User talk:Gerd.Seyffert
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Túrelio (talk) 09:52, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
Images of Euro coins[edit]
Please stop uploading images of Euro coins. The national sides of Euro coins are, with few exceptions, copyrighted to the nations of origin. See Commons:Currency for more information. I am going through all of your coin uploads right now and tagging them as I find them. I'll post more about this later. In the mean time, please stop uploading these images. Thank you, --Hammersoft (talk) 15:32, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
I have tagged the following images for deletion as copyright violations:
- File:Austria 2012 Euro Coins.jpg
- File:Belgium 2012 Euro Coins.jpg
- File:Cyprus 2012 Euro Coins.jpg
- File:Italy 2011 Italian Unification.jpg
- File:Italy 2012 Giovanni Pascoli.jpg
- File:Italy 2012 Euro Coins.jpg
- File:France 2011 World Music Day.jpg
- File:France 2012 Abbé Pierre,jpg.jpg
- File:France 2012 Euro Coins.jpg
...more coming. --Hammersoft (talk) 15:41, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
38 of your 39 Euro coin uploads have now been tagged for speedy deletion as copyright violations. The only exception is File:Finland 2012 Helene Schjerfbeck.jpg, which per Commons:Currency#Finland is acceptable. --Hammersoft (talk) 16:24, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
STOP[edit]
You are continuing to upload copyrighted images despite request above that you stop. If you continue to upload copyright violating images, you may be blocked. Please STOP what you are doing and respond to the threads on this talk page and/or to the discussion at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Vatikan City 2012 Milan.jpg. Thank you, --Hammersoft (talk) 15:43, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
- FINAL WARNING: If you continue to upload copyright violating national sides of Euro coins, I will request you be blocked. PLEASE stop and read Commons:Currency. --Hammersoft (talk) 15:48, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
Blocked[edit]
Herby talk thyme 15:59, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
- If you agree to stop uploading copyrighted, non-free license images such as national sides of Euro coins, I will ask for you to be unblocked. --Hammersoft (talk) 16:02, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Hammersoft, could you ask for me to be unblocked, please? I wouldn't like to remain persona non grata at Commons. As I told you ( see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Gerd.Seyffert), I have no intention to cause any more problems, and the ones which occured were not on purpose. Regards--Gerd.Seyffert (talk) 08:49, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
- Your block expired about 7 hours after you posted this. If you have any problems, let me know. Happy to help. --Hammersoft (talk) 21:23, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Hammersoft, could you ask for me to be unblocked, please? I wouldn't like to remain persona non grata at Commons. As I told you ( see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Gerd.Seyffert), I have no intention to cause any more problems, and the ones which occured were not on purpose. Regards--Gerd.Seyffert (talk) 08:49, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks, Hammersoft! No problem whatsoever besides the problem how to make the Eurocrats realise that there is an absurd legal situation concerning the copyright of national Euro coin's images. Germany for example mints up to 30 million of each of its 2 Euro commemorative coins, publishes the images - and still there should be a copyright violation if somebody publishes a scan of it's image? Are Finland and Estonia the only Euro-countries without restrictions? I would like to get the ball rolling... Could you possibly pass me some detailed information about existing countrywise restrictions? I would like to inform the German National Bank first. Keep going, --Gerd.Seyffert (talk) 23:16, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
- It might seem absurd on the face of it, but there are things that cloud the waters. For example, many of the national sides of Euro coins contain original works of art. These original works are frequently things the artists have been paid for to produce. Copyright gets very complicated in such cases. The number of reproductions of something has no effect on its copyright status. The best place to start is Commons:Currency. There you will find a list of all countries for which we have confirmed copyright status of their currency (be it free or not). Finland and Estonia are free to use. There are at least two other cases (France and Germany) where the case is questionable. But, we can't post the Euro coin images here from either country without actual confirmation they are free. We can't assume. --Hammersoft (talk) 14:31, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks, Hammersoft! No problem whatsoever besides the problem how to make the Eurocrats realise that there is an absurd legal situation concerning the copyright of national Euro coin's images. Germany for example mints up to 30 million of each of its 2 Euro commemorative coins, publishes the images - and still there should be a copyright violation if somebody publishes a scan of it's image? Are Finland and Estonia the only Euro-countries without restrictions? I would like to get the ball rolling... Could you possibly pass me some detailed information about existing countrywise restrictions? I would like to inform the German National Bank first. Keep going, --Gerd.Seyffert (talk) 23:16, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
Notification about possible deletion[edit]
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Yours sincerely, Stefan4 (talk) 21:18, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
Notification about possible deletion[edit]
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If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with them, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. |
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Yours sincerely, Natuur12 (talk) 14:56, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
Notification about possible deletion[edit]
Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry.
If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with them, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. |
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Yours sincerely, Natuur12 (talk) 15:10, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
File:2015-finnland-2cc-eu-flagge-jpg.108616.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.
If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. |
Triplecaña (talk) 15:48, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
File:Finland 2012 Helene Schjerfbeck.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.
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Triplecaña (talk) 15:51, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
Deleted content[edit]
File:2015-finnland-2cc-eu-flagge-jpg.108616.jpg
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Yours sincerely, Sealle (talk) 19:43, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
2€ commemorative coins[edit]
Hello. There is an error in the last picture you uploaded, I'm talking about the map of the eurozone countries: Malta is not correct. LG — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dan727515 (talk • contribs) 21:38, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you for your hint! Error already corrected! LG --Gerd.Seyffert (talk) 21:54, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
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And also:
Yours sincerely, A1Cafel (talk) 04:45, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
File:European Union commemorative 2 euro coins by number.png[edit]
Hello. Could you please update this file? There have been a lot of changes since your last update. Thanks in advance! Comandante~nlwiki (talk)
- There were just two edits relevant for the map: from Estonia on March 9th and from Spain on 23 March. Sorry for the moderate delay... --Gerd.Seyffert (talk) 15:51, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you for the adjustment. But what about Latvia (who have just like Estonia 13), Malta (who have 22) and Slovenia (who have 17)? Comandante~nlwiki (talk) 17:03, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
- You are absolutely right! I missed the changes of Malta on 2 August, Latvia on 20 and Slovenia on 25 Oct. 2021... Just uploaded a new file and hope the rest is okay! Very grateful for your supervision! --Gerd.Seyffert (talk) 17:55, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
- Hello. Could you please update this file again? Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxemburg, Greece & Portugal need an adjustment. Again thanks in advance! Comandante~nlwiki (talk) 17:40, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
- Sorry, I did not realize that I wasn't logged in - so whenever I tried to update since 1 July it read "you cannot override this file"... The penny dropped eventually. and the updates are done now. I will also make the colour 33 to 36 coins visible. --Gerd.Seyffert (talk) 18:12, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
- Hello. Could you please update this file again? Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxemburg, Greece & Portugal need an adjustment. Again thanks in advance! Comandante~nlwiki (talk) 17:40, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
- You are absolutely right! I missed the changes of Malta on 2 August, Latvia on 20 and Slovenia on 25 Oct. 2021... Just uploaded a new file and hope the rest is okay! Very grateful for your supervision! --Gerd.Seyffert (talk) 17:55, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you for the adjustment. But what about Latvia (who have just like Estonia 13), Malta (who have 22) and Slovenia (who have 17)? Comandante~nlwiki (talk) 17:03, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
Notification about possible deletion[edit]
Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry.
If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with them, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. |
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Yours sincerely, Rosenzweig τ 14:51, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
Copyright status: File:2. Update Vatikanstadt.png[edit]
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