at Wiki so I appreciate the help. Here's a question I've searched a little bit about. How do I delete pages or at least mark them for deletion? And how do I delete images or mark them for deletion?

For instance, on this wiki, there is an orphaned page that is only accessible through an image link. the info on the page is incorrect and I've updated all the info while working on the wings manual page. Could I just delete the image tag on that page making a red light turn on at wiki HQ, and they'll do the final deletion?

I know deletion requires sensitivity and that's probably why I haven't found a Here's how to Delete Images or Pages page.

Optigon


 * Only users who get enough votes at Requests for adminship (as per the administrator policy at Administrators) have the ability to delete images and pages. Everything is reversible on MediaWiki (the software running Wikibooks), so they can also undelete both as well. You can, however, tag pages for deletion that are described at Deletion policy. If the page is an unnecessary orphan, then you would tag it with &#123;{delete}}. That would include the page in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion, which administrators clear out regularly. (By "tag it," I mean type bracket-bracket-delete-bracket-bracket at the top of the page, where the brackets are { and }. That includes the template Template:Delete on the page, which includes the page into the category.) If the page is not a candidate for speedy deletion as per the policy page, then you should list it at Votes for deletion. Just follow the instructions at the top of that page.
 * Also, an unrelated piece of advice: when you want to sign your name at the end of a message, you may type four tildes (&#126;&#126;&#126;&#126;), and when you save the page, the MediaWiki software will replace those four tildes with your username (with a link to your user page, User:Optigon) and a time stamp showing the time (in UTC) at which you posted your message.
 * If you have more questions, feel free to ask. :) --Iamunknown 20:19, 2 February 2007 (UTC)