User talk:RadleyMadish

Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, RadleyMadish!

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-- Wikimedia Commons Welcome (talk) 16:08, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Publication claims need evidence

I realize you are trying to improve articles by uploading photos, but please be aware that if you are using a template that claims an image is in the public domain (in the U.S.) because it was published at least 75 years ago, you must provide information on when and where it was published (name of publication, date of publication, author or publisher); many Commons users fail to do this. You appear not to have provided that information for any of your recent uploads, such as File:S._J._McCormick.png and File:George_P._Frank.png, which makes it impossible for anyone to verify your claim of publication before 1927. I assume you understand that a photo's being taken is not the same as being published. For example, many photos in the Oregon Historical Society's collection have never been published, and they'd have to have been published (not merely created) before 1927 to be in the public domain. Steve Morgan (talk) 11:29, 12 April 2022 (UTC)