User talk:OrphanBot

OrphanBot is a bot, a computer program designed to perform simple, repetitive tasks. Any comments should be directed to Carnildo, the owner of this bot.

Lost your image? If it was deleted due to a lack of source or copyright information, OrphanBot's probably kept a copy, and I'll willingly re-upload it for you if you can provide the source of the image and correct copyright information. Place a message on my talk page, and I'll see what I can do.

Comments archived: 26 January, 2006 15 February, 2006 7 March 2006 18 March 2006

Need Help Copyrighting Image that I have already uploaded without uploading it again.

Hello, I am a new user here, so i need to familiarize myself with the system and I need you're assistance. I recieved you're warning and I would like to know how I may go about giving my image a copyright tag WITHOUT having to re-upload it. Also, I apologize for posting in the wrong place if I did, but this was the first interactve forum I have seen so... yes. Thank you. SkySurferess-5/14/2006

Get rid of this damn thing NOW!!!

I've just about had it with this biotch. It is destroying images that had every right to be on wikipedia and that I had worked so hard to find. If this bot continues to destroy images and articles for the sheer pleasure of its owner, the site administrators will be immediatly contacted so they can make sure that it never terrorizes again!

Please do contact them. And then maybe you can explain why you can't be bothered to follow the basic rules of uploading images. --Carnildo 07:52, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is it normal that this thing deletes everything that its on his way? Most of my contributions are as Fair Use and with a explanation, but it keeps trying to delete them. Messhermit 13:39, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Perfectly normal. You aren't bothering to indicate where you're getting the images or who created them, which is a basic requirement of Wikipedia's image use policy. --Carnildo 18:19, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You have just removed my image (right) Image:reddoglogo2.jpg, though I indicated that I had the copyright & am therefore entitled to use it. Such sabotage is a criminal waste of my time. I posted 'Carnildo' to make it clear that this was my image, created by myself. I only upload images that are my property.I don't have time or energy to keep chasing this stuff up. Please stop wrecking my entries or I'll stop making contributions . Curiousexplorer 10:10, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You uploaded it, and you may have the copyright to it, but you neglected to indicate what terms you were licensing it under. This is a basic requirement of uploading images on Wikipedia. I note you say you have permission to use it on Wikipedia, but this isn't good enough -- you need to get permission to release the image under a free license. --Carnildo 19:16, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is my last edit EVER to Wikipedia. No point when work is mindlessly deleted. Pictures tht I OWN that are over 100 years old were jsut deleted. bye. - gs

This thing sucks. It does way more harm than good. Ever heard of fair use,guy? A case-by-case process would work better. You err on the side of less information. That's bad for Wikipedia. BOT SUCKS!!!

I am sorry that Carnildo has such an inferiority complex and feels he is contributing to the project by operating this horrible bot that everybody hates. Yeah, Carnildo, you're getting your name out there and I hope that makes you feel good about yourself, but you're just destroying information by running this sorry thing. ^juppiter

bon giorno #c 06:04, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This bot is a very useful tool in battling the inability of a large number of people with the inability to source or tag correctly. The JPS 12:32, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure how to tag the image with correct copyright information. G_leonard_195.jpg was taken from ESPN's website, I included it in the summary which specific page it was from. AntiG

I don't like this Bot, it is very silly and makes repetitive edits which shouldn't be repetitive, but should be made on a case by case basis. Benjaminstewart05 17:10, 7 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright in the Ale Yarok and Tafnit logos

That's what it is written in the template which in the picture description pages of the logos of Ale Yarok and Tafnit in the Hebrew Wikipedia:

That is a logo of a commercial company or another organization. The estimation is that it is allowed to use in picture of that kind in Wikipedia in the article that deal with the specific company of the specific organization under the conditions of fair treatment.

It is necessary to edit this picture and to add to it the name of the article in which the fair use is allowed.

Toya 07:40, 18 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bot malfunction

Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed undone by an automated bot. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. If you feel you have received this notice in error, please contact the bot owner // Tawkerbot2 18:46, 18 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tawkerbot2 gave this message after this. What happened? --HartzR 18:57, 18 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Two different sorts of flat-out impossible, and one bug. Looking at OrphanBot's logs:

Wikipedia returned an edit page with an empty edit field -- a bug I was told had been fixed several days ago.
Then, OrphanBot manages to pattern-match 27 bytes of pattern against an empty edit text zero times -- and do so for a total matched length of 17 bytes.
Because of a bug in OrphanBot's code, a successful (but flat-out impossible) match against an empty page text doesn't trigger the "match too short" error-check.
OrphanBot then assumed that the image had been transcluded via template, and then did what it thought was a null edit to clear any stale "image used in" references.

--Carnildo 21:56, 18 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Green.darner2web.jpg

Originally this image was tagged with {{PD-CAGov}}. Apparently something must have happened with this tag, as it doesn’t show up any more in the description of the image. That is probably why the bot has marked this image for deletion. Or isthere a bug in your bot ?

Anyway, I have changed it to the not-so-apt tag {{PD-USGov}} and given the rationale from the original website why this photo is public domain

Can you look into it and see if this is OK and remove the delete template? JoJan 18:13, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:NorfolkSeal.gif

Your bot needs to be seriously worked on because it is tagging images that are legitimate and fair-use. The Norfolk Seal image is a city-owned seal of the City of Norfolk, Virginia, which is owned by the city itself, and is public property. The image is also appropriately marked with an image copyright tag, as per wikipedia guidelines, and in fact, was tagged appropriately when this stupid bot found the image!! Furthermore, it's interesting to point out that I have yet to see anyone complaining about any of the city seal images placed on other city pages, either!!

Your bot also appears to have tagged Image:Ky_unbridled.jpg, which I also uploaded. Unfortunately, I did not hear about this until after it was deleted. However, this image, like the city of Norfolk logo, is the current marketing logo of the state of Kentucky (it's on their website), and as such, is public property. The bot claims that there was no copyright tag in the image, which I beg to differ, as I am always very careful about selecting the correct image copyright tag for all of the images that I upload. In this case, the copyright tag used should be the same one (or very similar one) to the one used by the city of Norfolk seal.

I think it would be highly advisable if you would please discontinue the use of this bot until issues such as this can be resolved. Dr. Cash 19:29, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If it's public property, then why does that site say "Copyright © 2006 Commonwealth of Kentucky All rights reserved?" Not every government releases its works into the public domain. --Rory096 21:01, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Seal Of Approval

File:Kimjongil-wave.jpg

I'm Kim Jong-il and I approved this Bot!

Is it possible to have the bot notify the talk page before Deleting

Hey Orphanbot owner, I was wondering if it would be possible to also notify the talk page of whichever article the picture is on because your bot deleting a picture that someone else added. Although it was true that the guy forgot to give the source, The picture itself was a promotional phote and thus fair use. I had to replace the picture with one that wasn't as good.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 22:20, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Photo deletion

You have deleted a photo of Michelle Grattan, which I took, released into the public domain, and tagged accordingly. What is your justification for doing this? Adam 03:58, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is it then your position that if I upload one of my own photos, and someone else makes a technical modification to the photo, such as improving the colour, it then ceases to be the original photo and becomes a new photo without a source which you are entitled to delete? I would like to see the legal basis on which you take this position. Adam 05:46, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

When people say they "take a picture" it's usually implied that they used the camera to capture the original image--not to steal or grab an already-existing picture. --Brandon Dilbeck 21:38, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why did you remove my image of Kathryn Leigh Scott from DS?

I'm MAD at you for removing my image of KLS from DS??? WTH you remove it???? Why you did it???????????????????????

Spencer Karter

What image are you referring to? --Carnildo 08:37, 12 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:CTtpke1.jpg

It's an image that one of my colleagues gave to me.

His e-mail is [[email protected]]

--NicAgent 02:09, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tomislav Dretar photo

Hi, photo is my personaly proprietary - ask you ThomasBoth. --Tomislav Dretar 11:51, 27 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, See, I have copyright of photos: Me, Tomislav Dretar. You may to put back in place my photo. Sincerly, Tomislav Dretar.

See: File:Tomislav Dretar personaly.png

Vandalism on Muhammad

Please refrain from removing content from Wikipedia, as you did to Muhammad. It is considered vandalism. If you want to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you.

Additionally, please do not erase such warnings from your talk page. Thanks.Timothy Usher 06:27, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

PD-USGov Image

OprhanBot has been removing a number of images that are tagged with PD-USGov license information, as such these images do not nessecarly need to have a source. Do you think it would be posible to add a layer of checking to OrphanBot to ensure that these images are not nessecary affected? -- Darkstar949 22:39, 27 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism on Muhammad

Please refrain from removing content from Wikipedia, as you did to Muhammad. It is considered vandalism. If you want to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Timothy Usher 11:18, 29 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Krillitaneforlist.jpg

More info's added now. But what more could you want than

This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that produced it. It is believed that the use of a limited number of low-resolution screenshots

for identification of and critical commentary on the television program and its contents
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. For more information, see Wikipedia:Non-free content.
Fair use

To the uploader:

Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples.
This template is only for use on images which are screenshots from television. For screenshots of title cards of television programs or station IDs, use {{Non-free title-card}} instead.
Template:Non-free use rationale may be helpful for stating the rationale.

To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.

? I'd like a reply please.--Keycard ^(talk) 07:08, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You are a Nazi bot that even deletes pictures that I took and scanned myself.

Who's running this thing?

Your bot just removed Thomas Jefferson from the list of founding fathers of the United States. Completely removed - not just the image but even mention of his name from the page. And this for a supposed unsorced image that is already listed as present on Commons! And which is hundreds of years old. Please revert the rest of the removals of Image:Thomas Jefferson rev.jpg. Please be more careful. Rmhermen 15:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not specifying the source?!

Are you nuts?! It's logo! L-O-G-O! I have no idea who created it! You know what... If you tell me who created, let's say, W.I.T.C.H. logo, I'll maybe tell you who created this! As for the source, I got it from Modra Lasta's website [[1]]. See? No "copyright violation". Don't do such stupid thing ever again! I wouldn't like to consider you an idiot! Angry Keaze

Log of unusual finds

Image copyright problem with Image:2dstand6bs.jpg

I'm sorry, but what exactly is the picture missing in the copyrights? I put who it was created by, who it belongs to, where I found it, how I found it, what more does it need? - Brittany

OrphanBot Is An Asshole!!!

Damn what in the hell?!?!? I keep putting pictures up with the info and this damn guy keeps on taking them away! What in the hell is up with that?!?!? You are pissing off the wrong damn person you hear!!!

THEY DON'T CALL ME THE SON OF THE SOUTH FOR NO DAMN REASON!!!

File:Confederate Battle Flag.svg

IF YOU DON'T LIKE ME KISS MY ASS!!!

There is an "Image copyright problem with Image" with you OrphanBot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU AIN'T The durn boss of Wikipedia so stop trying to be the boss!

All of them pictures you took away are back up righ damn now!

If you want a war then you got it!

You know what? You need to get a life! If this is all you do then you must be a sad little nerd or a damn freak!

---kiss my ass---

I've done had it with you!

I don't hate many people but I do you!

Hey you

You suck, you deleted my image and it had all the proper info. --DragonWR12LB 20:52, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

is the licence of Image:Demaina.JPG is ok now?!Solitary Copt 03:28, 14 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

1985 World Series

Why are you wasting my time sending me messages about a particular baseball play image (the infamous Don Denkinger call from Game 6 of the 1985 World Series)? I clearly and specifically identified the image as from a television program; ABC's telecast of that particular game. Technically, the image is a DVD capture from 100 Years of the World Series. TMC1982 May 14, 2006 (UTC)

Sorry

Sorry about the image copyright problem. I forgot to give it the liscencing when I uploaded the image. I made it myself.--Fox Mccloud 19:49, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's ok the bot sucks and tags things that have the correct information anyway. --DragonWR12LB 20:53, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Obvious sources

This bot should be able to read tags such as {{PD-USGov-NASA}} without generating a message to the image uploader that the image may be deleted. Pain in the keester if I have to go back and state the obvious... D e nni ☯ 23:18, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

sources

Can this bot please stop asking me about sources when they are clearly provided. Arghhh! Astrotrain 23:40, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I second that!--RichardHarrold 13:42, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Phase distortion synthesis

Your bot have mindlessly vandalized the article on Phase distortion synthesis. The images are series of sine wawes without any specific creator except for the mathematical sine function. Please revert! 80.216.124.251 17:34, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]