User talk:Gibreab

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Photos and copyrights
First, let me reassure you that the photo of Gibreab Teferi will not be removed, because photos taken in Ethiopia are public domain after 25 years, and that photo clearly cannot have been taken after 1988 Gregorian / 1980 Ethiopian.

That said, however, you made some serious mistakes. You put that the date of the photo was 24 October 2017 - almost 30 years after Gibreab Teferi died. 24 October 20i7 is when you scanned the photo in (I assume). The photo can be from no later than 1988 Gregorian - and he definitely doesn't look like he's in his 70s there, so I assume it's from much earlier. I also strongly doubt that you're the one who was holding the camera in whatever year that was, because you've labeled every picture you uploaded as "own work", even the ones that are by Gibreab Teferi. Ethiopian copyright law means they're public domain now, but you can't say they're by you (which is what 'own work' means), because they're not.

If you can't get the information about who took the photos, or when, that's okay, but any additional details will be very helpful. DS (talk) 21:27, 4 March 2018 (UTC)