User talk:Gandydancer
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File:A family strolls in New Orleans at Mardi Gras.jpg
- use in any work, regardless of content
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See Commons:Licensing for the copyright policy on Wikimedia Commons, and Commons:Image casebook for some specific examples. Some other Wikimedia projects have different licensing policies. For example, the English Wikipedia allows fair use of sounds and photographs. This is not the case on Wikimedia Commons; "fair use" materials are not acceptable here.
Please make sure that you only upload educational content you have created yourself, those which are out of copyright, or those for which you have the required permission for the work to be used in all the ways described above. Please note that derivative works of copyrighted material are also considered copyrighted. Again, please read through Commons:Licensing, which is quite crucial, to understanding how Wikimedia Commons works. Thanks for your contribution, and please do leave me a message if you have further questions.Infrogmation (talk) 22:06, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
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Infrogmation (talk) 22:12, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi. I replied to your question on my talk page there. Cheers, -- Infrogmation (talk) 00:28, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
Notification about possible deletion
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And also:
- File:Harpers Illustration 1cropped.jpg
- File:Sabbath school, by Thos. E. Barnhouse & Co cropped..jpg
- File:Bank 1880 resized.jpg
- File:Granite, Colorado vintage photo.jpg
- File:One room school in Granite, Colorado 1954.tiff
- File:5207177949 bd882c9b8d m Gold Camp panners.jpg
Yours sincerely EugeneZelenko (talk) 15:57, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
- I have responded on your user page EugeneZelenko. Gandydancer (talk) 14:19, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
Copyright status: File:Canoeing on Lake San Cristobal.jpg
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Thanks for uploading File:Canoeing on Lake San Cristobal.jpg. I notice that the file page either doesn't contain enough information about the license or it contains contradictory information about the license, so the copyright status is unclear.
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No required license templates were detected at this file page. Please correct it, or if you have any questions please check my FAQ or contact me on my talk page. Yours sincerely, Jarekt (talk) 03:47, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
File source is not properly indicated: File:John Beargrease sled dog race, Duluth, Minnesota.jpg
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File source is not properly indicated: File:Hawk Ridge, Duluth, MN.jpg
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File source is not properly indicated: File:Duluth, MN depot.jpg
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Ww2censor (talk) 22:14, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
File source is not properly indicated: File:Duluth Rose Garden.jpg
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File source is not properly indicated: File:Surfing in Lake Superior.jpg
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File source is not properly indicated: File:4a24382r.jpg
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Again, you simply need to be accurate and honest about where images come from. Just saying "Flickr" or "Library of Congress" are not adequate sources for images found online- you need to include the specific url you found them at. Note that many images on the Library of Congress website were NOT created by the US Federal Government. For Flickr photos you need to have the author and specific license they authorized; even if the image is authorized for reuse under Creative Commons not including author attribution can make it a copyright violation. Please pay attention when you upload, thanks. -- Infrogmation (talk) 17:35, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
File:Ice_Palace,_Leadville,_Colorado,_1896.jpg
[edit]Here's one I fixed for you: File:Ice_Palace,_Leadville,_Colorado,_1896.jpg Note that you had a false license and authorship claim on it. I also uploaded a larger version of the photo - I'm not sure why you uploaded the tiny thumbnail instead. Look at the history for some other fixes other people here did for you. Thanks for paying attention in the future. If you have problems or questions you're having trouble with, ask. Cheers, Infrogmation (talk) 17:53, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
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Lazlo 18:16, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
- Similarly File:8c16048r.jpg. *Please* fix your uploads. Thanks. Infrogmation (talk) 20:18, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2017 is open!
[edit]You are receiving this message because you voted in R1 of the 2017 Picture of the Year contest, but not yet in R2.
Dear Gandydancer,
Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the second round of the 2017 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year will be the twelfth edition of the annual Wikimedia Commons photo competition, which recognizes exceptional contributions by users on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons during the last year (2017) to produce a single Picture of the Year.
Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year were entered in this competition. These images include professional animal and plant shots, breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historical images, photographs portraying the world's best architecture, impressive human portraits, and so much more.
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Round 2 will end on 22 July 2018, 23:59 UTC.
Thanks,
the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee 11:32, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
Notification about possible deletion
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Yours sincerely, - Alexis Jazz ping plz 09:12, 19 August 2018 (UTC)