User talk:KCSperow

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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! Blythwood (talk) 15:59, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Your photo upload on Commons of Thelma Golden
Hi! I came across a BBC video article today titled "Women fighting for equality on Wikipedia", showing in part an edit-a-thon that happened recently at the National Museum for Women in the Arts. One of the articles mentioned in the video segment was Thelma Golden. I saw the image that you posted on the article and checked into it. Very much unfortunately, I had to place it for deletion on Commons. In order for media to be compatible with Commons' licensing requirements (see Licensing), the rights on the image must allow derivative works and commercial uses. The source for this image shows the image is licensed under a "CC BY-NC-ND 2.0" license. The NC component of that license means no commercial use. The ND component means no derivative works. Thus, this image is not compatible with Commons licensing requirements. Thus, unfortunately, it must be deleted.

I find it fantastic that such edit-a-thons happen. Indeed, women are extremely under represented on Wikipedia in editors and in subject articles. The more we push back against that reality, the better off we will be. I've no idea if photography was discussed during the edit-a-thon. Photography is an excellent way to contribute to the project. It doesn't take a high end digital camera, being an expert in photography, or having incredible Photoshop skills. In fact, anyone with a decent cell phone these days can be a Wikipedia photographer. All you have to do is go and find things to photograph, take the photograph, and upload it to Commons and release the image under a free license. There are restrictions on certain subjects of photographs; for instance three dimensional works of art on public display usually are encumbered with copyright if they were erected within the last few decades. But, if you are photographing people there are no such copyright restrictions (but be sure to photograph in a setting where privacy is not presumed, so you do not have to get a subject release). If the image doesn't look perfect, it's ok. We have a photo lab of sorts with people who will be happy to help make the image better.

One of the places where Wikipedia really needs help is with photographs of living people. We have a policy against using non-free content to depict living people. So, someone like you or perhaps someone you may know who was at the edit-a-thon could help Wikipedia by getting images where they are lacking. As of now, we do not have a free license images for Thelma Golden, Amy Sherald, Elizabeth Nelson Adams, Nina Chanel Abney, Mary Abbott (artist), Lisa Adams, and so many more (see Category:American women painters for some possibilities). All of these artists are alive. If you have contacts among the people at the edit-a-thon, please pass on this possibility to them.

Also, you may be interested in WikiProject Women. If there's anything I can do to help, please let me know. Thanks, --Hammersoft (talk) 13:27, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Thelma Golden photo
Hello: Thank you for letting me know! I’d found it via Creative Commons on a person’s Flickr page that had been apparently labeled as license free, but it was evidently mislabeled.

Thank you again for letting me know and explaining the abbreviations! They are great for me to know as I plan to continue working on Wikipedia entries.

Sincerely,

KCSperow KCSperow (talk) 15:06, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Meetups #87, #88, #89, #90
--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:32, 19 July 2018 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Women in Red April Events
--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 20:32, 22 March 2019 (UTC) via MassMessaging