User talk:Simon Burchell - Wikimedia Commons

Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, Simon Burchell!

CategorizationBot (talk) 10:58, 21 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

• Image:Calakmul Structure 13.jpg was uncategorized on 20 July 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:58, 21 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Hello. I just wanted to let you know that I have granted autopatrol rights to your account; the reason for this is that I believe you are sufficiently trustworthy and experienced to have your contributions automatically marked as "reviewed". This has no effect on your editing, it is simply intended to make it easier for users that are monitoring Recent changes or Recent uploads to find unproductive edits amidst the productive ones like yours. In addition, the Flickr upload feature and an increased number of batch-uploads in UploadWizard, uploading of freely licensed MP3 files, overwriting files uploaded by others and an increased limit for page renames per minute are now available to you. Thank you. ZooFari 23:22, 17 December 2010 (UTC)Reply

Thanks ZooFari. Best regards, Simon Burchell (talk) 09:07, 18 December 2010 (UTC)Reply

I just realized that the move of that monument head file was a minor mistake on my part. According to Commons:File renaming#Which files should not be renamed? (3), the conflicting file on the local wiki should be renamed and not the one here. I guess we just learned something together. ;) INeverCry 23:23, 5 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

Oops. Obvious when you think about it really. Thanks for the move anyway. Best regards, Simon Burchell (talk) 23:29, 5 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

Affected:

• File:Cissbury Ring National Trust sign.JPG

And also:

• File:Gibbet Hill, Hindhead NT sign.jpg
• File:Kingsley Green National Trust sign.jpg
• File:Marley Combe National Trust sign, Camelsdale.JPG
• File:NT Copse and Mariners Rewe sign.jpg
• File:NT Harting Down sign.jpg
• File:NT St Catherine's Lock sign.jpg
• File:NT Stonebridge Wharf sign.jpg
• File:NT Swan Barn Farm sign.jpg
• File:NT Unstead Lock sign.jpg
• File:NT Woolbeding sign.jpg
• File:Polecat Copse NT sign, Haslemere.jpg
• File:Shottermill Ponds NT sign 1.JPG
• File:Shottermill Ponds NT sign 2.JPG
• File:Valewood Park National Trust sign.jpg -mattbuck (Talk) 21:15, 14 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

Katepanomegas (talk) 02:19, 21 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

Ok, then you should revert the categorization: Room 27 should be in "Mesoamerica artifacts..." non viceversa. Then you can move the items to one or another. --Sailko (talk) 20:43, 14 March 2013 (UTC)Reply

Please see Category talk:St. Luke's Church, Milland (interior). --Túrelio (talk) 15:50, 13 April 2013 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the heads up, I've replied on the talk page. All the best, Simon Burchell (talk) 22:55, 13 April 2013 (UTC)Reply

—Odysseus1479 (talk) 22:18, 21 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

I am working on behalf of a non-profit museum in Atlanta, Georgia in the U.S. called The CENTER for PUPPETRY ARTS. We are interested in acquiring the license rights to your image at this link:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Simon_Burchell#/media/File:Bilbao_1.jpg . The image will be used in an exhibition on permanent display for their global wing highlighting the history and celebration of the art of puppetry worldwide.

I wanted to confirm if this use comes under the creative commons license or do we need to license the image directly from you.We would also require the largest file size you have available. If you can get back to me via email tara@farrellconlan.com how best to move forward I would appreciate it.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

My very best,

Tara

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Tara Farrell Clearance Supervisor

Hi Tara, I have release this photo under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3 license, and you are free to reuse it, so long as you attribute it to me. Note that this photo was scanned from a hard copy, so this is the highest available resolution - if I can dig out the original, I could scan it in a higher resolution, if that helps, but I can't really vouch for the quality of the result... Simon Burchell (talk) 14:51, 25 June 2015 (UTC)Reply

Hi Simon Burchell, thanks for adding so many interesting photos to the contest. However, as explained on the contest page, there is a limit of four entries per photographer. Regards, AFBorchert (talk) 07:48, 3 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

Oops, missed that. Thanks for letting me know so quickly, otherwise I would have flooded the page with new uploads! All the best, Simon Burchell (talk) 09:40, 3 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

Hey Simon,

Took your Chakok'ot reference...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_Pet%C3%A9n#/media/File:Lake_Peten_Itza_at_conquest_1697.gif

...over to some Maya Itza friends in San Jose and they don't verify your Chakok'ot reference and instead gave me the Maya phrase for 'Place of Carozo' a type of palm that grows here. Am not surprised at all about this for lots of reasons and we can discuss that privately, if you like. Can you please share where you found this Chakok'ot reference and please feel free to message me chakokot@ladanta.org

Happy Friday and Thanks so Much for your Awesome Contributions! — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 190.148.39.71 (talk) 21:22, 24 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Chakok'ot is given as a name at the location of San José in Grant D. Jones The Conquest of the Last Maya Kingdom on a map on page 17. Note that the name is usually spelled Chakokot in English language publications. Also, Chakokot was not at the current location of San José (which was a reduction settlement established by the Spanish) but rather at the archaeological site lying some 2km to the east of Motul de San José. Antonia Foias makes many references to Chakokot in Motul de San José: Politics, History, and Economy in a Classic Maya Polity, and Matthew Moriarty has also published a couple of articles covering the site, Entre el centro y la periferia en la tierra de los Señores "Ik": Investigaciones recientes en sitios satélites de Motul de San José, Petén, 2005 and Settlement Archaeology at Motul de San José, Petén, Guatemala. Preliminary Results from the 1998-2003 Seasons, 2004.

All the best, Simon Burchell (talk) 21:56, 24 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

Groovy - thanks so much for the clarification, Simon. Seeing as how the current location of San Jose is a post-colonial reduction settlement, do you feel it is reasonable to postulate that whatever name Maya Itza name San Jose is being given is conqueror-defined/invented and not of Maya Itza origin? Or do you lean in favor of what the elder Maya Itza in San Jose are calling it, 'Ix Tutz' or 'the place of corozo' as it's authentic Maya name? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 190.148.39.71 (talk) 22:37, 24 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

I am sure the Spanish would not have given it a Maya name; they would, and indeed did, give it a Spanish name (San José). Ixtutz is a fairly common Maya placename type (there is another Ixtutz near Dolores); many Maya place names are named after distinctive local vegetation etc. As to how old that name is, it is impossible to say, without diving headfirst into colonial records to see if it was recorded early on by the Spanish. A point in favour is that the corozo is a native tree, not an introduced tree. Simon Burchell (talk) 08:01, 25 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

Hello! Thank you for participating in the banner competition of Wiki Loves Monuments! Some of your page banners are already in use in Wikivoyage travel guides. The full gallery of banners, their current usage, and the results of the competition can be found here. We look forward to your future contributions to Wikivoyage. See you next year!

On behalf of the organizers, --Alexander (talk) 07:57, 20 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

Hi

You're receiving this message because you've previously contributed to the annual Wiki Loves Monuments contest in the UK. We'd be delighted if you would do so again this year and help record our local built environment for future generations.

You can find more details at the Wiki Loves Monuments UK website. Or, if you have images taken in other countries, you can check the international options. This year's contest runs until 30 September 2019.

Many thanks for your help once more! MichaelMaggs (talk) 15:35, 3 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Affected:

• File:Copenhagen 2011 05.jpg

Yours sincerely, C.Suthorn (talk) 17:29, 1 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

Hi

Thank you so much for contributing to the UK section of this year's Wiki Loves Monuments contest, which finished yesterday. We really do appreciate the time and effort you've put in to record the UK's built cultural heritage for future generations.

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Once again, many thanks for your help! MichaelMaggs (talk) 15:58, 2 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

Hola. No estaba bien, pero ya lo he puesto como tiene que ir. Un saludo. (Trad. google): Hi. It wasn't right, but I've already put it as it should. A greeting.--Aitorembe (talk) 12:52, 27 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Aitorembe: Gracias - necesitaba estar en la categoría de iglesias de Lugo de una manera u otra, si solo era asunto de subcategoría entonces hay que ponerla en la subcategoría correcta antes de quitar la categoría superior. En fin, todo salió bien. Gracias y saludos, Simon Burchell (talk) 15:00, 27 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Affected:

• File:Manila Peninsula Hotel.jpg

Yours sincerely, Mrcl lxmna (talk) 10:51, 3 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

Dear Simon Burchell,

Thank you for contributing to Wiki Loves Monuments 2020, and for sharing your pictures with the whole world! We would like to ask again for a few minutes of your time. Thanks to the participation of people like you, the contest gathered more than 200K+ pictures of cultural heritage objects from more than 50 countries around the world.

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Salve, complimenti per le belle fotografie scattate nelle Asturie due anni fa. Non so se tu abbia ancora occasione di frequentare quella regione e in particolre Tineo e i suoi dintorni. Ma qualora tu ne avessi l'occasione e la voglia ti chiederei un grosso favore:

• visitare il Cimitero vecchio di Tineo scattando delle foto e in particolare la tomba dei miei bisnonni: "tramo" 4 n.3.

Tomba di famiglia acquistata in perpetuo e tuttora esistente. Nella stessa tomba di famiglia sono sepolti i miei bisnonni materni: Rosa Veira y Fernandez de Luanco (17.11.1845-28.3.1916), il marito Maximino Castañon y Cañon (1850-13.11.1921), il figlio Rufino Castañon y Veira morto nel 15.3.1928 e due figli di quest'ultimo morti bambini: Manuel-Antonio Castañon y Iglesias (12.1.1910+15.7.1910) e Manuel-Maximino Castañon y Iglesias (8.1.1915+28.3.1916). Se tu potessi visitare la località Mirallo de Arriba della parroquia di San Facundo sarebbe bello (e per me inverosimile) avere alcune foto di quei luoghi dove i miei bisnoni avevano della proprietà terriere. Data la mia età non sono più in grado di fare lunghi viaggi. Grazie comunque.Albertomos (talk) 16:18, 14 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

@Albertomos: Salve. Per favore scusa il mio italiano (di Google) - parlo solo inglese e spagnolo e un po' di portoghese. Purtroppo non frequento la zona, ero di passaggio facendo il Cammino Primitivo. Spero di fare più Camino, ma non so quando, non so se ripasserò da Tineo. Certo, se avrò occasione di ripassare per Tineo, cercherò la tomba, ma non so quando tornerò nelle Asturie. Mi dispiace non poterti aiutare ulteriormente con questa faccenda. Saluti. Simon Burchell (talk) 13:58, 15 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

Affected:

• File:San Andrés Xecul, Guatemala 07.jpg

And also:

• File:San Pedro La Laguna 42.jpg

Yours sincerely, A1Cafel (talk) 08:48, 12 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

A1Cafel (talk) 17:26, 28 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Dear Simon Burchell,

Thank you for contributing to Wiki Loves Monuments 2022, and for sharing your pictures with the whole world! We would like to ask again for a few minutes of your time. Thanks to the participation of people like you, the contest gathered more than 150K+ pictures of cultural heritage objects from more than 35 countries around the world.

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Thank you - and thanks for all the hard work in running the challenge. Best regards, Simon Burchell (talk) 08:49, 21 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Afternoon Simon - hope you might be able to help! I'm going through a folder of miscellaneous photos from June 2015 which I had overlooked and which now need to be uploaded. Unfortunately I hadn't named them and the clock on the camera was not right, and I'm having trouble identifying one particular building. Based on photos around it, I think it has to be either in Fernhurst (less likely) or somewhere in the area between Camelsdale, Shottermill, Hammer and Haslemere. Let me know if you have any ideas, and I will name the photo appropriately. Many thanks! All best wishes, Hassocks5489 (talk) 14:16, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hi Hassocks, that is Grayswood Village Hall, about a mile or so northeast of Haslemere town centre. All the best, Simon Burchell (talk) 14:21, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Many thanks! I must have been to Grayswood before Haslemere on that day. I'll get that image renamed and recategorised accordingly. Cheers, Hassocks5489 (talk) 14:28, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

No problem - glad I could help! Simon Burchell (talk) 15:05, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Hi. There might be some mixup. The sign at [1] is labelled "puente", but [2] shows a fountain. I wasn't quite sure how to sort it out. Enhancing999 (talk) 14:48, 5 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi - I vaguely remember this. It was a fountain, but the sign had either been mis-spelt or misplaced. As I recall, there was no bridge there... however it was quite a long time ago! Simon Burchell (talk) 14:59, 5 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

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