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First off I know you've had a terrible experience regarding the image policy here on Misplaced Pages. I couldn't believe when those book covers were removed for instance, and completely agree that the mass deletion issue is complete utter rubbish. This is especially in regard to those involving Souff Effrika's older military establishment and institutions because they receive comparatively little attention from level heads but get singled out by idiots with political agendas. Or tagging machines like Stefan.
However, I'm hoping we can change this. You are of course a longterm SANDF veteran yourself, and a quick search of many sites reveals images credited to your name (John Dovey). Perhaps you could try uploading some images from your personal photo collection of your service? Wiki is usually much more lenient on photographs you've taken yourself of general people and places than specific publications/artifacts. Images of your border duty would in particular be appreciated, as we're pretty short on those and something like half of them I've had to upload myself.
If you're worried about being targeted again by some koptoe moron, we can work together on this. I am familiar with Commons policy, and won't take any bullshit from people trying to use flimsy loopholes or technicalities. I can ensure they are protected.
Hi @Katangais:. Thanks for this. If you check recent edits to a number of general's pages (for example Derrick Mgwebi, Themba Nkabinde, Luvuyo Nobanda, Lindile Yam and Willis Nkosi) you'll spot my images there that I took while I was in the DRC. Border pics are a little more problematic... I only have about 20 of my own, which actually came from someone else who took them. As you know the camera policy was a lot stricter then! :-) I have just over 10K photos I took in the DRC. Most VERY boring (Air recces etc) and also I have to be careful of Defence Int who will have a puppy if I post photos... but I will post a few more.. I have one of a Rooivalk which I love that I took which I've been planning on adding to the 16 Sqn page. Will get to that eventually. Also, I have posted a bunch of badge photos to the page I created List of Badges of the South African Army. @Andre Kritzinger: has been picking up trouble from "Stefan" too (see his talk page)... BoonDock (talk) 09:49, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
Stefan is an example of what we call a drive by tagger, or tag bomber which is a violation of image policy. He has been reprimanded before due to his tagging fetish. However, I try not to be too hard on the man because I've also seen him come out worst in debates with others who are even more obsessive and paranoid about image copyright than he is...a frightening thought.
Nice of you to allow that Ratel pic to stay up in the interests of the Wiki. Not so nice of Alan to claim ownership!! When I arrived here about three years ago, it was arguably one of the most well-circulated photos of the SANDF we had.
Anyroad, couldn't help but notice that there are some pictures on Moby's transport site of Buffels in Angola naming you as the copyright holder. These have been occasionally linked to on other sites about the border war, which is why I imagined you'd have more photos of the ops area. If you are not in fact the owner, maybe you could put me into contact with them so I can request adding those here.
Something else you can help me out with - you remember those old armoured cars that used to be on display at Lohatla? I'm also looking for pictures of those as well. There were two noddys I think and a Panhard M3, maybe some others. Is this one of yours? If so, do you have any more? --Katangais (talk) 10:28, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
Yes that's one of mine. I'll see if I can find the originals. I also have some I took at the School of Armour museum. Will post those too. BoonDock (talk) 10:34, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
