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but the owner of the photo is not available to email you guys. he will be available in about a week.
how do i delete it. i will re-upload it later. Maxxmusicfan (talk) 01:44, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
There are two things you can do: (1) you can add Template:SDG7 to the top of the page. Just go to the file's page, click edit, and add {{SDG7}} to the top of the page. Click "Show preview" to verify and then click "Publish changes" to save; or (2) you can do nothing and leave the file for Commons administrator to delete after 7 days if proper permission still cannot be verified.
Regardless of how the file is deleted, you should not really re-upload again at a later date unless it is of a different file type or is a completely different file altogether. Deleted files are not gone forever; they are only hidden from public view and can fairly easily be "undeleted" at a later date once proper permission has been verified as explained in Commons:Undeletion requests. Just ask whomever sends in the permissions email to include the file name ("File:Captain Hollywood Project Photo.jpg") in their email. You can find out some more information about this at COM:OTRS#If you are NOT the copyright holder or by asking for assistance at Commons:Help desk. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:32, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
Just a quick update Maxxmusicfan. The file has been deleted from Commons as a copyright violation. It seems there have been warnings posted to User talk:Maxxmusicfan about problems with previous images you uploaded. You need to be very careful when uploading stuff to Commons. Administrators may be lenient the first time, but they will have no qualms about blocking accounts which repeatedly upload files which do not comply with COM:L. So, before you upload anything else, I strongly suggest that you ask for assistance first at COM:VP/C. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:41, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
