SounderBruce

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Hi!

I saw you removed Category:Skylines of Seattle from a bunch of files. When you removed that category were you aware of the steps I took to initiate a discussion over renaming Category:Seattle skylines to Category:Skylines of Seattle?

If so, was there a reason why you didn't weigh in with an opinion as to why that renaming shouldn't take place?

Some of my correspondents can be really unpleasant with demands that categories be renamed, in order to "be consistent with other cats". Most cities have a Category:Skylines of Foo or a Category:Skyline of Foo not a Category:Foo skylines. I don't care which name we choose as the parent name, so long as the other name redirects to the basename. I had to waste time searching for the right category name.

The {{Move}} template I chose sounds like it is the simplest way to initiate a renaming, that preserves the original revision history in the right place.

If you didn't have any actual objections to the name itself, and your only objection was that they were red-links, can I assume you have no objection to restoring that category? Alternately, if you do have an objection, could you state it at Category talk:Seattle skylines? Geo Swan (talk) 11:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

George! You are such an idiot. Secondarywaltz (talk) 02:45, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

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MLS

Hello there. You wrote on my talk page saying that File:MLS logo (2014).png is up for deletion as you have uploaded a vector version found in this PDF. I have no objections to the deletion, though I ask a small favour: could you also upload the LAFC, Atlanta 2017 and MLS 20th season emblems on the same PDF too? I'd do it myself but I'm never sure on SVG uploads here and since you seem to know your stuff, I figured I'd ask. Cheers, Malpass93 (talk) 13:31, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

@Malpass93: I'll upload them as soon as I'm not confined to a mobile device. Thanks for pointing that out for me. SounderBruce 17:39, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

File:Houston METRORail East End Line Maintenance Base.png

You're right, I didn't check closely for the image being Flickr-washed. Thanks for catching that. Conifer (talk) 03:08, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

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Capitol Hill Station & permissions

You recently updated a bunch of photos such as File:Photo by Don Wilson Capitol Hill Station 2016 (25161940723).jpg that say in their description "To request permission to use this photo, contact Darrius Wells at Darrius.wells@soundtransit.org or 206.689.3381". That seems to sit oddly with a CC-By-2.0 license, though I guess it could relate to using the image in manners incompatible with that license. Still, it seems like putting these on Commons may go against the photographer's (ill-expressed) intent. Can you follow up on this (probably make the contact)? Thanks. - Jmabel ! talk 00:19, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Looks like an error on my part (in letting the automated tool run pretty much unimpeded) and on Sound Transit's (if they indeed did not want these images CC-BY-2.0). Not all of the photos on the Special Collections account are licensed as CC-BY-2.0 (quite a few non-commercial and All rights reserved licenses), so it may be intended as open use. I've notified the listed e-mail offering guidance. (Though I really hope we can keep a few of the photos, especially the portraits and construction pictures; most everything else is replaceable). SounderBruce 01:47, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Bruce. They're good photos, I hope we get to keep some. - Jmabel ! talk 15:39, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

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And also:

• File:EXPR 574 Photoshopped (14867761963).jpg
• File:EXPR 574 Photoshopped (9017997297).jpg
• File:MCI-Bus 010 RJ (14845442914).jpg
• File:ST Express 594 on I-5 6-30-05 (14661357257).jpg
• File:ST Express Regional Bus Routes (14844816771).jpg
• File:ST Express Regional Bus Routes (14847550172).jpg
• File:ST Express Regional Bus Routes 6-30-05 (9018137447).jpg
• File:STEX DonWilson SoundTransit June2014 03 (16470399800).jpg
• File:WEB 40' Gillig (14845442894).jpg

Yours sincerely, –Davey2010^Talk 13:54, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

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Taivo (talk) 09:09, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Sounder commuter rail categorization

Just a heads up: I've created Category:Sounder commuter rail trains, as I've been doing for several other commuter rail systems (MBTA and VRE among them). All images of Sounder trains in revenue service should be categorized in there (as well as the appropriate rolling stock and station categories). This allows one-stop shopping for images of Sounder trains, but keeps Category:Sounder commuter rail as an uncrowded top-level category. Thanks once again for all the hard work you've done in finding good images of Sounder! Cheers, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 16:28, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

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File:Classic bus from Seattle Transit System (14114965635).jpg

I'm guessing that you can add some more precise categories, and also that you may find this photo useful for some Wikipedia article. - Jmabel ! talk 19:37, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Thanks for the heads up. I'll save it for my eventual article on the old transit system, but it's a great replacement for the image at King County Metro fleet. SounderBruce 23:13, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

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Wiki Loves Monuments in the United States – Back for 2018!

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Hello! Last year you contributed to Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 in the United States. Thanks to people like you it was a great success, with over 1,400 people contributing over 8,000 photos of cultural and historic sites from all over the country. Hundreds of these photos now help illustrate Wikipedia articles, improving our open knowledge about United States history, culture, and heritage.

I'm pleased to say that we're back this year with Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 in the United States, and I'd like to welcome you to participate once again in the event. Check out our updated event page for more information. The event runs similar to last year with some small but exciting changes: improved state guides, an interactive map, and a larger prize pool! Like last year, you'll be able to upload your photos of any registered historical site in the United States through the end of September (even if the photos were taken before this month).

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Help requested

As you know, I'm constantly diffusing the thousands of images dumped into Category:Seattle. Right now there are at least 50, probably 100, transit-related images in there (among many others). Do you think you could help categorize these? Thanks in advance. - Jmabel ! talk 18:00, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

@Jmabel: I'll look into it over the weekend. Is there a script or semi-automated tool to batch categorize or sort out recently-uploaded stuff? SounderBruce 21:33, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

• Thanks. No such script as far as I know, and they are not recently uploaded: someone just slapped Category:Seattle on a ton of stuff, much of which I'm finding is not even in city limits. It will be pretty obvious which photos are in question because this will be a large percentage of the color photographs in that category: the bulk of the category is century-old black-and-white photos that I'm carefully working through, often making a lot of corrections to descriptions. - Jmabel ! talk 21:39, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
• One that I took a shot at (so it's no longer in Category:Seattle) but where it won't surprise me if you can come up with some better categories: File:Fence (4440466724).jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 00:00, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
• I've knocked a couple of hundred photos from Category:Seattle in the last day or so. From what I've now seen, I'd guess that there are actually over 100 that are transit-related in what remains, it depends how broadly you define transit. - Jmabel ! talk 05:13, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

• @Jmabel: I see that they are all from a single Flickr account, which was previously raided for photos by transit-knowledgeable users. Most of these recent uploads seem to be older images or those adjudged to be inappropriate by previous harvesters. SounderBruce 05:18, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
  • Well that's a pity. A good number of the other uploads were not from the Atomic Taco account. (Plus there were a bunch of quite worthwhile photos from that account on other topics.) Anyway, unless you think there is a case for deleting them, they need to be categorized, and since Stefan Kühn‎ chose to stuff them all in Category:Seattle (and nothing else) they become I problem I at least would like to solve. If you want, I can just move them to some sort of maintenance category (like a Category:Transit-related Seattle photos to be categorized) or I can do a doubtless less knowledgeable categorization than you would, but I really don't like them clogging up Category:Seattle. - Jmabel ! talk 05:29, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

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East Link

I figured the following would at least be of some interest to you, and maybe of use in an article. Both taken from the southeast corner of Twelfth Place Business Park in Bellevue.

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  looking north
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  looking south

Jmabel ! talk 04:39, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Metro Emergency Response Vehicle (MERV)

File:Metro Emergency Response Vehicle (MERV) (3799880681).jpg: do you know anything about this? I can't find anything online, and at least at the moment I can't access the linked reference page on the Internet Archive. - Jmabel ! talk 02:18, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

@Jmabel: I managed to get through on the Wayback Machine here. It's a mobile command center for disasters and emergencies. I know that Community Transit also has their own (in a renovated 1980s bus). SounderBruce 05:40, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, I was finally able to access that today, too. - Jmabel ! talk 15:22, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

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You are receiving this message as a participant in last year's Wiki Loves Monuments 2019 in the United States. First, a recap: We concluded with over 5,200 great photos of U.S. historical sites made possible by contributors like you. If you haven't yet seen, last year's U.S. winners are viewable here, and the international winners here (including multiple from the United States!).

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October 31st is the last day to upload photos for the U.S. competition this year. If you've already contributed, thank you so much - and it's great to have you again this year! If you haven't yet contributed but are interested in participating again, you're invited to join us during these last couple days. Check out the United States event page for more information. Remember that you are welcome to upload and submit photos of historic sites that you've taken any time in the past, not just this month.

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Hi there! Kevin from Wiki Loves Monuments in the United States here. I know it's been a tough year for everyone, and I hope this message finds you well.

You are receiving this message as a participant in last year's Wiki Loves Monuments 2019 in the United States. First, a recap: We concluded with over 5,200 great photos of U.S. historical sites made possible by contributors like you. If you haven't yet seen, last year's U.S. winners are viewable here, and the international winners here (including multiple from the United States!).

Second, as you may have seen from the banner notices on Wikipedia, this year's Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in the United States has been running through October instead of September in consideration of the pandemic and the hectic start of the fall season. Despite the challenges of the year, we're thrilled that the United States has surpassed 5,000 photo contributions so far.

October 31st is the last day to upload photos for the U.S. competition this year. If you've already contributed, thank you so much - and it's great to have you again this year! If you haven't yet contributed but are interested in participating again, you're invited to join us during these last couple days. Check out the United States event page for more information. Remember that you are welcome to upload and submit photos of historic sites that you've taken any time in the past, not just this month.

As always, thank you for participating in Wiki Loves Monuments! If you'd like to respond to this message directly, please do so on on my talk page. ~Kevin Payravi (talk) 10:48, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

File:ST Link System Map UW (24028290044).jpg

Hello SounderBruce! Did you create this map? Or do you know if there is a more recent version, which includes the Northgate Link Extension? --Hamsteraner (talk) 12:21, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

This map was created by Sound Transit, so we'll have to wait and see if they upload a similar one under their CC-compatible account. SounderBruce 22:17, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

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Yours sincerely, A1Cafel (talk) 00:44, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Can you help?

Do you think you may be able to find an image of CityPark that is for sure good to use? I’m having some trouble. Bluefiredragon09 (talk) 00:13, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

@Bluefriedragon09: Follow the steps at Commons:Licensing. Do not upload something that you did not create yourself or are not certain meets the free licensing requirements. For a new stadium like Citypark, it may just take some time for a suitable image to be uploaded to a site like Flickr. SounderBruce 00:24, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Nevermind, I have resolved the issue myself. Bluefiredragon09 (talk) 03:31, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

State history museum & Union Station in Tacoma

I know it's ages ago, but do you know what was the reason for this? Just that the museum is in an area where there used to be train platforms, or something else? - Jmabel ! talk 23:43, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

@Jmabel: I probably added that category because the museum shares a common "campus" with Union Station, though it was not built over any real station infrastructure (only a parking lot as far as the aerials show). SounderBruce 23:52, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

Any objection if I remove it? Judging by some recent edits by someone else (who I'd rather not call out) I think it is leading to more confusion than clarity. - Jmabel ! talk 00:31, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

@Jmabel: I don't mind. SounderBruce 00:39, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

How do I rename my files?

I uploaded a lot of files most of which are badly named of Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America. Thank you for renaming the frogs one. Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (please tag me) 03:38, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

@Immanuelle: Please be more careful when naming files in the future. To request moves, use {{Move}}. SounderBruce 03:42, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

@Immanuelle and SounderBruce: I believe {{Move}} is intended for categories, and Immanuelle will want {{Rename}}. - Jmabel ! talk 16:50, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

Logos associated with bus transport in Canada revert

2 things

1. I'm kind of in the middle of transferring images in the vague "associated" categories to more specific ones. In this case the logos "associated with bus transport" are really for public transport companies that utilize buses as the method of transport. They aren't "associated with" bus transport though. Otherwise I'd be interested to know what companies are "associated with" bus transport but aren't just transport companies that use buses. I think the fact that all the logos you added to the category are for exactly that shows there aren't any companies "associated with" bus transport, just ones that are bus transport companies. So if that's the case just create a category for that instead of making one with the useless word "associated with" when the images files being put in the category aren't actually "associated with" bus transport.

2. If you look at the origin category for this one Category:Logos by association the parent category is Category:Categories by association which is a part of Category:Clubs and societies. So the category scheme is suppose to be for "clubs and societies" of which associations are an off-shot of, but obviously transport companies aren't. The point in the category scheme isn't to be a general dump for things that are slighted related to each other though. It's for a specific type of organization that is an off-shot of clubs or societies. So there can be a lot of potential images for the category, but the category structure in general is still not for logos of normal companies that aren't clubs or societies. Let alone logos of things that are just "associated with" each other conceptually but aren't either one of those. You'd have to agree that a transport company isn't a club or society. So there's zero to have the category regardless of it's potential. And personally I could really care less what "potential" it has, I care if the category makes sense and follows the purpose of the category structure in the first place, which this one clearly doesn't. So I'd appreciate it if you reverted your edit and created a more descriptive category for logos of bus transport companies. Maybe Category:Logos of bus transport companies. I could really care less as long as it's not this category. Thanks. Adamant1 (talk) 18:31, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

BTW, there's already Category:Logos of bus operators in Canada, which is literally the same exact thing. So why not just use that? --Adamant1 (talk) 18:33, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

Never mind. I just did it myself. Your going to remove the speedy deletion then I'd appreciate it if you followed proper procedure and justified how you think they are different categories either here or on the talk page of the category before doing so. Thanks. --Adamant1 (talk) 18:37, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

New map request for the metropolitan Seattle Link light rail

Hello.

Can you create a whole geographical network map for the metropolitan Seattle Link light rail? There is none in Wikimedia Commons and which needs to exist for the Link light rail articles across Wikipedia. Can you use your detailed map of Line 2 File:East Link map with stations.png, as the basis for the new expanded map and fuse it with File:Link light rail, route map.png? Line 2 is scheduled to open in 2024 (or 2025) and Line 1 is also scheduled to expand in 2024 (or 2025). The lines that are under construction, should be shown dashed, and should be able to be edited on, when they open to service. Actually, a comprehensive network map is required in Wikimedia Commons and for the Wikipedia articles about them, and not just for individual lines.

Yours sincerely, Multituberculata (talk) 08:20, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

@Multituberculata: The interactive map works best for a system that will be undergoing many changes in a short period of time. I do not have time to create a complicated SVG map of the system, and there are others who are better suited to that work. Moreover, I did not appreciate being edit warred over such a trivial issue on en-wiki, so please do not contact me with any further requests. SounderBruce 08:26, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

I will then put a request to Commons:Graphic Lab/Map workshop for a new map. I put a request for an update of the obsolete geographical network map for Washington Metro; a new map was created instead a few days ago. Please feel free to put your input. Multituberculata (talk) 08:38, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

I have put a request for a new comprehensive map for Seattle Light link rail in Commons:Graphic Lab/Map workshop. Please add your recommendations and other input. Multituberculata (talk) 08:36, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

The map has been created. If you agree with this map, I will add "section resolved". Multituberculata (talk) 23:00, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Multituberculata: care to link the map that you are asking whether people agree with? - Jmabel ! talk 03:47, 20 January 2024 (UTC)