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WP:3RR doesn't have an exception for your interpretation of
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Malik Shabazz
Talk/
Stalk 05:18, 25 January 2010 (UTC)This block was extremely unfair posted by an involved administrator, who heavily edited this very article himself. The block was lifted soon after it was posted. I have to give credit to User:Nableezy for helping me out, and I am grateful to him for doing so, most of all because the user is on the different side. Nableezy asked Malik to lift the block because the article got protected. Administrators, do not block the editors, if you protected the article, and never act as admins, if you are involved up to your nose like in this case.-- Mbz1 ( talk) 00:54, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Without asserting blame for events happening prior to this week, earlier this week I and others imposed the 24 hr interaction ban to try and calm the larger conflict down. Since then, the level of personal attacks and disruptive actions by all but one of the parties involved dropped off nearly completely.
For whatever reason, you have continued them.
I advised you a couple of days ago to take a short break, hoping that you would calm down and find a way to continue the content debates without disruptive actions and personal attacks. Your response has been to redouble those attacks. Reviewing ANI currently, there is significant administrator support for a proposal blocking you for a week and putting you on user interaction probation for three months.
I am not taking up that proposed community sanction now. But reviewing your actions since my request for you to take a break, it's clear that you are poking sticks into situations to escalate conflict, with multiple parties, in multiple venues. That's disruptive to the community. We expect editors to handle conflicts in an adult manner - with respect for other participants, and dealing with disagreements at a friendly, or at least not insultingly combative, level.
I am blocking you from editing for 24 hrs to prevent further provocations and disruptive behavior.
When the block is up - I strongly urge you to either disengage from this subject or to participate in a constructive manner with due respect for other Wikipedians' participation. Even in contentious areas, we expect people to handle content conflicts with dignity and respect. If you cannot do that, you either need to stay away from contentious areas, or reconsider whether you are able to participate in Wikipedia on an ongoing basis.
That decision is up to you. If you chose to behave in a constructive manner then nobody will remember this a year from now. I hope that you chose that path.
Georgewilliamherbert ( talk) 17:50, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
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guide to appealing blocks first. The block was unfair. No differences for the block rationale were provided. Conclusion: Admins do not write long block messages. Make them short, clear and the most important specific. Provide the exact differences for the block rational, and provide them in such a way that anybody would be able to see those at any time, even a few years later. Sandstein does it right. Learn from him.-- Mbz1 ( talk) 02:43, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Notice to administrators: In a 2010 decision, the Committee held that "Administrators are prohibited from reversing or overturning (explicitly or in substance) any action taken by another administrator pursuant to the terms of an active arbitration remedy, and explicitly noted as being taken to enforce said remedy, except: (a) with the written authorization of the Committee, or (b) following a clear, substantial, and active consensus of uninvolved editors at a community discussion noticeboard (such as WP:AN or WP:ANI). If consensus in such discussions is hard to judge or unclear, the parties should submit a request for clarification on the proper page. Any administrator that overturns an enforcement action outside of these circumstances shall be subject to appropriate sanctions, up to and including desysopping, at the discretion of the Committee."
This is in reaction to your violation of the topic ban noted above by your edit [1], as per the reports on my talk page. Sandstein 13:28, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
This block is one of my favorite :-) I was blocked for this for violating my topic ban on I/P conflict in... Rothschild family article. What in the word Rothschild family has to do with I/P conflict? There's not a single, not even a half word in that article about the conflict or about Arabs for that matter.
Conclusion: Administrators, if you are really to block contributors for such edits, I believe topic bans conditions should be specified much more clearly than they are specified now. For example, it should be said somewhere: "Do not edit anything that has a word from your topic ban description. For example, if you are topic banned on I/P conflict, do not edit any article that has word "Israel" in it. Blocks should not deepened on what admin is active at the moment and what mood he/she is in. Contributors, if you are topic-banned, for example, on I/P conflict do not edit anything that has a word "Israel" in it even, it has nothing to do with the conflict itself. You might get unfairly blocked for so called topic ban violation.-- Mbz1 ( talk) 21:06, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
Notice to administrators: In a 2010 decision, the Committee held that "Administrators are prohibited from reversing or overturning (explicitly or in substance) any action taken by another administrator pursuant to the terms of an active arbitration remedy, and explicitly noted as being taken to enforce said remedy, except: (a) with the written authorization of the Committee, or (b) following a clear, substantial, and active consensus of uninvolved editors at a community discussion noticeboard (such as WP:AN or WP:ANI). If consensus in such discussions is hard to judge or unclear, the parties should submit a request for clarification on the proper page. Any administrator that overturns an enforcement action outside of these circumstances shall be subject to appropriate sanctions, up to and including desysopping, at the discretion of the Committee."
This is in reaction to your topic ban violation at [2]. Sandstein 16:09, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
I was blocked over this edit. As you could see it had absolutely nothing to do with I/P conflict and was only concerning wikipedia user page policies. It was made at AE appeal issued by a user, who was unhappy that a hate propaganda image he displayed at his user page was removed. Did I violate my topic ban by citing wikipedia policies in my own section without mentioning any specifics about removed hate propaganda image. I do not think so, and other topic banned users were not sanctioned in the similar situations.
Conclusion: Admins, what I like about being blocked by Sandstein is that he always provides the differences for the block rationale in block log and in block message. It is a very good practice, and every blocking admin should do the same thing. Contributors, once again, even you believe your edit is not a violation of your topic ban, it is better to be safe than sorry.-- Mbz1 ( talk) 01:32, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Notice to administrators: In a 2010 decision, the Committee held that "Administrators are prohibited from reversing or overturning (explicitly or in substance) any action taken by another administrator pursuant to the terms of an active arbitration remedy, and explicitly noted as being taken to enforce said remedy, except: (a) with the written authorization of the Committee, or (b) following a clear, substantial, and active consensus of uninvolved editors at a community discussion noticeboard (such as WP:AN or WP:ANI). If consensus in such discussions is hard to judge or unclear, the parties should submit a request for clarification on the proper page. Any administrator that overturns an enforcement action outside of these circumstances shall be subject to appropriate sanctions, up to and including desysopping, at the discretion of the Committee."
This concerns your third violation of your Israeli/Arab conflict topic ban, at [3] and [4]. Continued ban violations will lead to longer blocks and/or an extension of the ban. Sandstein 12:54, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
It was my last block for so called topic ban violation for two non disruptive edits on user's talk pages. Was it fair? Well I have seen other topic banned users made multiple comments on an user's talk pages and did not even get warned. As I said about my block for Rothschild family's edit, blocks should not deepened on what admin is active at the moment and what mood he/she is in. The conditions of topic banns should be specified much clearer than they are now.-- Mbz1 ( talk) 02:20, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
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tariqabjotu 21:20, 27 July 2010 (UTC) It was a fair block. I've learned my lesson and never edit war again.-- Mbz1 ( talk) 02:21, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Following discussion on WP:AE you are blocked for 24 hours due to infringing an interaction ban. PhilKnight ( talk) 18:04, 25 October 2010 (UTC) April 2010 (UTC)
This block was unfair.I did not violate any condition of my ban-- Mbz1 ( talk) 02:25, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
All of User:Factsontheground, User:Gilisa, and User:Mbz1 are blocked briefly (12 hours) for disruption for recent behavior in thier editor conflicts.
I am going to be proposing a permanent interaction ban and possibly other topic bans on ANI immediately after posting these notices.
Georgewilliamherbert ( talk) 21:45, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
Extremely unfair block with no differences for a block rationale provided. I was blocked over few comments on AN/I. In a worst case scenario ban on AN/I might have been in order. I full site block - no a way.-- Mbz1 ( talk) 02:27, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
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Sandstein 00:02, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
Straight off your interaction ban, you began wantonly hounding that editor and others, again. I have blocked you for one week, owing to harassment and disruption. If, when this block lifts, you carry on with this behaviour, your next block will be much longer. Gwen Gale ( talk) 18:32, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
So you blocked me for a week for a bad faith report! It actually was not a bad faith report and it was not intended as a harassment. I really found this strange that a user will react the way they did on AN/I report that should have never been filed in the first place. I do not find it strange anymore, if even admin reacted the way she did. BTW may I please ask you to review what is wikihounding: Wiki-hounding is the singling out of one or more editors, and joining discussions on multiple pages or topics they may edit or multiple debates where they contribute, in order to repeatedly confront or inhibit their work. This is with an apparent aim of creating irritation, annoyance or distress to the other editor. Wikihounding usually involves following the target from place to place on Wikipedia. (highlighted by me) Now, when you have learned what is wikihounding please provide some examples of me ever wikihounding anybody. Please also provide examples of PA and disruption that were worth blocking for a weak or even for an hour for that matter.-- Mbz1 ( talk) 18:59, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
2010 (UTC)
About so called "hollow AE request": Less than a month later User:Supreme Deliciousness was blocked for 24 hours and topic-banned for 2 months. So, my AE was not "hollow" after all.-- Mbz1 ( talk) 04:37, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
Since you've edit warred over a misleading template at the top of this page, I have locked you out of your talk page. You can ask to be unblocked by email, through WP:BASC. Gwen Gale ( talk) 21:01, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
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After a complaint that should not have been filed in the first place about me was filed on AN/I, and
User:Prodego warned me they should have archived this complaint on AN/I and mark it as resolved. It was not done, that promoted a few trolls and my personal hounds to pick it up a some time after I was warned. At that time I felt threatened because the trolls brought up my communications with another users that had nothing to do with initial AN/I thread, and none of which required any administrative assistance whatsoever. The three users were canvased notified about the thread. Two of those three were decent enough to ignore the canvasing notifications. The blocking administrator was
canvased. At that point I was sooo surprised how an elephant was getting created out of a fly that I filed an SPI request. It should not have been filed of course, but it was not filed to harass anybody. I filed it with the only purpose to protect myself. I was refused in
Assumption of the assumption of good faith. At that point I got blocked for a week. I should not have been blocked even for a minute. A single(even wrong SPI) and a single a few words post on AN/I with no PA in a thread started by someone else (not me) should not have resulted in the block ever. If
User:Prodego marked AN/I about me (that should not have been filed in the first place) as resolved and archived it nothing like this would have happened.
Conclusion: Administrators, if you acted on AN/I report, mark it as resolved and archive it. Do not feed up the trolls and wikihounds, who hardly wrote an article, but are spending lots of time on administrative noticeboards. The contributors, never take a bait.-- Mbz1 ( talk) 20:57, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks I just fixed the caption. Hope it passes. Beautiful image, BTW! - Milk's Favorite Cookie 01:49, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
The Photographer's Barnstar | ||
For uploading several images to Wikipedia, several featured, I - Milk's Favorite Cookie hereby award you this Barnstar.- Milk's Favorite Cookie 02:36, 6 March 2008 (UTC) |
The Bio-Barnstar
I award this Barnstar to Mila for all of the countless beautiful images of hers that are gracing so many biology-related articles! Invertzoo ( talk) 22:40, 7 October 2008 (UTC) |
The Photographer's Barnstar | ||
For all the hard work improving many articles. Thank you! Travis Thurston+ 03:51, 14 November 2008 (UTC) |
Thank you for all that you do! Royal broil 00:47, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
BorgQueen ( talk) 02:08, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
BorgQueen ( talk) 07:45, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | ||
Welcome back! Also, thanks for the barnstar. I think you deserve one of these too, for this particularly kind and civil conversation with a new user. I came across that conversation in December, from looking at one of the pictures that he had posted, and was happy to see that someone had been civil to him, especially since he seemed to be in a difficult situation! Cheers, CordeliaNaismith ( talk) 02:56, 31 January 2010 (UTC) |
I should have awarded you with this right away.
The Photographer's Barnstar | ||
I, Pericles, award User:Mbz1 this honorary barnstar in recognition of her most excellent and thoughtful work in touching up File:Arm less man.JPG, drastically improving the visual quality of a valuable historic image used in Parthian Empire and several other articles at Wikipedia. I bow to you madam, and thank you! Pericles of Athens Talk 17:23, 14 April 2010 (UTC) |
Thank you very much!-- Mbz1 ( talk) 21:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | ||
For your many generous donations of gorgeous images (especially those breathtaking photos at User:Mbz1/Mbz1 gallery/Underwater), please accept this as a small token of my appreciation. – xeno talk 19:21, 29 May 2010 (UTC) |
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– Grondemar 23:12, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
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Mifter ( talk) 08:40, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
Your
Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for
featured picture status,
File:Kohala coast at the Big Island of Hawaii from the air levels.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates.
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Materialscientist ( talk) 00:02, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
I don't hand Barnstars out very often, in fact, I can't remember the last time I did so. I had promised you one, if Herrengasse 23 became a DYK but, it seems the world and Wikipedia must remain in ignorance. However, you have contributed greatly to my crusade to give recognition to lesser and little known buildings - so here it is and you desearve it:
The Content Creativity Barnstar | ||
To Mbz1 for his tremendous work and research in bringing Herrengasse 23 to a wider puplic appreciation. Giacomo 18:58, 23 June 2010 (UTC) |
PS: I would like to give Sandstein something similar for the really good photos, but don't think it wise to hand him a sharp pointy object when I am the vicinity. I will thnk on it.
Giacomo 18:58, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
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The California Star | ||
For your numerous contributions to photography related to and in California. Your keen eye (and the fact that you share it with Wikipedia) is appreciated. — Scouter Sig 15:03, 13 March 2008 (UTC) |
-- Bobet 13:38, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
-- Dravecky ( talk) 19:47, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
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For the great photographs you have contributed and for winning fifth place for PoTY. Congratulations! -- Muhammad (talk) 17:40, 1 February 2008 (UTC) |
Your
Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for
featured picture status,
Image:Hawaii turtle 2.JPG, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates.
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This was the very first image of mine that got promoted to FP. Now it is FP on quite a few wikipedias.-- Mbz1 ( talk) 03:40, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
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Hey there! I saw your article, Dead Women Crossing, Oklahoma, on DYK a while back. My goal this summer has been to write six short plays, and your article proved to be an intriguing basis for the first of six that I wrote, aptly titled Dead Women Crossing. It turned out to be an exciting mystery, and though I changed many of the details and, in fact, assigned the blame for the crime to someone other than the person to whom the article assigned it, it still proved a very solid and mysterious basis in fact. I just wanted to give you props for starting the article that inspired this one-act. Thanks so much, and keep it up! BobAmnertiopsis ∴ ChatMe! 03:11, 23 July 2011 (UTC) |
Per your email request today, I've indefinitely blocked you. Take care, Rd232 talk 10:15, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
Hi Mila,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Bluff erosion in Pacifica 2.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on July 26, 2011. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2011-07-26. howcheng { chat} 02:45, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
Congratulations on getting today's feature picture on the main page. I'm also sorry to see that you've allowed the bullies push you into despair to leave the project. You are a valued editor and have contributed more in several days than they have since they registered. I understand that you are leaving the project because of trolls and administrators that are acting on their behalf. I'm hoping to see you back when you are ready. -- Shuki ( talk) 06:19, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
I just want to express my sincere gratitude to Mbz1 for making these fantastic photos of spectacular natural optical phenomena publicly available. I used her photos in two of my research papers published in professional scientific journals:
Mishchenko, M. I., 2009: Gustav Mie and the fundamental concept of electromagnetic scattering by particles: a perspective, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 110, 1210-1222
Mishchenko, M. I., and L. D. Travis, 2008: Gustav Mie and the evolving discipline of electromagnetic scattering by particles, Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc. 89, 1853-1861
In both cases Mbz1's photos served as vivid illustrations of profound physical laws controlling the interaction of light with small cloud particles suspended in air. I hope Mbz1 will continue to make such photos and post them on the web -- this is a great service to both professional scientists, amateur researchers, and all admirers of nature.
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Come back! We need you! Your contributions were invaluable!♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:14, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Tarc ( talk) 19:24, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
Mbz1, I've reblocked without talkpage access, as this breaches our informal email agreement on what sort of use of your talkpage while blocked is acceptable. Sorry, but there it is. On the bright side, you now have no excuse at all not to seek out greener pastures. Rd232 talk 19:38, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
Mbz1, talkpage restored. Please be very careful not to use it make comments which may be construed as attacks on other editors, regardless of what other editors are saying here or elsewhere. Rd232 talk 08:22, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
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Panyd The muffin is not subtle 00:13, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
I do hope you will come back at some stage, Mbz1. You can be exasperating and high maintenance, and I get really annoyed with how volatile you get and with some of your politics. You are also magnificently off field and deliciously creative. If Wikipedia can't accommodate you, that is a really serious indictment of Wikipedia, not of you. -- Epipelagic ( talk) 14:07, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing on behalf of Singapore's National Parks Board. My company is right now at pre-production stage of a multimedia presentation, for the project "Gardens by the Bay" located in Marina South, Singapore. Gardens by the the Bay is a city garden and is currently under construction. Some key features and activities of the garden include conservatories for cool climate plants, mass floral displays showcasing horticulture and floriculture.
We are creating a video (comprising of various photos as well as stock footage of different events and happenings that are a result of climate change and global warming) aims to educate the public on global issues related to climate change. While researching online, I found a picture on this site ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glaciers_and_Icebergs_at_Cape_York.jpg) that is perfect for our purpose as we are looking at real untouched pics, documentary-like visuals. Thus I am writing you this email to seek your permission to use the picture.
This exhibition will be completed in June - Year 2012 and we hope you will have the opportunity to visit the site in the near future.
Hope to receive a reply from you soon : )
Jayne Multimedia People Pte Ltd Singapore — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.75.202.48 ( talk) 02:53, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
I am a professor at the University of Montana Western in Dillon, and I am co-authoring the second edition of the Roadside Geology of the Yellowstone Country with Dr. William J. Fritz. I was searching the web for a photo of Grand Prismatic and found your pictures. The book we are publishing is through Mountain Press, and we do not have budget for purchasing photos. However, we appropriately credit all photos. I was wondering if it would be possible to use a few of your photos from Yellowstone in the book? Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to hearing back from you.
Cordially, Dr. Robert C. Thomas Professor of Geology The University of Montana Western
There was a record in my block log that became a constant torture to me. So I asked to be blocked in order to remove this record, but later on, after I was blocked, I realized that it was not the record itself that tortured me, but rather it was my own behavior, when I cowardly agreed on humiliating and unwarranted unblock conditions, and in this I have nobody to blame but myself. Of course it is only a website, but I suddenly thought: what if in a real life I would agree to say something that is going against my principles as easy as I did here,on wikipedia, and it was this thought that tortured me. Now, when I am blocked, I feel better. I am trying to think about this as that I turned the clock back, that I have never agreed to be unblocked by betraying myself.Of course it is not exactly honest approach, the clock cannot be turned back,but it was the best I could have done. That's why I no longer care about my block log's record, if somebody wants to bring back the record in question, please do.It is not the redaction of my block log's record that is important to me, but the block itself, and that's why I've decided to follow tarc's wish, and to add template indefinitely blocked user to my talk page (would appreciate somebody adds the same template to my user page as well.)
I'd also like to say very clear: I will never sock. As I explained above this self-requested block was requested to come to terms not with wikipedia, but with myself. That's why I am going to respect this block, and I will never violate it. It is also why I cannot appeal the block. If back in December, I've chosen to stay blocked and appealed it to ArbCom, it would have been the right thing to do. Now appealing self-requested block would be a very silly thing to do. So no appeal is possible for me in my situation, which means I will never (what a scary word "never") come back.
I know that probably most of you would have difficulties in understanding the meaning of what I said above. Well, it is because I came from a different culture, and because of my English, but I tried to explain my feeling the best I could.
I'd like to thank Rd232 for being kind and brave. The redaction that he did in my block log was a courageous thing to do. A few days ago Rd232 removed my talk page access. He was right to do it. I promised to him in a private email do not use my talk page to attack other users even, if I am attacked myself. I broken my promise, and my talk page access was removed. I was very hurt, when it happened, but now I am glad that I was proven that my block is for real because of the reasons I stated above. The more real my block is the better I feel.
I'd like to apologize to Rd232 for letting him down.
I am very sorry that Rd232 decided to retire because he is one of a very few administrators who were making difference in dispute resolution process.
I will never be able to express how thankful I am to HJ Mitchell who on two occasions kindly reverted grave dancing posts from my talk page.
I'd also like to ask everybody to be kinder to each other, most of all to people who are down, who cannot respond. We all, including me, should remember "Do not do to others that which you do not want them to do to you".
Having said this, I personally became much stronger over the last few days, and I no longer ask you to be kind to me. Everybody, and I mean everybody, is welcome to this talk page, and is welcome to say whatever he/she wishes to say about me, if it makes him/her feel better.
I'd like to thank everybody who stopped by in the last few days. I wish you a happy editing, and... well... it is a time to say goodby.-- Mbz1 ( talk) 21:42, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
Dear Mila,
We are in the course of producing a series of two comprehension books for secondary students and would like to reproduce your picture 'Two silhouette profile or a white vase' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Two_silhouette_profile_or_a_white_vase.jpg in one of our books.
Details of our publication: Title: EnglishWise: Comprehension 1 and 2 Territory: Singapore Format: print (paperback) First print run: 3,000 copies Publication date: November 2011
Due acknowledgements will be provided. Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you soon.
Regards Louisa Mew Publishing Manager Learners Publishing Pte Ltd Address: 222 Tagore Lane #03-01 TG Building Singapore 787603 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.255.1.106 ( talk) 02:10, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello Mila, If you read this, I am very sorry that you are not here anymore even a little. I very much enjoyed working with you on so many fascinating articles such as Fata Morgana, Earth's shadow and so on. Your photography is truly world-class and you seem to be interested in just about everything! I will miss you a lot. I am grateful to have known you a little bit. Feel free to email me if you ever want to. Invertzoo ( talk) 22:33, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Dear Mila, I'd like to let you know that the book I used your image for is now announced at Springer:
The book is now at the designer and scheduled for release late October/November. Springer decided not to include the CD with the book as in the Norwegian version - but rather include the CD content on a dedicated webpage for download - what they call: Springer Extra's website. The content includes a lot of animations as well as a PPT version of the book contents. Very useful for lectures.
Read more here: http://www.springer.com/astronomy/extraterrestrial+physics%2C+space+sciences/book/978-1-4614-0570-2
Book flyer:
http://filer.romsenter.no/Clients/paal/flyer_the_sun.pdf
It will also be available from Amazon:
Sincerely, Pål Brekke Seniorrådgiver // Senior Advisor Norsk Romsenter // Norwegian Space Centre Drammensvn 165, N-0212 Oslo, Norway — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.109.105.231 ( talk) 16:11, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
Just a little appreciation for your lovely work, and wish you luck in your life...
~ AdvertAdam
talk 19:36, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Mila
I am assisting Cheryll Williams with her book Medicinal Plants in Australia Vol3 and she would like to use your image of a Puffer Fish at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Puffer_Fish_DSC01257.JPG
in the volume If you agree please advise of the attribution that you require should the publisher use the image. We are a non-profit group supporting Daintree Wildlife Rescue in the Daintree Rainforest in North Queensland, Australia (daintreewildliferescue.webs.com) rgds
Ringpicker (
talk) 00:38, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi Mila,
I contacted you last month about using a solar glory image for a textbook being published by Pearson Science and I am working also on the newest edition of that book (the previous book was a reprint) and the author would like to use another photo of yours of a solar glory found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Solar_glory_at_the_steam_from_hot_spring.jpg
It says in the Creative Commons license that it is ok to make use of it as commercial work, but I just wanted to verify that.
This is the book info:
Atmosphere 12e Lutgens/Tarbuck ISBN: 0321756312 c. 2012
Thanks!
Kristin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wanderlustphotos ( talk • contribs) 14:14, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
{MBZ.001.01} ____ WHEN BULLIED TO HUMILIATE YOURSELF |
We are the ones who're "trapped inside the door" and for you, Mila, who's locked outside the door here is a little bird of freedom File:Animalibrí.gif
Hi Mila,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Dead trees at Mammoth Hot Springs.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on September 15, 2011. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2011-09-15. howcheng { chat} 15:55, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Mila,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Development of Green Flash.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on October 10, 2011. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2011-10-10. howcheng { chat} 17:28, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
Hello Mila,
I recently stumbled across one of your photos attached to the Wikipedia article on Parallax. I was entranced. I must have stared at this work for at least ten minutes before I found myself clicking every link I could find to see if there were more. You ma'am, have a great talent. Thank you so much for doing what you do and allowing Wikipedia so share it so freely. It's folks like you that I'm grateful for in the world.
A twenty-minute old fan, Christina — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.5.138.215 ( talk) 01:51, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
Dear Mila,
I am a Producer on a programme for the National Geographic Channel about the sinking of the Titanic. We are currently trying to get hold of images of superior mirages and looming. I was very interested in one your photos, see below:
http://www.atoptics.co.uk/fz168.htm.
Is there any chance that I could get hold of this image for our programme? The Director would like to use it for filming this week if possible?
I very much look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Karen Kirk Bedlam Productions — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.143.254.50 ( talk) 17:45, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Mila,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Mauna Loa from the air.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on October 13, 2011. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2011-10-13. howcheng { chat} 17:49, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Mila,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:2010 mavericks competition.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on October 20, 2011. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2011-10-20. howcheng { chat} 16:35, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
Hi Mila,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Carpilius convexus is consuming Heterocentrotus trigonarius in Hawaii.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on October 25, 2011. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2011-10-25. howcheng { chat} 17:52, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
Dear Ms. Zinkova:
I am about to publicize a website containing a photograph of yours, obtained through Wikimedia Commons. The end result is the following:
http://sites.google.com/site/aldoloup/home/not-all-that-glitters-is-ufo
The same page in Spanish, Portuguese and maybe other languages will follow. A printed version is envisioned too.
I want to be sure that you have no complaint about this use of your work. I really don't want to have problems over copyright issues down the road.
I want to thank for the opportunity to use your work in commercial ventures.
If you have any issue with this use of your work, please let me know immediately.
I am acting in good faith, in the firm belief that the license for commercial use that appears in the Wikimedia Commons page of your photograph is completely valid, accurate and current.
Thank you very much.
Aldo Loup.
aldoloup@hotmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.16.8.119 ( talk) 19:49, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
I hope you are doing well. I miss you. Invertzoo ( talk) 18:44, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
By your email request I reviewed this post and I would agree that Daedalus's posting to Gwen's talk page could be taken as campaigning because it wasn't neutral (i.e. actively asking for a block). It would have been better for Daedalus to post to the ANI discussion that was happening at that time (which would be the case in all such situations). Given that, it may not have been the best decision for Gwen to block you; that decision may have better been left to another admin for transparency. Thanks, Black Kite (t) 01:40, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
Mbz1 ( talk) 03:45, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi Mila,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Mercury transit 2.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on November 7, 2011. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2011-11-07. howcheng { chat} 19:57, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi Mila,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Kohala coast at the Big Island of Hawaii from the air levels.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on November 11, 2011. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2011-11-11. howcheng { chat} 01:19, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
I work with Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, an environmental nonprofit that supports the work of the National Park Service at Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Among other activities, we produce park-related products and publications. We're now working on products for the new Lands End Lookout, a visitor center at Merrie Way, near the Cliff House.
One of the products, which will also appear as part of a Visitor Center exhibit, is a set of "fortunetelling" cards: on one side of each card will be an illustration and on the other is a photo of an individual Lands End attraction, along with a short fortune.
We'd like to use your photo of Ocean Beach and the Cliff House (posted on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cliff_House_from_Ocean_Beach.jpg) on one of the cards. The cards are vertical, so we'd need to crop it somewhat.
I see that you've allowed the photo's use under the Creative Commons license, but thought it would be a good idea to check in with you directly as well. We will, of course, credit you on the card.
May we proceed?
Susan Tasaki — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.226.227.200 ( talk) 21:07, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
Dear Ms. Zinkova,
I am a production assistant at Singularity, LLC. We are producing a documentary film about the end of the Mayan Calendar on 12/21/2012. You can our trailer on You Tube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROlI86ukGmM
We would like to use your image from the link below in our film. We believe that you have copyright to this image. If you do not, could you possibly reference us to its source? If you do hold copyright, could we have your permission to use it in our film? If so please reply indicating we can use the image, and as well, please let us know how we should attribute the credits. Thanks in advance.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dry_lake_bed_in_Death_Valley.JPG
Sincerely, -Emma Paul — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.22.15.219 ( talk) 21:54, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Hello Mila,
We'd like to use your images of solar glories and fogbows for a slide show on Scientific American's web site. I hope you do not mind. Please let me know if you need any further information.
Sincerely,
Monica Bradley
Photo Editor
Scientific American — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
65.199.186.2 (
talk) 22:41, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
And to think I got you to take a geeky science one also!
Hey, could you start a WR thread on a presentation I wrote? Put it in the Annex so that meanie Glassbead does not shit on it. (should they put the whole forum in the annex...like some Klein bottle?) But am interested in what more quantitative ones like Peter Damian and Kohs and the like think. Also, there is a lot of institutional memory there, so if this was all done years ago...they will know. I don't have an account there and they seem really harsh with all the outing and stuff. Sorry, no hot pictures for Horsey.
See here: PowerPoint: Wikipedia's poor treatment of its most important articles
69.255.27.249 ( talk) 15:57, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Just saying thanks for all the pretty pictures. If I had photos of that quality, I'd never have the selflessness to upload them for Wikipedia. Nightw 13:44, 27 November 2011 (UTC) |
Mila,
I work for a company that designs and fabricates natural history museum exhibits. We are currently working on an exhibit that will illustrate biodiversity. It will require a large photo mural of a tide pool. I happened upon your image http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/74/Tide_pools_in_santa_cruz.jpg via a web search .
Our mural will be about 28 ft. wide x 9 ft. high.
1) What usage fee would you charge to have your tide pool image reproduced at that size as part of a museum exhibit? 2) In what format does the image exist (4x5 transparency, high-resolution digital image...)?
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks for your time.
Allan Burch — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aburch11 ( talk • contribs) 01:23, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
Thanks very much for your time, Mila, and for the generous use of your beautiful image. I'm sure it will be educational and very well-received by audiences around the world.
Thanks, again.
Allan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aburch11 ( talk • contribs) 01:51, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Hand-made Star of David.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Calliopejen1 ( talk) 20:25, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
Dear Mila
Just wanted to let you know we've used your beautiful photo of the Green Turtle from Wikipedia Commons as one of our Photos of the Day (you can see it here: http://vanishingspecies.org/2011/12/21/photo-of-the-day-green-turtle/
We're a group of friends who run a non-commercial blog about wildlife and conservation - you can see our front page here: http://vanishingspecies.org/
I do hope you're happy with how we've used your photo (and please let me know if not).
And thank you for sharing such a beautiful photograph under the Creative Commons licence - we would never have access to such wonderful images otherwise.
Kind regards Kate Booker Vanishing Species — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.35.116.144 ( talk) 15:56, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
Hi Mila,
I came across your photo of the Giant Marbles at Joshua Tree National Park and I'd like to use it in a guidebook to the national parks I've been putting together. It's a self-publishing attempt ... if you'd like to know more about the project, feel free to have a click around www.stoneroadpress.com.
Anyway, if you're interested, how would you like to be attributed? I'll gladly pass along electronic versions (EPUB and PDF) to you when it's finished.
Thank you,
Michael Oswald — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stoneroadpress ( talk • contribs) 18:37, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
I was looking through a few more of your pictures, and your work is spectacular.
I would also like to use (for print and electronic w/ DRM versions) the following:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:P%C4%81hoehoe_and_Aa_flows_at_Hawaii.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:P%C4%81hoehoe_lava_meets_Pacific.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_prismatic_no_noise_reduction.jpg
Thanks again, and keep up the magnificent work!
Michael Oswald — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stoneroadpress ( talk • contribs) 20:59, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
Hello Mila,
My name is Mark Walsh and I’m writing you from McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
I’ve spent the last three years here observing weather, and have intermittently written a blog called the Frozen Toe that describes some of my experiences about life on the ice.
In one of my previous posts titled The Magnesium Night Light, I used one of your photos without permission or citation, and would like to apologize for doing so.
As you will notice, I have not updated the blog in over a year. I have some stories that I will be posting soon, but before I do, want to fix these existing permission/citation problems, and ensure that these proper habits continue throughout my future posts.
The reason I am contacting you is to ask if I may continue to use your photo, but only with the addition of a proper citation and link back to your blog/site. I completely understand if you are not comfortable doing so, and I will immediately replace the picture at your request.
Thank you for taking such wonderful pictures, and again, I apologize for not asking sooner for your permission.
I hope you have a great 2012, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Thank you very much! Mark Walsh — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.132.98.222 ( talk) 16:11, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
hey man im interested in what most of these are: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Different_minerals.jpg if you could email me a list of every one of those from left to right thatd b tits my email is jwoo224@yahoo.com a rsponse would be greatly appreciated — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.88.214.252 ( talk) 08:39, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
I have reblocked your account with the usual flags enabled. This is no longer a "by request" block but one "for cause," specifically continued harassment of User:Gwen Gale across other WMF projects and off-site. This block has been placed in my capacity as a member of the Arbitration Committee and should be appealed to that body by emailing arbcom-llists.wikimedia.org. Hersfold ( t/ a/ c) 02:36, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi Mila
I just wanted to say what amazing photos you have. I've added a couple of yours to a Squidoo lens on the black pearl. I just wanted to check that leaving your name and a link to you gallery was enough of an attribution. I find these licenses hard to understan and I'd like to use more of your pictures in the future without having to worry about copyright problems.
Many thanks,
Barbara — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lestroischenes ( talk • contribs) 10:01, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
Dear Mila,
I'm writing on behalf of author Tim Maltin (in CC) that is writing a book about the Titanic (his second) and would like to use the picture:
would you please license the use for it? What are the terms and conditions?
The book would be in electronic format (eBook) only and would be produced next week, so it's quite urgent.
The territorial rights would be World but english language only. The permission/license would be in the author's name.
Title:
Titanic
A very deceiving night — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.33.29.108 ( talk) 14:03, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
Dear Mila,
I'm writing on behalf of author Tim Maltin (in CC) that is writing a book about the Titanic (his second) and would like to use the picture:
The book would be in electronic format (eBook) only and would be produced next week, so it's quite urgent.
The territorial rights would be World but english language only. The permission/license would be in the author's name.
Title:
Titanic
A very deceiving night — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.33.29.108 ( talk) 14:04, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
wisdom and pictures | |
Thank you for the wonderful way your talk has room for inspiration and truth, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 23:53, 8 February 2012 (UTC) |
"Unfortunately, Wikipedia has led also to an inner cult, shrouded in anonymity, with structures and processes of self-regulation that are woefully inadequate. Many of these tools and procedures are reminiscent, in parody, of those of the Inquisition: secret courts, an inner "elite" arbitrarily empowered to censor and exclude all those perceived as a threat to the adopted conventions of the cult; denunciations, character assassination, excommunication. An arbitrarily concocted "rulebook" and language rife with self-referential sanctimoniousness give a superficial illusion of order and good sense, but no such thing exists in practice. It is truly a "Tyranny of the Ignorant"." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.207.34.133 ( talk) 23:40, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading File:San Francisco shipwrecks.jpg, which you've sourced to The image was taken from a public information sign (see http://www.hmdb.org/PhotoFullSize.asp?PhotoID=178057 ). The image is credited to Vivian Young, who likely owns the copyright.. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.
If you created this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either
If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to permissions-enwikimedia.org.
If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{ non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:File copyright tags#Fair use, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See Wikipedia:File copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.
If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read the Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Paul_012 ( talk) 20:30, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Dear Mila, I am Vladimur Onipchenko, professor of plant ecology in Moscow State University, Russia. I write a Russian non commercial textbook of plant ecology ("Functional Phytocoenology") for our students. I would like to ask your permission to use in this textbook a picture "A hummingbird among Crocosmia" from site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Humming_flowers.jpg. If you are agree, please, let me know how to note your credit.
Sincerely Yours,
Volodya
Vladimir Onipchenko Department of Geobotany Faculty of Biology Moscow State University 119991 Moscow Russia tel. +7 495 9394310 fax +7 495 9394310 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.232.15.158 ( talk) 16:58, 12 February 2012 (UTC)