User talk:Dr Fredrik Haeffner

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Welcome!

Hello, Dr Fredrik Haeffner, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!  --Ghirla -трёп- 06:53, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

If you think about the heroes of the 1812 campaign, these are taken from the War Gallery and are available at www.hermitagemuseum.org. Cheers, --Ghirla -трёп- 06:53, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your welcoming note. I have seen many reproductions of the paintings from the Hermitage Military Gallery in various locations on the Internet. However - on the Hermitage website they claim copyright on all the photos and have also a hidden id in the images. I assume this precludes all use in Wikipedia - Any ideas on how to get reproductions anywhere else? The paintings themselves have no copyright since most were painted before the death of the painter in 1829. Is there any way to link from my Swedish articles to images located on the English Wikipedia ? (for images not in the Wiki Commons) -Dr Fredrik Haeffner 08:37, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
As best I know, the only way to link is to reupload images from en.wiki to the Commons (or to the sv.wiki). As for copyright... well, I don't know... I recollect having discussed the issue with admins and was told that whoever scans a historic work of art (e.g., Mona Lisa) cannot claim a copyright on this scan, because he doesn't create a new work of art or something along these lines. Cheers, Ghirla -трёп- 13:45, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Please allow time to complete an article

Sorry if you found the source tag discouraging - it was intended as a reminder to include sources, and not as an attack on the article. Will try to be more careful in the future about reviewing new pages still in progress. Dl2000 02:48, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi. Your friendly reminder was called for but only a bit early so "no big deal". The reason that I am particularly "stingy" about this topic is that on the Swedish Wp there are a few people who does this all the time and refuse to accept that this may be intimidating to an experienced wikipedian. I have written lots of articles on Swedish Wp (using the same alias there) but left it last year due to the continuous intimidation and persecution of several users and endless quarrels about trivialities originating from a small group of users (many admins). This has become a "culture" and many serious contributors has left Sw Wp because of this. I'm now going to do more for the Eng. Wp hoping that the climate is much friendlier here. /Dr Fredrik Haeffner 03:11, 23 April 2007 (UTC)