User talk:Utilizer
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Tip: Categorizing images
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Thanks a lot for contributing to the Wikimedia Commons! Here's a tip to make your uploads more useful: Why not add some categories to describe them? This will help more people to find and use them.
Here's how:
1) If you're using the UploadWizard, you can add categories to each file when you describe it. Just click "more options" for the file and add the categories which make sense:
2) You can also pick the file from your list of uploads, edit the file description page, and manually add the category code at the end of the page.
[[Category:Category name]]
For example, if you are uploading a diagram showing the orbits of comets, you add the following code:
[[Category:Astronomical diagrams]]
[[Category:Comets]]
This will make the diagram show up in the categories "Astronomical diagrams" and "Comets".
When picking categories, try to choose a specific category ("Astronomical diagrams") over a generic one ("Illustrations").
Thanks again for your uploads! More information about categorization can be found in Commons:Categories, and don't hesitate to leave a note on the help desk.BotMultichillT (talk) 06:20, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
- Image:Uptones 2008.jpg is uncategorized since 11 December 2008. BotMultichillT (talk) 06:20, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
- Image:Stereolab mary hansen.jpg was uncategorized on 24 August 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:56, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
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Ellin Beltz (talk) 16:42, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
This media may be deleted.
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Thanks for uploading File:Dome Theater Interior - Pleasant Hill, California.jpg. This media is missing permission information. A source is given, but there is no proof that the author or copyright holder agreed to license the file under the given license. Please provide a link to an appropriate webpage with license information, or ask the author or copyright holder to send an email with copy of a written permission to VRT (permissions-commons@wikimedia.org). You may still be required to go through this procedure even if you are the author yourself; please see Commons:But it's my own work! for more details. After you emailed permission, you may replace the {{No permission since}} tag with {{subst:PP}} on file description page. Alternatively, you may click on "Challenge speedy deletion" below the tag if you wish to provide an argument why evidence of permission is not necessary in this case.
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Ellin Beltz (talk) 16:43, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
- Permission was granted by photographer who signed proper forms, so photo remains. Thanks for your due diligence. --Utilizer (talk) 20:33, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
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Ellin Beltz (talk) 16:44, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
File:Luis Jiménez.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. |
Josve05a (talk) 22:53, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
Sorry, but the deadline for submitting images was midnight UTC 30 November. I had to remove your image. -- Colin (talk) 21:53, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Utilizer. I was looking through Category:Heather Farm Park, Walnut Creek, California (a category I created) and saw this picture that you added. I just wanted to say that it's a very nice picture! The day I was taking pictures at the park, I didn't go up into the garden area, so I'm glad to see that area represented. :) --Auntof6 (talk) 06:26, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
- @Auntof6: - A very belated thank you!
Derivative works of 2D art in the USA
[edit]Hello Utilizer!
I saw that you uploaded quite a few images and I support your I photograph everything attitude.
Note however that there is no freedom of panorama for 2D artworks in the USA. In the USA the freedom of panorama applies ONLY to buildings. So files like "Evict Google" mural by Corrina Goldblatt, Clarion Alley, San Francisco, CA, 2016.jpg are not allwed on Wikimedia Commons. Keep up the work, --D-Kuru (talk) 19:44, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
- The problem is that Wikimedia Commons does not allow fair use (see Commons:Fair use). Only media files are allowed on Commons which are licenced under a free licence. That means that you have to be allowed to modify them and have to be able to use them not only, but also for commercial purposes. Fair use images are allowed on some language variants of Wikipedia though. So you have to upload them where you want to use them. --D-Kuru (talk) 09:34, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
Notification about possible deletion
[edit]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. |
Affected:
And also:
- File:"Evict Google" mural by Corrina Goldblatt, Clarion Alley, San Francisco, CA, 2016.jpg
- File:"Living Street" mural by WHOLE9, Clarion Alley, San Francisco, CA, 2016.jpg
- File:"Rest in Purple" mural by Mel C. Waters, Clarion Alley, San Francisco, CA, 2016.jpg
- File:"Sons of Satya" mural by Jet Martinez and Kelly Ording, Clarion Alley, San Francisco, CA, 2016.jpg
- File:Mural by Crystal Vielula, Clarion Alley, San Francisco, CA, 2016.jpg
- File:Mural by Sirron Norris, Clarion Alley, San Francisco, CA, 2016.jpg
Yours sincerely, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 22:56, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
File:Doorway, Oakland California.jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.
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Missvain (talk) 15:53, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
File:"Living Street" mural by WHOLE9, Clarion Alley, San Francisco, CA, 2016.jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.
The file you added has been deleted. If you have written permission from the copyright holder, please have them send us a free license release via COM:VRT. If you believe that the deletion was not in accordance with policy, you may request undeletion. (It is not necessary to request undeletion if using VRT; the file will be automatically restored at the conclusion of the process.)
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Missvain (talk) 18:14, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
File:Mural by Sirron Norris, Clarion Alley, San Francisco, CA, 2016.jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.
The file you added has been deleted. If you have written permission from the copyright holder, please have them send us a free license release via COM:VRT. If you believe that the deletion was not in accordance with policy, you may request undeletion. (It is not necessary to request undeletion if using VRT; the file will be automatically restored at the conclusion of the process.)
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Missvain (talk) 18:29, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
Notification about possible deletion
[edit]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. |
Affected:
And also:
- File:"Evict Google" mural by Corrina Goldblatt, Clarion Alley, San Francisco, CA, 2016.jpg
- File:"Living Street" mural by WHOLE9, Clarion Alley, San Francisco, CA, 2016.jpg
- File:"Sons of Satya" mural by Jet Martinez and Kelly Ording, Clarion Alley, San Francisco, CA, 2016.jpg
- File:Mural by Crystal Vielula, Clarion Alley, San Francisco, CA, 2016.jpg
Yours sincerely, Missvain (talk) 18:58, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
File:"Everything Must Go!" mural by Daniel Doherty, Clarion Alley, San Francisco, CA, 2016.jpg
[edit]File:"Everything Must Go!" mural by Daniel Doherty, Clarion Alley, San Francisco, CA, 2016.jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.
The file you added has been deleted. If you have written permission from the copyright holder, please have them send us a free license release via COM:VRT. If you believe that the deletion was not in accordance with policy, you may request undeletion. (It is not necessary to request undeletion if using VRT; the file will be automatically restored at the conclusion of the process.)
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Missvain (talk) 19:32, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
File:Mural by Crystal Vielula, Clarion Alley, San Francisco, CA, 2016.jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.
The file you added has been deleted. If you have written permission from the copyright holder, please have them send us a free license release via COM:VRT. If you believe that the deletion was not in accordance with policy, you may request undeletion. (It is not necessary to request undeletion if using VRT; the file will be automatically restored at the conclusion of the process.)
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Missvain (talk) 19:45, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
File:"Sons of Satya" mural by Jet Martinez and Kelly Ording, Clarion Alley, San Francisco, CA, 2016.jpg
[edit]File:"Sons of Satya" mural by Jet Martinez and Kelly Ording, Clarion Alley, San Francisco, CA, 2016.jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.
The file you added has been deleted. If you have written permission from the copyright holder, please have them send us a free license release via COM:VRT. If you believe that the deletion was not in accordance with policy, you may request undeletion. (It is not necessary to request undeletion if using VRT; the file will be automatically restored at the conclusion of the process.)
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Missvain (talk) 19:59, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
File:"Evict Google" mural by Corrina Goldblatt, Clarion Alley, San Francisco, CA, 2016.jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.
The file you added has been deleted. If you have written permission from the copyright holder, please have them send us a free license release via COM:VRT. If you believe that the deletion was not in accordance with policy, you may request undeletion. (It is not necessary to request undeletion if using VRT; the file will be automatically restored at the conclusion of the process.)
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Missvain (talk) 20:01, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
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