Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Doctor of Directions

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Files uploaded by Doctor of Directions (talk · contribs)

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Files

All uploads appear to be print screens lifted from websites and Google street view, see talk page. All claimed as own work, unlikely any of them are.

Discussion

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BevinKacon (talk) 10:59, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment From a quick review of thirty images through time, they all look to be copyright violations. I have asked the contributor to identify which of their uploads are clearly theirs so we can manually review those. Otherwise we should be bulk deleting images of this user. @WMSR: I have left a message for user. Noting that if images are listed here, then removing DR nominations for the page is not going to achieve much, maybe a slight delay, not much else.  — billinghurst sDrewth 03:44, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

further  Comment I have managed a conversation with the contributor, and have asked them to stop reverting nominations for deletion. I believe that we are dealing with a person trying to make valid contributions, and we need to approach this with AGF, and take a little time to have a conversation, and this can be resolved amicably. I think that there is a mixture of user images, and web images, and we should be able to work with the contributor to identify which are to be kept, and which are to be deleted. I also think that some of those that have been deleted look to be user contributed, so I ask that there be a hold on deletions for the moment until the user's block is resolved and they are able to provide feedback.  — billinghurst sDrewth 10:33, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Ymblanter, Ebrahim, and Hedwig in Washington: pings as deletors of some of the uploads.  — billinghurst sDrewth 10:36, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Billinghurst: I checked my deletion, I didn't find any not tagged as sourced from Google Street View or Youtube.Anyway, if one of my deletions turns out to be a valid file, no objection to restore from my side. We all make a bubu once in a while. --Hedwig in Washington (mail?) 10:57, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

billinghurst sDrewth 10:33, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Ymblanter, Ebrahim, and Hedwig in Washington: pings as deletors of some of the uploads.  — billinghurst sDrewth 10:36, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Billinghurst:

I would like to note that the following photos are mine that are not from Google Maps, nor YouTube, that have mistakenly been placed in the speedy deletion category:

claimed files

Thanks-−Doctor of Directionstalk 12:14, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Doctor of Directions: Where are the images from? They lack metadata, which they should include if you indeed took them. WMSR (talk) 19:17, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@WMSR: I asked the same question at the user's talk page, and that is consistent with many camera models lacking metadata capability, and those that I have reviewed are 2009 and earlier.  — billinghurst sDrewth 22:50, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Doctor of Directions: So to confirm, you are claiming these photos as yours. Any other photographs uploaded by you have an alternate source with unknown copyright and can be deleted.  — billinghurst sDrewth 22:50, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Billinghurst: Check [1] SD found for File:WMATA 2001 CNG New Flyer C40LF bus idling at the Fort Totten Metro Station after completing its trip.jpg --Hedwig in Washington (mail?) 23:47, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Hedwig in Washington: Yep, and [2] which is why I am waiting for the user to confirm their information, and then to be able have such discussions. I do note that the upload is of greater quality than the link, so am wondering where the image journey originates.  — billinghurst sDrewth 05:26, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I Deleted: some per nomination, obviously not own work. I am conflicted about the statement of own work on the list above, there seem to be variable styles, colors & white balances involved. --Ellin Beltz (talk) 21:05, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Billinghurst: Fine with me; we can't have enough cucumber bus / public transport photographs. ;-) --Hedwig in Washington (mail?) 22:43, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Billinghurst and Hedwig in Washington: Looking at the user's uploads, there are still several clear copyvios from Google Street View, as you can see the street labels in the images. WMSR (talk) 17:53, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@WMSR: no doubt, which is why I have engaged in a conversation with the uploader so we can have some testing of the veracity of the approach. AGF is about assumption and then testing and checking, not about blind faith. I was hoping that Doctor of Directions would be continuing with the conversation after their original declarations, and it is not reassuring to meet the silence, though new users do need to learn our ways.  — billinghurst sDrewth 00:56, 6 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
billinghurst I agree, but DoD has been editing en-wiki since June 2017. Surely by now, at very least, the user should know how to sign posts or use the ping template properly. I don't know what the issue is, but if this were en-wiki I would say it's WP:CIR. DoD may be relatively new to Commons, but this is getting excessive. And no matter how much good faith we have, images from Street View are still copyvios. WMSR (talk) 02:43, 6 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
billinghurst and WMSR I will comment on the fact, that I was shocked on how far we all have to get through. When I captured out over these issues, I constantly removed these images on the articles, as I knew these were copyvio images. Other than when I notified DoD (from this conversation w:User talk:Doctor of Directions#Google maps Image on WMATA Metrobus articles.), another en-wikipedia user (and user on commons here) Swagging pointed out Google Maps images before me on this conversation here (w:User talk:Doctor of Directions#Bus Pictures), as it is from October 19, 2019. I wish a solution can come up to end the Google Maps Street View, Youtube, and other copyvio image nonsense. Leobran2018 (talk) 00:30, 7 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted: per nomination. User disappeared and stopped communicating. No evidence that any images are the users uploads, and enough evidence that significant numbers are not.  — billinghurst sDrewth 12:06, 12 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Files uploaded by Doctor of Directions (talk · contribs)

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Poor quality photos of random sections of two maps. While good scans of the maps would obviously be in scope, these photos do not constitute any kind of useful scan. The photos are at varying zoom levels and angles, so it is not possible to stitch them together into the full maps. Many of the photos are duplicates - see File:WMATA Metrobus Route Map May, 1974 Part 49.jpg and File:WMATA Metrobus Route Map May, 1974 Part 48.jpg for a typical example.

Additionally, there is a copyright issue with the images. The uploader variously claims CC0 and CC-BY-SA, but they are not the creator of the map. The poor and incomplete scans prevent me from being able to determine whether the maps would qualify for public domain exemption.

Pi.1415926535 (talk) 03:07, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted: per nomination. --Min☠︎rax«¦talk¦» 04:22, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This deletion discussion is now closed. Please do not make any edits to this archive. You can read the deletion policy or ask a question at the Village pump. If the circumstances surrounding this file have changed in a notable manner, you may re-nominate this file or ask for it to be undeleted.

Files uploaded by Doctor of Directions (talk · contribs)

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All of these are copyrighted maps and therefore cannot be kept on Commons. Note that WMATA is an independent tri-state compact and therefore these are not creations of the Federal government.

.     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 20:33, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted: per nomination. --Min☠︎rax«¦talk¦» 04:23, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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