User talk:Taropefancy

A heads-up
Greetings!

I saw you uploaded File:Samantha Barbash headshot.jpg.

I am going to suggest that, since your contribution history is so short that you consider emailing the email address of the committee of trusted insiders that corresponds with outsiders.

People are allowed to make contributions here, without publicly identifying themselves. However, communicating with the confidential committee doesn't out your identity.

The reason I recommend this is that some other contributors may assume that this very glamourous picture was taken by a professional photographer, and they own the copyright, and you copied it from them, without their permission.

Note, I am challenging your bona fides, but I suspect other people may challenge it. They may challenge it months or years from now. So, it would be a good idea to establish your own the intellectual property rights now.

It is okay for you upload this picture if you took it yourself, or the photographer signed over certain intellectual property rights to you. It is okay if you are Ms Barbash's friend, sister, make-up artist, or Ms Barbash herself.

I'll mention a different issue. If you are a friend or relative of Ms Barbash your contributions are supposed to comply with WP:COI. Again, I am not voicing a challenge, just offering you a heads-up.

Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 23:15, 28 October 2019 (UTC)