User talk:LeadSongDog/Archives/2016/July

new charities for Robert Ira Lewy
i have several new charities i would like added to my list on my Wikipedia page and i'm requesting these additions in consideration especially as my myeloma has reached the final phase after 11 years. please give them your comsideration and thanks for your kindnesses in the past Kingseason (talk) 01:20, 1 July 2016 (UTC) Kingseason (talk) 01:20, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXIII, July 2016
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File source and copyright licensing problem with File:Charles W. Sandman plaque.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Charles W. Sandman plaque.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status and its source. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously.

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Please also check any other files you may have uploaded to make sure they are correctly tagged. Here is [ a list of your uploads]. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. ★ Bigr   Tex  02:07, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you for closing the discussion, but I've been quite unsuccessful at deciphering the maze of laws, policies, and tags for all this. If you can help, I'd appreciate it. I took the photo myself this year, and I waive any rights I might have. The sign that is the object of the photo is displayed openly to the public in New Jersey. It is dated 1986, but bears no copyright marking. Authorship is implied by the text on the sign to be the Delaware River and Bay Authority. The sign has no significant creative elements other than the four sentences of pedestrian text, of which 3 are on the sign proper, and one on the marker below. I can't be sure if PD-US-1989 applies, but it does seem to me that posting a one-of-a-kind sign in public might not constitute "publication". It seems entirely counterintuitive, but then as Dickens' Mr. Bumble put it, "the law is a ass". Can you please help clear this up? How should it be marked? LeadSongDog come howl!  15:16, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * It is a complicated maze, and I don't necessarily know how to guide you through it. The original discussion isn't closed, but currently the image doesn't have any license at all on it and it doesn't state that you took it.  Apparently the Information template isn't working on this image, and I don't know why it isn't and I have a sense from your edit summaries that you don't either.  I would recommend adding text outside of the template, perhaps under the Summary heading that says that you took the picture in April 2016.  That way there will be a 'source' visible.  Then you need to add a license.  No, PD-US-1989 doesn't apply.  I'd start with one of the ones from File copyright tags.  The GFDL ones are confusing to me, so I'd probably go with one of the Creative Commons or PD-self, but it's up to you.  At that point, we'd be out of the "no source, no license" nonsense that I started, and back to the original discussion.  You might notice that most of the Blue Plaque images are actually hosted at Wikimedia Commons.  My real suggestion would be for you to upload the image over there (where they understand images better than we do) with the source visible and the license, and add Db-author to the image here.  I don't know that you'll have a significantly better experience at Commons, or at least your WP:OTHERSTUFF argument might fly further.  I don't know if I've helped much.  Please feel free to ping me again if I can clarify further.  ★  Bigr   Tex  22:30, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Well, thanks to for finding and fixing the technical problem: where the instance of information had used embedded non-breaking spaces left of the parameter equal signs. This borked the parameter's processing, effectively making the parameter undefined. The template now acts the expected way. So, what now? LeadSongDog  come howl!  16:11, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I've added GFDL-self and removed the 'speedy' template from the page since it now has a source and license. You can still change that to a different license from File copyright tags if you choose - apparently there's something odd about GFDL.  The old discussion is still hanging out there.  I have no idea when or how it will be closed - I'm not comfortable doing so in either direction and apparently a number of other administrators aren't either.  ★  Bigr   Tex  18:32, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I'm happy to let the process take whatever time it needs, I had just gotten exasperated with the combination of wacky tech, wacky law, and wacky policy. Seeing one of the three dragons slain makes the other two seem less daunting. :-) LeadSongDog come howl!  18:39, 13 July 2016 (UTC)