User talk:Uncletoby

License tagging for Image:Rebecca rand kirshner 1.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Rebecca rand kirshner 1.jpg. Wikipedia gets hundreds of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Wikipedia, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. This uniform and easy-to-understand method of indicating the license status allows potential re-users of the images to know what they are allowed to do with the images.

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 * Image use policy
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This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Media copyright questions. 09:08, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

tagging
I saw your plaintive message re speedy deletion. You have only yourself to blame - after uploading, did you review the image description? Clearly not. You had selected The copyright holder allows this work to be used for non-commercial and/or educational purposes which automatically includes db-noncom into the image descrition. Read image copyright tags and try again.

Note that photo by Dave Schwep, for public use will not be sufficient as a source and we will need evidence that he has released the image. -- RHaworth 10:03, 8 August 2006 (UTC) Always better to use this page rather than e-mail. *1* images you have taken - no problem whatsoever: a) upload to the Commons so everybody can share, b) give it a GFDL/CC licence tag and, if possible, upload the raw image straight from your camera - see for example Image:King George's Fields SH7507 195.jpg. The presence of the "metadata" is evidence that you have access to the original. The "proof" is somewhat negative but very strong: no-one will query your claim because no-one will find the image elsewhere!
 * I am "uncletoby" on Wikipedia and author of the "plaint" you responded to so quickly. Help me out here.  I love Wikipedia but this seems like kind of a confusing system.  Rebecca is my friend.  She wanted to put some pictures of herself online.  She had a friend photograph her.  She gave me copies to help spread.  There is no evidence that Dave Schwep has released this image because he has made no claim on it.  He's a friend of hers who snapped a photo.  Does he need to visit a notary public to have his image on Wikipedia?  If I took a candid photo of a geographic location to add to an article, how would I prove that I owned the photo and was releasing it for use anyway? *1*  I set up an account for Rebecca on IMDB and uploaded the pictures just fine there.  Sorry, I am a wikipedia novice and the different options for the tags are really lost on me.  They may make sense for a veteran, but after reading all the documentation, I clearly could not figure out which tag means "No one owns this image, no one will sue anyone, for God's sake, don't delete it."  Any help you can offer would be appreciated.  I've really tried to figure this out but the documentation is less than clear to me. (via e-mail)

For Rebecca, see Requesting copyright permission. It's a lot of fuss but it does work - see for example Image:DSCF0014.JPG and Image:DSCF00092.JPG with the tags placed by Wikimedia PR dept after I had gone through due process. -- RHaworth 19:47, 10 August 2006 (UTC)