User talk:Albatalad

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Copyright
Hi. You published that file as "I, the copyright holder of this work" which is clearly a problem as the file can only be used if the work is in the public domain because according to the Copyright Law of Serbia work is not copyrighted if the work consists of official materials of state bodies and bodies performing public functions.

I appreciate your effort to scan your passport cover but the copyright laws are very strictly enforced on Commons and sooner or later your file will be deleted as I've seen dozens of similar files deleted on Commons recently. So for your own sake, don't wait for the disappointment and accept that this website has some very strict views on the matter. I personally think these views are too strict, but my own opinion does not change the facts.--Twofortnights (talk) 23:09, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

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Serbian passport
OK so I've looked it up and it's definitely true that your passport scan has colours that are off. Funnily I used this as a reference, but it shows that the passport doesn't have the gray tint like in your scan.

Now I have nothing against Wikipedia using your personal scan, but it should be at least as good as the official original and also it should faithfully represent the colour which is maroon or burgundy. So if you intend to use your passport scan please rescan it.

Your version on average is the colour on the left while the official scan average colour is on the right.



Now hold your passport against the screen and check which one is more like it. Honestly I don't know any country that prints passport in the colour on the left--Twofortnights (talk) 15:04, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Hey, so you are Serbian after all ha? In that case i would suggest that you scan your own passport and post of a photo of it... BTW mine is not a scan, it's a photo.Albatalad (talk) 18:44, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
 * OK so i fixed the contrast and the brightness SrpskiPasoš.jpg
 * No that's not me, that's Steven Seagal, a famous martial artist/actor from the 1980s. Anyway, the new version looks better, thank you. I suspected it wasn't a scan because it's very hard to scan a passport cover without gold/silver letters showing distorted. For example scan File:Indonesian E-Passport.jpg vs. photo of Indonesian passport. Btw since you happen to live in that part of the world do you perhaps have better looking passport stamps of Albania and Macedonia to be used in this article - Gallery of passport stamps by country or territory? Thanks!--Twofortnights (talk) 19:23, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I live in Australia actually... i have never been to Albania or Macedonia, i suspected you are Serbian because you read B92 news.Albatalad (talk) 19:39, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah OK. Well if you have any interesting passport stamps from Oceania or elsewhere scan them and add them to that article please. And no I don't read it, that link comes from this article which comes as a first suggestion from Google News when you Google "Serbian passport". Quite an interesting character, I wonder what he is doing cruising around Eastern Europe so much.--Twofortnights (talk) 19:46, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

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Copyright image on Accession of Serbia to the European Union
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 * I'm totally aware of this and i regret previous copyright violation and won't repeat it, the current image DOES NOT violate copyrights, if you think it does you must prove it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Albatalad (talk • contribs) 20:07, 7 February 2016‎
 * Right off the bat I would ask you to remain civil. Your edit descriptions currently do not reflect this behaviour, so I'm asking you to consider this. And as a matter of fact I have located the source of this file: it's a screenshot from this video, which is very much copyrighted. So here is what's going to happen: I'm going to remove the image once more, and I'm going to have it removed from the Commons as well. I would highly advise against adding it back to the article. You've already dared me to find the source of this image, and I have. So my sincere suggestion would be to not tempt me again. —♦♦ AMBER  (ЯʘCK)  20:19, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
 * OK just a heads up, i am a noob when it comes to copyrights, anyway, i believe there is no need for an image in that article! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Albatalad (talk • contribs) 20:35, 7 February 2016 Albatalad (talk) 21:02, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Rule of thumb: anything which doesn't grant you explicit permission for use, cannot be used. Copyright laws the world over are set up in such a way that every work is always copyright unless the author specifically relinquishes it for a given instance. —♦♦ AMBER  (ЯʘCK)  20:43, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

February 2016
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Romania
I am quite willing to discuss whether Romania should be removed from their Central European lists in WP. The Geography of Romania article states Romania is in Southeastern Europe and says nothing about Central Europe. Thanks Hmains (talk) 03:04, 20 December 2016 (UTC)