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Old basketball photos

Hi! After a few meetings with the Museum of Badalona I have managed to release some images of the photo archive of Mr. Genís Vera to upload in Commons. The images, related to the project that I am carrying out on the Club Joventut Badalona, will be posted under the CC-BY-SA license, and they are practically all in black and white. My question is to know how to publish the files to avoid being deleted by an administrator, as happened with the images of Unnika. Thanks! --Yuanga (talk) 12:17, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

Yuanga: Thanks for asking. We know Genís Vera took the photos but there are several questions you have to ask, who is the copyright holder, when were they taken and in what country (I presume Spain)? The latest date they mention is 1972, so even if Genís Vera died that years his work would not be in the public domain until at least 2043 or later. If the museum own the copyrights, not just usage rights, as happened recently with a museum I am dealing with and there are no found heirs, the copyright holder, or their heirs, must provide a permission statement to OTRS. I found this flickr photstream for the museum who have many Flickr albums but all seem to be licensed Non-commercial. They could just change the license to a free one we accept, assuming they actually own the copyright. Their own website states that they retain the images and another page shows the wife and daughter donated all his negative to the museum, but that does not mean they are the copyright holder, which normally lasts for 70 years after the death of the author but I don't see that mentioned. Ww2censor (talk) 12:46, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for answering. First of all I've to say that english is not my mother language so I hope not making mistakes explaining the situation and understanding your words. I don't know who is the copyright holder but I assumed that the museum holds it. May this news help? If not, I think I can ask for a permission from his heirs. In this case, what exactly I need? Nowadays I'm diving into thousand of files looking for the interesting ones. I've spoken with the museum and these files will be released with CC-BY-SA license, not with a Non-commercial they usually use. --Yuanga (talk) 21:32, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

Yuanga: Thanks but your English is good, much better than my few phrases of Spanish. I had read that webpage and it says nothing about copyright. You should not assume they own the copyright because that depends entirely on the details of donation release they were given. That takes precedent over the copyright license they might apply or give because some institutions, and especially lay people, are not familiar enough with the complex topic of copyright. They think that ownership or possession means they are the copyright holder. I have no ides if that is the case here or not, so I would ask the museum to consult their release document and let you know its details, preferably scan a copy for you to review. If they want total privacy it should be sent to OTRS permission team and a Spanish speaking OTRS agent will review it for us. Remember that on Flickr users can assign any license they choose. In some cases Flickr users assign restrictive licenses to images that are actually free or even public domain and visa versa. Ww2censor (talk) 22:29, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

Kategoriesierung

Hallo, mir ist nicht ganz klar, warum Sie bei zwei meiner Bilder die Kategorie Polish-Saxon Post Milestone in Wolkenstein entfernt haben, obwohl selbige in den Bildern, wenn auch relativ klein, zu sehen ist. Gibt es eine gewisse Größenrelevanz für Objekte bei der Kategoriesierung? Herzliche Grüße --Manfred Schröter, Berga (talk) 19:42, 30 December 2018 (UTC)

@Manfred Schröter, Berga: Ich habe die Kategorie entfernt, da die Meilensteine nicht in diesen Bildern enthalten sind. Warum sollte es in dieser Kategorie sein? Ww2censor (talk) 21:43, 30 December 2018 (UTC)

Doch, in beiden Bildern ist die Distanzsäule (relativ klein) zu sehen, deswegen meine Frage. --Manfred Schröter, Berga (talk) 21:50, 30 December 2018 (UTC)

@Manfred Schröter, Berga: Wow, das ist so klein, dass ich es nicht bemerkt habe. Setzen Sie es einfach wieder ein, wenn Sie es wichtig halten. Ww2censor (talk) 22:02, 30 December 2018 (UTC)

Ok, Ihr grundlegendes Deutsch ist ziemlich gut ;) Danke für Ihre Antwort --Manfred Schröter, Berga (talk) 22:11, 30 December 2018 (UTC)

@Manfred Schröter, Berga: Eigentlich, obwohl ich schlecht Deutsch spreche, ich muss zugeben, dass war Google Übersetzung, weil ich selten Deutsch schreibe. Ww2censor (talk) 22:25, 30 December 2018 (UTC)

Request for review

Hello ww2censor, I have uploaded File:FM Arun Jaitley Clears Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill 2018 & NFRA.webm from YouTube. Please review them because a user added no permission tag to the file since the license is correct.--√Tæ√ 12:06, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Tæ I sorry but I can't see any license at the source, so cannot give the image a good review. Ww2censor (talk) 23:51, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

• @Ww2censor: But the file comes from Ministry of Finance, India's official YouTube channel. So, I think it can be passed under the stated license.--√Tæ√ 06:52, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Tæ I can't verify that, so I'll let another reviewer deal with it. Ww2censor (talk) 11:52, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

File:1909 Scio Constantinople Mi56&57.jpg

File:1909 Scio Constantinople Mi56&57.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. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Jacquesverlaeken (talk) 09:44, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

OTRS req

Hi Censor, thanks for reviewing File:Zaman Ali (Philosopher).jpg and File:Zaman Ali.jpg. Is the ticket:2019030310002433 waterproof? The images belong to the LTA case en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sheikh Zaman ll. Cheers, --Achim (talk) 13:45, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Achim55: Thanks for the heads up. I have reverted the OTRS verification for the time being until this is clearer. I've closely reviewed the ticket and here is what I can tell you. He did send a selfie of himself holding his driving license and other identity cards, additionally, neither of the two image uploader are mentioned in the sockpuppet investigation, so I think his images are OK in and of themselves. However, I doubt he is actually notable enough to pass muster for an article, so the images may be considered out-of-scope. In that regard I found a few minor Google sources but nothing significant. What's you viewpoint? Ww2censor (talk) 15:28, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

It's still in progress, I didn't yet step through the whole bunch of pages and accounts. The point where the lines come together are the pages en:Zaman Ali and en:Zaman Ali (Philosopher) which have been created (and now are deleted) by different socks of theirs on several projects (like Zaman Ali or q:Zaman Ali (Philosopher)). And I'm not sure if the SPI on en:wp doesn't perhaps keep 2 different sockmasters. In addition, there has been a case of persistent promotion of another "famous philosopher" some months ago but unfortunately I can't remember any names. Thanks a lot, --Achim (talk) 16:42, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Image without license

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Permission

File:Rasensamen_-_So_wird_es_ein_Erfolg.jpg Please review the given source. The File is located at this source page.

Thanks in Advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by GesundheitVitalitaet (talk • contribs) 16:57, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

GesundheitVitalitaet: Indeed there is now a linked source, thanks. Everything else concerning it copyright will be dealt with by the OTRS ticket. Ww2censor (talk) 22:36, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Stamps in Italy

We should consider that the Italian stamps published by "Poste italiane" are PD after 20 years. In fact {{PD-ItalyGov}} could apply. "Le Poste" changed their status with the law 71 of January 29th 1994. From "Amministrazione dello Stato", thus fully dependent from the Italian Government, they became "Ente pubblico economico", with much more autonomy. I reckon that all the stamps published before 1976 (for the URAA) are PD both in Italy and in the US. --Ruthven (msg) 09:30, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

So are you suggesting that 70 years no longer applies? In that case do we need to amend the entry for Italian stamps here Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Italy#Stamps? And if so how? Ww2censor (talk) 09:59, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

Actually this template has been resumed one or two years ago, this is why nobody though about this law. I've still to check if the works after 1994 can fall under {{PD-ItalyGov}}. The idea is to amend the entry for Italian stamps, and undelete the files that we can use. We must also check if there were produced by Poligrafico dello Stato or by Poste italiane (due to the difference of status). The same applies to banknotes, given that they are indicated as "fac simile" (for another law that I read once: copies of money must indicate that they are not real).

In few words, it's the same as for {{PD-Italy}}: works done for the state fall into PD 20 years after publication, but US URAA date is 1996, so here we're talking about stamps produced before 1976 or before current year - 95 (for {{PD-US-expired}}). --Ruthven (msg) 10:29, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

Source of derivative work is not properly indicated: File:Petra Gössi (2018) (cropped).jpg

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Crop of image sourced to a file since deleted as copyvio BevinKacon (talk) 20:28, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

Question regarding an OTRS ticket

Hi Ww2censor (talk · contribs)

I uploaded an image File:Latifa_bint_Mohammed_bin_Rashid_Al_Maktoum_(II)_photo.jpg and requested that Tiina (the source/creator) submit a message via OTRS (OTRS ticket #: 2019041010010981) to validate permission for use. I see the notice saying that, "The email was not sufficient", so I'm wondering if this was just the wrong approach, for some reason?

Perhaps the issue came about because I'd initially put in the description that it was a "passport photo" which would involve government use rights, etc.? I corrected the description to more clearly describe that the photo was merely created with the intent that it would be used for a future visa/passport/asylum application, which obviously never took place (if you're familiar with the Wikipedia article the image is attached to), and so I imagine that, if the original issue was as I've speculated, that wouldn't apply to this situation. The owner/creator (Tiina) can verify these facts as well.

Thank you, --Ooopjfooo (talk) 23:07, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Ooopjfooo: I reviewed the OTRS ticket and all I can tell you is the image has no permission from the copyright holder. Tiina is not that person and if you look at the image source you will see it is named as being a passport photo, so obviously not her photo. Whoever took it would have to provide their permission, or maybe it was taken at a government facility, in which case they own the copyright. I can't tell you anything else. Ww2censor (talk) 09:41, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Ww2censor: Alright then, thank your for the response! --Ooopjfooo (talk) 16:33, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Ooopjfooo: you could occasionally check this category and watch out for any new images. Ww2censor (talk) 16:51, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Ww2censor: Sorry, I've just noticed your reply. And sure, I've enabled notifications on that category.

I still occasionally think about this photo and wonder if it can possibly be reevaluated, or something. It was my understanding that Tiina would be the copyright holder, as I believe that she took the photo.

Just to reiterate the scenario involved at the time, the woman in the photo (Latifa) is a member of the royal family and was attempting a covert escape from the country. She wasn't permitted to travel outside the country by her father, the ruler of Dubai, so naturally (I'd presume) couldn't go through any official government service for such a photo meant for a travel document.

Additionaly, (this may or may not be relevant to this case, I'm truly not sure) in my country (USA), for example, we submit passport photos ourselves that we can either (very carefully!) take ourselves, or go to any number of local travel companies, photographers, or (weirdly enough) even many grocery stores. Again, I have no idea how it's meant to officially work in the UAE, but that's my context of understanding. I suppose any normal official procedure would be irrelevant in this specific case however, due to the specific scenario involved.

Just wanted to make those clarifying comments. I'm unsure if you'll find them relevant, but as I said, this is just something that's kept coming to my mind as I hope that there can be a proper photo attached to this wiki entry, by this or whatever other means is appropriate. Especially because there are two other members of her (very large) family that share her *exact* same full name, as explained on her page.

Thanks for helping out with this wonderful platform =) -- Ooopjfooo (talk) 02:03, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

I can't assist you here. All communication with Tiina takes place in the privacy of the OTRS system though she did suggest she had an image that she did take but I've yet to see it. All I can say it that unless the copyright status of an image is verified, then per the precautionary principle we can't accept or keep such images. BTW, watching a category will not notify you if any new image is listed there because only changes to the actual category page would show up. Images are transcluded there, they do not edit the category page: for that reason you may need to check it every now and then. The only thing I can suggest is that on the enwiki you might be able to justify using a non-free image per there very strict non-free policy guidelines but generally photos of living people are extremely difficult to justify. Ww2censor (talk) 10:56, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to reply and explain. I'll keep an eye on the category page. I've just been in discussions with Tiina, and I've uploaded the photo that she was referring to on her behalf, at her request. She's going to take care of the OTRS side of things, so hopefully everything works out with the new image. Thanks again! --Ooopjfooo (talk) 17:34, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

File:Rosai book Chinese Edition.jpg

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廣九直通車 (talk) 08:52, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Ticket:2019010410004326

Hi. Is there any conclusion about this? It has been open almost 6 months with no answer now... Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 20:25, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

Ganímedes I've just returned from 2 months hard work away and have not yet even looked at anything OTRS related. I'm trying to catch up on the jetlag, some back problems, and other important domestic dramas that have arisen during that time, such as no internet access at all and everyone blaming everyone else. After that I'll try to get back to some OTRS as I have several tickets requiring my attention, not just this one. Maybe next week, so please watch out for it. Ww2censor (talk) 14:45, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

No, man, easy, no problem. We all have real life. Take your time. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 16:19, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

I'm back

Ruthven and other page watchers: I've been away and unavailable for 2 months but should be able to restart, though perhaps at a reduced rate. Ww2censor (talk) 12:36, 7 July 2019 (UTC)

Welcome back. Ring me when you're in town, so that we can have a whiskey together. Cheers! --Ruthven (msg) 13:05, 7 July 2019 (UTC)

Posters for films in Québec

Hi, You refused the letter from the distributor that have full copyright over the new art work that is a low-resolution of the poster. They are not giving the original artwork copyrights, but rather a small and « low information » version that they produced, and that they have the fuel copyright over. It's derivative work for which they have full right.

I have 4 other distributors, who are often also producers, that are ready to give the low resolution version of the posters to be used by all. We are talking about posters for 200 or so movies. They want — they NEED — to promote the work they are selling. So, it's normal they are willing to give away such visual information.

Also note that for many movies, the poster is actually done directly by the distributor to satisfy is distribution market. So in this situation, they also have the full rights over the original (full size) artwork.

Due to the law here in Canada, this is how they need to proceed. Is this the best place to discuss this?

Regards, --Antoine2711 (talk) 16:00, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Antoine2711: I cannot discuss the ticket details outside of the OTRS ticket system. More details are needed and an attached document is in French, a language I do not read. The ticket will likely have to be moved to the French language queue where a French speaking agent will handle it. More than that I cannot tell you. Ww2censor (talk) 16:31, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

K. I will wait till a french guy takes the call. Thanks. --Antoine2711 (talk) 00:14, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

Bad spelling

Is it possible to rename a File:M923A2-M925A2_SD3_dimention.2.jpg when an idiot misspells "dimension"? Thank you if you can. Sammy D III (talk) 04:21, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

 Done: Sammy D III File:M923A2-M925A2 SD3 dimensions.2.jpg - in future please link to the file in question. You should also add a source to File:Cummins 6CTA8.3 SD3 drawing.2.jpg as I did for the renamed image. Ww2censor (talk) 06:51, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you very much. Sorry about the link, I missed the ":File" trick and was just too tired... The "source" link is for the reader and not the license, correct? I usually don't know what site a specific scanned PDF copy comes from. There is a lot of duplication, quality is all over the place, I keep the best one. I'm in a "liberatedmanuals" mood (good stuff) but File:Cummins 6CTA8.3 SD3 drawing.2.jpg doesn't come from there, I made it earlier and only uploaded it here yesterday. File:M923A2-M925A2 SD3 dimensions.2.jpg comes from NSN[1], not liberatedmanuals. Thank you very much. Sammy D III (talk) 14:01, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Postcard uploads

I see that you are monitoring (alongside with other things) my postcard uploads. I also noticed that you remove some of the files from your page saying they are "unneeded". You are absolutely free to do so, of course, since it's your page, but could you be so kind and satisfy my curiosity -- what's the logic behind that? You see, at some point you removed as unneeded some of the front sides of the postcards, and some of the back sides of other ones (I would expect that for philatelic purposes, you would keep all the backsides, with the stamps!). What is that I'm missing? Thank you in advance for your reply. Again, just curious! -- Wesha (talk) 16:06, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi Wesha I don't recall removing any philatelic items from my Recent philatelic uploads though I do tend to remove the fronts of postcards that are not philatelic per se unless they have stamps affixed or impressed stamp. You are of course welcome to watch my archive pages (new ones every month) as there is no point in having two similar pages. As you say, they are my pages and I keep what I think is appropriate and delete what I think are not directly related. It is difficult to get filter out everything unrelated. Your views on that may differ from mine. Good luck. Ww2censor (talk) 19:00, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

OK! Just a hint to make your job easier then, "лицевая" means "front [page]" in Russian and "оборотная" means "reverse" (only reverse have stamps) so you can filter them out right away; and also pretty much all of my postcards come with w:Definitive_stamps_of_the_Soviet_Union so you can just ignore them altogether (standard issue stamps have already been uploaded, see Category:Definitive stamps of the Soviet Union) -- Wesha (talk) 20:21, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

Wesha: I don't do any filtering myself. I just remove the unneeded ones because it is virtually impossible to request the User:OgreBot/gallery to filter out everything non-philatelic from categories that have a mixture of images. It's all or nothing, so I just get rid of what I consider inappropriate as I mentioned. Thanks for the hint anyway. Ww2censor (talk) 20:46, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

Chedi Amir : I want to keep my photos on wikimedia commons

Hello I am the artist Chedi Amir (www.chediamir.com). I am the author of these photos. I want to keep my photos. Thank you Sincerely https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_Chedi_Amir_2019.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chedi_Amir_Shot_2019.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chedi_Amir_Portrait_-2-_2019.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_Chedi_Amir.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chedi_Amir_en_2018.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chedi Amir (talk • contribs) 06:11, 8 August 2019

Chedi Amir: I cannot help you with this on my talk page. You have to follow through with the OTRS team to verify the copyright status of the images under a free license. Ww2censor (talk) 09:21, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

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Legal status of the Georgia Guidestones

Hello. I saw you submitted the SA-2.0 image I uploaded for deletion request without fully understanding the ownership status of the w:Georgia Guidestones themselves. As the ownership information isn't the easiest to locate, your ignorance isn't unexpected. However, I encourage you to check the Elbert County Tax Assessor's record which makes clear the Guidestones are owned by Elbert County in the State of Georgia, of the United States. That makes the Guidestones a public monument and therefore any images -- such as the SA-2.0 image I uploaded -- are not images of ambiguous copyright status. Crispin C. "Slapnuts" McGee (talk) 19:08, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

I responded at the deletion request, which is where any discussion takes place so the closing admin can see all reasoning. Ww2censor (talk) 22:02, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

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MalikOo0ka's question

Hi im MalikOo0ka the copyright owner of the File:BANA.jpg the email that have been sent to me is not quiet clear for me but i don't know what kind of proves you want me to send ya i get it you want me to work legally so do i (Bana) the one who is in the photo let me upload the picture so when i get the copyrights for it we (me&her) will be working on writing her biography on wikipedia so tell me how do i send you proves i mean if you don't give me the rights for it i can tell her to upload the picture with her own email but do you promise that she will get copyrights for it?! Much luv — Preceding unsigned comment added by MalikOo0ka (talk • contribs) 12:47, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

MalikOo0ka: All discussion about this image takes place in the privacy of the OTRS ticket, so please respond there. OTRS must obtain a free license statement from the photographer, who is the copyright holder unless it was transferred by legal means, such as a contract. Also please sign your posts by adding 4 tildes, like this ~~~~ which becomes your signature and links to your user and usertalk pages, at the end. Ww2censor (talk) 15:11, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

Important message for file movers

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Please note, this ability should be used only in certain circumstances and only if you are absolutely sure that it is not going to break the display of the file on any project. Redirects should never be suppressed if the file is in use on any project. When in doubt, leave a redirect. If you forget to suppress the redirect in case of file name vandalism or you are not fully certain if the original file name is actually vandalism, leave a redirect and tag the redirect for speedy deletion per G2.

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Notification about possible deletion

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Affected:

• File:Marvin Runyon 69th USPMG in 1997.jpg

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Deletion requests for stamps images

Hello! You suggested to delete all of the images I provided to fill in the gaps in the table on this page [2]. You can see the list of the images you suggested for deletion here [[3]]. It reads: "Delete: from 1 January 1978 US stamps are copyright to the USPS per Commons:Copyright_rules_by_territory/United_States#Stamps". Unfortunately, I do not fully understand the problem, so I would greatly appreciate your kind advice as to how I can fix the problem and keep the images, as I have all the rights to use the mentioned stamp images with the agreement of the owner of the web-site they are linked to.

"From 1 January 1978 US stamps are copyright to the USPS" means that starting since that year we are not allowed to post images of the stamps? That would explain the lack of images in the table. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Onixese (talk • contribs) 06:11, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Onixese: the statement says it all. Post-1978 US stamps are copyright so we cannot keep them. You are correct in saying that is why there are no post 1978 US stamp images, except for a very few that comply with very specific exceptions, such as stamps that feature paintings or photos that are in the public domain, such as these Category:2012_stamps_of_the_United_States. You cannot fix the problem and the people who gave you permission are not the copyright holder so their permission means nothing as they have no rights to the stamps. BTW, please sign your post by adding 4 tildes, like this ~~~~ to your posts on user talk pages and article talk pages. Your signature is so that other editors can find your user page instead of having to look up the page history to find out who made a post. Also, you should really have responded on the deletion page and not here so the deleting admin would see your post because they are most unlikely to bother coming to this page to see if someone made a comment here. Thanks and good luck. Ww2censor (talk) 10:29, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

I identified an image

Hi, Ww2censor. Re your recently uploaded images of Dublin, I recognised this one, and edited the description accordingly. I can't find a more specific category than "Dublin", and I'm not able to move files, so I'll leave those details to you. Scolaire (talk) 16:52, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Scolaire: Thanks for letting me know; now moved and categories added. Just drop me a post when you have a few to move, assuming you have some time. Ww2censor (talk) 18:33, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

West Coast Scenic Waterways photos

Hi there; I helped Cindy and Gavin Hopper of West Coast Scenic Waterways with a photo upload, and they've sent an OTRS permission as required, from their business email. What's the problem with the permissions? I notice only two of the four images (File:Kotuku_·_Rina_Sjardin-Thompson_WCSW.jpg, File:Hokitika-Pano-banner_2100_x_300_·_Rina_Sjardin-Thompson_WCSW.jpg) have been flagged, but all four were uploaded as a batch with the same permissions statement. Photographer Rina Sjardin-Thompson was commissioned by West Coast Scenic Waterways to take the photos, and they own the copyright. Cheers, Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 23:27, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

Giantflightlessbirds: Please have them follow up to the questions asked in the privacy of the [Ticket#2019122110000474]. Being a legal issue, if, as you claim, the copyright was transferred, then the ticket needs to review the document under which that happened. Ww2censor (talk) 00:25, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

So every business that commissions photos needs to supply the legal paperwork of transfer of copyright? Under New Zealand law, copyright transfer for commissioned work is automatic, and no documentation is required. A contract is only required if the photographer wants to retain copyright. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 06:12, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Are you referring to article 21 section 3 of the New Zealand Copyright Act? In most countries a contract IS required to transfer the copyright unless the photographer is an employee, so it appears New Zealand is different. There is still no reply to the ticket. I cannot discuss anything further here because OTRS tickets are private and confidential to those people included in the correspondence by the original emailer.

I appreciate that you can't discuss a confidential ticket, but can I just point out that in the section of the NZ Copyright Act you linked to it explicitly states that copyright of commissioned works automatically belongs to the commissioner, not the creator, as I noted above. There's no contract required to transfer the copyright; the ownership is automatic. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 08:16, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Deletion discussion

I am involved in this debate. I saw you were involved in OTRS approval and wonder if you could add a 3rd view. I'm not interested in using OTRS as I lack the patience to complete the process and I find that many donators also lose interest before we can conform their donations. (So I admire those who can stick with it). Here we have a GREAT donation by a very high profile photographer who is offering us a lot more via Women in Red twitter feed.... but we don't seem to be able to say thank you promptly even though we have very good evidence that we are talking to the right lady. Could you close this as I want to tell Anna that we will take more of her pictures. If you don't have the time or interest then thats fine. Thx for your contributions. Victuallers (talk) 09:32, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

• Victuallers: you may have missed the wikibreak notice at the top of this page which is why I did not reply sooner. This discussion has been closed and I did not see it and had no input even if there ever was an OTRS ticket created. Ww2censor (talk) 22:48, 22 February 2020 (UTC)
  • I did miss it - and thats fine, hope you enjoyed the break, but happy to be back. It closed as a keep but the close looked really odd to me as the license was changed to an unsubstantiated one just before it closed. I have returned it to the correct license Victuallers (talk) 13:25, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
    • Victuallers: I would have insisted on an OTRS permission statement from the copyright holder as noted in the metadata, or at least some explanation for that person being names in the metadata. Yeah the break was good, but now I have photos to name, upload and classify, as well as doing other stuff. I should really cut back my wiki activity. Cheers Ww2censor (talk) 14:10, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Files uploaded from europarl.europa.eu

@Ww2censor: Hi there. You've marked several files I uploaded from https://www.europarl.europa.eu/privacy-policy/en/legal-notice for possible speedy deletion on the basis that "derivative work not permitted" but if you look at the text it specifically mentions "partial reproduction" (ie derivative work) being allowed as long as the source is cited, ie making it CC BY 4.0

"Any partial reproduction of data or multimedia items from this website must also cite the URL link of the complete item or the web page from which it was sourced."

And I have added attribution sections to each of the files.

Furthermore, the European Parliament (which the website represents) maintains a flickr account which releases everything under usable Creative Commons licenses, futher suggesting that this is the European Parliament's policy across the board: https://www.flickr.com/photos/european_parliament/. --CeltBrowne (talk) 18:32, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

CeltBrowne: I'm sorry but I don't read it as being that free. You can turn the speedy deletes into regular deletions nomination if you disagree. Ww2censor (talk) 23:25, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

File:Iberosuchus.jpg

File:Iberosuchus.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. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

FunkMonk (talk) 11:57, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

... and does not wish to be one

Maybe you change your mind about adminship?

This simplifies OTRS work very much. Ankry (talk) 09:49, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

Ankry: Indeed it would, but sorry no is still the answer. I don't often have to request undeletions, so it's not a problem for me to use the undel page, just for you guys. These ones you just undeleted do look like they may still be a problem but I'll deal with the permission giver. Anyway, thanks for asking. Ww2censor (talk) 09:52, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

Well, just for you... was the second reason why I asked. Maybe, even more important, although not explicitly expressed. Ankry (talk) 10:04, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

File:Carmel Art Association.jpg

I have contacted the author of the Carmel Art Association.jpg file to get permission. The file says it was open for Public and Safely level was "Safe".--Greg Henderson 22:48, 23 April 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Greghenderson2006 (talk • contribs) 22:48, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Greghenderson2006: What does that even mean? The copyright is clearly "All rights reserved" and we cannot keep such files. Ww2censor (talk) 22:52, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Ww2censor: It means the flickr page where the picture is there is "Additional info", which says:

Additional info

Viewing privacy "Public"

Safety level "Safe"

I have contacted Marcie Taylor to change the Photo's License in Flickr. I hope this helps. --Greg Henderson 23:34, 23 April 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Greghenderson2006 (talk • contribs) 23:34, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Greghenderson2006: If the author relicenses the image with a free license it can be restored. Let me know and I will see if I can help. BTW, that additional info is not a license statement of any sort, they are indications within Flickr of how the user allows their images to be seen. Please sign your posts to all talk pages by adding 4 tildes, like this ~~~~ to the end of your posts, so other editors know who you are and have easy links to your user and talk pages and don't have to go looking through the page history to find you. Thanks Ww2censor (talk) 09:57, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Autorisations de réutilisation du fichier File:Le Mont Solaire-Land-Art.jpg

Permission fichier : Le Mont Solaire-Land-Art.jpg envoyée le sam. 25 avril à 12:44 à permissions-fr@wikimedia.org

Hello, Ww2censor. You have new messages at Laurent Maget's talk page. You may remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Merci --Laurent Maget (talk) 10:16, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Laurent Maget: If permission is provided, then an OTRS agent will deal with it. The talkback tag is intended to let ME know you have a message from me on YOUR talk page, not here. I found the OTRS ticket Ticket:2020042510002871 and it has been added to the image. Ww2censor (talk) 10:41, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

OTRS for File:Jack Halberstam.jpg

Thank you for handling the OTRS for File:Jack Halberstam.jpg. Per my communication with the subject, the photograph was taken by Jack Halberstam's daughter (and is thus a bystander selfie). I've instructed the subject to have their daughter send an OTRS release, but I'm not sure if they are keen to jump through yet another hoop, and I haven't heard back. Would you be kind enough to check and see if any other OTRS emails have come in regarding this photo? Kaldari (talk) 14:46, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Kaldari While I can't share the ticket details with you, what you are saying conflicts with what the ticket says. Why would the file state that the author is unknown when you are saying it is his own daughter. That sounds like a contradiction to me. Regarding bystander selfies, that is not policy and is currently up for deletion. As the nominations says, it is in fact contrary to policy which is that the author, unless they transferred the copyright by some legal means, provide their permission release to OTRS. Despite the bystander selfie argument, we can't verify the copyright status of the author and bystanders can't provide permission if they are unknown. I may be rather strict on that which is why I was interested to read the article recently and agree with the confusion it may cause and agree with its deletion. Thanks for asking. If you/they know better please have them contact the ticket. Ww2censor (talk) 16:44, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Sorry for the confusion. After the OTRS ticket was rejected (which I assume is because you did not accept that Jack Halberstam owned the copyright), I got back in touch with Halberstam and suggested that they send a selfie instead (precisely because Commons does not accept bystander selfies). I then received a reply that said simply "I sent one that my daughter took." which I assume is referring to File:Jack Halberstam.jpg. I then suggested that they have their daughter send an OTRS release. All I'm asking is that you look to see if anyone else has sent an OTRS email regarding this image. I don't know the identity of Halberstam's daughter or her email address, so I can't help in that regard. Also, there's no need to argue about bystander selfies. I'm aware that Commons doesn't accept bystander selfies and I didn't mean to imply that you should. Kaldari (talk) 17:32, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Also, could you clarify why the initial OTRS was rejected just in case it was for some other reason, like unverified email address? Kaldari (talk) 17:35, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

As I said I cannot share details of a ticket with you but the original ticket is Ticket:2020042110008425 for this image File:Jack Halberstam.jpg. If they sent in a new email without referencing this original ticket, then ask them what the new ticket number is they received? You may want to ask the subject to add you to the ticket correspondence if they are happy to do that. Then you will know what's going on. Ww2censor (talk) 18:17, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Rights and license information for UTA Libraries uploads

Ww2censor, I have worked with some of my colleagues at the UTA Libraries, and they have enabled a new feature on our Digital Gallery to more clearly show the rights and license information, including CC licenses used. Click here for an example of it in use. In the "Rights and License" field at the bottom of the description, there is a link that says "View Rights and License" that causes a pop-up menu to display, which includes the CC license (and a link to it) along with other rights information.

Is this new design clear enough to not require explanatory information in the "permissions" field of UTA Libraries uploads? Or do you think we need to change the wording used on File:Elzie Odom (10018979).jpg and then apply it to the other files that we are uploading?

Thanks in advance for your consideration. Happy editing! Michael Barera (talk) 17:52, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Michael Barera: The information in the permission field, as in File:Elzie Odom (10018979).jpg, works fine but the popup also works. However remember that some people have popups turned off by default, so making the exiting statement might be good to include. Ww2censor (talk) 19:28, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Regarding File:Jeremy Warner photo.jpg

This photo belongs to Mr. Jeremy Warner, whom I contacted inquiring about it and who filled out the consent forms for the it. Could this file be approved? Thanks. StrangeloveFan101 (talk) 18:31, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

StrangeloveFan101: Ownership is not the same as being the copyright holder. Its copyright status will be dealt with in the privacy of the OTRS system. Thanks for asking. Ww2censor (talk) 18:35, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Your Commons:Deletion requests re. File:Istanbul_Postal_Museum_4972.jpg

I do not know the Wikicommons system well enough to know how to react, other than leaving this message. My answer is: I would not consider this picture to be that of a stamp, but rather of an exhibit that can be seen in a museum and was obviously there to give an impression of some aspect of how the Turkish postal system functioned. I myself am not "into stamps" and do not care what happens to this picture. If I was braking some law, please delete the picture asap. Dosseman (talk) 13:47, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Dosseman: thanks for replying. I've been dealing with stamp copyright for about 15 years. While this is a museum display, it shows several stamps that are still copyright and so cannot really be kept. Being the central feature of the image the stamps are certainly not de minimis either. Besides which the image has so many reflection on it to make it rather poor as a display piece. If you want to try to keep it you will have to make you points on the deletion page, otherwise you may just let it go. Had you chosen a per-1950 stamp display, I probably would not have bothered even with all the reflections. Thanks for your understanding! Ww2censor (talk) 13:55, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

File:Nancy Rosenblum headshot.jpg

Hey,

I think the copyright has finally been worked out for this image. Would you be able to update the template? HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 19:24, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

Hello

hello. You seem to have undid my revision at Commons:Undeletion requests/Current requests. I don't know how to fix this since it included a ping to User:King of Hearts. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 10:51, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

JWilz12345: Woops. I don't know how that happened but I've reverted and readded the later edits. Please check I have it correct now. Ww2censor (talk) 11:17, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

I already checked it. Thanks for restoring the edits. Stay healthy safe and strong in the midst of this pandemic :-) JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 11:21, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

Photo copyright.

Thanks for your message.

I understand what you stated regarding the photo thumb|. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2pennyworth (talk • contribs) 14:34, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

2pennyworth: All discussions take place in the privacy of the OTRS system and any comments you would like to make should go directly to the ticket in question. Please be aware there are no deadlines and everyone is a volunteer, so please be patient. Ww2censor (talk) 14:51, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

Review request

Hello , Ww2censor could you please review this file?

File:Tamil Announcer Rt Rana Announcing maha shivaratri Day at the India in Sri Lanka, Consulate General of India, Jaffna.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 112.135.47.73 (talk) 14:48, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

112.135.47.73: I'm sorry no, the image has been pre-published on Facebook without any indication it is freely licensed. An OTRS ticket as been opened and hopefully it will verify the copyright status of the image. Ww2censor (talk) 17:03, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

Notification about possible deletion

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. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Affected:

• File:Otakuthon 2014- Admiral Ackbar Cropped.jpg

Yours sincerely, Yuraily Lic (talk) 12:50, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

That was just a better resolution of a cropped image that was freely licensed at the time of upload, so it makes no difference to me. Ww2censor (talk) 13:42, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Notification about possible deletion

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. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Affected:

• File:Zepplin cover 1931 Paraguay-Spain.jpg

Regards, AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 21:20, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Naval Postgraduate School Documents...

There were some documents in this category that look like obvious speedy deletions : Category:Documents_from_the_US_Naval_Postgraduate_School_Library_for_license_review

On the basis that they are post 1989 , and are not obviously by Federal Employees or US military personnel.

The category also includes some academic works, that were undertaken at other institutions, (but it should be noted that for some of these there doesn't seem to be a (C) notice on the cover/title pages of the work.

If you are an admin (or license reviewer), reducing the items in this category to zero would be appreciated. If you are also able to review file in the parent category as well, so much the better. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 16:49, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

File:Francesca McDonagh Corporate Bio .jpg

The photographer Naoise Culhane has given permission for this photograph File:Francesca McDonagh Corporate Bio .jpg to be used on Wiki. How can I translate this OTRS permission verification so that the photograph can remain? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlsoNotARobot (talk • contribs) 11:41, 2 November 2020‎

@AlsoNotARobot: : The copyright holder must complete a permission statement releasing the image under a free license as linked in the deletion nomination page. As yet no OTRS ticket has been generated because nothing has been sent to the OTRS team. Halfway down the OTRS linked page they will find the "Interactive Release Generator" or a copyable template. Either method will work but the email must come from the copyright holder's own verifiable email directly to the OTRS team. Forwarded permissions are not acceptable. Hope that help but please sign your posts by adding four tildes at the end of your post, like this ~~~~ so editors can find you easily. I had to search the page history to find who had posted because there was no signature to show me your user name, thus wasting time. Ww2censor (talk) 12:01, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Ticket:2020113010003801

Hi, I uploaded File:Cihat Yaycı.jpg and File:Mavi Vatan.jpg files but the license not applied even there is a ticket and the permission. That's why File:Mavi Vatan.jpg has been deleted. - Caskination ? 11:51, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Caskination: I'm not handling that ticket though I did add the original ticket template to the file. I've looked at the ticket and all I can tell you is that they have been given additional requests that have not yet been responded to. Just looking at the file pages, you can see that neither file had a license added when uploaded and that is the uploader responsibility which is the reason one was deleted and the other one will likely follow unless the ticket is verified. You did not add a license to the file which depended on what the copyright holder agreed to when they supplied you with the file. Ww2censor (talk) 15:09, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Notification about possible deletion

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. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Affected:

• File:Deutsches Reich - Boehmen und Maehren.jpg

Yours sincerely, Harold (talk) 17:03, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

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Daily gallery updater has failed on User:Ww2censor/Recent philatelic uploads

Hello. This message is to inform you that a daily gallery in your userspace, User:Ww2censor/Recent philatelic uploads, has failed. Due to software limitations, the bot has a hard upper-limit of about 6000 files per day (including overflow galleries), while your gallery had 11266 files.

This usually happens because a gallery is too broad, encompassing too many subcategories. Please review the logs here and request that a subcategory be excluded, or narrow your category choice(s).

Please make your request for removal within 4 days, or your gallery will be subject to removal.

Thank you. Magog the Ogre (via OgreBot (talk) 03:40, 4 January 2021 (UTC))

Resolved

Adem Kastrati

Please do not delete photos of ADEM KASTRATI, please brother — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shkupi Kumanova 1234 (talk • contribs) 13:02, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Shkupi Kumanova 1234: you need to address the problems of missing permission from the copyright holders with the OTRS Team, not through me. You are not the artist of the works of art or original photographer of the black and white photos. It is his permission we need. I can't help you directly on this. Ww2censor (talk) 13:37, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

But again thank you, but I contacted in the email, but sound again if they will be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shkupi Kumanova 1234 (talk • contribs) 13:40, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Pls, help me brother please, dont deleted the picture! (Shkupi Kumanova 1234 (talk) 14:51, 10 January 2021 (UTC))

Shkupi Kumanova 1234: who did you contact by email? As I already told you, the copyright holder must verify their permission. Get the original artist of the works of art and the photographer of the black and white photos to send in their permission to the OTRS Team. Do not remove any deletion template from the image until the copyright status has been resolved. Ww2censor (talk) 23:21, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

But for what reason do you remove the pictures, when I have tried so hard for these. Why not remove the embarrassing and nude photos. I will never forgive you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shkupi Kumanova 1234 (talk • contribs) 10:49, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Shkupi Kumanova 1234: Why are you accusing me of removing pictures? I did NOT remove any picture by, or of, w:Adem Kastrati that you uploaded without verification of copyright permission. You need to apologise for this false accusation: see this page shows who deleted the article but so far no images have been deleted on the commons. Please get your facts straight. I'm not going to repeat the advise I already gave you on your talk page and above. If you think some images should be deleted you can always start a deletion nomination for them. Ww2censor (talk) 15:19, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Ok forgive me a lot, but if they are removed let them be removed because I have nothing to do. All the best! (Shkupi Kumanova 1234 (talk) 15:27, 11 January 2021 (UTC))

Okay, thank you for the info. I am the heir of Adem Kastrati, today in our house there are 31 of his wonderful works! Welcome Ardi Saiti Kumanovo 1.11.2021 16:48 pm (Shkupi Kumanova 1234 (talk) 15:48, 11 January 2021 (UTC))

Hello, Mr. Ww2censor, I know we have been dealing with these pictures for a few days. But I would ask you not to remove the only photo of Adem Kastrati, for other photos you can remove it. To be honest, I do not like them either — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shkupi Kumanova 1234 (talk • contribs) 10:38, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Shkupi Kumanova 1234: You have not been dealing with the pictures for a few days. You have been removing the no permission templates several time, so STOP removing the permission tags on the images you uploaded. This does not solve the problem. Just deal with the copyright verification through the OTRS team and stop messaging me. Your problems still exists and I cannot do anything about it. YOU MUST WORK WITH THE OTRS TEAM. Ww2censor (talk) 12:16, 13 January 2021 (UTC)