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File:Sydneyfoggy.jpg

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File:Sydneyhail.jpg

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File:Sydneyhailstorm.jpg

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File:Silverbeach.jpg

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File:Silver beach.jpg

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Commons:Deletion requests/File:Silver beach.jpg A1Cafel (talk) 05:57, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

File:Silver Beach Sydney.jpg

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Commons:Deletion requests/File:Silver Beach Sydney.jpg A1Cafel (talk) 05:57, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Marja Väisälä

Dear Mdaniels5757, I’m not sure I understand the requirements of photos need to have in order to be in the public domain. This particular photo was created in the 1950’s in South West Africa, then under South African rule, and presumably governed according to South African laws. {{PD-South-Africa}}, according to my understanding is the applicable time limit with regard to this photo, meaning, as I understand it, that the photo should be created before 1970 in order for it to be in the public domain, which it is by more than a decade. Alternatively, since the photographer was Finnish, perhaps Finnish laws are applicable. But even then {{PD-Finland}} has the same limits, i.e. photos taken prior to 1970 are in the public domain.

And what does the US legislation have to do with this case? I’m not sure I understand it. And where does the time limit prior to 1946 come from? It would mean that photos come into the public domain after 74 years have lapsed since their creation. What an odd number. Where would it come from? I have thought that the time limit was 50 years even there. Or does it mean that photos created 50 years before 1996 are in the public domain, and no photos created after 1946 will ever come to be in the public domain?

File:Paavo Nurmi sytyttää olympiatulen 1952.jpg

There is a comparable photo, famous in the history of Finnish photography: “Paavo Nurmi sytyttää olympiatulen 1952.jpg”. This photo, too has the template {{PD-US-1996}}, and it seems to be in the public domain, even though it was created after 1946. Can you please explain this to me? —— Panu Hallamaa (talk) 15:32, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi, @Panu Hallamaa: Thanks for your question. International copyright law is quite confusing, and I'm happy to explain it. Wikimedia Commons requires that images be free in both the United States and their source country. File:Marja Väisälä Lounais-Afrikassa 1950-luvulla.png was taken in 1955, so it entered the public domain in South Africa in 2005. But in the U.S., any foreign work that was not in the public domain in its source country in 1996 had its U.S. copyright restored (see COM:URAA). This means that if a South African photo was taken in 1946 (1996-50 years) or earlier, it is in the public domain in both the U.S. and South Africa. If it was taken in 1947, however, it is in the public domain in South Africa, but is treated as if it was properly copyrighted in the U.S. on that date (in that case, 95 years from publication, so no earlier than 2042).
The Finnish photo you provided as an example was taken before 1991, so its Finnish copyright is governed by Finland's 1961 law (see COM:FINLAND). That law says that it entered the Finnish public domain 25 years after publication, so it entered the Finnish public domain in 1977. Since it was in the public domain before 1996, it is also in the public domain in the U.S., so it can remain on Commons.
I know this is all quite complicated, but I hoped this helped a bit anyways. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask! Best, Mdaniels5757 (talk) 16:26, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi, and thanks for your answer. I think I can understand the rationale of the US legislation. But one more question: Since when has the RSA law on copyrights been in effect? Is it possible that back in the 1950’s they had different legislation compared to the one they have now? – – Panu Hallamaa (talk) 17:10, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
I don't know when the South African legislation took effect, but the template ({{PD-South-Africa}} accurately summarises the application of the law at the time. - Mdaniels5757 (talk) 17:36, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Severodvinsk SSGN images.

I am not going to be able to properly license these images, so it's probably better to delete them right away:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Severodvinsk,_Project_855_SSGN.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Severodvinsk_Project_855_SSGN.jpg -- Nicholas Velasquez (talk) 19:32, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

@Nicholas Velasquez: OK, thanks for letting me know. I'll nominate them for deletion now. Best, Mdaniels5757 (talk) 20:32, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Autopatrol given

Hello. I just wanted to let you know that I have granted autopatrol rights to your account; the reason for this is that I believe you are sufficiently trustworthy and experienced to have your contributions automatically marked as "reviewed". This has no effect on your editing, it is simply intended to make it easier for users that are monitoring Recent changes or Recent uploads to find unproductive edits amidst the productive ones like yours. In addition, the Flickr upload feature and an increased number of batch-uploads in UploadWizard, uploading of freely licensed MP3 files, overwriting files uploaded by others and an increased limit for page renames per minute are now available to you. Thank you. -- ~riley (talk) 01:55, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

File:MCP President Prof Dr. Lazarus Chakwela, holding Clay Carvings. July 2018.jpg

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Commons:Deletion requests/File:MCP President Prof Dr. Lazarus Chakwela, holding Clay Carvings. July 2018.jpg INS Pirat (talk) 23:59, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Commons:Bots/Requests/MDanielsBot

Hi! Did you see it is approved? :-) --MGA73 (talk) 18:17, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

@MGA73: I did now! Probably will start running it later this week. Mdaniels5757 (talk) 01:36, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi! You did it! Yay! There are 4 files left in Category:Finna review needed. Any reason for that? --MGA73 (talk) 19:56, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
@MGA73: Huzzah! Three should not have been in there, but were not processed by the bot because it could not compare the image successfully (I manually ran the bot after verifying that the images were in fact the same). I left one in there because it was a crop. If I (not just my bot) were a license reviewer, I would mark it as successful anyways. However, not being a license reviewer, I'm not sure that I have the discretion to do so, so if it's alright I'll leave the backlog of 1 for you to deal with :). Best, Mdaniels5757 (talk) 20:35, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
Cool! I will have a look :-) --MGA73 (talk) 20:42, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

Hello again! I wonder if your bot could check those Category:Tela Botanica images review needed? --MGA73 (talk) 20:53, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

@MGA73: I'll look into it, but I may be pretty busy for the next couple weeks. Mdaniels5757 (talk) 00:21, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

File:Frederick George Cotman, one of the family, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.jpg

It seems I was disconnected, so I renew my message. You might receive it twice, sorry !

Hello, I'm french but I hope my english will be comprehensible.

You sent me an advice about my last wikipedia picture that I imported on 02/28/2020. This picture was taken by me at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool on 12/09/2019. I can prove it by sending the complete picture taken by me that day, that will be different with original picture frame, wall part, that I resized before publication. (I don't know how to send it to you without Wikipedia import). After examination of my publication and the one already published, you can notice many differences : there is a reflection from the museum lamps on the top middle of my picture, the colours are different, depending of the lightning in the museum, and also many small reflects over all the picture are different. As I intended to add this image to the Walker Art Gallery, I did see that there was already an equivalent image, but I always use my own images and never re-publish someone else picture. So I imported my own version. As these two images are equivalent, I will not mourn over my picture deletion but I wanted to show my honesty.

Sincerely, Pierre — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ducatipierre (talk • contribs) 15:37, February 29, 2020‎ (UTC)

@Ducatipierre: Hi Pierre, Thanks for your message (your English is great, by the way). The potential problem that I noted was that the date of the painting wasn't there, which makes it hard to make sure the painting is legal to have on Wikimedia Commons. Another person added a lot of information, so there is no problem anymore, and your picture will not be deleted. Thanks and best, Mdaniels5757 (talk) 21:32, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

File:Unity Nadir Port showing closed MD Covers.jpg

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Commons:Deletion requests/File:Unity Nadir Port showing closed MD Covers.jpg Not fred999 (talk) 21:13, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

File:Nigel Osborne MOSTAR 1996.jpg

Suspected copyright violation notice removed. File:Nigel Osborne MOSTAR 1996.jpg (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) Smooth O (talk) 11:49, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Congratulations, dear license reviewer

If you use the helper scripts, you will find the links next to the search box (vector) or as single tabs (monobook). They are named license+ and license-.

Hi Mdaniels5757, thanks for your request for license reviewer status. The request has been closed as successful, and you've been added to the list of reviewers. You can now start reviewing files – please see Commons:License review and Commons:Flickr files if you haven't done so already. We also have a guide how to detect copyright violations. Potential backlogs include Flickr review and files from other sources. You can use one of the following scripts by adding one of the lines to your common.js:

mw.loader.load('//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:ZooFari/licensereviewer.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript'); // stable script for reviewing images from any kind of source OR
mw.loader.load('//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Majora/LicenseReview.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript'); // contains also user notification when review fails, auto blacklist-check and auto-thank you message for Flickr-reviews.

Important: thou shalt not review thy own uploads, nor those of anyone closely related to you!

Please feel free to join us on IRC: #wikimedia-commons webchat on irc.freenode.net. You can also add {{User license reviewer}} to your user page if you wish. Thank you for your contributions on Commons! --T CellsTalk 12:16, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

File:Astronaut Ed Lu with space journalist Amy Shira Teitel.jpg

Hello, Was this resolved? There doesn't seem to be an answer from the flickr user and the opinions of Zhuyifei1999 (there) and of Nick (there) seem correct when they say that this photo is probably not free. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:57, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

@Asclepias: It was not, thank you for noticing. I've undone my tagging. Mdaniels5757 (talk) 17:01, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

File:Danuta Dmowska-Andrzejuk 2019-12-05.jpg

Normalny jesteś? Wgrałem zdjęcie i jednocześnie oznaczyłem do skasowania? jeśli tak było, to ja jestem nienormalny. Zupełnie wam się w głowach przewraca na wikipedii. VanWiel (talk) 17:51, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

@VanWiel: (Responding in English, I hope Google Translate mostly worked) Yes; see Special:PermaLink/418596249. When you uploaded the file, it was instantly tagged for deletion "by you" (due to a template you didn't change) because the Flickr Public Domain Mark is not an OK license. I think that your image is in the Public Domain, but am not sure (because I don't know Polish copyright law well), so I started a discussion instead. You are, of course, welcome to participate at the discussion here. --Mdaniels5757 (talk) 18:03, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

Dominika Cibulkova Picture

Hi, could you delete the photo of Dominika Cibulkova from her 2018 season? I'm gonna have the author reupload the picture. Thank You. --Bryson483

Daniel Fonseca

This media is my own work, from my flickr account. Goaltending (talk) 22:05, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

@Goaltending: OK. Just to be clear: you took the picture, in person, with your camera? Mdaniels5757 (talk) 22:27, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
@Mdaniels5757: Yes. I just want to help. Goaltending (talk) 19:51, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
@Goaltending: OK. If the flickr account is yours, you can change the license to a free license, like CC-BY-4.0 or CC0 on flickr. If the Flickr account is not yours, please go to COM:relgen and follow the instructions. Include in your email whether you allowed the owner of the flickr account to use the photo, or if the photo you took yourself was stolen from you. Best, Mdaniels5757 (talk) 19:56, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
@Mdaniels5757: I'm sorry to bother you. I changed to CC0. Greetings Goaltending (talk) 11:09, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
@Goaltending: OK, I've reviewed the file. --Mdaniels5757 (talk) 14:14, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

File:Plotosaurus LACM.png

Hi, I was notified that you reviewed the File:Plotosaurus LACM.png image I uploaded and posted a notice that the license cannot be verified. The upload is an adaptation of another upload that has successfully verified the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license of the source. I have at first sourced the same links as sourced by the original upload, but since I have found out that those links turn out to be dead, I have relinked the source to be explicitly an adaptation of the original upload. I'm not exactly sure how to "resolve" this issue after the fix (and I don't want to just delete the issue notice), so I am letting you know here. Apologies for any problems that may have come from this. Macrophyseter (talk) 00:56, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

@Macrophyseter: no worries. Everything should be all set now. Best, Mdaniels5757 (talk) 00:59, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
Ah, okay. Thank you for your help! Macrophyseter (talk) 01:16, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Re: Notification of possible unfree Flickr-file

Hi. About this notification (and others on my Talk page) about files that I transfered from flickr. I am careful about the files that I upload, and I'm sure that the user from flickr, changed the license of their files. Is there an option to review if a flickr user changes the license of their photos? And, what about the files that were uploaded to Commons with the proper CC license? Sorry about my english, my native language is spanish. --Luisalvaz (talk) 18:25, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

@Luisalvaz: Hi. I don't know what file that was, since it was already deleted. If the flickr user changed after the license was reviewed, everything is fine. However, since they changed before, we have no proof that it was ever properly licensed. --Mdaniels5757 (talk) 23:33, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Shotzi Blackheart vs. Rebel.jpg

Hi dude, well I found this picture under the public domain here on flickr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gunther_chanel/42750506730/in/album-72157697912918272/ this user actually has more photos under the public domain of the same subject I am trying to depict «Shotzi Blackheart» - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gunther_chanel/44509885742/in/album-72157697912918272/, https://www.flickr.com/photos/gunther_chanel/44509885622/in/album-72157697912918272/ but if its wrong, then I accept the deletion of the file. TheBellaTwins1445 (talk) 20:55, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

@TheBellaTwins1445: Hi. The problem is that those aren't actually under the public domain. On flickr, where it says public domain, there are two options. One is the CC0 license ({{CC0}}, which is acceptable. The other is the Public Domain Mark 1.0, which has no legal effect (it's not a license at all), so photos tagged with it that aren't actually in the public domain (like a U.S. Federal Government photo) aren't OK for commons. Best, Mdaniels5757 (talk) 20:57, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
Oh, then I accept an speedy deletion of the file dude, thanks for the clarification, if you can speed up the process of deletion I would be grateful. TheBellaTwins1445 (talk) 20:59, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

About deletion of my image

Thanking for letting me know about the copyright license. The photograph has been released to the public domain. If there is anything else you would like to tell me please let me know, thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zektaylor (talk • contribs) 22:23, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

OK, the image will not be deleted now. --Mdaniels5757 (talk) 22:36, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

RaceRoom, Hungaroring 2017, I dont understand

I don't understand what to do with those images, they are in public domain and I think they have the correct template. --Adriel 00 (talk) 04:02, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

@Adriel 00: Hi. The issue is that they aren't in the public domain. Rather, they are marked with the Public Domain Mark 1.0, which is not a valid license on Commons. --Mdaniels5757 (talk) 15:43, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Cropped versions of PD Flickr photos

Should I be using some other kind of licensing tag when uploading these? They always seem to invoke a need for review. Cheers! BD2412 T 00:32, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

@BD2412: Sorry, I don't know a way around it. --Mdaniels5757 (talk) 14:08, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
No problem. Perhaps I can come up with one. Cheers! BD2412 T 14:11, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
@BD2412: If original flickr file is also on Commons you can just link to that. If the original is not here I suggest you upload both the original and the crop. Hope that is helpful :-) --MGA73 (talk) 16:06, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Kalasha Valleys

Regarding your request here – shouldnt't "valley" start with capital V as per enwiki article en:Kalasha Valleys? --jdx Re: 09:36, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

@Jdx: Yes. Fixed. --Mdaniels5757 (talk) 15:51, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi Mdaniels5757, thank you very much for getting the final stuff done on all my File deletion requests. I really appreciate ! It's a good feeling reading a "Kept: OTRS accepted" at the end ! Regards and have a lovely weekend. --Olga Ernst (talk) 11:49, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

@Olga Ernst: You're welcome! Same to you, --Mdaniels5757 (talk) 16:07, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Deletion requests

You have vaugely closed deletion nominations en-mass with remarks like "no valid reason for deletion". In the case of File:Roza Shanina.jpg, let me make it very clear - the lack of any type of evidence of early enough publication to be public domain is a valid reason for deletion, has long been a valid reason for deletion, and will continue to be a valid reason for deletion. This rule for items requiring publication information (ie, the country of origin's copyright laws are based on publication date, like Russia, in the case of the photo of Shanina) is a long-precedented standard on Commons. At no point in the deletion nomination, nor the past one, was any required publication information provided (only the insufficient "the photo was taken before the cutoff date so it COULD be PD" argument. I request that you do what is necessary to correct this problem and refrain from further incorrect statements that go against Commons standards. There remains NO evidence that the photo of Shanina in question was public domain in Russia on the URAA date per the PD-Russia-1996 template or later per the PD-Russia template. Commons requires photos to be PD in the country of origin, and Russia does not have the same copyright laws as the US.--PlanespotterA320 (talk) 18:58, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

  • Hi @PlanespotterA320. Responding to your points roughly in order: It's common for deletion requests to be closed with "no valid reason for deletion", and it's the default for DelReqHandler. See, e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. For the File:Roza Shanina.jpg DR, evidence was presented that the photo was published, and the consensus was that the evidence of publication presented was sufficient. Nevertheless, as the correct answer was not so obvious that there could be no possible controversy, I've unclosed it. Yes, I am aware that the United States and Russia are different and have different laws. Best, --Mdaniels5757 (talk) 20:27, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Deletion requests (again)

When I invited you to review Commons:Deletion requests/File:Gay anal sex.jpg, I expected you to carefully read the discussion before taking any action. Since I had already called out E4024 for not reopening the request correctly, and you went on to repeat those mistakes (see below), I assume you did not read it carefully enough. Anyway, you’ve tried to do the right thing now and reopen the request.

There are two technical issues here:

  • Related edits. You did not restore the DR tag on the file description or talk page (I have now done this). You did not add the discussion back to the daily DR list (I have requested a response from E4024, who first made this mistake, and intend to bring this up at the Village pump if there is no satisfactory response.).
  • {{Nac}} substitution. This template says that it should be substituted.

Brianjd (talk) 02:54, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

  • Hi Brianjd. Thanks for restoring the files pages, sorry for forgetting to do so. I've readded the discussion to the log page as well, and removed it from the archive. I've also modified my script to substitute the nac template. Thanks for reaching out, and sorry for not responding earlier (I was asleep). Best, --Mdaniels5757 (talk) 15:30, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Bots approved

Hi! Bot 3 and 4 is approved. Let me know if you need anything regarding the license migration. --MGA73 (talk) 13:42, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Could you fix that? --MGA73 (talk) 17:05, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
And perhaps also have the bot look at Category:License migration needs review :-) --MGA73 (talk) 17:06, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
Yes, and yes. --Mdaniels5757 (talk) 17:08, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
Great! Just to be clear I was not asking you to clean that up (I could do that). I hoped that your bot could check if there were any files like that. Dispite the brave work from the bot the file was still in Category:License migration candidates. --MGA73 (talk) 17:33, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
Files moved with FileImporter like File:20090402217.jpg could perhaps also be fixed? --MGA73 (talk) 17:42, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
Yup, I'm looking into those. --Mdaniels5757 (talk) 17:45, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
Love it! --MGA73 (talk) 19:46, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

FinnaUploadBot upload licences

Hi, I am gonna upload new photos from https://finna.fi, so i will explain the logic why i choose to set some photos under PD even if they are CC-BY in Finna.

  1. if the author has died over 70 years ago then I would be using the PD-70 license. (ie. Creator:Ivan Timiriasew and Creator:Signe Brander)
  2. If the death date of the author is unknown then I will use the CC-BY-4.0 even if photo itself is old. (Rosenbröijer A. E. etc)
  3. If the author is alive or died under 70 years ago, but the photo could be free because 50 year rule i will use CC-BY-4.0. (Grünberg Constantin)

In any case after EU's new copyright directive the museums are moving from CC-BY -> PD for the old photos, but there is delay between decisions and actual implementations so we need to wait little bit before the actual change happens in Finna. However, the Helsinki city museum photos from authors died over 70 years ago seems to be so clear case that we can upload them with pd-license. (also i have asked it from them before EU's directive and it was already then ok) Br, --Zache (talk) 13:26, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

Ok, is it a problem if there is pd-files for reviewing too tagged with {{FinnaReview}} and not just CC-BY-4.0 or doit choke the bot? --Zache (talk) 17:30, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
If a PD file is tagged FinnaReview, the bot will just skip over it, and I can probably remove it later if needed, but it's not ideal. --Mdaniels5757 (talk) 17:33, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

Files with multiple deletion nominations

Hi, you have recently closed several deletion requests by Hywel72, for files that they uploaded. Several of these files have multiple deletion requests without substantially different reasons; this may have led to confusion. I have transcluded all these DRs in a list at User:Verbcatcher/Sandbox; this makes it easier to see what has happened.

You have 'partially closed' the DRs of several of these files, by closing one DR but leaving other DRs for the same file open. Was this inadvertent?

The following DRs should not be fully closed without considering the issues further, as I have raised copyright issues for depicted artworks. I suggest you do not close these duplicates, but some cleanup may be in order.

You have 'partially closed' the following nominations; can you close the duplicate requests for these files?

Thanks, Verbcatcher (talk) 04:13, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

  • Hi User:Verbcatcher. I did partially close some of those DRs on purpose. Specifically, I closed the specific DRs where there were no comments for "delete" and no rationale regarding safety was provided. I think that the safety-related ones are better left to an administrator. Best, --Mdaniels5757 (talk) 14:13, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

José Martí

Hello Mdaniels5757. Please have a look on this and this, Carol M. Highsmith is far from beeing reliable in naming her photos correctly. Then please look at this. Additionaly there is no person named Jardin Martiano, "Jardin Martiano" means "Garden of Martí" in spanish language. At last please have one more look here. If you are not sure please pass it to a spanish speaking filemover. Thank you--Christian Pirkl (talk) 18:23, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Dasha Grady

Hi MDaniels,

There is no copy right issue here. I have contacted the artist just to make it clear. Check here for more details: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File_talk:Dasha_Grady.png
I also wrote about the Google Translate issue! Thank you for taking your time to help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by AnonPR (talk • contribs) 18:20, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

File:John Barla.jpg

Suspected copyright violation notice removed. File:John Barla.jpg (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) ~ Amkgp 💬 19:48, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Mdaniels5757 The source given (https://www.prsindia.org/mptrack/17th-lok-sabha/john-barla) have copied from the original Parliament of India, LOK SABHA, HOUSE OF THE PEOPLE (http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5034) website. Thank you. ~ Amkgp 💬 19:53, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Deletion request

I nominated 2 pictures File:Dilipjoshis.jpg and File:Amit bhatt.jpg for deletion. These pictures not own by the uploader. But the uploader Blogsitechannel removing the tag multiple times. Please tell him to not remove the tag. Hshygfh33 (talk) 09:37, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

Looks like it's under control now; I've watchlisted the pages. --Mdaniels5757 (talk) 17:21, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

License migration

Hi! I made some edits like that. I hope it can help your bot decide to migrate or not. --MGA73 (talk) 20:29, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

And this one too (I know it could have been one edit but did not think of it until after first change). --MGA73 (talk) 20:52, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
Looks like they did! --Mdaniels5757 (talk) 21:36, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
Great! So we just have to figure out what the most common cause for the bot not to fix a file is and then either fix the file page or the bot. Sadly it is probably rather hard to figure out what the most common problem is.
Have the bot tried this Category:License migration needs review too? --MGA73 (talk) 21:42, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
For example it looks like there is everything the bot needs at File:Csány4.JPG to decide. We could remove the "|migration = review" and see if it works if it is easier than change the bot. --MGA73 (talk) 21:48, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
It has. The problem with that one is that the bot doesn't know how to parse nested license templates. I may add that functionality in the future. --Mdaniels5757 (talk) 23:23, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
Okay thank you! How often does the bot run? --MGA73 (talk) 05:25, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
At some point I made codes like \{\{Self([^\}][^\{]*?)GFD([^\}][^\{]*?)\}\} and \{\{([^\}]*?)GFDL([^\}]*?)\}\} to try to catch the examples where GFDL was not "alone" in a template. But I usually spend hours looking at the bot change one by one to make sure that nothing went wrong. Sadly when files are transferred there are som many things that can go wrong. In many cases it is a good idea to have a bot cleanup before the migration bot gives it a try because it is almost impossible to add every possible error variant to each of the matches in the migration script. I'm still no expert in greedy vs lazy etc. and often the problem was that the code worked fine but then something happened and I had to make a minor adjustment and then it worked fine until a new thing turned up so at the end the code was a mess and if it was not executed in the right order too many errors happened. So I killed it. It looks like your script is much better and if more and more use FileExporter then fewer crappy transfers will happen. --MGA73 (talk) 09:28, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Civility Prize, August

Hello!

I hereby give you the Commons Universal Civility Prize of August for being the only person notifying people about to be de-admin'd while nobody else had even the thought to ping them into the discussion!

Thank you for your kind help! -- grin ✎ 18:52, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

File:Historical monuments at Rajnagar, Birbhum districts 03.jpg

Hi,

I have resubmit the denied rename request. Sorry about making a mistake. And I appreciate that you take the time to do these. But don't feel pressure to redo this one. Thanks, Krok6kola (talk) 23:39, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Cateldimezzo pics

Thanks a lot for renaming them, --Pampuco (talk) 19:57, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

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Finna review

Hi! There are 6,354 files in Category:Finna review needed. Can you do something about that with the bot? And if uploaded with a bot is a review really needed? --MGA73 (talk) 09:36, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Great! However it only helps a little. Today there are 6,350 files in the category. Many of the files are licensed {{PD-old-70}} on Commons but {{Cc-by-4.0}} on Finna. Therefore bot wont review them.
I think we need to decide what to do with the files. I'm not sure where the best place to discuss it is. Perhaps somewhere at Commons:Village pump? What do you think?
  • You could argue that no review is needed because it is uploaded by a bot. You could also argue that noone should review their own uploads so therefore we need a second review.
  • You could argue that we should change the template to {{Cc-by-4.0}} and let the bot review the file.
  • You could argue that we need a PD review instead of a license review.
  • Etc.
Personally I would like the bot to confirm that the file was uploaded to Finna and if possible also confirm that it is attributed to the author that is mentioned on Commons. Then it should be possible to do the PD-review with a bot because if file is attributed to xx (that died more than 70 years ago) and the bot confirmed that the file was uploaded to Finna and attributed to xx then all files are PD-old. But before you/we decide anything perhaps we should see if anyone else have an opinion? --MGA73 (talk) 10:44, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
MGA73, In my opinion, PD review should be manual. Changing to Cc-by-4.0 (perhaps with a note that it may be PD) is what I'd favor, simply in terms of me not needing to do much work. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 13:19, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
Can you make a fix of the template or the bot so it can verify that the file 1) was on Finna (that exact file) and 2) the author is the same on Commons and Finna (I mean same name) and 3) that the license was Cc-by-4.0 but that the license on Commons was PD? Then we could move the files to a sub category "PD needs human review" like Category:Flickr public domain images needing human review. The bot has verified the file and the "license" we just need a human to check if PD. If the file is deleted at the source it is still posible for humans to verify if it is PD or not. --MGA73 (talk) 12:31, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

File:T55 Kartik.jpg

Hi Mdaniels5757! While processing this image you have processed the "dupe" correctly, but you probably did not resolve the licensing correctly. I have tried to bring all relevant information together. Thank you for your assistance. Regards, Mosbatho (talk) 21:16, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

File:Leandra Ramm.jpg

Hello Mdaniels5757, can you please explain your exact reasoning for finish the permission question? What means your: Converting to DR due to age? Adelfrank (talk) 14:57, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

License migration

Hi! Have the bot checked Category:License migration candidates and subcategory lately? I have been testing the review script and noticed a few files that I think bot should be able to fix. --MGA73 (talk) 18:13, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

User:CommonsMaintenanceBot

Hi. Would you be able to look at this? I blocked it months ago as it was making strange edits to the page I blocked it from. I messaged the operator but they are not active. While the page is being semi-updated when needed, the bot would usually make the changes in real-time. Wondering if you'd be able to fix it or take over the position with your bot. 1989 (talk) 19:08, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

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Hi! Files like this is from www.tela-botanica.org and perhaps you can review those with a bot? --MGA73 (talk) 12:09, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

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  1. ERROR: Cannot parse line 4 column 11: Illegal return statement

Your CommonsMaintenanceBot (talk) at 18:20, 30 December 2020 (UTC).

Code issues in User:Mdaniels5757/userRightsManager.js

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Report

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De-adminship warning

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