User talk:Wayne Wei-Yi Wang

Question about photo
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed you have changed the photo at Esmé Weijun Wang, adding a caption that the picture was taken by Kristin Cofer. However, you have also indicated at Wikimedia Commons that it is your own work. The use of the picture elsewhere on the internet is credited to Broadside PR. Wikipedia and Wikimedia take copyright very seriously. So, first, who owns the copyright to that photo? Second, why did you change the image from the previous, properly-licensed photo? Bakazaka (talk) 06:03, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Noted your concern about copyright issue Esme Weijun Wang asks me to change the photo. She provides me the photo first so that I select my own work. Later She provides the caption information. So I edit it. This is my first edit of Wikipedia. Do I violate any rule? Wayne Wei-Yi Wang (talk) 06:26, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I understand the situation. Usually we don't edit articles on people we know (family, friends, co-workers, etc) due to potential conflict of interest. But the actual issue with the image involves copyright. Wikimedia and Wikipedia terms of use require compliance with copyright policies. "Own work" means that you took the photo. If you did not take the photo, then it is not your "own work", but someone else's work. In that case, you must provide proof that the copyright holder grants permission for anyone, anytime, to use the photo for any purpose (see this link for more details: ). Otherwise the photo violates Wikimedia Commons copyright policy. Bakazaka (talk) 06:45, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Noted: Thanks I will try to get the proof soon Wayne Wei-Yi Wang (talk) 06:58, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you. The easiest way to clear things up is to have the copyright holder use the Wikimedia Commons release generator tool to create and provide a release to the Wikimedia Foundation. Bakazaka (talk) 07:07, 3 April 2019 (UTC)