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Hello, SF007, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question and then place {{helpme}} before the question on your talk page. Again, welcome! JACOPLANE • 2007-12-24 13:42

I noticed on some of your recent edits, that you are using unnecessary underscores on internal links (such as [[Portuguese_language|Portuguese]], when you should use [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]].) To learn more, see Wikipedia:Editing FAQ#How do I make links.3F. (EhJJ)^TALK 18:23, 23 March 2008 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I've semi-protected that template, so now new and unregistered users cannot edit it. Normally you can request protection of pages here: Wikipedia:Requests for page protection: Cheers, JACOPLANE • 2008-03-27 17:39

Although it is recommended that you be careful not to make any errors when uploading images, mistakes sometimes happen. If you would like to have an image you uploaded deleted, the best thing to do is to add {{db-author}} to that image and it will automatically be listed for speedy deletion. (EhJJ)^TALK 23:28, 27 March 2008 (UTC)Reply

OK, I have no idea what was going wrong with that image, but I've uploaded it here now: Image:Nero Burning ROM screenshot2.png. Cheers, JACOPLANE • 2008-03-28 13:32

I have replaced your image at Image:Transmission_screenshot_ubuntu.png with one using the GNOME default Clearlooks theme. I think that having the default Ubuntu theme is wrong as Ubuntu != FOSS. Also mine is of a later version of Transmission (in fact a SVN version). bruce89 (talk) 00:22, 16 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for updating the link to Ubuntu in my CUPS user box at User:Ahunt/CUPS!! - Ahunt (talk) 22:42, 22 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

Hi - you probably should be aware that a bot is monitoring the placement of cdimage.ubuntu.com links across wikis. Thanks --Herby ^{talk thyme} 12:56, 23 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

Hello. I was just wondering why you are moving lots of Linux distribution pages? I noticed you moved the Ubuntu page recently, and have just moved the Fedora page, but I can see no actual reason for you doing this? ~~ [Jam]^[talk] 14:24, 23 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

I've replied on my talk page. ~~ [Jam]^[talk] 16:40, 23 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

Greetings,

I have merged the ubuntu-restricted-extras page into the main Ubuntu page under the heading Availability of Proprietary Software. The content presnted is insufficient for its own article page, lacking both sufficient volume and notability. Latiligence (talk) 17:00, 28 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

Forgot to mention: links to ubuntu-restricted-extras have all been updated as well. Latiligence (talk) 17:01, 28 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for uploading Image:Ad-aware 2007 screenshot.png. You've indicated that the image is being used under a claim of fair use, but you have not provided an adequate explanation for why it meets Wikipedia's requirements for such images. In particular, for each page the image is used on, the image must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Can you please check

That there is a non-free use rationale on the image's escription page for each article the image is used in.
That every article it is used on is linked to from its description page.

This is an automated notice by FairuseBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. --06:02, 7 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

No problem and history now merged to this page here. With the 'author request' tag i just didn't realize that this was intended as housekeeping deletion for a history merge. If you want you can now reuse User_talk:SF007/Archive_1 for copy and paste archiving. --Tikiwont (talk) 08:16, 29 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I see you have moved Karaboudjan to Karaboudjan (band). I disagree with this move, since there is no article about Karaboudjan being anything other than a band, and that the shorter title should be used if possible. Would you be willing to give your explanation? Thanks in advance, Zouavman Le Zouave 17:32, 30 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

Hi, sorry for time I took to reply to your message... Regarding the change of the name in the article I changed it because I was considering to create an article about Karaboudjan, the ship from the adventures of Tintin, so I changed pre-emptively, to make the article "Karaboudjan" a disambiguation page or about the ship from tintin... If you really disagree with that you can change it back, no problem at all since there is no article about the ship yet. SF007 (talk) 01:04, 1 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Oh okay, if you're planning on creating an article about the ship, then no worries. :) Good luck! Zouavman Le Zouave 07:19, 2 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

OK, then I'm glad you asked and didn't just reverted my move without even considereing the reasons why I moved it. Thanks ;) SF007 (talk) 18:15, 4 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

^^ This is what I generally tend to do (apart from vandalism of course, but your move was clearly good faith). If you need any help on this article, I have the whole Tintin collection, it might help. ;) Zouavman Le Zouave 19:14, 4 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Hey, I was wondering how you managed to get LDD to work with Vista... I've been trying and trying all day and I just can't manage to get it to work. It always comes up with the error that it cannot open and must be closed. Thanks Banana Girl (talk) 02:10, 1 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Hi, first of all, sorry for the very late reply, regarding Lego Digital Designer: I simply downloaded and installed the software! :) I had no problem at all, I installed it on Windows XP, Vista RTM, and Vista SP1, it worked fine everytime, it must be a problem with your software or Hardware... Note that you need Quick Time installed... Can you at least install it? you can try to extract the files from the installer with WinRAR, since the setup.exe is just a self-extracting zip file... and then try to install it... maybe some files of your windows installation are corrupted or something... You can also try a portable version I made (with VMware Project North Star), it should work on Vista RTM or SP1, here is the link:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/oj1oh7

Oh, and of course I did not put any virus or things like that in it, but you should be carefull and always have a good and up to date antivirus, if you have any problems or something, feel free to ask ;) SF007 (talk) 18:44, 4 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thanks! Actually, i feel kinda bad now... I had tried LDD LeoCad and other types of programs and NONE would work. I gave up and reset my computer for a service pack and it worked! All of them!!! Thanks for your help anyway! That portable one may come in handy though;... Banana Girl (talk) 02:36, 8 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for uploading Image:Ad-aware 2007 screenshot.png. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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Solved! SF007 (talk) 20:29, 3 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

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Solved! SF007 (talk) 20:29, 3 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for uploading Image:Destination Adventure.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

It was a duplicate. SF007 (talk) 20:31, 3 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Hello. Would you be so kind as to updating the rapidshare wiki with the new rapidshare logo, please? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.210.129.151 (talk) 15:54, 3 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Done! SF007 (talk) 20:30, 3 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

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solved. SF007 (talk) 13:33, 5 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

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Solved! SF007 (talk) 00:22, 8 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, talk pages are meant to be a record of a discussion; deleting or editing legitimate comments, as you did at talk:VMware ThinApp, is considered bad practice, even if you meant well. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Socrates2008 (Talk) 07:16, 11 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Hi, sorry about that, but you wrote "ThinInstall" in the talk page, and there is no such thing as "ThinInstall", the previous product was "Thinstall" and the current product is "ThinApp", that's why I fixed it... I really don't like wrong info, that's just it... Please accept my apologies for editing your talk page entry, it was with a good intention... If you want to keep that, no problem, I will not fix it again... but like I said, my only intention was to fix a wrong information... SF007 (talk) 10:12, 11 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

No problem at all. However you will note that I've reverted some of the places you've added the screenshot of the setup program as this image does not appear to illustrate anything in the articles - indeed, the sheer number of articles you linked this image into makes your edits appear promotional. Socrates2008 (Talk) 10:19, 11 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

yeah, I suppose maybe I got a little too enthusiastic about VMware ThinApp... it's just that I find it such a wonderful piece of software I just want people to learn about it... I know it may sound "propaganda" or something like that but I have nothing to do with VMware (appart from using some of their products...). SF007 (talk) 10:25, 11 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

OK. However you may want to take a look at WP:SOAP and WP:NPOV so you don't have other editors on your case about this again. Socrates2008 (Talk) 10:47, 11 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Hello. Would it be possible for you to take another screenshot of Firefox in vista, but with this official add-on? Don't replace the original image, because it's not a replacement. Just upload it under a different filename. I need it to say in the article that there is an official, but experimental, add-on, that allows aero effects. Thanks. ;) --Titan602 (talk) 16:30, 11 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Hi, sorry about the late reply, I had some problems with my computer... (and had to re-install my operating system...), regarding the screenshot, I uploaded it to here: [1], I also uploaded it to here: [2] (external to wikipedia), just in case... Hey, if you need more screenshots of Windows or Linux software, just drop a message in my talk page ;) SF007 (talk) 03:20, 13 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Hello. Sorry I'm late to reply. This bloody WikiProject ad stopped me from noticing your message. Anyway, that's great. Thanks a lot for that. :) --Titan602 (talk) 15:43, 22 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

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Image Copyright problem

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A tag has been placed on Image:Safari (web browser).png requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an image with an unknown source or an unknown copyright status which has been tagged as such for more than 7 days, and it still lacks the necessary information.

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Image Copyright problem

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I extracted it from latest AVG Antivirus Free Package 8.0; downloaded from free.avg.com; extracted with the help of Aha-soft's ArtIcon Pro. Bye!

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I see that you received your answer. I don't use my admin account when I'm not around my main machine so I did not see your question till just now. Vegaswikian (talk) 06:33, 18 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

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Hi, I'm replying here to your message at m:User talk:COIBot/XWiki/hacktolive.org. First of all, we're not questioning your work or qualifying you as a spammer. The bot simply detects if one user or IP address is adding a certain link to multiple projects. In most cases that'll be spam, but of course there are exceptions. This is one of them. Therefore, I deleted the reports from meta. I'm not a sysop here, so I can't delete the report here. Feel free to nominate it for speedy deletion. --Erwin85 (talk) 09:38, 24 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. I know bots can't see if something is "good" or "bad", but since I am an editor for some time, and I had absolutely no problems of vandalism and things like that, and I also started several articles, I just thought bots would be smart enough to recognise that... anyway, thanks again for the reply. SF007 (talk) 23:49, 24 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

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hey i just wanted to ask you, where did u get that image of rommel ? thanks 212.35.80.168 (talk) 03:43, 28 June 2008 (UTC) Ahmed MahfouzReply

Hi, you probably are refering to this image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Rommel_in_Africa_1941.jpg, right? unfortunately I have no idea were that image came from, I just found it on wikipedia, with a bad name, and re-uploaded it... I'm sorry, I would be glad to help but I really can't... You can try the Reference Desk, maybe someone there can help you find pictures like that... Cheers SF007 (talk) 23:19, 29 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

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Thanks for fixing my spelling! - Ahunt (talk) 15:27, 30 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Hey, no problem ;) I don't like to mess with other people's stuff, but it was clear to me it was a mistake. SF007 (talk) 15:30, 30 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Go ahead and mess! - Ahunt (talk) 17:21, 30 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

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I coudn't help but notice your screenshot of the program running under Wine. Why bother when there are numerous native X-Window/Linux tools that do the same thing?

Just wondering --angrykeyboarder (a/k/a:Scott) (talk) 02:46, 14 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

I searched for an image of DVD Decrypter running under wine and have found none on wikipedia... maybe you are referring to the image of ImgBurn, right? I included simply to show that the program can run under wine... I agree that there may be many other native alternatives for Linux, and maybe even better, but like I said, it was just to show the program running on Linux... SF007 (talk) 15:52, 14 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

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Hi. Just an FYI - when adding stuff to the Fedora page (this is probably applicable to other pages), please can you see whether the content will fit into existing sections, rather than creating new sections with just one paragraph. In the case of your recent Fedora edit, the Live USB content would have fitted well into the Distribution section (which I have now merged it into). Cheers. ~~ [Jam]^[talk] 23:14, 20 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

yeah, not a bad idea... I will take that in consideration in the future, thanks. I also had noticed your changes to that article, I have to agree it is probably better this way... SF007 (talk) 23:21, 20 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

No worries - happy editing :). ~~ [Jam]^[talk] 07:44, 21 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

You wrote: "wikipedia is not a collection of links, if you think this programs are notable, create articles about them and they can be on this list"

Hello my friend, Yes, That's right... I have created IRestorer article about my favourite program. May you help me to complete it [or other programs]?

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.38.172.251 (talk) 22:47, 23 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

Hi, first of all I want to apologize for maybe being too "harsh" on my comment... second, I personally have no problem with "non notable things", if they are good, unique, etc... I have no problem to keep/create an article about them on wikipedia, but in this case I can't do much... Even if I improved the article, it would still not be notable, and would be likely deleted... I hope you understand, and don't hesitate in asking for help ;) Cheers. SF007 (talk) 02:43, 25 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

Greetings, I have proposed a new organization for the WikiProject Software have been proposed. I invite you for your valuable comments in the discussion here. You are receiving this note as you are a member of the project. Thanks -- Tyw7, leading innovation ‍ ‍‍ (Talk ● Contributions) 13:55, 21 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

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Sorry, but I have never heard of this software before. Not that I used that as an excuse for prodding. The point is, rhetoric like that is not very convincing. Dig up some reviews, find some citations for the sales. hbdragon88 (talk) 00:14, 6 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I'm glad you just talked to me for now insted of taking this to "Articles for Deletion"... While this may not be as notable as WinRAR or so, I admit it... It as been around for a while under the name Thinstall, and is the #1 software used to make portable apps (for now, of course this may change). Fortunately, I was able to find some "good" (or semi-good) news and reviews, I will post it on the talk page of the article, and even include it in the article, if it seems appropriate... SF007 (talk) 23:09, 7 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

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WikiProject Free Software is now a subdivision of WikiProject Software. -- Tyw7, Leading Innovations ‍ ‍‍ (Talk ● Contributions) 11:02, 17 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Hey, I started a section on the talk page about the two images you uploaded. Maybe you'd care to drop by (as I doubt anyone else would... And I don't want to just be talking to myself.)? Link: Talk:UNetbootin#Screen shot --Falcorian ^(talk) 19:37, 24 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

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Hey I checked out IsoBuster like you said, and it showed the files on the CD. However, since I have only the trial version, I can't extract and run them. Do you know of any files that would allow me to run the files? I tried virtual lab and CD check, and neither one worked. THanks. --AtTheAbyss (talk) 00:40, 11 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

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Hi SF007, I saw your screenshot of Ubuntu Ibex. Do you have any idea where that background came from? Or is it just bundled up in the software somewhere? Is there a version of it online?

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Hey, sorry for the late reply! there a copy of the original wallpaper at: [3] Cheers SF007 (talk) 00:38, 4 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

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I finally answered your question; I had made a note to investigate, but never followed through. Hope it's still useful! --Tardis (talk) 08:43, 21 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

Thanks mate, to be honest I delayed my reply to test that, but I still haven't done it! Anyway, I learned about strace, which is always a good thing! Regarding "my problem", I discovered it is a tricky one, I think alsa saves the mute option in a different way, if we have different hardware. (example: I boot a Live USB on a PC and mute it, save my session, and then boot on another PC with another soundcard, and then... I have soud again!). Anyway, thanks a lot mate, I appreciate it! SF007 (talk) 20:09, 18 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

First of all, IANAL. I noticed that you have added fair use rationales to the above named image. IMO, they are unnecessary for Cooperative Linux and Xming because they are free software, and a fair use rationale is needed for Windows because it is non-free. 99.240.102.192 (talk) 03:02, 23 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

I know, I just added it becasuse of Windows Vista in the screenshot, thanks anyway. SF007 (talk) 20:11, 18 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Just wondering how you got the high res images of Hitler from the national archives. The info on the page lists an ARCweb record but I've never been able to get high resolution pictures from there and yet there are numerous hitler pictures that have accurate Arcweb information and are high resolution. It'ld be a great help if you could point me to the original website where you downloaded the pictures from. Anangbhai (talk) 19:22, 2 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I would glady help you, but unfortunately I was not the original uploader of images related to Hitler, I simply re-uploaded them with a better file-name. Sorry for not being able to help! SF007 (talk) 20:13, 18 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

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Wondering if you still had NIS installed; you contributed two screenshots ... thanks! If you do, could you make another sshot, this time scaled down and web-resolution. Right now, the picture looks fuzzy in the infobox, yet it looks sharp at 100% res., due to browsers scaling it down. This time, could you drop the transparent background; I cannot determine the dimensions of the actual sshot with the transparent border on all four sides ...

TechOutsider (talk) 00:17, 13 March 2009 (UTC)TechOutsiderReply

Hi, I have now uploaded a new image with proper transparency (no unneeded transparent borders), I have not resized it because I do not have at my PC software for that at the moment (only MS Paint, but that does not work with transparency), feel free to re-size it yourself if you have software like photoshop or something like that (GIMP should also work). SF007 (talk) 20:21, 18 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Well that problem has already been resolved. I will be reverting to an earlier image; sorry. Can you get a sshot of the NIS logo?TechOutsider

Hi, I have a logo here, it was the best I could get... SF007 (talk) 21:17, 18 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

At least it's the right image :). Thanks. I'll see what I can do. Maybe extrapolate it ... TechOutsider (talk) 21:23, 18 March 2009 (UTC)TechOutsiderReply

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Can you explain why you moved There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama to There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama (song)? You left only the summary "for obvious reasons" - well they are not obvious. We only add a differential to a title "(song)" if there is something else called "There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama" from which we need to differentiate it. So unless there's a There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama (film) this is unnecessary, and not wikipedia practice.--Scott Mac (Doc) 20:37, 15 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

I did that because I dislike titles like "There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama", they seem to imply something, it makes them look like a statement (if we do not read the article). Even the other day I saw an article named "Sexo Explícito" (translated to: "explicit sex") on the Portuguese wikipedia, and I was really thinking it was about sex, but in reality, it was about a band! (I really dislike that naming policy!). Just imagine if we had an article called "Obama is a gay nigger from outer space"? Just because of some "notable"/popular song with that name? that would suck. Anyway, If I have to explain, then probably you miss my point. Anyway, I will not fight that, nor revert, rest assured. I just felt I had to do that, even knowing someone would not like my page-move. Cheers SF007 (talk) 20:32, 18 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

PS: I do not dislike Obama himself! In fact, I would have probably voted for him if I lived in the USA! SF007 (talk) 20:33, 18 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I noticed that most or all of your screenshot images are of an unreasonably high resolution. While I appreciate your contributions, the non-free content criteria, #3b states that low- rather than high-resolution images should generally be used. As the screenshots are generally used in a thumbnail or otherwise "small" format in the articles where they appear, it is not necessary to have such high resolution versions, and thus the images should be reduced in size, per policy. While there are no set guidelines stating what a "good size" is, I've found that a good rule of thumb is that large screenshots (of whole windows or whole screens) should be no more than 0.1 megapixels in resolution (c.f. WP:VG/GL#Screenshots and cover art). Thanks again for your contributions! —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 15:15, 16 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hi Mendaliv, you touch a really sensite point with this... you say "unreasonably high resolution" and I say "normal resolution" and reply with "why unreasonably low resolution"? You know, I really oppose the use of low-res images by default, especially in the case of screenshots of software that is not art (unlike games, etc...), here is my opinion why low-res images are bad:

The page you pointed out is a mere guideline, not policy (there is a difference!)
Re-sizing images to low-res based only on guidelines (or even if that was policy) is a bad idea: "wiki-rules" are just made to either: comply with the law OR avoid legal actions OR respect the copyright owners OR make the content free (as in libre) (see more explaining bellow)
Doing that to comply with the law in not needed: we have fair use, and besides, a screenshot is only "a small portion of the work" (so we are complying with fair use!) (in fact, a screenshot is not even part of the work, since the point of software is to be used, and a screenshot is 100% useless for that!)
Even if we had no fair use law, I doubt most copyright owners would care there is a screenshot on wikipedia, in fact, I bet many of them like that! So I doubt they sue, and even if they sued, a screenshot can be taken down anytime or re-sized down anytime
"Re-size it to respect copyright owners"- Like I said before, they probably like their screenshots here, besides, anyone can take screenshots of software and use them is a bad way - so being on wikipedia does not do any harm (remember, screens are under fair use, so they are legal!)
"Wikipedia is about "Free"/libre conten so lets re-size them down": I doubt making them smaller makes them more free...
Low-res is bad for readers, since it is harder to see the images and/or read what says there (not to mention people with reading/visual problems)
Low-res is bad for wikipedia: It decreases quality of wikipedia

I bet you strongly disagree with me, but this is my personal opinion, I could lie about that, but I will not do that... If you would like to track all my edits and re-size all my images, fine, I will not like that, but I will also not fight it and/or revert it. SF007 (talk) 20:54, 18 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

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Thanks for your recommendation of VirtualBox over at the Reference Desk. It just works! Thanks! Tempshill (talk) 23:18, 13 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

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You struck a PROD nomination for the Adept Manager article with a suggestion that the piece be merged. Is there a clear merge candidate? apt-get Ubuntu etc all are related, but none so much so that covering adept more than in passing would seem warranted. Please clarify your proposal on the talk page. MrZaius^talk 14:53, 1 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

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There has discussion gone trought and it seems just to be a fact that Ubuntu screenshot does not belong at all to operating system article because it does not show operating system anyway. I made there a citation of operating system functions, to proof that Ubuntu screenshot wrong too. It ain't good idea to add screenshots what are ads for one party but does not have any facts on it what it should show. Hopefully you can read the citation link to understand the difference of desktop environment and operating system. 80.248.107.203 (talk) 22:44, 20 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

I removed your edits due to things like "it is an ad and biased", which I don't think is true. I could not care less if there was a screenshot of Debian, Fedora, Mandriva or Super OS... I know the screenshot only shows GNOME and the wallpaper, and that GNOME is not an OS.... but my point was that "Linux" should be represented in the article. SF007 (talk) 14:06, 21 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

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Good call, I say. I know that at least one of them is a genuine product but if no-one can be bothered to make the effort to show how it is notable in the context of Wikipedia then it's right that it should go - we don't want a bunch of unreferenced, non-notable, unverified redlinks, especially where it's going to be a magnet for product advertisements.

Verified, notable products are fair game, but I agree the redlinks should go. --ClickRick (talk) 09:29, 29 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hi, cool. I'm not really bothered about notability, however, the article already mentioned a bunch of terminals (some of them even obsolete/discontinued), and I just decided to do some clean up. Some of them could be even made up (google showed up nothing useful and without refs it's hard to be sure). If you want to re-add some of them, feel free to do it (however, I recommend to at least start a stub, or provide at least an external link so we can have minimum verifiability). Cheers. SF007 (talk) 09:43, 29 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

PS: As a side note, none of them was even in the ubuntu repositories

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How do you take screenshots like this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Microsoft_Security_Essentials.png ???--Sotcr Excuse my English (talk me) 20:27, 18 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hi, some screenshots I upload come from the web (many from the hacktolive site), however, you are probably refering to the transparent image, right? I know they are taken with Window Clippings, I got my copy here. Cheers. SF007 (talk) 02:02, 19 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, I'll try it ;) --Sotcr Excuse my English (talk me) 02:51, 19 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

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why nominate the image for deletion?!? If it is not approppriate to have it on those articles why not just remove it from them or even replace it with another? Why not take a more relaxed stance on so-called "non-free images"...? it would be better for everybody, I tell you. Also, I used this image because it is probably the most popular Virtual Machine software, and using another one just because of the licensing would (maybe) be biased towards "FOSS". However, I see no problem in replacing the image with an image of VirtualBox, for example. Cheers -- SF007 (talk) 03:17, 27 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Yeah. Our fair use policy is shaky. That's why we have a so-called "bias" towards FOSS, since its the only way we can legally represent most concepts on Wikipedia. We have considered most Windows window borders to be de minimis enough to still be free (especially the "Windows Classic" design). ViperSnake151 Talk 03:23, 27 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

5 July 2009 SF007 (6,717 bytes) (why link to malware?!?! please explain if you think this should be here)

MS Antivirus scareware rogue anti-virus 2007-2010

When I was researching MS anti-virus software today, I stumbled across the malware article, because of the article title. Then I found out that the related articles were a disorganized, poorly cross-linked jumble. So I took quite a bit of time to research and try to organize good inter-linking. Now, you have gone many places and removed the links to that one article, because you think the content is about a "bad" thing that you would like to suppress. Well. What are we about here? It still seems to me that the content is "obviously" relevant. Anyone trying to learn about this subject might want to know about that "bad" content.

We are not discussing a "link to malware" here -- we are discussing a link to an article about it! And there is nothing at all devious about the link -- it says dead plain what it is about, and no one will ever be bothered to go to that article unless they want to know more about that kind of thing.

Now the MS Antivirus article seems to be missing any link to:

Microsoft Anti-Virus (MSAV) antivirus program for MS-DOS 1993-1996

which is crazy, since the articles have almost exactly the same titles. And there is some kind of invisible cloak on the article protecting it from edits by us unwashed anons. Please fix this article. (I don't care that the content is about something 15 years old. This is supposed to be an encyclopedia. History belongs here more than current tech content, actually.)

PS: A detailed history of MS-DOS (listing each version, when) seems to be missing in WP. Someone should fix that. Even if I spend hours a day trying to fix WP, I still can't catch up...

PPS: This page is too long; please archive earlier material.

PPPS: Looks like you have been working hard on WP for years. Looks like you have been working to add pics - Thank You! So many more pics are needed... -71.174.175.104 (talk) 01:51, 6 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

>you have gone many places and removed the links to that one article, because you think the content is about a "bad" thing that you would like to suppress

I am not trying to "suppress" anything, I just think it is pointless to have a link to an article about a malware program on an article about a legitimate product. But if there is consensus, feel free to add it SF007 (talk) 13:10, 8 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

>Now the MS Antivirus article seems to be missing any link to: Microsoft Anti-Virus

I re-added it SF007 (talk) 13:10, 8 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

>A detailed history of MS-DOS (listing each version, when) seems to be missing in WP

I can help much in that... I'm not very familiar with the topic... SF007 (talk) 13:10, 8 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

>PPS: This page is too long; please archive earlier material.

I haven't bothered to investigate that yet... SF007 (talk) 13:10, 8 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

>Looks like you have been working hard on WP for years. Looks like you have been working to add pics - Thank You! So many more pics are needed...

I do my best SF007 (talk) 13:10, 8 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

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Hello SF007, and thanks for your work patrolling new changes. I am just informing you that I declined the speedy deletion of Windows4all - a page you tagged - because: not previously deleted and "non-notable" is not a reason for deletion. Use WP:AFD instead. Please review the criteria for speedy deletion before tagging further pages. If you have any questions or problems, please let me know. So Why 20:48, 22 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

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Are you the owner of hacktolive.org? If not, what's your relationship to it? Yworo (talk) 04:15, 23 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

I do not feel in any way forced to reply to that question, but out of courtesy to other editors, I have explained my relation with that website here - SF007 (talk) 13:20, 23 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Just a note to inform you that I've opened a discussion about links to and images from hacktolive.org on the reliable sources noticeboard and WikiProject Spam. Yworo (talk) 05:04, 23 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Re WT:WikiProject Spam#hacktolive.org (where you might like to comment): I'm sure you are well intentioned, but Wikipedia should not be used to promote even good causes. Per WP:EL, please only add external links that add encyclopedic value to an article. Also, note that a reference is generally expected to give a reliable source to justify a statement in article. For example, in Zero Install, this edit inserted "Currently, the only operating system to include Zero Install by default is [[Super Ubuntu]]<ref>http://hacktolive.org/su</ref>". The reference is not reliable and does not justify the statement. Also, it is entirely redundant because a link to the article was given, so the external link should not be added. Johnuniq (talk) 08:43, 23 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

First of all, I removed that section just now, since that information seems to be outdated (the distro now is not even called "Super Ubuntu", but "Super OS"). I simply added the link to serve as a reference for the fact that Zero Install was included in Super Ubuntu. I slightly disagree it was not a good source, since it was the official page of Super Ubuntu, so who could provide more reliable info about the software included in Super Ubuntu than the developers themselves? Of course more reliable sources would be better, but I think that one was not so inappropriate. And regarding being redundant, yes, a link to the Super Ubuntu article was given, but as you probably know, wikipedia is not considered a reliable source. If the information was still current, I would not care if the link was removed, but I am just saying all this because at the time I considered the link very appropriate. Another issue would be if "Super Ubuntu" is considered "notable enough" to have that information on the Zero Install article, now this would be a good reason to remove that section altogether, but like I said, if the info was there, I considered the reference appropriate. Cheers SF007 (talk) 12:01, 23 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

If we read "the only operating system to include X is Y[ref1]" then ref1 should support the assertion (a quick look made me think it did not; it might support "X is in Y"). Also, given that Y is a link to a Wikipedia article, it is not correct to also give a direct link to the web site for Y: it's not required; it's not encyclopedic; it's unnecessarily hard to maintain (external links in two locations); it is unnecessarily promotional. Your point about a WP article not being a reference is of course correct, but that is a different issue. I don't think there is any need to reply, but I will see any reply here so you don't need to notify me thanks. Johnuniq (talk) 07:31, 24 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Please ease up. I posted a query on the two noticeboard not to label you a spammer, but to determine via expert opinion whether the links were good or problematic. I waited for a response on both boards before removing the links. Once I was sure that the links were not reliable sources and were viewed by our spam project as promotional, I removed the links. I believe this was the right thing to do. I also find the images very questionable, but I've not removed them yet as I don't think there is enough feedback on that. One thing that is really really questionable is that hacktolive.org claims they have released many of the screenshots into the public domain. But they are not legally capable of doing this on screenshots that have additional copyright holders, such as Microsoft. All the copyright holders would have to release the image for it to be public domain. I am sure you took their release in good faith, but I believe both they and you are mistaken about the appropriateness of use on articles other than the primary piece of software shown. I didn't reduce them as I found on your talk page a statement that you would revert any attempt to make them low-resolution and saw that you had already done so on at least one occasion. Okay? Yworo (talk) 14:45, 23 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

OK, I have to admit I took it a bit personal after dedicating hours, days, and even months to wikipedia... I hope you take that into consideration... I just felt attacked in a way... Regarding the images, I ask you to please read my talk page again, I said "I will also not fight it and/or revert it" (the low resolution images). Regarding the images... I just assumed they were OK for wikipedia, feel free to tag them with the proper licenses and/or fair-use notices (if required). Thanks for explaining it. SF007 (talk) 14:58, 23 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for your response. I guess I should have said "nothing personal" a few times like you did. My apologies. Yworo (talk) 15:00, 23 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Nevermind, it was my fault. You had not made any attack, so its allright. Also, all this "arguments fight" was mainly to explain my reasoning and "clean my reputation" and prove a point, not really to fight for the links to be there, since I agree it is not a very reliable website. Cheers SF007 (talk) 15:07, 23 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

I've glanced at your contribs and they should support your reputation. I certainly think you should keep up your good work. Yworo (talk) 15:09, 23 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, sure I will keep working on wikipedia ;) SF007 (talk) 15:14, 23 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

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Please do not "fix" any more Ubuntu links until the move is actually discussed. Besides, "(operating system)" may not be the correct dab term anyway. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 23:31, 3 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

It's my opinion that this admin is already involved in the issue and if he blocks anyone if would be an abuse of his admin privileges. Yworo (talk) 23:35, 3 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

I'm being threatened with blocking over fixing the same links you are by SarekOfVulcan. Can he do that? Would it be justified? Yworo (talk) 23:32, 3 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

In his/hers case I would not "threaten" you... but it does not seems like a bad-faith action. I think a simple warning first would be enough, and then only take other actions if needed (in fact, like you probably remember, I simply gave you a little warning in the past when I feared minor disruptive actions). I am sorry, but I can't help much, I am not an admin and I am not very familiar with wikipedia politics. In your case I would ask advise at the wikipedia helpdesk, if needed. I have stopped "fixing links", but I don't really think those actions were bad, and not worthy of a block. Cheers --SF007 (talk) 03:07, 4 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

I asked another admin and we are cleared to continue fixing links. See [4]. I've fixed about 100 I'd guess that there are around 100 more. I've run out of steam though... Yworo (talk) 03:29, 4 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

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