User talk:NeilMussett

Non-free image use
Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia. We always appreciate when users upload new images. However, it appears that one or more of the images you have recently uploaded or added to a page, specifically Flags of cities of the United States, may fail our non-free image policy. Most often, this involves editors uploading or using a copyrighted image of a living person. For other possible reasons, please read up on our Non-free image criteria. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 23:21, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

Hello Marchjuly,

All of the images from my updates were already posted on Wikipedia. No new images were uploaded.

Regards, Neil Mussett
 * Hi Neil. If you look at the above template's wording you'll see that you it says (I've underlined the relevant part for easy reference) However, it appears that one or more of the images you have recently uploaded or added to a page, specifically Flags of cities of the United States, may fail our non-free image policy. I understand that the files you added to the article were not uploaded by you; they are, however, non-free images and each use of a non-free image is required to satisfy Wikipedia's non-free content use policy every time they are added to an article. The way these files are being used in this particular article does not satisfy WP:NFCC (for reference see WP:NFLISTS). This is why someone has added Template:Editnotices/Page/Flags of cities of the United States to the very top of the edit window shown here.
 * For reference, there are basically two types of files used in Wikipedia articles: freely licensed/public domain and non-free content. The usage of freely licensed or public domain files is really only subject to Wikipedia:Image use policy; each use of non-free content, on the other hand, is not only subject to that policy, but also Wikipedia's non-free content use policy. If you feel the use of these non-free files is justified in the flag list article, then please show how each of these file's use is justified according to Wikipedia policy by providing a non-free use rationale which clearly shows how all 10 non-free content criteria are satisfied as required by WP:NFCC. To be honest, the Wikipedia community has pretty much reached a consensus that such usage in these types of list articles is primarily decorative (i.e., intended just to show the file) and not contextual (i.e., something which significantly improves the reader's understanding to such a degree that removing it would be detrimental to that understanding.) and therefore is not policy compliant. Perhaps you can convince others that this usage should now be allowed for this particular article, so if you do then please provide the necessary non-free use rationales. I think it would be a good idea for you to ask for feedback from some editors more experienced in dealing with file licensing matters at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions or Wikipedia talk:Non-free content criteria just to see if the rationales are suitable, but you can start a formal discussion of this at Wikipedia:Files for discussion if you like. -- Marchjuly (talk) 03:16, 3 January 2017 (UTC)