User talk:Tinus

Welcome to the Wikipedia[edit]

Here are some links I thought useful:

Feel free to ask me anything the links and talk pages don't answer. You can sign your name by typing 4 tildes, like this: ~~~~.

Be Bold!

Sam [Spade] 00:59, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Glad to :D[edit]

I like making sure newbies feel at home, and I esp. enjoy the praise. Thanks again, and glad to have you, Sam [Spade] 01:11, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Images[edit]

Yes, I will contact him about the sources. The most recent one, Image:Al-Azhar Logo.gif, needed a {{logo}} tag, but we'll see about the others. --Merovingian 07:47, 24 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Phantom of the Opera image[edit]

Pardon me, but what can't you "believe" about me making the image Image:Phantomtechnicolor.jpg that you've tagged today as a copyright violation? For one thing, the film is in the public domain, and secondly, I happen to have a 35mm print of the film that I was kind enough to scan in on my own time. Was I not clear in my description of where the image was taken from?

I hope this can be resolved. A number of pages link to the image, and it would be a shame for it to be removed just because someone "has doubts." -The Photoplayer 20:10, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Phantom of the Opera Image

Yes, I understand what you're saying. But first, the film itself is in Public Domain. The image, however, was created by me and I've copyrighted the scan and alterations I've made to the image. Hence my GFDL tag. I'd be fine with Fair Use, but the problem is that the pulling of licensed images and usage elsewhere without credit is too rampant to begin with. -The Photoplayer 23:49, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The copyright was not renewed by Universal in 1953 and thus, it fell into the Public Domain. It is the reason why it remains a perennial for bargain bin home video distributors and is so common on the home video market. --The Photoplayer 14:35, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You can get verification of this by contacting the Library of Congress if you wish. Of course, there will be a research fee, but the truth is never free, unless it's on Weakipedia, of course.

Also see Scott MacQueen's audio commentary on the 2003 Milestone Home Video edition of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA for more information of PHANTOM's public domain status.

In any case, perhaps I should have noted it was a public domain film, but I suppose I took that for granted when making the image. In any case, can we please come to a resolution on this? The image is linked to several pages. -The Photoplayer 02:32, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. That is perfectly agreeable. -The Photoplayer 23:58, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Slave ship image[edit]

Hi! I'm not sure whether you are currently active on Wikipedia. I have taken the liberty of slightly altering your wonderful image of the plan of the slave ship 'Brookes'. It is in use on William Wilberforce and, as we seek to progress the article from GA to FA status a request has been made to "straighten" it. I have obliged, and have at the same time retouched (very slightly) a few dark areas and blotches (but hardly so that you'd know). I hope this is alright. As I have not been able to contact you I am uploading it as an image with a slightly different name, although I will credit you if you wish. Regards – Bruce Agendum (talk) 19:55, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]