Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2017 December 24



File:J. McWatters head shot.jpg

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The result of the discussion was: Delete; deleted by AnomieBOT ⚡  02:04, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * File:J. McWatters head shot.jpg ([ delete] | talk | [ history] | links | [ logs]) &#x20;– uploaded by AW at PACA ( [ notify] | contribs | uploads | upload log).

So this one is a little weird. Normally, official photos of federal employees are taken by other federal employees in the course of their duties. Therefore, falling under a PD-USGov license. At first glance, this one appears to be fine. However, looking at the EXIF metadata gives a different impression. The author is listed as Steven Halperson of tisaraphoto.com (they are the owner per their LinkedIn profile). It doesn't appear that they are a federal employee nor are subject to the same PD rules as federal employees. I'll send them an email just to be sure but I wanted to bring this here to kill two birds with one stone. Majora (talk) 02:45, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
 * The federal government does sometimes use images made by third parties. These third parties don't seem to lose their own (copy)rights so these images would be non-free. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 10:07, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I did receive an email back from the photographer. They gave publication rights to the NCUA. They did not transfer copyright over to them. When I asked if they would be willing to release the photo to us under a creative commons license I never heard back. So at this point, with it being here for over a week I'm going to have to regretfully default to a precautionary delete position. --Majora (talk) 20:38, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
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File:Thailand-iran-stamp-2006.jpg

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The result of the discussion was: delete. Killiondude (talk) 03:24, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
 * File:Thailand-iran-stamp-2006.jpg ([ delete] | talk | [ history] | links | [ logs]) &#x20;– uploaded by Bussaco ( [ notify] | contribs | uploads | upload log).

Thai stamps are copyrighted for a term of 50 years, this stamp appears to have been issued in 2006. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 12:39, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete, orphaned with questionable licensing. Salavat (talk) 01:04, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
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