User talk:Nbm-mnb

You have created an article on New Brunswick Museum using copyright material from that museum's website. The previous article on this topic was deleted for the same reason. Unless you can show that the copyright owner agrees to license this material under the GFDL, this content must be deleted.Glendoremus 00:23, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

New Brunswick Museum images
Thanks for your kind note. As well, I would like to pass on my thanks to NBM for making some of its collection available online.

All of the NBM images (photographs and art) uploaded to Wikipedia (usually through its sister site, the Wikimedia Commons media repository) are in the public domain due to their age. Copyright issues are taken extremely seriously on Wikipedia, and copyright infringements are deleted.

There is no copyright in digital copies of two-dimensional images public domain images. A work must meet minimal standards of originality in order to qualify for copyright -- a copy or scan of a two-dimensional image (which simply reproduces the original) contains no original element (see, for example, the finding in Bridgeman v. Corel). Therefore, any 2-D public domain images posted online by NBM are just that -- public domain images. This rule would not apply to a contemporary image of a three-dimensional historic object -- even if any copyright in the 3-D object had expired, the photograph itself would be copyrighted (so, for example, this image would be protected by copyright and could not be used on Wikipedia unless NBM were to freely license it). And, obviously, scans of copyrighted (non-public domain) images are subject to the same copyright restrictions as the original copryrighted material.

It is a policy on Wikipedia and sister projects to delete source labels (or any other kind of similar mark) from images (public domain images can be modified and/or cropped by the user), as such labels are distracting, and in the case of public domain images, they are unnecessary. It would be extremely detrimental to Wikipedia and its sister projects if any and all images used on the projects were labelled or watermarked. However, Wikipedia requires that images be properly attributed on the image description pages. In particular, NBM images that have been uploaded to Wikipedia are clearly attributed to the institution, with the NBM reference number provided (so users can follow up with NBM if they wish to do further research or obtain a higher resolution version). Moreover, links to the NBM image posted on the McCord Museum site and to the Wikipedia article on the NBM are also provided. Credit is given where credit is due, and I would hope that the handful of NBM images on Wikipedia in small part helps raise awareness of NBM and its collections. While I do not think that the policy on labels or watermarks is going to change any time soon, if you think there are additional ways in which these images can be attributed to NBM, please let me know. Personally, I would like to help do what I can to make archives and museums in Canada comfortable with their public domain images being used on Wikipedia (I have put in a lot of hours to ensure that historic Canadian images on Wikipedia are appropriately attributed to NBM, Library and Archives Canada, the City of Toronto Archives, etc. etc.).

As for NBM keeping track of the use of its images on Wikipedia, I for one would be happy to alert you as a courtesy when I use an image or come across one being used. However, the nature of Wikipedia and its sister projects (i.e. thousands of volunteer editors) means that any such notifications would not be very comprehensive. The best and easiest way to keep track of NBM images is to view Category:Images from New Brunswick Museum on Wikimedia Commons -- all NBM images are automatically placed in this category (inclusion is dependent, of course, on the uploader properly tagging the image as being from NBM, but if the original uploader forgets to do so, another editor will usually catch and rectify the omission). To see how an individual image in that category is being used on Wikipedia and its sister projects, simply go to the image description page and choose the "Check Usage" tab at the top of the page -- the search results will list any encyclopedia articles featuring that image.

I hope this has been helpful. I would be delighted to discuss this or any other issues with you further (just leave any messages on my talk page here on Wikipedia or at the Commons). One of the main objectives of Wikipedia is to widely disseminate public domain media, and we would all be delighted to work with NBM in doing so. Best regards, --Skeezix1000 (talk) 15:10, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Deathof Wolfe.JPG
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Deathof Wolfe.JPG, has been listed at Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. --Acather96 (talk) 07:16, 15 May 2011 (UTC)