User talk:Wittkowsky

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- Mailer Diablo 15:24, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Image copyright

Thank you for uploading Image:Autogrammkarte.jpg. Please provide evidence that Martin Böttcher has given permission to use this image. Have a nice day. --Ellmist 02:28, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I am the webmaster of his official homepage at http://www.martin-boettcher.net There the picture also is included in the title-collage. --Wittkowsky 13:00, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Paul Temple/Francis Durbridge

Really liked your contribution to the Francis Durbridge article! Rayray 09:28, 20 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, now we just need one about Paul Temple. Made an article about him in the German Wikipedia at de:Paul Temple. Will try to translate it. Hope I get some assistance *g* --Wittkowsky 14:04, 20 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Made it: Paul Temple - can someone correct my "wrong" translations? (still being German with school English-knowledge) --Wittkowsky 15:41, 20 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:4thomas.jpg

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Cloak-and-dagger film

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Cloak-and-dagger film, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at its talk page. Removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, but the article may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. H005 21:54, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Objection, Mylord. Have a look at a precise translation at: http://www.dict.cc/?s=mantel+und+degen+film This term definetely exists (and it's no babelfish-translation). ...and by the way: this request for deletion has not been entered to the respective Wikipedia:Articles for deletion-section, so it is irrelevant. And as the "Allmighty Trasheap" even knows this term it should be kept. --Wittkowsky 08:58, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Objection sustained, as per the Wikipedia rules. Proposed deletions must not be listed on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, this is only the recommended step when someone objects and you still believe it should be deleted - which I do. Now that you objected I'll add it there, may take a day or two though. Btw, dict.cc is probably the worst dictionary on the web, sort of a translation wiki, just that it's much harder to get rid of bad entries. I wouldn't give a dime for it. -- H005 13:28, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, if you think "cloak and dagger" in literature is something completely different you are free to add content of that kind to the article. But that missing is absolutely no reason to delete the article, it is just an incomplete article. And another "well", Google finds 618 entries with Cloak-and-dagger-film -wikipedia, not 255, with "Cloak-and-dagger film" -wikipedia 693 entries and with Cloak-and-dagger film -wikipedia about 200.000 (as of today). Seems to be "a bit" more relevant than you thought. --Wittkowsky 22:37, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unspecified source for Image:View-Master-DinNorm.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:View-Master-DinNorm.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, then you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, then their copyright should also be acknowledged.

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Changed it to {{PD-GermanGov}} which is closest to the German tag {{Bild-PD-Amtliches Werk}}. --Wittkowsky 18:40, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use Image:Autogrammkarte.jpg

Replaceable fair use

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Cinemiracle camera system...

I'm not making this up. The picture you show is the back of the cameras (i.e. the bits sticking out are viewfinders. Look at: http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/Widescreen/wingcm1.htm in particular http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/Widescreen/cmircam3.gif . Megapixie 11:45, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In that case I apologize. I only knew the picture from the book "Windjammer" showing, as I now know, the backside. --Wittkowsky 22:08, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No problem :) Looking forward to working with you in the future. Megapixie 23:01, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Cover-Der-Schatz-im-Silbersee.jpg

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added rationale. Hope it's right this way. Don't understand too much of this stuff. --Wittkowsky (talk) 10:58, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:Robe1.jpg

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File copyright problem with File:Cover-Der-Schatz-im-Silbersee.jpg

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