User talk:Maxwhollymoralground

Non-free rationale for File:Emil Schnell.jpg

Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:Emil Schnell.jpg. I notice the file page specifies that the file is being used under the non-free content criteria, but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia is acceptable. Please go to the file description page, and edit it to include a non-free rationale.

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It's not "non-free content" and I did NOT upload it under that banner, it has been published by the German Bundestag with explicit permission to be freely used in non-commercial settings: "Dieses Bild darf für private und kommerzielle nicht-werbliche Zwecke genutzt werden." Maxwhollymoralground (talk) 13:41, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Non-free rationale for File:Klaus Reichenbach 1990.jpg

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It's not "non-free content" and I did NOT upload it under that banner; it has been published by the German Bundestag with explicit permission to be freely used in non-commercial settings: "Dieses Bild darf für private und kommerzielle nicht-werbliche Zwecke genutzt werden." Maxwhollymoralground (talk) 13:41, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Klaus Thielmann

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Your GA nomination of Klaus Thielmann

The article Klaus Thielmann you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Klaus Thielmann for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of History6042 -- History6042 (talk) 03:21, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA

Hi, if you can fix up a few references as brought up in the review of Klaus Thielmann I can pass the article. History6042😊 (Contact me) 20:28, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll let you know when it's done. Maxwhollymoralground (talk) 20:35, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. History6042😊 (Contact me) 20:37, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I added a source for the Sorbian School and clarified the Bezirk comment, I hope that is all. Maxwhollymoralground (talk) 22:57, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alright thank you. History6042😊 (Contact me) 23:05, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Klaus Thielmann

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Your GA nomination of Jürgen Kleditzsch

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Your GA nomination of Jürgen Kleditzsch

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Klaus Reichenbach 1990.jpg

A tag has been placed on File:Klaus Reichenbach 1990.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a file licensed as "for non-commercial use only", "no derivative use", "for Wikipedia use only", or "used with permission"; and it has not been shown to comply with the limited standards for the use of non-free content. If you agree with the deletion, there is no need to do anything. If, however, you believe that this image may be retained on Wikipedia under one of the permitted conditions then:

state clearly the source of the image. If it has been copied from elsewhere on the web you should provide links to: the image itself, the page which uses it and the page which contains the license conditions.
add the relevant copyright tag and if necessary, a complete fair use rationale.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. — Ирука¹³ 08:39, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Heinz Vietze

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Your GA nomination of Heinz Vietze

The article Heinz Vietze you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article needs changes or clarifications to meet the good article criteria. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Heinz Vietze and Talk:Heinz Vietze/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Spartathenian -- Spartathenian (talk) 21:03, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA noms - an apology

I've already self-reverted, but apologies - I briefly removed your existing GA noms because I mistakenly read your status as fully indef blocked. I've rolled myself back and this won't affect their position in the queue, but I assume you'll see it in your watchlist and wonder what I was doing. I'm sorry about that. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 20:06, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Heinz Vietze

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Herbert Kroker.webp

A tag has been placed on File:Herbert Kroker.webp requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a non-free file from a commercial source (e.g. Associated Press, Getty Images), where the file itself is not the subject of sourced commentary. If you can explain why the file can be used under the non-free content guidelines, please add the appropriate non-free use tag and rationale.

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Emil Schnell.jpg

A tag has been placed on File:Emil Schnell.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F9 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a copyright violation of https://bilddatenbank.bundestag.de/site/picture-detail?id=1123537 and has no credible claim of fair use or permission. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

If the image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use it — which means allowing other people to use it for any reason — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. The same holds if you are not the owner but have their permission. If you are not the owner and do not have permission, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for how you may obtain it. You might want to look at Wikipedia's copyright policy for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Whpq (talk) 17:23, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What you are doing is borderline trolling. You're doing mass deletes of my files, all of which were upload with full NFCC documentation, with ZERO chance or time on all of them, regardless of criteria, to "Contest this speedy deletion", which I believe to be in violation of Wikipedia rules. You are threatening to block me for uploading pictures that literally read on their source descriptor page "Dieses Bild darf für private und kommerzielle nicht-werbliche Zwecke genutzt werden. Die Verwendung des Bildes in sozialen Medien ist gestattet.". Maxwhollymoralground (talk) 20:42, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia does not accept licensing that restricts commercial use. The Schnell photo was not uploaded as non-free content and its terms of use restrict commercial reuse. As for the ones that were uploadedas non-free, the ones deleted are from Imago, a commercial photo licensing agency. These fail WP:NFCC#2 and are subject to speedy deletion per WP:F7. -- Whpq (talk) 22:22, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Manfred Uschner 1994.webp

A tag has been placed on File:Manfred Uschner 1994.webp requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a non-free file from a commercial source (e.g. Associated Press, Getty Images), where the file itself is not the subject of sourced commentary. If you can explain why the file can be used under the non-free content guidelines, please add the appropriate non-free use tag and rationale.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Whpq (talk) 17:26, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Heinz Ziegner (SED) in Trondheim.webp

A tag has been placed on File:Heinz Ziegner (SED) in Trondheim.webp requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a non-free file from a commercial source (e.g. Associated Press, Getty Images), where the file itself is not the subject of sourced commentary. If you can explain why the file can be used under the non-free content guidelines, please add the appropriate non-free use tag and rationale.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Whpq (talk) 17:28, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed non-free use rationale for File:1996 Berlin-Brandenburg fusion referendum advertisement.jpg

Thank you for uploading File:1996 Berlin-Brandenburg fusion referendum advertisement.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this file on Wikipedia may not meet the criteria required by Wikipedia:Non-free content. This can be corrected by going to the file description page and adding or clarifying the reason why the file qualifies under this policy. Adding and completing one of the templates available from Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your file is in compliance with Wikipedia policy. Please be aware that a non-free use rationale is not the same as an image copyright tag; descriptions for files used under the non-free content policy require both a copyright tag and a non-free use rationale.

If it is determined that the file does not qualify under the non-free content policy, it might be deleted by an administrator seven days after the file was tagged in accordance with section F7 of the criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions, please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you. Whpq (talk) 17:30, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

April 2025

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on 2025 Canadian federal election. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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Your GA nomination of Ilse Stephan

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Your GA nomination of Ilse Stephan

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Your GA nomination of Ilse Stephan

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𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 13:04, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

You will get yourself blocked if you just revert people who revert you in the ARBPIA topic area. It is better to use the talk pages. And remember, the whole topic area is covered by 1RR so it's easy to get into trouble. Sean.hoyland (talk) 13:41, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The first revert was clearly without reason. Maxwhollymoralground (talk) 13:44, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reasons don't usually matter to admins in the topic area. Going slowly and using talk pages seems to be more effective. Sean.hoyland (talk) 14:04, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AN/I notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 13:49, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Departments of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany

This is a great article. Thank you so very much for this contribution! :) TheUzbek (talk) 20:51, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate that, thank you! Maxwhollymoralground (talk) 07:57, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Hello. I'm not sure if you've noticed the dates in the infobox, but it shows Nasser was acting president from 14 November 1954 to 23 June 1956, before officially becoming president in 1956. Skitash (talk) 12:39, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, exactly. He was President from 14 November 1954 to 28 September 1970, of which he was acting president from 14 November 1954 to 23 June 1956. Maxwhollymoralground (talk) 12:48, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Wolfgang Junker

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Your GA nomination of Wolfgang Junker

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Your GA nomination of Heinz Geggel

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Your GA nomination of Heinz Geggel

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Your nomination of Central Auditing Commission of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany is under review

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Invitation to review GAN articles

Hello Max! I see you've been very active at GAN recently, which is great. I was wondering if you feel confident taking the next step and review a few articles yourself? We always need more reviewers! If you need help, you can ask for a WP:GAMENTOR. Cheers :). —Femke 🐦 (talk) 20:46, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]