Wikibooks:Reading room/Administrative Assistance/Archives/2008/July

deletion of my own copyrighted fotos
To whom it may concern...

I am trying to write a wikiBook http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Computers_%26_Society

This is NOT my full-time job. Therefore, I do not check in every day.

I only use my own photographs.

A recent one of a horse, taken in Koprivshtitsa, has been deleted. I should like it to be uindeleted asap.

(Михал Орела 05:25, 6 July 2008 (UTC))


 * The user seems to have sorted this out. --Swift (talk) 11:22, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
 * In the future, be sure to put a license on any photo you upload. If it does not have a license after 7 days, it will be deleted. I would suggest using the commons instead of uploading on here, because it makes the pictures availible to all projects and frankly I find it much easier to do that. Red4tribe (talk) 15:46, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Possible vandalism
This looks like vandalism. I didn't act on it as I don't know much about that topic and can't be sure whether the edit is constructive or not.

I request someone to look over this. Thanks.

S Pat   talk 06:06, 9 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I reverted that edit. --Swift (talk) 06:53, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Remove move lock on Windows Programming/Classes Hierarchy page
Why and who locked it ? --Panic (talk) 16:50, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * There is no log entry; it is currently fullly move-protected. I'm going to try to see why there is no log entry before changing the protection level unless you need to move it imminently. &mdash; Mike.lifeguard &#124; talk 17:23, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I can't figure it out. As I see no reason for it to be protected, I've ✅ it. &mdash; Mike.lifeguard &#124; talk 17:55, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks --Panic (talk) 19:00, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Persistant vandal
I request someone to look up this problem. I am unable to access the IRC channel link for instant reporting.

S Pat   talk 14:59, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ 1 week AO/ACB &mdash; Mike.lifeguard &#124; talk 15:02, 15 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Another one-Special:Contributions/203.10.121.80


 * S Pat   talk 02:59, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Proper licensing of an essay
I recently came across this essay. Thinking it looked suspicious, I did a quick Google search, and found out it was the same as this page. At first, I had marked it as a copyvio, but I quickly figured out it must have been posted by Alexevasion (Alex Goldman), who is the author. Unfortunately, there's no history of Alexevasion having posted it; maybe he did it before he got his account?

Anyway, I wanted to make sure that nobody else made my mistake, and took it for a copyvio and deleted it. What's the proper way for Alexevasion to license this? I was going to contact him and help him fix it. PurplePieman (talk) 18:44, 19 July 2008 (UTC)


 * If he actually is the author, he doesn't technically need to do anything to license it for us. However, for bookkeeping and to avoid license paranoia, it would help if he made a small note somewhere about how he is, indeed, the original author and that he is explicitly licensing it under the GFDL. --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk)
 * Actually, it's be much better if he would send a confirmation email from any email associated with the domain clas.ufl.edu to permissions-en@wikimedia.org stating it is licensed under the GFDL. This allows us to confirm and archive such permissions centrally. &mdash; Mike.lifeguard</b> &#124; talk 03:57, 30 July 2008 (UTC)