Wikipedia:VRT noticeboard

File:Mustafa Ayyash.jpg
File:Mustafa Ayyash.jpg has had permission pending email since 23 April 2024. Was permission ever sent in and is it valid? -- Whpq (talk) 03:19, 14 July 2024 (UTC)


 * @Whpq: Thank you for the query. I just CSDed the file. The ticket was long ago closed as unsuccessful. Regards, Aafi    (talk)  06:03, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I however feel the tag should be somewhat different because VRT has already received no response since 23 April on this ticket, and as such a wait for next 7 days unwarranted. I operate more on Wikimedia Commons VRT Noticeboard and perhaps am not aware of all the related templates here. I would appreciate if you could just delete this file instantly. Regards, Aafi    (talk)  06:06, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I'll just leave it with the no permission tagging. The original uploader will have 7 days to try and get this corrected. Thanks for looking into this.  -- Whpq (talk) 12:24, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
 * On Commons we have a usual process to keep the file as such for 30 days and if there is no response, we delete it. Unsure if we have anything such here? The file was previously tagged as same on 23 April 2024 and the uploader did send an email and never responded back to VRT agent's concerns. I am not sure if they'd respond now either. However, I am fine with your judgement too. The file would anyhow end up getting deleted. Regards, Aafi    (talk)  15:29, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
 * @Whpq: I just noticed, it is same here as well and changed the tag. Permission received explicitly notes, "If a valid permission is not provided within 30 days of the first response by a VRT volunteer, this file will be deleted.". This file should as such have been deleted on 23 May. Regards, Aafi    (talk)  15:34, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

File:Afsaneh-Salari.jpg
Would a VRT member take a look at File:Afsaneh-Salari.jpg and the discussion related to it at User talk:Mr.izadpanah? This file was actually uploaded to Commons as c:File:Afsaneh-Salari.jpg, but ended up deleted as a copyvio. The file was subsequently re-upload locally to Wikipedia as "File:Afsaneh-Salari.jpg" after the source apparently relicensed it, but there still seem to be some issues associated with its licesning according to c:Commons:Undeletion requests/Current requests. I know Commons and Wikipedia are different projects, but in this case I'm not sure whether Wikipedia should be keeping a file that Commons apparently won't, at least not without VRT verification. Should this file be tagged with npd? I already did so once but self-reverted since I thought the Commons file could be restored. I don't want rush in and tag the file again if VRT verification isn't really considered necessary. FWIW, I'm not suggesting anyone involved in this so far hasn't acted in good faith; I'm just looking for perhaps some fresh eyes to take a look at the file's licensing. -- Marchjuly (talk) 19:46, 20 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @Marchjuly. We'd need permissions from the copyright holder, basically the photographer, who actually took the photo. If the subject licenses their image under CC BY-SA all on their own, doesn't make any file free, until the photographer has given them the right. The copyright status of this file is still unclear. A VRT verification in this case is indeed necessary for the photographer's explicit permission. ─ Aafī on Mobile   (talk)|undefined  16:42, 21 July 2024 (UTC)