User talk:Stefan2/Archive 4

File:De-Wet Nagel profile photo off Internet Movie Database.jpg
Hi Stefan, your concerns regarding the possibility of this file not being free for use has been addressed.

The license is clearly stated on the page underneath the photo and permission is given by the owner for free use. It is also indicated that in this case the subject of the picture is the owner of the copyright. http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2379849728/nm5556881?ref_=nmmi_mi_all_pbl_33 could you please fix this so the picture is no longer listed as a possibly unfree file?

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Actor lover (talk • contribs) 00:14, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
 * As I wrote, there is no evidence that the IMDB uploader is the copyright holder. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:28, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

It is stated under the copyright notice of the picture that De-Wet Nagel himself is the copyright holder and has given it as free license. Is this not enough? How can I provide you what you need? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.237.28.82 (talk) 13:10, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 * There is no evidence that the person who uploaded the image to IMDB is telling the truth. The photographer should follow the procedure outlined at WP:CONSENT. If the copyright has been transferred to someone other than the photographer, then you should provide evidence of the transfer of the copyright and also provide evidence that the copyright holder has allowed to use the image under a free licence. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:51, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

I see what you are saying. The photographer is listed as credit Jumpingrabbit creative and consent has been e-mailed from subject. I don't know what else to do. Could you let me know if this is enough or what procedure I still need to follow and how this photo will be in flagged? Is it something I need to do?

Please forgive me I'm new at this... Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.3.219.246 (talk • contribs) 2013-09-11T08:31:26

File:Iolo logo.svg
Hi Stefan2.

I need a second opinion on this: File:Iolo logo.svg. Do you think it is really eligible for copyright protection?

Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 07:31, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Hard to tell. There are light effects on the red thing to the left, and there are no examples of light effects at Commons:COM:TOO, except for a few Commons decisions (which may be wrong as the decisions weren't made by a court). Some light effects are trivial, so some light effects have to be below the threshold of originality, but it is difficult to know how complex they can be without any proper examples.
 * There is also the case Adobe Systems, Inc. v. Southern Software, Inc. to pay attention to. If you create a font, then the individual letter shapes are in the public domain, but the vectorisation in a TTF file is copyrightable as computer software. I would assume that many SVG files may be copyrightable as computer software, and in that case, you would need permission from the person who made the vectorisation. An SVG file could maybe also be copyrightable as text if you write the source code in some particularly creative way, in particular if you edit it manually in a text editor (which might not be the case here due to Adobe Illustrator comments in the source). I try to be extra careful with SVG files for that reason. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:00, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi. I can vectorize the logo myself if there is a need. So, all that remains is basically the light effects on the red turn off sign. I'll ask someone with image expertise. Thanks.
 * Best regards,
 * Codename Lisa (talk) 15:31, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Hello again

Do you happen to have access to Google Chrome 28 or later? I have a report that says the direct link does not render correctly there, like its Wikipedia render.

Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 16:06, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Mediawiki renders the image differently at different resolutions:
 * Different web browsers also render it differently: Seamonkey 2.20 / Chromium 28.0.1500.71
 * I assume that Chrome 28 and Chromium 28 display the image identically. --Stefan2 (talk) 17:11, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Hmmm. Internet Explorer and Firefox both render like SeaMonkey. But I uploaded a version that is not rendered differently at different resolutions. Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 20:24, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Update: Though luck. My version doesn't render well at any resolution higher than 800px. I hope there was a way of testing it before uploading. Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 20:38, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
 * At least it displays correctly at the resolution used in the article, but it would be nice to have this corrected. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:02, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi. Sorry to bother you again with this. Could you please check it again in Chromium and Sea Monkey? Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 17:04, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Still looks wrong in Chromium. Seamonkey is, and should always be, identical to Firefox. --Stefan2 (talk) 17:27, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi. Strange. I just got confirmation that it looks okay on Chrome 28 and Dragon. Did you bypass your cache? Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 17:48, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I tried deleting all browser data before looking at the image, but I missed that Chromium's cache was in a different directory. If I also delete the cache directory, then it displays correctly. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:22, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks a bunch. Too bad you lost your cache for me; although, next time, try first, okay? Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 20:27, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Help again with photo
I put up a photo on my Wikipedia page, the same one that I intended for publicity and book covers, the photographer gave his permission after there was some question about if it could be used on Wikipedia as well, which said:

I hereby affirm I, Vineet Rajasekhar, am the creator and sole owner of the exclusive copyright of the portrait of N Lee Wood located here: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/NLeeWood%2C2011.jpg. I agree to publish that work under the free license "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported" and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts). I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws. I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites. I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by me. I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project. Vineet Rajasekhar, Creator and Copyright Holder vineet.rajasekhar@gmail.com +64 21 051 3562 26 August 2013

As far as I'm aware, he also sent this to permissions-en@wikimedia.org, as requested. But the photo has been taken down anyway.

What more do I need to do? Nonnythemouse (talk) 07:34, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I have asked at WP:OTRS/N. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:16, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Photo of Ernst Lindemann
Hi, a new user has uploaded and added the image File:Ernst Lindemann.JPG to the Ernst Lindemann article. Can you please check copyright status? Thanks MisterBee1966 (talk) 07:46, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
 * On Commons, the user wrote that he took the photo himself. This is dubious as the man died in 1941. We need a proper source in order to determine the copyright status, so I have nominated the file for deletion. See Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Ernst Lindemann.JPG. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:07, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I commented as well MisterBee1966 (talk) 14:15, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES OF EPIRUS
Hello. I am Dr. Harry Gouvas, Director of the Museum. The File Carress of the Sun shows a plastic black Doll with cement and cement hands aplied on her. The tittle is Caress of the Sun. I MADE THIS ART STRUCTURE and i made also the photograph. So File is Share Alike Contribution 3.0. Thanks Harrygouvas (talk) 05:18, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Update on Mr Wiglet.
We're almost fully resolved now as far as Wally is concerned. It transpires he was just following instructions given here and thought he'd done the right thing. Couldn't save any of his badges but managed to replace quite a few with alternatives from a permission granted source - they're all on Commons now. Turns out Wally is quite the artist, although he uses software to help him create his graphics - still, a very useful editor. Big thanks is due to Graeme Bartlett for his assistance to me and to Wally. Thanks to you as well for your guidance. As a result of the way it was handled we retained a useful (if embarrassed) editor with a great education, a fine mind and an interest in British military matters. I still have to comb the rest of Wally's editing history to weed out any more badges which might be lurking but the end is in sight. Thanks for letting me have the project. SonofSetanta (talk) 14:15, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

File:Boeing 747-400 Bandara SIM.jpg and others like it
Hi Stefan. Could you do me a favour? If you've nominated the copy on the Commons for deletion could you please change the db-nowcommons template to a nominated for deletion on commons template? this will remove the image from the F8 deletion queue and save the persons managing that backlog from having to handle the file. Thanks! -- Diannaa (talk) 16:45, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I thought that it was unnecessary to do that if the file would just end up being deleted soon, but if that creates extra work for you, then fine. I'm now using the "fail review" link in User:MGA73/nowcommonsreview.js if I also nominate the file for deletion on Wikipedia (as that is faster than inserting nominated for deletion on Commons manually) and will update to nominated for deletion on Commons or deleted on Commons if the file survives deletion here. I discovered that Category:All Wikipedia files with a different name on Wikimedia Commons contained lots of problem files and started checking the files.
 * By the way, are you well versed in the copyright terms for films? I found some British films from 1901 which had been moved to Commons, and there seem to be very complex copyright rules involved – see Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Robert W. Paul and Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:45, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
 * On one level it's unnecessary, but it saves me having to investigate items you've already examined and nominated for deletion. And presumably (hopefully :/) I am not the only one working the F8 deletion queue, so you might be helping other admins as well. As to your question, no, I do not have much knowledge of copyright law as pertains to films. See you later, I gotta go out now and do a family thing. Best, -- Diannaa (talk) 21:52, 15 September 2013 (UTC) I guess it depends too on the reason for deletion. Stuff that has to go to PUF often sits for a really long time for example. This particular image is already gone. -- Diannaa (talk) 22:00, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
 * This particular image isn't gone, but because of some mistake, I apparently changed the file name when I wrote a previous comment, pointing at a non-existing file.
 * What do you think of Commons:File:Etlingera elatior-0001 01.jpg? The English Wikipedia uploader has one user name and the Commons uploader has another user name, but both claim own work. The English Wikipedia uploader also links to https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2320715914901&l=87a20165c8 which links to the file information page on both Wikipedia and Commons, so maybe it's simply a user with two accounts? I did a quick cleanup by adding an original upload log, but note that the licensing also differs (Wikipedia has GFDL+CC-BY-SA whereas Commons only has CC-BY-SA).
 * I have found lots of images with wrong licence on Commons, like (wrong CC licence & GFDL missing) or  (GFDL missing & also wrong author). I hope that you are carefully checking things which can easily be overlooked, such as wrong licence numbers and cc-by/cc-by-sa mixups, before deleting a file. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:16, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, I do check and correct any errors in copying over the licensing and fix the user name if they've gotten it wrong or forgotten to put it in. The only time I leave the license alone is when the same person uploaded the image in both places, under the assumption that they've changed their mind (and yes I do know you can't actually change your mind once it's out there under license, but what are you gonna do). I add an original upload log if it is missing, and clean up any other junk that's present if I've already for the file open. I also check the number of pixels to make sure we don't end up with a smaller image than we had before (OgreBot catches some of these, but not all). For interesting historic photos, I check to see if a higher resolution copy is available elsewhere on the Web and upload it if there is. And I will tag for Flickr review if it's a Flickr image and add the proper attribution, and will see if the Flickr copy has more pixels, and bring it over if it does. Regarding the flowers, it looks to me like it's the same person. Check out the contribs for the user on the the Commons - there's a whole series of these images. commons:Special:Contributions/019ATAZLAN. Both user names contain the name "Azlan", which appears to be the person's actual name, judging by the Facebook account. -- Diannaa (talk) 02:39, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

C/O Sir image
You have nominated the audio cover image for deletion, initially I uploaded the text=logo image to feature in DYK, I thought it to relace it with the actual poster later. Now, may I put th audio template to the article's infobox? -- Tito ☸ Dutta 16:07, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
 * The file is unfree, so it can't be used in DYK per WP:NFCC.
 * Soundtrack images are normally not appropriate in film articles per MOS:FILM and WP:NFCC. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:53, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Stefan sorry for interjecting, one non-free file is allowed in an article (in this case the audio cover), the other image is not eligible for copyright and does not meet the threshold of originality as it consists merely of a few letters. That image was used in the DYK which is absolutely fine and was a free image and as for the soundtrack image that is the only non-free image in the article and can be added judging by wikipedia's policies.  Sohambanerjee1998  08:37, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Nopes, I meant to move the poster in infobox and remove the other. -- Tito ☸ Dutta 08:46, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Tito, could not understand. Do you want the poster to stay or the album art? Which one?  Sohambanerjee1998  09:11, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I agree that File:Care of Sir Bengali movie poster.jpg isn't eligible for copyright in the United States. However, I am very suspicious about the copyright status in India. The Indian Copyright Act, 1957 is essentially a duplicate of the British Copyright Act 1956, and a British court found File:EDGE magazine (logo).svg to be copyrighted. There is no policy which automatically allows one non-free image. --Stefan2 (talk) 09:29, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, TOO-Ind is a confusing issue. I recently studied it and mentioned in commons:Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Official_Aam_Aadmi_Party_logo_from_their_website.png. However, I am asking to move the image from the soundtrack section to infobox. -- Tito ☸ Dutta 09:35, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes stefan I agree with you on this the reason being the colonial rule in India which led to most of the laws of India to be similar to their colonial counterparts. As for the the image this statement of yours has raised doubts in my mind also but there is one thing for Tito to rejoice about, the DYK is over. If this happened when the DYK was still in the pipeline it would have given him a run for his money. Tito's lucky in this matter. In all seriousness the query of yours is genuine and holds a lot of importance.  Sohambanerjee1998  09:39, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
 * The current image (free one) which is in the infobox is not the full poster, only a part of it. The soundtrack one is that of a single. The full soundtrack cover - 1. Therefore I suggest to move the current soundtrack picture by updating it with this and move it to the infobox.  Sohambanerjee1998  09:44, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Apology
I apologise if any act I committed was malicious or derogatory. But some user kept replacing the official poster of Thalapathi with a fan-made version. I was just trying to undo that. Any act that I commit is at the end only for greater good, and I do not want anyone to think I'm causing vandalism. Kailash29792 (talk) 15:57, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, I saw that you and User:Onam2013 appeared to be having an edit war at File:Thalapathi poster.jpg, so I sent a warning to both of you. I looked at the links in the discussion on your talk pages, but I couldn't determine what's correct and what's wrong. The images contain text in a language I can't read, so they don't help me very much. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:53, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
 * The poster I uploaded is scanned from a book, by G. Dhananjayan. Onam's "poster" is actually a film still and contains a watermark, making it evidently a hoax. Who is doing just? Kailash29792 (talk) 07:06, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I see that you brough the matter to WP:AN/EW, so let's see what's happening there. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:07, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Template talk:Countries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Template talk:Countries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template talk:Countries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of Template talk:Countries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ego White Tray (talk) 03:51, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:Estonia Police academy Patch.jpg
Thanks for uploading File:Estonia Police academy Patch.jpg. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of fair use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of fair use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:


 * 1) Go to the file description page and add the text   below the original replaceable fair use template, replacing   with a short explanation of why the file is not replaceable.
 * 2) On the file discussion page, write a full explanation of why you believe the file is not replaceable.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace this non-free media item by finding freely licensed media of the same subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or similar) media under a free license, or by creating new media yourself (for example, by taking your own photograph of the subject).

If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified how these media fully satisfy our non-free content criteria. You can find a list of description pages you have edited by clicking on [ this link]. Note that even if you follow steps 1 and 2 above, non-free media which could be replaced by freely licensed alternatives will be deleted 2 days after this notification (7 days if uploaded before 13 July 2006), per the non-free content policy. If you have any questions, please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 15:20, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I took a picture by myself with my camera? So what to do? Mravlja Matjaz (talk) 05:10, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I forgot to reply. You need to license your photo under some licence, for example by adding GFDL or cc-by-sa-3.0 to the image page. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:15, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

FFD for File:DKM Album Alternative Cover.jpg
Please consider withdrawing as the redundant file has been deleted. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  15:11, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * It's still redundant. The only thing that happened was that the other file was converted from GIF to JPG. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:20, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Talkback
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File permission problems with File:Dr Mangal Singh enthronement photo.jpg and File:Photo of Karma Dhomchhe Norbu Tenpi Gyaltshen Palsamgpo Rinpoche renthronement 2004.jpg
Hi Stefan Thanks for your message. I am sure you get a lot of people who have no idea how to navigate wikipedia's IP issues, and I'm one of them. The photos are owned by Shashi Dhoj Tulachan, who is related to both the subjects of these photos (Dr Singh is a uncle, and the young rinpoche is his nephew). The photos are both of historic events in their lives and the history of Sambha gompa - their enthronement (formal recognition of being the incarnation and seated at this gompa). Both photos were shared with me for the explicit purpose and Shashi's permission to post on the wiki page of Sambha gompa. I will not be able to communicate with Shashi and ask who took the photos (i.e. owns them) for a few weeks as he is in Mustang. I will go there and return by end of October and only then will have email access again. Dr Singh is dead and the young rinpoche stays in India. Assuming Shashi is able to tell me who took the photos (which is not likely for Dr Singh's picture since he himself would have been a young man) what/ how do I proceed? I tried to read the non-free copyright thing but frankly I don't understand it and what I would have to do to address it. (It took me 30mins to work out how to reply here to you!) Thanks for your patience — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.244.212.218 (talk • contribs) 2013-09-29T04:06:19‎
 * I think that you will have to ask the photographer to send an e-mail to permissions-en@wikimedia.org to confirm the copyright template you added. If you can't find out who the photographer is, then I don't think that we will be able to keep the images, sorry. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:56, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi Stefan I am back from Mustang Shashi Dhoj gave me the name of the photographer who took the Dr Mangal Singh picture, a frenchman who wrote a book on the himalayas. My feeling is he is dead...but am trying to follow up. If dead- what next? For the young rinpoche, my understanding is that Shashi or a close friend took it- but have sought clarification from a Nepali speaker. Shashi will be back in Kathmandu in a week or so and I will visit him again, hopefully with the nepali speaker to verify. Thanks for your patience — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nima t100 (talk • contribs) 05:36, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
 * If the photographer is dead, then the photographer's heirs should send the permission statement instead. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:05, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

Commons ANI thread
I have started a thread at Commons ANI Commons:Commons:Administrators'_noticeboard Tito ☸ Dutta 01:08, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

Non-free reduce and SVGs
Hi there. Before we get into an edit war, let's talk.

I've been removing non-free reduce because that template is calling for files to be reduced in size. Clearly, since an SVG is designed to be scalable, that's a pointless excercise. I can scale it down, sure, but that won't stop anyone from rendering it at any size without issue.

You seem to be objecting to the level of sophistication of some of the images. That's fine, but using non-free reduce is the wrong way to do it. If you think that an SVG falls out of policy because of how complicated it is, create a PNG version and then place the SVG up for deletion, citing the policy on SVGs. But don't ask for it to be reduced using non-free reduce, because that's not going to happen. Making an SVG less complex by removing elements is tantamount to making it inaccurate, and I won't do that. Considering how long the template has been on some of those items, I doubt that anyone is going to do that, because no one actually does manual resizing anymore (although I might do a run soon because that backlog is embarrassing).

So yeah, the TLDR is that if you object to the SVGs on complexity grounds, replace them with PNGs and have the SVGs zapped, because there are no other good options.  S ven M anguard  Wha?  07:07, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
 * So while I was writing this, you were posting a message on my talk page. I'll check back here tomorrow for a response, and will hold off on finishing the detagging until we figure something out, but for now, it's 3:15 AM local time and I'm heading off.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  07:13, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
 * If you remove geometrical elements, then you do reduce the file's size. Size is not always measured in pixel count. For example, for sound and video files, size is determined by running time, in addition to pixel count (for video files) and audio quality (for sound files). For an SVG file, the size is mainly determined by the number and detail of the geometrical elements, so non-free reduce appears to apply. Category:Fair use images that should be in SVG format is very clear that SVG files shouldn't contain too many details. Uploading a PNG file isn't possible as that would mean violating the copyright law of my country, exposing me to legal risks. There have been a few discussions at WP:FFD and WP:NFCR where SVG files have been replaced by PNG, though. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:09, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
 * In the case of File:National Pest Management Association logo.svg, a file I see that you detagged, the problem is different: the logo is clearly PD-textlogo, but per Adobe Systems, Inc. v. Southern Software, Inc. it seems that some SVG files are copyrightable as computer software. If the SVG code meets the threshold of originality for computer software (there's no example at Commons:COM:TOO so the situation is unclear), then the problem isn't WP:NFCC but WP:NFCC (freely licensed SVG source code could easily be written). --Stefan2 (talk) 10:09, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
 * No, no, no, if you reduce the "number and detail of the geometrical elements" you're taking a faithful representation and turning it into an unfaithful representation. Not only will I refuse to do that, but if I see someone else doing that, I will simply list the file for deletion as inaccurate, and take the person making the edits to task for deliberately misrepresenting the logo, which is the same as introducing deliberate factual errors, which is a type of vandalism. You cannot say 'oh, this is too complicate, let's just delete a few shapes'. As I said above, if you object to the SVGs on complexity grounds, replace them with PNGs and have the SVGs zapped.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  20:05, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, WP:NFCC is very clear that you shouldn't include too many details. If someone nevertheless does that, then the file needs to be reduced in some manner by removing details. For example, conversion to PNG is one way to reduce it. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:55, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I fail to see any other way to do it. In fact, I'm seriously considering proposing that we disallow non-free SVGs in the first place, and either replace them with PNGs or assess them as PD-ineligible and move them to Commons.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  21:07, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Simply disallowing non-free SVGs would simplify it. Some files such as File:GateKeeper logo.svg are way too big and display details which would never be acceptable for a PNG file. Keep in mind that PDF files also may contain vector graphic, so those might also need to be disallowed. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:35, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Template:SVG-Res states "The default rendering of this image is of a size and resolution sufficient to maintain the quality intended by the company or organization, without being unnecessarily high resolution." If these images are not reduced, this statement is incorrect. 117Avenue (talk) 05:26, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi. How about reducing the default rendering dimensions, as I've just done at File:Parade of the Athletes - Unmixed.svg? -- Trevj (talk) 09:25, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * PS Sorry that's not actually a good example for me to have picked, because from now looking at Parade of the Athletes, only one of those cover images is justifiable, so we can arrange for deletion once we've all had a look... -- Trevj (talk) 09:31, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * If a file is tagged for violation of WP:NFCC, then it means that the file contains too much information and that some information needs to be removed. If the file is a pixel image, then information is removed by removing some pixels (i.e. reducing the resolution). However, if a file is a vector image, then reducing the screen resolution doesn't mean removing any information. It would be totally unacceptable to store the PNG file generated by the wikicode GateKeeper logo.svg if the image were uploaded in PNG format, and the same must obviously also apply when the image is uploaded in SVG format.
 * The covers for Parade of the Athletes are arguably below the threshold of originality. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:22, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for replying. If vector images are available, then uploading and using them on Wikipedia allows us provide higher quality information to readers. By rendering at low resolutions (both in article and file namespaces) then we're minimising the extent of use, as seen by readers. If the links (on file pages) to render in other resolutions were removed, then I think that one main difference between us storing vector images and providing links to high resolution bitmap images (hosted elsewhere and often listed under 'source' in FURs) is the technical one. In practical terms, readers in both circumstances can easily access hi-res versions (assuming no dead links for sources). Anyway, this is probably a discussion best had elsewhere... has anyone searched yet to see if a similar discussion has already happened in the past somewhere? -- Trevj (talk) 19:50, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * The problem is that as long as the SVG files can be used to create a perfectly rendered image at a high resolution, then the images do not satisfy WP:NFCC. Removing the links to higher resolution wouldn't solve anything as you could still access the high-resolution renderings by downloading the SVG source code (which itself violates WP:NFCC) and render it in PNG format on your own computer, or by typing in GateKeeper logo.svg in the edit box and download the resulting image.
 * This problem has been discussed a few times before. For example, this discussion has a fair amount of comments. I think that there was a case at FFD at some point during the past year or so with more discussion, but I don't remember what the file was called, and I haven't been able to locate that discussion. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:28, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Did you see Category talk:Fair use images that should be in SVG format? -- Trevj (talk) 23:05, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * No. That page discusses an interesting point: what's big in one context isn't necessarily big in another context. For pixel graphics, we typically assume that images shouldn't be bigger than what is needed to display the article on a screen, but that is probably less than what the US laws require. See also Category:Rescaled fairuse files more than 7 days old which states that "The resolution should approximately fit the intended use in the article." The text seems to originate from Category:Rescaled fairuse images more than 7 days old for which the original history is unavailable except for administrators. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:18, 3 October 2013 (UTC)


 * I stated my opposition to the claim that SVGs are infinite resolution at the WP:Village pump (idea lab) thread about it. We certainly should not disallow them as a rule.  However, I think that we should be skeptical of converting logos to SVG for another reason, namely, that the way in which resolution is lost, and by who, is a little iffy.  Too often I see SVG images display differently in a browser vs. Inkscape, etc.; you're turning an image into almost a program.  Displaying logos incorrectly isn't something we want to do for any number of reasons, so it may make more sense just to stick with the unsophisticated format. Wnt (talk) 19:12, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I agree that SVG files do not necessarily have an infinite resolution. The word "resolution" typically refers to the quality of an image. If an SVG file consists of one circle, then it has a low resolution. If it consists of two circles, then it has slightly higher resolution. If it consists of a million circles and is unfree, then it is probably too big and needs to be reduced, either by converting to pixel graphics or by removing a number of the circles. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:10, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

Manhattan Plot Gene C90rf72
Stefan,

received your comments and it runed out we need approval from the publisher of the journal. I will upload another picture which is free content and created ourselves to publish on wiki. The one submitted can be removed

Bernardusmuller (talk) 08:45, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

Halloween Photograph
I saw you left a message on my wall. I went ahead and forwarded the email by the priest of St George's Episcopal Church to permissions-en@wikimedia.org but did not receive a reply. Would you like me to forward you the email? How shall I take care of this issue? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maodhóg (talk • contribs) 05:07, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
 * It looks as if there currently is a backlog of 20 days, so it might take some time before someone reads the e-mail. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:22, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

Boxing posters
Hi. Did you follow to its conclusion? This would seem to set a precedent for the use of these posters.--SaskatchewanSenator (talk) 20:40, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I missed that one. It seems that we have two separate discussions with completely different outcome which were closed approximately at the same time, so the situation doesn't seem to be clear at all. I guess that this should be taken up for further discussion somewhere. Maybe both discussions should be taken to WP:DRV together. I see that neither discussion mentions the RfC which took place at WT:NFC during those discussions, so the closing administrators were not necessarily aware of that and might not have taken the RfC in consideration when closing the discussions. --Stefan2 (talk) 09:37, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ The whole set has been listed at Deletion review/Log/2013 October 6. This includes both the kept and the deleted ones. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:05, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. This should resolve it.--SaskatchewanSenator (talk) 06:24, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

Musée Hergé
Stefan2, thank-you very much for answering the concerns at File:Musée Hergé.jpg. I have fought two attempts people have made to eradicate that photo from the planet Earth and have twice prevailed. I had not logged on in a few days and missed this most recent battle that you gallantly took up; I thank-you; you did a much better job than I would have done. Please continue to help me keep an eye on this file. Cheers. Prhartcom (talk) 06:38, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

File:The_Low_Carbon_Vehicle_2013_Event_Poster.png
Hi Stefan, I have updated the file and changed the tag to non-free use poster. I have also provide explanation why it meets the non-free use criteria and should feature in the article. I have even send my contract to Wikipedia to prove that I represent the owner of the picture. The picture is inside a digital brochure so there can't be include copyright information on that place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrei.varban (talk • contribs) 09:14, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

File:Scouting ranks (Scout Association of Japan).png
At FFD, you said I don't know why someone tagged the image with db-f3 as it doesn't have any of the specified copyright statuses to which F3 applies. It was tagged by User:Blurred Lines, who either is attempting to get rid of nonfree images en masse or who doesn't at all understand the speedy deletion criteria for files. I gave him a stern warning a few days ago because he was tagging tons of valid fair-use claims as db-f7, and I've levied a block because he tagged a pile of valid fair-use claims as db-f3 despite the warning. Nyttend (talk) 13:51, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, I have seen a couple of strangely applied speedy tags by that user, and I have also discussed his use of speedy tags on his talk page a couple of times. I also think that the user is a bit impolite to other users when they contact him on his talk page. See for example where an uploader tells that he has sent permission to OTRS and Blurred Lines answered by deleting the section with a nasty edit summary. I don't know what people were writing on the mentioned file talk page (probably File talk:Boney James 2013.jpg) as that page has been deleted. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:24, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

Your messages
Dear Stefan, please feel free to do whatever you like with the image. I don't intent to pursue the matter at all - life's too short.  Timothy Titus Talk To TT  22:37, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
 * The problem is that these photos need two licences: a free photo licence and a non-free licence for the product you took a photo of. The free licence is missing. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:36, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

PD-India & PD-India-URAA
Hi there, I'm posting here rather than on Commons, in part because this page is more current than your Commons talk page and in (much larger) part because I hardly ever read my Commons talk page. I posted recently on the Commons discussion for File:Bhagat Singh 1922.jpg. I tend to agree with your remarks there (and you can read my reply there as well), however, I have more general questions about PD-India and PD-India-URAA.
 * I understand that a picture can go on Commons only when it satisfies the conditions for both tags. That, in my interpretation, means it should have been in the public domain in India prior to 1996, which in turn means (according to Indian Handbook of Copyright Law (see Terms of Copyright)), that should have been published in India at least 60 years earlier (ie. before 1936).  Yet, the Non-U.S. copyrights page says: "60 pma; photographs 60 pd; 50 pma (death before 1941); 50 pd (photos before 1941); 50 pr (photos before 1908)" It cites two links both of which are dead.  I can't seem to figure out where the "1941" is coming from. It is not in the Indian Copyright Handbook, as far as I can tell.
 * Regardless of 1936 or 1941, it seems there are some India-related images on Commons that satisfy neither. For example, Subhas Chandra Bose escaped from India in 1941, spent a couple of years in Nazi Germany attempting to receive German support for his plans for liberating India, turned up in Singapore (then under Japanese occupation), and took over the leadership of an unorganized army in the second half of 1943.  Both the following pictures: File:Subhas Bose.jpg, File:Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Members of the Azad Hind Fauj - 1940's.jpg were taken between July 1943 and August 1945, when he died.  They are however both on Commons.
 * I have updated the book information on: File:19430428 japanese submarine crew i-29.png. So it was not published before 1956 (at least the book was not); whether it was officially taken by the Government of Japan or casually by someone in the submarine crew is not so clear.  Regards,  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  22:55, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Indian rules for photos are a bit confusing. Unless I have misunderstood anything, this is what happened:
 * According to the Copyright Act of 1914, photos entered the public domain 50 years after they were taken.
 * According to the Copyright Act of 1957, photos entered the public domain 50 years after they were published. Photos taken before 1908 had already entered the public domain under the previous law and remained in the public domain even if unpublished.
 * Copyright extension on 1 January 1992: all works (not only photos) had the copyright term extended by 10 years, unless already in the public domain.
 * This is what gives you the extra complexity at Non-U.S. copyrights. Also, what Commons cares about is the country of first publication. A photo may have been taken in India but first published outside India, which means that Commons uses the laws of some other country instead. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:32, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I see. Thanks, btw, for the clear and concise explanation.  So, for a picture to be in PD-India-URAA, the key dates are: 1908 (if taken before that date in India) and 1941 (if published before that date in India).  In other words, a picture first published in 1943 in India qualifies for PD-India, but not for PD-India-URAA (since it was not in public domain in India on 1 January 1996).  Am I right?  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  23:55, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes. And if a photo wasn't in the public domain in India in 1996, then it is treated as unfree on Wikipedia and isn't accepted on Commons as it is still copyrighted in USA. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:15, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

Would you like to weigh in at Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics where I made a post. (I think I may have made it too complicated! :) )  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  19:09, 12 October 2013 (UTC)

Amending file uploads
File:1929 Sidney Reginald Daniels.jpg‎ You have recently added this message to a file I uploaded; "This non-free media file should be replaced with a smaller version to comply with Wikipedia's non-free content policy and United States copyright law."

The copyright holder has issued me with a license to use this file, the terms of which I linked to the page; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ It states - "No Derivative Works — You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work." The copyright holder has different sized versions of this image. The one they wished to make available for use under license was this size.

I do not want to be in breach of my license by altering the size of the image to suit wikipedia policy as you suggest. I would be grateful for your comments.

I also note that you have recently deleted this image from 2 of the 3 pages where I had placed it because 'no appropriate rationale was appended'. I have read through wikipedia guidelines on how to append a rationale, however I have not located in these instructions exactly where a rationale should be appended and would welcome your help.Graemp (talk) 07:44, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Non-free files should be of low resolution per WP:NFCC. I'm not sure if it is a good idea to reduce files under nonderivative licences, though, as this reduces the possibilities for people to use the image. Maybe it should be discussed at WT:NFC...
 * If I remember correctly, the image additionally violated WP:NFCC in the other articles, so readding it there is a bad idea. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:18, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Stefan2/Graemp! WP:NFCC does not define low-resolution and in this case I believe that NPG consider 800px/72dpi as low res (as its not enough for most print/commercial applications). They consider the high-resolution as 2400px/300dpi. As Graemp noted, the license having 'No Derivative Works' would I think preclude resizing - especially as often when people resize they unintentially remove the meta data (which includes a lot of NPG information) - Maybe it would help if, on the file pages, rather than linking the creative the commons url the NPG url for the use of that image was linked? That would show both the licence and the terms of 800px - i.e. in this case: http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/use-this-image.php?mkey=mw175921 Cheers KylieTastic (talk) 14:18, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
 * On Wikipedia, "low resolution" typically means "not bigger than needed for Wikipedia". 800 pixels is usually a lot more than needed for Wikipedia. In the article, the largest side of the image is 299 pixels. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:37, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

File:RESeminary seak.jpg
This file was uploaded with permission of owner. Information of copyright is on page. Information was sent last year. Please take this file off of the list of possibly unfree files. JohnKeble (talk) 17:33, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
 * The file name you quoted above is incorrect. There is a typo in it or something. I have replied on your talk page. --Stefan2 (talk) 19:29, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

File name has been corrected. The image talk page says right on it that the image was released into the public domain by the owner so it seems nothing else needs to be done. JohnKeble (talk) 20:44, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
 * The problem is that there is no evidence that it has been released to the public domain. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:47, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

File:Migration of GnRH releasing neurones.jpg
Hello,

I received an e-mail stating this file is listed as possibly not being free. I have permission from the author of the diagram (Prof. Nelly Pitteloud) who has allowed its free and full use in the public domain. I have submitted this e-mail in the past and on the file's page there is a note saying the e-mail has been received. Please could you let me know what else I need to do to prove that the author is happy for this file to be used freely & openly Thank you. Neilsmith38 (talk) 02:18, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * The file was in a category of files for which the OTRS team has been waiting for permission since last year. Maybe this means that the permission never was sent or that it was missed. I suggest that you send it again, or failing that, ask at WP:OTRS/N. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:03, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

File:SC Corinthians celebrating LCC triumph.jpg
I had permission by the organisers' media team to use this photo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HealthSX (talk • contribs) 13:57, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Please ask the copyright holder to follow the instructions at WP:CONSENT so that the permission can be verified by others. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:00, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

File:Target_data_center_at_CIT_in_Groningen.jpg
Dear Stefan2, I received a message from you that this image might not be free. I sent an email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org using the standard template stating that I am the owner of the image and that I release it under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. Is this sufficient for Wikipedia to allow this image?? Is there anything else I need to do? I'm sorry for all these questions, but I am new to Wikipedia and sometimes I get a bit lost especially when it comes to copyrights for images. I appreciate your comments so far. Thanks, Sautekai (talk) 17:10, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

Village Pump thread of interest
Hey, I figured you'd be interested in Village pump (idea lab)/Archive 12.  S ven M anguard  Wha?  18:25, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

WP:PUF
Just wanted to let you know that I opened a WP:PUF discussion about a photo that was discussed at Non-free content review‎ that you nominated there. -- Тимофей ЛееСуда . 20:05, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Copyright/License
From DryMartini99 Hello Stefan2

This is regarding File:Crossflow configuration for microfiltration-PNG.png file I uploaded as part of my educational assessment.

This file was made by one of my group members and hence does not come under an official license, it was reproduced with the creator's permission and his name is on the page. With all rights reserved.

I request that you do not delete this file, however if there is some details which are missing I would be more than happy to fill them in. However Wikipedia does not seems to have a avenue for diagrams which are self drawn my students. Can you advise?

Thank You. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DryMartini99 (talk • contribs) 13:43, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
 * "All rights reserved" is not acceptable for this kind of images. Images like this need to be available under a free licence. A free licence is one meeting definition, which "all rights reserved" does not. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:06, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

File:Happy Bottom Riding Club.JPG.
This image has been described more fully and a note has been made regarding its historical importance to qualify as a non-free image. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 15:12, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
 * It didn't have a non-free copyright tag. See WP:NFCC. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:20, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

File:Denizli rooster bas.jpg
Hi! Thanks for the notice. I uploaded this pic when I was a newbie to Wikipedia and had no real knowledge about licences and such stuff. As much as I could remember, I probably transferred it from the Turkish Wikipedia and thought it is ok here if it was ok there... I totally forgot about this picture, to be honest. I think it can be deleted and I think it is high time for me to review my early uploads and clean them up. Thanks again, Kind regards Teemeah 편지 (letter)  21:04, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
 * No problem! Tag it with db-g7 if you wish. Otherwise, it might be easier to simply wait for a week until the {{subst:npd}} expires. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:06, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

Spode Platter Aesop
There appears to be no discussion page about the nomination for deletion of this file. As the entry for it states, permission to use it was given by the copyright holder and forwarded to the address mentioned. Could you please explain on my talk page what more needed to be done? Mzilikazi1939 (talk) 17:43, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
 * The discussion is at Possibly unfree files/2013 October 16. The permission on the file information page is insufficient. Please ask the copyright holder to follow the instructions at WP:CONSENT. Note that there are two copyrights: the photographer's copyright and the plate designer's copyright. --Stefan2 (talk) 17:47, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Obviously it ought not to be on Commons. The plate dates from 1831, so the designer has long been dead. I've reloaded the file on English WP now, so please go ahead and delete it from Commons. Mzilikazi1939 (talk) 19:13, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Please do not repost files, fix the first upload instead. I have nominated the most recent upload for speedy deletion as a duplicate so that we don't lose the original upload history. Also, none of the files is on Commons. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:00, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Like another of your correspondants here, I am reluctant to trouble any further the person who gave me permission to use the file. I did everything I was asked to back then and am discouraged by your unhelpful attitude. Perhaps you should consider trying to enter into the feelings of those less technically minded than yourself. Mzilikazi1939 (talk) 21:47, 16 October 2013 (UTC)


 * The problem is that you didn't do everything you were supposed to do back then. You obtained a Wikipedia-only permission and stated what the permission was on the file information page. You were supposed to obtain a permission which allows anyone to use the photo, and the copyright holder was supposed to send his permission to OTRS per the instructions at WP:CONSENT so that people can verify that the permission comes from the right place. It is unfortunate that it took some time before your mistakes were discovered. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:00, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

File:B23.land of psychedelic illuminations.jpg
Hi there, I'm not sure the best way to handle this with the least amount of confusion and complication for the artist who granted permission for use of this image on Wikipedia. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable with regards to such things could contact him? His email address is: brianexton (AT) talktalk (DOT) net  --Thoric (talk) 18:46, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
 * The easiest way to do it is to simply tell the copyright holder to fill in the form at WP:CONSENT and send that to permissions-en@wikimedia.org. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:04, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

this file is being used under a claim of fair use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion.
Replaceable fair use File:Davies High School building, Fargo, ND.jpg[edit] Replaceable fair use File:Fargo North High School building in Fargo, ND.jpg[edit] Replaceable fair use File:Fargo South High School building, Fargo, ND.jpg[edit] Stefan2: thanks for your assistance with my uploaded photo files. I do not think I tagged the files properly for no-free/copywrite use at upload, but don't understand how to change their status now. I am new to my position, so this is the first time I have done anything on Wikipedia, which compounded the issue at hand! The 3 photo files I uploaded are all photos taken by the Fargo Public Schools (essentially I represent FPS in my job) as the photogrpaher, owned by the Fargo Public Schools, and of Fargo Public Schools buildings. Can you help me retag these files appropriately? Thank you. Fargo Public Schools (talk) 19:08, 16 October 2013 (UTC)Fargo Public SchoolsFargo Public Schools (talk) 19:08, 16 October 2013 (UTC) (Lisa) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fargo Public Schools (talk • contribs)
 * The photos are marked as unfree. Wikipedia doesn't accept unfree photos of buildings which still exist, see WP:NFC §1. If the copyright holder agrees, they can be licensed under some free licence. See WP:CONSENT for instructions. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:11, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Age sequence.png
The permission to publish the file was given me by the owner Manuel Bastioni and was confirmed to Wikipedia team with an email sent on 06 Oct. If you want confirmation you can write to info@makehuman.org — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dc.alessandra (talk • contribs) 21:34, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Please simply delete my file File:The Wikinauts on Seriphos.jpg
Please simply delete my file File:The Wikinauts on Seriphos.jpg - I don't need that any more. --Wikinaut (talk) 15:25, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

My Halloween Photographs
Hi Stefan, it's Maodhóg again. I uploaded File:Halloween Sweden.png, File:Halloween Bangladesh.jpg, File:Halloween India.jpg, File:Hallowmas Slovakia.png, and File:Vigil of All Hallows, St. George's Episcopal Church (2010).jpg, as you know. Because you told me to do so, I forwarded all the emails from the authors/owners of those photographs stating that I was allowed to use them on Wikipedia. Do the authors/owners also need to state (in their emails) that they are releasing their photographs into public domain or is it simply enough to state that the photographs are allowed to appear on Wikipedia? If you have an email address I could send the emails to you so you could see that they're okay. Maodhóg (talk) 18:16, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
 * It's not enough that there is permission for use on Wikipedia; the owners need to make the images available under the terms of the CC-BY-SA license (and, if the owner is the sole owner, the GFDL also), according to Donating copyrighted materials. Of course, releasing things into the public domain (or with any license that's strictly more permissive than CC-BY-SA + GFDL) works too. Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 18:36, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Writ Keeper, I appreciate you attending to my question. Is it sufficient for the author of the photograph to send me an email stating that they've released the photograph into public domain? I can then forward this email to the permissions committee. Maodhóg (talk) 18:54, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Also, could I forward the emails to you so you can see if they're OK or not? Do you have an email address I can reach you at? Maodhóg (talk) 19:02, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

To show you an example of the body of the emails that I have sent, I have used this:

Dear Mr. XYZ,

Thanks for your willingness to let Wikipedia host your photograph! In order to keep and use the photograph on Wikipedia, you will need to release that photograph into public domain. I would just need you to reply to this email stating that the photograph is public domain and therefore is permissible to use in Wikipedia. I appreciate all your help throughout this process - you've been great!

Sincerely,

Maodhóg

For a reply, I have received emails from the author like this:

That photo is now public domain and can be used by Wikipedia.

In turn, I have forwarded those emails to the Permissions Committee of Wikipedia with the following message:

Dear Permissions Committee of Wikipedia,

This message is to inform you that File:Halloween_Sweden.png on English Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Halloween_Sweden.png) has been released into public domain by its author, Mr. XYZ. The photograph has a public domain sticker that reflects this licensing information. If you scroll, below, I have forwarded you the email from Mr. XYZ as evidence of the public domain release.

Sincerely,

Maodhóg

Does that suffice? Maodhóg (talk) 19:06, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, that should be okay, as long as you've sent the entirety of the correspondence in the forwarded email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org, which is the email address for the OTRS team that handles these types of things. (There's nothing at Wikipedia actually called the "Permissions Committee", but they're close enough). I actually happen to be on the OTRS team; I'm on the road today, but I'll look into it when I get a chance if nobody else has already by then. (OTRS can be slow at times, so sometimes you just have to be patient.) Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 19:23, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Writ Keeper: Thanks for handling this for me.
 * Maodhóg: Yes, that should be fine, provided that you include the full e-mails. If something is unclear, the people who handle the e-mails will probably contact you. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:23, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks guys! The emails should be in the OTRS mailbox! :) Maodhóg (talk) 17:48, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

File:Scottsdale-Stillman Park 20 -Scottdale Model Railroad Club.jpg
Hi Stefan, I just want you to know that I really trust you in this issue. When it comes to these things you have an excellent insight. My main concern is the "toy" thing and since life is a continuous learning experience I want to hear the opinion of a Wikipedian who is a lawyer and an expert. Once I hear from him and if I am wrong in my assumption, I will proceed to delete the image. No, hard feelings on my side since I have said before, I admire your work here. Tony the Marine (talk) 19:49, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
 * That's fine. I don't think that we are in a hurry. I think that there are several issues here:
 * The photo shows various objects, such as houses and cars and trains. Toys are generally copyrightable, and I remember that a lot of photos of Barbie dolls were deleted for that reason some time ago. On the other hand, utilitarian objects are explicitly exempt from copyright in the United States, so a real car or a real train isn't copyrighted. The special case of models of utilitarian objects is discussed at Commons:User:Elcobbola/Models, but there is also Meshwerks, Inc. v. Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc. which suggests that such models aren't always copyrighted. I have just raised a question at Commons:User talk:Elcobbola/Models about this. Maybe it means that copyright only is given due to things inside the toys, since it is mainly the inside which is different. On a photo, you only see the outside of the toy.
 * The image is a nice photo of the entire railway system, but you can't easily see any individual toy, and if you can't see the artistic aspects of a toy, then you can hardly claim that you are infringing the copyright of the toy.
 * If a photo like this contains lots of different objects, it is typically assumed that the objects are de minimis. This application of de minimis appears to be based mainly or exclusively on French law, and it is possible that courts might rule differently in other countries. According to French law, you can't take a photo of a building unless the building's architect has been dead for at least 70 years (a problem you don't have in the United States), but if you take a photo of a whole city with lots of different buildings, then the buildings were found to be de minimis as the photo didn't focus on any particular building. Compare with the examples from Dubai at Commons:COM:DM. Dubai has the same problem with photos of buildings as France. As the photo doesn't focus on any particular toy, this strengthens the idea that the copyright of the individual toys isn't violated.
 * Someone has decided where all of the tracks, houses and other things should be, and I think that this is the only problem here. The person who placed all those things on that table (or whatever it is) can almost certainly claim copyright for that. The railway system was probably constructed by a club member, and it is unlikely that the club member would mind that people distribute photos of the railway system. If you could somehow obtain an OTRS ticket from that club member, then I think that the photo can be kept. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:56, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Images you have tagged
You have tagged File:Croftpyramidcb.jpg and File:DavidBoadella.jpg - both uploaded by me - because you perceive errors in their licensing.

I obtained permission from copyright holders before I uploaded them, but that is several years ago. Since they have been in use for a long time I had thought they were properly annotated. *Please contact me and indicate exactly what short-comings you perceive.* The tag you have used does not do this - for example, it asks for fair use rationales, when these have been provided.

You will understand that such demands, long after upload, are bound to create significant and unnecessary problems - people die, web-sites disappear, and permissions gained then (by email from a different computer in this case) may no longer be available. The editor who uploaded may even have left the project.

Therefore, I ask again, please clearly state your exact reasons for tagging and your exact requirement, referring to policy. Thanks Redheylin (talk) 03:36, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
 * The procedure is to ask the photographer to e-mail OTRS per the instructions at WP:CONSENT. Alternatively, if the source website states that the images are available under some free licence, linking to that website is enough. It is unfortunate that your errors from 2008 weren't discovered until now. --Stefan2 (talk) 08:33, 18 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks Stefan - as I say, I myself obtained permission by email. Both photo owners were very happy to have their images used. I consulted at the time and understood that the ordinary principle of good faith, along with our common work towards excellence and information on Wikipedia, meant that my testimony was sufficient. So I do not think it an error, unless policy has changed? Redheylin (talk) 16:49, 18 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Since 2006 (or so), the policy has been that the copyright holder needs to send permission to OTRS so that it can be verified that the uploader does have permission to upload the photo and that the permission is sufficient. For example, people sometimes get a permission which only applies to Wikipedia, and this is insufficient, as Wikipedia requires a permission which permits anyone to use the image (see for example wikien-l/2005-May/023760.html). Uploaders are usually notified of their mistakes shortly after uploading a file, but unfortunately some files slip through and aren't spotted until several years later. This is what happened to you. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:32, 18 October 2013 (UTC)


 * To tell the truth, even on occasions when I have made it clear that the image would be entering into the public domain and forwarded the agreement to the relevant address, I have never received any acknowledgement and media have still been removed. Even when uploading my own work and declared it as such I have been met with straightforward accusations of bad faith. Similarly, new pages get deleted even when suitably tagged while notability criteria etc. are added. I think this kind of thing accounts for the massive loss of dedicated editors who have no interest in dealing with hostile, long-lasting inquisitions of editors who make thousands of "policy" edits but never, apparently, do anything constructive. Redheylin (talk) 01:04, 19 October 2013 (UTC)


 * If you have had files deleted despite mailing OTRS, then it would appear that the permission is inssufficient, that it isn't clear which file(s) the permission applies to or that you missed to mark the files with OTRS pending. If a file is unexpectedly deleted, try asking at WP:OTRS/N for assistance. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:29, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Message on ITeachThem's talk page
I've seen that you've left me a message – – on my talk page. Well I've seen that you've deleted the File:Hatirjheel map.png. Now tell me, where can I collect a map for Hatirjheel which wouldn't violate the copyright policy of Wikipedia? And may I remove the message you've sent me from my talk page? — ITeachThem (talk) 08:17, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
 * File:Hatirjheel map.png was deleted as the file is a copyright violation of Google Maps. You can get freely licensed maps from Openstreetmap which you can tag using Commons:Template:OpenStreetMap. --Stefan2 (talk) 08:29, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for the aid. I'll get a map from the given link as soon as possible. If I get stuck anywhere, I'll tell you. — ITeachThem (talk) 08:37, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Moving F8 talk pages
Please don't move the talk pages of files destined for F8 deletion. The deleting admin can move it without leaving an unneeded redirect, and it automatically gets tagged G8-exempt as part if the process. Thank you, -- Diannaa (talk) 03:41, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I have sometimes seen admins deleting talk pages instead of moving them (although they aren't supposed to do this), and I hoped that moving them myself would prevent deletion of the talk pages. It seemed extra important to keep the talk pages in these cases since there was a lot of discussion on the talk pages. I don't think that talk pages for files on Commons need to be tagged with G8-exempt as I think that the bot which generates a database report of orphaned talk pages checks whether there is a file on Commons under the same name. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:27, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
 * The instructions specifically call for admins to move these talk pages rather than delete them, and the instructions specifically call for the use of the G8-exempt template. If you move these talk pages, you are creating extra work for admins, because if the talk page is moved at the time the file is deleted, the talk page can be moved in a couple of mouse clicks, without leaving a redirect, and with the automatic addition of the G8-exempt template. If you move the talk page, the redirect has to be deleted and the template has to be added, creating extra work for the already overworked administrator. I guess I am asking you to trust that administrators are doing their jobs correctly and that you do not have to do this task in expectation that they are going to do it incorrectly. -- Diannaa (talk) 23:24, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

File:Mike London.jpg
Hi Stefan, the copyright status and source is actually very clearly stated on this image's page. Thanks. Omnibus (talk) 16:05, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
 * The problem is that there is no way to verify that the stated permission is valid. The file was later overwritten by another file whose source and copyright status is unknown. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:41, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Oh okay, I see. I uploaded both files from the same source, photographer Mike Ingalls of TheSabre.com, who approved that copyright notice for both photos (and every UVA-related photograph from TheSabre.com, for which he is the sole photographer).  Omnibus (talk) 17:18, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Danbo (character)
Hi Stefan, I've added more information regarding the character rising notability of the subject, it's very popular photography object, you can check Flickr and Deviantart results. Hope it's fine now. If not please help to add more information. --UrSuS (talk) 13:36, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

Image rotation
Thank you, Stefan2, for fixing the resolution and metadata at File:Torre dei Becci, June 2013.jpg. I learn something new everyday! –  Paine Ellsworth   C LIMAX ! 14:59, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

File:WagonMaster-WheelScreenshot.jpg resolution reduction
Hi. You tagged this screenshot for resolution reduction. I'm happy to do that. However, the image already has a several fold resolution reduction from the DVD, based on its .jpg size of 50 kb. I should have made an effort to quantify this when I uploaded it, but I didn't make the .jpg myself and I don't know exactly. What is the quantitative criterion - the nominal width in pixels? thanks, Easchiff (talk) 17:35, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I think that it is unnecessarily large for the moment. I wouldn't bother about reducing it manually; a bot handles JPG reduction requests once per day. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:49, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * OK. I'll wait & see what the bot does. Easchiff (talk) 22:02, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

Use of Beckley Feed jpg
Hey there, believe it or not, wanted to say thanks for the notice on my talk page concerning the fair use of the Beckley Feed jpg file. I have contacted the wikimedia folks with the e mail of the owner sttaing that I may use this with his permission. Additionally, the OTRS tag has been added to the file page. PLEASE DO let me know if there is ANY thing else I can do.Coal town guy (talk) 18:11, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * The building was demolished and the new McDonalds is on the way. DELETE IT, I could not care less. I am in the process of taking care of things I can preserve. Coal town guy (talk) 20:52, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Nice job
So you just go around destroying other people's efforts of completing half-done wikipedia pages? Go away. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sendu1984 (talk • contribs) 01:39, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

Aegukka copyright
Why is lyrics is copyright and the link is WP:LINKVIO. Who told you that? If the author died in 1989 do we have to wait until which year? If it's copyrighted in the US is not possible. 64.231.144.111 (talk) 00:28, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
 * In USA, the copyright expires 95 years after the lyrics were first published. See Commons:COM:HIRTLE. In North Korea, the copyright expires 50 years after the death of Pak Seyŏng. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:53, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

PUF
I'm not familiar with the format used in Possibly_unfree_files/2013_October_13

I just processed a ticket for File:St. Mary's Church Interior.jpg and added a note. Should I have removed it from the list? Or added a template?-- SPhilbrick (Talk)  15:09, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I found a couple of files which were awaiting permission since last year, so I took them all to PUF as it seemed unlikely that OTRS would have a backlog which is that big. It seems that this made some uploaders finally send permission to OTRS. I added around this file name. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:14, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
 * OK Thanks, I searched a couple others, and found nothing.-- SPhilbrick (Talk)  15:25, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

Possible Copyright Infringement
Hi Stefan2, You have marked many of the photos that I have uploaded as copyright infringements. Can you please tell me why are they copyright infringements?

I checked this but didn't understand why my photos are marked.Just A Common Guy (talk) 16:29, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
 * See Commons:COM:NETCOPYRIGHT. The images appear elsewhere on the Internet and you didn't provide any credible evidence that you are the photographer. For that reason, many of your files were nominated for speedy deletion. If you did take them, then please provide evidence of this, per the instructions at WP:IOWN. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:53, 24 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Okay, I have read through quite a lot of articles on Wikipedia. I accept File:BruceTemkinPhoto.jpg is a copyright infringements. I am not much familiar with the guidelines here. I had a photo of this guy that I had taken, but that photo wasn't good. So I uploaded this one. I am sorry. Please mark this as candidate for speedy deletion. I want to upload the other photo of him that I have - the not so good one. May I do that? also File:JerryCarrollComedian.jpg is also an infringement, I have his photo too - again not so good one. But now I know it's not about good looking photos but about copyrights. Should I wait for you to delete these files before uploading my pictures File:Doug Lipp Photo.jpg is my own photo, I have cropped, I can send you the original photo if you want.Just A Common Guy (talk)


 * I have tagged File:BruceTemkinPhoto.jpg and File:BruceTemkinPhoto.jpg as copyright violations, so they will probably be deleted soon.
 * If you took File:Doug Lipp Photo.jpg yourself, then it is fine. The easiest way to show the entire photo may be to upload it to Wikipedia. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:20, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Here is the photo on Wikimedia.Just A Common Guy (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 12:53, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

 * You're welcome. I don't speak Bosnian, and I don't know how to report any copyright problems on Bosnian Wikipedia. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:55, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

File:Chevaline2.jpg
Have you taken this off the list? It seems to have OK'ed copyright according to the file description.  maxrspct  ping me  23:45, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
 * It says that the permission only applies to Wikipedia, which is insufficient. See db-f3. If you can obtain a more general permission, then please follow the instructions at WP:CONSENT. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:17, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Status of File:USC CHP Building.png and File:USC Physical Therapy Class of 1946.jpg and File:Representative Kinesiology Images.jpg
Hi Stefan,

Thank you for carefully considering my uploads. Can you please clarify why you are objecting to the copyright status of these images? I have attached a permission file for each. If I am not uploading these files correctly, please explain because I have received permission to use each one. Thank you. jjkutch — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjkutch (talk • contribs) 19:59, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Okay ... I see they need to be not for Wikipedia only. These are some of my first uploads -- Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjkutch (talk • contribs) 20:08, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Hi Stefan - what is the proper procedure after I link to new files indicating un-restricted permission to use the images? Do I simply delete the tag that you left disputing the image status, or is there something different I need to do? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjkutch (talk • contribs) 20:17, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
 * If you can get a proper permission, then you should follow the procedure at WP:CONSENT. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:51, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
 * The authorized representative of my department that holds the copyright is sending the email described on WP:CONSENT to permissions-en@wikimedia.org. Is there anything else that needs to be done? Once the email is received and verified, are the deletion flags removed from the images? Thanks. Jjkutch (talk) 22:46, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I have added the tag OTRS pending to all of the files. This tells people that permission has been sent and that we are waiting for someone to handle the e-mail. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:04, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

File:Clifford S. Bartholomew - Allentown Mayor.jpg
He died in 1999. I can't take a photo of him   I used the public one that was in my high school yearbook Bwmoll3 (talk) 21:09, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

If you don't belive me, here is his obituary Bwmoll3 (talk) 21:11, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I have not done anything with File:Clifford S. Bartholomew - Allentown Mayor.jpg as far as I can see. However, I see that the fair use rationale is for the article List of mayors of Allentown, Pennsylvania, where the image can't be used because of WP:NFCC and WP:NFCC. It is not an article about any specific mayor, so it isn't essential to show a picture of any of them. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:26, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

File:Johar College of Science and Commerce.jpg
Hello Stefan. I uploaded the image on the page of the college but received your message that it has been designated as Possibly Unfree Image. Let me tell you the scenario so that you can guide me best in this regard.The image to the date is NOT protected by any copyright law but i have applied to the concerned authorities to get it copyright in my favor. What can be done in this situation? Najamnawaz (talk) 07:46, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
 * The problem is that there is no evidence that the image isn't protected by copyright. See WP:CONSENT in case you have evidence that it isn't protected by copyright. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:55, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

Image in wrong article
You're right, that album cover shouldn't have been at Zang Tianshuo bio, it should have been in a standalone album article Wo zhe shinian. I must have been half-asleep when I did that. I've changed over the direction of the link to the album article and deleted image link from the bio. Do I need to anything else? I haven't answered the template at File:Zang Tianshuo Wo zhe shinian.jpg, since I can't, the template is correct and image should be deleted if staying at bio not album - but now it isn't. What's the correct way to proceed? In ictu oculi (talk) 17:18, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
 * The file File:Zang Tianshuo Wo zhe shinian.jpg now seems to be used correctly, so I removed the tag. It seems that the album article didn't exist when I tagged the file. --Stefan2 (talk) 17:25, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks, No it didn't, I assume I had a mental glitsch and seeing the jpg went away remembering I'd created the album, I hadn't. In ictu oculi (talk) 17:53, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

File:Yukio Futatsugi.jpg
Hi, you listed this for deletion due to the possibility of a non-free equivalent as far as I can tell, can you tell me where you've found such an image as I can't find one. Samwalton9 (talk) 22:23, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
 * The person is still alive. Free images can therefore be created. See WP:NFC §1. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:15, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

calling for discussion
Nominating images with fair use descriptions is one of the things you do here. I am sure all those efforts were made completely in good faith. Having looked into WP:NFCC, and discussions of the meaning of fair use, I'd like to discuss with you a concern I have that some suggestions that fair use images don't belong here seem to be based on a misinterpretation of the principle of fair use.

It seems to me that we need to remember why States grant limited protections to those who create intellectual property. States grant those limited protections because progress is supposed to be a good thing, and those who create intellectual property should thus be rewarded. Copyright, patents, are supposed to serve the public good.

The principle of fair use allows for exceptions to the limited protections granted to intellectual property creators. There are rare exceptional instances where allowing third parties to use image or text that would normally be protected is seen as also being in the public good.

There have been discussions I have participated in where those arguing for the deletion of fair use images have argued that our use of those images could detract from the ability of the owners of the intellectual property rights to reap profits from those images.

But it seems to me that the legislation on fair use says that in those relatively rare instances where fair use applies the benefit to the public over-rides the protections granted to intellectual property right owners.

I think it is important to remember that both those limited protections and fair use are based on the idea they benefit the public. Fair use benefits the public directly. The limited protections granted to intellectual property right holders benefit the public indirectly.

Am I correct that you have been one of those who has asserted that impeding intellectual property rights owners ability to profit from their images has to override any fair use use? If so I would particularly appreciate you giving thought to this matter. Geo Swan (talk) 03:24, 28 October 2013 (UTC)


 * If you wish to use a verbatim copy of an article in the United States, then no, I don't see how non-free content would prevent you from using the article, provided that all fair use claims are valid. However, it may cause extra trouble for reusers who wish to make changes to an article. For example, let's say that you only are interested in one of the sections in an article. Can you then keep the images in the section, or can they only be used in the context of the other section? This probably varies a lot from article to article.
 * I think that a big problem with WP:C and WP:NFCC is that the pages only speak about the United States. A potential way for reusers to use Wikipedia articles is to simply press the print button in your web browser and print a verbatim copy of the article which is then distributed to other people. According to this page, only 41% of the users of English Wikipedia are in the United States, so 59% of the users may be unable to use verbatim copies of Wikipedia articles from English Wikipedia. For example, Canada, India and the United Kingdom each represent more than 5% of the Wikipedia users, and users in those countries can't always use Wikipedia content. The ability to create derivative works of Wikipedia articles is one thing, but one should also consider that many potential reusers want to get some quick information and that they don't have the time to modify the data 	– the right to use unaltered copies is also important.
 * I'm wondering if the way to go isn't instead to modify WP:C and WP:NFCC to respect the laws of more countries, to increase the potential reuse of Wikipedia. Note that wmf:Resolution:Licensing policy tells that a project should respect "United States law and the law of countries where the project content is predominantly accessed" and that wikien-l/2005-August/027373.html tells that "Fair use doctrine is significantly better in the US than in other jurisdictions, which is a fine thing, but German Wikipedia, for example, follows more restrictive German law on this point. Why?  Because part of our goal is re-use in Germany." I am not sure if English Wikipedia is following those ideas by ignoring the copyright laws of for example the United Kingdom (10% of the project's users). --Stefan2 (talk) 14:31, 29 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your reply.
 * With regard to fair-use images causing trouble for re-users. Don't re-users always have to understand the licensing of an image when they consider re-using it?
 * If I made a fair-use claim as to why an image should be used in an article, or several related articles, and some other en.wiki contributor likes the image, and wants to use it on another en.wiki article, where the fair-use rationale I drafted doesn't apply, they either have to make an alternative fair use rationale, or live with not being allowed to re-use the image. This has always been true.
 * Any one of our readers, who likes one of our images, and wants to re-use it on a non-WMF site, has an obligation to understand its licensing. If it was uploaded to the WMF site under a GFDL, CC, or other free license, the non-WMF re-user has an obligation to understand that license, and abide by its terms.  Do we have an obligation to police whether re-users comply with those free licenses?  I don't think so.  If an re-user didn't bother complying with the terms of the license, I think the only party with standing to mount a legal challenge would be the copyright owner.  I suggest to you that the situation is basically the same for fair use images -- if our fair-use claim was legally defensible, and one of our readers re-used that image without a meaningful, valid, fair-use assertion, we would not have standing to try to police their re-use, and we would have no responsibility for their re-use.  Legal challenges would be the sole responsibility of the copyright holder.
 * In the second paragraph of your reply you wrote about en.wiki readers who print out unaltered wikipedia articles, and give them to third (fourth?) parties, without clarifying the license status of the images used on those pages. Realistically, printouts can't be cut and paste into new documents.  Wouldn't all the images on any printout of a wikipedia article be considered de minimus?  I've uploaded eleven years of the weekly newspaper published by GIs, for GIs, at Guantanamo.  Most of those several hundred issues include a review of whatever new movie is playing at the base's movie theatre.  Invariably that newspaper includes a promotional image from the film's distributors.  Do they have permission to re-use the distributors promotional images?  (1) probably not; (2) it is not really our business.  There was a nomination to delete all those hundreds of issues, because they each had one page that had an article that included one or two promotional images we weren't licensed to re-use.  Some contributors suggested the issues could be kept, so long as all the promotional images from film distributors were blanked out (which, of course, would have represented hundreds of hours of work).  But, in the end, reason prevailed, and the consensus was that the promotional images were de minimus.  If that reasoning was correct, then I suggest anyone who prints out a wikipedia article should be able to regard the images in that article as de minimus.
 * You think an initiative should be initiated to convince the en.wiki community, to place further restrictions on fair use images -- "to increase the potential reuse of Wikipedia."
 * I looked at wmf:Resolution:Licensing policy, could you please clarify how you think that applies here?
 * I looked at Fair dealing in United Kingdom law. You wrote: "I am not sure if English Wikipedia is following those ideas by ignoring the copyright laws of for example the United Kingdom."  So who is suggesting ignoring the copyright laws of the UK or other commonwealth countries?  Geo Swan (talk) 23:39, 10 November 2013 (UTC)


 * If you wish to use a copy of an article, then yes, you have to understand how GFDL and CC-BY-SA work. This requirement always applies, and there is no way to get away from it. If you wish to use an article containing a non-free image in the United States, then you would only have to note that the image is used under a fair use claim. If you wish to alter an article which contains fair use images, then you suddenly need a lot of knowledge about complex legal matters when using fair use images (or the reuser could simply choose to remove all of the non-free images), but this extra knowledge isn't needed for using the freely licensed parts of the article. This makes it slightly more difficult for USA reusers to modify articles which contain fair use images. Not sure if this can be seen as a problem for us.
 * De minimis: I don't know how the it is defined in the laws of other countries, but the Swedish law defines de minimis as the inclusion of an image in another image or in a film, provided that the included image is insignificant to the larger image or film. You can't, for example, include images in text. I would not think of a printout of an article as an "image". It may contain images, but the textual parts are clearly not images. There is also the requirement that the small parts must be unimportant to the image as a whole. This would seem to mean that the images mustn't be related to the text. On the other hand, WP:IUP tells that you only should use images which in some way are related to the text. For example, there was a case in Sweden about a thumbnail screenshot of a website displaying photos. The photos on the screenshot weren't de minimis because a purpose of the screenshot was to show how the website displayed photos. Instead, for Wikipedia images, a reuser would need a different defence. I assume that a UK fair dealing defence can be used sometimes although probably not always, but I don't know exactly how permissive the British law is.
 * The idea of ignoring the copyright laws of the Commonwealth is for example established in WP:NFC §9 where it says that you shouldn't use photos of copyrighted statues from countries without freedom of panorama. Instead, people are directed to WP:NFCI §10. Photos of statues are free in lots of Commonwealth countries due to different FOP laws there, so WP:NFC §9 combined with WP:NFCI §10 together suggest that articles should be more unfree for Commonwealth users. Also, WP:NFCI §10 seems to be incompatible with the InfoSoc Directive, meaning that verbatim copies of articles using such images can't be distributed anywhere in the European Union (including the UK), preventing lots of reuse of Wikipedia.
 * Commonwealth law is also ignored by, for example, the treatment of Not-PD-US-URAA vis-à-vis PD-US-no notice. A PD-Canada photo from 1948 would be replaced by a 1949 PD-US-no notice photo by a named photographer who died in 1980 by citing WP:NFCC. The PD-Canada photo is in the public domain in Canada and most of the rest of the world, but not in the United States, as the rule of the shorter term isn't used in the United States. Conversely, the PD-US-no notice photo is in the public domain in the United States, but Canada doesn't use the rule of the shorter term on US works, so the US photo is copyrighted in Canada until the photographer has been dead for 50 years. In short: WP:NFCC is used to delete content which is free in Canada, replacing it with content which is unfree in Canada.
 * wmf:Resolution:Licensing policy tells that you should respect "United States law and the law of countries where the project content is predominantly accessed". Wikipedia seems to have decided that Wikipedia predominantly only is accessed from the United States (and not from any other countries), but statistics suggest otherwise, although the exact implications of the word "predominantly" could be debated. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:51, 14 November 2013 (UTC)


 * You start off with "If you wish to use a copy of an article, then yes, you have to understand how GFDL and CC-BY-SA work." By article, you mean a wikipedia article, correct?  So, if our re-user is a University professor, college instructor, or high school teacher, who prints out all of, or a portion of, a wikipedia article, and hands out a copy of it to his or her students -- it is the individual who makes the copies who has the obligation to understand and comply with any remaining intellectual property rights that are retained -- agreed?  And, if someone who owns some of the remaining intellectual property rights thinks their rights have been abridged, it is the individual who made the copy who they should pursue -- not whatever WMF project whose content they copied -- agreed?  Haven't WMF lawyers offered the opinion that merely including a list of contributors is sufficient to comply with the obligation to attribute work as per the GFDL or CC?  Aren't all the wikipedia mirrors seen to be complying with the GFDL or CC, because their readers are informed the wikipedia is the original source, and they can go to the original wikipedia page to see the contributors.


 * I am going to repeat a point I already made, that I don't think you have responded to. Every time we include an image in an article that is licensed under the GFDL or CC we are leaving it up to our readers to comply with the terms of that license.  Our readers could re-use a GFDL or CC image, without properly attributing it to the photographer, even though our description pages make it pretty easy for them to comply with the license.  In those cases it is the re-user the property rights owner has to go after -- not us, because our use of the image was fully license compliant.


 * The way I see it, when a fair use image is used in one of our articles, in a way that complies with the relevant laws, and with any extra restrictions our policies apply, then the responsibility for how or whether our readers re-use that image lies just as firmly solely with our readers as the responsibility that lies on our readers to comply with the terms of GFDL or CC licenses. So why should we  be less trustful of our readers with "fair use" images?


 * The last two paragraphs of your reply -- maybe I am just not understanding you, but they don't really seem related to fair use. If you think they are related to fair use, could you take another crack at an explanation?  Geo Swan (talk) 21:02, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

1882 Photograph
Hi Stefan, it's Maodhóg again. What are the guidelines for uploading a photograph that depicts souling on Halloween from "St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks", December 1882, p. 93? I found an article on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy#Public_domain that says "Images may be placed into the public domain by their creators, or they may be public domain because they are ineligible for copyright or because their copyright expired. In the U.S., copyright has expired on any work published anywhere before January 1, 1923."

Could you let me know how I should go about uploading this photograph? Maodhóg (talk) 17:51, 28 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Since you know the guidelines for copyright, you could upload it to and I could just use it on the article about souling or on some Halloween related articles. Maodhóg (talk) 17:54, 28 October 2013 (UTC)


 * In the United States, there is no copyright for things published before 1923, so it should be fine to upload the image.
 * If it was published in the United States, use the copyright tag PD-1923. If it was published outside the United States, then instead use the copyright tag PD-US-1923-abroad so that people are warned that the copyright might not have expired in the country of first publication.
 * When you upload the file, also remember to specify where it was published (as you did above). Otherwise, people might claim that there is no evidence that it was published in 1882. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:47, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

TB
And again...

File:IPhone version screenshot plus500.png
Hi Stefan,

I have commented on your nomination to delete. Thanks, undefined tausif(talk) 11:24, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

thoughts
Can I get you to help explain policy here? Thanks. Werieth (talk) 23:32, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

File:Yu Xie's portrait photo.jpg
Hi Stefan2, I received a message saying that the photo is possibly not free. The photo was sent to me by its owner. I am willing to cooperate but I don't understand the nature of the problem, and I wonder if you could please let me know how to solve the problem. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Laiguangda (talk • contribs) 02:11, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Back in June, you added a template which tells that the photographer has sent a permission statement to OTRS, but it still says that no one has processed any such e-mail. As the tag was uploaded a long time ago, it would suggest that no permission statement ever was sent. If so, please ask the photographer to follow the instructions at WP:CONSENT. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:04, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

NewGenerationBFighters pic
Hi Stefan2, The File:NewGenerationBFighters.png picture should not have been deleted. I went to the video myself and screenshot the picture myself.--Youngsevon (talk) 18:06, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I see that the file has been deleted, so I don't know what it looked like. However, it says that the file was deleted as replaceable fair use, so I assume that it was a photo of someone who still exists or of a building which hasn't been demolished and that you didn't select a free licence for it. In that case, see WP:IUP. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:49, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

Deleted image of FORscene
Hi!

This image was indeed created by me, and I would like it restored under fair use, as it shows a typical screenshot of the interface for the cloud service being described.

What do you suggest? Stephen B Streater (talk) 22:38, 2 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi Mr Steater. I am Diannaa and I am the administrator that deleted the image. The image is a full screen shot from a computer running Microsoft Windows. In addition to the content produced by the software, there's a row of non-free icons down the left side for other applications such as Mozilla products, plus a row of copyright Microsoft icons across the top of the page. The part of the screen shot that demonstrates the software includes two large potentially copyright images of flowers plus over twenty other thumbnail-size other potentially copyright images. So my opinion is that the image is not suitable for fair use, because of all the copyright incidental elements. If you could produce an image that demonstrates the software without all these derivative works incorporated therein, it would be okay to upload such an image for fair use in the article. -- Diannaa (talk) 23:04, 2 November 2013 (UTC)


 * The thumbnails in the interface itself are all my own copyright. The incidental external icons are relevant because the software is a cloud app running in a web browser, on multiple types of OS. This is significant because the term 'cloud' was not in common usage in 2006, the date which the image relates. Merely showing the interface without its context loses this information. In particular, that the software was capable of running on Microsoft OS in a Mozilla browser. Stephen B Streater (talk) 23:16, 2 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi Stephen. I've not read the article recently, but if there are independent sources cited which discuss its running in the cloud on the desktop etc. then IMO the case for including the image which depicts such contextual use would be strengthened. Also, it'd probably be desirable for the resolution of the image to be reduced in order to satisfy the criteria of minimal extent of use. -- Trevj (talk) 08:46, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I just double checked, and the image does not show the software running in a Mozilla browser; it's running on Internet Explorer. And the fact that the software was capable of running on Microsoft OS in a Mozilla browser could easily be described using words, particularly if you have independent third party sources that say so. You don't need an image to prove it, and thus the image fails to tell us anything that can't be described using words alone. Please see WP:NFCC, especially criteria #1 and #8. -- Diannaa (talk) 13:40, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

File:Ahmed Omaid Khpalwak.jpg
I would like to contest the speedy deletion of this file (However the contest button in your message to me no longer exists): The journalist is dead, the photo used was the one widely distributed in various at the time of death, there is no current way to get a photo of him. Moreover, a "Non-free fair use in" rationale was provided. Per policy on F7, the use does respect commercial parties in that the same photograph was previously distributed to various news organizations and to non-profits such as Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ.org) and the Newseum. A low-res portion was used for minimal usage of file content in question. The content is for encyclopedic illustration of the subject's article only and for reader verification and understanding. Furthermore, the image description page was properly executed. Crtew (talk) 23:08, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The photo was deleted as an Agence France-Presse photo. Are you trying to suggest that the photo was created by someone else? --Stefan2 (talk) 23:52, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The original source for the photo was the Pahjwok news agency in Afghanistan, and I had provided that in the link. Khpalwak worked for Pahjwok and not for the AFP. I'm not speculating about this source as it is clearly listed in the Newseum's web page: [] Crtew (talk) 00:00, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Hm. I found some other page where it was credited to AFP. In either case, Pajhwok Afghan News appears to be a news agency, so images from that source seem to have the same problem. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:03, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
 * And that problem is ... please finish your thought, thank you. Crtew (talk) 00:09, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

I want to know a little bit about how you work, please? I have reviewed your contribution history and you seem to make complicated decisions about speedy deletes in a matter of seconds. Four decisions like this in one minute. That's about 15 seconds a decision. You're either amazing, a bot, or you're making questionable decisions.! Please expound on your working methods for me, please. Crtew (talk) 05:51, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
 * You didn't tell where I have made four speedy deletion decisions in one minute, so I can't answer what I was doing at that time. If there is a large set of similar images with the same problem, then the nominations can be quite fast. Twinkle helps inserting text on pages, saving some time for me.
 * When looking for problems, I often go to Special:ListFiles and open the latest 50 uploads in different tabs, going through all of them and looking for problems. Some problems are very easy to spot and go fast. For example, if a user uploads an image, writing that it comes from someone else, then it is a trivial case: the image needs to be tagged with {{subst:npd}}. Other problems are more complex and may require reading parts of the Wikipedia article. For example, if a user uploads an unfree photo of an individual, then it is necessary to check the article to determine whether the person is alive or not. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:13, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
 * You never clearly identified the problem, see above. Moreover, when you said photo belonged to a commercial entity, I showed you that your identification of the owner was wrong. Now, my illustrated subject is dead, I have clearly shown that same photo was used by non-profits like Newseum, even UNESCO, and furthermore photo was widespread. I have followed the procedures and steps correctly, and this is for purposes of illustrating one single article. Under Acceptable uses of images number 10 clearly states:

"10. Pictures of deceased persons, in articles about that person, provided that ever obtaining a free close substitute is not reasonably likely." Crtew (talk) 14:24, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

I am quite confident that this decision will be reversed in DRV. Should we go there? Crtew (talk) 14:24, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
 * You missed WP:NFC §7: "A photo from a press or photo agency (e.g., AP, Corbis or Getty Images), unless the photo itself is the subject of sourced commentary in the article." WP:NFC §7 overrules WP:NFCI §10. Pajhwok Afghan News is clearly a press agency. Also, the problem was clearly identified in the  parameter to db-f7. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:30, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

File:Fetch.jpg
Hi Stefan2, I have uploaded an image (File:Fetch.jpg) as album art for an article about that album's release. As of now, the article (Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Fetch (album)) is under review. Could you let me know what the best policy is, as I am waiting for approval on the article? Do I delete the image, to upload it again once the article is approved? Do I wait for you to delete it, and then ask for a WP:REFUND after the article is approved? Can the image stay until the article is approved?

Thanks for any help on this issue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Melvins138 (talk • contribs) 17:22, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The image can't be used in Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Fetch (album) as the page isn't in the main namespace (see WP:NFCC). If the article is approved, then you can either reupload the image or request a WP:REFUND. --Stefan2 (talk) 17:48, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Already Moved to Commons
Any chance of clearing this backlog?

Catscan query below (had to use nowiki otherwise URL gets mangled) http://tools.wmflabs.org/catscan2/catscan2.php?categories=All+free+media&ns[6]=1&templates_yes=Copy+to+Wikimedia+Commons&templates_any=Already+moved+to+Commons&templates_no=m-cropped%0D%0Ac-uploaded%0D%0AUploaded+from+Commons&ext_image_data=1&file_usage_data=1

Sfan00 IMG (talk) 19:03, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Jdreamerr Article Drafts/Uploads
Hi Stefan2

As an administrator, can you please help me delete the following files: Jon_Cowherd_(Pianist).jpg, Fabian Almazan Blue Note ArtistShare.jpg, Jon Cowherd-Mercy Album.jpg, and Fabian Almazan (Pianist) ? I'd like to re upload them with updated, accurate copyrights that abide by Wiki's guidelines in order to make my photos and article drafts accurate. Thank you. Jdreamerr (talk) 21:09, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I am not an administrator, so I can't delete files. Some of the files you mentioned do not exist. I note that all of your uploads are up for deletion in a week, so a simple solution is to simply wait until that week is over. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:18, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Stefan2 Alright, thank you very much. Jdreamerr (talk) 21:22, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Request for comment
will you please comment here?

Nice welcome
Please read this section where the user in question has given more details about the source of the images you have nominated for deletion. FYI, nice way to welcome clearly well meaning new editors. Great job! Lesion ( talk ) 14:00, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Looking at that section, it seems that the pictures uploaded by the user are a mixture of own photos and other people's photos. In either case, as some of them have been published outside Wikipedia before they were uploaded here, the copyright status needs to be verified through OTRS. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:08, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I disagree with "other peoples' photos" conclusion. It is implied that the image uploader is one of the authors of said papers. You should therefore remove the deletion templates. Lesion  ( talk ) 14:28, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The rules are clear: the photos were published elsewhere before they were uploaded here, so the uploader needs to provide an OTRS ticket. See WP:IOWN. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:33, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

File:Swami Shankarananda (Shiva Yoga) 2008.jpg that you tagged for deletion
Hello you flagged this file for deletion and it has been deleted by a wikibot before I had a chance to provide the required public license info. I accept culpability, I acknowledge that I have not arranged for the required email to be sent. But I also have to say that I have been somewhat confused by the change to the wikipedia policy regarding photos for articles starting a few years ago. It was not immediately apparent to me that an email was required. Because until the policy changed, it seems no such email was required. I recently noticed the file was tagged for deletion because the required email had not been sent, but I did not have a chance to do anything about it and it has now been deleted by a bot. I would like to get this file restored. I can either re-upload the file or you arrange for it to be done yourself. Yogidude (talk) 11:53, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The file was deleted by User:Explicit. is not a bot. The file was deleted last year because the file was marked as fair use but was found to be replaceable. This usually means that it was an unfree photo of a person who was still alive.
 * Maybe you are instead talking about File:Mahamandaleshwar Swami Shankarananda in Ganeshpuri.jpg, which you uploaded in November last year? You had marked the file with OTRS pending, which means that you had asked the copyright holder to send a permission statement to OTRS. One year later, it said that we were still waiting for that permission statement, so the file was deleted in November by User:Diannaa (who is not a bot either) under the assumption that no permission statement ever had arrived.
 * If you have permission from the copyright holder for either of the files, then please follow the instructions at WP:CONSENT. In that case, the file will probably be undeleted soon. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:30, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
 * the required email authorisation has been sent, and I have left a request with Diannaa to undelete the file, is there anything else I need to do Yogidude (talk) 23:49, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

Coat of Arms of Malaysia
You nominated the Coat of Arms of Malaysia for deletion as replaceable fair use with no explanation in this edit. I don't exactly see how it's replaceable, but I thought I'd find out why you tagged it before I dispute it. Ryan Vesey 18:16, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Coats of arms can be replaced by a free rendition of the same blazon. See for example Deletion review/Log/2013 July 31. --Stefan2 (talk) 19:10, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

File:Texas Silver Round Face.png
Hi Stefan, I am relatively new to Wikipedia. I have briefly read your concerns and will do anything necessary to correct the issues, I am however unfamiliar with many of the intricacies of wikipedia's proof of copyright and not quite sure how to navigate forward. For the 4 various files you flagged, I do have full copyright permissions for them from the owner, but not quite sure the best way to document or prove this. Furthermore, he has released said photos for full usage online for anybody to use anyway they like. Please help me in this process as I want to to everything in good faith and accurately.

I would like to go ahead and remove the affected images myself, but I'm not quite sure how to do so. I am fine with Wikipedia deleting said images automatically. Let me know what to do from here and I will happily help.

Thank you,

Chriskaspar (talk) 20:56, 11 November 2013 (UTC)chriskaspar
 * If you have permission for the images, then please see WP:CONSENT which tells how to document the permission. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:25, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

I'll look this direction. Thank you for the help. Chriskaspar (talk) 21:32, 11 November 2013 (UTC)chriskaspar

Thanks and sorry
I speedy deleted the photo here as it is on Commons as File:LINCOLN MONUMENT, ALBANY COUNTY.jpg - thanks and sorry for the confusion, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 02:48, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

Begum Khaleda Zia image
I am not a subscriber of Time, I have collected the image Begum Khaleda Zia on Time Magazine Cover.jpg from a free source. And it is still available in many websites besides Wikipedia.

http://nuraldeen.com/2013/11/06/rise-of-terrorism-past-future/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Endeavorbd (talk • contribs) 05:59, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

Wooden's Legacy
Please tell me how to add the information you want so that this image does not get deleted. Thanks.--RichardMcCoy (talk) 13:06, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:Kaiser Darrin Rear Quarter View April 2013.jpg
Since I shot this photo myself and thus own copyright, did you really have to delete it before we could resolve this matter? Since the link to the image was in red, this is what I assumed that you did. When I uploaded the photo, WP's software did not give me the option of stating this was my own work and was thus releasing copyright to it. However, the fact I said this was my work was stated plainly enough for any troll to notice. Or so I thought. Please advise. Jonyungk (talk) 15:09, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The file was not deleted by me but by User:Future Perfect at Sunrise. I tagged the file as "replaceable fair use", which normally means that the file is deleted after two days, but it seems that the deleting administrator felt that the file could be deleted immediately.
 * According to Google's cache, the image was a photo of a specific car model. Photos of cars are considered to be "replaceable fair use" (see WP:NFCC) because someone could take a photo of a car of the same model, removing the need for a fair use image. For that reason, fair use images of cars aren't permitted on Wikipedia. If the photo was taken by yourself, then maybe the deleting administrator could restore the file so that you can change the copyright tag into a free one. If the photo was previously posted somewhere else, or if it said that someone else took the photo, then I think that you should contact OTRS (see instructions at WP:CONSENT). Once OTRS has read your statement, the file should be deleted, provided that the information in the statement is sufficient. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:39, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

File:WKEY EarlMKey Owner1940s.JPG
Please explain to me why the above linked image's copyright status is "unclear or disputed". The image is from the 1940s, which means the copyright has long since expired. The image from a matchbook front, so probably not copyrighted and the "Matchbook cover is 28 years past it's first publication year and no indication that the copyright was renewed." -  Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 01:05, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
 * There is insufficient source information. There is no evidence that it was first published in the United States, that it is a matchbook cover or that it is from the 1940s. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:35, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I provided a secondary and uncropped source at the WP:PUF that shows the stamp "Universal Match Corp. Baltimore". From what I have been able to find, the company was in Baltimore, Maryland.  Unless Maryland was removed from the US in the '40s, it was part of the US. -  Neutralhomer  •  Talk  • 19:27, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
 * That source looks better, thanks. This looks like something which wouldn't be renewed, so I assume that it is fine. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:52, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it's one of those things that is tough to source and even tougher to find a copyright for. But you are right, I doubt it was renewed, if it was copyrighted at all.


 * It is the uniqueness of the matchbook image that makes the WKEY (AM) page even better that it is and what I think helped make the article a GA...but that's just my opinion. :) -  Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 01:12, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

File:San Siro Giuseppe Meazza Stadium - Milan.jpg
Thank you for your message on my Talk page. Here is the link to the copyright license on the website where the file was taken from: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en As you can see, the file can be freely redistributed. Also, please note that I just became aware that this file already exists on Wikipedia Commons (see File:GiuseppeMeazzaNeazzurro.jpg) under exactly the same copyright arrangement. So I would tend to believe that there should be no copyright licensing problems here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Angelo Somaschini (talk • contribs) 15:46, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Non-commercial licences are not permitted on Wikipedia. See wikien-l/2005-May/023760.html. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:55, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
 * As I said, this same picture from the same website is already on Wiki Commons. Are you saying that non-commercial licenses are permissible on Wiki Commons but not on Wikipedia? Angelo Somaschini (talk) 16:14, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
 * On Commons, it says that User:Lokal Profil confirmed that the file was available under a licence which permitted commercial use back in 2007. This settles things: you can't repeal a Creative Commons licence. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:49, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

File:Holly Starr.jpg
Thank you! I don't work with image deletions very often, so I manage to screw them up about half the time. For some reason I was thinking that it wasn't a speedy candidate - I'll try to remember that the next time it comes up. --Bongwarrior (talk) 23:05, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! --Stefan2 (talk) 00:48, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

File: Tom Wagner
You are correct. I have permission from Tom to use the Photo, and have requested permission from the photographer. But so far the photographer has not filled out a form for wiki. That is why I stopped writing the article and it sits in my sandbox until formal permission comes. So far no reply at all. Tom assured me that it isn't a problem, but I still won't proceed any further without formal permissions. Redddbaron (talk) 23:17, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, the files can't be kept unless permission is available. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:47, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Well it is just one file, Tom Wagner's photo. The other files I uploaded for other pages should be fine as far as I know. So I will fire off some more emails and even try to contact the photographer by phone if possible. If that doesn't work, I'll find a new photo.Redddbaron (talk) 01:23, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

File: David Campbell
All photos were taken and submitted to me by the artist for the purpose of creating his wiki page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wilfordd (talk • contribs) 00:34, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
 * When you uploaded the files, you added a template which told that the photographer had sent a permission statement to OTRS, but no one has registered any receipt of any such statement yet. If no statement was sent, make sure that it is sent now instead. See WP:CONSENT for instructions. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:46, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:Iraq Babbler.png - Reply
Hello Stefan,

Thank you for notifying me about image copyright, I have got another one from commons. --العراقي (talk) 06:12, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

File:Schematic view of an IsaMill.png
Stefan, you left a message about this drawing on my talk page.

I emailed a copy of a letter from the copyright owner to Wikipedia authorizing its use on Wikipedia. This letter also authorized other drawings and photographs. There does not seem to have been a problem with these.

What is the issue with this particular drawing? Should I resend the letter? Is there something wrong with the wording in the letter?

I would be grateful if you would let me know how to resolve this issue.

Thank you.ChrisFountain (talk) 15:01, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
 * According to Commons:COM:OTRS/backlog, all e-mails older than seven days have been processed. This file was uploaded a lot earlier than seven days ago, so it would seem that the copyright holder either didn't send any permission at all or that the permission didn't apply to this file. Try asking at WP:OTRS/N to find out what the error is. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:11, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. It was included in the original email. I will resend it.ChrisFountain (talk) 19:34, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I have resent the letter granting permission to the permissions email address. The subject box of the email is: RE: [Ticket#2013080510000166] Permissions letter for drawings and photographs uploaded to Wikipedia. I hope this is satisfactory.ChrisFountain (talk) 15:07, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use - Reply
Hellow Stefan,

I do not know if you are sending me messages or it is a bot, cause I had understood what you mean from your first message on Replaceable fair use File:Iraq Babbler.png. Thank you --العراقي (talk) 19:32, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The other files are also replaceable, so those were tagged as well. Non-free images of non-extinct species are not accepted, see WP:NFCC. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:25, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters Part Two
Hello Stefan, You sent me a message, didn't You? I don't know what it's all about, the story with pictures on Wikipedia. I tried to upload a cover of a CD or LP a few times. Always failed. Those weren't my own shots I admit. But the photos show always a commonly known picture, shown on a cover. Moreover there are many many articles on Wikipedia which contain such covers, i.e. Wrap Her Up If I did something wrong, please remove the picture. With the pity for the mentioned article. Maciej Dennis lance (talk) 08:17, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
 * You wrote that the copyright holder to File:Cover ML&MH2.jpeg had released the image to the public domain but didn't provide any evidence that this claim was correct. Please don't do that. If the file is in the public domain, then you should provide evidence of this. If the image isn't in the public domain, then you should write a valid fair use rationale and add an appropriate non-free copyright tag. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:52, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
 * OK, I won't do that again. I quit adding pictures to articles. Cheers from Warsaw, Maciek 94.124.18.19 (talk) 12:08, 18 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi Stefan2 (my grandfather's name was Stefan) :D I saw that You did something about a photo I uploaded for Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters Part Two, instead of removing it. Thanks a lot! Cheers from Warsaw, Maciek Dennis lance (talk) 09:51, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

X-files
Hi Stefan!

You are a real tough image curator. :)) Good job. Cheers from Moscow!

Lamro (talk) 11:21, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Fair use
Hi Stefan,

just recognized that you are very keen of deleting pictures you consider as having the status non-fair use and subsequently delete them. As you might have noticed are the pictures I've recently uploaded copyrighted but permitted by the owner for publication. Kind regards, Matthias — Preceding unsigned comment added by MattRaupa (talk • contribs) 2013-11-19T17:43:24 (CET)
 * Wikipedia can't accept Wikipedia-only permissions for photos of buildings which still exist. Someone else could take different photos of the same buildings and license the photos under a licence which permits people to use the images for more purposes. See WP:NFC §1. If you can get a better permission, then see WP:CONSENT. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:32, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

Images posted by Rhodian
You've flagged up a bunch of pics of objects I personally own and have photographed. Specifically the ceramics of the Benthall Pottery (Salopian ware) are objects from my personal, private collection, which I personally photographed. The pottery was in operation from the 1890s to the 1930s, and its pieces are now in museum and private collections. They are antiques. I claim the copyright in the images, which I have freely licensed to wikipedia. There are absolutely no other interested parties. Please remove the tag. Rhodian (talk) 16:44, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
 * You failed to specify how old the objects were. The photos of objects from the 1890s can be kept. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:32, 19 November 2013 (UTC)


 * I don't know what the Swedish for 'bollocks' is, but maybe it's bollocks. Why didn't you just read the captions to the pictures? Both captions clearly give dates, and if you'd looked at the 1897 vase you would have seen that date is actually painted onto the pot itself! Please be sensible with regard to flagging up images for copyright violation -- it's clear from comments on your Talk page that you are pissing off a lot of people who will now be less inclined to contribute to Wikipedia. Rhodian (talk) 14:19, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * There was no information about the age on the file information pages. Furthermore, the ceramics images were not used in any articles, so it was not possible to look at any image captions anywhere. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:43, 20 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Huh? The images are used with this article Salopian Art Pottery and are fully captioned. Rhodian (talk) 14:57, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The article Salopian Art Pottery contains photos of different products. The images listed at WP:PUF are not used in that article. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:07, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

Unrelated question
Please forgive me Rhodian. I am not sure how to reach Stefan2. I am not trying to get in on your conversation. But I am trying to reach him because I have the same issue.

Stefan2 I hope that you get this message. I am unclear exactly how to write you back. Please let me know if you receive this message.

I am the owner of the copyright on the photo of Young Kathy. I find wikipedia very compicated to use and I tried and tried to show that I own copyright of this photo.

Can you help me to show that I own the copyright?

Thank you in advance. Breezesdelsur. And again, Rhodian, I apologize for piggybacking on your conversation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Breezesdelsur (talk • contribs) 20:05, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
 * So you were alive in 1949 when the photo was taken? --Stefan2 (talk) 23:32, 19 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Here's what you do: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Permission Banaticus (talk) 20:21, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:HO Srivastava.jpg
A copy of written permission from the owner of the image has been forwarded to permissions-en@wikimedia.org Rupalisharma (talk) 08:22, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

Photo of Brussels Philharmonic
Hello Stefan,

thanks for the explanation about the permissions and licenses.

I am about to send the e-mail from a certified email address, stating my ownership of the material and my intention to publish it under a free license.

I have a question: are there different databases for each language of Wikipedia, or do all media files end up in Commons? I have uploaded this same picture on English and Italian wikipedia. Should I add 'OTRS pending' to all of them, until I send you the email and we solve this?

Thank you very much for your help and availability. Have a good day!

Giuliettadp (talk) 09:16, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * There is no need to upload the image to three different projects; only uploading it to Commons is enough. However, I suggest that you add 'OTRS pending' to all of them until it is settled. There does not seem to be any 'OTRS pending' template on Italian Wikipedia, so I don't know what to add there. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:26, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * FYI, I am in correspondence with the copyright holder re permissions. There is one (hopefully) tiny issue to resolve, which I hope will be resolved in a few minutes.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  16:40, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * User:Sphilbrick: Note that the file was uploaded at three different places: Commons:File:Brussels Phil 2013 - Bart Dewaele.jpg, File:Brussels Phil 2013 - c Bart Dewaele.jpg and it:File:Brussels Phil 2013-c Bart Dewaele.jpg. Make sure that all three copies are consistent with regard to licence (currently they all have different licensing information). --Stefan2 (talk) 16:45, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks, it is now late in the day in Europe, so I no longer expect a resolution today, but I will continue to follow this.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  18:11, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

Hello Stefan and Sphilbrick, thank you very much for your help and your explanations. I linked the photo from Commons to the English page and it works perfectly, with all the licenses and permissions. Lovely! Have a beautiful day! Giuliettadp (talk) 12:56, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

National Portrait Gallery uploads
Hi. you recently took action on two of my uploads and I thought it was worthwhile me responding to both the points you raised. You pointed out that I had not provided a direct link to the NPG webpage for the Noton Barclay file saying that this makes it difficult for you to confirm copyright. When I upload to wikipedia using the wizard I always provide a direct link when it is requested. Might I suggest that you speak to wikipedia if you wish to see changes made to the wizard. Furthermore, if you are only concerned with seeking confirmation of copyright it is worth you looking at the metadata section as this may contain the confirmation you are looking for as is the case with all NPG uploads including that of Barclay. You have also chosen to instigate a deletion procedure for one of my NPG uploads which you will note I have already challenged. Clearly your comments are based on a lack of knowledge and an incorrect supposition. I would suggest that in future you consider raising the subject first with the uploader, who may know a bit more about the subject matter than you.Graemp (talk) 13:15, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

Mario Segura
About your tagging of articles that are in AfC. F5: "Reasonable exceptions may be made for images uploaded for an upcoming article." You need to look at the context more closely before tagging or show why this article will not make it through AfC. Otherwise, you need to come up with a rationale for why article will not be accepted or moved to main space because we have to go back and undelete, which costs the editor and administrators more time that takes away from other parts of the project. I'm just saying, I appreciate your vigilance but what's in the sandbox is different from what's in AfC. Crtew (talk) 14:15, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * That quote is not present anywhere in WP:NFCC which instead tells that "A file in use in an article and uploaded after 13 July 2006 that does not comply with this policy 48 hours after notification to the uploading editor will be deleted." The files do not comply with the WP:NFCC policy as they violate WP:NFCC and WP:NFCC. WP:NFCC violations used to be removed from pages automatically by a bot and then more recently by User:Werieth using WP:AWB, but it seems that no one has been systematically removing such images from pages for some time. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:31, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that, been tied up doing other stuff. I guess I let the backlog grow for too long. Werieth (talk) 15:23, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

Unrelated comment
Dear Stephen2,

Thank you for bringing to my attention your observations regarding several coats of arms that I uploaded. At the moment, most of the free time that I can dedicate in contributing to Wikipedia is spent on research, to back certain contributions with precise references.

I will surely appreciate it, if you might help me resolve those issues you mentioned in your observation. Thank you.--Sulbud (talk) 21:06, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
 * When you upload a non-free file, you need to make sure that the file satisfies all ten of the non-free content criteria, in particular criteria 1 and 7. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:47, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I should find extra time to reviews those uploads and correct them.--Sulbud (talk) 22:53, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

permission for use of image
Stefan,

Thanks for your note today. Actually, the permission for the image is in place. I got this message today too: Dear [e-mail address removed], Your permission has been accepted. I have made the necessary modifications to the file page.

Thank you for your contribution to the Wikimedia projects. Yours sincerely, Corey Clark

Seems like you should discuss it with Corey Clark if you've a problem. I know my friend Gordon Keown (owner and creator of the image in 1971) has no problem with Wikipedia using it, as he said in the note he sent me and I forwarded to Wikipedia.

--Steve Thompson — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ttrider87 (talk • contribs) 00:57, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
 * It seems that you uploaded three copies of the image (File:Steven L. Thompson aboard his 350cc Shepherd-Kawasaki GP racing motorcycle, Oct. 1971.jpg, File:Oct. 1971 photo of Steven L. Thompson aboard his 350cc Shepherd-Kawasaki in a garage near Thetford, Norfolk, England.jpg and File:Oct., 1971 photo of Steven L. Thompson aboard his 1969 Shepherd-Kawasaki GP racing motorcycle.jpg) but that the OTRS maintainer only added a permission tag to one of them. I agree that this means that they aren't unfree, but on the other hand, I don't see any use for the extra images, so I think that the images should be deleted as redundant. See Files for deletion/2013 November 22 and Files for deletion/2013 November 22. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:52, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

Stefan--sure, delete the dupes. Ttrider87 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ttrider87 (talk • contribs) 19:18, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

OhConf. images
Stefan, hi—I noticed on my watchlist a few noms for deletion of images he's uploaded. Do be cautious about checking they're exactly the same, and even then, you might consider chatting with him about them. He's a very experienced and trusted user. Cheers. Tony  (talk)  02:36, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
 * See section below. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:38, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

Concerns
Stefan you were involved in the RfC were the community came out against your position. Continuing to nominate diagnostic images for deletion for which there is consensus that there is not an issue is disruptive and may get you blocked. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 06:14, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
 * You are misreading the RfC. That section in the RfC suggests that "We should take a conservative position and do what the rest of the publishing industry does". I referred to several copyright registrations from the United States Copyright Office where the Copyright Office had approved copyright registrations of some images, meaning that the position of the Copyright Office is that those images are copyrighted. If some people register copyright of such images in the United States, then it would seem that at least a portion of the United States publishing industry considers such images as copyrightable. If those registrations turn out to be for different kinds of images, then fine. Also note for example VAu001095217 which is claimed to contain 119 copyrighted images, including for example "James Wilson - MRI of the Cervical Spine, 10/20/07" and "Carrie Jefferson - Left Lateral Knee X-Ray: 5/30/06". I realise that some of the images might be highly artistic drawings such as these, but the image titles suggest that at least some of the images are more like these, which are more comparable to the image discussed at WP:PUF. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:37, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

Zeal and How to Win Friends and Influence People
Thank you for your zealous work on Wikipedia. I bet you never considered that nothing riles people more than seeing wholesale deletion of their work, including images they may place within articles, for whatever reason. And when this is done on any scale, the large number of template messages that are potentially left on different contributors' talk pages could also annoy. Before I had a look at your contributions, I assumed that you may have been a novice or dilettante, but I was wrong because you seem to have been around as long as I have. It's extremely irksome that you often seem careless or clueless when you go about the deletions. For example, when you just because it looks like the same file you saw when you googled the picture when mere examination of the source will tell you that it's free (and that it's clearly stated in the image page); or that the version on the web is of a lower resolution that the one whose deletion you propose – Have you considered asking yourself what could that mean?? Clearly speedying such an image shouldn't be used as a first course of action. And what gives you the right to make presumptions of whether an image has a forseeable use without even bothering to discuss it with the creator(s) beforehand??? This is just the sort of brainless and anal-retentive bureaucracy that put me off contributing to Commons. I'll just conclude by saying that what earns the Grand Prix for idiocy is when you GFDL-compliant images saying that they are non-free (hello, does anybody live here?). If you choose to continue doing things in this disruptively brainless way, I will invite you to join those retards at commons. Regards, --  Ohc  ¡digame! 09:10, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Maybe it is time to bring this user to WP:ANI? Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 09:22, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Although my words were harsh, I just want that zeal tempered and for Stefan to tread with more caution. --  Ohc  ¡digame! 09:38, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Here is hoping. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 10:00, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I also have had problems with this editor who does not write articles or add anything to Wiki in a creative or constructive way but who comes here with a deletionist attitude without looking at the bigger picture or even all the facts. Perhaps it is time to bring him to WP:ANI? Jack1956 (talk) 19:25, 24 November 2013 (UTC)


 * User:Ohconfucius: I realise that File:Xerxes20plus.jpg should have been at WP:PUF instead, with the problem explained more clearly. The wording "free license" isn't very specific. Take a look at the comment section where one user asked "Le mention "Free licence" veut-elle dire que les images sont libres de tous droits, dans le sens CC-BY-SA 3.0 License ou GFDL" (= Does "free licence" mean that the image is free of all rights, in the sense of CC-BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL?). This question was answered with "cela veut dire que les images sont libres de droits, que vous pouvez les réutiliser, mais que nous aimerions que vous citiez la source" (= this means that the images are free of rights, that you can reuse them, but that we would like you to cite the source). The user didn't confirm that the image is licensed under the indicated GFDL licence, and the clarification only mentions that it is possible to "reuse" the image, which isn't exact enough. If you have permission to "use" an image, this often means that you only have permission to publish unmodified copies of the image, but that it is prohibited to modify it (note that cc-by-nd redirects to a speedy deletion template). It is also not clear whether this licence can be repealed if the copyright holder changes his mind at some point in the future. Wikipedia can only accept images under licences which permit modification and which do not expire. The text of CC-BY-SA 3.0 explicitly mentions modifications (section 3 (b)) and the text in section 3 clearly states that CC-BY-SA 3.0 is a perpetual licence.
 * File:20110614ITNalt.GIF is not GFDL-compliant as it says that you created the image all by yourself, which is not the case. The image in the "in the news" section is for example File:DirkNowitzki.jpg by Keith Allison. Both GFDL and CC-BY-SA require attribution of the author, and you are not even attributing the author but attributing someone else. The page MediaWiki:Wikimedia-copyrightwarning contains some instructions and also links to the terms of use, which contains more instructions: you must include a list of the authors, or link to a page which contains their names. WP:CWW contains further instructions with which you have not complied. An interesting observation is the file File:DirkNowitzki.jpg, which was imported from Flickr, presumably by someone other than the photographer. Flickr users have not agreed to the Wikimedia terms of use for their Flickr contributions, so only the attribution requirements in CC-BY-SA 2.0 apply – not any additional optional ways to attribute an author which might have been provided by "Wikimedia-copyrightwarning" or in the terms of use.
 * At File:Nait3 4550.jpg, I linked to a website where the image had been posted before the image was uploaded to Wikipedia (see List of HTTP header fields about "Last-Modified"). As the other copy was older, it was obvious that Wikipedia's copy wasn't the earliest copy of the image. The file therefore seemed to be an obvious copyright violation. Now it says that the image is a "High-resolution version given to me by Sean Fretwell". As it was given to you, as opposed to taken by you personally, you need to follow the instructions at WP:IOWN and make sure that the copyright holder sends a permission statement to OTRS. Same with the other images which appeared on other websites before they were uploaded here.
 * If a file appears to lack foreseeable use, the usual solution is to simply nominate the file for deletion without prior discussion. If you look at the deletion discussion page, you will find that the deletion nominations by Kelly were done in the same way. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:06, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
 * pardon me for saying that I found each point you raised hid behind some technicality that gives you wriggle room to say you did nothing wrong or that I hadn't complied fully with policies or guidelines. The way you are conducting the arguments is now very close to what I experienced often at Commons and what got me disillusioned, and I think you'll actually find yourself quite at home there. Of course I saw the response in the Q&A at the Xerxes page, and while that doesn't overtly cite "GDFL", it's obvious that being very layman and cartesian, when a French person says "les images sont libres de droits, que vous pouvez les réutiliser, mais que nous aimerions que vous citiez la source", it means that you can do what the fuck you want with them provided you attribute, which is Share Alike with attribution without the Anglo-Saxon legalese. The vast majority of people will give you blank stares and shrug their shoulders and say "whatever" when you specifically mention "copyright" let alone GFDL. Just because you publish an image on a website doesn't mean you can't subsequently upload to WP. I wasn't going to mention it, but I actually did create some of the original images that you had put up for deletion just as I was going to bed last night. I am interested in hifi and I often trade or resell pieces of gear. How my images found their way onto others' pages doesn't really bother me and it's really the other person violating my copyright in those cases. But I'm not going to cry, issue take-down notices, or send out solicitors' letters, if you get my drift. But I do get upset if you say they isn't mine to use as I see fit.  You dispute that I created the screenshot. It's a pathetic technicality because De minimis rules apply in such cases. In any event, community consensus is that we don't need to attribute at each insertion, just at the point of origin (ie at the 'File').  It upset me very much that you went through every single image I ever uploaded in a very short period of time. I don't know how you managed to track them all down (because even I don't remember some of them). But it very much looked like WP:STALK because you seem to have fucked with each of them in some way and put half of them up for deletion.  You seem to be working like a bot, making edits at 4 per minute throughout the whole time you are one line but edit summary doesn't mention such use. Are you in compliance with WP:BOTS? I suspect that your above justifications are thought about ex-post as there is no way such complex decisions could have been made when you are editing at 4 to 6 edits a minute.  I noticed that you seemed to be in competition with Kelly to have the greatest number of deletion nominations. Your competition and zeal is making you reckless. I am not the only editor to remark that you are being overzealous, and I once again urge you to take a little more time over your edits, or you could  soon find yourself on a long forced wikibreak, or forced into exile at Commons. --  Ohc  ¡digame! 15:56, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The policy is abundantly clear: If you post an image to a different website before the image is posted here, then the image needs an OTRS ticket (or evidence at the other website that you are controlling the uploader's account on that website). There is no difference between Wikipedia and Commons here. Choosing to upload to Wikipedia instead of Commons does not give you a carte blanche to ignore copyright problems. What I saw was that a large number of your photos appeared on numerous other websites without any indication that the images had been posted there by you. The usual thing is to tag such files with db-f9; this is what every user who deals with file-related copyright problems does.
 * I never claimed that you didn't create the screenshot. I claimed that you didn't create the all by yourself as you stated on the file information page. Various other people created the images and wrote the text, although it is possible that you may have created a portion of the material shown on the screenshot. Anyway, the licences are clear that you need to provide attribution, but you didn't provide any attribution at all. However, let's keep that discussion on the PUF page.
 * WP:BOTPOL only applies to bots, so that is irrelevant here. Some tasks are faster than other tasks. For example, finding an image elsewhere on the Internet is often a very fast task and permits a higher edit rate. In the same way, the edit rate can go up a lot if there are multiple identical situations right next to each other. --Stefan2 (talk) 01:24, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
 * There have been lengthy discussions on where and when to attribute, and the community view is clear that we don't attribute at every turn at every insertion point. That the image wasn't even attributed on the MP proves my point! And I honestly don't care if it doesn't conform to your interpretation of what the copyright law is in that respect, because those considerations were taken into account in arriving at that consensus, and your interpretation is but your opinion. My screenshot was used to illustrate the necessity or otherwise of wikilinks in a given section. I wasn't discussing basketball nor any player, so I feel DirkNowitzki.jpg (however it was obtained and previously attributed at its original point of insertion) was incidental to the main purpose, and thus de minimus. I believe my screenshot is accepted use for that purpose. I didn't question what the usual procedure is if a file appears to lack foreseeable use; I would probably do the same. I questioned how you made the determination of "lacking foreseeable use" for files that I had only created a few weeks earlier. I'm saying you fucked up, and you ducked. There's the 'what', and the 'how'. A person can be such an anal arsehole when applying the rules that makes him/her disruptive. Wholescale deletion upsets people, even though you may be technically right on one or another point. All along, you've been treating me like some sort of serial copyright violator. It's untrue, and I absolutely hate it. You template plenty of notifications, but there's a gap between notification and sufficient or adequate communication when you do this en masse. I'm wasn't just accusing you of using a bot, but I was also challenging your edit rate and your inherent ability to make coherent decisions. Not all jobs are amenable to be performed at that pace, especially when often complex decisions are involved, and you made some 170 edits in about two and a half hours – more edits than the average WP editor makes in a week. The rate of the average WP editor is not the point, but to achieve those speeds you do, decisions need to be binary, for one needs to simplify one's workflow enough to disengage grey matter.  You will be no doubt pleased to know that I won't make any further comments to you here in this forum, as you seem to be wedded to your high-speed and highly mechanical approach and immune to mine and others' concerns or protestations. I shall be grateful if you will keep the fuck away from me in future. Please go about your own business, and I'll mind my own. I hope never the twain will we meet again.--  Ohc  ¡digame! 04:12, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
 * File:Naim pre @ 2013.png is well over two months old, unused and should be text; it doesn't take much effort to realise that the image isn't very useful.
 * Attribution is a mandatory licensing requirement and never optional. Attribution is done by inserting the name of the author on the page using the material, in the history of that page or by including a link from either the page or from the history. Articles link to file information pages, so if attribution is provided on the file information page (without the need to follow any links from the file information page), then the attribution requirement is satisfied as far as the article is concerned.
 * 170 edits in two and a half hours doesn't look that much at all. It means just below two edits per minute, and many copyright-related tasks are very trivial, such as searching for identical copies of an image elsewhere on the Internet. On top of that, add that there often are multiple edits related to the same action: 2 edits if a DB or DI tag is used (file information page & user talk page), 3 if it goes to PUF or FFD (file information page, user talk page, PUF/FFD daily summary page). --Stefan2 (talk) 18:20, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

re File:Tablewaiters Scattered Visions cover.jpeg
As the author of the image and designer of the Scattered Visions single artwork I gave permission for the use of this already and an email containing details of the permission for this file has been sent in accordance with WP:OTRS. If you need anymore information please feel free to contact meMrMoog (talk) 12:18, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The file was tagged with OTRS pending in June. At Commons:Commons:OTRS/backlog, it says that the current backlog is 11 days, so it would seem that the message either wasn't sent or that it wasn't possible to identify the file to which it refers. Try asking at WP:OTRS/N, or resend the e-mail if that fails, being very clear about which file it refers to. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:27, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

I (Tony Ameneiro) as the creator of the Scattered Visions single artwork File:Tablewaiters Scattered Visions cover.jpeg, gave permission for the use of the artwork already and an email containing details of the permission for this file has been sent in accordance with WP:OTRS. If you need anymore information please feel free to contact me, I have also made a direct reference to the artwork and given it my copyright acknowledgement on the Tablewaiters page where it is currently in useMrMoog (talk) 11:05, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
 * There is a template which tells that the previous e-mail was insufficient, which means that the permission e-mail didn't contain sufficient information. OTRS probably told you why the permission isn't sufficient. If not, ask them what else you need to do. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:57, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Discussion notification
Giving my friendly notification of a protest discussion of an image resizing. The discussion is here. Have a nice day.  CRRays Head90  | #OneMoreGame 09:24, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I have replied there. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:20, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

Maria Pitillo photo
Stephan2

The photo in question is part of my personal collection. This is a link to the original uncropped image. Maria Pitillo verification photo. As you can see, there is water/chemical damage to the edges of the image, which is why I cropped it. This is the best available photo of Pitillo from the period in which people most know her. I have other photographs, but they are all from Press kits and show her in character for those roles. Djfitzgerald111 (talk) 13:29, 25 November 2013 (UTC)


 * I have contacted Pitillo's manager of record in regard to this issue. I have contacted her in the past without a receiving a response.  Please give me more time to sort this out.   Djfitzgerald111 (talk) 16:06, 25 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your help. Djfitzgerald111 (talk) 19:28, 25 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Why don't you just delete all the photos? Djfitzgerald111 (talk) 19:37, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I have replied on the file talk pages. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:14, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

Photo of Michel Tabachnik (Brussels Philharmonic)
Hello Stefan2,

I am here to ask again for your help. I uploaded a picture for conductor Michel Tabachnik and Brussels Philharmonic on Commons. I'm not sure that I got the license and the owner right, though. Can you check it out, please?

Thank you very much! Giuliettadp (talk) 13:36, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The file name ends with "(c) 2010 Chris Hofer" which suggests that Chris Hofer is the photographer. If so, get Chris Hofer to send permission to OTRS as you did with the previous file, then tag with OTRS pending. In the Information template, you wrote that Brussels Philharmonic is the author of the image. You added . This suggests that you are the copyright holder which contradicts the "(c) 2010 Chris Hofer" in the file name. Unless you took the photo yourself, you should normally use just cc-by-sa-3.0 instead. That said, if there are errors on the page, but an e-mail to OTRS contains all details about photographer and licence, I would assume that the OTRS volunteer who handles the e-mail will correct all errors. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:07, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

Re: File:City-of-Gilroy-seal-350px.png listed for deletion
I agree with the proposal to delete this file and have stated so at the. This should be done as soon as practical (ASAP). — QuicksilverT @ 23:53, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

Re: Replaceable fair use File:Bergamo-Stemma.png
Hello. I read very carefully what you wrote in my discussion page about the file representing the coat of arms of Bergamo, but I didn't understand what's wrong with the description. Before uploading it, I looked at other italian coat of arms files uploaded on en.wiki and followed the instruction on UploadWizard. Why all the CoAs of italian municipalities uploaded here are ok and is not? — Kingston28 (talk) 15:49, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Non-free images of coats of arms are not OK as someone else could create a freely licensed image based on the same blazon. See for example Deletion review/Log/2013 July 31. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:59, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

The fact is that those coat of arms are not the ones officially adopted by italian municipalities but representations made by the website araldicacivica.it which gave the permission of uploading their creations on Wikipedia (see here). — Kingston28 (talk) 16:07, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
 * All images from that website were deleted from Commons at some point. In the deletion discussion, I think that the main point was that the website seemed to collect images from various unidentified sources such as books. It was therefore questioned whether the website was the copyright holder in the first place. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:28, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
 * See Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/Italian CoA:

Further, on their website AFAIK there is also coats of arms from others website, under "fair use" concept or something like that; see, for example, this coat of arms, without author's name, and this one, with the name of the drawer (Stemma ridisegnato da: Massimo Ghirardi - coat of arms redrawn by Massimo Ghirardi.)
 * Stefan2 (talk) 16:37, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

JPEG
So why isn't that information made clear when you upload? I'll keep it in mind for the future. Tony  (talk)  11:38, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Why isn't what information made clear? --Stefan2 (talk) 11:47, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
 * That it's better to use svg than jpeg. Tony   (talk)  12:51, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

RE: East and Central Africa Cricket Logo
I was under the impression that no copyright issues would exist in such an image as the original Cricket Union of whom the imaged is based upon no longer exists as an entity? Is the issue not with the Cricket Union, but instead with the uploader of the original (internet) image? — Preceding unsigned comment added by J man708 (talk • contribs) 12:05, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
 * See Commons:COM:HIRTLE: copyright normally expires 95 years after publication or 70 years after the death of the person who made the logo. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:27, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Non-Free Fair Use
I have now added criteria from WP:NFCC and WP:NFCC for all three images which you have listed for possible replacement. I hope my descriptions are satisfying to you. Happy editing, Carbon6 talk 17:47, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

graphic in Tibetan Buddhism
Hi, Stefan. Thanks for your interest in the Tibetan Buddhism article. I'm a bit unhappy with you reverting my change to that graphic, though.

Changing the graphic was work for me. You don't say anything about it on the Talk page, where I had raised this some time ago and when I made the change I commented there again. So what's the story?

Your summary says, "higher resolution", but you have not added anything. My graphic and the one you reverted to are exactly the same resolution. Please say what you are talking about.

Please post your reply to this on Talk:Tibetan Buddhism. Moonsell

Before you reply, please consider: if you don't like something but you don't have the time to check the talk page about it, you don't have the time to trash it either. (talk) 20:49, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Unrelated matter
I own my picture it it should not be a question (Tnoova (talk) 22:48, 28 November 2013 (UTC))

It is MY picture and I give permission is given by the owner for free use (Tnoova (talk) 22:49, 28 November 2013 (UTC))
 * See the file talk page. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:53, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

admin help

Please release MY photo

(Tnoova (talk) 00:28, 29 November 2013 (UTC))

energizer bunny battery packaging
Hello Stefan, you made a comment over here that I didn't really understand. The picture is a four-pack of NiMH batteries from energizer, still in the package. You said "delete as derivative work of copyrighted packaging". But from what I understood, COPYVIO should only apply to text that we cut-n-pasted, right? The picture in question should either fall under fair use (just like for instance File:1959_Studebaker_Deluxe_4E.jpg which is a product-pic taken by an amateur photographer and then CCBYSA-licensed), or in the worst case WP:NFCC. Is that wrong, and if so, can you help me grok the image-policies, I'm new at that stuff. There is some text, in the picture. There are some logos, in the picture. There is also the picture-file itself, as a legal entity. There are some batteries in the picture, but I think your argument is about the packaging-stuff, not about the product-which-is-in-the-packaging. If we had photo#2, which was just a battery, no packaging visible at all, with text-on-the-battery-casing and logo-on-the-battery-casing visible in photo#2, would that still be a problem? Danke. 74.192.84.101 (talk) 19:47, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The image File:1959_Studebaker_Deluxe_4E.jpg does not fall under fair use (a.k.a. WP:NFCC) as the vehicle isn't copyrighted. The image File:Energizer NiMH.JPG fails WP:NFCC in the article Nickel–metal hydride battery as you can illustrate the article with a battery which isn't copyrighted. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:29, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, okay, perhaps a better example would have been a photo of a celebrity or politician, rather than a brand of truck -- use of a picture of RandomCeleb is one of those borderline cases, right? And although I agree that we can have an article on NiMH batts, with a picture of a generic batt and/or an unbranded batt, I disagree that correctly reflects/documents/describes the topic.


 * It would be like having an article on aspirin, without a picture of a bottle of Bayer(tm) Aspirin, or an article on acetaminophen without a picture of Tylenol(tm). Now, as it turns out, all four headache-medicine-articles exist; acetaminophen *does* have a pic of Tylenol capsules, and aspirin *does* have a pic of a Bayer bottle.  Interestingly, ibuprophen lacks a picture of either Advil as well as Nurofen, top brands in USA and the Commonwealth respectively... instead they have a generic-grocery-store-chain bottle as the 'typical brand' picture.   My preference would be to see a picture of *both* Advil and also Nurofen bottles, as the major exemplars of the concept as translated into the minds of average folks.
 * At the moment, the NiMH article has some WP:PEACOCK issues, with the big photo up top of the "Modern, high capacity" brand called Power2000, with the brand clearly visible in the pic. (Cf the oh-so-carefully-oriented "Safeway" brand in the generic ibuprophen pic.)  Now, I'm sure Power2000 is a nice battery, and adorama/b&h/jr as well as amazon/rakuten/mysimon are glad that wikipedia features their wares.  But there is no way they are the leader in marketshare, whether you speak of volume or value.  Energizer, Duracell, and Spectrum-fka-Rayovac are dominant overall.  When in comes to consumer NiMHs, detailed info is hard to come by, unless you're willing to pay through the nose for it.  We can use amazon as a proxy-indicator, however.[  4 ]  That tells us that those three giants remain important, but since being invented in 2005 the low-self-discharge sanyo eneloop has leapt to the top of the amazon charts (best-selling / most-popular / best-avg-review).  Sony is also doing well.  In the niche market, Tenergy leads the pack, but Ansmann and Accucell also get honorable mentions.  For generic-slash-wholesale-brands, AmazonBasics is best-selling, and Yuasa followed by GP are best-otherwise.


 * Point being, that in the ibuprophen article, I would expect to see a picture of a generic, of Advil as a top USA brand, and of Nuprofen as the top Commonwealth brand. In the NiMH article, I would expect to see a picture of a generic like Power2000, of Eneloop-aka-Sanyo as the top brand nowadays, and of Energizer as the top historical brand, plus maybe Duracell as the runner-up-historical-brand... Sony, Yuasa, and Tenergy would prolly get mentions in the prose, but not photos.  Anyways, this turned into a bit of a long reply, sorry about the TLDR.  But am I making sense?  There is a chemical technology called ibuprophen, and then there is a separate brand-marketing world called Advil/Nuprofen, which is also Noteworthy, and essential to understanding the topic of headache-medicines.  There is NiMH, plus also EneloopSanyo/Energizer/etc.  By just showing the semi-generic Power2000 brand, and the disassembled technology-demo-picture, we are pretending like there is no market, only a technology.  HTH.  &mdash; 74.192.84.101 (talk) 18:06, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Ahron Daum Image
Hi Stefan. Thank you for your explanation. i have instructed the owner to send a mail to Wiki Commons indicating his intention to publish it under a free license. Can you perhaps tag the photo in question that it is in a 'pending'-status. I'm not sure how to do that. Thank you for your help. --Lespaul3675 (talk) 02:10, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Now tagged with OTRS pending. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:32, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

File:F. G. Natesa Iyer image.jpg: Difference between revisions
Can you please let me precisely know what more needs to be done to put FG Natesa Iyer image in Wikipedia commons?

THis is a family photograph taken more then sixty years ago. It is widely used in India by publications related to classical music and dance - SRUTI,(Issue 330, March 2012) and Sangeet Natak Akademi journal( XLII, NUMBER 4, 2008). And FG Natesa Iyer is a public domain figure for South India, and perhaps for India as well. Can you please advise what more needs to be done?

There were some more photographs uploaded of FG Natesa Iyer,which were not used/deleted. For example please see (File:FGN as Hiranyakashyapu.jpg ). I would kindly wish to reinsert these files back to Wikipedia and release this to commons.

Anant (talk) 16:15, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The template PD-India only provides information about the copyright status in India. It can only be used for photos published before 1953. It says that the photo probably was taken during the 1950s, although there is no way to verify this. Stating that it was taken in the 1950s is too inexact as there is no way to tell whether it was published, let alone taken, before 1953.
 * Wikipedia is hosted in the United States, and USA uses a different copyright term. In the United States, all Indian photos taken in 1941 or later are copyrighted. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:30, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

There are a few photos taken before 1920s decade. Can these be uploaded? There should be no ambiguity on the copyright status?. The photos were removed, as can be seen by the notices on my talk page. This particular photo was probably taken before 1953, as that was the yearFG Natesa Iyer left Tiruchirappalli that year.

Anant (talk) 16:02, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

File:RESeminarySeal.jpg: Change of Status
Stefan2 Thank you for your help. While the Seminary had given permission for the use of their Seal and had planned to put notice of the Creative Commons License on their web site, based on your feedback and research into other related denominational logos on wikipedia, it seemed best to go with non-free fair use. I consulted with the Seminary and this is what they thought was best given the updated information. I made the appropriate edits on the image page. JohnKeble (talk) 04:48, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Backlog clearing efforts
Can you have a look over my recent efforts to try and clear down some of the PD-x type templates? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 21:12, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I see that you have changed into  . Did you check for any subsisting copyrights for those files? The  templates do not necessarily warn about that. It might be conceivable to assume that there is no subsisting copyright in most cases, but I'm not sure if it is a good idea to add the |commons tag without checking this. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:02, 4 December 2013 (UTC)


 * To be fair I was going by dates.. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 16:18, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

File:Bloor Street Baptist Church1.jpeg
Checked the archive.org source listedSfan00 IMG (talk) 16:02, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

Moodu Pani image
Please return to the page where u listed File:Moodu pani album cover.jpg for deletion. &#45;--- Kailash29792 (talk) 03:30, 8 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Even though you let the image stay, why is it still listed as under threat of deletion? Kailash29792 (talk) 11:02, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

License tags
I'd been looking through media tagged with these...

PD-AR-PhotoPD-AustraliaPD-AustraliaGovPD-ChinaPD-EgyptPD-HungaryPD-IndiaPd-indiaPD-India-oldPD-ItalyPD-PakistanPD-RusEmpirePD-RussiaPD-Russia-2008PD-SwedenPD-ThailandPD-IrelandPD-UKPD-UK-unknown

PD-CanadaPD-CzechPD-NewZealandPD-NZPD-ROCPD-MyanmarPD-MaltaPD-MalaysiaPD-LebanonPD-Japan-oldphotoPD-JordanPD-BangladeshPD-South-AfricaPD-CzechPD-HKPD-HHOFFMANNPD-IraqPD-IsraelPD-Israel-PhotoPD-JapanPD-SAGov

but I'm going to take a bit of break, as concerns have been raised that I'm misapplying things.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 16:25, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

Image for Chrome Dokuro
Hey, I want to get image for Chrome Dokuro, but, the last time I remembered, you said that I need to get copyright from the copyright holder, which is from Artland and Akira Amano. How can I get the copyright just like other Reborn! characters images like this one? Mukuro Rokudo, or Tsuna Sawada Thank you. --Arami-re (talk) 15:00, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't remember where the previous discussion was. The other characters have images which are uploaded under fair use claims. Try doing the same. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:54, 5 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I'm still new to this, so I actually still don't really understand how. Can you explain it to me the way? --Arami-re (talk) 13:37, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

UK copyrights
Wikipedia currently applies 70 pma to the UK (see PD-UK) but the relevant copyright law has some savings for pre 1957 works - http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/schedule/1, could you consider updating the template accordingly for clarity? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 11:02, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, the section has the effect that certain copyrights are extended, not shortened. The European Union established some common copyright terms in the Copyright Duration Directive. However, Article 10.1.1 in that directive tells that the EU directive shall not have the effect that the copyright term is shortened for any work in any country, provided that the work was created before the EU directive was implemented in the domestic law. Therefore, you need to look at both the current copyright law and the former copyright law and see which term is longer and apply that term to each work. The portion of the UK law that you found essentially contains half of the text of Article 10.1.1 in the EU directive (and I assume that the other half appears somewhere else in the British law). Under the old UK law, the copyright to certain works created between 1 June 1957 and 1 August 1989 (I think) expires 50 years after the work was first published, without any regard to when the work was made, essentially giving perpetual copyright to unpublished works. On the other hand, the EU directive provides a term which is normally life+70 years for such works. Therefore, you need to check whether life+70 years is longer or shorter than 50 years from publication. The term for works created before 1 June 1957 is extra complex because terms in an even older British copyright act sometimes are relevant. The terms in all old British copyright laws become obsolete on 1 January 2040 upon which only the EU copyright terms will apply.
 * This PDF file tries to summarise all different terms which currently apply in the United Kingdom. It is very messy, and I don't know whether everything is correct there. The PDF file disagrees with Commons:Template:PD-UK-unknown with regard to literary, dramatic and musical works, and I can't tell whether it is Commons or the PDF file which is wrong.
 * The PDF file actually misses a few unusual special cases. A small number of works, such as the King James Bible and Peter and Wendy, are subject to perpetual copyright in the United Kingdom (which expires on 1 January 2040 when the old copyright laws become obsolete). --Stefan2 (talk) 14:18, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Copyrights (Again)
https://tools.wmflabs.org/catscan2/catscan2.php?categories=All+free+media&negcats=All+non-free+media%0D%0APD+Italy%0D%0AWorks+copyrighted+in+the+U.S.%0D%0AWorks+copyrighted+in+the+United+States%0D%0AWikipedia+files+for+deletion&ns[6]=1&templates_no=protected+generic+image+name%0D%0Aprotected+image%0D%0App-protected%0D%0App-template%0D%0Aexample+files%0D%0Aprotected+sister+project+logo%0D%0ACopy+to+Wikimedia+Commons%0D%0ANow+Commons%0D%0ADeleted+on+Commons%0D%0ADo+not+move+to+Commons%0D%0Anominated+for+deletion+on+Commons%0D%0AAlready+moved+to+Commons%0D%0ANotMovedToCommons%0D%0Adb-nowcommons%0D%0AShadowsCommons%0D%0AKeep+local%0D%0Aesoteric+file%0D%0AConvert+to+SVG+and+copy+to+Wikimedia+Commons%0D%0Am-cropped%0D%0Ac-uploaded%0D%0AUploaded+from+Commons%0D%0Aduplicate%0D%0Affd%0D%0Apuf%0D%0Absr%0D%0AImagewatermark%0D%0Afile+at+CCI%0D%0Adi-no+license%0D%0Adi-no+permission%0D%0Adi-no+source%0D%0Awrong-license%0D%0Aout+of+copyright+in%0D%0AOTRS+pending%0D%0AOTRS+received%0D%0AWikipedia+screenshot%0D%0ANFUR+not+needed%0D%0Adb-reason%0D%0Adb-f9%0D%0Adb-redundantimage%0D%0Asplit+media%0D%0Auserspace+file%0D%0Adi-dw+no+license&ext_image_data=1&file_usage_data=1 - This query] lists about 1000 images that may or may not be suitable for Commons. It would be nice to try and reduce it to zero if possible.. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 16:17, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Philippine peso coins
I'd kindly ask you to double check as images are present on the PDF. I suggest checking Page 11 (the PDF page number, not the actual page numbers on the pages). :) -- User  50  16:52, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I'd kindly ask you to double check page 11. The photographs on page 11 clearly have different light, damages and similar. A source and licence for our photographs is needed. See photo of art. --Stefan2 (talk) 17:16, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 * There is a possibility of it being from an older version of the PDF as the images were uploaded several years back you know... -- User  50  17:20, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, in either case we need a source and licence for the photographs we are using. Currently we only have a source and copyright tag for the underlying coins, not for the photographs. --Stefan2 (talk) 17:25, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Upon further investigation, I think they come from here. -- User  50  17:32, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Possibly unfree file because of 3rd party edit
Please help understand this, because I'm unclear. The file I uploaded File:Shi DeRu and Shi DeYang.jpg & provided proof of permission for, via email, is listed as possibly unfree again by Possibly unfree files/2013 November 15, because the user Mochamad farhan, who decided to troll by replacing it with a Bruce Lee photo, that it was reverted from. So am I now required to re-get permission from the the individual(s)/organisation that granted it in the first place, to show that it is free again? It seems to me that this is simply a case of vandalism that's been reverted back to normal & needs no further input, unless & until such an event should occur again. I don't see the reason for it to be re-listed as unfree. Thanks for your help. InferKNOX (talk) 17:10, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

File:Demetrius Aniketou.jpg
I'd like a second opnion..

According to http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/library/whitehead/ R.B Whitehead died in 1967, so if it's a photo he took it's NOT out of copyright as far as I can see.

However, if it's an unknown work taken in Pakistan ( he was working in Lahore) then it might be.

Your thoughts? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 21:45, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 * What matters is the country of publication, not the country of photography. It therefore depends on which country the book "Coins of the Indo-Greeks" was published in. Regardless of that, the image satisfies PD-US-1923-abroad. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:04, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Amended Template
I made some changes to PD-UK, I'd appreciate some wording tweaks though..Sfan00 IMG (talk) 22:22, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Image Status review
We need a non PUF/FFD process for image reviewing I think..

So that things like this one :- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HMS_Greyhound_%281900%29_underway_at_Portland.jpg

can be looked at.

This is a PD-US-1923 abroad image.

It also likely (given the subject and sourcing) to have potentialy been taken officially (i.e PD BritishGov).

PUF or FFD seems like the wrong process, and Wrong-license is typically used for non-free content misifentified as free.

It would be appreciated if someone such as yourself could draft a proposal for a 'License Status Review' process which could replace wrong-license but still allow for images like the above mentioned image (which no-one is saying is non-free for Wikipedia purposes) to be determined by collective expertise. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 12:35, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Request
Hello Stefan2, I have a special request. Could you or someone that you know, do me a favor and nominate the following image for a "speedy deletion"? The image which is in violation of copyright laws since it's brand and label are copyrighted is File:Ron del Barrilito Tres Estrellas.jpeg. I would do it myself, but I usually end up messing the deletion process. Thank you in advance. Tony the Marine (talk) 16:20, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Lurker comment: It looks like User:Sfan00 IMG has nominated the file for deletion on Commons (see Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Ron del Barrilito Tres Estrellas.jpeg). -- Тимофей ЛееСуда .  00:24, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

File:Cast Menjou.png
Tagged for commons in good faith, but would appreciate a second opinion.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:13, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Archive photos (India/Pakistan)
A contributor I respect, raised concerns on IRC about Category:Pakistani_public_domain_photographs given that it contains images which are pre partition and thus should be some other license than PD-Pakistan, because they were created under the British Raj...

I am therefore asking that someone with image expertise takes a look at these carefully, and gives a second opinion Sfan00 IMG (talk) 21:11, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
 * If they were created in British India, then I would guess that the source country is either India or Pakistan, but I don't know how to determine which country we should treat them as being from. I think that we have the following five cases:
 * Published before 1923: PD in USA per PD-US-1923-abroad. Copyright status in the source country more complex, but only needed for a Commons move and not needed for hosting the file locally.
 * Terms in both PD-India and PD-Pakistan satisfied on 1 January 1996: PD in USA per PD-URAA, and can be moved to Commons. Unclear which source country template we should use.
 * Terms in PD-Pakistan satisfied on 1 January 1996, but terms in PD-India not satisfied: No idea what to do. Try asking at Commons:COM:VPC in case someone else has a clue, but expect the only answer to be "no idea". Free in USA if published before 1923.
 * Neither PD-Pakistan nor PD-India was satisfied on 1 January 1996: Treat as unfree in USA unless published before 1923.
 * Government work: Per PD-UKGov, British Government works enter the public domain 50 years after publication (sometimes 50 years after creation for photographs). The British government has also stated that this applies worldwide, so we do not need to bother with URAA. Problem: The source country is possibly India or Pakistan (not the UK). Also, the copyright holder may have shifted to either the Indian government or the Pakistani government upon independence. I don't know whether the terms in PD-UKGov can be used for such government works. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:56, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

SVGs from Excel
How do I export an Excel graph as an SVG, then? Tony  (talk)  09:18, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't know. I don't use MS Excel myself. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:07, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

Audio deletion
Hi. Just to ask, can you remove your vote supporting the of the "File:Crush Em.ogg" sample? I appointed another editor to address the topic, and it appears that he did the request.--Вик Ретлхед (talk) 15:46, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Added the sample to the song page. Anything else that needs to be done?--Вик Ретлхед (talk) 18:16, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Can you point me what else needs to be done in order to keep the sample? If not, you should put a note saying that only the older version of the article is up for deletion. And what do you mean by "orphaned"? The audio is used in the song article and its use is justified.--Вик Ретлхед (talk) 22:31, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
 * What part of "The previous version(s) of this file are non-free" in the template is it that you don't understand? --Stefan2 (talk) 22:58, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
 * In that case, the discussion regarding the sample's deletion should be closed.--Вик Ретлхед (talk) 23:21, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

Tanguy
There aren't any free equivalents available...Modernist (talk) 22:53, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * He's an important Surrealist and we need one of his paintings to show what he did...Modernist (talk) 22:56, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The purpose is to show what surrealism paintings look like. Some surrealism paintings are in the public domain per PD-US-1923-abroad, so the painting is replaceable by those pre-1923 paintings. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:04, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * In fact his type of Surrealism cannot be duplicated by someone else. Artists are unique - there is no free equivalent to Tanguy's work. Why did you delete the Fair Use Rationale I added for use in the Yves Tanguy article?...Modernist (talk) 23:08, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Because the image wasn't in the Yves Tanguy article (although it seems that the image has been added to the article now). Fair use rationales are only useful for the articles in which the image is used. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:10, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah I added it. I'll re-add the FuR...Modernist (talk) 23:13, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

File source problem with...
Re: File:Oamaru stonework.jpg, File:NorthOtago.jpg, and File:Oamaru stonework.jpg - the pd template clearly says "This work has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder." I would not have added that template if I were not the copyright holder. All three now state more explicitly that I took the photos, but please be aware that someone can only release a work into the public domain if they are the copyright holder of that work, and as such, it was already clear that I was and had done so. Grutness...wha?  00:56, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The problem is that PD-release only states that the copyright holder has released the image to the public domain, but without telling who the copyright holder is. If the copyright holder is unknown, then we need to know who the copyright holder is, and we also need evidence that the copyright holder has released the image to the public domain. I see that you have fixed this problem by adding a clear statement that you are the photographer. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:59, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
 * When I uploaded the photos in 2005, the template was all that was needed - if you used it, it automatically meant you were the copyright holder. The system has probably changed several times in the last eight years... and I notice that pd has simply been a redirect to the quite different pd-because since about 2010. There are probably 40 or 50 of my pics which simply have pd on them. Sounds like I need to expect a barrage of similar queries. :/ Grutness...wha?  05:34, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I have taken a look at all revisions of PD-release from 2005, and they all state that the file was released to the public domain by the copyright holder without telling who the copyright holder is. A problem is that lots of people seem to think that all material on the Internet is in the public domain, and so they upload things from dubious sources using this public domain template. Unfortunately, it isn't possible to tell a valid PD claim from an invalid one unless the source is clearly indicated. Note the difference between PD-self and PD-release. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:38, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Despite that, it was all that was needed in 2005 and was unquestioned at the time - especially since PD-self was newly created and wasn't known to many editors in early 2005. As such, you'll find a lot of copyright holders who used it who gave no further reasons. I agree that the work needs doing, but it'll occur a lot with older files (and a lot of those will have been uploaded by people who are no longer editing WP, so there will be a lot of deletions of perfectly acceptable material). There are ways of weeding out the obviously copyrighted works (TinEye, for example), but others perhaps need a little more than a standard boilerplate "they will be deleted unless info is added "within the next days" (whatever that means - presumably a parameter was missed out when the template was made). I'd suspect that if the photos were added by an admin (as I was by 2005), and look like snapshots rather than posed works (as these do) there's a good chance they're kosher, too. I realise that making such judgement calls makes the copyright-checking process a little more complex, but it reduces the risk of (a) deleting acceptable and useful files, and (b) boilerplating editors who have clearly been on Wikipedia for many years as if they were newbies. Grutness...<small style="color:#008822;">wha?  00:40, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Tineye doesn't work that well with old files. Old files have often been copied to lots of pages on the Internet from Wikipedia, and the original source for a copyright violation may have been deleted. If the uploader hasn't been editing for a long time, it might be a good idea to use more than just 7 days. I realise that many photographs also have EXIF metadata which indicates the date of photography. If a photograph was taken shortly before the upload, it is less likely to be someone else's work. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:50, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Stefan2 - On the ones I'd been reviewing, I'm often more inclined to put a wrong license tag where it might be a self image not labelled as such.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:17, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note that many files with PD-release previously had PD, which means that the file is claimed to be in the public domain for some unspecified reason. Often impossible to verify as there's no information about where the file comes from. It's unfortunate that many uploaders do not provide sufficient information to verify the copyright status. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:14, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Your move request for Template:Already moved to Commons
Yours is the oldest surviving move request at WP:RM. From reading [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Already_moved_to_Commons#Inappropriate_template_name the discussion], a move to Template:Incomplete move to Commons appears logical. Would this be agreeable to you? Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 17:13, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I forgot about that. I've added a comment now. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:53, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I think you favor 'Copied to Commons but not deleted here'. Is that template intended to be a complaint that will draw the attention of someone who will fix it? I see why a person might tag a 'duplicate' enwiki image that presumably is no longer needed since it exists on Commons. But is someone unhappy about that? Is anyone supposed to do anything? Or is it just a routine acknowledgment of a situation that may have some reason but is not worth any further research. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 23:38, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
 * This tag means that the file can't be deleted because the file doesn't satisfy WP:CSD. It could for example mean that the file has been nominated for deletion on Commons. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:45, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
 * So this tag puts the image in a temporary status, that ought to be resolved soon? Does this tag say something different from Now commons? EdJohnston (talk) 02:03, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
 * This is typically meant as a temporary status. For example, we might be awaiting the outcome of a deletion discussion on Commons. I think it's occasionally used in other cases, for example if someone tries to get a "keep local" file deleted as F8 (not possible as a "keep local" disqualifies the file for deletion as F8). --Stefan2 (talk) 15:17, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
 * It seems that [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Already_moved_to_Commons#Inappropriate_template_name the current move discussion] does not reveal any consensus. If you think it is likely that opinions will change, I could relist it. Otherwise it is better for me (or some other admin) to close it now as No Consensus. EdJohnston (talk) 16:48, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, it is clear that there is consensus that the file shouldn't have been moved to its current target back in May. I think that the problem is that the people who participated in the discussion don't know very well what the template means. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:57, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

Uploads by User:Jwratner1
Hi Stefan2, would appreciate if you took a look at this contributors uploads, some concerns have been raised about them being copied from texbooks? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:21, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Many of them look like scans from books. Some of them also seem to be below the threshold of originality, but it's hard to know where to draw the line. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:10, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

MC
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Spread the Christmas cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Soham (talk) 13:29, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Oh, thank you! --Stefan2 (talk) 14:12, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Curtain call at the end of a performance
Good morning, Stefan, the picture is not available online any longer except as a link: http://www.google.de/imgres?start=80&safe=off&sa=N&hl=de&tbm=isch&tbnid=CY5u7tdjIBKREM:&imgrefurl=http://www.freiepresse.de/THEMA/Marat&docid=6VfNJH7EBaBeFM&imgurl=http://www.freiepresse.de/DYNIMG/93/36/4289336_W150C792x528o8x0.jpg&w=150&h=100&ei=hgu2UoK3A6XK0AWT14HQDg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=491&page=3&tbnh=80&tbnw=117&ndsp=36&ved=1t:429,r:11,s:100,i:37&tx=74&ty=42&biw=1173&bih=787 The author gave his permission but did not manage to send it to Wikipedia yet; he needs more time, if possible. Thank you, Cote d'Azur 22:16, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Which picture are you talking about? --Stefan2 (talk) 22:20, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
 * This picture:

File:The Story Of Vernon And Irene Castle - The Yama Yama Man.ogv
Hi, I did research on this and was unable to find a video that shows the Yama Yama routine which is what the article is about. Except this one which is not PD. What are your thoughts why the rationale is not right? -- GreenC  16:46, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
 * There is no critical discussion of the Yama Yama routine in the article, so the purpose of the image is obviously not to show that. Instead, the only purpose of the image is to show what a person looks like in those funny clothes, but we already have several free images of that in the article. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:45, 24 December 2013 (UTC)


 * The video is not there to show "what a person looks like in those funny clothes", it is there to show the Yama Yama Man dance routine, as I described in the Fair Use rationale. Not sure why you are saying the rationale is to "show what a person looks like in funny clothes", the rationale does not say that. Second, the dance routine is discussed in the article and sourced as such, see Daniel Goldmark; Charlie Keil (2011). Funny Pictures: Animation and Comedy in Studio-Era Hollywood. University of California Press. pp. 42–43 for example. This is discussed in the opening paragraphs of Yama_Yama_Man. -- GreenC  19:17, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry, there is no critical discussion about the dance routine, and the film is also replaceable by the text in the section Yama Yama Man, or by a contemporary recording by someone who is willing to license the recording. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:39, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry, there is critical discussion about the dance routine; videos/pictures are not replaceable with text descriptions; and while it's theoretically possible someone modern could try to re-enact the dance routine it's not the same as contemporary from the period which is not reproducible. Clearly we disagree on this issue, how about we agree to disagree and let others voice an opinion. Merry Christmas. -- GreenC  18:21, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Please specify where the critical discussion is. All I can find is a textual replacement of the film, but no critical discussion. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:36, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Good Tidings and all that ...
FWiW Bzuk (talk) 19:43, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

File:1952 Building Finn DInghies at Borresens Baadebyggeri, Denmark.jpg
Can you take a look at File:1952 Building Finn DInghies at Borresens Baadebyggeri, Denmark.jpg. The PD-because template claims that image is in the public domain in Finland because it expired in 2002 (50 years after publication). I don't really understand the whole URAA stuff, but wouldnt that not make it in the PD in the US because it was not in the PD in Finland prior to 1996? See also File:1952 Finn L18 Gold Medal.jpg & File:1952 Harmaja skyline.jpg Should these be converted to non-free? -- Тимофей ЛееСуда . 03:16, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
 * All moved to Commons. Photos published before 1966 entered the public domain 25 years after they were published (which was a lot earlier than 1996), and these were clearly published in that report from the 1950s. The uploader gave the wrong PD rationale, though. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:43, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
 * You sir, as always, are awesome. Thanks. -- Тимофей ЛееСуда . 20:53, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

Photo Copyright Permission
Hello,

I'm hoping you can help direct me in regards to a photo that I added:

File:ENVIRON Corporate Headquarters Arlington Virginia.jpg

I know that there was some back and forth on this particular image as I had sent an email from the person who took the photo with their iPad to the OTRS board and it was pending their approval. But it now says that the message I sent them was insufficient. Can you help guide me on what I need to do next? I keep going from page to page that has everything and anything to do with permission use and I'm lost on what to do.

The person who took the photo of the building gives all rights and permissions to use it in any way shape or form however I don't know how to make sure that this permission is accepted.

Any help that you can provide me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Caswivel (talk) 23:17, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
 * A month ago, User:SarahStierch added a template which tells that the permission is insufficient. Users get one month to fix insufficient permissions, and that month is now over. You would have to contact the copyright holder and get the copyright holder to send in sufficient permission for the image. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:23, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

Is their anywhere that I can find what that format needs to be for sufficient permission, a template of sorts of what exactly the email needs to say that you can direct me to? Thank you.

23:36, 27 December 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Caswivel (talk • contribs)
 * See for example WP:CONSENT or Commons:COM:ET. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:48, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

Thank you!! Caswivel (talk) 00:57, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Consider applying for OTRS volunteer?
Hi,

I notice that you have nominated quite a few files tagged with OTRS-received for deletion. Have your considered applying for OTRS access yourself? Working with someone with OTRS access/having the permission yourself could be very useful to resolve the problem presented by insufficient OTRS information, rather than go through the entire tagging-and-untagging, which can be hectic.

Regards, TheOriginalSoni (talk) 08:30, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion ?
Hello. Can you please explain the speedy deletion request notice that you posted on my talk page ? That file was uploaded by me to the Commons and I can't see what's wrong with it --&#91;Tycho&#93; (talk) 18:23, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
 * You created a local Wikipedia page for a Commons file. The local page was deleted. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:53, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Kim fam
Hey Stefan—the page at Kim dynasty (North Korea) was a userspace draft and doesn't use any other page's history. If that's still a "copy-paste" move, how should I proceed? czar ♔  01:50, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Hm, I missed that. Also, the only thing in Kim family which potentially could be above the threshold of originality is the template. I don't think that there is any advantage for copyright reasons to do things differently here, and as the current page seems to have been independently created from the original, moving in some other way might be a bad idea and might just risk causing confusion. I'll revert to your revision. --Stefan2 (talk) 02:17, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. Have a happy New Year! czar  ♔  02:19, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Stefan2
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Spread the New Year cheer by adding to their talk page with a Happy New Year message.

File:IntercoolerGigAdvert.JPG
Hi - It's been a number of years since I last logged onto Wikipedia, and I have found that the image File:IntercoolerGigAdvert.JPG has been wrongly deleted. I am the person who took the photograph of the window of the Republic Bar here in Hobart, Tasmania. I was clear that copyright was gifted to Wikipedia. Please see that the file is undeleted thanks. Sa cooke (talk) 12:41, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Based on the discussion, the file doesn't satisfy Commons:COM:FOP. The file name suggests that it is a photograph of an advertisement. Advertisements are usually in two dimensions and are usually not permanently installed. You therefore need to make sure that the person who created the advertisement follows the procedure outlined at WP:CONSENT. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:53, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

File Emma_Eliza_Regan.jpg
Hi Stefan, Emma Eliza Regan had these photos undertaken herself as promotional shots and specifically sent me this photo and asked me to include it. Do you need me to get clarification from Emma for you? Regards, Simon — Preceding unsigned comment added by Simonjohnpalmer (talk • contribs) 18:03, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * It says that the permission statement which was sent to OTRS was insufficient. You would have to sort this out with OTRS. Try WP:OTRS/N. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:42, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi Simon,
 * Could you please ask Emma to reply to the mail we sent on 23 May 2013 or send us another mail containing the permission with text similar to []?
 * Thanks,
 * TheOriginalSoni (talk) 20:59, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Hi Stefan, yes of course. Thanks again, Simon. --Simonjohnpalmer (talk) 20:17, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Notification
Your actions are under review at Media copyright questions. Aboutmovies (talk) 20:46, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

HP Prime Graphics Calculator
I changed the image to a wikipedia suitable flickr image. You can get rid of the other image if you want. See HP Prime Springyboy (talk) 21:18, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
 * OK. When rotating a file, please add instead of uploading a thumbnail image. That way, a bot will take care of the rotation. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:59, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

The Reason of "File: Newsweek 22 September 1980.jpg listed for deletion"
Dear Stefan2, thanks indeed that you notified about the issue in my message box.

First of all, let me tell you the background of this particular Newsweek cover and why it is placed on the main 12 September 1980 coup wiki page.

The original uploader, named in Turkish as (https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kullanıcı:Docbaba), is in the Turkish wiki of the coup page. She/he uploaded the image, scanning directly the front cover of the 22 September 1980 Newsweek issue, on the Turkish wiki page on 3 September 2008.

While I was revising both Turkish and English pages and updating the dead-links, in the English one, there was only a Turkish cover of a nationwide newspaper called "Hürriyet". And the English translation [of this cover] was already written as " ...headline read 'The army has seized control' ".

While there already exists an international weekly-magazine cover [of the coup] in the Turkish wiki page, I thought that it could be a good and more neutral idea to re-upload this Newsweek cover in the English wiki and put them in the main page one under the other. I placed the Newsweek cover up; because it was an international news circulation and placed the Hurriyet cover down; because it was nationwide. There is not any other particular reason [on placement].

In the deletion list-page, you have written: "Fails WP:NFCC#8: the cover isn't critically discussed in the article. Fails WP:NFCC#10c: despite the claim in the FUR, the article as a whole isn't dedicated specifically to a discussion of this cover."

I cannot know what you thought when you were writing the reason above; I can only estimate what you thought, which, of course, I may be wrong about.

You may have thought that the Newsweek cover represents a one-sided point of view as it is written "Turkey's Night of the Generals"; when the Turkish "Hurriyet" newspaper is translated as " ...headline read 'The army has seized control' ". I think, Hurriyet's translation seems more neutral than the Newsweek cover. But please pay attention: Even though there seems one is less-neutral, there are two different publications from different points of view and different editorial boards [of the publishing companies]. More covers, more "editorial boards" and etc. mean more neutral.

Moreover, if there are another covers from vast variety of publishing institutions [early 1980s], from the covers of memoir-books of investigative journalists, from TV snapshots, etc. those must be uploaded in the main English wiki page.

Keep: It is clear from all my statements above; it is better to keep the Newsweek cover in the page. --Toksoz (talk) 16:12, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Unrelated matter
Please see my comments on the talk page of File:Contoocook Railroad Bridge and Depot Historic Marker.jpg thanks. Djsteve321 (talk) 01:42, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Re: File:IFR-FFR Hybrid Approach.jpg
Thanks for the message concerning copyright over this image.

This image is from a scientific journal which has freely accessible journal articles (requiring only registration to their site). http://www.pcronline.com/eurointervention/57th_issue/179/

The formal citation of the image is:

Petraco R, Park JJ, Sen S, Nijjer SS, Malik IS, Echavarría-Pinto M, Asrress KN, Nam CW, Macías E, Foale RA, Sethi A, Mikhail GW, Kaprielian R, Baker CS, Lefroy D, Bellamy M, Al-Bustami M, Khan MA, Gonzalo N, Hughes AD, Francis DP, Mayet J, Di Mario C, Redwood S, Escaned J, Koo BK, Davies JE. Hybrid iFR-FFR decision-making strategy: implications for enhancing universal adoption of physiology-guided coronary revascularisation. EuroIntervention. 2013 Feb 22;8(10):1157-65. doi: 10.4244/EIJV8I10A179. .

You will note that I am a co-author of this publication and have permission of the first author and the senior author to upload this image to wikipedia. I will ask my colleague, Dr Ricardo Petraco to confirm this in an email if required. As a co-author and as the image is freely available on the journal website, and has been presented publically at international Cardiology conferences (including EuroPCR and TCT), I feel use of this image falls within fair use.

Please let me know if this is sufficient information. Many thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sukhjinder.nijjer (talk • contribs) 23:56, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I can't find any evidence from that website that the image is free for any reason (at least not without an account). If you made the image, then see WP:IOWN for instructions on what to do with previously published material. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:58, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Hi Stefan, I have email confirmation from the first author, Dr Ricardo Petraco, and from the Editor of the Eurointervention Journal, providing permission for the use of the figures. I will attempt to follow the Wiki procedures regarding this. Please let me know if steps are incomplete or further action is required. Best wishes.Sukhjinder.nijjer (talk) 01:13, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Then send the permission to permissions-en@wikimedia.org, and after that tag the files with OTRS pending. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:39, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Images of Papua New Guinea

 * Can I assume that the three images, described on my Talk Page, are now accepted for use on WP, now that you have removed the templates from the image records? It is pretty confusing. --Greenmaven (talk) 02:18, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
 * This depends on what it says in the e-mails that you claim to have sent. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:53, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
 * What I am asking is - how do I know when the process is completed? When can I be sure that the images are not going to be deleted? --Greenmaven (talk) 20:03, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
 * You will have to wait until someone has read the e-mails. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:13, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

File: ECRC_Building.jpg
Hi Stephan, I hope all the required permissions for File:ECRC Building.jpg have been submitted via e-mail this morning. I hope this resolves the issue you highlighted but please let me know if there are still any problems.--BenVrackie (talk) 11:55, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Then we will have to wait until someone reads that e-mail. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:29, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Confused
With regard to the photos in the story  "Norm Drucker", the photos are private photos, without a copyright that were taken privately by a photographer and given as a gift to my father, Norm Drucker, one of the subjects in each photo. The person who took the photos is now deceased and the use of the photos at Wikipedia represent the first use of the photos. What exactly should I be doing? Can you specifically tell me where to click so that the photos are not removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NBAscholar (talk • contribs) 03:20, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The photographer's heir should follow the instructions at WP:CONSENT. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:54, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Non-free content in draft or AfC articles?
Several images in Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Ramsey Interferometer were tagged for speedy deletion for several reasons, some of which I agree with. What I am confused about is the fact that these images are categorized as not being used in any articles, even though they are used in an article undergoing WP:AFC review. Is there a legal reason why common sense cannot be applied here, considering such images are essentially being used in an article pending the review outcome (especially considering the exception given in WP:F5)? Thanks. Azaghal of Belegost (talk) 16:47, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
 * There is no exception given in WP:NFCC or WP:NFCC. See for example Wikipedia talk:Non-free content/Archive 58. Non-free images used to be removed automatically by User:DASHBot from all pages outside the main namespace (including drafts), but DASHBot stopped doing this for some reason. More recently, User:Werieth has frequently been doing the same thing. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:57, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the clarification and direction to the relevant conversations. Azaghal of Belegost (talk) 20:30, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Your edit to PUF January 18
Specifically, this edit. You removed two headings and your commentary from two entries. I see what you were doing but doesn't this mess up the formatting at that page and at the "master" PUF page? I think there are mechanisms that expect an H4 for each reported file.

Aside: I feel as if JJS is being piled-on...that is, if I were in JJS's position I would feel piled-on... but I don't see an alternative. Jeh (talk) 22:03, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Actually, any number of files can be listed under the same H4 header, and in some cases it is useful to discuss files in bulk. {{subst:Puf2a}} can help you with this, but unfortunately the "delete" link in the template suggests the wrong deletion reason by including the wrong section link.
 * If a user has uploaded multiple copyvios, the best way is usually to report all of them as soon as they are discovered. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:13, 18 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Ok, thanks for the reply. Jeh (talk) 23:33, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

RE: File:Primate Mindstate.jpg
At the time of upload of this file, the page Primate Mindstate was not created and therefore was automatically redirected to Apathy (rapper). I only realized this when I finished the upload of the file, (which it therefore automatically changed Primate Mindstate to Apathy (rapper). However, it does meet the requirements to be on Primate Mindstate. So I do apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you for your time TwinTurbo (talk) 15:12, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

SUNY Oneonta Athletics Dragon
In response to this message last night, Thank you for uploading File:SUNY Oneonta Athletics Dragon.png. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this file on Wikipedia may not meet the criteria required by Wikipedia:Non-free content. This can be corrected by going to the file description page and adding or clarifying the reason why the file qualifies under this policy. \ I have updated our image non-free use description. This is the official logo of the SUNY Oneonta Athletics team. We own the rights to use and present this image as our mascot for the campus.

Please remove this notification or add the needed information to resolve this. We own the copyright at the State University College at Oneonta and use this image for our campus Mascot in our Athletics Department.

Thanks - — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bugyijp (talk • contribs) 13:11, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Previously, it said that the article as a whole was specifically dedicated to a discussion of the logo, which is not true. Now it says that the logo is used in the main infobox at the top of the article, which is also not true as it is used in a different infobox elsewhere on the page. The file therefore still doesn't have any valid fair use rationale. It is also dubious whether the image satisfies WP:NFCC in the first place. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:35, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Uploaded Images
I am surprised and shocked to see many listed "nominations" for delete candidates of posters/covers, I have uploaded. May I know what exactly went wrong there? I uploaded those with proper licence policy. It is disappoinng to see my hardworks are "going" to get deleted. Let me know the options to keep those without getting deleted..please help me Stefan2. Thank you Rajeshbieee (talk) 16:22, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
 * As explained at MOS:FILM, film soundtrack covers fail WP:NFCC and may not be uploaded. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:24, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Chemical ...
Dear Stefan2, Thank you for picking this up. I was aware I had duplicated the image but was unable to locate the named one afterwards. Griffin56a (talk) 17:02, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:27, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Micheal Seatter's Cap.jpg
The image of Micheal Seatter's Cap was emailed to me by his son, how would I go about proving this. Best Regards. DynamoDegsy (talk) 18:04, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Ask the photographer to follow the instructions at WP:CONSENT. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:23, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Image copyrights question
Per User:We hope's recommendation, could you take a look at User_talk:Connormah? Thanks. – Connormah (talk) 18:51, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Stefan2 (talk) 12:55, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

File:Jose F. Caro.jpg PERMISSION
Stefan 2: Evidence of Permision (email) to use file File:Jose_F._Caro.jpg was just forwarded to permissions-en@wikimedia.org as indicated. Thank you

Neuralia (talk) 20:19, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
 * It seems that this has been sorted out by OTRS. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:55, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

asian wiki permission
The "asian wiki" picture you tagged for deletion explicitly says "Photo taken by AsianWiki October 5, 2013 during the 2013 Busan International Film Festival.". Do you have any reason to doubt the authenticity of that statement? Gaijin42 (talk) 16:35, 30 January 2014 (UTC)


 * In particular, google reverse image search finds no copies of this photo anywhere except asian wiki and wikipedia, which one would expect if it was just copied from some other source

Gaijin42 (talk) 16:37, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Asianwiki states CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0, which does not allow commercial use or derivative works. On the other hand, User:Sayerslle wrote that the image is in the public domain. CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 is not a free licence and there is no evidence that the image is in the public domain. You might be able to ask the original uploader for permission here, but an account is needed for editing the wiki and Special:UserLogin/signup can only be accessed by sysops. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:49, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * hello - I had assumed Wikipedia editor, author: Ramen Lover was at the event and took the photo him/herself and put it in the public domain. I don't understand all the arcana of copyright -  CC means creative commons to me and I assume it means it is o.k. to use -I hope I have not contravened any rules. the article is so much better with an image don't you think. if it is deleted on feb 6 the article loses out imo - if you understand the arcana of the rules why don't you try and get the  permission needed rather than just delete photos - if a Wikipedia editor ramen lover took the photo and its used on the Asian wiki I don't understand why it cant be used on the  English wp. you do understand why so why not try and overcome the  problem? Sayerslle (talk) 15:21, 2 February 2014 (UTC) Sayerslle (talk) 17:57, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)

'You are free to: Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format' - so that sounds like it can be used o.k. - Wikipedia isn't commercial use is it? Sayerslle (talk) 01:05, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
 * CC-BY-NC-ND doesn't allow you to use the material commercially. It is also not allowed to modify the image. Wikipedia only accepts licences which allow you to use the material commercially and modify the material, see db-f3. Furthermore, Wikipedia occasionally contains advertisements asking for donations, which may mean that Wikipedia is commercial. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:09, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
 * could you not ask ramen lover, who added the image to the Asian wiki ayaka komatsu page, if wikipedia can use it? isn't the point to try and save images that add to a page rather than search for reasons to impoverish the page? may mean that wikipedia is commercial' - seems to me you are stretching things to delete it.Sayerslle (talk) 14:47, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
 * As I told above, you need an account to edit Asianwiki, and Special:UserLogin/signup can only be accessed by sysops. Thus, I can't contact the user in any way. In either case, it is the uploader's responsibility to make sure that sufficient permission is available. If you can somehow contact the user, then try to get the user to follow the instructions at WP:CONSENT. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:58, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
 * and the may mean ? is it commercial or isn't it?  and you say it is not allowed to 'modify' the image . well it isn't 'modified' is it? anyway, go ahead and delete it then, brilliant, i'm sure the world would have fell in if you'd left it alone. Sayerslle (talk) 16:32, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
 * The important thing is that Wikipedia doesn't accept non-commercial or non-derivative licences. See WP:CSD. Your claim that the file is in the public domain is unsourced and the file is therefore up for deletion per WP:CSD. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:29, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
 * the creative commons says of the CC BY NC etc 'You are free to:

Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format' - it is not for commercial use, and it is not modified - you seem dead set on deleting the image rather than helping out - the jargon you understand, you wrote 'states CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0, which does not allow commercial use or derivative works.' but it is o.k within these parameters imo. if my reasoning was wrong about public domain or whatever, forget about that, I don't understand the jargon, or the right words to use -it seems to me you look for trouble to delete stuff. Sayerslle (talk) 22:19, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor File Permission
Hi Stefan2, I forwarded an email from the owner of the file "Class cmb experiment rendering.jpg.png" to permissions-en@wikimedia.org; however, it looks like it has been deleted. Could you reinstate it, or let me know if something further is needed? Thanks! --tom.essinger.hileman (talk)
 * If the permisison is sufficient, then the file will be deleted eventually. If not, then the file will remain deleted. Try asking at WP:OTRS/N if you have any questions. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:59, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Input request
There is a discussion taking place regarding the inclusion of File:Jimihendrix1969mug.jpg at Jimi Hendrix. GabeMc (talk&#124;contribs)  20:02, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Non-free content review
I've just closed the above discussion as having consensus that the image is below the TOO in the US and therefore is in the public domain. However, in my lack of experience and there not being discussion for a particular license, I was hoping you would help me out. My belief is the image would be suited with a PD-ineligible or the more specific PD-simple tag, but I wanted to run that by you first. Thanks, -- <font color="#336699">Тимофей <font color="#335599">Лее <font color="#333399">Суда . 18:00, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I would guess that this is below the threshold of originality in the United States. The coat of arms is probably not, but it is probably older than the rest anyway. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:05, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

NFCR
Please stop flooding NFCR with 10c cases. Just remove them or add a rationale. Werieth (talk) 16:43, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Amrita Sher-Gil
Hi Stefan. I see your deletion requests at Amrita Sher-Gil to take down her art images has now been carried out.

Your rationale for this was that although her work is PD in India and the EU, it isn't in the US because of GATT. That's quite true of course and it's great that public-minded individuals like you are policing the Commons to make sure it's GATT compliant. How lucky we all are!

Nevertheless it's a pity that her article isn't now illustrated, the more so when you consider how relatively poorly woman artists are covered on Wikipedia.

I wonder if you would care to complete your contribution by uploading Fair Use images for her article? Can you let me know please. Thank you. Jennie Matthews 97 (talk) 12:22, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

fyi
I think I have told you before that I am concerned that some of your interpretations of fair use are too aggressive. Please see. Geo Swan (talk) 20:39, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

World Radio Day
Thanks Stefan2. Ben Stanford is my office mate, we work in UNESCO. The copyright information can be found at the bottom of this page: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/international-days/world-radio-day-2014/social-media-banners-spread-the-word/#c1362301 Let me know if you need anything else

Thanks Stefan2. Ben Stanford is my office mate, we work in UNESCO. The copyright information can be found at the bottom of this page: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/international-days/world-radio-day-2014/social-media-banners-spread-the-word/#c1362301 Let me know if you need anything else
 * Sorry, I overlooked a miniscule "cc-by-sa" statement on that page. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:53, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:ABS-CBN Sports plus Action logo.jpeg
See File:ABS-CBN Sports plus Action logo.jpeg's talk page for the rationale behind the contest deletion of the said image.-- A R E N Z O Y 1 6 A • t a l k • 15:54, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

What Size is Allowable for International Settlement Photo ?
I see that you tagged my uploaded photo of Intentional Settlement as being too large. Please remember that permission was given by San Francisco Library to use the image, it is the smallest size that they offer, and the image is 75 years old and may not have a copyright owner. Is this really necessary to reduce the size of the image when we have this permission for an old photo? If so, what is the largest pixel height that we can use? I'd like to resize it myself and not have a bot make that decision.James Carroll (talk) 20:58, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
 * As you can see, the file has been reduced now. As it isn't known whether the image still is copyrighted, it has to be treated as unfree unless more information about the copyright status can be provided, and this demands a low resolution. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:42, 9 February 2014 (UTC)


 * What if a large public library like San Francisco's gives us a WRITTEN STATEMENT that there is NO copyright holder -- can we use a larger version? I know that they make an attempt to determine who the copyright holder is, because it appears on some of their historic photos like this one ( Notice the text, "RESTRICTIONS MAY APPLY ...HBlair." ).
 * http://sflib1.sfpl.org:82/record=b1014008~S0  And we can follow that link to this page of copyright determinations,
 * http://sflib1.sfpl.org:82/search~S0?/eRESTRICTIONS+MAY+APPLY./erestrictions+may+apply/-3,-1,0,B/browse
 * This is unlike the other photo [ http://sflib1.sfpl.org:82/record=b1014012~S0 ], which does not name a specific copyright holder, and is likely to be without a copyright holder by their determination.
 * Again, what if a large public library like San Francisco's gives us a WRITTEN STATEMENT that there is NO copyright holder ?? James Carroll (talk) 02:34, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
 * There would have to be concrete evidence that there is no copyright holder. This would require finding the original source, or original publication of this image and showing that there was no copyright notice with it. A letter from any institution, major or not, is useless unless that institution can back their information up with original source information.  With no known original publication, it is impossible to say with 100% certainty that the file is not copyrighted, unless the original image can be produced. -- <font color="#336699">Тимофей <font color="#335599">Лее <font color="#333399">Суда .  04:10, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Indeed, you will have to specify where this was originally published in case you wish to claim that the image isn't copyrighted. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:07, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Your seemingly unfounded disagreeability regarding two photos
Hello,

You seem to have taken issue with two photos: File:New York City rooftop apiary in Brooklyn Navy Yard, owned by Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farm.jpg and File:Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farm.jpg You claim that these two locations can be photographed from the buildings in the background, yet you have no citations to prove such a claim. You have not been to these locations in person as I have, but yet you make declarative statements concerning how they can be viewed from buildings in the background. You make declarative statements concerning the current state of photographic equipment yet provide no citations nor personal anecdotes or experience. You even have gone so far as to make a direct accusation of these photos being a "hoax", yet with but a moment of Google it is clear they are not. I would like nothing more than to provide free-use photos, but due to the unique locations of both these photos, none exist nor can be created using any reasonable means. The rooftop farm in one picture is the largest example, by a multiple of at least 4, of rooftop farming anywhere in the world, and represents a singular and ground breaking engineering achievement both for the company who owns it and the City of New York. If you feel this does not warrant a non-free use posting on Wikipedia, then by all means delete the photos. If you ever happen to visit New York City, I implore you to visit the location and see for yourself how absurd your claims are. This is not meant as insult, but it may take your own personal experience to realize that the word "absurd" is the only appropriate term for your claims. I would also suggest you consult a professional photographer, sit down with them and use Google Earth to view the location and surrounds, and get their professional assessment of your claims. Thank you. Andy Sherman (talk) 00:01, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Unambiguous violations of WP:NFCC. All you need to do is to take a different photograph of the buildings or different buildings with the same function. As you might have noticed, User:Future Perfect at Sunrise decided to speedily delete the files for violation of the non-free content criteria. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:35, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

That makes no sense in the context of what these photos were portraying. But you seem disinterested in the facts of the matter. If you find anything remotely similar to these locations, please do let me know. Thanks! Andy Sherman (talk) 22:49, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Tina Charles Heart 'n' Soul artwork
I have now connected the artwork image to the artical for the album. It looks as though my original image was replaced by a lower resolution image which somehow broke the link, but my original image still showed up in the article until I replaced it.Delangle9 (talk) 20:11, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Both images show the same cover, although the colours are a bit different. Since your image is now in use, I have removed the deletion template and tagged the other one as orphaned. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:24, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

I remember this one now. It was my first attempt at uploading album art. I got confused with my first attempt and abandoned it without seeing a method of deleting it. I then uploaded the second (better) image successfuly, so there is bound to be an orphaned image. I am now confident, after many successful uploads, that I am OK with the method.Delangle9 (talk) 10:53, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Question
Hey Stefan2, I had made File:Watm 2009.png transparent and removed the opaque template. Then you added back. May I ask why? I am confused, because when reading that template, it says it isn't transparent, which it is now because I made transparent. Hope you can help clarify it. Thanks. Corkythehornetfan (Talk) 21:12, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I added the wrong template by mistake. As the file is unfree and has multiple files in the history, it should be tagged with {{subst:orfurrev}} until the old revision has been deleted (usually happens about a week after the file is tagged). I have fixed this now. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:19, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * No worries! Have a good rest of your day! Corkythehornetfan (Talk) 21:23, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:The Story of Luke movie poster.jpg
Thanks for the heads up! The image has been replaced by the official movie release poster. It is safe to have it deleted. Asaifm (talk) 07:42, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Then let's just wait for a week until someone deletes it. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:08, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Rafael L. Bras photo
Thank you Stefan2 for your notice about the photo in Rafael L. Bras wiki page. I have communicated with the author and obtained a lower resolution and free licence version and received their permission to upload it in wiki. I have noticed that the photo is already replaced with a lower quality one. Shall I still replace it with the new free one. I apologize for inconvenience. I am a new kid in the blockMebtehaj (talk) 14:43, 10 February 2014 (UTC).
 * The person is still alive, so a non-free image can't be used. See WP:NFC §1. If you have an image which is licensed under a free licence, then it can be uploaded, but see also WP:CONSENT for instructions if you need to upload an image which was previously published outside Wikipedia or taken by someone other than yourself. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:05, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Edit warring
Please stop edit warring in Gallery of country coats of arms. You go against the consensus. Arms Jones (talk) 15:28, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Please explain exactly how it is against the consensus to uphold the consensus from Deletion review/Log/2013 July 31. Also, immediately stop editing against the consensus in Gallery of country coats of arms! --Stefan2 (talk) 15:31, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
 * The consensus is that the file can be used there as the article is written now. You are referring to an obsolete discussion, dealing with the design the article had when it was a plain gallery without discussing text, before the present form. Arms Jones (talk) 15:39, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
 * There is not consensus for the non-free files to be used. My closure still reflects consensus. -- <font color="#336699">Тимофей <font color="#335599">Лее <font color="#333399">Суда . 15:54, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
 * There was also a second discussion at Non-free content review/Archive 44, recently closed by Timofey Leye Suda (is this the correct transcription?) which also concluded that the image isn't suitable in this article. I am not sure what discussion you are talking about. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:57, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
 * That discussion concluded that the image wasn't suitable in the article when it was merely a gallery of images without any text discussing and comparing the images to eachother. This is not what the article is like now. See? So, if you are not sure what discussion I am talking about, it is because you haven't read it thoroughly enough. Arms Jones (talk) 16:22, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
 * What are you talking about? I have provided two discussions, Deletion review/Log/2013 July 31 and Non-free content review/Archive 44, which concluded that the image can't be used in the article Gallery of country coats of arms. You, on the other hand, are talking about some unspecified discussion which you claim concludes that the image may be used in the article. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:37, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
 * The latter concluded that non-free images can't be included in a plain image gallery according to IG and as long as there was no comparing text in the Gallery of country coats of arms, the use of some images in that gallery was not permitted. Now text has been provided to A, B, and C, and I planned to do the same for the rest of the article, but you still would consider the article to be a plain image gallery? Arms Jones (talk) 16:57, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Delete all other images
Since you are choosing to interpret the WP:NFCC to an extreme, try and delete all of the other television station legal identifications and logos (which do provide important commentary and, among other things, provides noteworthy distinction from other stations). There are literally hundreds of other stations on Wikipedia that have these IDs, so you may not get a consensus on this. Strafidlo (talk) 16:03, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
 * What are you talking about? --Stefan2 (talk) 16:11, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Pick any television station (i.e. WABC-TV) and see how many legal IDs and logos you come across in the article (that are lacking critical commentary) and try putting them up for deletion. Strafidlo (talk) 23:11, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Do You Have a Bot which Stalks my Photo Submissions?
I could not help but notice that in just 25 minutes after I submitted a historic photo for submission today, you had a tag placed on that image file which submitted it to some type of extensive review with a questionable issue resolution policy. Non-free content review And your issue of contention was trivial -- that I should be able to find a replacable public domain photo which is 150 years old and focuses on a particular wharf at the end of San Francisco's Pacific Street. There are not many photos from that era, let alone with that geographical focus. What is going on? Is Wikipedia trying to discourage photos in its articles, regardless of whether they are without copyright infringement? I certainly hope not. If Wikipedia is to survive it must keep up with the times and competing websites which now present a plethora of photographs while Wikipedia lags behind and has a severe deficiency of photographs within its articles. The many barricades of photo submission seem to grow the closer that we view Wikipedia's policy and the behavior of its staff. Trying to sell an Internet encyclopedia without photos is a little like trying to sell an automobile without windows.James Carroll (talk) 22:25, 11 February 2014 (UTC)


 * No, I do not have a bot. I was looking at recent uploads at Special:ListFiles, and your file was one of them which caught my eye. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:29, 11 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Oh, "caught my eye." Well, maybe I should be asking "Are YOU are stalking me?" Let's not play the game of semantics.
 * This is very disturbing that you are singling me out -- it is a veiled form of discrimination and a type of harassment. How do you defend your actions, especially when basing your decision on such a trivial complaint about 'replacability' -- when so few photos are 150 years old and focus on the end of Pacific Street in San Francisco? You don't really think a similar photo is out there in public domain that is reasonable to find. So what is it about my previous actions that had drawn your targeted focus? Is it your intention to stifle my future submissions of photos, and why? James Carroll (talk) 23:55, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Just in case you still thought the photo was a hoax, or was somehow viewable from the roof of the skyscrapers that are almost 2 miles away
They just posted this http://livingarchitecturemonitor.com/index.php/news/allnews/318-brooklyn-grange-releases-time-lapse-video-of-rooftop-farm Indeed, no way to create free-use pics, certainly not a "hoax", and an utterly unique location. As they do not want their pictures being used for commercial endeavors, especially by large agricultural companies with whom they do not share a philosophy, how would you suggest a picture of their location make it into Wikipedia? Or do you feel it is not unique enough to warrant any attention? Andy Sherman (talk) 01:43, 13 February 2014 (UTC) No suggestions at all? Andy Sherman (talk) 12:58, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

fyi
I finished this just before my buddy buzzed me to join him for breakfast at my local coffee shop. My interpretation of policy is that I would definitely owe you a heads-up -- if I had mentioned you by name. Usually I would have left the other party a heads-up, even if I had not mentioned them by name. I didn't before I joined my buddy, and it disturbed me, during breakfast. My apologies. Geo Swan (talk) 16:14, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: File:MukeshKashyap1.jpg
Hello Stefan2. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of File:MukeshKashyap1.jpg, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Please note the author of the photo. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 16:44, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

Question by User:EB Norris
Speedy deletion of File:OKHwy37 Pink.jpg, File:Mammatus clouds over Pink OK 2010.jpg, File:Absentee Shawnee house foundation Pink OK.jpg, File:Old Highway 37, Pink Oklahoma 2006.jpg. These are my personal images, taken with my personal camera. What do I need to do to be able to use them for illustrative purposes? 17:18, 13 February 2014 (UTC)EB Norris (talk) 17:15, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
 * The files were deleted as unambiguous copyright violations, which normally means that they appear somewhere else on the Internet. You need to contact OTRS to prove that you are the copyright holder. See WP:CONSENT. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:12, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

Adly Mansour and 2 other files from Egypt
, and  → Didn't you see this? Fitzcarmalan (talk) 16:14, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
 * That would mean the files should be deleted. Wikipedia doesnt accept non-commercial licensing. Werieth (talk) 16:20, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
 * CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0 is not an acceptable licence. You also claimed that the files were available under a different licence, but didn't provide any evidence of this, so the files were tagged as lacking evidence of permission. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:26, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

File:Coral reef near Marsa Alam.jpg
I just uploaded this one. Can you tell me if it's ok? I made a couple of edits after uploading and one was by changing the license from CC-BY to CC-BY-2.0. Thanks. Fitzcarmalan (talk) 11:52, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:King William Street 1890.jpg
Hi there, I included this photo after receiving permission from the owners by email. Would you like to see a copy? Gomez050 (talk) 17:31, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Permission has to be sent to OTRS and has to be sufficient. See WP:CONSENT for instructions. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:42, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

Hi there

I've sent a copy of the email to OTRS as instructed. Gomez050 (talk) 14:36, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

WP:RFC at WP:PUF
There is an RFC at Wikipedia talk:Possibly unfree files/Header that you might find relevant as you have participated in past discussions about the use of pufc. Thanks, -- <font color="#336699">Тимофей <font color="#335599">Лее <font color="#333399">Суда . 14:43, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

File deletions
Hey, I noticed you tagged a picture I uploaded (File:Sports Illustrated Appalachian State-Michigan.jpg) for speedy deletion because it is a copy of File:Large 0910 large.jpg, which I also uploaded. I don't believe you noticed that I had already requested File:Large 0910 large.jpg be because the file name is not descriptive and I cannot rename files. I have contested the speedy deletion as such.... however, because you are a file mover, could you perhaps just move the first file to a better, more descriptive name? I'll drop my contest of the speedy deletion if you can do that.  Toa   Nidhiki05  16:18, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Considering that it was up for deletion for that reason, I have simply moved the db-f1 tag and replaced the usage. Deleting the badly named one is simpler than moving it and deleting the other one. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:31, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

Muntazir764
Bothe images was being used in the artical Abdul khaliq (athlete). I can not understand yours resons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Muntazir764 (talk • contribs) 01:58, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Chris Christie State Assembly 1995 campaign flyer.png
Hi Stefan2. The image is orphaned because I can't add it to the Chris Christie article until an administrator or reviewer approves the Fair use of the image. If you could review it, I will then add the image to the article. Thanks! Cwobeel (talk) 16:15, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
 * The fair use of this image is disputed. The discussion is reflected in the Talk page for the File.CFredkin (talk) 17:09, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
 * WP:NFCC is unambiguous: if the image isn't used, then it can't be kept. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:16, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I understand, thank you. Who is responsible for assessing fair use? The template says "admin and reviewers", so how that gets done? Cwobeel (talk) 22:20, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
 * If there is a dispute about whether the file belongs in the article or not, the usual thing is to open a discussion at WP:FFD or WP:NFCR. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:25, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the tip! Cwobeel (talk) 22:38, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

File:Eva_Hesse_-_Repetition_Nineteen_III_.280.1_MP_reduction.29.jpg
Regarding your post to my my Talk page I am interested to see that you concede the image may only be used under a claim of fair use. That was precisely how I uploaded it, but you nevertheless marked it for deletion. I therefore uploaded a new (and better) version and linked that instead, and that is why the original version is orpaned. However in the event you you marked its replacement for deletion as well.

I have retired from editing for the time being because of your harassment which has been continuous (either from you or from your cronies) since I began my account. I will await the outcome of your. Depending on the outcome I will either retire completely or resume only on condition of an assurance from you that you will stop stalking and harassing me.

Any further posts from you to my Talk page will be deleted without comment. Coat of Many Colours (talk) 01:20, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
 * File:Eva Hesse - Repetition Nineteen III (0.1 MP reduction).jpg is claimed to be used under a fair use claim, but is not used in any article. All images used under a fair use claim have to be used in an article, or else they should be deleted per WP:CSD. See WP:NFCC. The article uses a different photograph of the artwork.
 * File:Eva Hesse - Repetition Nineteen III (0.1MP cc-by-nc-sa-2.0).jpg is the image used in the article. It lacks a free licence from the photographer and should therefore be replaced by an image which has a free licence from the photographer. I also note that Eva Hesse lived in the United States for a large part of her life. Many artworks from the United States from that age are in the public domain because they were "published" (exhibited) without a copyright notice or, if exhibited before 1964, without a copyright renewal 28 years after the exhibition. See PD-US-no notice and PD-US-not renewed. It is therefore likely that some or all of the artworks by Eva Hesse are in the public domain, although it is unclear which ones. This one might be in the public domain. If there are artworks which are in the public domain, then per WP:NFCC, the article should normally only contain pictures of the artworks which are in the public domain. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:05, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

Photo_of_Albertan_MLA_Sheldon_Chumir_on_a_chair.gif t
This is the meta data that indicates that my photo is useable so please stop deleting it.

Media data and Non-free use rationale Description	MLA Sheldon Chumir of Calgary Buffalo riding 1986-1992 Author or copyright owner	Sheldon Chumir Ethic Foundation Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: Sheldon Churmir Foundation for Ethics, published online on foundation's website, unknown publication date. Immediate source: http://www.chumirethicsfoundation.ca/files/graphics/SheldonSC1.gif Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Sheldon Chumir Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of his/her biographical article Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Not many photographs exist of MLA Sheldon Chumir, despite his massive work over 10 year career. Probably because Calgary was a smaller city in the 80's. There is however a huge archive with the Glenbow museum archives that may yet to be researched. However, I managed to only find about 4 photos of Mr Churmir, which was released by his human rights foundation. Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	It will remain on the wikipedia article for Albertan MLA Sheldon Chumir. Unless another editor found credentials to 'free release' the photo. Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The file comes directly from the Sheldon Churmir website for ethics and leadership. It is a human rights and social service advocacy think tank. The head of communications has writen to me giving me premission to post. Other information	The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: January 26, 1992 Copyrighted	In addition to the fair-use assertion shown on this page, the copyright holder has granted permission for this image to be used in Wikipedia. This permission does not extend to third parties. This tag must be used in conjunction with another fair-use image tag. To the uploader: Please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as well as the source of the work and copyright information. Warning

I asked premission from the Sheldon Churmir foundation to use this photo FOR Wikipedia only. I will provide the contents of email I am 'Casey' in this Gmail conversation: Dear Trustees of the Chumir Foundation, Enclosed is a photo that I would please like to use on Wikipedia. Thank you for your time, REsponse from Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics and Leadership: Hi Casey, you have our permission to use the photo you sent us of Sheldon Chumir.

(Redacted) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Samsamcat (talk • contribs) 2014-02-20T17:23:07‎
 * The file is unfree. As explained in WP:NFCC, unfree files may not be used on user pages. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:53, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

I don't really care, do what you got to do.

Coats of arms for deletion
Could you please explain why you've marked these for deletion? Category:Replaceable non-free use to be decided after 15 January 2014. Are the coats of arms significantly old enough that if someone drew their own version, they wouldn't violate the copyright on the original design? Such an explanation is necessary. Magog the Ogre (t • c) 03:52, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
 * According to Commons:COM:COA, the blazon of a coat of arms is typically ineligible for copyright. For this reason, numerous files were deleted at Files for deletion/2013 July 17 (search for the ones with "stemma" in the name) and other places. Is there something wrong with this argument?
 * It seems that the textual description of the coat of arms of Leicester was last modified in 1926. It doesn't say when the drawings in that category were made, though. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:00, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

Braniff Airways and George Gordon Photos Marked for Deletion
Hello Both of these photos are Braniff Airways, Inc., and Braniff International Corporation photos and are owned by me and part of my Collection. All materials, photos, logos, and likenesses of Braniff Airways, Inc., are now part of the public domain as a result of a court ordered agreement in 2012. George Gordon was Braniff's advertising executive from 1972 until 1981 and this is a Braniff File Photo portrait of Mr. Gordon. These photos, although owned by me, are part of the public domain and are free and clear for any type of use, even for reproduction and sale.

BI BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL By: 200 Kelsey Associates, LLC	tweet it	Tweet Logo	Share on Facebook Transportation of passengers and/or goods by air Perfect for these industries Words that describe this logo

Transportation & Storage Services

transportation  passengers   andor   goods   air This is a brand page for the BI BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL trademark by 200 Kelsey Associates, LLC in New Rochelle, NY, 10801. Write a review about a product or service associated with this BI BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL trademark. Or, contact the owner 200 Kelsey Associates, LLC of the BI BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL trademark by filing a request to communicate with the Legal Correspondent for licensing, use, and/or questions related to the BI BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL trademark. On Monday, May 17, 2010, a U.S. federal trademark registration was filed for BI BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL by 200 Kelsey Associates, LLC, New Rochelle, NY 10801. The USPTO has given the BI BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL trademark serial number of 85040280. The current federal status of this trademark filing is ABANDONED - AFTER INTER-PARTES DECISION. The correspondent listed for BI BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL is EDMUND J FERDINAND III of GRIMES & BATTERSBY LLP, 488 MAIN AVE, NORWALK, CT 06851-1008. The BI BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL trademark is filed in the category of Transportation & Storage Services. The description provided to the USPTO for BI BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL is Transportation of passengers and/or goods by air. Word Mark: 	BI BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL Status/ Status Date: ABANDONED - AFTER INTER-PARTES DECISION 3/1/2011 Serial Number: 	85040280 Filing Date: 	5/17/2010 Registration Number: 	NOT AVAILABLE Registration Date: 	NOT AVAILABLE Goods and Services: 	Transportation of passengers and/or goods by air Mark Description: 	The mark consists of fuchsia, light pink, yellow, green, teal, dark blue, purple, red, dark pink and white is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of 3 horizontal lines at the top of the mark, the top and bottom horizontal lines are fuchsia and the horizontal line in the middle is light pink. The letters "BI" in white are superimposed over 9 touching quadrilaterals, which from left to right are yellow, green, teal, dark blue, purple, fuchsia, red, dark pink and yellow. The end Type Of Mark: 	Service Mark Published For Opposition Date: 	10/19/2010 Last Applicant/Owner: 	200 Kelsey Associates, LLC New Rochelle, NY 10801 Why is this contact information displayed? Mark Drawing Code: 	Drawing/Design + Words Design Search: See Similar Logos >> Three or more quadrilaterals (Geometric figures and solids - Quadrilaterals) see more design... Quadrilaterals touching or intersecting (Geometric figures and solids - Quadrilaterals) see more design... Quadrilaterals that are completely or partially shaded (Geometric figures and solids - Quadrilaterals) see more design... Straight line(s), band(s) or bar(s) (Geometric figures and solids - Lines, bands, bars, chevrons and angles) see more design... Horizontal line(s), band(s) or bar(s) (Geometric figures and solids - Lines, bands, bars, chevrons and angles) see more design... Register Type: 	Principal Disclaimer: 	("INTERNATIONAL") Correspondent: EDMUND J FERDINAND III GRIMES & BATTERSBY LLP 488 MAIN AVE NORWALK, CT 06851-1008

Thanks so much Mmb777e (talk) 01:43, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Which files are you talking about? Also, where can I find evidence that they aren't protected by copyright? The text you quoted only seem to be about trademark rights but not about copyright. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:35, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Hello
What is the problem in File:ArianaGrandeDecember2013.jpg? And how i can help?. Connie (A.K) (talk) 04:19, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Hello Stefan, I remove the message in File:ArianaGrandeDecember2013.jpg, according to the message, i intented to fix it, but, i need knows what was the problem to I can correct. Explain me CSD G2 & CSD F2 to i can correct it. Thanks, regards and sorry for my english. Connie (A.K) (talk) 04:38, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * You have created a local file information page for a file on Commons. You should not do that; all information should be on Commons instead. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:36, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Ok, you says that have created a local file information page for a file on commons, so.. how do I do that?. Regards. Connie (A.K) (talk) 16:44, 23 February 2014 (UTC) PD: The Grande's article needs actual images, if this can fix, I hope that it can.
 * The user whos uplaed the images was user:CanadianDude1, is new to wikipedia. Connie (A.K) (talk) 16:54, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Question
Hello. I have a question about the File:997thepoint.png edit you made. I tagged it so that previous versions would be deleted. Why did you revert that? It isn't any different then deleting previous files for TV stations. I guess I'm confused. Hope you can help. Thanks, Corkythehornetfan(talk) 05:58, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Previous versions should only be deleted if they are unfree. Per WP:NFCC, all unfree files have to be in use, and old versions of unfree files are unused, and so old versions of unfree files are deleted. This file is listed as being too simple to attract copyright protection and is therefore not unfree. If you are questioning the PD-textlogo tag, then you should list the file at WP:PUF. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:40, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks. Corkythehornetfan(talk) 18:41, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Could you please be more careful...
You a speedy deletion tag to File:The TTC's Birchmount Loop in 1953.jpg -- apparently without noticing it already had had a db-f5 applied. Secondarywaltz advised me they had found two free alternatives to this image, and I replaced the non-free image right away, and then the appropriate deletion tag.

My first encounter with an overly hasty quality control volunteer was way back in 2005. Up until that time contributors had been allowed to upload images released under a license that disallowed commercial use. This change in policy was an unpleasant surprise for me. I hadn't uploaded many images then, but a considerable fraction of those were images of RCN or CCG vessels under license that disallowed commercial use.

I gritted my teeth, and spent most of the next weekend hunting for free alternate images. I looked for images taken by USN or USCG personnel, on joint missions. Those twenty images took about an hour each to find -- ie a lot of work. So I was very surprised to see a quality control volunteer had tagged some of the completely valid images I had just found for deletion.

I asked that quality control volunteer why they tagged those images for deletion, and why they hadn't left the uploaders the usual courtesy heads-up. They had noticed Canadians uploading a lot of images to replace those that were about to be deleted as their license was no longer accepted. They thought they detected those uploaders were employing sockpuppetry and flickrwashing to upload copyright violating images under bogus licenses that only appeared valid.

He'd got into a rythym, and had conflated the valid images I had uploaded with those of the sockpuppeting, flickrwashing copyright violator. He'd put copyvio tags in place of the valid licenses of some images User:CambridgeBayWeather had uploaded as well, on the grounds that they were of too high a quality to have been made by a volunteer. He was not apologetic.

As to why he wasn't telling uploaders that he had replaced their valid licenses with copyvio speedy deletion tags, he explained, "I could leave other contributors the recommended courtesy heads-ups, but doing so would 'erode my efficiency'".

I decided, at that moment, that while it was important for all contributors to do their best to comply with all policies, the quality control volunteers who decided to enforce our policies had a particular responsibility to strictly observe both the letter and the spirit of all our policies, while doing so.

Every so often I come across a quality control volunteer who, like that first guy, makes me wonder whether they were putting too high a value on the efficiency of their quality control efforts, and they were skipping necessary steps.

I realize that automated tools allow you to apply tags quickly, but can you understand that instances of this kind of apparent haste can give the impression that you sometimes skip actually looking at the images in question, or actually giving their fair use rationales reasonable consideration?

So, please, could you be more careful, and slow down?

Thanks Geo Swan (talk) 06:01, 23 February 2014 (UTC)


 * File:The TTC's Birchmount Loop in 1953.jpg appeared in a category of incorrectly tagged F5 candidates, because the person tagging the file forgot to fill in the template's mandatory "date" parameter. The fastest way to fix this (so that the file would end up in a category of files which actually will be deleted rather than files awaiting syntax correction) was to simply tag it with a template with correct syntax on top of the one with wrong syntax. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:33, 23 February 2014 (UTC)


 * I think implied, in your reply, is an assertion that you don't think my advice that you slow down holds any value?


 * I can't help noticing that you didn't weigh in at WP:Village pump (policy)/Archive 112.


 * Another contributor asked you if you really thought File:Chongqing yangjiaping 2007.jpg was a useful replacement for File:The John Irwin House, supported on temporary piles, 2014-01-26.png.


 * In your reply to my defense of the image you asserted doubt that the John Irwin House had not been demolished yet -- please appreciate that since both article and the fair use rationale make clear that the heritage structure will be incorporated into the new high-rise. No one said it was going to be demolished.


 * Please appreciate, that added up, these factors are all apt to trigger doubt as to how much attention you really paid to the image and its fair use rationale.


 * Other contributors at File:The John Irwin House, supported on temporary piles, 2014-01-26.png asserted that if theoretically possible free replacement pictures required trespassing, then quality control volunteers, like you, can't reasonably assert that the unfree image was "replaceable".


 * As to whether the template's date field was mandatory -- I checked the doc page, which confirms that. But, excuse me, a mandatory field that is always supposed to be  ?  That sounds like a bug to me.  I don't remember seeing any error messages.  So I don't think I should feel embarrassed for being unaware of this mandatory field.


 * Surely, pruning this category of files with missing fields is bot-work? Isn't there a bot that automatically nominates non-free files that have been unused for more than a week?  Are you unsatisfied with the work of this bot?  Geo Swan (talk) 18:32, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * There is no bot which searches through Category:Orphaned non-free use Wikipedia files as of unknown date 2014 for files with wrong template syntax. That category needs to be checked manually once in a while. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:38, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

"Sourced critical discussion"
You often say you require "sourced critical discussion", but you do not explain what that phrase means, even when prompted. Can you please explain it here? Where should the discussion be? Who should take part in it? Maproom (talk) 08:38, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Sourced critical commentary is just what it sounds like, there needs to be reliable third party discussion about not only the existence of an image, but also the contents of the image. One example I can think of is of a fairly major actress being on the front of the playboy magazine. The image caused some PR issues, but nothing in the actual image was discussed. The primary issue was the fact that she was portrayed in that manor, not that their was anything noteworthy about the specific image. On the other hand take Virgin Killer is an example where the graphics of the image have caused quite a bit of discussion, and debate due to the graphic nature and age of the subject. Werieth (talk) 14:39, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, sourced critical commentary is sometimes needed for an image to pass WP:NFCC. In a small number of cases, this is needed to pass WP:NFCC. Virgin Killer looks like a very good example of an article with critical commentary about an image, since there is an entire section about the cover art. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:55, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Not only is there a subsection, but an entire spinoff article about the controversy that it caused. (see Internet Watch Foundation and Wikipedia) Werieth (talk) 23:27, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
 * So the "sourced critical discussion" must be a discussion about the image and its content in an independent published source; and without it, the image must be deleted? On this criterion, most of the images in Wikipedia should be deleted. It makes no sense to me.
 * I had uploaded an image of a fraction of a plate by András Bereznay, a cartographer, to illustrate his style, in the article about him. The plate is one of many in his published work Erdély történetének atlasza, published by Méry Ratio in 2011. The image was deleted after Stefan insisted that "sourced critical discussion" was required, and failed to respond when I asked what he meant. On the page of the atlas facing the plate from which the image in question was extracted, there is discussion of the content of the plate. Does that constitute "sourced critical discussion"? It seems to me that it probably does; it also seems unlikely that it is relevant.
 * I had decided to let the matter drop, I have better uses for my time than struggling with the opaque bureaucracy of Wikipedia. But today I received an email from András Bereznay himself, saying "I just discovered that the map you put to the wikipedia site on me had been removed. Can you make sense of it why and what is to be done about it?" I am now wondering how to reply. Maproom (talk) 10:42, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
 * If you are in contact with the author, ask for a sample/example to be released under a free license. If the work is under a free license you avoid the issues of NFCC. Depending on the type of discussion in the book, that may be sufficient. However if its just explaining the contents of the image, and nothing about the artistic style of the artist, then it wouldn't be sufficient. There are several "easy" categories where there isnt a need for critical commentary (album covers, book covers, images of artworks on the article about the work, ect) where the image is being used as the primary visual method for identification. Except for these "easy" classes of images there needs to be justification for usage. If you can source discussion about the style of work for the artist, and have 1 example it may be justified, but that is a case by case basis using the available evidence. Werieth (talk) 16:29, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Photos permission
I want ask about the celebrities photo permission because you remove photos from Sarah Fasha  article and you told me about Manuel José de Jesus so I just want know if I make contact with them and ask them for permission dose it work or not ? thank you for your help--Ahmed Mohi El din (talk) 12:37, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * The picture in Sarah Fasha was deleted because it didn't say where the photograph comes from. The picture in Manuel José de Jesus is up for deletion because it is a photograph of a living person without permission from the photographer; see WP:NFC §1. If you can obtain permission from the photographers, then please follow the instructions at WP:CONSENT. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:58, 24 February 2014 (UTC)


 * But this just screenshot I made from  talk show  on T.v.  I try to get permission from  Manuel José de Jesus  does it work ? --Ahmed Mohi El din (talk) 23:24, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Schwenningen Wild Wings logo
Sorry just unsure of why it's to be removed? It's supposed to be used in other articles? ..It's the team's logo, what is to replace it after it's deleted? Triggerbit (talk) 23:49, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * The image is not used in any articles. The article contains a different image: File:Schwenninger Wild Wings.png. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:00, 24 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Oh i see. I wasn't aware another user has uploaded the exact same logo and replaced it.. Triggerbit (talk) 00:07, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Images like this should normally have a transparent background as this makes them look better when used in an article. The other user gave the file a transparent background, but for technical reasons, this required changing the file format from JPEG to PNG, which is why it was uploaded under a different file name. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:13, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Good to know. Cheers Triggerbit (talk) 00:18, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Teknicks logo
Hello Stefan2, when I uploaded the logo originally, I included an email I received from someone at the company that I had permission to use it. Was that not enough? If not, let me know what else I need to do and I'll take care of if. Thanks! alvb — Preceding undated comment added 00:32, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
 * The instructions that you are supposed to follow are given at WP:CONSENT. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:03, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I just emailed them the form and asked them to complete it and email it in. Thanks for the help! Andrea — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alvb (talk • contribs) 01:14, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Ron Najafi article
Hi Stefan2, This is my first article and I have asked user Reddogsix to help me fix the issues that he raised originally. Is there any issues that you are concerned about? It is taking me some time to learn how to fix these issues since I work on the article in my spare time. The help pages are not always helpful. I am learning a lot about Wikimedia and would like to be a contributor. Thanks. (michaelmohit (talk) 09:28, 24 February 2014 (UTC))
 * When you uploaded File:Ron Najafi-Photo.jpg back in October, you added a template saying that the photographer has sent an e-mail to OTRS following the instructions at WP:CONSENT. It is now February and it still says that we are awaiting that e-mail, so maybe there is some problem with that e-mail. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:22, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
 * This was sent by Ron on 2/5/2014.

Dear Wiki, I give permission to use the attached picture. In my Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Najafi Thanks! Ron Cell: 415-747-2087 (Michaelmohit (talk) 13:40, 11 March 2014 (UTC))

Halloween Photographs
I saw you left a message on my wall. We discussed the public domain status of the photographs on your wall right here, when I asked you if the way I wrote my emails was appropriate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Stefan2#My_Halloween_Photographs All those emails were sent back in October but since you didn't see them, please search permissions-en@wikimedia.org again. I just re-sent the four emails to the Permissions Committee. You can search for all the emails sent by me, maodhog@hushmail.com and you will find them there. It should also be known that I received an email from Aubrey Jett confirming the files in question, with the words "Your permission has been accepted. I have made the necessary modifications to the file page." It seems though, that the "necessary modifications" were not made. In the mean time, I removed your notices on my photographs so that you can take care of the situation. Maodhóg (talk) 20:42, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Carnegie Library Photo
Hi user:Stefan2, Thank you for your advice concerning the photo I posted of the Carnegie Library in Roswell. New Mexico. I am new to creating an article and I thought the photo passed the fair use criteria. I removed the photo from the Carnegie Library (Roswell, New Mexico) article. I will pursue permission to use the photo from the copywriter of the photo. --Maidmarian55 (talk) 04:52, 26 February 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maidmarian55 (talk • contribs) 04:48, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Talkback
I think I have run almost out of old OTRS not approved - just waiting for the odd one or two to finalise.  Ron h jones  (Talk) 21:53, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Greetings
I sent you guys the emails again. What do I do to make sure that my images aren't deleted? You gave me a long list of them but the two that I uploaded are "File:Haunted House Halloween (The Dark Destiny from SPAN Ministries) in Tallmadge, Ohio.png" and "File:Haunted House (The Dark Destiny from SPAN Ministries) in Tallmadge, Ohio.ogv.png". By the way, the second file has "ogv.png" at the end of it. It should just be ".png" so you can change that if you want to. PFAStudent (talk) 23:26, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

The Palomar Ballroom
Hi Stefan,

I received permission from the owner of the rights of the images (The Los Angeles Public Library). I forwarded the email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org

Is there something I am doing wrong? I sent it from mar2194@columbia.edu on November 26, 2013. Please get back to me on my talk page if you know what's I've done wrong. Mar2194 (talk) 01:38, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

URAA file
This photograph is is not in the Public Domain as stated by the license tag. Shouldn't it be uploaded as a non-free? Étienne Dolet (talk) 07:36, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
 * The image comes from the Library of Congress in the United States. Does this mean that it was taken by an American photographer and first published in the United States? If not, why does the Library of Congress have the photograph? --Stefan2 (talk) 14:41, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Unfree files
I have had endless correspondence about, which is my image, a photograph taken by myself on my camera, by me for me, with my authorisation for its use on Wikipedia or anywhere else anyone wants to use it. I know of no other way of stopping correspondence on the subject than removing the image and letting you re-post it. So please go ahead. Shipsview (talk) 11:11, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Are You the Same Person as Sfan00_IMG ?

 * I recently received complications on some photos from before 1923 which had received written permission for Wikipedia’s use from the San Francisco Public Library from User:Sfan00_IMG.
 * Are you also posting under the name User:Sfan00_IMG ? The names look very much alike.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by James Carroll (talk • contribs) 17:12, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
 * There is no evidence that the San Francisco Public Library is the copyright holder, so the permission isn't worth anything.
 * I am not sure why you are mixing me up with User:Sfan00 IMG. --Stefan2 (talk) 17:17, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Have You Read Masem's Latest Directions ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Masem#San_Francisco_Library_Photos_and_Confusing_Wiki_Copyright_Reviews

Concerning this photo, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dancehalls_of_Pacific_Street_Facing_West_San_Francisco_1909_SFLibraryCode_AAB-6692_CropA.jpg
 * Have you read admin User:Masem latest directions on his Talk Page (link is at top)? He said that after I add the Non-Free Use Rational templates, I should remove the complaining tag templates. James Carroll (talk) 22:54, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Quickimgdelete
<div style="background-color: #BBDDFF; border: #4169E1 1px solid; margin: 2em 0 1em; padding: 0.5em 1em; font-weight: bold; overflow: auto; vertical-align: middle; ">Hello, Stefan2. You have new messages at User talk:Howcheng/quickimgdelete.js#Possible PUF bug. You can [ remove this notice] at any time.

Milanko Petrovic photo
Then delete it! --Backij (talk) 20:15, 28 February 2014 (UTC)--Backij (talk) 20:15, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Images
Thank you. I'm going to upload four images with no free licenses only for using them in an article (Italian unification) and only for educational purposes, providing all is necessary for their use. Let me know if it could be a problem.--Walter J. Rotelmayer (talk) 14:48, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I finally used those four images in the article of Italian unification. Is it now possible to remove the deletion proposals? Thank you.--Walter J. Rotelmayer (talk) 15:05, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
 * They still violate WP:NFCC, WP:NFG and other criteria. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:35, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, but how can they avoid the deletion? thank you.--Walter J. Rotelmayer (talk) 15:45, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Question
First of all, I want to thank your support. You are someone I have always looked up to, and I will continue to look to you for guidance. Your knowledge and wisdom are beyond anything that I will ever attain. In my recent successful RfA, I promised to be opened to recall with specific terms similar to User:TParis/Recall. Before I make any edits that require the mop, I wanted to cement my own recall process, including a list of editors who can specifically call for the recall of my administrative rights. Due to my high level of respect for you and your opinion, I wanted to know if I could include you on said list. Thanks, --  TLSuda  (talk) 21:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Re:Disputed non-free use rationale for File:A Deadly Secret(連城訣).jpg
I did whatever I can to correct it. Thanks for notifying me.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 23:42, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

Possibly unfree files/2013 November 27
Not sure if I agree with Secret... Still the original small image was already on commons, so I've moved the big one there as well, updated the info to reflect the en-wiki data of the source (since that has not been disputed), and deleted the en-wiki one as "now commons" - so no issue any more with the en-wiki image.  Ron h jones  (Talk) 01:15, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Doesn't look correct, no. The photograph was clearly not taken by the uploader, so this is one of those cases where OTRS is required. I also note that the user's posts about the file look very messy, and the user sounds confused about how copyright rules work, so he could easily have misunderstood something about the ownership of the image. I guess that it should be nominated for deletion on Commons. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:36, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a good idea.   Ron h jones  (Talk) 23:39, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Deletion of Userpage Content
I refer to this edit that you made yesterday. While you were correct according to WP policy on this, I consider the way that you did this to be incredibly rude. Specifically, you did not ask that I remove the content beforehand (which I would have done), nor did you leave a message afterwards explaining the action. MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 12:51, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
 * When non-free files are used outside the article namespace, the usual thing is to simply remove the files from the page without notification, since it is an unambiguous violation of WP:NFCC. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:24, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
 * But when altering userpages you should also act according to WP:USERTALKBLOG, which says:
 * "The best option if there is a concern with a user's page is to draw their attention to the matter via their talk page and let them edit it themselves"
 * OR "[after action] leave a note explaining what you have done, why you have done so, and inviting the user to discuss if needed."
 * OR "special care should be taken as the user may be expecting leeway and take it personally"
 * AND "Users with a strong editing record and/or most of their contribution edits outside their user space should be given a little more leeway in this regard" etc.
 * Of which you did none. Please understand that deleting large amounts of content from a user's personal page is not going to go down well unless you leave a talk page note explaining this. You don't save any time by not doing so, because an irate user like myself will just force you to discuss it on your talk page instead. Cheers, MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 08:50, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
 * If you are going to cite WP:USER please cite the correct section User_pages  Non-free images found on a user page (including user talk pages) will be removed (preferably by replacing it with a link to the image) without warning NFCC issues are not treated the same as other inappropriate content. Werieth (talk) 15:25, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Indeed, the standard thing is to simply remove non-free images from user pages. In the past there was a bot (User:DASHBot) which removed such images automatically once per day, but it stopped doing this when one of the toolservers broke down about two years ago. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:30, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I am sorry that neither of you understand how deleting content on a user's personal page without warning them before or after, or indicating that you've done so, can be in any way irritating. I wish DASHBot was still operating, because it could hardly have dealt with people any less impersonally. MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 17:24, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
 * it may irritate you to have your user page edited, but you dont own your user page. Addressing WP:NFCC issues takes priority. There have been cases of users who where ask, reminded, and had non-free files removed from their user pages multiple times. In those cases the offending user is often blocked. Lets take a look at a theoretical example. User A adds non-free media to their user page. Several days pass before someone is able to address that case, they leave a message on the talk page for the user. More time passes, and either the user ignores the message, isnt around, or doesnt care. It takes user B at least a week to follow through with enough notice and due diligence not to offend the user. This means we have a file used on a non-article for at least 10 days, where we are open to legal issues. Yes it may lead to fewer irritated users, but also has a major downside. It also triples the work for those who patrol that issue. As there are currently about 100 NFCC#9 violations. Werieth (talk) 18:35, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't think a theoretical example has much utility here; for instance, it wouldn't have taken more than a few seconds to observe from user contr. that I am a fairly active user and unlikely to ignore a talk message for a week. I appreciate the work that you guys do, that's why I simply think it would be better in the long-run (for everyone) to solve cases like this with more tact. That's all I have left to say anyway. MasterOfHisOwnDomain (talk) 20:51, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

File:Now thats what i call feel good.jpg
I was indeed using a script, this one, I'll message the author. Thanks for the heads-up. James086 <sup style="color:#006400;">Talk 15:05, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

File source problem with File:Edith Humphrey.jpg
Your template didn't seem to address my first attempt at Fair Use justification. I've now added some more detail to the summary, in particular a citation for its previous publication, which occurred while the company that owned the photo still existed. Please review. I don't understand why this case is different to  which has been given a completely different response, even though their subject is only recently deceased. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Monxton (talk • contribs) 01:33, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

OK, looks like it's been sorted, thanks. Monxton (talk) 11:16, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism logo.jpg
 Thanks for uploading File:Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism logo.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 16:03, 7 March 2014 (UTC)


 * This image is being used at Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 16:06, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * That article uses another, similar, image: File:Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication Logo.jpg. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:13, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry, my mistake. Penguin slap <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 17:12, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Battle of Britain (film) images
Thank you for your heads-up on the orphaning of images in the film article, however, the other ones in question have already been removed without notice. Please explain. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 16:10, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I have not made any images orphans by removing them from articles. However, some of the images in Battle of Britain (film) were removed by User:TLSuda after a discussion at WP:NFCR. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:14, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Can you point me to that discussion; I tried but could not find a record of the deliberation. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 16:27, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * See Non-free content review/Archive 47. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:36, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * OK, I think I have finally found the discussion at but it leads me to think that the entire discussion should have taken place at the talk page of the article as the editors who were part of the Non-free content discussion were not contributors to the article nor were there any substantive arguments made for how many photographs should be applicable. Are there no situations where film articles of significant films have more than two-three images? See Gone With the Wind and Titanic as examples. FWiW  Bzuk (talk) 17:02, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * WP:NFCR is the usual place for discussing non-compliance with WP:NFCC. In the past, article editors used to be informed of discussions risking removal of images by placing non-free review on the article, but in Template talk:Non-free review lots of editors voted for removing the notification process, so article editors are unfortunately no longer informed that there is an ongoing discussion which may result in removal of content from the article. --Stefan2 (talk) 17:12, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

The fact that admins and editors are making arbitrary decisions such as this, is very disconcerting, considering that using "hard-and-fast" rules rather than common sense decisions just continues to drive away "good" editors like myself. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 17:23, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * WP:NFCC isnt something that is arbitrary. I was actually the one who requested that we add the non-free review to articles in order to make discussions more transparent and provide plenty of notification. If users go to the length of an RfC to have those notifications not be made I cannot just ignore the outcome of the RfC. Werieth (talk) 17:28, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

I read the comments and deliberations which were dated back to January 2014 which did not give ample clarification as to the reasoning, other than a blind allegiance to a rule. You set up the question, there was only one other comment and you consider this as reasonable; this is just wikilawyering. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 17:33, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * There was more than the required 7 days for discussion, yet there was no more participation. The non-free files violated the WP:NFCC policy, and because of that they were removed. The remaining images are, in my opinion, only borderline compliant. Following WP:NFCC is not "blind compliance" rather a policy that is put in place so that Wikipedia is not violating copyright law. I hope that helps. --  TLSuda  (talk) 18:44, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, why did you comment out the image?
I could not understand why did you make |this change? BengaliHindu (talk) 18:28, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Non-free files aren't permitted in the User namespace. See WP:NFCC. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:10, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing out. Cheers! BengaliHindu (talk) 08:52, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:USM Bel-Abbès (logo).png
Thank u for your warring, I resolved the problem. Regards. --Fayçal.09 (talk) 21:03, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Moderntimes.jpg
Hi, I noticed that this file should actually be in the public domain, as it's actually just another version of File:Modern Times poster.jpg (with better colours). Can I just remove the deletion notice and borrow the info from the other file? I think it may actually be better to use this version of the poster in the article Modern Times (film) because the colours are less faded. Esn (talk) 23:33, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * In some cases, it was also possible to renew one year too early, and it seems that some renewals were published in the books with copyright records one year too late, so I'm not sure if the checks are sufficient. That said, the statement on the file information page suggests that there is no copyright notice, and it doesn't seem likely that many posters were renewed, so the PD claim is probably valid. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:15, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:The Biggest Focker Collection Ever.jpg
Hi Stefan, is there anyway for this file not to be deleted within 7 days as my work on wikipedia is for a school project and I doubt my prof will be able to mark my project within that time frame as the project is due on the 9th. Also would you recommend adding it to the Meet the Parents (series) page? Thank you for the update. Swa1111 (talk) 03:13, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * The file can't be kept here if it isn't used. It seems that the image currently is used in the article Meet the Parents (series), so there shouldn't be any problem any longer. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:09, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Using a non free image on a project describing a collaboration
The only place the image is used is here as they are one of the collaborators on the project. Do they need to release their logo CC BY SA for it to be used like this? How do we collaborate with other organizations on Wikipedia? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 22:52, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * The problem here is WP:NFCC, which tells that non-free files can't be used outside the article namespace. An OTRS ticket is definitely needed if you wish to keep the image there. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:56, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes that interpretation does not make much sense. Brought it up here  Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 23:10, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

The Gurdjieff Journal article and image deletions
Hi Stefan2,

A while ago I posted an article page for The Gurdjieff Journal. For some reason Ducknish decided to redirect the page to the editor of the journal. In my sandbox I did a test page for this article and now want to post it to the article page named The Gurdjieff Journal instead of it being redirected to the author's page, William Patrick Patterson. I also was posting the images in preparation to posting them in the article, the same ones you have set for speedy deletion.

This journal stands on it's own as it is about Gurdjieff and The Fourth Way and is similar to Parabola (magazine) in Wikipedia. It is cataloged by the Library of Congress, has it's own ISBN number and has been in continuous publication since it's inception in 1992. Please let me know if you need any more information to make this happen.

Thank you, Waterman12 (talk) 22:26, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
 * The three images are unfree and unused. Per WP:NFCC, all non-free images must be used in an article somewhere, or else they will be deleted. Per WP:NFCC, they may not be used in your personal sandbox.
 * The article The Gurdjieff Journal was nominated for speedy deletion by User:Ducknish for two reasons: he thought that the journal seemed to be non-notable (WP:CSD) and that the article looked like an advertisement (WP:CSD). Later, User:Bbb23 decided to redirect the article to William Patrick Patterson, although he didn't say why. Presumably, he agreed that the article satisfied at least one speedy deletion criterion, but found that a redirect would do better. If you think that the journal is notable and that the article doesn't look like an advertisement, then you can insert article text [ here], but keep in mind that other people might nominate the article for speedy deletion again if they do not agree with your assessment. If you need help determining whether the journal is notable, I recommend that you ask someone else. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:49, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Canadian 10 cents obverse.png
I don't contest the deletion of this and File:Canadian 10 cents reverse.png as another user has uploaded and linked replacement images: however I wonder whether these replacements (File:Canada 10c 2010 Obv.png and File:Canada 10c 2010 Rev.png) are properly treated - they have been loaded to Commons, described as "own work" and licensed cc-by-sa. I'm no expert on copyright in Canadian coins but that looks all sorts of wrong. The same user has uploaded 50¢ and Loonie images with the same treatment (and the Loonie images are named the wrong way round!).--Keith Edkins ( Talk ) 22:31, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I have nominated the Canadian coins for deletion on Commons: Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by 636Buster. If you think that your images are good enough, then restore them to the article and remove the deletion template. If you prefer the Commons images, either upload them locally or tag them with Commons:Template:Fair use delete (which should instruct a bot to upload them). If you choose the option, then note that the bot won't be able to write fair use rationales for you – you will have to do that yourself instead. If you do nothing, then the article will probably be without images when the deletion request ends on Commons. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:03, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Chevalier de Saint-Georges
This morning, checking on our article we found the flag changed to the old one by “Omnipaedista.” Please take a look as it is now. I know there is no point to put ours back, just to have it replaced over and over as in a war. According to your rules as I understand them, I am pasting the letter below to Omnipedista’s talk page and, at the same time, take the liberty to forward it to you, asking how we can be protected from this major incursion in case he refuses to comply with my plea. Not knowing what else to do, but gratified by your help with our illustrations, I am turning to you asking your advise of how to protect the integrity of my husband’s work.

Below find my husband’s letter to Omnipaedista’s talk page, hoping that it is within Wiki’s standards.

Good day Omnipaedista,

I am a performing violinist and musicologist by profession. Very sorry to have to contradict you, but I have to tell you: Saint-Georges was not a “Caribbean- French figure” but a French fencer and musician living and performing in Paris, since he was 7 years old. Calling him a “Caribbean” without mentioning that his mother was a slave of African ancestry, does not serve our common purpose well. Saint-Georges was not only famous on the “Paris musical scene” but on the athletic “scene” as well. He was active in both those fields not only “prior to the French Revolution,” as you put it in your flag, but also during and after the Revolution, giving concerts and fencing matches in Lille in 1790 and 1791, and conducting an orchestra in Paris once again, from 1797, up to his death. All these facts are documented by Notes in my Saint-Georges article.

Contrary to some modern authors, Saint-Georges was never called “Le Mozart Noir” until 2008 by a CBC docudrama on which I was featured as commentator, but was unable to change that presumptuous title they used to help promote the DVD. There is no such category as, “… musicians of the European classical type,” and Saint-Georges was not just one of them [the earliest musicians of the European capital type], but, to quote my flag, “The chevalier de St.-Georges IS the first classical composer of African ancestry.”

I do think it rather unethical of you to use the result of my years of research in various European Archives to legitimize your flag formerly referenced solely with the aforementioned modern DVD, including its commercialized title, “ Mozart Noir” or “Black Mozart,” which Saint-Georges himself would have rejected.

In view of the above, as the author of articles, including the entry on the subject in The New Grove, Dictionary of music and musicians 2000, a monograph in The Black Music Research Journal of 11/1990, an acclaimed biography in 2007, and having published his violin concertos in 1982, and premiered them in 1984 and 85 in New York and Japan, I appeal to you, esteemed Omnipaedista, to restore or permit me to restore my flag to its painstakingly researched article. Dsteveb (talk) 05:13, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
 * What exactly is the problem? Which flag are you talking about? Which article are you talking about? Does it have something to do with the article Chevalier de Saint-Georges? I currently do not see any flags in the article. Also, does the use of the words "we", "us" and "our" above mean that your account is used by multiple people? --Stefan2 (talk) 13:49, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Chevalier de Saint-Georges Picture of Toussaint
Toussaint Louverture: It is by Denis Volozon, a painter settled in Philadelphia about 1800. This is a picture we received from Jean-Paul Hervieu, archivist of Guadeloupe, while researching Saint-Georges there. I made a mistake by not having put it on Wiki commons. Sorry, I am still learning. I have just uploaded it so it is not an orphan. Thank you, Dsteveb (talk) 15:26, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Which file are you talking about and what is the problem? --Stefan2 (talk) 15:28, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Chevalier de Saint-Georges Picture of Toussaint
This is the file. The problem is that I erred in my first description in the questionnaire describing it as non-free. Above this is the explanation we hope will serve to qualify it as free. Thanks, Dsteveb (talk) 15:59, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

"Thanks for uploading File:Toussaint L'Ouverture.jpeg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media)".

Chevalier de Saint-Georges Other pictures
Stefan2, Many thanks for approving it. The files of Philippe Duke of Orleans, and Fencing Match at Carlton House are both on commons already, sorry to be so late in finding out. I have uploaded them from there. I am awaiting judgement for three more: Young Saint-Georges (:File:Print_of_Young_Saint-Georges.jpg) François-Joseph Gossec (:File:François-Joseph_Gossec,_composer,_Saint-Georges’_teacher_and_mentor.jpeg) and The Théâtre Italien in Paris cca. 1780 (File:Le_Théâtre_Italien_in_Paris.jpeg). All three should be on commons. Should I put them back in the article so you can find them, and they avoid being orphans? Thanks again for all your help, Dsteveb (talk) 18:57, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

File:Major General Sir Herbert Stewart.jpg
I'd like a second opinion, According to the question I asked on the reference desk it was suggested that it's highly unlikley that the R Taylor identified was still alive in 1944. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 21:17, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
 * It says that the photo was published in 1885. If the artist made the illustration at the age of 20 and died at the age of 120, then it is still copyrighted. However, in most cases, you will find that the author died within at most 50-60 years after making a work, in which case this one would be safe.
 * British Museum suggests that "R Taylor & Co" was active between 1872 and 1901, while NPG says that Richard Taylor was active from 1871 to 1901. If he started his business in 1871 and retired in 1901, then he probably died within 2-3 decades after 1901 at the latest, well before 1944. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:59, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you for finding that information, I wasn't aware of that when I uploaded the image. Sfan00 IMG, no objections if you want to copy it to Commons based on Stefan's response. January  ( talk ) 22:42, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Seattle flag
Not sure I understand. I thought the image was public domain; at least it says so in the rationale. How can an image be both public domain and under copyright at the same time? <font face ="Tahoma" color="blue">T <font face ="Tahoma" color="red">C N7 JM  22:52, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
 * File:Flag of Seattle.svg is listed as unfree. The fair use rationale tells that "Image itself is public domain; design owned by City of Seattle (according to Scott Cline of the Seattle Municipal Archives)." I guess that this means that the person who vectorised the flag renounced his vectorisation copyright. However, this has no effect on the copyright to the flag, which remains for either 95 years from publication or until 70 years after the death of Paul Kraabel. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:56, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Ah, okay. I understand now. Thank you for clarifying. <font face ="Tahoma" color="blue">T <font face ="Tahoma" color="red">C N7 JM  23:00, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Apologies and request for overhaul of ____ version available tags
First off, I want to apologize for undoing your edit. You didn't just undo the vector version available tag, but also the deletion tag. I didn't even notice the vector tag was gone. Your edit summary didn't make sense for removing a deletion tag.

That said, there needs to be a severe overhaul of the tags Vector version available and PNG version available if they are not allowed to be used for non-free files. There is no way to use them without also including the image. Yet Should be SVG and Should be PNG specifically tell you to use those tags when replacing a file.

I generally stay away from policy discussions due to the animosity that often occurs, but you don't seem to be the type to shy away, so I thought you might want to look into this. — trlkly 23:20, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry, at first I reverted too much, and I used bad edit summaries.
 * If a file is non-free and replaced by a file in a different file format, then the file will soon be deleted as an unused unfree file. Also, di-orphaned fair use has a "replacement" parameter which contains the file name of the replacement. If the file soon is going to be deleted, and the file name is given by the di-orphaned fair use template anyway, then it is maybe not a problem if vector version available or PNG version available isn't present. If you need to use those templates anyway, then maybe the templates could be given a parameter "non-free=yes" which doesn't display the replacement. --Stefan2 (talk) 23:27, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Vandalism on my user page - can you flag this up?
Hey there! I would like to say that my userpage has been vandalised by the I.P Adresses User:188.190.98.13 and 178.175.130.138 and 178.175.130.138, who altered my page to say that I was from a different country, and more seriously, place this line of text under my data, as well as remove my image of Bray Lock. Here is this line of text.

"I believe that this world should get rid of people who hate only people with yellow skins and gas other skin colours. Poland is free of dogs and should remain human."

Can you please get the admins to take a look into these IP Adresses? Editing someone's userpage without permission is against the rules, or so I think. BrayLockBoy (talk) 07:56, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
 * In general, it is permitted to edit other people's user pages (see WP:NOBAN). However, it is not permitted to vandalise other people's user pages or harass the user to whom the user page belongs. The edits to your user page look like vandalism and/or harassment to me.
 * If you are troubled by the IP edits, then you could request semi-protection at WP:RPP, in which case IPs and recently created accounts no longer will be able to edit your talk page. Blocking and warning the IPs might not be effective as IPs often change quickly. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:03, 11 March 2014 (UTC)


 * , I actually should have dug a little deeper when I fixed the broken wikitable holding your userboxes. For this lack of observation, I apologize.  As far as the vandalism goes, I'll say that the two IPs ( and ) appear to be different people based on the whois lookup.  I would request that your user-page be semi protected for a week and see what happens.  I would not request that your user talk page be protected however.  If I can be of any assistance here, please let me know.  I am, as my name implies, quite technically adept and would be happy to help you (I even have some special anti-vandalism code on my user page that I would be happy to set you up with that warns visitors my page has been vandalized and by whom most recently, which is actually a fairly useful deterrent all of its own).  — &#123;&#123;U&#124;Technical 13&#125;&#125; (t • e • c) 14:24, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the help, Technical 13! If it is okay, could you set up that script on my page? Upon some digging around, I found that these three IPs seem to be altering the Wye Valley School page, so I believe that they may be operating from there. Looking at the WHOIS Data, one of them is from Moldovia, which would explain the reasoning behind altering my page to make it look like I'm from Poland. Thank you for the help!BrayLockBoy (talk) 15:55, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

File:Ken Yee - Bolshoy Ice Dome.jpg
Russia has no Freedom of Panorama. Adam Cuerden (talk) 14:32, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
 * On the other hand, Wikipedia is not hosted in Russia but in the United States. There is freedom of panorama in the United States, see FoP-USonly. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:36, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Has anyone consulted a lawyer about that? Adam Cuerden (talk) 14:46, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Have you read the template talk page?
 * US FOP law doesn't say anything about the location of the building other than that it must be ordinarily visible from a public place, and this building is ordinarily visible from public places in Russia. There does not seem to be any case law in the United States, but in de:Hundertwasserentscheidung, the supreme court of Germany rejected the photographer's FOP claim for a photograph of a building distributed in Germany but taken in Austria (and thus required compensation to be paid to the architect), although the building was covered by Austrian FOP. That case concluded that when a photograph is used in Germany, only German FOP rules apply, regardless of the FOP rules in the country of photography. It is unclear exactly how a US court would rule if faced with a similar case. In either case, permission from the photographer is needed when using a photograph of a building, and it should be easy to find a different photograph of the same building which is licensed by the photographer.
 * As far as I have understood, the difference between German and Austrian building FOP is that Germany requires that the camera is located in a public place without restricting the location of the building, whereas Austria appears to require that the building is located in a public place without restricting the location of the camera. In this case, the photograph was taken from a private flat in a nearby house. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:26, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

Image sizes
It would be just as easy for you to take an extra few seconds to reduce the size, rather than just tagging. Ever thought about being helpful in that way too? - SchroCat (talk) 16:25, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
 * It is much easier to just tag and then wait until the bot reduces the size automatically tomorrow morning. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:28, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

unneccessary and unkind deletion

 * very sorry, I see now your Talk page. I'm sorry, I was so extremely upset at the removal of an ok image. It was'nt you, so I'm extra sorry, though you did assign it its death warrant. Alfred Hitchens died in 1942, (and the picture was done pre- 1923), that is over 70 years ago, so image is ok for the UK. I will put it back up but avoid USA?Rodolph (talk) 02:18, 12 March 2014 (UTC)


 * This was left at my talk page, but the message was meant for you-copying it here. We hope (talk) 02:24, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
 * You chose not to participate in the deletion discussion and no one presented any evidence that the image had been published before 1923 (and such evidence is still unavailable), so the image was deleted one month after it was listed as potentially unfree. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:41, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Is it not artist death date plus 70 years? Look at for example Gwen John who died in 1936, paintings done after 1923 are on her page.Rodolph (talk) 18:57, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
 * All paintings by this painter entered the public domain in the United Kingdom 70 years after the painter died, whereas the photo of the painting that you uploaded enters the public domain in the United Kingdom 70 years after the death of the person who took the photo of the painting. However, Wikipedia is hosted in the United States, where the rules are completely different. In the United States, paintings are in the public domain regardless of the year of death of the painter under the condition that the painting was published before 1923. If the painting was first published between 1923 and 1977, then the painting normally enters the public domain 95 years after the painting was first published (regardless of when the painter died), although there are some exceptions (see Commons:COM:HIRTLE). --Stefan2 (talk) 23:53, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the explanation. I took the photo and gave permission.Rodolph (talk) 00:09, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

RE: Orphaned non-free image File:Tourist Guide to Surat Thani.pdf
Hi. Pages 33 & 35 of this PDF are referenced in: Sultanate of Singgora. This PDF file is NOT orphaned! I've revised the licensing page to reflect this.

Singora (talk).

RE: File:Tourist Guide to Surat Thani.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by Singora (talk • contribs) 02:48, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Linking is not the same as using. The file would fail WP:NFCC if used there anyway. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:44, 12 March 2014 (UTC)


 * How about if I upload the file to Wiki Commons? Try to remember that is just a FREE tourist guide. I guess I could also put it on SCRIBD. --Singora (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 09:27, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
 * If you wish to upload it to Commons, then please provide evidence that it is freely licensed. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:37, 13 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Just uploaded the file to SCRIBD (LINK REMOVED PER WP:LINKVIO) and changed the link in the Sultanate of Singgora article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Singora (talk • contribs) 09:56, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I have removed the link per WP:LINKVIO as there is no evidence that the tourist guide was uploaded there with permission from the the copyright holder. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:37, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
 * OK. I've used the original link: []. I'm just trying to get round the problem of link rot. Thai government websites seem to alter their URL structure quite often. In addition, what makes you think this work is copyrighted? Where did you see a copyright notice? I've not seen one. Singora (talk — Preceding undated comment added 12:30, 13 March 2014 (UTC)


 * I've discussed some of the points raised here with friends of mine who are employees of the Royal Thai Government. Some of them are employed by provincial tourist authorities. I've no desire to be rude, but the consensus is that you are absolutely bloody useless. My friends want to know what your problem is. I have been attempting to expand the audience for a FREELY AVAILABLE THAI GOVERNMENT TOURIST BROCHURE. My friends would like to know why someone on Wikipedia is attempting to block such expansion. Do you really not understand that the Royal Thai Government publishes this material in the hope that it is not only read on the website on which it is made available but also reproduced elsewhere and introduced to a wider audience? Please would you be kind enough to put me in contact with a Wikipedia Supervisor with whom I could discuss these points. Once again, I apologize if this appears rude, but I resent having my time wasted by fools. DO NOT CONTACT ME AGAIN UNLESS IT IS TO PUT ME IN TOUCH WITH SOMEONE WORTH TAKING SERIOUSLY. AND DO NOT MAKE FURTHER EDITS TO THE SINGORA ARTICLE. Singora (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 16:35, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Everards logo.jpg
 Thanks for uploading File:Everards logo.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 14:52, 13 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the notice. There was a mistake made in the article, now fixed. Your choice, but it may be worth considering as part of the process taking a look at the recent history of the named article for non-free images to see if there was an error or a vandal edit.  SilkTork  <sup style="color:#347C2C;">✔Tea time  09:28, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Gosport and Fareham IRS.gif
Hello Stefan
 * This Image Gosport and Fareham IRS.gif is included in the article Gosport and Fareham Lifeboat Station. The Image had been removed from the article at some point by another editor with no explanation why so I have now reverted that. There is no need for the deletion tag now so would appreciate it if you can remove the tag. All ways in good faith Cheeseladder (talk) 17:35, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

Talkback
Samotny Wędrowiec (talk) 22:39, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

White Plains logo
The White Plains logo has already been uploaded by someone other than myself and is being used in the appropriate manor. Users from White Plains can tag themselves as such, and it is a matter of pride. Why are you just commenting out code without discussion, first? -TopherKRock (talk) 15:26, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
 * You may not use non-free images in templates, such as User White Plains. See WP:NFCC. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:34, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
 * The criteria are met. Back off. -TopherKRock (talk) 15:39, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
 * The page User White Plains is still not in the article namespace. It is never permitted to use non-free images outside the article namespace. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:58, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:User_Derbyshire . Tell me if that breaks the rules. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TopherKRock (talk • contribs) 16:03, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
 * That flag is claimed to be in the public domain. If that claim is correct, then that image is allowed in the template. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:09, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Kaufmap.png
Thanks for contacting me about this image. I don't understand why it hasn't been deleted yet, given that it has been replaced by File:GermanyMustPerish2.jpg. --GCarty (talk) 13:47, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * It sometimes takes a while before files are deleted, in particular if there are lots of files to delete. In the meantime, I have nominated the replacement for deletion. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:24, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

National Alliance logo
Hi Stefan2 I don't understand why the logo of National Alliance (here) must be replaced with one which is less clear, smaller and blunder. Thank you. -- Nick.mon (talk) 15:49, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Non-free files should have a low resolution. See WP:NFCC. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:54, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Ok thank you very much, so I stop to revert the uploads of the bot. Kind regards. -- Nick.mon (talk) 16:00, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Courtesy notification
Hello Stefan. This is to inform you that you have been mentioned in a discussion at ANI. The thread is Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. -- Diannaa (talk) 23:11, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

DoodyCalls
Thanks. I will be working on this shortly; but not now -- so am taking it down for now.Researcherguy (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 19:36, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Recent issues
Hello, I note that once again there is a row about copyright policy enforcement.

Whilst I appreciate your viewpoint on such matters, the net result seems to be the potential loss of a contributor, which is not good. I'm also frustrated that because of a dispute not of my origination, my good faith actions get called into question as well.

I am giving consideration as to whether I should stop contributing as well ( the issue being one of perceived competence) It's not easy getting the balance right (between at least 5 different copyright regimes), but I get the sense that there is a view that the copyright policy is being applied too vigoursly, even if it's being applied correctly and in good faith. As this has potentially resulted in the loss of contributors perhaps it's time to review why people are objecting.

I'd strongly suggest taking a break from doing images for a while. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 22:41, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

File:UniversityOfMumbai.png
Thanks. It seems that User:Theo%27s_Little_Bot replaced my image with a lofi version? this is now being used in University of Mumbai page - so I hope it is no longer orphaned. Chirag (talk) 03:48, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

I want to ask you something
Recently a picture I had uploaded years ago was deleted. Here is the discussion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Possibly_unfree_files/2014_January_26#File:King_kong_esp.jpg

I only came across this discussion recently. I was never notified because the original file I had uploaded was replaced by a smaller scan from an administrator. Reading what you wrote you stated that the artist had to be dead pre-1952 for the picture to be public domain. But the artist is not credited anywhere in the comic. It was my understanding that artists were hired by Editorial Orizaba on a work for hire basis and were paid a flat fee for their work for all the titles the company produced. I believe the company went under decades ago and were notorious for publishing comics based on foreign properties without permission by the copyright holders. (In this case King Kong, who had copyright split between Merian C Cooper and RKO). So I was wondering why an uncredited artist who's work became owned by the comic he/she worked for that was based on a property illegally and who folded years ago has to be dead pre-1952 for that work (never owned by the artist themselves) to be considered public domain.Giantdevilfish (talk) 16:22, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

File:Combustion efficiency of aircraft gas turbines.svg
I've declined the disputed speedy of File:Combustion efficiency of aircraft gas turbines.svg as the uploader seems to be the author of the image. I've asked him to release his SVG under a free license. If you feel that the image is still replaceable, please take it to a discussion board for review (WP:FFD or WP:NFCR). --  TLSuda  (talk) 21:19, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

March 2014
This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at PUF, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. ''I've brought your attention to the requirement at PUF requiring notification on pages using any file listed, and do so again. This is a reminder that I have pointed out that you have frequently not provided the required notification, and pointed out that it is mandatory and you have replied, saying that it is a commonly ignored rule. You have continued to ignore the rule in new PUF listings, even despite a failed subsequent attempt to get the rule changed. As the rule remains in force, this is a final warning. Continued flagrant flouting of the rule may lead to enforcement actions, up to a community ban. As this flouting constitutes a deliberate attempt to violate Wikipedia policy, I believe it compromises the integrity of Wikipedia. Vandalism is any deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia.'' Elvey (talk) 02:13, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

RE: File permission problem with File:When In Manila Logo.jpg
Hi! I saw that you left me a message regarding the subject matter stated above. I suggest that you refer to Articles for deletion/When In Manila since the logo problem and that one in the said page are two related matters. Current representatives of When In Manila are actively discussing there to retain the page. I suppose retaining the page also means retaining the logo for use on that wiki entry. Thanks! RepublicaNegrense (talk) 15:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
 * The file was deleted due to lack of permission, usually meaning that the uploader didn't provide evidence that the copyright holder had permitted the image to be used under the specified licence. If the uploader can provide such evidence, then please see WP:CONSENT for instructions on how to document such permission. Should the permission statement be sufficient, the file will typically be undeleted shortly after the permission statement has been sent. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:02, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi. Thanks for bringing this up to me. Since I am no longer part of When In Manila, nor its legal representative now, I can no longer be its viable advocate, but I suggest you bring this up with I'm Tony Ahn since he might be interested in keeping the image alive. After all, he is a representative of When In Manila, and I uploaded the image when I was still a representative of When In Manila, under the direction of its Publisher, Vince Golangco. Anyway, do what you see is fit. RepublicaNegrense (talk) 14:22, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

Bartholomew Voorsanger Images
Dear Stefan2,

I received permission from the owner of the rights (Bartholomew Voorsanger) to use those images in my article about him. I forwarded a couple of times to permissions-en@wikimedia.org his email to me, which states very clear that I have the right to publish the image files on Wikipedia.

Is there something wrong about the process that I have followed? Please let me know what it is to be done in order to resolve this issue.

Thank you! Gmihalea (talk) 14:52, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
 * If you only have permission to publish the images on Wikipedia, then the permission is insufficient. The permission must allow anyone to use the images for almost any purpose. If something is wrong, try to ask for assistance at WP:OTRS/N. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:04, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

Maybe free media
see here. Frietjes (talk) 19:03, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

Overcompressed JPEG
Hi, I've noticed that you've added Overcompressed JPEG to a handful images over time. Just so you know, this template is designed for images for which JPEG is the right choice of format (nearly always photographic or photo-realistic images), but the compression strength has been set too high. If it isn't a photographic image, or anything remotely resembling one (e.g. File:Robbie Williams Dream A Little Dream.jpg), then it shouldn't be in JPEG format at all, and so shouldn't be tagged with Overcompressed JPEG. The correct template with which to tag such images is BadJPEG. Good luck. — Smjg (talk) 22:04, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Tangled soundtrack cover in film article
Since you previously started a FfD for the Tangled soundtrack cover in its use in the film article, I wanted to let you know there is a new discussion started at, your opinion would be appreciated. Aspects (talk) 16:05, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Re: File permission problem with File:Grave of Richenza of Poland.jpg
Hi Stefan, I think that there is a mistake about the authory of this file: Is the first time in almost one year that could check my Wikipedia pages (sickness and work!!) and never post it. Thanks for being considered in check copyrights rights, anyway. Aldebaran69 (talk) 02:23, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
 * The file was deleted due to lack of evidence of permission, which usually means that there is no evidence that the copyright holder has allowed you to upload the file under the specified licence. If you have permission, then you should provide evidence of it following the procedure at WP:CONSENT. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:06, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

Brief note
To say glad you're back and hope all's well. We hope (talk) 17:18, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

Imaages
Hello, back on the job?

If so - http://tools.wmflabs.org/catscan2/catscan2.php?categories=All+free+media&negcats=Self-published+work&ns[6]=1&templates_no=Copy+to+Wikimedia+Commons%0D%0A%3C!--Already+has+information+--%3E%0D%0AInformation%0D%0AGoogle+Art+Project%0D%0A%3C!--+Blocks+on+Commons+Transfer--%3E%0D%0ANon-free+use+rationale%0D%0APD-ineligible-USonly%0D%0A%3C!--Shouldn%27t+be+moved--%3E%0D%0AKeep+local%0D%0Aesoteric+file%0D%0Auserspace+file%0D%0A%3C!--In+process.--%3E%0D%0Apuf%0D%0Affd&sortby=uploaddate&ext_image_data=1&file_usage_data=1

needs looking through, It's about 1000 images, but clearing this particular backlog with a view to having ever 'free' image with appropriate information/confirmation, or in a suitable deletion/review process would be welcome.Sfan00 IMG (talk)
 * I will probably not have much time to do anything before the end of the month, so that will have to wait. I had a little time today, so I took a quick look at the category for wrong license and tagged a couple of problem files. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:08, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Unknown sources
Category:Wikipedia files with unknown source - Any chance on emptying this before the next ice age? XD Sfan00 IMG (talk) 19:08, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
 * It should be emptied at some point. The files sometimes do have a source, but not in the "source" field in the templates. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:08, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Finder10.png
 Thanks for uploading File:Finder10.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 20:12, 15 May 2014 (UTC) - Looks like there were a few careless mistakes in edits where good images were removed along with deleted image comments. See this link. Please do not remove the following files, all of which you tagged with di-orphaned fair use which no longer applies. Thanks! :) Nasa-verve (talk) 21:42, 15 May 2014 (UTC) -
 * File:Finder.png
 * File talk:Mac OS 9 screenshot 2.png
 * File talk:Finder 7.0.png
 * File talk:Finder10.png
 * Hi Stefan2. Moved convo here from my talk page for your convenience. Could you please remove the deletion templates from the 4images above that you placed there? (EDIT) We are having a discussion (link here) about keeping or removing the images and I do not want the images removed if they may be ultimately kept in the Finder (software) article. Thanks! :) Nasa-verve (talk) 17:47, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
 * The files are not currently in use, so the deletion rationale is still valid. I have reset the date in the deletion tags to allow you some time to finish the discussion. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:04, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you, that meets the need. :) Nasa-verve (talk) 22:03, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
 * And one more thing, do you mind weighing in on the discussion here? Nasa-verve (talk) 22:05, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Judas Priest pictures
Hi, the 2 Judas Priest pictures you emailed me about may be deleted. Kind regards Lukejordan02 (talk) 23:16, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:16nancyj/sandbox
Hello Stefan2, I Speedy Kept this page and closed the MFD early. If you disagree you may renominate it for deletion and I will not be involved in the next nomination. Happy editing. — xaosflux  <sup style="color:#00FF00;">Talk  13:52, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

File:Location map of Elelenwo based on Wikimapia.png ‎
Wikimapia images come via Google, A few years ago a contact of mine had disscussions with some of the Imagery providers Google noted as sources, The results were that Wikimapia appears to exist in a grey area, copyright wise.

Open Street Map by comparison is free, and VERY clear about it's licensing model.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 08:26, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
 * That comment was probably meant for instead. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:45, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Sean Harris - message
Re:  File:Sean Harris as Micheletto from The Borgias Showtime Series.jpg.

Yes, this pic is an orphan. It's not in use and should be deleted. It was long removed from the article and appears in no others that I know of.

Thank you.

Legaleze (talk) 17:51, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Regarding File:Happy Valley (TV Series) title-card.jpg
Dear

You have requested that the image is replaced with a smaller version. I have resized it manually, and re-uploaded it. Please can you check that everything complies and please mark it as okay. You also commented on my User page, I have now removed said image off the user page. Is the image not allowed on my User page?

Thanks, --<span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:red 0em 0em 0.8em,gold -0.8em -0.8em 0.9em,#0f0 0.7em 0.7em 0.8em;color:#000000">Limbsaw ~talk~  21:45, 21 May 2014 (UTC)


 * I see you've marked it with the template again... please can you tell me what is wrong with the new uploaded image. Image size could mean two things, the pixel resolution or the actual file size. Thanks again, --<span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:red 0em 0em 0.8em,gold -0.8em -0.8em 0.9em,#0f0 0.7em 0.7em 0.8em;color:#000000">Limbsaw ~talk~  21:49, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Still too big. Just wait until the bot fixes it automatically. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:55, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Okay, but I've resized it again to 300px. Surely this isn't too big? The intended size for the article is 250px, so I had to leave some of the size just in case! --<span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:red 0em 0em 0.8em,gold -0.8em -0.8em 0.9em,#0f0 0.7em 0.7em 0.8em;color:#000000">Limbsaw ~talk~  22:00, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

File:Woollahra Colleagues Rugby Football Club logo.png
This image is not orphaned: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/File:Woollahra_Colleagues_Rugby_Football_Club_logo.png

Amend your bot, please. Ham105 (talk) 22:52, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

File: Royal Canadian Mounted Police.svg
Hi Stefan2,

I don't understand why this picture is non free content. It was uploaded on the French version of Wikipedia and it does not seem to be a problem. How can I make it free?

Thnaks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carolinebn8 (talk • contribs) 13:06, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:International Polo Club Palm Beach logo.png
 Thanks for uploading File:International Polo Club Palm Beach logo.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 22:36, 21 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the notification Stefan2. I added File:International Polo Club Palm Beach logo.png to the infobox on International Polo Club Palm Beach. Can you please remove the deletion request template from File:International Polo Club Palm Beach logo.png. Thank you. Eunev (talk) 14:56, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

photo of Joey Covington
If you wouldn't have removed the photo it was included in the article per Wiki rules for almost a year... non free but usable in this article. I own the photo and as a courtesy allowed it's use on Wikipedia. please put photo back as you have messed up the entire page now. thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.92.75.188 (talk) 00:24, 23 May 2014 (UTC)  Bandinusa

Pictures from Flightgear Flight Simulator
Hi this is Stan388. Thanks for your concern on my pictures. These pictures are actually screenshots taken by me of an open source flight simulator called Flightgear. Flightgear is totally free and open source, look it up on wikipedia to check that. These screen shots were taken by me on my computer. The only reason i didn't label them as my own work is because in the criteria for your own work it says not to use for screenshots. Could you perhaps help me to find an appropriate licence? Cheers Stan388 24 May 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stan388 (talk • contribs)
 * Please provide evidence that the flight simulator is available under a free licence. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:56, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Listen Mate. I wrote in the license flightgears website that says it is free and open source, and it says right hear on wikipedia that it is totaly free and open source. what else can i do??? Stan388 10:50UTC 30 May 2014
 * Where do I find that statement? --Stefan2 (talk) 17:08, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
 * http://www.flightgear.org/about/Stan388 (talk) 22:34, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

Photo of Jack Womer
Hi Stefan: Thank you for your message regarding the photo that I uploaded for inclusion in the forthcoming article on Jack Womer. That particular photo is posted on many internet sites, and is included in Womer's biography that he and I co-authored and published. No one has ever raised any concerns about use or distribution of the photo. I don't see how including the photo in the Wikipedia article on Jack Womer will cause any problems. But please feel free to proceed to have Wikipedia publish the article without the photo. Thank oyu. Steve DeVito — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scdevito (talk • contribs) 2014-05-29T12:49:51
 * Please specify which image you are talking about. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:34, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

I am referring to the portrait photo of Jack Womer in his uniform. It is the only photo of him containined in the article on Jack Womer.

Undateable.jpg - non-free or free?
I was wondering what is your opinion on File:Undateable.jpg? It's just text on a coloured background? Surely it doesn't meet the threshold of originality. -- Aussie Legend  ( ✉ ) 15:12, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
 * It has textures similar to those discussed in Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:BF-Schriftzug.png. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:18, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Bogusflo3/sandbox content not out for review but deleted?
Hi! I was wondering why the bogusflo3/sandbox page was deleted when it wasn't out for review. I was trying to remedy apparent copyright issues from a previous page in the sandbox, but my updated page was taken down before I could rewrite the draft to submit for review. Where else was I supposed to draft a new page? Can I have the copy back to submit to what I now see as a temp page? Also, it never said where it said the material was copied from. It just says "copied from ,". Seems like a necessity to know what part of the page is in question. Appreciate the hard work. Thanks! --user:Bogusflo3 — Preceding undated comment added 2014-05-30T15:14:19
 * There are copyright concerns, see discussion at Copyright problems/2014 May 29. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:16, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

File:Clones supernova.jpg
Not sure what the problem is. It's a screenshot of my game. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomkorp (talk • contribs) 2014-05-30T16:12:05
 * Please follow the instructions at WP:IOWN. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:43, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Re:File:La Rogativa.jpg
No, problem at all, I will delete this image. This was taken when I was rough on the edges in regard to photographs. The Jayuya bust was donated to the public, I'll have to check that one out. Tony the Marine (talk) 22:39, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Actorsiddharthray.JPG
The image has been added back to the page. He was an actor (Siddharth Ray) of Indian films, someone done wrong editing and thus it was an orphened imgae.Please do not delete it. Rajeshbieee (talk) 12:07, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

June 2014
Hello, I'm BeywheelzLetItRip. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to User:BeywheelzLetItRip/Windows Vista because it appears unconstructive to me. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Administrators have the ability block users like you from editing if they are engaging in vandalism. If you have any questions, contact me in my talk page. Thank you. BeywheelzLetItRip (What is it?) 12:44, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
 * See WP:USER. Removal of unambiguous violations of WP:NFCC is not vandalism. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:02, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

"Orphaned non-free image File
Stefan2 - the file has been uploaded and was in use by a draft version of the page Eaton Partners. It can be found at Draft:Eaton Partners. Another user recently deleted it. Should I wait until the page has been approved by the editors before uploading the image? — Preceding unsigned comment added by VillageAlbourne (talk • contribs) 13:55, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Robert Jones
Thanks for your comments on image:Robert Jones (surgeon).png used on the page Portal:Trauma & Orthopaedics/Selected biography/1. I took the image from the full biography page Robert Jones (surgeon) where it appears in the infobox and tagged with the fair-use rationale. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mschamberlain (talk • contribs) 2014-06-02T19:16:16
 * Non-free files may not be used outside the article namespace per WP:NFCC. --Stefan2 (talk) 19:34, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Jack Orion
You wrote: "... it appears that one or more of the images you have recently uploaded or added to an article, specifically User:JackOrion217, may fail our non-free image policy." My response: I am happy to correct this but I have two questions. Jack Orion (talk) 20:26, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
 * 1) This article uses only images that were uploaded to Wikipedia by other users. I thought that would guarantee compliance with your policy. Was I wrong?
 * 2) Which of the images is the problem?
 * One image (File:New York Times Book Review cover June 13 2004.jpg) is listed as unfree. Unfree images may only be used in articles (not on user pages). See WP:NFCC. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:51, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Edited my Sandbox
Can I get an explanation why my Sandbox was edited less than 24 hours after I created it, removing "orphaned" images? The 7 day rule may apply, but I hadn't even had the images up there for 20 hours now and they disappeared with a message from you. Explanation requested, thank you Konvay (talk) 00:19, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
 * See WP:NFCC. Non-free images may never be used in the user namespace (for example in sandboxes). Non-free images which are used in the user namespace are removed from there as soon as discovered. If not used anywhere else, such images are up for deletion after one week for violation of WP:NFCC, per WP:CSD. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:18, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Pillow Pets.jpg
Thank you for alerting me about this. Apparently, someone vandalized the page and removed the image. Sorry about the confusion--Breawycker (talk to me!) 19:07, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

File:Ondarun_Logo.png
You added Ondarun logo to ... But I don't understand what you meant really.. This logo is made by Ondarun creators themselves, how can I proof it ? Regards, --Lascar33 (talk) 14:38, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
 * You have not selected a valid copyright tag for the logo.
 * Note that you may not use unfree images in the "Draft" namespace. See WP:NFCC. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:37, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
 * In fact this logo will be able to use this copyright only when Ondarun will be an article.. Not in "draft"... Which copyright I should use in the mean time ? --Lascar33 (talk) 11:29, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Unless you get the copyright holder to comply with the procedure outlined at WP:CONSENT, you can neither upload nor use the image as long as the article remains in the "Draft" namespace. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:06, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
 * OK noted :) Thanks for your replies ! --Lascar33 (talk) 00:26, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

File:2014 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship Logo.jpg
Excuse me, Stefan2. I removed your tag but you can't actually di-orphaned fair use my article for no reason. OK. AaronWikia (talk) 14:36, 5 June 2014

File:Qualidade de vida book.JPG
Hi Stephan2, how can I Diogofekete (talk) 22:51, 5 June 2014 (UTC) talk to you? I want to know if I create my article then I will not be violating WP:NFCC anymore.. is that right ? — Preceding comment added by Diogofekete (talk • contribs) 22:47, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
 * You can't use non-free images in User:Diogofekete/sandbox since the page is not in the article namespace. See WP:NFCC.
 * If you move User:Diogofekete/sandbox to the article namespace, you still can't use File:Qualidade de vida book.JPG in the article, since the image violates WP:NFCC in that article. See the footnote to WP:NFCI §1. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:54, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
 * What if I don't to use that image for this article, but use it for another article about that book? Will that image be deleted ? Diogofekete (talk) 00:10, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
 * The image can be used in an article about the book, if an article about the book exists. Carefully check WP:N to determine if it is permitted to have an article about the book. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:44, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Contemplate Ltd logo.png
I uploaded this image with the intention of using it in the article ThreadSafe but then discovered that there was no good way to incorporate it, so it's fine with me if it is deleted. Dsannella (talk) 22:10, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

Fort St. John
Check back at WP:VPT; although I wasn't able to explain what was going on, I've fixed the symptoms of the problem. Nyttend (talk) 03:36, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

La Mafia albums 1-6, number 8, and 12
I just brought the article back sourcing the article as well if it doesn't comply with the standards then by all means delete. but the article is in used. I sourced it using my friend's fan page because the album is rare. I also brought the other articles back again using my friend's website as a source they are rare collectables and no other sources can be found. if the articles stay please remove the picture deletion sign — Preceding unsigned comment added by User: (talk • contribs)
 * Please sign your posts. Who are you? Which page(s) are you talking about? --Stefan2 (talk) 15:58, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Templating a regular... wrongly
Thank you for posting a template on my talk page. You have wrongly asserted that I have "recently" "uploaded an image",specifically the logo if the Republican party. I have not uploaded that image. I instead copied an infobox already used at the main article for a sub-article. The image was apparently uploaded 18 months ago. Perhaps you could notify the actual uploader. That might be helpful. Capitalismojo (talk) 13:10, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
 * The template does not say that you have uploaded an image. It says that you have "uploaded or added [an image] to an article". You need to read the warning correctly. You may not add images to pages without satisfying WP:NFCC, WP:NFCC and WP:NFCC. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:56, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Asking to upload photos
We will share more photos on page Hossein Shahabi Эlcobbola user has deleted it. Please note that you can help us and they did not bother us. Few months that they will not let us upload pictures Hossein Shahabi. Thank you, very much.Kalame10 (talk) 14:24, 10 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Maybe it would be useful to ask someone who understands Farsi to talk to this guy. His explanation of multiple people trying to upload an image due to the fact that internet connectivity in Iran is rather limited, does at least seem a little plausible. There's a possibility he/they have in fact taken a photo of this person but don't understand what they need to do or say. (The promotional nature of the titling is another thing that hints at lack of knowledge/understanding being the issue rather than their having no connection with the subject of the photo.) --Demiurge1000 (talk) 17:05, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Hi to Wikipedia administrators. I'm from Iran..

The image I've photographed and the photos allowed me to take her own Wikipedia page I load.Please tell Эlcobbola the user does not delete my photos. Thank you very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kalame10 (talk • contribs) 19:27, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Copyright issues
I don't see your email address. Please email me neotarf (AT) gmail (DOT) com. Regards, —Neotarf (talk) 19:39, 10 June 2014 (UTC) The text in question has been redacted. This should satisfy any outstanding policy issues. —Neotarf (talk) 02:37, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

My Sandbox
Hey thanks for commenting the audio out on my sandbox... totally forgot about it. Chihciboy (talk) 22:43, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Files Absoft Target Options.png and Absoft Project Options.png linked from Absoft Fortran Compilers
You left messages that two files I uploaded recently were not linked to by any article. Actually they are illustrations in a new article, Absoft Fortran Compilers. I suspect that there is a day or two latency between moving an article from sandbox to article status and updating the database used by the bot. -motorfingers- (talk) 00:35, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * The files which were tagged as unused on 8 June are not currently in use in any article. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:01, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * The figures are illustrations in Absoft Fortran Compilers. They keep getting deleted.  I'm putting them back in now.  I'll also check and make sure that the text references to the figures are still there.


 * I just put the figures back, moved one of them to the most relevant part of the article, and viewed them. The max resolution is reduced to the point that the screen shots are almost illegible.  The point of having these is to provide the reader with a quick reference as to what's available, and that utility depends on the legibility of the screen shots.  I'll remark on the Talk pages of the individual files.  -motorfingers- (talk) 13:07, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

copyright vio
You have clearly not heard of "Don't template the regulars". What you did was ridiculous beyond belief. It's bad enough that you go deleting all my images, please never, never, ever place the huge copyvio tag on my talk page ever again. You can have the fucking thing back. Thanks for your attention. --  Ohc  ¡digame! 01:17, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * See the documentation for {{subst:copyvio}}. The rule is that {{subst:copyvio}} should be inserted on pages which contain textual copyright violations. You may not remove the template until the copyright violation has been resolved. In this case, a user inserted lots of copyrighted text on the page User talk:Ohconfucius, so the template had to be added to that page.
 * I do not see any copyright violations of http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/business/chinas-battle-against-google-heats-up.html?_r=0 on this page, so I am removing the text you placed below. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:56, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * You could have trimmed the offending text and have been done with it. The copyvio tag is clearly not meant for use on user talk pages, and its use on same is highly disruptive. --  Ohc  ¡digame! 12:40, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

The Everglades: River of Grass
Stefan2 - you just commented out the use of Image:Everglades River of Grass.jpg in this article saying see WP:NFCC#10c. I have spent an hour looking at WP:NFCC#10c, WP:FUR, and WP:NFUR. I can't understand what is the problem. The image has a non free use rational stated. Could you please explain the problem to me? Thanks. -GroveGuy (talk) 05:49, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * File:Everglades River of Grass.jpg only has a fair use rationale for the article Marjory Stoneman Douglas. The image may therefore not be used on any other page.
 * File:Everglades River of Grass.jpg appears to violate WP:NFCC on the page Marjory Stoneman Douglas. The image may therefore not be used on the page Marjory Stoneman Douglas. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:59, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Huh? Moondyne (talk) 13:23, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

I think I understand. I now see that on the use rational it says the image is to be used for the author page. I changed that to say it is to be used for the book. -GroveGuy (talk) 07:00, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

File:CBSA_Badge.jpg
Hey Stefan,

I noticed some files are being put up as orphaned non-free works, which is great. However, some of these works, such as this one, are orphaned because they've been replaced by SVG versions of the same image, which is also great. The problem is that these non-free images are being replaced by "free" images where they are in fact the same image. In this case the non-free badge being replaced with this where one is simply an SVG rendering of the other. Where the goal of getting rid of orphaned works is good, I think that certain users are trying to use this to 'scrub' images of their copyright licences by uploading the same image (or an SVG rendering) onto Commons as free, replacing it on Enwiki, and then the licenced image disappears due to speedy orphan image delete.

For example, this file here was uploaded 4 May 2014 with sourced copyright and trademark licences. A user who tried to undelete a similar image then uploaded which I had put together, onto Commons as "ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain, because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship" a month later on 1 June 2014. trackratte (talk) 23:29, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * c:File:Flag of the Canadian Army.svg has an obviously invalid copyright tag as the image clearly isn't below the threshold of originality. It is also obvious that the Commons user isn't the author of the Commons image as your file File:Canadian Army Flag (2013).svg is earlier. I would suggest that you tag the file with.
 * c:File:Badge of the Canada Boarder Services Agency.svg is not the same image as File:CBSA Badge.jpg. According to c:COM:COA, the copyright does not reside in the blazon of a heraldic image but in the representation of the image. The Commons image therefore seems to be fine. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:33, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the quick reply! I agree with your first point absolutely, its questionable at best.
 * For the second point though, yes COM:COA does state that an image based only only the blazon is usually safe for upload. However, the CBSA badge (c:File:Badge of the Canada Boarder Services Agency.svg) does not claim to be based on the blazon, it claims to be the "own work" of user: Ng556, which is obviously untrue as we can see here.
 * Even if that user were to make a claim that the image were based only on the free blazon, with no reference to the copyrighted image, this is clearly untrue. The blazon states:


 * As we can see, there is nothing in the blazon which mentions that the portcullis in the centre has six points/bars, or that the far right and left points are half points instead of full, or how many maple leaves are around the badge, or that there are chains hanging off either end of the portcullis, or that there are three maples leaves of that style within the tressure, etc, etc. All of these elements are nowhere in the free blazon, but are only in the original official copyrighted drawing at the above linked registry. The only way all of these elements can be included in the SVG rendering is through 1. prior knowledge of the copyrighted work, 2. Attempted mimicry of the copyrighted work, and 3. A resulting work stylistically similar to the copyrighted work (legal test applied in UK and Canadian courts). So, yes, works based only on a blazon are free, but works based on copyrighted works are not.


 * There is also this, right from the CBSA site:

trackratte (talk) 01:44, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the late reply. Your post was so long, so I decided to postpone this a bit and then I forgot about it. I have compared this copy of the badge with c:File:Badge of the Canada Border Services Agency.svg as that copy is larger than the one on Wikipedia. I note the following similarities which are not in the blazon:
 * Portcullis: Same number of vertical bars, but the number of horizontal bars differs. However, this is probably a coincidence. The Commons file clearly attributes c:File:Crowned Portcullis.svg as the source for the portcullis (but the chains have been redone).
 * Tressure erablé: Same number of maple leaves. The blazon only says that there are maple leaves (fr:Érable), but doesn't specify any number. All maple leaves (including the demi-maples elsewhere) are sourced to c:File:Blason ville ca Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel.svg.
 * Demi-maples: Same number of them on both images.
 * It only says "the Motto", not "the Motto Or". Also, "rope" and "portcullis", not "rope Or"" or "portcullis Or". Or does the "Or" later in the blazon also apply to the objects mentioned earlier? I'm not very good at the language of heraldry.
 * The crown is sourced to c:File:St. Edward's Crown.svg and should not be an issue.
 * What I find strange is that three out of four numbers are the same. If I were to make a drawing myself, I suspect that some of them would be different. However, I'm not convinced that just getting the same numbers is enough to claim a copyright violation. Maybe someone like User:Jameslwoodward has an opinion. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:24, 16 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the reply!
 * The question here is if this image is based only on the free blazon, or if it was based on the original work. The above make it obvious to me that it is based on the original work.


 * Even such seemingly minor detail as the motto for example, with the words placed in exactly the same way. Or the gyronny of six azure and argent (shield divided into 6 blue and white triangles) which are divided up in the same way (the centre point could be shifted up or down, etc, there are multiple ways to divide something in six) or where the colours are alternating between blue and white in the exact same way.


 * And yes there is a source file for the maple leaves, but why did the user choose that source instead of using the standard and most commonly associated 11-point maple leaf from the Canadian flag? Instead they used a maple leaf as stylistically similar to the copyrighted image as possible. And yes, the numbers are exactly the same for the annulus as well as the tressure. And the maple leaves are divided in exactly the same way for the tressure in both images (no stems, joined from the base in the same method).


 * For the portcullis yes, it was taken from a PD source, but once again, why that specific image? The user could have based it upon heraldic portcullis' such as this one, or this one, or even something like this. Instead, something was put together to be as stylistically similar as possible to the original copyrighted image.


 * There is no way that this could have been put together based only on a reading of the blazon. And reading case-law (three part test), it is not the individual elements that matter per se, it is the intent of the author and the end result (1. prior knowledge of the copyrighted work, 2. attempting to mimic the copyrighted work, 3. the result being stylistically similar to the copyrighted work). In this case it defies reason to believe that this user was able to "by chance" choose a variety of elements and put them together in such a way as to provide the exact same number of elements, in the exact same style, in the exact same composition as the original work without knowingly attempting to mimic it. The blazon simply does not have the level of detail necessary to form such a close copy.


 * There is also the question of passing this off as the user's 'own work' without any reference to the original or any source, nor permission for use or derivation. User Fry has deleted my permissions tag, I haven't bothered re-adding it, as even straightforward things such as adding Trademark templates to clearly trademarked images (I provided sources to the TM database) results in this user engaging in edit warring and me having to resolve it at the Admin/User Problems board. That, and/or swearing on my talk page.


 * Also, user NG (author of the badge rendition) has contacted me on my Commons talk page. It is clear that the user made this as a good-faith upload, and the last thing I want is for this individual to leave this experience in any way feeling under attack or disillusioned. Simply that, in Canadian and British copyright law, this is a copyright violation unfortunately. And as we can see in in the disclaimer here for Canadian Forces symbols, and this one here for the RCMP, Canada has no problem laying claim to symbols, even when they have been painted onto plates as original (derivative) works by an artist.


 * Finally, Crown Copyright Terms of Use do not allow free-use "When the material is being revised, adapted, modified, or translated.", or "When the material will be used commercially and the anticipated annual revenue exceeds $10,000.", or "be in an undignified context; be considered unfair, misleading or inaccurate (e.g. suggest an endorsement by DND/CAF; be used in a context that may prejudice or harm a third party; or be considered inappropriate by the author department or agency." So even when "revised, adapted" or "modified" permission is still required for these types of official badges (thus the permissions tag), and many restriction on use apply, including a type of non-commercial use.


 * And apologies for my continued lengthy replies ... trackratte (talk) 03:38, 17 June 2014 (UTC)


 * A "no permission" tag is not appropriate if someone disputes the tag, as Fry did. In such cases, it is better to start a deletion discussion instead so that you and Fry both are able to express your opinions about the image. The "no permission" tag is only suitable if the validity of the tag can't be disputed by experienced users.
 * I think that there seem to be quite a lot similarities between the images. One could expect some accidental similarities, but these may be too many.
 * If I were to look for parts for a coat of arms, I would try to think of things around me and think of people or places or entities which I know about which use a certain element. For example, if I want an anchor, I would look at the municipal coats of arms of Norrtälje or Mariehamn, two nearby places I visit once in a while. In the case of a portcullis, my first choices would be the Swedish Customs Authority or the British House of Commons. Failing that, I would look for an appropriate image in c:Category:Portcullis in heraldry. The uploader seems to have chosen the House of Commons. My number one choice for a maple leaf would probably have been the Canadian flag (in particular if the topic is related to Canada), but the uploader chose Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel instead. I can only guess why he did this. Maybe he lives there or visits the place often or has some other connection to the city. I do not think that the city leaf is closer to this leaf than the flag leaf. I think that my concern is with numbers and arrangements, not with the choice of images for the leaf and portcullis. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:19, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, absolutely, I think it depends on how far down that path you want to go. Regardless of what particular aspect convinces you, I think that the basic conclusion remains the same: this image could not have been constructed based only on the blazon, without any reference once so ever to the official drawing. It may be possible in the sense that one chance in a million is also possible, however it simply is not reasonable or logically defensible to claim this image was made on the blazon alone.
 * Also, I wanted to avoid jumping right into a deletions request without ascertaining the source and user's feelings first. And you are correct about the permissions tag. I apologise, I just didn't know how to tackle it, since it's technically missing a source, and permission, and like I said, I didn't want to go right to deletion request. Thanks for your help! trackratte (talk) 00:38, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

User:Cheeseladder/Civil War
From an Angry editor to Stefan2

Common courtesy!! should requires you to contact an editor before you begin an edit on there sandbox. Do not interfere with my sandbox again unless you have communicated with me about your intentions.Cheeseladder (talk) 07:25, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
 * See WP:USER: "Non-free images found on a user page (including user talk pages) will be removed (preferably by replacing it with a link to the image) without warning and, if not used in a Wikipedia article will be deleted entirely." --Stefan2 (talk) 10:31, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I Repeat Common courtesy or is that not in the Swedish vocabulary. All ways in Good Faith.Cheeseladder (talk) 10:49, 12 June 2014 (UTC
 * I repeat: "Non-free images found on a user page (including user talk pages) will be removed (preferably by replacing it with a link to the image) without warning and, if not used in a Wikipedia article will be deleted entirely." --Stefan2 (talk) 12:18, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Would it hurt to explain your actions at the time? Andy Dingley (talk) 12:31, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Your arrogance is astounding! I could not be in the least bit bothered if you delete the image. For starters it was uploaded by others. I mealy found it whilst wiki-linking the name and found the image on the Fred Copeman page!! I am very annoyed by your attitude towards me. I try to be as polite and friendly as I Can to other editors, its a shame the concept of this is above your intellect. It is obvious by your attitude that you thrive on creating conflict and intimidation towards others with your veiled threats.Cheeseladder (talk) 12:54, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

a bout ap logo
what you know about andhra pradesh and why you delete it from teplete! i want answer! dont do your self contribution. (Visakha veera (talk) 11:36, 12 June 2014 (UTC))
 * Non-free images are not allowed in templates. See WP:NFCC. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:43, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
 * first you vlearly check that imag ! what hte author is mentioned? The previous version(s) of this file are non-free. The older revision(s) are no longer being used in articles, and therefore fail the Wikipedia non-free content criteria. The current version will not be deleted, only previous revision(s).

Administrators: If there are no problems with the current version, and it meets the non-free content criteria, please delete the previous version(s) on June 18, 2014 (seven days after June 11, 2014, when this template was added). This is he mentiond first check it man (Visakha veera (talk) 11:46, 12 June 2014 (UTC))
 * Do not ever add any non-free images to templates! Both the current revision and the older revisions of the file are unfree. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:02, 12 June 2014 (UTC)


 * if its non free image there is no delete templet! so first delete the image are complain it to admin! we cant do any thing our self (Visakha veera (talk) 14:31, 12 June 2014 (UTC))
 * Non-free images may never be used in templates. However, non-free images can sometimes be used elsewhere. You may never add a non-free image to a template even if the non-free image legitimately is used elsewhere. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:04, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

File:Dutrou-Bornier flag.jpg
File:Dutrou-Bornier flag.jpg was created per a request at Dutrou-Bornier's flag at the Graphics Lab Illustration Workshop for use on the page Jean-Baptiste Dutrou-Bornier. The copyright status of this image is actually rather unclear. The image itself was created by me, as a derivative work from this image. The copyright information on the site hosting that image is here, and makes no mention of derivative works, though it does provide explicit permission to use up to 5% of any images in a non-commercial manner, with attribution.

So it is clear that they maintain copyright. It is not clear exactly what sort of claim they might have on the image in question, being a derivative work. I know you do a lot of work with images, and if you have any greater familiarity with the vagaries of copyright law as applied to derivative works, or know of another user who does, I would appreciate any input. In the meantime, I will use the image on the page in question. Thank you. MjolnirPants  Tell me all about it.  12:49, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Jean-Baptiste Dutrou-Bornier died in 1876, so any flag made during his lifetime is obviously in the public domain.
 * This page has a reconstruction of the flag from 2000, made by Olivier Touzeau. If this flag is faithful to a flag from the 19th century, then Touzeau holds no copyright in the reconstruction. However, if Touzeau added some creative input to the flag, then he holds the copyright to those things.
 * The article describes the flag as "orange, with an outline of a man-bird". If Touzeau found a document where the flag only was described by those words, then see c:COM:COA: the words "orange, with an outline of a man-bird" take the role of a blazon (although not using the typical heraldic language), and the drawing on the website takes the role of a representation, with the copyright belonging to Touzeau. If an image only can be used for non-commercial purposes, and only on the conditions that you do not take too many things from a website, then the image is unfree.
 * If the flag image is a copyrighted image by Touzeau, then it violates WP:NFCC: a suitable replacement can be created using 19th century documents. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:59, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
 * You raise some valid points. Since this is the work of just a few minutes, I'll simply create a new version with a different bird-man outline. MjolnirPants   Tell me all about it.  20:54, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
 * See File:Dutrou-Bornier Flag.jpg for the new one. I'll make the edit at the page it will be used on now. Thank you for your input! MjolnirPants   Tell me all about it.  21:10, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

File:Donker Mag Album Cover.jpeg
I'm currently using the file for a userspace draft I'm developing - see this draft, do you wish for me to reupload this when I've published this? Or maybe add it to the current draft? &int; A Y &trade; 17:02, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
 * The page User:Daylon124/sandbox/Donker Mag is not in the article namespace, so it may not contain any unfree images, per WP:NFCC. The file currently seems to be used in Donker Mag, so it should not currently risk to be deleted. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:38, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Re: File:Our Father Official Poster.jpg
I'm sorry for my mistake, and thank you for the ping. Permission template added already. Ankry (talk) 07:10, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

File:Pan-Pacific 1956.jpg, copyright not renewed
Thanks for checking the records for this one.

I went to http://www.copyright.gov/ and found a notice that records prior to 1978 are only available in their physical card catalog. So, how did you search this 1956 copyright? TIA, Pete Tillman (talk) 00:38, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
 * The renewal should be made approximately 28 years after publication. 1956+28 = 1984, which is after 1978, so the online catalogue is the place where to search. For older pictures, you need to use the physical card catalogue or the printed annual books. The printed annual books have been scanned and are available here. When checking the printed books, remember to check several years as the renewal sometimes doesn't appear in the book for the 28th year but in the book for the 27th year (and possibly also the book for the 29th year – I'm not sure exactly how many years you need to check). For renewals around 1978, you may need to consult both the online catalogue and the printed books to cover all years. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:51, 14 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks! --Pete Tillman (talk) 13:25, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Please don't make anti-user edits with your bot this badly
I'm sure you think Twinkle is great, but when you do bot edits to users' talk pages you're under obligations to make reasonable efforts to not scare away users with unfriendly, officious and incompetent messaging.

Specifically, failing to merge the warnings for and  is irritating, but following-up without human intervention to do  and  once you get a reply, with no actual information, is deeply, deeply unfriendly to newbies.

FWIW, I undeleted one of the source images, and the second was moved to Commons years ago; if your bot can't understand that, you need to fix the bot. :-)

James F. (talk) 02:27, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I have to commend the above comments of, your warnings make other users look like some thief. You should change that a bit.  Occult Zone  (Talk • Contributions • Log) 06:36, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I am not sure what bot you are talking about. James claims that the image is available under GFDL and CC-BY-SA 3.0, but has not provided any evidence that this is correct. The file links to two other files: one without photographer information, and both without evidence that the photographers have licensed the images under a free licence whatsoever. If James claims that the photographs of the coins are licensed, then he needs to provide evidence of this, which he has not done. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:39, 14 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Please use the ping template when replying to people so they can follow-up.
 * I created the files, as the files clearly say, and released into GFDL (as was the only option back then) from two extant trivially-PD files, one of which was already moved to Commons. To make things easier for you, I've moved them to Commons myself.
 * (The bot is Twinkle; I'm AGFing that you're not paying attention to it which is why you're making such poor judgements in edits.) James F. (talk) 22:06, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
 * No, you used two unsourced photos of coins. All photos of coins need a source and licence per c:COM:ART. As there was no evidence that the images were licensed under GFDL (due to the lack of source information for the photographs), the files were tagged as missing evidence of permission. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:17, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

File:SouthRevcover2013.jpg‎‎
Hi Stefan, you tagged this file for deletion because it wasn't used. However, if you had clicked the link in the fair use template that indicated in which article it was being used and then checked he edit history of that article, you'd have seen that a bad edit (vandalism or just incompetent) had removed the link to the file. I've reverted these edits and removed the deletion template. --Randykitty (talk) 10:28, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

File:Ms Hanifa kazi, Director Bureau of STAGS, at Shaikh ayaz auditorium.jpg
Dear Stefan, I am having problem regarding image uploading (one of them is in heading) and may I am putting wrong attributes to image. please guide me. My images have fair use on article and required for that. waiting for your cooperative response. Mangrio (talk) 13:03, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Fair use is not applicable as the person on the photo seems to be alive. The image also violates WP:NFCC as it isn't needed in order to understand the article. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:38, 15 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Of-course she is alive, I am part of that institute, an active members, She is not only the founding member of Bureau of STAGS but She has given her complete life to achieve the goals. No doubt she has so far produced numerous speakers at University level. She needs to be pictured in the article. Mangrio 10:04, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
 * See WP:NFC §1. Non-free pictures of people can't be kept unless we have tangible evidence that the person is dead as freely licensed images easily can be created. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:26, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

File:BuffaloCityHallAS.jpg
Care to give a second opinion?

Suggest reviewing the uploders other contributions as well. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 15:21, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Quoting the article Albert Stewart:

Buffalo City Hall friezes, Buffalo, New York 1931
 * $$1931+28=1959$$, so this needed a renewal in 1959 or around. Looking at the renewal registrations from 1958-1960, I do not find any renewals for artworks in the name "Stewart", but some renewals are sorted under company names. I don't know whether this might be sorted under a company name. In either case, I don't think that this is the kind of work which normally is renewed. I'm guessing that this file is fine. --Stefan2 (talk) 17:08, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

Help
I need some help with the image that you set for deletion. I understand that you did it, and I'm wondering what I could do to negate it. Obviously, not blanking or removing it, but what I can do to accommodate it. The resolution problem has been fixed, I've contested the #8 claim and the #10 claim. Thanks. Tutelary (talk) 03:13, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Comment by
15:53, 19 June 2014 (UTC)Tlsheppa (talk) 15:53, 19 June 2014 (UTC) Good morning--

This is the newest MARK used by Publications at IU / IU South Bend. What do I need to do to ensure we can use it on Wikipedia. the old seal that was there previously has not been used now for a couple of years (except on OFFCIAL letterhead, etc.)

15:53, 19 June 2014 (UTC)15:53, 19 June 2014 (UTC)15:53, 19 June 2014 (UTC)~
 * Are you talking about File:Official mark of IU South Bend.tif? If so, what is the problem? --Stefan2 (talk) 16:20, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Talkback
MjolnirPants  Tell me all about it.  16:19, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Keep on the Shadowfell
Hi there,

File:H1 Keep on the Shadowfell cover.jpg is in use in the article Keep on the Shadowfell, but for some reason it is still showing as an orphaned image. Do you know any way to fix this? 129.33.19.254 (talk) 16:21, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
 * It seems that there is a bug which sometimes hides file usage for some files. I tried posting  to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php and this made the file usage appear on the file information page. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:26, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks! :) 129.33.19.254 (talk) 16:31, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Category:Wikipedia files with unknown source
Any possiblity of you taking a look through this top level and eliminating some of the more obviously unsourced ones? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 18:29, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Question
Why did you remove Bullwinkle image from my talk page? Sca (talk) 01:10, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
 * File:Bullwinkle the moose.jpg is an unfree file. Unfree files may not be used on talk pages. See WP:NFCC. --Stefan2 (talk) 01:17, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
 * You might have left a note. Sca (talk) 01:21, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Help
I just uploaded a fair use screenshot which is being used in the Sleeping Dogs article, but I would appreciate if you could do a smaller version request of the file, not in the article, but in the screenshot's page, since I don't want notifications of tagging again. URDNEXT (talk) 16:20, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I have tagged the files you have uploaded for reduction. A bot should reduce the resolution tomorrow. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:13, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks! URDNEXT (talk) 23:57, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Talkback
Ev2geny (talk) 21:50, 22 June 2014 (UTC)

Reduce
Hey, Stefan! Can you please request a reduced version of File:Sleeping Dogs gameplay.jpg for me, please? Thanks, URDNEXT (talk) 12:47, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ Note that all you need to do is to add non-free reduce to the page. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:50, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh, I never knew that... Thanks! URDNEXT (talk) 12:51, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

VxWorks Help SVP
I received a notice that my edits caused numerous disambiguous links but I can't seem to find them. Can you help if you have the time? Thanks RobRobpater (talk) 13:28, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

Help with logo for Marxent Labs
Hello, I recently worked on behalf of Marxent Labs to draft an article about their company. The article went through Articles for Creation, and was recently placed on Wikipedia. I then uploaded the company logo, and reached out to an editor to see if they could add it to the article (as I have a financial conflict of interest, I don't make any edits myself). However, the editor hasn't yet responded to my request for help, and I see that the company logo might be deleted soon.

Since you flagged the logo for deletion, I'm hoping that you might be able to help me. If you have time, do you think you could add the Marxent Labs logo to the article, so that it won't be deleted and can be used to identify the company? If you have any questions at all, just let me know. Cheers! ChrisPond (Talk · COI) 16:33, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Stefan2 (talk) 17:51, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much! ChrisPond (Talk · COI) 19:01, 24 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Hey again Stefan2, I just noticed that you added a COI flag to the Marxent article as well, but I'm not sure that's appropriate here. In my understanding, the COI flag is for articles where there is suspicion that an editor with a conflict of interest has been involved, and has introduced serious neutrality issues into the article. However, I've been clear about my conflict of interest from the beginning of the Articles for Creation process, with volunteer editors having already reviewed and vetted the content that I've proposed, and I've declared my COI on Talk:Marxent Labs. If you have specific issues with the article where you think a COI might be present, I'm happy to discuss, but I pride myself in making sure that I follow all of Wikipedia's guidelines about neutral language and POV to the best of my ability. If you don't see any specific issues with the article, could you please remove the flag? Cheers, ChrisPond (Talk · COI) 14:19, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Hey Stefan2, just wanted to follow up with you and see if you'd had a chance to look at the Marxent Labs article and see if there are any issues with it? Happy to answer any questions about it, but if everything looks okay, do you think you could remove the COI flag? Thanks! ChrisPond (Talk · COI) 13:34, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Hey again—since I haven't heard back from you about this yet, I'm going to reach out to another editor and get a second opinion on the COI flag. I do feel that it's misplaced on the article, as everything has been appropriately vetted by volunteer editors. Cheers, ChrisPond (Talk · COI) 17:27, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi! Sorry, I was away yesterday and during part of today. I read above that you worked on behalf of a company to create an article about that company. When a user does this, the article may very often be biased towards favouring the company, so I tagged the article with COI, hoping that someone would carefully check sources to see if something doesn't look correct. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:50, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

non-free image File:MaejoUniversityLogo.png
non-free image File:MaejoUniversityLogo.png is NOT orphaned but is in use at Maejo University. See all applicable Talk pages. —Pawyilee (talk) 14:06, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * The file was orphaned when it was tagged. See Special:PermanentLink/614336962. As the file is no longer orphaned, I have removed the tag. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:12, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * It was only orphaned by vandalism a couple of hours before you tagged it. There is a FUR, pointing directly at the article where it ought to be in use.
 * Would it not be better for you to check before tagging, whether or not something similar had happened? This would avoid the image being deleted needlessly. This type of tagging and deletion happens regularly and is not a constructive outcome. It could and should be avoided. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:19, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Andy: Most files are orphaned because they shouldn't be used (for example, because an article didn't survive at AfD), but a few files become orphaned because of errors in an article, for example syntax errors or vandalism. The uploader of a file is likely to know more about the article than I do, so it is likely that it goes much faster for the uploader to determine whether it is correct that the file is orphaned. Therefore, I think that the most efficient way to combat such problems in articles is to tag the files as soon as possible. Once the uploader is notified, the uploader will detect the error in the article (if any). --Stefan2 (talk) 14:35, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm the original up loader, and this is costing me hours of work and Internet access I'd rather be using on topics related to Thailand's on-going coup. Nevertheless, Maejo is unique in resisting pressure to drop its /j/ and in having a mascot. The original ref to it is no longer maintained at OSU's webisite and I failed to WebCite it. I've found another that even has a picture of it, but d@mned if I'll try to use anything but the link. Give me at least another hour before you jump on Maejo University —edited Pawyilee (talk) 14:51, 25 June 2014 (UTC)


 * "Most" is not good enough when you're deleting content.
 * These unused non-free files are rare, there are 849 of them at present, which is pretty small for anything at WP. It is not true that these are "mostly" long orphaned for which there is a simple cleanup needed. In WP volumes, under a thousand of anything is pretty much "empty" by now. The files here are being made orphaned by recent and on-going processes. Many of those processes are inappropriate - some simple vandalism - and the correct response is to reverse them, not to further enforce them by deleting the image too. Andy Dingley (talk) 15:11, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Actually, what you call enforcing vandalism would be not to tag the files at all, as that would make everyone unaware of the vandalism and unaware that the images should be restored to articles. In the past, the tagging was mainly carried out by bots which performed fewer checks than human taggers, but the bots stopped tagging files for varying reasons. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:25, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Restoring a file by adding a speedy deletion tag to it isn't going to work as a strategy. Andy Dingley (talk) 21:30, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * That's not correct. Uploaders who receive a notification will restore the file if they find that it is incorrectly missing from the article. Also, WP:CSD only requires that the file is unused – it is not necessary to know why it is unused. This is why bots often have helped with the tagging. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:36, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * "Also, WP:CSD#F5 only requires that the file is unused"
 * The goal is the encyclopedia, not the bureaucracy. Your actions appear to be more concerned about finding excuses to act, not about finding improvement. Andy Dingley (talk) 21:57, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

Please refrain from posting any further to my talkpage
Do to your having dropped not one, but two templates on my userpage, you are no longer welcome to post there, barring an apology for your rudeness. Lithistman (talk) 23:25, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * WP:DTTR is an essay and holds zero weight. The warning that you where given where according to policy. If further notices/warning need to be given they will be. Repeated failures to follow policy will result in you being blocked. Werieth (talk) 23:45, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I just saw this note, and am not surprised at all that Werieth as been indef blocked as a sockpuppet of Betacommand. Lithistman (talk) 18:01, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

Hey
You do realize that the image of Trevor Philips I uploaded already had a reduce tag, right? URDNEXT (talk) 23:57, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Oops, looks like a mistake from my side. It seems that having multiple reduction requests works fine, though. The bot reduced the file as requested. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:06, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * It's fine. Just wanted to see if it wasn't a bug. URDNEXT (talk) 22:12, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Congratulations
If you like you can add this userbox to your collection.

```<em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:black">Buster Seven  <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:black"> Talk  04:58, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh, nice to know. I hadn't noticed. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:49, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Userbox on my user-page (?)
Hi there, I see that you have commented out an image on one of my userboxes, I'm assuming that you have a good reason for doing this but I can't work it out at the moment. Can you elucidate me? Thanks :) Mountain cirque 09:06, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
 * See WP:NFCC. File:Shukokai.jpg is an unfree file. Unfree files may only be used in articles and never on user pages. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:43, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

File:Geoffrey Key Oil Painting Titled Office Workers 2012.jpg
Dear Stefan2

Thanks for your message (below) However, I am very confused by Wikipedia. It has me taering out my hair! Why is it so very complicated? Please can you advise me - How do I move the image from the upload wizard to the article? I thought having gone through the process of uploading the image & excplaining the reasons why it should be allowed use in the article on a non-free basis, a dedcision would be made to re-insert of not & I'd be notified accordingly. Your help would be much appreciated.RobJeffersonWSoiwittaya (talk) 15:57, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for uploading File:Geoffrey Key Oil Painting Titled Office Workers 2012.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 14:54, 28 June 2014 (UTC)


 * You need to insert the code  somewhere in the article. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:17, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

So, what did I do wrong?
Hello Stefan2! I noticed that you objected to, and removed the Leon-picture on one of my subpages. Just out of curiosity: What did I do wrong? Was the picture protected or something? In that case I can assure you that I did not know. Did you think it was offensive in any way? I just put it on my "to do page" for fun, and if that was out of line I apologize. I just need to know so I will not make the same mistake again. Best, - W.carter (talk) 22:04, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Never mind. I found out why. - W.carter (talk) 22:21, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

Talkback
<font color="red" style="font-family:Algerian">KAS ( talk ) 16:02, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

We Run the Night images
Hi, I believe that I could prevent a file that I uploaded that you listed for deletion from being removed, File:We Run the Night.ogg, per WP:NFCC, by uploading a new shorter snippet of the file, as can be found in many songs' audio files. Would that suffice?

Also, I have carefully read WP:NFCC and File:We Run the Night video.png does not fail those terms, as it is one frame at reduced size which is minimal use and serves the purpose of giving the reader an idea of the music video's contents, enhancing the description in the article in question. The image's resolution meets Wikipedia's guideline WP:NFC for non-free media as. The image also meets Wikipedia's guidelines WP:NFC and WP:NFCI as it serves a purpose in the article, is low resolution, and is used in at least one article.

Thanks, User:Neddy1234 (talk) 14:19, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * If File:We Run the Night.ogg is reduced, then WP:NFCC is no longer violated.
 * File:We Run the Night video.png violates WP:NFCC because there is no critical discussion about the image in the article. The article would be just as easy to understand without this image. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:47, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for your constructive feedback. Is it ok if the audio file is 23 seconds? Also, I was wondering if it would be ok if I updated the music video screenshot to show the shots of Havana Brown in a Dj booth which is specifically praised by critics, would that make the use minimal in accordance with WP:NFCC because it depicts an important aspect of the video? Thanks, User:Neddy1234 (talk) 14:19, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

Hey! I fixed the audio to meet WP:NFCC
 * The new file under the name File:We Run the Night video.png isn't critically discussed either. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:38, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

Mississippi College Seal
I uploaded the Mississippi College seal, but the colors are not appearing correctly when I add the image to the page. The colors appear black and gold instead of blue and white. I don't know why the image is not appearing correctly. That is why I reverted my edit. If you have any suggestions, let me know. Thanks. Nelsonz4 (talk) 23:26, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Try asking at Graphics Lab/Illustration workshop for help to fix this. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:36, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I figured out what the problem was. The image was too small and that was affecting the colors for some reason. Thanks.--Nelsonz4 (talk) 18:49, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

File:One City Center - planned Illustration.jpg
Go head and delete it now. This illustration is both mis-named and inaccurate I re-wrote the section of the article and deleted it from the revision Bwmoll3 (talk) 03:07, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

RE: Orphaned non-free image File:Forest School, Horsham Logo.jpg
I've gone ahead and removed the tag from this image, as it no longer falls under the requirements for Speedy Deletion. The article was vandalised by students, removing the image in the process. Just wandering, are you watching my actions, trying to trip me up as you know I'm not very active?

&int; A Y &trade; 15:37, 2 July 2014 (UTC)


 * He's not trying to trip you up or watch you. He has a bot that automatically detects orphaned non-free images. It has nothing to do with how active you are on Wikipedia. --Nelsonz4 (talk) 18:54, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm not a bot, but I'm frequently tagging unused non-free images. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:33, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

Re: Orphaned non-free image File:Common - Nobody Smiling (Deluxe Album Cover).png
I apologize for not following the rules about the fair use rules of an copyrighted image such as File:Common - Nobody Smiling (Deluxe Album Cover).png. I must agree that the file must admitted for a deletion, due to a violation of fair use. I'm promise never to break the rules again. I appreciate it.DBrown SPS 20:02, 2 July 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by DBrown SPS (talk • contribs)

Re:Frankenberg House

 * Moved back to User talk:Marine 69-71.

Second opinion
Special:Contributions/Nford24

Especially the Australian Insignia.

I'd tagged these as F3 by checking the link they gave in a permission field., They've now removed that link and replaced it with a generic. (the old link is still in the history.)

If they'd got an OTRS from the site, I'd be happy... They haven't so I am wanting a second opinion. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 00:36, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I have changed one image to PD-ineligible-USonly and listed the rest at Possibly unfree files/2014 July 4. --Stefan2 (talk) 07:47, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

File:Abu waleeb.png
Am I missing something, as a no source tag's been reverted twice? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 19:32, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I can't find any source on the file information page. On the other hand, I have found several copies of the photograph elsewhere on the Internet which predate Wikipedia, so I have listed the file at Possibly unfree files/2014 July 6. It should probably be speedied per WP:CSD, but maybe the uploader wants to comment on something considering his edits to remove the "no source" tag. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:58, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

How do people "prove" that they are the copyright holder?
How do people "prove" that they are the copyright holder? First, they may be using an image on another wikipedia (in any other language) if it's hosted on the Wikimedia Commons. Next, people should just follow these rules: c:Commons:OTRS Banaticus (talk) 21:12, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi! Why are you telling me this? I already know what c:COM:OTRS says. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:59, 6 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Because several of the messages on your talk page seem to indicate that you want people to prove to you that they are the copyright holder, instead of instructing them to prove to OTRS. With all due respect, unless you're answering OTRS emails (and even then, only when you're answering those emails and not in a public forum like this talk page), it's none of your business whether or not they can prove it to your satisfaction. ;)  If nothing happens after a month or so, then proceed with deletion.  These people obviously don't really know what they're doing and with the ongoing declining rate of Wikipedia editing, we need to ease people in a little more. :) Banaticus (talk) 14:05, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Which messages are you talking about? I typically direct people to pages such as WP:CONSENT, WP:IOWN, c:COM:OTRS and c:COM:ET when they ask about permission issues. Usually they have already been told to contact OTRS through {{subst:di-no permission-notice}} when they ask on my talk page. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:22, 6 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Take User_talk:Stefan2 for instance. Banaticus (talk) 05:50, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I may not have expressed myself correctly at that time. The uploader claimed that an old picture was "own work by the uploader", which looked strange to me. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:36, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

File:UndigitalD2h.jpg
One of my pictures, File:UndigitalD2h.jpg was deleted, but I had specified this as original (self-made) work. I was wondering why it got deleted, given that I identified it as my own work. Glogger (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 2014-07-06T15:13:50‎
 * The file was deleted because there was no source, meaning that it didn't say by whom the file was created. If you created it yourself, then maybe the deleting admin (User:TLSuda) could undelete it again. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:22, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Stefan2 is correct, no where on the description page does it show that you claim it as your own work. It does list two links, http://staffwww.dcs.shef.ac.uk/people/G.Brown/mscprojects/ and http://wearcam.org/dusting%20wearcam.org/dusting which have no evidence to where the image came from.  If you made the image by taking the four-hour long exposure, let me know and I will happily restore it.  Cheers,  TLSuda  (talk) 23:01, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

Response to Stefan2's comment about UUV image uploaded by TodKarlson
The image in question is a U.S. Navy image & the file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain. TodKarlson (talk) 16:21, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
 * You forgot to specify a source for the image. Anyone can claim that an image is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, but without tangible evidence that this is the case, we can't assume that the author was a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy. In this case, User:Diannaa managed to find a source proving this, so the file could be saved in the end. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:29, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
 * The source is: http://www.navy.mil/navydata/technology/uuvmp.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by TodKarlson (talk • contribs) 00:07, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

URAA concerns
Hi,

I've been trying to identify some images with URAA concerns, which I've been tagging as wrong license if all they have is a PD tag.

Would you be willing to look over my recent efforts, as you seem to have more experience in this area? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:25, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Which files are you talking about? There are almost 1500 files which have been tagged with wrong license. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:58, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Rochester u Medway arms.png
Hello and thanks for your message. It seems someone has created a replacement image (File:ROCHESTER UPON MEDWAY CITY COUNCIL coa.svg), which is PD-self, so the file can be safely deleted. Lozleader (talk) 08:51, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Tunisian Ligue 1 (logo).png
Thank you for your warring, an aknown user maked mistake here and I corrected it here. Now that's allright. Regards. --Fayçal.09 (talk) 12:09, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

Coats of Arms and Flags
Hi, Stefan2! Just out of curiosity, why the Coat of Arms of a country/territory is considered non-free content, whereas its flag is considered free? CostaDax (talk) 22:47, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Both may be unfree.
 * Flags are typically very simple and are typically below the threshold of originality. If a flag is below the threshold of originality, then it is not copyrighted. Some flags are above the threshold of originality and are therefore copyrighted. For example, an Australian court decided that the Australian Aboriginal Flag is copyrighted in Australia. On the other hand, courts in most other countries would presumably decide that the flag is below the threshold of originality. The aboriginal flag is therefore unfree in Australia but free at most other places.
 * A coat of arms is typically more complex than a flag and is therefore more likely to meet the threshold of originality. A coat of arms is therefore more likely to be unfree than a flag.
 * The copyright to an unfree flag or coat of arms will expire at some point. As most flags are very old, any copyright in them will have expired long ago. For example, according to the article Union Jack, the British flag was adopted (and presumably first published) in 1801. Anything published in 1801 is in the public domain worldwide because of age.
 * In some countries, such as the United States and Russia, the copyright laws say that national symbols created by the government are exempt from copyright protection. Coats of arms and flags from these countries are therefore free if created by the government. On the other hand, the copyright laws of other countries, such as the United Kingdom and Canada, say that all government works, including flags and coats of arms, are unfree until fifty years after the flag or coat of arms was first published. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:21, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * You've been very informative. Thank you! CostaDax (talk) 12:35, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

9 July 2014
Stefan2 - your recent edits on my user page is really getting distributive, if there is/are any legal or copyright issue do inform me on my talk page instead of performing edits yourself I will handle the issues myself. C ute st Penguin  {talk • contribs} 09:12, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi! Ensure that you comply with WP:NFCC and WP:USER. Otherwise, you may be blocked from Wikipedia. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:08, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Surly I will ensure WNFCC.9, I would like to inform you that most of my uploaded images are under OTRS process and possibly all the images will be released in public domain. Thanking you for making me aware.  C ute st Penguin   {talk • contribs} 12:13, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * All of the files I removed from your user page were listed as unfree when I removed them from there. I note that you have since marked one as free and pending OTRS. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:25, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * You are right Stefan2, I marked one of image under OTRS pending after sending permission seeking email to the concern party. C ute st Penguin   {talk • contribs} 12:32, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Uploads by User:Harlsbottom
Can you glance over some of these?, Some of them are (wrongly) listed with him as author, but tagged as PD-UK, This seems iffy, as while he may well be the uploader, it's not clear he's the author of the original.

Most could be infosplit, but then they wouldn't have the original authors to confirm the dating/status. :(

Currently tagging as wrong license until someone sorts out the attributions. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:49, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I'll try to check those files. It is unlikely that a file is both own work by the uploader and PD-UK at the same time as PD-UK normally requires that the uploader has been dead for at least 70 years, should the uploader be the author. The uploader might mean that he scanned works made by other people. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:30, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

PD-UK
I'd appreciate someone going through these and sorting out once and for all which are URAA conflicted or not. It's annoying that many of them don't seem to have a UK status indication meaning I can't reasonably determine if they can move to Commons or not.

A review of the use of PD-UK-Unknown should also be undertaken, because sometimes it's confusing if an image's author is genuinly unknown (or whether the uploader couldn't find one, different issue). Personally I'd like to see PD-UK-Unknown deprecated in favoru of PD-EU-no author disclosure which is less ambiguos as to it's intent. Can you raise this in an appropriate forum?

Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:54, 9 July 2014 (UTC)

Your message to new user
Hi Stefan2: Yesterday you left a message for User:Qwert[...] on his/her Talk even though that User does not seem to engage on their Talk page. He/she has just left two unsigned messages on the Wikipedia Talk page and possibly you can communicate there. No one seems to know what the concern with disruptive editing is with that new editor, maybe you could try to communicate on the Wikipedia Talk page. Cheers. LawrencePrincipe (talk) 00:48, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I have added unsigned to the sections at Talk:Wikipedia and replied there. I nominated a file uploaded by this user for deletion because it doesn't look useful. I'm not sure what to do if he doesn't respond. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:34, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Already Dead message to user retired for being a sock puppet
Stefan2, you posted a message to the talk page of a user who is RETIRED, blocked from Wikipedia for being a sock puppet. It seems unlikely that person will provide the fair use justification you think is needed for the book cover image for File:Charlie Huston - Already Dead.jpeg. The RETIRED user name is Werieth. Maybe someone else who knows how to write fair use justifications for small images of book covers could do the job you want done? I noticed your post because Werieth had messed with an article I was watching, and a few days later I see that his account is shut down, then see others posting to his talk page to continue the debate on the sock puppet (new phrase to me) decision, which was apparently decided in some other forum. So I saw your post from that pathway, not because I know anything about the book Already Dead nor do I know how to write those fair use descriptions. Just wanted to let you know that your request would likely go unanswered unless the person behind the sock puppet finds a way to start yet another account, what a thought. --Prairieplant (talk) 23:45, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * The file is now used in an article again, so nothing more needs to be done. --Stefan2 (talk) 00:16, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Restored images
Any plans to review all the "restored" images from Commonwealth nations?

(notably, Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani and Australian media as the license templates for these were recently updated to "force" the URAA issue.)

It's not however suprising that in some cases it's taken a few years for anyone to notice the problem. Any effort you can make to get things upto archive grade quality is appreciated.

Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:04, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * This needs to be done, but it is going to take a lot of time. Also note the difference between different countries:
 * In Australia, the copyright was restored if the photograph was taken after 1945. The year of creation is typically, but not always, known.
 * In Pakistan, the copyright was restored if the photograph was first published after 1945. Although the year of creation and the year of publication often are the same, this isn't always the case, and there is usually poor information about the publication history of a picture. Not sure how to best handle this. Photographs often come from secondary sources which do not inform about the publication history, making this harder to fix.
 * Apart from this, there may be a few examples of c:COM:Subsisting copyright, but this should mainly affect photographs which weren't published before 1 March 1989, and there are hopefully very few of these. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:14, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

About File:Basketball Braunschweig.jpg
Hi, Stefan2. You wrote in my talk page about this file. The problem with this file is user H-Hurry modified it by adding a new version of the logo in a new file called File:Basketball Braunschweig2.png. If you, or someone, could merge both files in one only it could be the best solution. Thank you and best regards. Asturkian (talk) 21:52, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Desperate Journey/Temp
What gives- I was the editor spotting a copy-viol and told to recreate the article on this page. Now you have blanked it. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 01:02, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * This is the note found on the page: This is a temporary page created because the article at Desperate Journey/Temp is suspected to be a copyright violation. Please work on a substitute article below.

Admins: Please don't delete this page unless you are sure it is no longer needed. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 01:09, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't get it. First I spotted a copyright violation and attempted to re-do a film article only to find it was blanked at Desperate Journey, with the note that the article could be recreated at Talk:Desperate Journey/Temp which I did, using new references and rewriting the text. Then it was again blanked and this time I was templated for a copy violation as if I was the one who had created the mess. I was again asked to recreate the article, this time at Talk:Desperate Journey/Temp/Temp. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 02:00, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi! If you copy text from a Wikipedia page (for example, Desperate Journey) to another page on Wikipedia (for example, Talk:Desperate Journey/Temp), then you need to provide attribution in some way, per WP:Copying within Wikipedia. You didn't provide attribution in any way when creating Talk:Desperate Journey/Temp or Talk:Desperate Journey/Temp/Temp, so those pages are copyright violations of Wikipedia contributions. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:05, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I still don't get it. I re-wrote the entire article so I am copying from myself? I was told to put the article in a temp location which I did (I did not create the temp articles) and you blanked. What kind of attribution do you require- I added all new references throughout. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 11:37, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * After I discovered a copy-viol at Desperate Journey, I notified two administrators and the original editor who may have "close paraphrased" the text from an outside source (a TCM article). First, all my work on a re-write was blanked, and the information given in a template was that a temp article was available. I then re-created the article there only to have it blanked again and this time, was templated for copying within Wikipedia as if I was the one who created this mess. I have now placed my work in a second temp space Talk:Desperate Journey/Temp/Temp but have been advised that I left no attribution in the first place resulting in my being templated as a copy-viol. What kind of attribution is necessary as there was a clear record of the original copy-viol on the talk page of the article and all my work on temp pages has an edit history? FWiW Bzuk (talk) 12:02, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * It seemed to be a copy of Desperate Journey. If you wrote all of the text at Talk:Desperate Journey/Temp, then you do not need to provide any attribution yourself, so I have removed the {{subst:copyvio}} template again. Sorry about this. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:22, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

It seems illogical to have two re-writes, so I will continue my work on Talk:Desperate Journey/Temp/Temp. This all started just because I saw the film a few days ago broadcast on Turner Classic Movies and read the online background article on the TCM website, so became curious as to what the Wikipedia article might say. Only then did I notice that the Wiki article was heavily plagiarized from the very TCM article that I was also reading. Then, the stuff hit the fan ... FWiW Bzuk (talk) 12:32, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Why are the images in the article now deleted? This article will likely be restored once the issue of copyright infringement is decided. Then do these images have to be resurrected again? FWiW Bzuk (talk) 00:01, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Non-free images may not under any circumstances be used outside the article namespace (except in some categories such as Category:Candidates for speedy deletion). See WP:NFCC. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:22, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Change to free licence: Non-free rationale for File:Kenyan Emergency surrender pass January 1955.jpg
Stefan. On 23:08, 11 July 2014 (UTC) you flagged that I had the wrong copyright notice for this image. I believe it is, in fact, a free (not non-free) file but haven't been able to find a way to edit this.

I believe it should be tagged as per https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-Kenya as PD-Kenya|1 with the rational being Publicly distributed by Department of Information, Kenya, 1955. It can also have a PD-scan tag as I scanned the document many years ago from the original.

I've gone through all the help files I can to look for how to make this edit but seem to have screwed it up. Can you help? Menear100 (talk) 08:16, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi! provides information about the copyright status in Kenya. However, Wikipedia doesn't care about the copyright status in Kenya – it is only the copyright staus in the United States which matters. As you may have seen, there was also a different copyright tag, which told that the file is unfree in the United States. Per WP:NFCC, files which are unfree in the United States can only be used under certain circumstances. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:05, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Stefan. I don't know about the unfree copyright tag for the US, but I think the item meets all the criteria at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NFCC - have you any suggestions about what I can do? Not sure how to add a rationale, but as the work was freely published by the originator and supports an academic historical perspective it seems to quality. Menear100 (talk) 12:35, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * This doesn't seem to meet WP:NFCC or WP:NFCC. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:53, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

That's exactly my point - I believe it can meet both criteria but do not understand how to edit the rationale. Menear100 (talk) 05:30, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Since it doesn't comply with WP:NFCC, I do not see how to fix this by merely editing the rationale. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:09, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

File:Helena Kara.jpg
Based on the date (1948) this would not have expired until 2008.

Can you clarify why you thought it was PD-URAA. I will revert back to you version of the licensing if you can explain why. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 18:21, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * For photographs published before 1961, the term is 25 years from publication. For other photographs, the term is 50 years from creation. This was published in 1948, so the protection in Finland ended on 1 January 1974. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:51, 12 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks, PD-Finland50 didn't actually say that :) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 19:48, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I have amended the template. Note that a file with PD-Finland50 only can be Not-PD-US-URAA if it wasn't published until several years after it was created. Therefore, there should be very few files with that tag which are Not-PD-US-URAA. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:00, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * And I duly updated another based on your advice, tweaking the template such that it now has a 2nd paramter, being the US license. Didn't auto the pdsource=yes part because of subsiting copyrights issue. It would be appreciated if you could carefully review the 5 or so remaining images using that template as they could I think all move to commons.
 * It would also be greatly appreciated if you would look over the updating I've done to a number of PD-x template recently to get the URAA issue finally cleaned up. Ideally the PD-Finland50 below= code should be the model for what's used on other PD_x templates of a simillar nature :) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 22:44, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Some copyright tags such as PD-Finland50 will rarely have any problems with URAA. Also, PD-Sweden will never have any problems with URAA until 2020.
 * Also note that the copyright tag PD-Norway50 is incomplete:
 * Old term: the longer of 15 years p.m.a. and 25 years pr.
 * New term: the longer of 15 years p.m.a. and 50 years pr.
 * If the old term was satisfied as of 29 June 1995, then the protection has expired in Norway, per this.
 * If the new term is satisfied, then the protection has expired in Norway.
 * The term had expired on the URAA date if the old term had expired as of 29 June 1995 or if the new term had expired as of 1 January 1996.
 * However, I'm not sure how to explain this mess in a simple way. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:07, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Category:PD-Australia_images_with_unknown_US_copyright_status
I'd appreciate a second opinion. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 23:09, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I have changed several things. Try to avoid using PD-old: the identified "PD-old" means one thing on Wikipedia and a different thing on Commons, and this risks causing confusion if a file with PD-old is moved to Commons. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:23, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

File:FoxHuntingSketch.png
Claimed as PD because it's from a clipart book that says it is, but I've found some clipart books aren't as though in checking stuff IS PD as they could be. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 11:39, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Unclear source. It may be in the public domain, but it may also not be. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:59, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Category:PD-Canada images with unknown US copyright status
Thanks for your updates on the other one :)

It would be appreciated if you could look over all the recently created categories of this type :)

Sfan00 IMG (talk) 12:48, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Some files may be PD-1923 or PD-US-unpublished. In that case, the copyright status in the source country on the URAA date is irrelevant; the files are in the public domain in the United States anyway. This category misses that point.

URAA/Commons logic coding for licence templates (example)
(For documentation so you know what I've beenn adding to templates) Typically the code segment below is placed in the below= section of the infobox.

The category headers are :-

'Restored' Category
Images in this folder are subject to speedy deletion under F6, unless a fair use rationale has been provided.

'Unknown Status' Category (example)
Images in this folder have an unknown US copyright status. If an image here was not in the PD in Brazil as of the URAA date (1st January 1996) then the US copyright has been restored and the image should be tagged.

Ideally the above probably should have been systematised in a template, but such is how things get developed on Wikipedia :)

From that it should be possible to update other templates appropriately :)

Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:06, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
 * If the copyright to a file was restored, then I think that the best thing is to list the file at WP:PUF, instead of adding the "restored" parameter. If the "restored" parameter is added, then the file ends up in Category:All non-free media, making the file ineligible for PUF. If the "restored" parameter is added, then the only option is {{subst:nfurd}}, which is less clear to the uploader. Apart from that, it looks fine. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:28, 13 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Well all the templates are now updated. I can change the logic on specific ones if needed. :) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 21:40, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

File:Hans Mustad.jpg
2nd Opinion, I think this is PD under the license shown (and PD-1932) but would appreicate your view as it's undated, with no claar author shown, tagged as bsr Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:53, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
 * The photograph was created in 1918 or earlier. The copyright has expired in Norway if the photographer has been dead for at least 15 years, which sounds very reasonable. It is also reasonable that the photographer may have been dead for at least 15 years as of 29 June 1995. Even if it was first published after 1922, it is presumably at least PD-URAA. We do not know whether the photographer is anonymous or not, so we can't make any speculations about that. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:23, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

File:Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps logo.jpg
I had replaced the File:Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps logo.jpg with the simpler form of the unit's logo, but I have now put it back into the article in another location. GWFrog (talk) 22:05, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I have nominated the file for deletion for violation of WP:NFCC and WP:NFCC. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:35, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Template:Not-PD-US-Subsist
Pragmatic response to the issue you raised on the Churchill image, could probably be tweaked a little. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 23:27, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Per your comments
Reverted (Hope I caught them all.).

On a related note, do you have a way of giving me a list of pages which have a raw in the page text.

The reason I was wanting to find these is so that the relevant files are within the categorisations created by the relevant templates. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 12:11, 14 July 2014 (UTC)


 * File:Amrita Sher-Gil - Young Girls.jpg
 * File:Capture of Lydda airport, July 1948.JPG
 * File:Casimir Markievicz.jpg
 * File:China Crosses Yalu.jpg
 * File:Chinese 79th Division at Chosin.jpg
 * File:Chinese at Kapyong.jpg
 * File:Chinese defend Maryang San.jpg
 * File:Cooper Force tank.jpg
 * File:Cover page of "Chander Pahar", a novel by Bibhutibhusan Banerjee.jpg
 * File:David Ben-Gurion, May 14, 1948.jpg
 * File:Dawley Court, Middlesex in 1929.jpg
 * File:El Hijo del crack.jpg
 * File:Evelyn Ruggles-Brise.jpg
 * File:Fan Wanzhang PLAAF.jpg
 * File:Hammer 43 pages 1&4.jpg
 * File:Hastings Lees-Smith.jpg
 * File:He nacido en Buenos Aires,jpg.jpg
 * File:Henry Cockshutt.jpg
 * File:Israeli fighter accepts cigarette from an Arab resident, Lydda, July 1948.png
 * File:Keren Hayesod poster 1946.jpg
 * File:La historia oficial producción.jpg
 * File:Letter with Feather.jpg
 * File:Li Han PLAAF.jpg
 * File:Lyttelton accident of R 28.JPG
 * File:MaoZD at Xiangtang.jpg
 * File:Netherlands 2 1-2 cents 1941 obverse.jpg
 * File:Netherlands 2 1-2 cents 1941 reverse.jpg
 * File:Nintendo - 1950.png
 * File:People's Progressive Party (Malaysia) logo.png
 * File:Refugees from Lydda.jpg
 * File:Self-portrait of Dick Ket.jpg
 * File:Srinakharinwirot University logo.png
 * File:Sun Shenlu PLAAF.jpg
 * File:Thakin Kodaw Hmaing (circa 1958).jpg
 * File:Transfer of control from the military governor to the first mayor, Pesach Lev, Lod, April 1949.jpg
 * File:UK 29th Brigade Prisoner.jpg
 * File:Un Guapo del 900.jpg
 * File:Wang Hai PLAAF.jpg
 * File:WomanBasketballPlayerNo5.jpg
 * File:Zhao Baotong PLAAF.jpg
 * File:Zinc coins Netherlands 1940s World War II obverse.jpg
 * File:Zinc coins Netherlands 1940s World War II reverse.jpg

I only searched for files in Category:Works copyrighted in the United States. If some files have, then those are not included in the list. Many of them are up for deletion for various reasons, so it may be a waste of time to change them before we know which ones people might end up deleting. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:45, 14 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks, All of the ones that I felt confident in updating have been. Now the task is tracking down the last few PD templates that need updating, to cope with URAA. I think I've amended most of them.. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:51, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

HOW CAN I FOUND MY PICTURE ?
Salamu Alikum..

If Copyright on the Last Page if I Founded My Name.. you mean I did Justice About Wikipwedia?--على المزارقه (talk) 18:12, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
 * What do you mean? The files you have uploaded were deleted as copyright violations. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:57, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Uploads by Mystia Loreli
-

Over Zealous or not? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 00:26, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
 * The uploader needs to provide evidence that the photos were first published in the Republic of China and Japan. The uploader also needs to provide evidence that the terms in the copyright tags has expired and that the photographs were published before 1 March 1989. Some examples:
 * File:HIJMS Shiretoko-1943.jpg: "photo by Imperial Japanese Navy (U.S. Gov. captured photo)" The wording "U.S. Gov. captured photo" is ambiguous. It could mean that the U.S. government operated the camera equipment, and it could mean that the U.S. government seized the photograph. In either case, it seems unlikely that Japan would be the country of first publication of such a photograph.
 * File:ROCS Wu Ling.jpg: No source whatsoever. Shows one Republican Chinese ship and one Japanese ship. Why is the Republic of China thought to be the country of first publication?
 * File:HIJMS Nashi-1954b.jpg: This one has a source, although you tagged it for having no source. Per PD-Japan-oldphoto, the uploader has to provide evidence that the photograph was first published before 1957. However, the source is a post-1956 publication. I have listed this and several other files at Possibly unfree files/2014 July 17.
 * I'm leaving on a holiday trip tomorrow evening and will probably not be able to respond to any questions during the weekend or next week. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:41, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Ben Roy, Denver-based stand-up comedian, 2014.jpg
Hi, you'd removed a photograph (Ben Roy, Denver-based stand-up comedian, 2014.jpg) from one of my articles (Ben Roy) due to lack of proof of copyright release. I emailed permissions-en@wikimedia.org with the documentation of release on July 11th—any idea when the photo will be reposted?

Thanks so much! Kaydubco (talk) 18:32, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Don't know. It depends on how long time it takes to read the e-mail. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:04, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

MoveToCommons
I would appreciate if the next time you come across an image with an MTC template, you do not remove it without an explanation and put the image up for deletion instead before it has been transferred.  Fry1989  eh? 22:03, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Which file are you talking about? --Stefan2 (talk) 22:18, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
 * File:BET logo (red star).svg, you removed the MTC template without any explanation.  Fry1989  eh?  22:25, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
 * MtC templates are automatically removed by Twinkle if a file is nominated for deletion. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:51, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Non-free_content_review
I've just closed the above discussion, but there was no discussion won what images, if any, to keep. Since you started the discussion, I assume you have some ideas? Would you mind implementing this closure?  TLSuda  (talk) 00:05, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Same for Non-free_content_review. Cheers,  TLSuda  (talk) 14:16, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

Media Viewer RfC case opened
You were recently recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Media Viewer RfC. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Media Viewer RfC/Evidence. Please add your evidence by July 26, 2014, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Arbitration/Requests/Case/Media Viewer RfC/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. Before adding evidence please review the scope of the case. For the Arbitration Committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:10, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

Stamps
If you tag any postage stamps for deletion or review can you ping me so I can see if they might be rescued, as I just did with File:South Kasai stamps.jpg, otherwise I may miss them. Thanks ww2censor (talk) 10:05, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
 * User:Ww2censor: If I tag more stamps for deletion, I will try to remember to place the notification template on your talk page, in addition to the talk page of the uploader. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:25, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Esquires-British-logo.jpg
Thank you for your message on my talk page. The image in question was replaced (yesterday) by an alternative logo of the same company. The version originally uploaded yesterday had no fair-use rationale, and was marked for deletion. The editor concerned has responded by replacing it with the identical image, and marking it as his own work. This is all very odd. It may well lead to the "new" image being deleted as copyright infringement (it is not a low-res version), in which case the original logo will need to go back in - which can't be done if you have speedily deleted it. But hey ho, this is just another example of the photo rules not always being fit for purpose.  Timothy Titus <sup style="color:orange;">Talk To TT  11:32, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
 * A logo like this is usually not own work by the uploader. If this indeed is the case, the uploader should follow the procedure at WP:CONSENT. It seems that the file marked as "own work by the uploader" since has been deleted due to lack of evidence of permission, so I assume that the uploader isn't the copyright holder. The article now again contains the file which is marked as unfree, so I assume that nothing else needs to be done. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:28, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, I put the original image back into the article. I could't have done so had it been speedily deleted, hence my comments above. However, in the event, all is well. As for "nothing else needs to be done", I agree, in relation to images. Alas, the same third-party editor also made some suspect text changes, which I shall have to attend to when a spare moment pops up.  Timothy Titus <sup style="color:orange;">Talk To TT  14:00, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

File:Papertowns.jpg
That image is in use on the article about the book Paper Towns. It looks like it was temporarily removed but it's back now as it should be. Cadwaladr (talk) 20:37, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

History of Warfare
Hello Stefan2

I have just written a new article for wikipedia about the History of Warfare documentary series. I would like it if you may please review it to see if it passes wikipedia requirements for new pages because it has three references to the New York Times review.

Privatesteverogers (talk) 05:17, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
 * It seems that someone else has commented on the article draft on your talk page, so I assume that I do not need to do anything. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:24, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

Yes he has already given me the highlights of what I need to change which I am getting ready to do so everything is alredy being taken care of. Thanks for your help anyways. Privatesteverogers (talk) 18:27, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

Hello Stefan2

I just finished the changes you ask for me to do on my article. Thanks for your advice! I was able to improve it in a lot of areas. Can we publish it on Wikipedia now?

Privatesteverogers (talk) 07:23, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I didn't ask you to make any changes. Someone else did. If you think that you have fixed the article, then I would suggest that you add {{subst:submit}} anywhere on the page to make it go through the articles for creation review process. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:44, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Stefan2 I just put the template on the bottom of the page,but I am not sure if I did right may you make sure to see if every thing is alright.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:History_of_Warfare  Privatesteverogers (talk) 03:40, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

International_Finance_Corporation_logo.jpg
Hi Stefan2,

Thanks for marking this for deletion. I uploaded JPG versions of several World Bank Group logos, and then discovered that the PNG versions worked much better. As a result, there will be three other JPG files that require deleting, as I already updated each of the articles to point to the PNG files. Sorry, wasn't sure how to mark for deletion and didn't have time to research last week.

O-Jay (talk) 16:28, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

Your comments on Kara Swisher Photo
Will obtain explicit permission today or tomorrow.

Should I edit or replace? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rdbuckley (talk • contribs) 16:36, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
 * You should ensure that the procedure at WP:CONSENT is followed. --Stefan2 (talk) 17:23, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Miley naa Miley hum poster.jpg
Not orphaned. There was a syntax error in the display in the article. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 17:02, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

Images in a Portal
He Stefan. I saw you removed some images for the Portal I just started. Can non-free images not be used? I was not sure, so I'd like to know going forward. Thanks. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 21:32, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Per WP:NFCC, non-free images can only be used on articles. Cheers,  TLSuda  (talk) 22:51, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Aw man. :( I figured, but thought since it was representing the article, it would be fine. Oh well. Thanks for letting me know. I'll get to removing all the other images I have in there then. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 02:55, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

Donna Freedman image
Hi

Can I ask why you nominated this file for deletion? It clearly states on the file it is still in use. For that reason I have refused your deletion request and I am completely confused as to why it was even nominated! 5 albert square (talk) 21:57, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
 * When File:DonnaFreedman.JPG was nominated for deletion, the article used a different image: File:Donna Freedman.png (see the article history). The deletion rationale of the JPG file was therefore valid when the file was tagged, but it became invalid a couple of hours later when the article was modified. --Stefan2 (talk) 08:09, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

Image in use
Same as User above, re Melos (Cervello album) / File:Melos (Cervello album).jpg  ... is there a setting causing some kind of misnotification? In ictu oculi (talk) 22:13, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Where is File:Melos (Cervello album).jpg in use? The "File usage" lists no pages using the file, and the article Melos (Cervello album) uses a different image (File:Melos cervello.jpg). --Stefan2 (talk) 08:05, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Okay, I get it now, thanks for the explanation. Don't know how that happened, thanks for spotting it. In ictu oculi (talk) 08:19, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

Hello there
Ahmm, why did you erase the picture i put on my profile? LastFlight14 04:12, 30 July 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by LastFlight14 (talk • contribs)
 * Per WP:NFCC, you may not use non-free files, such as File:Albumthepromise.jpg, on your user page. --Stefan2 (talk) 08:13, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

Drilling warnings
Hi, do you think you could simply send me a list of images with problems and treat me like an actual person? is a respectable editor working through images who kindly does that, why can't you?♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:24, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Are you talking about F5 notifications? Di-orphaned fair use-notice looks like the most efficient notification to me. It is simple for me to post to your talk page, and you will immediately know what the issue is. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:31, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, but if there's multiple ones, why the same drilled text every time?♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:41, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
 * That's the easiest way of doing it. Twinkle identifies the uploader (the person who created the first text revision) and notifies that person. If I can't use Twinkle, then I would have to take a look at the page history to find out whom to notify. Is this a problem to you? The notifications are only meant to notify you, and you could remove them after you have seen them if you wish. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:49, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Honestly, I'd rather you didn't message me at all than drill me deletion messages!♦ Dr. Blofeld  14:11, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Media Viewer RfC draft principles & findings
Hello. This is a courtesy note that the draft findings and principles in the Media Viewer RfC case have now been posted. The drafters of the proposed decision anticipate a final version of the PD will be posted after 11 August. You are welcome to give feedback on the workshop page. For the Committee, Lord Roem ~ (talk) 02:42, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

... wanna try that one again?
Um, you just robbed my barnstar? sob. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:52, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry, too much was commented out. There must be some bug in Twinkle's "unlink" feature... --Stefan2 (talk) 21:00, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Good grief you're annoying ...
... but I get it. Being new to Wikipedia, the image removal got frustrating at first but now I read the messages and understand the reasons and to be honest, not such a big deal at the moment as it's mostly my misunderstanding the process.

So here's to you yanking another photo ... Cheers ! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Slave28 (talk • contribs) 2014-08-04T21:46:17‎


 * It's not Stefan that's annoying, of course, it's Twinkle, isn't it. There's a price to be paid for efficiency, alas. Off to sleep, now, all you tired little careless boys and girls. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:14, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
 * No User:Martinevans123, it is Stefan that's annoying. If he wasn't annoying he wouldn't resort to spamming everybody with automated messages.♦ Dr. Blofeld  06:20, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Userpage
Hi can you please protect my userpage since my enemies at school had spammed on it? Thanks Jackninja5 (talk) 10:58, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi! Only admins can protect pages, and I'm not an admin. Try asking at WP:RPP. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:04, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh I thought you were an admin but thanks for linking it to me :) Jackninja5 (talk) 11:09, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:SakirooAccordingToThemPoster.jpg
Thank you Stefan2, for your attention to this. I thought I put the wrong jpg photo and did not post it to the article, and tried to delete it. I will attach it to the article today. --Bonnielou2013 (talk) 14:04, 5 August 2014 (UTC)Thank you, I will not be using this image and would like it deleted. --Bonnielou2013 (talk) 14:46, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Please help with another image I uploaded for Sakiroo page
I also put this photo for the profile for the Sakiroo page I created. File:SakirooSouthKoreanArtist.jpg Could you please advise me how to keep it from being deleted. I think it qualifies as Non-free use (the artist appears to be giving it as a press photo - I have seen it used in several newspapers.) I would like to keep it as profile picture. May you help me, please? Thanks.--Bonnielou2013 (talk) 14:56, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
 * To qualify as a non-free image, you must provide tangible evidence that the person is dead. See WP:NFC §1. If you can't provide such evidence, then the image can only be kept if the photographer agrees to license the image under a free licence. See WP:CONSENT for details. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:01, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks again. I was using several other pages as examples, and did see photos of living artists with Non-free use rationale, where I copied the language. I would not like to rat these pages out, however. The happy news - yes, the artist Sakiroo is alive! I will use your advise for his consent for a free license, or ask him for another photo of himself to donate to wikicommons, which may be a better idea. Thanks for all your trouble.--Bonnielou2013 (talk) 20:52, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Re:Namatjira Landscape
Thank you for your notifications about the image file Namatjira Landscape.jpg. What seems to have happened is that the page the image was used on (Albert Namatjira) was blanked by a new user and immediately restored by Cluebot NG. However, the image page still recorded "No pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file", although the image was used in the article. As you are involved in image monitoring, I thought I should draw your attention to this bug (if that is what it is). Robina Fox (talk) 15:58, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
 * This seems to be a bug in the Mediawiki software. It should probably be reported to Bugzilla, but it would be necessary to find a testcase to present there. --Stefan2 (talk) 17:59, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Godfather captions
I'm not clear why you commented out the captions. What are you seeing there? --Ring Cinema (talk) 18:42, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
 * The article The Godfather used some images in violation of WP:NFCC, and those images were commented out. When an image is commented out, its caption must also be commented out. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:54, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

File:Crop from the 4 August processed image of comet 67P Churyumov Gerasimenko.png
Hi Stefan, this image is no longer orphaned and is currently in use in the 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko article. Can you make sure it is not deleted because it was orphaned?. Thank you! -- Bericht (talk, contribs) 15:07, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
 * It is not currently tagged for deletion as an orphaned image. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:54, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2014 June 4
can you continue helping us with that photo file please? thank you Grandia01 (talk) 13:11, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I still need your help there please, thank you much again Grandia01 (talk) 07:26, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Ensure that you always post questions at the bottom of the page as they otherwise risk being overlooked, as was this one. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:55, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Jeff Hawke
Non-free use review, I'm not sure if all the image used here need to be? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 17:24, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Two images listed for deletion. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:00, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Non-free content review of File:UniversityOfLeedsSquare.svg
File:UniversityOfLeedsSquare.svg is simply an SVG version of File:Leeds University logo part.png, which has existed on Wikipedia without issue since 2008. You have requested a smaller version of my SVG be provided which is not possible as Wikipedia now renders all scaleable SVGs as 512px. <span style="font-size:90%;background:#FCDF28;border:solid 0px;border-radius:7px;box-shadow:darkgray 0px 2px 2px;"> JaJaWa &#124; talk  20:24, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
 * File:UniversityOfLeedsSquare.svg is listed as unfree, and unfree files may not be used outside the article namespace, see WP:NFCC. I have now removed the file from the violating templates. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:58, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

File:YouTube2012AprilFools.jpg listed for deletion?
Hi Stefan2, I am wondering why you have listed this file for deletion? CrossHouses (talk) 21:55, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
 * See Files for deletion/2014 August 6. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:26, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
 * That really doesn't answer my question. CrossHouses (talk) 17:44, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Your accusation of copyright violations is false and you submitted no proof. Please cease and desist any further action.
Stefan,

1. You left me a message. Five days ago, on my User Talk page, you wrote me a message titled "Copyright problem: User:CsCMRd/sandbox”.

2. You accused me of copyright violation. You wrote, "This article appears to contain material copied from International Bank of Azerbaijan, and therefore to constitute a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policies.”

3. Your accusations are false and you provide no evidence. You provide no evidence or examples. Which passages of text are “copyright violations”? Which images are “copyright violations”?

Look at the page. Now go look at the International Bank of Azerbaijan's website. What text is used without attribution? What images are used without permission? (I'll save you time. The answer to both questions is "None").

Please note:
 * I’m not the only page editor.
 * Every word I have ever written on the page is original text that summarizes the source and is written in a factual objective manner.
 * I have used proper references/citations for every string of text I have ever added to this article or to any article on Wikipedia.

4. You don’t provide an appropriate next step. At the end of your note, you give me three options. All three options are premised upon the false conclusion that the page contains copyrighted text. And I’m supposed to somehow prove that it is okay to have that text on the page through one of three options you give me.

5. Send me proof or cease and desist immediately.
 * If you have proof, please send it to me.
 * If you do not send proof, please immediately reverse, cease and desist any actions you have put on my account or on the article in question. After you have done so, send me a message verifying that you have done so.

I understand that you made a mistake. Please cooperate with me and we can both move on.

Thank you for your attention.

CsCMRd (talk) 19:22, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
 * As you can see from the discussion at Copyright problems/2014 August 3, you have copied text from one or more Wikipedia articles while failing to satisfy Article 4 (c) (i) of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence. Failure to comply with the licensing restrictions is a copyright violation. --Stefan2 (talk) 19:38, 8 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Seriously, man, WHAT TEXT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? You point to a "discussion" at Copyright problems/2014 August 3. There is no discussion. It's just one comment by you, making the same vague false accusation. GO LOOK AT THE INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AZERBAIJAN article. Which text is not cited? Which text is "copied"? How can I address this issue when you refuse to point to the evidence. I am giving you an opportunity to cooperate. Thank you. CsCMRd (talk) 19:45, 8 August 2014 (UTC)


 * CsCMRd, you can file a complaint against an admin (dunno if Stefan2 is admin, but any user really) who harasses you and doesn't cooperate. I dunno exactly how, but you can. Something like this happened to me. Behen1970 (talk) 19:56, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I have attributed both pages via these two diffs:


 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:International_Bank_of_Azerbaijan&diff=prev&oldid=620416627
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:CsCMRd/sandbox&diff=prev&oldid=620416514 | Therefore, this matter should be solved now. Tutelary (talk) 20:07, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
 * As you can see by comparing the text in your sandbox with the text in the article indicated in the discussion at Copyright problems/2014 August 3, all of the text in almost or completely the same, so it is obvious that text has been copied. As indicated in the discussion, earlier revisions of the sandbox contain vastly different information which may have been copied from somewhere else. That other information also needs to be attributed correctly, if copied from somewhere. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:14, 8 August 2014 (UTC)


 * This is my last comment, then you guys do whatever you got to do.
 * * I think I understand the confusion. I placed a copy of the wiki code of the International Bank of Azerbaijan page into my sandbox. I did that because I wanted to make an overhaul of the page all at one time, without having to go back and correct each mistake. (I picked the Bank article so I could practice getting good at making Wikipedia pages look great). I made the edits in the sandbox, then I copied the text of the page back to the main article space. So 1) If what I did -- editing an article in the sandbox, then copying it back -- is a bad practice, just say so. 2) But making the claim that text from an article that simply goes somewhere else, then goes right back to the same article -- to claim that such an action is a violation of COPYRIGHT policies is absurd. 3) What's the REAL issue here? do you guys want people to do ALL their edits in the article space, as to preserve a clear history of the page? I assume the answer is yes. If if is YES, then yes, we can close the issue. But the threat that Stefan/Stefan2 made on my talk page about deleting the entire International Bank of Azerbaijan page is crazy talk. What good does that do? I think the page looks good.
 * * So are you saying that random text that was IN MY SANDBOX AT ONE MOMENT IN TIME needs to be attributed? My writing process is to find a source, copy it into the sandbox, then rewrite it there and add the citation. (I used to do this in Microsoft Word. But then I learned about the sandbox and what it is for). Why are you guys poking around in my sandbox anyway? Are you saying that you want me to go back and add citations to text that was lingering in my sandbox for about 4 minutes, months ago, which was then actually cited before being put into a real Wikipedia article? Yeah, that's not going to happen.
 * * Also, to clarify: is all this fuss over my SANDBOX page - or the actual INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AZERBAIJAN article page? If it's my sandbox page, then I really don't care - delete it. Who cares. If it's the INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AZERBAIJAN article, I'd suggest you circle around with every single person who has ever edited it before you threaten to delete it. Because as it currently stands, that article is perfectly cited, has zero plagiarized content, is written in an "encyclopedic content" manner, and looks really good.
 * * I'm sorry, but I don't have any more time to devote to this. This is just a hobby. But clearly it seems like it's your guys' life mission or something. Good luck. Do what you got to do.
 * As Stefan wrote to me on August 3rd: "Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia." I will. And thank YOU, too. ;) CsCMRd (talk) 20:31, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

By-election deletion discussion
As you had been involved in the deletion discussion on the Aberdeen North by-election, 1928 I thought you would be interested in a deletion discussion I opened around uncontested ministerial by-elections. JASpencer (talk) 18:09, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Red Quill Books logo.jpg
Hi Stefan2: This file is intended for a pending article (Red Quill Books) and may be added to Brunswick Books. The logo is fair use and is intended for the publisher infobox for the Wiki article. In any case, the publisher hereby provides permission. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reddishwagon (talk • contribs) 22:42, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
 * You may not use non-free files in Draft:Red Quill Books as the page is not in the article namespace. As the page is not in the article namespace, any use there doesn't count when determining if the file is orphaned or not. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:01, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Alright, I guess I'll wait to see what happens with the Draft:Red Quill Books. comment added by Reddishwagon — Preceding undated comment added 20:27, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

File:Capital in Manga book cover.jpg
Hi Stefan2: From what I understand of the WP NCC8 section cited the belief is that the non-free file should add to the article to which it is linked - that is, it should be necessary. I believe it is in that it shows the most recent depiction of Das Kapital and its continued use and relevance. Moreover, the file is also to be used in the pending article "Red Quill Books". In any case, the publisher agrees to its use in both cases. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reddishwagon (talk • contribs) 23:01, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
 * The page Draft:Red Quill Books is not in the article namespace, so no non-free files are permitted there per WP:NFCC. The image is not needed in Das Kapital as it is not an article about this adaptation of the book. The comic adaptation is barely mentioned in the article. See for example MOS:FILM which is similar: minor side products are not illustrated in the article about the main product. --Stefan2 (talk) 10:05, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

I take your point about it's relevance to Das Kapital. I will wait to see if Draft:Red Quill Books is accepted and then upload it again. (A bit tedious). It would be good to allow file uploads for draft articles so that reviewers can have a fulsome view of the proposed article. The article and associated images could be deleted if rejected. comment added by Reddishwagon. — Preceding undated comment added 20:36, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * The idea of having non-free files in drafts has been rejected several times. See for example Wikipedia talk:Non-free content/Archive 58 and Wikipedia talk:Non-free content/Archive 44. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:19, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Image spamming
You're no longer welcome on my talk page. To get a "welcome to wikipedia" notice after having been here over 8 years is unacceptable. If you stopped rushing around trying to delete everything and took your time to treat editors as human beings you'd find your time here would be a more pleasant one. I approached you recently in good faith with a perfectly polite request to change. Why you can't take a leaf out of User:Sfan00 IMG's book beats me. If an image is orphaned or to be deleted, frankly I don't care. Do what you have to do if you must. But please leave me out of it and STOP spamming me warnings.♦ Dr. Blofeld  06:18, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
 * If you actually take some time to read the documentation, you will find out that copyviocore instructs you to use {{subst:Nothanks-web}} when someone violates the copyright of some text on a page on Wikipedia, as you were using. It is not my fault that the nothanks-web template welcomes the user to Wikipedia in addition to informing the user of the problem. --Stefan2 (talk) 09:59, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

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Contest deletion
Hello, you just reverted my edit back to its original form. How do i contest the deletion request for my images that are not in breach of policy? Thanks :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by XxDalekcaanxx (talk • contribs) 21:38, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Do not ever remove deletion nominations from WP:FFD. If you do not agree with them, you should instead participate in the discussion and explain why you think that the files do not violate policy. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:43, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Thank you ever so much for your speedy reply, im still not 100 percent familiar with how to use this site so sorry about that. I believe i have found out how to contest it now, thanks :) XxDalekcaanxx (talk) 21:48, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Licensing
Hi. I do not understand the problem with this. What I have to do to save file?-- 25 CENTS VICTORIOUS ☣ 07:07, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Neither do I, and I've opposed deletion. BTW, your talk-page TOC is so long as to be nearly unnavigable; it may be time for a new archive.  Mini  apolis  22:50, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
 * First of all, it's debatable if the image is copyrightable in the first place, but the uploader claims so, so let's assume that. The graph is replaceable by a freely licensed graph showing the climate of that location. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:41, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I've replied on the file page, and don't believe that PD-simple applies to graphs (although I may be wrong).  Mini  apolis  15:07, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Since you agree that the file may not be subject to copyright, instead of tagging it for speedy deletion it might have been better to ping the uploader about the license tag. All the best,  Mini  apolis  16:20, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Batman
Hey man! I'm working on a draft for Batman: Under the Red Hood on my sanbox, but I'm having problems with cropping images for the cast section. Is there any way you can go to my box and crop the images to be a little like Frozen (2013 film)'s cast section? I would really appreciate it, since I can't do it right. Thanks! URDNEXT (talk) 12:42, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

File:Hearts XP.png
Hi.

An image called File:Hearts XP.png has received a revdel and is re-nominated for deletion at because the past discussion didn't have enough participants. I thought perhaps you might be interested and would like to participate.

Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 12:19, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

File:Burj Khalifa.jpg
I removed the deleted file as a source because it does not exist. Pointing to it is not very helpful and leads to confusion, as it did with me. Adding the attribution from the author, as I did, should be plenty. The deleted image, afterall, is not the source. The author is. --Hammersoft (talk) 14:54, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * The author is always the author, so a statement that the author is the author does not contain any information. Regardless of whether the image has been deleted at the source, the source is still the source. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:13, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * The deleted image is not the source. The author is the source. It's pointless to say the source is a deleted image when there is no way for the average editor to be able to verify that. The source IS the author. Where do YOU think it came from? Not the author? Someone else? :) --Hammersoft (talk) 18:19, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Every image comes from the author in some sense, but in some cases there is an intermediary involved. In this case, Commons is the intermediary. If the image is PD-old-100, the intermediary is often a book. When an image comes from an intermediary, the intermediary is typically specified in the "source" field. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:12, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * There is no intermediary in this case as the image has been deleted on Commons. Nobody who is not an administrator can verify this image is the one that was deleted on Commons. I'm sorry, but the source being the Commons image is flat wrong. It didn't appear out of thin air. It came from the author. He was the person that made it, he is the source, not Commons. --Hammersoft (talk) 23:02, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I've made this change to clear up the confusion. --Hammersoft (talk) 23:07, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Witold Kieżun
Thanks for reviewing the pictures. I just received official authorization by the rights holder (the subject himself) to use these pictures on wikipedia. I've adjusted the info rationale accordingly. See deletion page. Can you advise how to best process this to make it stick? Many thanks, KonradFunk (talk) 16:38, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Non-free_content_review
I've just closed the above discussion. Clean up the article as you see fit in with respect to the closure. Cheers,  TLSuda  (talk) 21:07, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Same for Non-free_content_review. Cheers,  TLSuda  (talk) 21:13, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

May 1977 album cover
Hello. Recently you tagged File:Grateful Dead May 1977.jpg for deletion, on the basis that it's a non-free image that's not being used in any articles. And in the "file usage" section on the image page, it says, "No pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file." But, the image is being used, and has been for more than a year, in the infobox of the May 1977 article. If you go to the article and click through from there to the image, you'll see that they're one and the same. So, what gives? Is there a technical glitch going on, where the image is being used in an article, but appears not to be? — Mudwater (Talk) 18:00, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I have added the page title to the "File usage" section. I'm not sure why it was missing from there.
 * If this happens again, go to Special:ApiSandbox and select "purge" in the "Action" drop-down list. Click on the "forcelinkupdate" checkbox and type in the article title in the "titles" field. After that, click on "Make request" at the bottom of the page. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:07, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Okay. But I wonder what made this happen, after more than a year.  I suspect some kind of technical glitch.  At any rate, thanks for your help. — Mudwater (Talk) 18:11, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, it looks like a bug in Mediawiki. I'm not sure what is causing it to happen. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:15, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Wilderness Survival Guide.png
Thanks for the notification. I can see on the file page it doesn't appear to be linked from any page, but if one examines the Wilderness Survival Guide article, one can see the file is the linked cover image used in the infobox. It's possible I made some mistake during the upload, but this image clearly is in use on the article space. BusterD (talk) 19:28, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Added to "file usage" section. See the section immediately above for instructions on how to do this if it happens again. --Stefan2 (talk) 19:42, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Appreciate the instruction. BusterD (talk) 21:18, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Ultraman image
HI. You kindly left a notice on my talk page that the image File:Ultraman gyango ruffian from outerspace 19660925.JPG was orphaned. This was a low res, cropped, fair use image of no commercial value. The image that had replaced it, File:Ultraman Alien Mefilas The Forbidden Words.jpg is the one that should be deleted. It is a hi-res trading card type image of possible commercial value with a false claim of free use, saying the image is not copyrighted because it is a screenshot. A [http://www.google.com/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZit7u_1_13r2CpS25pVO9NMxWezRsC7-jW0afkpxCRkQTi7rUU5d3Haie-zwcXM-YuMN3KPwQefb1IYdtwKj-3SSQsZ7UFxTWLPeXaBiT6gp87ukDMFnIkulYpys26FnFuiPBQhR7DDLnSWAk9-i6R2utVIWiTIAqhmE5ssWHHCO7NDjGFRuUuAiE-Ac3G0Yzm7NovkMmBDTju4h7WvQOxTNvY43_1eilrwhvrclw61xMBdpEBarw7i91wmUphbYGEfKjhwVp9Oc-tQzKxOThoCKE_1seLW-YnVoqwhwibDJ4vxHHQ7Si0TyBQopmCR85cUKiO30b59xfr5oNYuL5RHDieX5vHxA2eDkQ9Rv7xszwve1ojK32n9x5pgh8I1F5keiR6yGbWhcX_1DV8xxcc4ksjXmBA9AVURTDG_1YcCUDexP7QmkT4sjZqPPpuIktVTqbrxnYO-skUiUTSEpZlGEKKd8YIkTt1eKWvDRNmi55OblAWFYnRmuiRu8Je2M7cuU7ct-XI5vlkLNXNpjpEuqCWwufdaFU_18NMT6j1361o-gRz8qqqbIZN-XBfGaXxE-IsbT9mtK5e3i4cIaEm2k0K7kICcsRCcw3ftveP9wvYFp4JFMVun-EkJ5AdXp59nM334z2MhKTc2fjOSLbfAhPHdAA45J5mP4AIXGkuJE5iVF5OuEm4pYAOPEpt922GYHO8tZ93Gfb3QR2WYeBq-LcRJFbxqVBcgR2ICoP4yjViBdEUpTFH_1slnUHVL-IayvSueHcYJsTs1i2Ra2YjNLPj6SraDE1XAaj_1L6UC5Kyxj4cXXYIrQP7ycSmOmfMVi8RpH-XyZ4069uESfiqSlIDq0ITMjdTBUdquos-pq6iVuSp5tg3lxGHSmk_1A68ITJ8cauWAH2ATveH0omfsA8K46ch0UstMisTRK4ZtnOBmDV3uLsuS7J58oixTiV2F_161H6TMnhJ7I_1WWhlYpG962FOJRtLxhu-yAqJ5Xzi-srZDpDWWYnnrOAEBgshy9rNujuqukLTSBB0-EPXB_1AfE_1BCjRAzSrhZ34tNd8jxW2cJtq4h-dvv2D-2vUqbZMoDvBYKLGy2b1j6hE2lDfvCqkk_1bTnyuo7m-BfVN3KCJx2I9RMAGtHKiNC_1slOVYES-KIbkv20IS7u2vmvga9uM5ks-pfXAko0StkkeiBThUFQiZRksyQ1W_1Ixa4i0oebeT4-FW2G-MOTLy6uogWAuhHPuNfmJZwkcuSTqEoY6zWIRG1TdyHkOk09e0JwLl5J5P1HX2kyZy_1kNhTtJXyxlqx8QvdBrHz8OF_1P62a39z-OydfQDOTEHqMFzGeI-qXjn9VJKogPveKhcARVhVhNSCrfe5MlJwZb-781qfoK3HNk54uwmThTPs9XDkmosF_1SDuUZ64oQJvZY3Pj8syVk86APhRAoXN-_10p67K0jFA_1qGWCuuBY8uDq2MCzF6FHhohhKEZzgIXNdYk5a3h5QooendcrbmhoajX_1m_1YGFJ2LxWyx_1bCvEpHnaYpIs google image search] shows this has been taken from other wikis, and is not a screenshot by the author. I expect an edit war over this, and probably an ANI, so please be patient. Thanks. μηδείς (talk) 19:40, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
 * File:Ultraman Alien Mefilas The Forbidden Words.jpg has a clearly bogus public domain claim. I see that the file has been nominated for speedy deletion, so I assume that this will be fixed once an administrator has deleted it. --Stefan2 (talk) 19:48, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

File:Dickies-Vinyl.jpg
I challenge your flagging of my photograph of my records as a "derivative work." There's not a single thing in that image that violates anyone's copyright.

I would love to hear your explanation. Carrite (talk) 00:50, 25 August 2014 (UTC)


 * On the photograph, I see several objects. You will need to provide copyright tags for those objects. --Stefan2 (talk) 01:24, 25 August 2014 (UTC)


 * This is baloney. If you have a problem with this file, take it to XfD. Carrite (talk) 02:55, 28 August 2014 (UTC)


 * If you are disputing a tag, then you should take it to PUF yourself. Removing a correctly inserted tag is just disruptive. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:24, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

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Orphaned non-free image File:Dalek 2010 Redesign.jpg
Thanks for your message about the proposed deletion of the above image, but it wasn't uploaded by me. Please send a notification to J Greb, who uploaded the image in question. Don <span style="font-family:Verdana;color:		#922724">lock (talk) 07:59, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
 * If you look at the file history, you will see that you were the original uploader and that only reduced the image to make it compatible with WP:NFCC. Your initial revision was then deleted per WP:NFCC. As you were the original uploader, you are the one who should be notified about the pending deletion. --Stefan2 (talk) 09:40, 25 August 2014 (UTC)


 * "only reduced" means that the file proposed for deletion isn't the one I uploaded, it's a different file. If the file is different and the image is different (which it is; it's smaller) then you need to be talking to the uploader of the current image and not me - the file/image I uploaded disappeared from Wikipedia a long time ago. A minor point perhaps, with which I have no particular issue. What I do have an issue with, however, is that this simple and easily corrected mis-attribution should provoke the pedantic, convoluted reasoning and wiki lawyering in support of your position which you have employed above. This is exactly the type of thing which drove me away from being an active Wikipedian in the first place. Delete, don't delete, I don't give a toss. If you look at the file history it's not the file/image I uploaded. The only question I now have is why I bothered to log back into the project at all? Obviously time to munge my p/w and have done with it for good. Don <span style="font-family:Verdana;color:		#922724">lock  (talk) 23:18, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
 * That's not correct. The notification always goes to the original uploader. The one who reduced the image is often a bot who has no use for any notifications. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:11, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

File:Solonik.jpg
Whenever you come across a file that has a NFUR but is not actually used it in it, always check the article history. In this case, the proper article content had been blanked and then replaced by unrelated text. postdlf (talk) 12:50, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

About the two files that have been commented out
What have you prevoulsy done.
 * 1) (Commenting out use(s) of file "File:Black Swans (special forces) patch.jpg": See WP:NFCC#10c. (TW)
 * 2) (Commenting out use(s) of file "File:5th Corps Army of RBIH logo.png": See WP:NFCC#10c. (TW)

About the first file:

About the second one:
 * The problem is probably making the other file that has the same connection to the special forces, why? this unit got reformed and renewed a few times that's why there exist two of them. That should be sorted out.


 * The second file should obviously just get it's previous version deleted by an administrator and the problem will be fixed.

Got anymore questions? Please ask.

Thanks. Hazbulator™ 18:24, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Which article are you talking about? --Stefan2 (talk) 18:29, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
 * This one. Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ... Hazbulator™ 23:02, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
 * The images don't have any fair use rationales for that article. Besides, they violate WP:NFTABLE there. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:13, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free revisions – timestamp
– Wdchk (talk) 03:37, 27 August 2014 (UTC) – updated 12:30, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Ultraman again
Hi, Stephan.

User Teridax has added a new invalidly licensed image to the article, File:Ultraman and Zetton in Thankyou, Ultraman.png which I have just removed. It is not a user-made screenshot, but a non-licensed image from a website with commercial advertising, http://www.coolasscinema.com/2014_04_14_archive.html I'd appreciate your help, or let me know if I should direct this elsewhere. Thanks. μηδείς (talk) 18:32, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * What does this matter? Why does the user need to take the screenshot himself or herself in order for it to be used? Stop obsessing Medeis.— Ryūlóng ( 琉竜 ) 19:07, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * It does not matter by whom the screenshot was taken. There seems to be a dispute about which image the article should use: File:Ultraman and Zetton in Thankyou, Ultraman.png, File:Ultraman Festival 2013.JPG or File:Ultraman gyango ruffian from outerspace 19660925.JPG. This dispute doesn't have anything to do with copyright as far as I can see. Instead, the editors of the articles will have to make up their mind on which image they prefer to have in the article. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:07, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * The dispute seems to have been created by Medeis. Teridax just wanted to have a clearer photo and while he made a mistake in licensing the first time, the second time was better but Medeis is still throwing a fit over it. That is why I split the difference and introduced a third photo of neutral provenance.— Ryūlóng ( 琉竜 ) 06:25, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
 * If there is an obvious error on the file information page (for example, a screenshot licensed as "cc-by-sa" or "own work by the uploader"), then the file should of course be tagged accordingly. This doesn't seem to be the case with the three images mentioned in this section. If there is a content dispute, I suggest that you try to solve this on the article talk page. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:14, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

File:140th Logo.jpg
Hello. How is that name meaningful, when the logo is about the 140th anniversary, and not just 140th anything? It could just as easily refer to a military unit such as the 140th Operations Group or the 140th Wing. At the very least it should mention what the 140th refers to without having to look at the image and file description.  Green Giant  ( talk )  12:38, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
 * According to c:Commons talk:File renaming/Archive/2012 and c:Commons talk:File renaming/Archive/2013, a file name such as File:House.jpg isn't meaningless if it shows a house. This file shows a logo and it is related to the 140th something, so the file name isn't meaningless. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:25, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Why would Commons debates influence files on Wikipedia? Would you have any objection if I requested a rename under #5 - obvious errors?  Green Giant  ( talk )  22:32, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia copied the Commons renaming criteria verbatim, so the English Wikipedia renaming criteria are the same as they were on Commons before Commons made some modifications to them. I do not see any obvious errors in the logo. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:37, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

please check this other one
Thanks about your monitoring. To avoid more surprises, please check if this image is ok:

File:UnicodeGrow2b.png

--177.35.42.133 (talk) 11:08, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Looks fine. --Stefan2 (talk) 14:06, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
 * ok! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 177.35.42.133 (talk) 08:20, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

File:Rocket Bottle Games.jpg
Hi, the article in question was deleted for failing to inherit notability. Feel free to delete the image whenever you are able. Mhswlee (talk) 13:02, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

File:Karam Singh.jpg
Please discuss this on the talk page so that we can reach consensus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Myopia123 (talk • contribs) 16:50, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Images to delete
Hello. You left a message on my talk page about non-free-use images not being used in articles. Please feel free to delete the following: File:A dragon encounter.jpg, File:Finding treasure valued in gold pieces.jpg, File:Telengard gameplay - monster encounter.jpg, and File:Telengard player attribute selection screenshot.jpg. Thanks! Airborne84 (talk) 17:49, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I've taken this request as an official request to delete from the uploader and deleted as such. Cheers,  TLSuda  (talk) 18:38, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

File:SimpliVity Logo.jpg
This was my fault as I reverted the article to an earlier version before people started removing reliable sources and changing everything to bare urls. The logo was deleted when I reverted and I have since placed it back on the article. Sorry for the issue. Looks like I created a problem while trying to solve one. --CNMall41 (talk) 19:48, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

regarding Orphaned non-free image File:Fuze-102.png
I posted that image to illustrate an addition to the article about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proximity_fuze in which I ref'ed a video production about them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Glrx decided he didn't like it so deleted my entry. I'm considering restoring it.

wiki-ny-2007 (talk) 03:06, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Rama Raghoba Rane.jpg
From article (english wikipedia) Rama Raghoba Rane File:Rama Raghoba Rane.jpg was replaced by File:Rama Raghona Rane Portrait.jpg, same image can find in commons (File:Major Rane.jpg). Please find whichever relevant to keep.Thank you. -- Raghith (Talk) 07:06, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 * The file on Commons is currently listed for deletion. --Stefan2 (talk) 09:41, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

I'll leave it, was trying to get things in order before a televison documentary comes out next month, but it is not life or death, I am sure you get innunndated with trivial questions but if you are prepared to remove things for what seems to be harsh reasons than I guess your work is difficult, seems to be a lack of compassion as well, as it is very evident that these pics are of my parents (inc the one you removed) based on my article for You magazine and having my mum die recently, who was in your removed file, I find the red tape a bit sad and would never recommend wiki to my collegues or anyone, take care, no reply necessary kKareenza (talk) 20:48, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Discussion with
Hi Stefan re you help with picture of my father terence hogan cannes- you seem to be a genius with all this and I am amshamed I know so little. I tried to update a picture of my mum and dad. I am a writer for The Mail on Sunday, I own copyright of all picture, I tried to replace current pic as I would like to have my mother in picture but am totally blonde and dense with how to do it, or if I am able to do it, I know how busy you must be, but if you had any thoughts, I would be very grateful kareenzaKareenza (talk) 10:58, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Which file are you talking about? Are you the photographer? --Stefan2 (talk) 21:05, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi Stefan, no I was not born then, it was taken by uncle now deceased, and part of a large family album the file is Telandroz1951cannes.jpg, this was the photo that I tried to replace current photo, I am very dense re how to do this or if i can and would welcome your advice after you had to remove it fond wishes kareenzaKareenza (talk) 08:44, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Then why do you think that you are the copyright holder? The heir would normally be your uncle's child (if he had any). Anyway, I suggest that you contact people using the instructions at WP:CONSENT to sort it out. --Stefan2 (talk) 09:08, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Ok stefan, I can see you are quite short and impatient with this, as a wiki newbie it is sometimes quite hard, so pls excuse the ignorance, I will follow this up with others, the copyright of all my fathers effects, photos etc was passed on to me in my uncles Will but obviously seems too complex. I wish you a good weekend, I had approached you in a civil way. kareenzaKareenza (talk) 09:19, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I think that the safest solution would be to send a copy of the will to the address indicated at WP:CONSENT so that this can be verified by others. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:17, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Non-free content review
I've just closed Non-free_content_review if you want to implement it. Cheers,  TLSuda  (talk) 20:16, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I have removed the files from the article. Do we also need to modify the file information pages to remove the FURs and check if they are used somewhere else? --Stefan2 (talk) 20:47, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Niemti
Niemti is indef-blocked. Please stop sending them notifications. Thank you. ☺ ·  Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  21:39, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I wasn't aware that User:SNAAAAKE!! has been blocked. It seems that was blocked only an hour and a half before I notified the user. In either case, I think that the uploader always should receive a notification. Even if the uploader can't edit pages hself, other people who have had contact with the user might be watching the talk page and might find the notification useful. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:59, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Hello
Hello, recently, you edited the Colleges of the University of Santo Tomas and removed all the college seals. I understand in a way why you have to remove it after the reading the article/guidelines you provided, but I just patterned it from the articles of Cambridge, Oxford, and Durham University List of Colleges. How did they do it? What did I miss? I hope there is still a way in which I can incorporate the logos of the individual colleges, just like how the three aforementioned universities did it. Thank you very much!:) Pampi1010 (talk) 06:48, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
 * What are the articles called? The page "Durham University List of Colleges" does not exist. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:14, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Colleges of the University of Cambridge Colleges of the University of Oxford Colleges of Durham University Pampi1010 (talk) 16:10, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Those ones are listed as being free. The ones in Colleges of the University of Santo Tomas were listed as being unfree. That's the difference. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:16, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Is there any other way to incorporate the images of the seals? Make the unfree images to free? I'm sorry if my questions sound stupid. I don't really know much about wikipedia rules. I'm more of a "contributor" rather than an editor. Thank you again! Pampi1010 (talk) 15:58, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
 * The images become free 95 years after they were first published. You could either wait until that happens, or ask for permission from the copyright holder. See WP:CONSENT for instructions. --Stefan2 (talk) 20:52, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

File:Hostage Steven Sotloff held by executioner.jpg
This image is already VGA sized. How much smaller does it need to be? I could crop it myself if I knew. ~Technophant (talk) 10:41, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
 * The article contains a much smaller image. Why is this high-resolution one needed? There is a bot which resizes images automatically once per day, so you don't need to do anything yourself. --Stefan2 (talk) 11:10, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Sighet image
Hi Stefan, please stop adding the reduce template to this image. It is small enough, and there is no problem at all with our use of it. The author would have wanted us to use it, but he has died. Also, in general, I'd appreciate it if you would stop attending to images that I'm dealing with, and allow someone else to do it if you feel something needs attention. Many thanks, SlimVirgin (talk) 00:34, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
 * The file violates WP:NFCC and has been nominated for deletion for that reason. --Stefan2 (talk) 13:40, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Perth-coat-of-arms.png
Hi Stefan2, thanks for letting me know. It appears the use of this image has been replaced by an SVG instead. Do I need to do anything to manually delete it or can I just let the speedy deletion happen automatically? Thanks, TRS-80 (talk) 04:02, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Response for files for deletion
See the response given on Files for deletion/2014 September 8. Ayub407 (talk) 16:49, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

File:Creating File talk:Moodle 2.7 on Firefox 4.0.png
Hi Stefan. I appreciate your comment regarding the screenshot of the application for Moodle. However, I wanted to provide a clear description of how this course content is free to anyone through the demonstration site that Moodle supplies. There are a number of sites that are available, with the screenshot in question taken from the Mt Orange School demo here http://school.demo.moodle.net/login/index.php. A number of log ins are available on the right hand side, with the screenshot taken from the mock teacher Gary Vasquez with the log in details User: garyvasquez366 password: moodle. A full list of accounts for free use by anyone can be found here http://school.demo.moodle.net/pluginfile.php/285/mod_page/content/3/Mount_Orange_Other_Accounts.pdf

With this explanation, I ask that you revoke your request for speedily deletion and allow this screenshot to remain as the free use image for the Moodle Wikipedia page. Of course, I would be happy to discuss this with you if there is anything else in question.

Gartners (talk) 01:11, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
 * You uploaded two copies of the file: File:Moodle 2.7 on Firefox 4.0.png and File:Moodle 2.7 Application Screenshot.png. One of them was nominated for speedy deletion because we do not need more than one copy of the file. The other one was listed as possibly unfree because there is no evidence that the course data is freely licensed, although the software is. See Possibly unfree files/2014 September 11. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:49, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Printscreen of "The Weight of Chains" credits.jpg … message left at UrbanVillager … Mea culpa (possibly)
Apologies the fault for this may - inadvertently - be mine, I believe that the image was DELETED from the talk page, I haven't restored the .jpg to the page, but I did insert a 'diff' for clarity reasons in the thread. The diff MAY reference the .jpg. If this is the case, I will remove the 'diff' and the fault (this time) is wholly mine. Please advise if necessary. Pincrete (talk) 12:29, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
 * The file is unused and unfree. The file therefore violates WP:NFCC and needs to be deleted. Non-free files may not be used on talk pages per WP:NFCC, so if it was once on a talk page, it must not be restored there. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:53, 12 September 2014 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure that the fault IS mine then … I didn't upload this file nor insert it in the page (and indeed have no idea how to do either). The file was uploaded and inserted by UrbanVillager, Here:-, it was removed from the page Here:- … all I've done is add these 'diffs' to the talk page to make the discussion 'followable'. Presumably, these diffs will become meaningless once the original is deleted. I think mea (not) culpa after all! I have probably complicated this situation needlessly, for which I apologise. Pincrete (talk) 13:24, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

Question
Hello, Stefan2. I know you work with files a lot so I have a question. Recently a user has uploaded a low-resolution logo for PGA Tour on CBS, but when you search the Internet for that image, you can't find it anywhere. I have asked him for a link to the source he had obtained it from and here is what he said:

My question is Should it be on Wikipedia if they do not provide a link to the source? The only source he provided in the fair-use box is CBS Sports. Thanks,  Corkythehornetfan  (Talk)  14:02, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
 * If you can't find the logo anywhere on the Internet, then how can you know that the logo isn't fake? Logos are normally appropriate in articles per WP:NFCI §2, but fake logos typically violate WP:NFCC.
 * All non-free files need to have a source (see WP:NFCC). In most cases, this is trivial: by simply providing a link to the company's webiste, the logo is immediately available. The source "CBS Sports" is not much better than "Internet" or "Google" in my opinion and does not in my opinion satisfy WP:NFCC. I tried a Google Images search for File:PGA CBS 2007.png and File:PGA CBS 2014.png, but didn't find the files outside Wikipedia.
 * If a logo hasn't been used anywhere outside Wikipedia before it is uploaded here, then it violates WP:NFCC. Also, an article should normally only contain the current logo, not non-free historical logos.
 * If you can't find any credible evidence that a logo isn't fake, then consider listing the logo at WP:FFD. --Stefan2 (talk) 16:12, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks! I will search a little bit harder, but if not, I will list it. Thanks again for the help.  Corkythehornetfan  (Talk)  17:06, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I have listed them on WP:FFD. Thanks again!  Corkythehornetfan  (Talk)  20:08, 18 September 2014 (UTC)