Talk:Comité National de Secours et d'Alimentation

Update on images
When I started my review, I asked a knowledgeable admin at WikiCommons to help me with the two images that are presented in this wiki, but I somehow forgot to look at his answer before passing the article! As it turns out, there are a few issues I should have mentioned during the review rather than now, but better late than never. Madalibi (talk) 04:07, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * For File:Médailles Commémorative du Comité National de Secours et d’Alimentation.jpg, in the words of, The issue is that we don't have authorship information on the medal itself. We are told in the description that the medal was awarded in 1919. However we don't know what government did the minting, and therefore are missing some information about the copyright of the medal. In terms of this article, this is largely irrelevant, as the medal is PD-1923 in the United States, which is the only nation whose copyright matters for English Wikipedia. If it is not in the public domain in the origin country, however, it will have to be moved from Commons to EnWiki. He concludes that this image "is good for inclusion in the article now, but may run into issues at FAC." : could you add a statement that the medals were issues by the postwar Belgian government (if this is right), and perhaps the applicable license tag for Belgium to show that the medals are in the public domain there? This would clear the image for FAC.
 * The other image, File:Driemansschap committee for the relief of Belgium.JPG, is in more serious trouble, because it has no date and author information. As Sven puts it, In all likelihood, this was created long enough ago that it would be PD-1923 in the US and PD-old-70 in the source country. That being said, both the author and the date fields are given as "nvt". I believe that "nvt" stands for "niet van toepassing", which translates into "not applicable". The date and author are never not applicable, because without that information, it's impossible for us to determine the term of copyright. I would not use this file until this information is tracked down. He concludes that the image "should be removed, as it's missing soo much information to determine copyright status." Could you try to track down the missing information so that we can keep the image, or otherwise remove it from the article? Thank you!
 * I pulled the second image. You can undo it once you've supplied authorship/date information.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  05:02, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm actually quite surprised by this. Medal was, indeed, issued by the Belgian government in 1919. The postcard, however, seems another extremely clear case of PD-1923/PD-old-70 as you say. I extremely doubt that postcards commemorating the CNSA were issued at all after 1920, never mind later. If you see here, there is an example of the same postcard which shows both sides; there is no name or makers' date. It's also worth noting that Brand Whitlock is named, simply, as "Ministre [plénipotentiaire]" rather than "ambassadeur" dating it to before 1919...Brigade Piron (talk) 08:37, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I didn't cite all of Sven's words. He introduced his comment by saying, "In all likelihood, this was created long enough ago that it would be PD-1923 in the US and PD-old-70 in the source country." And since "minister" is a diplomatic rank and the wiki on Brand Whitlock says that he became "ambassador" (the rank above "minister") in 1919, I think it's reasonable to assume that the postcard was made on or before 1919, and in any case before 1923. I think the point was not to doubt the origin of the card: it was to add the necessary information to the description box. Now that you've done that (though I'll let confirm), it should be no problem to use the image! Madalibi (talk) 10:03, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * It's fine. I'll stick it back in.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  18:16, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh, you already got it.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  18:17, 30 January 2014 (UTC)