User talk:RHStudioNYC

September 2022
Hello, I'm Spf121188. I noticed that you recently removed content from Roni Horn without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. SPF121188 (talk this way) (contribs) 15:29, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, RHStudioNYC. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Roni Horn, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


 * avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
 * propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the request edit template);
 * disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Conflict of interest);
 * avoid linking to your organization's website in other articles (see Spam);
 * do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. SPF121188 (talk this way) (contribs) 15:29, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

Re: Image Removals on Roni Horn
Hi! I noticed you removed several non-free, fair use images from the Roni Horn page - the edits were reverted, but I'm assuming you are either the artist or someone at the artist's studio. Just reiterating what the previous user said on your talk page, if you are Roni Horn or directly connected to Roni Horn professionally, that would constitute a conflict of interest per Wikipedia's rules, and would require you to not edit the Roni Horn page, and only suggest changes via the talk page (with an addendum noting your conflict of interest). Completely understand that artists don't want images of their work used for commercial purposes without permission, but I would note that the photos on the page currently are fully in line with Wikipedia's policies on non-free content and have been marked as fair use/significantly reduced in size. Wikipedia usage does not constitute commercial use.

Happy to have a dialogue on the use of the photos in the article if you'd like! Happy editing :) 19h00s (talk) 17:58, 21 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the insights, I do represent Roni Horn's studio. We'd prefer to remove the images taken at the National Gallery this summer and substitute professional photography to better represent the pieces conceptually. I understand that there is a conflict of interest in our directly adding this material, please recommend the best way to upload and share different images of the works in question. RHStudioNYC (talk) 17:03, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Pinging as a courtesy so they can reply :)  SPF121188  (talk this way) (contribs) 17:06, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see! So, there is a solution you could try if you have photographs of these works that you would prefer be used instead of the photos currently on the page. First, the images need to be uploaded to Wikipedia as non-free/fair use content - you can find the upload page here, be sure to select "non-free" and "fair use" whenever presented a selection option. There's a bit of a process to upload fair use content (in this context, when I say non-free I mean images of copyrighted material, and fair use means non-free content that is used on Wikipedia in an acceptable way). The photo must be freely licenses and you must include the license (list of acceptable free licenses for non-free content on Wikipedia, the simplest to use are the Creative Commons Sharealike licenses), and you must mark the image for use exclusively on the page you intend it to be used - all of this is laid out in the upload form. Depending on the work featured in the image, you will need to choose the correct "image type" further along in the upload process - 2D art is included under the "This image is the object of discussion in an article" option, while sculpture/installation is included under the "This is a depiction of a copyrighted three-dimensional work or building" option.
 * Wikipedia has strict rules on proper crediting for both the image itself and the copyrighted art included in the image. The file description page (here's a model file description for a Faith Ringgold work to show you what it looks like after you upload) must include the credit line for the copyrighted art, author credit for the photograph and the copyrighted work, along with several other pieces of info laid out here (#10 on the list of rules).
 * Now, if you're willing to do all that (I realize it's a lot of work/steep learning curve with Wikipedia's rules), you can then suggest via the article Talk page that the images currently on the Roni Horn page should be replaced with the images you uploaded. As this is a pretty unique situation and I definitely understand your intent here (you're not aiming to delete content/info, simply enhance it with better images), I'd be happy to go ahead and swap the pictures for you once they're uploaded.
 * I know this is a lot to throw your way, so apologies for the info deluge. But happy to explain more in detail if you need! 19h00s (talk) 18:23, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh and I forgot to add! All images of copyrighted art must be reduced to below 100,000 bytes per Wikipedia policy. That's why all the pictures of contemporary art on Wikipedia are such low-res. 19h00s (talk) 18:28, 29 September 2022 (UTC)