User talk:Surrealcolor

1

Image copyright problem with Image:SFC palace arts pano color.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:SFC palace arts pano color.jpg. The image has been identified as not specifying the copyright status of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. Even if you created the image yourself, you still need to release it so Wikipedia can use it. If you don't indicate the copyright status of the image on the image's description page, using an appropriate copyright tag, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you made this image yourself, you can use copyright tags like PD-self (to release all rights), (to require that you be credited), or any tag here - just go to the image, click edit, and add one of those. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided copyright information for them as well.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:
 * Image use policy
 * Image copyright tags

This is an automated notice by STBotI. For assistance on the image use policy, see Media copyright questions. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 13:22, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:ColorIR SLC temple.jpg
An image that you uploaded or altered, File:ColorIR SLC temple.jpg, has been listed at Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the image description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. –  j ak s mata  14:41, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Same issue applies to File:Color response of camera.jpg, File:Common FS filters.jpg, File:Filter examples FullSpectrum IR.jpg, File:Starr Kempf full spectrum.jpg, File:Web confucious retreat.jpg. –  j ak s mata  15:41, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I've made further comments at Possibly unfree images/2009 March 4. You should respond there if you want your pictures to remain on Wikipedia. –  j ak s mata  16:43, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Per the discussion referenced above, your images have again been deleted. (ESkog)(Talk) 14:30, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

In response to your questions here:
 * I'm not an administrator, so I can't (and didn't) delete anything, although I did bring them to the attention of administrators who could. It wasn't even my decision to delete them.
 * To answer your question: No, even if you remove the watermarks, you are still claiming copyright of the works on your website, therefore they are ineligible for inclusion in Wikipedia. All Wikipedia content, including images, must have a free license, and that would be mutually exclusive with a claimed copyright.  See Non-free content as a starting point to understanding how it works.  If you want to contribute images or other content to Wikipedia, you have to release them from copyright using a free license.  It is not possible to grant a license to just Wikipedia. –   j ak s mata  19:47, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

September 2009
Welcome to Wikipedia. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, but we cannot accept original research. Original research also encompasses novel, unpublished syntheses of previously published material. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your information. Basically articles are meant to be about what reliable sources say about a subject, not our opinions or arguments. Dougweller (talk) 16:26, 27 September 2009 (UTC)