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Files uploaded by George70Street

Please restore the following pages:

Reason: Ticket:2024083010011461 - Please restore the files for permission verification. –TANBIRUZZAMAN (💬) 18:44, 30 August 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: @Tanbiruzzaman: FYI. --Yann (talk) 19:09, 30 August 2024 (UTC)


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File name: File:TheFirstOmen.jpg Deletion Requestor: @Leonidlednev Reason given: CSD F10 (personal photos by non-contributors)


The file was uploaded editing "User:The First Omen" on en.wikipedia.org and to be used only on user's page. Aren't user pages personal and can be customized based on user's will? Also, it is neither selfie, nor an image with lower resolution. Also, it has not violated any copyright.

--The First Omen (talk) 23:11, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

User blocked on enwiki as a sock of Makks2010. --Leonidlednev (talk) 06:24, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: User blocked. --Yann (talk) 08:52, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

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The above file didn't violate any copyright but unfortunately got deleted. Though the source of my file is WhatsApp, but I had provided the name of the author. And also I had uploaded the file at the approval of the Author. In the description of the deleted file, I mentioned the WhatsApp as the "source" of the file. I didn't meant from any channel from WhatsApp, rather from the author by him self (upon his approval) through the WhatsApp--Ibrahimmusa4 (talk) 20:44, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi, Do not upload files from WhatsApp. Anybody can post anything to WhatsApp, so there is no proof that the uploader there is the author. In addition, WhatsApp content is of poor quality, due to extreme compression. Please ask the author to upload the original video. Thanks, Yann (talk) 08:49, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: per Yann. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:52, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

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Please restore the following pages:

Reason: Assuming that this is the same file as w:File:Riseup Network Rainbow Logo.svg, I believe that file is way below COM:THRESHOLD and thus is ineligible for copyright. – Anwon (talk) 20:56, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

 Question if we already have an image for the same logo, why do we need to undelete it? Günther Frager (talk) 02:24, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Günther Frager The linked image is on English Wikipedia, not Commons, and is marked as non-free there. I am inclined to agree with that assessment, as obvious effort was made to make the letters nonstandard. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 03:01, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

 Support The fact that the letters are non-standard is irrelevant. It is a USA logo and under US law no typeface, however complex, has a copyright. That leaves the two color star, which I think falls well below the US ToO. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:51, 1 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: See above. --Yann (talk) 15:26, 2 September 2024 (UTC)


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Images of Monte Grappa WWI Memorial

Hi everyone. I'm wiriting in order to ask for the undeletion of the following images:

They were all deleted in 2012 after this DR and they all depict the en:Military Memorial of Monte Grappa. The Memorial was commissioned to the architect en:Giovanni Greppi and the sculptor en:Giannino Castiglioni by a special commissioner directly nominated by the Chief of Government (see here for details). The Memorial was finished in 1935, and therefore it fell under Template:PD-ItalyGov in 1956, way before the URAA, so no issue with US copyright.--Friniate (talk) 08:31, 1 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: @Friniate: FYI. --Yann (talk) 15:25, 2 September 2024 (UTC)


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--ملك الصَواف (talk) 12:41, 2 September 2024 (UTC) Why are my photos deleted? You say they're not my rights. But these are my pictures. Please do not delete. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ملك الصَواف (talk • contribs) 12:41, 2 September 2024‎ (UTC)

 Oppose First, these were deleted because we do not keep personal photos from a non-contributor. Commons is not Facebook. Second, you claim to be the photographer, but they do not look like selfies, so that claim is incorrect. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 14:55, 2 September 2024 (UTC)


 Not done: as per Jim. No file name provided. --Yann (talk) 15:22, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

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This file is a copyright violation because it comes from: https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/evmn66/til_that_light_cigarettes_are_designed_to_fool

The said reddit post has a URL of the Wiki page on which this image was placed, and reddit crawled wiki to read that image, not vice-versa.

Request @DaxServer: to please indulge in deletion with diligence so that to avoid deleting valid images and wasting time of editors in restoring them. Thank you, User4edits (talk) 05:19, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

  •  Oppose - The reddit post is from 29. January 2020, well before the 2022 upload and addition to w:Ventilated cigarette. How do you explain that? Note also requestor/uploader has a significant copyvio history and file is low res and lacking camera EXIF. Эlcobbola talk 05:41, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
    The Reddit post in question isn’t a photo submission. In 2020, only a link to Wikipedia was posted. As the requester said, the photo was only later automatically crawled by Reddit to illustrate the post. --Geohakkeri (talk) 16:27, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
    Regarding copyvio history, there are no obvious or deliberate copyvios in my recent upload history, rather those are ones based on interpretations/deliberations on prima-facie valid uploads. Nevertheless, this is not the palce to discusss that. Regarding, upload/post dates, I have already shared my stance. Thanks, User4edits (talk) 08:15, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
    This image isn't from your recent upload history, and it is absolutely the place to discuss that; uploader history (credibility) go to assessment of self-claims. We apparently now require EXIF for small images from users with "bad history". Эlcobbola talk 12:57, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
  • Rather  Oppose: The Reddit page is not archived on IA prior to 2023. This is a very small image in PNG format. So all evidence tends to think that it was copied from Reddit. If you are the photographer, it should be easy for you, either to upload the original image with EXIF, or to confirm the license via COM:VRT. Yann (talk) 15:35, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: See above. --Yann (talk) 08:02, 3 September 2024 (UTC)


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File:Pompeya members.jpg) is a pictere of my band - Pompeya. We made this photo last year.

Hi! My name is Vlad Marushchak, I am a keyboardist of Moscow based indie band Pompeya. All rights for the Pompeya members.jpg is reserved by us, we made this photo last year. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vavilonsssss (talk • contribs) 07:59, 3 September 2024 (UTC) (UTC)


 Not done: File:Pompeya members.jpg exists / is not deleted. --The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 04:20, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

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Hello, I fail to understand why a photo taken of myself of my father (Alan Jobbins) and another colleague, Dai Payne, in 1999 has been deleted. It's a photo of both of them working in the Plaid Cymru Credit Union (to accompany the article which is in Welsh https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undeb_Credyd_Plaid_Cymru of which my father founded.

File:Undeb Credyd Plaid Cymru Alan Jobbins a Dai Payne 1999.jpg

--Stefanik (talk) 11:57, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

@Stefanik: Because you didn't answer to the deletion request. Yann (talk) 14:20, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: Per Yann. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:34, 4 September 2024 (UTC)


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--Asharujayne (talk) 08:23, 2 September 2024 (UTC)2024.9.2


 Not done: as per Günther Frager. --Yann (talk) 13:06, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

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This image was created by Damião Experiença, an artist that never registered copyright of his work and made clear during his career that his work was free to share. All of his work can be downloaded for free here: https://www.damiaoexperienca.com.br/home.htm. It makes no sense to delete one of his album covers from Wikimedia. Therefore, I request undeletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ticobrau (talk • contribs) 12:51, 2 September 2024‎ (UTC)

 Oppose That something is "free to download" doesn't mean it has a "free license". The latter has a precise definition in Commons, see COM:L. Also, he was a musician, not a photographer. Günther Frager (talk) 13:41, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: as per Günther Frager. --Yann (talk) 13:06, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

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I have the proper rights to use the image. The image was sourced from the social media accounts and is free to use. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kshitij Vats 001 (talk • contribs) 18:48, 2 September 2024 (UTC) (UTC)

 Oppose We need the formal written permission from the copyright holder. Please see COM:VRT for the procedure. Do not upload files from social media. Yann (talk) 18:53, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: See above. --Yann (talk) 13:06, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

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Sculpture publicly installed in 1971 without required notice. PD art per COM:PACUSA#Before 1978, no FOP restrictions apply. --James(talk/contribs) 00:33, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

 Support Per SIRIS, there is no inscription on it. I am presuming the photo was licensed. I assume this is about Commons:Deletion requests/File:Vaillancourt Fountain, Justin Herman Plaza (San Francisco, California).jpg. I also found Commons:Deletion requests/File:Vaillancourt Fountain, San Francisco - Justin Herman Plaza (no water).JPG when searching, which appears to be another file deleted due to similar rationale. Carl Lindberg (talk) 02:24, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: as per Carl L. --Yann (talk) 13:06, 4 September 2024 (UTC)


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owner contacted: The owner of the copyright has written to wikimedia to give her permission for use.

Please see Ticket number [Ticket#2024073010003311]

On Tuesday, 30 July 2024 at 10:51:06 BST, Photo Submissions

> > >  Dear Helena Krige,
> > >
> > > Thank you for your permission to use media file(s) on Wikimedia Commons.
> > >
> > > For us to process your contribution(s), we need to know the specific name or link
> > > to the page(s) on Wikimedia Commons to which you have uploaded them.
> > >
> > > If you have not yet uploaded, please continue to upload the file(s) and let us
> > > know when done.
> > >
> > > If the file(s) were deleted, please do not attempt to re-upload them; they will be
> > > automatically restored by an administrator upon successful confirmation of
> > > permission.
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > > Alfred Neumann

Longthroatmemoirs (talk) 10:56, 3 September 2024 (UTC)


 Not done: This image will be restored automatically, without further action by the uploader, if and when a free license is received, read, and approved at VRT. The current backlog at VRT is 24 days. . .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:27, 4 September 2024 (UTC)


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Please undelete this sound recording from 1928, which is now PD-US-expired. 185.230.200.240 16:43, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose 1928 sound recordings are protected until January 1, 2029 in the US. Abzeronow (talk) 17:01, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: as per Abzeronow. --Yann (talk) 13:09, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

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No protected 1960 interior as krd errorously tells. Photographer is the organ builder himself, iirc. Discussion: Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Pipe organ of Lambertikirche Aurich --Subbass1 (talk) 17:26, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

The DR Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Pipe organ of Lambertikirche Aurich was closed on the statement that the pipe organ is protected. The architecture seemed to not be an issue. Abzeronow (talk) 17:49, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
As I wrote: Photographer is the organ builder himself, iirc. Besides that on commons an organ case is never protected and is shown thousands of times. --Subbass1 (talk) 17:52, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
  • As noted in the DR, the problem here is not the organ itself, but the church architecture, which is modern and likely copyrighted.  Oppose unless we have a free license permission from the architect also or an evidence that the church architect died more than 70 years ago.
If the images are cropped / altered to show the organ only and the church architecture in the background / surroundings is not shown at all or minimized, the photos may be OK. Ankry (talk) 11:12, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
The church architecture is not "modern". Try reading the german Wikipedia article. --Subbass1 (talk) 11:23, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
OK. It is from 1830s, I withdraw my comment. Ankry (talk) 16:28, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose I think Abzeronow has it right -- perhaps User:Ankry should read the DR again. The problem here is that the design of the organ case goes way beyond utilitarian and therefore has its own copyright. If, as claimed above, the organ builder actually took the pictures, then a note to VRT from an address at https://www.orgelbau-ahrend.de/ should be easy to get (The other named builder, Gerhard Brunzema, died in 1992). .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:53, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

The VRT team of course already has a permission from Hendrik AHrend for the pictures. For the organ case itself it's not necessary (but here included..), in common use on Commons. --Subbass1 (talk) 13:56, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
Per the DR, we have the photographer's permission per ticket:2023120810006959. If that photographer and the organ builder is one and the same person (which I did not know until User:Subbass1 wrote it here, and which was not mentioned in either the previous undeletion request or the deletion request), that ticket should be re-evaluated to see if the permission also covers the organ itself. Else a new permission which explicitly covers both the photographs and the organ design should be sent. --Rosenzweig τ 14:00, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
Again: it's NOT necessary to have a permission for organ cases on commons. Just keep doing so to scare away the last people who provide pictures. In this case, unfortunately, even the "superintendent" had to deal with the claim of a "modern church design". Ridiculous. --Subbass1 (talk) 14:08, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
If I understand correctly the situation, these photos of the organ are offered under a free license by the copyright owner of both the organ and the photos. Therefore, there is no problem of copyright violation with these photos. These photos of the organ are fine and free to use and have all the permissions necessary. The organ itself does not need to be offered under a free license. There is no need to force the organ builder to allow his competitors to build identical organs. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:58, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support As discussed in the first round at Commons:Undeletion requests/Archive/2024-04#Aurich, the only goal of sending these files to a deletion request was to clarify the status of the church architecture, and on that point the closing administrator of that DR agreed that the church architecture is not a problem. The VRT permission 2023120810006959 from Hendrik Ahrend for the photos of the organ was not disputed. The organ is attributed to the organ building business [1]. It was built when the father of Hendrik owned the business. Hendrik Ahrend is now the owner of the business. (Hendrik himself also worked on the organ in 2022/2023.) He free licenses his photos of the organ. That's sufficient. We don't need to require that he sends another email to spell out that as the owner of the business he's giving the permission to himself to show the organ in his own photos, nor that his 94 year old father send an email as former owner. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:58, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
    never ever Ahrend has to prove anything further. I don't wish that he is contacted from hee again, ok? Instead some persons here should overthink their behaviour (and knowledge) and inform themsleves better before making others lots of unnecessary work. --Subbass1 (talk) 17:59, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Although there are several assertions here and in the DR that the organ builder's son has given permission for the free use of the copyright on the organ case, none of the people making those assertions are VRT agents and the cited note at Commons:Volunteer_Response_Team/Noticeboard/archive/2024#ticket:2023120810006959 does not tell us who sent the email. I think it very likely that we should restore these, but I think we need confirmation from a VRT agent that we do indeed have a free license from organ builder's son. Krd is familiar with the case. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 19:51, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

The assertion is not that Hendrik Ahrend has given some additional permission, it is that there is no need for such additional permission. When he issues the free license on his photos that show the organ, that means necessarily that he agrees with himself that the organ can be shown in those free-licensed photos. A full license on the whole organ itself is not required. It is common practice on Commons that Commons does not require that an artist completely free-licenses an artwork shown on a free-licensed photo, but only that the artist agrees to the free-licensing of the view of the artwork as shown in the photo. As noted in the previous UDR, Krd validated the VRT ticket 2023120810006959 for the photos sent by Hendrik Ahrend, thus confirming that the permission is indeed from Hendrik Ahrend, because that cannot be anything else. Cf. photos numbered 20, 21 and 22. Krd explained that the reason he objected to Hendrik Ahrend's photos numbered 16, 18 and 19 was because of the church architecture, which is something unrelated to Hendrik Ahrend. That objection is now settled. What is missing? -- Asclepias (talk) 18:10, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
Asclepias , perhaps I am confused, but the images you cite and those above were uploaded by Subbass1. Krd verified that there is a VRT ticket covering some of them, but he does not say who wrote the message. As far as I know, we have no confirmation from KRD or any other VRT member that Ahrend has provided permission. As I said above, I think it likely that these are OK, but when I see insistent argumentative demands as we have above, I like to make sure. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:44, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
again: Hendrik Ahrend himself sent the photos and gave permission. Subbass1 (talk) 15:44, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
Who uploaded the files to Commons, be it Subbass1 or anybody else, is of no importance, just as it is of no importance for all the thoudands of other files uploaded to Commons by users who are not their authors or copyright owners. The important thing is that they were verified as having a permission by their copyright owners. Are you implying that you think that the stated author of the photos, Hendrik Ahrend, might not be their copyright owner, or that the VRT verification of the photos 20, 21 and 22 by Krd might be wrong, mistaken? If so, then we should nominate those files for deletion and maybe question Krd's VRT access. But if we start from the premise that the stated author of the photos is their copyright owner (as we should, and there is no indication to the contrary) and that the verification by Krd is correct (as we should, and there is no indication to the contrary), then it can only mean that their author and copyright owner Hendrik Ahrend provided permission, because a correct verification cannot mean anything else. Or if it can mean something else, other than exceptionally unlikely hypotheses, please explain what that might be. Also, previous discussions imply that all six files (the three currently online and the three currently deleted) are on the same ticket (which admins can view as "permission received" in the histories). Again, the only difference stated by Krd for three files was the church architecture, which is something unrelated to the permission from the photographer. If there had been any difference between the files in the permission itself, surely he would have told so. IMHO, nothing is missing in the rationale chain from the information publicly available already. Some undeletion requests stall because UDR regulars are not VRT members, and vice versa. It's nobody's fault, it just happens to be. But it's inconvenient. As noted by other people, Krd is usually unresponsive to notifications here. I guess the solution is to post on the VRT noticeboard and hope that a VRT member will be willing to come here and post a comment telling that yes the permission for the photos of Hendrik Ahrend in ticket 2023120810006959 is indeed from Hendrik Ahrend. (If VRT members can do that without violating confidentiality.) -- Asclepias (talk) 16:16, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: According to organindex.de the organ was built by Jürgen_Ahrend and renovated by his son Hendrik Ahrend (who is also the photographer). Since the VRT ticket is valid for the photos (the only doubt was about the architecture of the church, which has been confirmed as old enough to be in the public domain), I restore the files.
NB: the VRTS permission holds only for those files that Hendrik Ahrend authorised. Ruthven (msg) 08:24, 5 September 2024 (UTC)


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It was deleted by mistake.

That picture came from the Superior Electoral Court (Tribunal Superior Eleitoral - TSE) of Brazil, so it doesn't infringe any copyright rules on Wikimedia Commons.

The pictures licensed by the Superior Electoral Court of Brazil use the CC BY 4.0 license. You can find information about this license on the file page:

In that same link, you can find the file downloading the ZIP file in RN - Fotos de candidatos. The file name is FRN200001984816_div. — Preceding unsigned comment added by OkYui (talk • contribs) 14:17, 30 August 2024 (UTC) (UTC)

 Agree And put the Template:TSE-Dados-Abertos in the file. Erick Soares3 (talk) 16:29, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: See above. @OkYui and Erick Soares3: Please add categories. --Yann (talk) 19:57, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

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Aunque tengo los permisos para usar la imagen y además aclaré que circula en otras paginas porque es de uso libre (ya lo había explicado en otra discusión), sin embargo subí el archivo siguiendo las nuevas instrucciones y lo volvieron a borrar. En un apartado de Wikipedia dice que "Si el archivo fue borrado no haber evidencia de permiso del dueño de los derechos, por favor sigue el procedimiento para enviar evidencia del permiso. Si ya has hecho eso, no hay necesidad de solicitar la restauración aquí". La imagen también la usa esta pagina y aun así la cité: http://mail.iac.org.es/noticias/actividades-socios/isidro-lopez-aparicio-expone-free-paths-maker-en-el-patio-central-del-centre-pompidou-malaga.html , pero el problema persiste. Por ello, solicito ayuda para la restauración de la imagen.

Muchas gracias. Marlimecas (talk) 20:28, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

@Marlimecas: Por favor tenga en cuenta que las imágenes tienen derecho de autor y que aparezcan en una página web no implica que posean una licencia libre (lo requerido en Commons).. Si esta en contacto con la persona que posee los derechos de autor pídale que envíe un permiso siguiendo las instrucciones de COM:VRT/es. Günther Frager (talk) 21:34, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
 OpposeThe creator, Isidro López-Aparicio is a Spanish artist, so this work is probably in Spain. If so, the image infringes on the copyright for the indoor art. There are only 20 countries whose FoP covers indoor art and most of them are unlikely. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:59, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: as per Jim. --Yann (talk) 19:54, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

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There is no reason to delete it and I challenge anyone to prove me the opposite. It is just a digitalization of a scheme, literally just it.

If I missed with license terms or related things, well, delete the file would really help with it? It's obvious that no!

If the request will not accepted, I will simply to reupload the file. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AriranhaRB (talk • contribs) 00:59, 4 September 2024‎ (UTC)

 Oppose Do not reupload deleted files. We need a permission from the copyright holder for a free license, or an evidence that it is in the public domain. In which book was it published? Who is the author? Was there a copyright notice? Where was it first published? Yann (talk) 13:13, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
 Oppose If you upload the image again, against our specific orders, you will be blocked from editing on Commons. If you answer Yann's questions, it is possible that the image can be restored. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:24, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: per discussion. Regards, Aafi (talk) 19:50, 4 September 2024 (UTC)


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This is A Personal taken picture by myself and Im approving the usage for the wiki page — Preceding unsigned comment added by TNT123456 (talk • contribs) 02:54, 4 September 2024‎ (UTC)

 Oppose Assuming this is about File:Boomer Mays.png. "Northern Illinois Huskies Boomer Mays (45) during a game against the Ohio State Buckeyes on September 19, 2015 at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, OH. Ohio State beat Northern Illinois 20-13. Copyright:SportPics Archive." From sportpics.com. Thuresson (talk) 05:25, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
 Oppose The image appears in several places on the Web, including X, and has been uploaded here twice with different claims of authorship. Also note that "Im approving the usage for the wiki page" is not a sufficient license. Commons and WP images must be free for any use by anybody anywhere. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:22, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: per Thuresson and Jim, requires VRT permission. --Abzeronow (talk) 17:04, 5 September 2024 (UTC)


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See above at [2]. -- Asclepias (talk) 20:34, 4 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: See above. --Yann (talk) 10:21, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

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File:الحرف اليدوية.jpg

I am sending this request asking for undeletion my work media. To inform, I already sent an email to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org. --Sarah Al Khoory (talk) 20:45, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose The files will be undeleted once a member from Volunteer Response Team reviews and accepts it. Günther Frager (talk) 20:49, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: @Tanbiruzzaman: FYI. --Yann (talk) 22:35, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

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Please restore the following pages:

Reason: User:Albinfo found a source confirming that the photo was taken in 1916 and that the photographer died in 1930. Can be restored with {{PD-old-auto-expired |deathyear=1930}} Thank you, Gnom (talk) 07:31, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

 Support Thank you, Albinfo and Gnom, I would restore the file now with the licensing suggested by Gnom, but as the case was already discussed on my talk page, I consider myself involved now and would rather leave this to another admin. Adding that the photo was not just taken, but also published in 1916 (as a postcard), which is important for the copyright expiration in the US (which makes, as Gnom says, PD-old-auto-expired applicable). Gestumblindi (talk) 09:46, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: Clearly PD. --Yann (talk) 10:20, 5 September 2024 (UTC)


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ND files

Please undelete wrongly deleted files:

These files were deleted despite being under Creative Commons licence. Their license on flickr is CC-BY-ND-2.0.185.230.200.240 17:42, 5 September 2024 (UTC)


Closed, not done. As Эlcobbola explains, correctly deleted. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 17:55, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

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is it ok if i change into a public domain thing? (I'm sry, I didn't know I chose the wrong license). — Preceding unsigned comment added by PauCloned (talk • contribs) 07:56, 3 September 2024 (UTC) (UTC)

@PauCloned: What is the source of this file? Yann (talk) 07:57, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
nvm, theres already an img (btw its nasa worldview. idk the satellite. (possibly noaa-20/21 or suomi)) PauCloned (talk) 04:12, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
also its ok if the image is undeleted PauCloned (talk) 04:13, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
@PauCloned: We need an evidence. That's why I ask for the source. Yann (talk) 13:03, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
i used nasa worldview PauCloned (talk) 03:05, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose I don't think this is in scope. The description is "Possibly Hone [2024 Pacific cyclone] as a subtropical remnant" -- I'm not sure why we need an image that is "possibly" something and that shows only a cloud mass with no particular pattern. We have a good variety of images in Category:Hurricane Hone. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:33, 4 September 2024 (UTC)


 Not done: No answer. --Yann (talk) 19:01, 5 September 2024 (UTC)


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This has been removed, despite being the official logo adopted in May 2024 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Max Epper (talk • contribs) 23:15, 3 September 2024‎ (UTC)

@Max Epper: Please explain why it should be undeleted and why it should be kept at a repository for freely licensed images. Where does the Creative Commons license come from? Thuresson (talk) 05:15, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: Complex logo, no permission. --Yann (talk) 19:00, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

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raygiftedkeys

this picture of myself is my brand my companies owned source. why is my photo from my brand being deleted when I have a domain and all the information showing my business????? https://raygiftedkeys.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by RayGiftedKeys (talk • contribs)


 Not done: Gloablly locked. --Yann (talk) 18:59, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

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Hi, Bonjour

This picture was taken for https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Louis_Lejeune_(auteur) His has his own commons category see on https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23055061 I've yet uploaded Contributions de Lafloche De Lafloche discuter journal des blocages téléversements journaux Journal des blocages globaux compte global journal des abus Un utilisateur avec 1 759 modifications. Compte créé le 5 avril 2022.

I don't really understand your acts. Best regards,— Preceding unsigned comment added by Lafloche (talk • contribs) 17:53, 5 September 2024‎ (UTC)

Bonjour (from Les États-Unis), it was speedy deleted under F10. But subject is notable so  Support Abzeronow (talk) 18:02, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: See above. --Yann (talk) 18:58, 5 September 2024 (UTC)


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i want the file File:FBI mugshot of Vincent Palermo.jpg undeleted please, thank you, i wasn't violating any copyright at all when i uploaded an image of vincent palermo — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chuck432 (talk • contribs) 12:55, 6 September 2024‎ (UTC)


 Not done: Request implicitly withdrawn. NYPD files are copyrighted. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 17:07, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

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File:Ntebogeng Rekhotso aka Smash CoolKIID.jpeg (Mitsuki Sire (talk) 13:49, 6 September 2024 (UTC))

 Oppose Unused personal image, no reason provided. Yann (talk) 14:08, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: Probably sock of uploader, blocked. --Yann (talk) 14:12, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

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Hello.. Please return the image because it is a free image of a public figure and is allowed to be circulated and is not restricted by rights at all. The following link contains a copy of the image on the personal website of its owner, writer https://www.binsudah.ae/قصة-عجيبة-من-التاريخ/--JovaYas (talk) 20:19, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose The footer on the link provided states: جميع الحقوق محفوظة لموقع حسين بن سوده - 2015 (All rights reserved to Hussein Bin Souda website). @-JovaYas: the term "free license" has a precise definition that you consult in COM:L. Günther Frager (talk) 22:18, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
Hello, thank you for your response. I would like to explain the following: the purpose of uploading the image here is to use it on the individual's page in the encyclopedia, and the title is his name. His Wikipedia page includes a link to his personal website, in addition to the fact that the image has been circulating for years, like any image of a public figure. The management of the writer's website has been contacted for the purpose of licensing the image at the following link [3]https://www.binsudah.ae/binsudah-2/ JovaYas (talk) 06:07, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
@JovaYas: that is not a free license. Did you read the link provided?. It would be more productive if you ask the copyright holder to send an explicit permission to COM:VRT . Günther Frager (talk) 20:05, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for the guidance and cooperation, and we contacted the management of the writer's website to amend the formulation and the full waiver of the Wikipedia website - the following link [4]https://www.binsudah.ae/binsudah-2/ JovaYas (talk) 07:17, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose The notice on the cited website now reads,

"This image is fully licensed for publication and use on the Wikipedia website - https://commons.wikimedia.org, and they have the right to use the image on any of their platforms, this is a waiver of rights - the management of the Hussein bin Sudah website 17-08-2024".
Since the permission is limited to Commons, it is not the free license for any use by anybody anywhere that is required here. In order for us to restore the image, the license must be changed to CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, or another acceptable license. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 14:07, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Hello sir.. It has been edited to be general and not specific.[5]https://www.binsudah.ae/binsudah-2/ JovaYas (talk) 14:45, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Again, that is not irrevocable and does not mention derivative works. Please follow my instructions above,
In order for us to restore the image, the license must be changed to CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, or another acceptable license."
See COM:L. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 10:10, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
We worked so hard to make this very ordinary image acceptable to you, that we asked the site to remove the copyright notice at the bottom of the site for JovaYas (talk) 10:25, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
@JovaYas: Removing the copyright notice doesn't remove the copyright on the image. As Jim writes above, we need a free license. Yann (talk) 11:27, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for your patience and understanding. The wording of the image license has been amended by referencing the Creative Commons license - CC BY [6]https://www.binsudah.ae/binsudah-2/ JovaYas (talk) 18:31, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
Hello.. The owner of the photo personally contacted you via his official email, .. regarding the photo. Please check the email. JovaYas (talk) 17:42, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: No action for several weeks. Web site cited has explicit copyright notice and no free license. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:53, 7 September 2024 (UTC)


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Template:Parliament.bg - all files as well

The text in the copyright information page was edited by the National Assembly for clarity and now states:

The National Assembly is the holder of the copyright of the software ensuring the functioning of the Internet portal and its design.

The content of the portal of the National Assembly can be used freely, unless it is explicitly stated that it is subject to protection under the current Law on copyright and related rights. Therefore, the use of textual content, photos, video materials and other visual elements found on the portal is public and requires only citation.

The content owned by the National Assembly on this internet portal is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, respectively Appendix No. 2 to Art. 16, paragraph 1 of the Ordinance on the standard conditions for using information from the public sector and for its publication in an open format.

All web portal content is accessible in real-time via a public REST API. View API documentation - click here.''

The deletion request is archived here.
Pelajanela (talk) 05:00, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

 Question Any opinion about this? Yann (talk) 18:50, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
The text is now explicit about being CC-BY-4.0. @Ellywa: I'm willing to restore the template and associated files if others agree. Abzeronow (talk) 16:13, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Agree. Ellywa (talk) 19:35, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
I've restored the template and the supporting files that I deleted. Abzeronow (talk) 22:01, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Associated deleted files: (put here for my convenance so I can use Restore-A-Lot)
I'll do more later (this might take me a few days to restore all files. Abzeronow (talk) 22:39, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

(more for convenient undeletion)

I'll undelete more tomorrow. Abzeronow (talk) 23:57, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
I'll try to get more undeleted tomorrow (was so busy I could only manage this batch). Abzeronow (talk) 01:29, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
More tomorrow (working my way up to doing 50 in a batch). Abzeronow (talk) 22:36, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
Another batch of around 50 tomorrow. Abzeronow (talk) 21:04, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
Another batch of 50 later today. Abzeronow (talk) 16:52, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: Thank you Abzeronow. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:49, 7 September 2024 (UTC)


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Buenas administradores,por favor restaure la imagen,esta en el Dominio Público ({{PD-textlogo}}) por que el logo de Irkut Corporation (ahora Yakovlev) es ineligible del copyright por ejemplo (File:UAC Irkut Corp logo.svg)

AbchyZa22 20:02, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

 Info Relevant DR: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Yakovlev SJ-100 Logo.jpg Günther Frager (talk) 20:41, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
Buenas según el {{PD-textlogo}} dice claramente contiene texto o cuerpo geometríco se considerará del dominio público, el logo de Irkut es totalmente simple. AbchyZa22 (talk) 07:02, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
 I withdraw my nomination Me adhiero la opinión del Usuario:Jo-Jo Eumerus por precaución, por favor cierra el UDR. AbchyZa22 (talk) 20:56, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: Withdrawn. --Yann (talk) 21:17, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

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Images of works for hire by Marcello Canino

Hy everyone. I'm writing here in order to ask for the undeletion of the following images:

They were all deleted in 2013 after this DR. File:Intendenza abside.jpg and File:Intendenza Filzi.jpg depict de:Palazzo dell’Intendenza di Finanza, degli Uffici Finanziari e dell’Avvocatura di Stato; File:Napoli - Palazzo della Provincia.jpg and File:Palazzo Matteotti - sede Provincia di Napoli.png depict de:Palazzo Matteotti; File:Napoli - Piazza Carità.jpg and File:Napoli - Piazza Carità2.jpg depict (correct me if I'm wrong) de:Palazzo INA (Neapel). All these palaces were designed by it:Marcello Canino (Palazzo Matteotti saw the intervention also of Ferdinando Chiaromonte), and were commissioned by a public institution (see here, here and here), the province in the case of Palazzo Matteotti, most likely the Ministry of Finance and the National Insurance Institution (which at that time was a public entity) for the other two. They were completed between 1936 and 1938, and therefore they all fell under Template:PD-ItalyGov between 1957 and 1959. They are all buildings built way before 1990, so no issue with US copyright.--Friniate (talk) 09:18, 5 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: @Friniate: FYI. --Yann (talk) 21:17, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

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Hi, I have full authorisation from the photo grapher to upload and share this pic. I can share that authorisation.

Tejprakashyadav (talk) 04:21, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

This has to be confirmed and documented through the COM:VRT process. Please read the requirements and then send an e-mail to the address linked on the page. GPSLeo (talk) 08:29, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: needs a VRT release. Regards, Aafi (talk) 11:29, 7 September 2024 (UTC)


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Hi. there's no copyright vialation regarding TERJE (Terje Eide) Recalibrate Album Cover 1080px140ppi.jpg. I have a written confirmation from the designer Nello Dell'Omo who made the artwork for my soloalbum RECALIBRATE. I can use the artwork as I please. Kind regards, Terje Eide Terjeeidemusic (talk) 11:41, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

PS! Please let me know if you want or need the confirmation that I have from designer Nello Dell'Omo and where to upload it, thanks.

Terje Eide Music | Official Website — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terjeeidemusic (talk • contribs) 11:41, 7 September 2024‎ (UTC)

@Terjeeidemusic: then the artists should send an explicit permission, see COM:VRT for instructions. Günther Frager (talk) 12:42, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: This image will be restored automatically, without further action by the uploader, if and when a free license is received, read, and approved at VRT. The current backlog at VRT is 24 days. . .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:37, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

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A free licence for File:TERJE (Terje Eide) Recalibrate Album Cover 1080px140ppi.jpg is confimed today by the designer Nello Dell'Omo at VRT. Terjeeidemusic (talk) 16:03, 7 September 2024 (UTC)


 Not done: Not currently deleted. --Yann (talk) 09:22, 8 September 2024 (UTC)


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More Bulgarian Parliamentary files to be undeleted

Still hundreds of photographs to restore. Archive after Sept. 14, 2024. I'll put them here so Restore A Lot works Abzeronow (talk) 22:40, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Another batch of around 50 will be done tomorrow. Abzeronow (talk) 23:13, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: Thank you, Abzeronow. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 17:16, 8 September 2024 (UTC)


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I personally own this work with No copyright license. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ‎Benbaahi (talk • contribs) 12:40, 8 September 2024 (UTC) (UTC)

 Oppose When you uploaded the image, you claimed you were the actual photographer. That looks unlikely and above you make a different claim. The copyright belongs to the actual photographer.

Aside from copyright, this appears to be a personal image from someone whose only contributions have been photographs of himself. Commons is not Facebook. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 17:14, 8 September 2024 (UTC)


 Not done: per Jim. Regards, Aafi (talk) 17:25, 8 September 2024 (UTC)


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per this. --Grandmaster Huon (talk) 14:10, 8 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: I also fixed the source parameter. Regards, Aafi (talk) 17:34, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

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Права на фотографию пренадлежат Николаю Танцереву. Использование этой фотографии не противоречит авторским правам. Просьба восстановить удаленный файл.

78.117.234.144 19:52, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose That's not a reason to restore this. See Commons:Deletion requests/File:Танцерев Микола.jpg in which the uploader admits that he is not the photographer and the VRT process is named for him. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:47, 7 September 2024 (UTC)


 Not done: as per Jim. --Yann (talk) 21:38, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

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The photo was taken in the 1870s and 1880s in the Russian Empire. According to the template:PD-RusEmpire, it is now in the public domain.--Leonst (talk) 21:31, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

 Support Looks like a 19th Century published image to me. Abzeronow (talk) 21:37, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose Google translates the file name as "Read more" and the one word file description, "мпитоьбю", as "Mortal". Therefore we have an image of an unknown man with a cryptic file name and description. Unless one of our Russian speakers can shed more light on this, I can't see how it serves any purpose, educational or otherwise. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:44, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I don't understand what you wrote about the translation and what the Russian language has to do with it. This is a photo of a Ukrainian writer in his youth. Leonst (talk) 18:17, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
Looks like a drawing, not a photo. Which is the source and who is the illustrator? Thuresson (talk) 19:05, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
This is a photo. The source is indicated in the description.--Leonst (talk) 14:52, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
The stated source goes to a website that shows current weather in Poltava. Is there evidence that this is a photo? Thuresson (talk) 17:48, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
 Support Apologies. I saw "Russian" in the first line above, and used the Google Russian translator. The Google Ukrainian translator translates the filename as Mykola Filyanskyi, who lived 1873-1938. I agree that he looks young, so this is probably a 19th century image and therefore PD-OLD. It is always helpful to include information beyond the name of the subject, as mistakes of this kind can be avoided with a little more information. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 17:25, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: See above. @Leonst: Please add categories. --Yann (talk) 21:37, 8 September 2024 (UTC)


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This is a photo of me. It was taken by Shayne Gray and I have written permission from him to use it.--Miriam Khalil (talk) 22:09, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Where does the Creative Commons license come from? Thuresson (talk) 23:26, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
 Comment I don't have access to the deleted file, but it seems it was re-uploaded today under a different name File:Miriam-Khalil Portrait2.jpg. Günther Frager (talk) 19:22, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
This is a different photo of the same subject. Thuresson (talk) 02:43, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: This image will be restored automatically, without further action by the uploader, if and when a free license is received, read, and approved at VRT. The current backlog at VRT is 24 days. The email from Shayne Gray to VRT should name both images. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:25, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

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Buenas administradores,por favor restaura la foto ,ese fue generalizado (creado) por el sector público (Alcaldia) como indica el último párrafo de la licencia {{PD-VenezuelaGov}} según este link AbchyZa22 09:02, 8 September 2024‎ (UTC)

@AbchyZa22: el último párrafo no es de la Ley de Propiedad Intelectual sino de la Ley de Trabajo. El término "dominio público" es para indicar que la propiedad intelectual quedan en manos del estado y no del trabajador estatal que la generó. La ley venezolana no usa el término "dominio público" para referirse a las obras que no están protegidas por derechos de autor, sino para los bienes del estado que están destinados al uso público o para brindar un servicio público. Puedes leer la Ley Orgánica de Bienes Públicos [7] donde se definen los términos "dominio público" y "dominio privado". Günther Frager (talk) 14:50, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
Al igual que logos el Usuario Administrador Taivo dice claramente en este link:The last paragraph of license says: "Intellectual products generated under an employment relationship in the public sector or financed through public funds that generates intellectual property rights, will be considered to be in the public domain, while maintaining the authors' rights to public recognition." And this is CoA of local government. License seems plausible. El sector público es totalmente ineligible del copyright. AbchyZa22 (talk) 15:13, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
@AbchyZa22: de nuevo el término "dominio público" no tiene el mismo sentido que nosotros le damos en Commons, lea la ley que te cité donde define que es "dominio público" en la legislación venezolana. El párrafo que se cita menciona propiedad intelectual que incluye no solo obras artísticas y literarias sino a las patentes. De hecho el título del párrafo es «Invenciones, innovaciones y mejoras en el sector público». Si usáramos la definición de "obras sin derechos" los científicos que trabajen en universidades públicas no podrían patentar nada porque sus invenciones estarían en el "dominio público", lo que es claramente falso porque los científicos son evaluados por sus de publicaciones y sus patentes. Günther Frager (talk) 16:58, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
Wait a minute Gracias por la opinión ,pero hay que esperar si los administradores van a dar la opinión. AbchyZa22 (talk) 21:29, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: Como obra de la administración pública de Venezuela, está en el dominio público. Los resquicios sobre "dominio público", "dominio privado", etc., han sido discutidos. No es una discusión definitiva en todo caso, la que puede continuar en la página correspondiente de la plantilla PD-VenezuelaGov. --Bedivere (talk) 21:56, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

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So, if you don't know, my image has been deleted. I have no idea why, if anyone is online, tell me why. Why, why, why? Hmmm?

It was a recreation of a profile picture of a neo-Nazi on the internet, and it was not like I was supporting nazis!

But, if there is any other reason, tell me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sondroop (talk • contribs) 16:12, 8 September 2024 (UTC) (UTC)

 Oppose Personal image by non contributor. Out of scope. Yann (talk) 16:12, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
WAIT WHAT?! So, if that is the case, how should I fix it? Sondroop (talk) 16:13, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
@Sondroop: Hi, Please first read COM:SCOPE and other Commons policies, notably COM:L. Wikimedia Commons is not a social media. Then contribute somehow. Then you could upload a profile picture. Yann (talk) 16:19, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done. Every active contributor has right to upload some personal images, but contributions must come first and some personal images after that. You have no edits in mainspace, so you are not allowed to create a userpage and you are not allowed to upload personal files. Taivo (talk) 20:09, 8 September 2024 (UTC)


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File:Arman TheChotoBhai.png

Dear Wikimedia Administrators,

I am writing to request the undeletion of the Wikimedia Image titled Arman the ChotoBhai that was recently deleted . I believe the page meets Wikipedia's notability and content guidelines.

--Arman the ChotoBhai (talk) 18:11, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose We don't host personal images of non-contributors. Günther Frager (talk) 18:30, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: Per Günther Frager -- all Google hits are self promotion, as is this. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:20, 9 September 2024 (UTC)


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== [[:File:Terracotta column.krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) MET DP119145.jpg]] has been removed from the detected page. Please help me in using this illustration according to the rules of Wikipedia. Thank you. ==

Dear Sirs,

I was trying to use the wikimedia common images to add a picture on a draft article. Unfortunately I am not so able to use all the commands of VisualEdit and I probably made a mistake. I have removed the image from the draft article, however. I kindly ask any editor or controller to help me to use, if it is allowed, in a lawful way the image of wikimedia depository. Thank you. Francesco Bonini — Preceding unsigned comment added by HeracleonGelensis (talk • contribs) 19:47, 8 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done but not undeleted: Fixed accidental edit on en:User:HeracleonGelensis/sandbox and replaced dupe File:Terracotta column.krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) MET DP119145.jpg by File:Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) MET DP119145.jpg. --Achim55 (talk) 20:32, 8 September 2024 (UTC)


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Hi everyone. I'm writing here in order to ask for the undeletion of File:Santa Croce Foscolo.jpg, deleted in 2013 after this DR. The image depicts the statue of it:Ugo Foscolo, completed in 1939 by en:Antonio Berti (sculptor) and posed on his grave. The sculpture was commissioned by the Ministry for National Education in 1935 (see here and here). Therefore it fell under Template:PD-ItalyGov in 1960, way before the URAA, so no issue with US copyright.--Friniate (talk) 21:01, 8 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: @Friniate: FYI. --Yann (talk) 17:15, 9 September 2024 (UTC)


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Dear Wikimedia Commons Team

On behalf of the Merz Akademie, I would like to ask you politely to restore the above picture. The photo of Miss Barbara M. Eggert was taken by Anja Weber, photographer and professor for photography at Merz Akademie on behalf of Merz Akademie on the occasion of the announcement of her appointment as Rector.

I found out about the deletion because Ms. Eggert recently pointed out to me that the picture had been removed.

I will immediately ask the photographer, Ms. Prof. Anja Weber, to send an email to the Volunteer Response Team (permissions-commons-de@wikimedia.org), as suggested, allowing the use of the photo under a free license.

Kind regards from Stuttgart Wikisuperheroine — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikisuperheroine (talk • contribs) 12:54, 9 September 2024‎ (UTC)


 Not done: This image will be restored automatically, without further action by the uploader, if and when a free license is received, read, and approved at VRT. The current backlog at VRT is 24 days. . .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 16:18, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

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This is my image and is free to use by all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Earthstar1969 (talk • contribs) 13:52, 9 September 2024 (UTC) (UTC)

@Earthstar1969: we need an explicit permission, please follow the instructions in COM:VRT. Günther Frager (talk) 15:09, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: This image will be restored automatically, without further action by the uploader, if and when a free license is received, read, and approved at VRT. The current backlog at VRT is 24 days. Permission from James Welsh is required. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 16:17, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

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✓ Done: restored by Krd. Regards, Aafi (talk) 15:13, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

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✓ Done: @Tanbiruzzaman, please update permissions. Regards, Aafi (talk) 15:12, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

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Files deleted by Taivo

Please restore the following pages:

Reason: The design is likely above COM:TOO US however per Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by SergioCarino the file acually became free through formalities so therefore these qualify for {{PD-US-1978-89}}. See also Commons:Deletion requests/File:PBS 1971 id.svg which regards an older variant of PBS's logo, also resulting in keep. Jonteemil (talk) 00:12, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Courtesy ping to @The Squirrel Conspiracy and @Taivo as deleting admins. Jonteemil (talk) 00:40, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
 Oppose. These logos are complex and eligible for copyright even by US laws. Keeping the logos was wrong. Taivo (talk) 20:00, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
@Taivo Their complexity has nothing to do with why they were kept. Have you really read the discussions? Jonteemil (talk) 20:15, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
Sorry, I am already sleepy, there's almost midnight where I live. Argument is that they are old US logos published without notice. If IronGargoyle said that, then I agree with him. Then the logos can be restored and licenses corrected. Taivo (talk) 20:36, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
Okay, perfect. Jonteemil (talk) 20:40, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
@Taivo Can you close this as Restored then? Jonteemil (talk) 15:35, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: See above. --Yann (talk) 21:03, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

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Request temporary undeletion

  • Reason: This file was in use on an encyclopedia project called Wikikids, where it was attached to an article concerning the Penis. There is no local copy to use, nor am I able to find an alternative to this image, labelled in the Dutch language. Could I please request temporary undeletion, to allow me to download a copy, and upload it to Wikikids directly? Thank you.

DaneGeld (talk) 15:13, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

@DaneGeld: Temporarily undeleted. Please ping me when done. Abzeronow (talk) 20:38, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
@Abzeronow: Copy downloaded and saved, many thanks for your help. DaneGeld (talk) 20:44, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: request complete. --Abzeronow (talk) 20:46, 9 September 2024 (UTC)


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Commons:Deletion requests/File:Mlýnské nábřeží, ruské reklamy.jpg, arguments against deletion were not taken into account.--ŠJů (talk) 22:40, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose These posters contain a lot of copyrighted material, not only simple text. Yann (talk) 10:02, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
 Oppose You can't have it both ways. If the posters are de minimis then all we have is a photo of a non-descript doorway which is out of scope. If the posters are the subject of the image, then the image infringes on their copyrights. Either way, we can't keep it. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:12, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: See above. --Yann (talk) 17:31, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

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Reason: deleted as claimed to not comply with restrictive, non-commercial FoP of Niger. However, it is an anonymous work (no named designer) that is in PD since 2022. Per w:fr:Fort Massu (translated using Google): "It was built from 1951 under the authority of Jacques Massu, then commander of the 4th AOF brigade in Niamey." Applicable tag: {{PD-old-architecture}}. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 02:03, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose It was not PD on the URAA date, so it will have a USA copyright until 1/1/2047. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:09, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

@Jameslwoodward: We don't apply URAA for architecture, do we? Since in US law, there was no copyright for architecture. Yann (talk) 13:15, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
 Support Oops -- right you are, architecture from before 1991 does not have a USA copyright. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:18, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: per request. now PD. --Abzeronow (talk) 17:09, 10 September 2024 (UTC)


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Reason: per Special:PermaLink/921979391#Files deleted by Taivo. Jonteemil (talk) 21:24, 9 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: See above, and previous request. --Yann (talk) 09:27, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

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Three entries deleted out of process and properly licensed. We have projects attempting to load entire issues of magazines and newspapers, so I do not see why these were deleted without debate. We require references for spouse= at Wikidata and we require references for death_date= there too. These news articles provide that information. Emile Kellogg Boisot (1859-1941) obituary appeared in the New York Times, I do not understand why the announcement of his probate was deleted. It appears to be a continuation of this Commons:Deletion_requests/Files_uploaded_by_Richard_Arthur_Norton_(1958-_) harassment campaign by @Bedivere: . --RAN (talk) 01:47, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose This is not a webhost for non-notable people. These were accordingly deleted to COM:WEBHOST. There are other websites/platforms you can have these uploaded. Bedivere (talk) 02:41, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
  • Commons:Project scope: "A media file that is in use on one of the other projects of the Wikimedia Foundation is considered automatically to be useful for an educational purpose. ... It should be stressed that Commons does not overrule other projects about what is in scope." COM:WEBHOST talks about porn, vacation photos, and self-promotion. You use COM:WEBHOST as a synonym for "I don't like it", and I quote you the actual rule, see the difference? I don't think you have the maturity or temperament to have access to admin tools. --RAN (talk) 03:50, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: Usually historical documents are in scope, and the reason provided is clearly not valid. Anyway, these are not eligible for speedy deletion. --Yann (talk) 09:26, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

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✓ Done: Tanbiruzzaman, please update permissions. Regards, Aafi (talk) 05:02, 10 September 2024 (UTC)


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This is a publicly available image of Jitendra Deshprabhu,

MLA of Pernem, Goa and Viscount and Rauraje of Pernem.

The aforsaid person is a public figure.

https://www.facebook.com/SachinGopalParab/posts/our-deepest-condolences-go-out-to-the-family-of-shri-jitendra-deshprabhu-ex-mla-/511054139564020/

Please refer to link 1 above, this includes a condolence from a constituent and party worker who is also a public figure.


https://www.heraldgoa.in/goa/fiery-exmla-pernem%E2%80%99s-jitendra-deshprabhu-passes-away-at-64/159673

This has been cropped for the above article.

https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Health-Minister-rejects-speculation-that-Deshprabhu-died-due-to-COVID19/159716

This has also been used for the below article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChangeDavid (talk • contribs) 07:44, 10 September 2024‎ (UTC)

Procedural close, image has not been deleted. Thuresson (talk) 09:05, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

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The removal of these files was an error. These images are being used as evidence in a Wikidata discussion to highlight a potential misuse of the platform. As simple screenshots of Wikidata tools, they are directly relevant to a Wikimedia project. The accusation of vandalism is unfounded and the removal of these files is both unfair and hinders constructive discussion within the Wikimedia community. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.37.233.37 (talk • contribs) 07:02, 9 September 2024‎ (UTC)

 Oppose Out of scope images by globally locked account. IP blocked for block evasion. Yann (talk) 10:05, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: See above. --Yann (talk) 09:53, 11 September 2024 (UTC)


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please find evidence of cc code on this page: https://drentsmuseum.nl/nieuws/harry-tupan-nieuwe-algemeen-directeur-drents-museum — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thesmcbrown (talk • contribs)

 Support The source effectively claims the photographer is Sake Elzinga and it has a CC-BY-SA license. The website is from the Drents Museum so we can trust it. Günther Frager (talk) 14:51, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
 Support restoration - licensing templates will need a fix. It was deleted due to lack of permissions and being uploaded as an own work. Regards, Aafi (talk) 17:16, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: fixed information and license reviewed. --Abzeronow (talk) 16:44, 11 September 2024 (UTC)


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Category:Marion Boisot

@Yann: Please restore Category:Marion Boisot and File:Marion Boisot (1897-1990) bookplate.jpg and File:Marion Boisot.jpg, the entries have been restored above. "Commons does not overrule other projects about what is in scope." See: File:Marion Boisot (1897-1990) and Byington Ford (1890-1985) engagement in The San Francisco Examiner of San Francisco, California on November 7, 1920.jpg and File:Marion Boisot (1897-1990) engagement photograph in The San Francisco Examiner of San Francisco, California on November 7, 1920.jpg This is part of a campaign against entries for people that are not Wikipedia notable (famous) but meet Wikidata notability. Commons is supposed to respect other projects notability standards. --RAN (talk) 16:18, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

@Yann: Yes, please restore Category:Marion Boisot. It was deleted without discussion. Greg Henderson (talk) 17:43, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
Empty categories don't need a discussion for deletion. If/when a category turns empty, it meets our COM:CSD criteria for deletion. I would oppose the file restoration as well given its deletion per DR. If there are any other files where this category could be used, I'd support restoring it but currently it is blank/empty and cannot be kept. ─ Aafī on Mobile (talk) 18:02, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
Category restored. (You can recreate categories without needing an administrator). Abzeronow (talk) 21:10, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
It was restored and then deleted again, that is why I came here. The contents were also deleted as speedy to avoid scrutiny. It appears to be part of a harassment campaign that has been brought up at Administrators' noticeboard. --RAN (talk) 21:50, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
  • File:Marion Boisot.jpg was in use at the time of deletion. --RAN (talk) 22:16, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
    It was in use in a Wikidata item the uploader themselves created. We have long talked about this: creating a Wikidata item for using an image you uploaded here on Commons so that they are both in scope in both projects is deceitful, to say the least. Bedivere (talk) 00:35, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
  • Can you show me the new "deceitful" rule? The only real rule is Commons:Project scope: "A media file that is in use on one of the other projects of the Wikimedia Foundation is considered automatically to be useful for an educational purpose. ... It should be stressed that Commons does not overrule other projects about what is in scope. If an image is in use on another project (aside from use on talk pages or user pages), that is enough for it to be within scope." What makes this harassment is you are choosing images uploaded by one person. If you did a search and deleted every image upload to Commons in which the uploader also created the Wikidata entry, then it would not be harassment. Can you see the difference? That is why I am lobbying to have your admin rights revoked, you are using those rights to harass individuals. You are coming up with a new "deceitful" rule, then applying it to only one person. --RAN (talk) 00:51, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: category already restored. files not restored per COM:AN. Please take any "harassment" claims where they should be and please keep discussions at one place (the one at AN, that you started, is ongoing...). I don't have the time to go out there and search for users who have done the same thing as you (like Greg Henderson) to prove your point, but supposing I had the time and will to do such a cleanup (much warranted in my opinion) I could tell you would still call it an abuse of power and harassment campaign. I suggest you to evaluate your actions and respond my and other users' concerns at ANU. Thanks. --Bedivere (talk) 04:45, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Closure reverted. There is no basis for this deletion, but worse, you shouldn't close the UDR when you deleted the file, and it is controversial. Yann (talk) 09:50, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
These files were deleted as a result of the deletion request, so there was basis. I don't disagree with you restoring the discussion and appreciate that you left the comment. Since the undeletion request was about the category, and it was restored, I closed it. Bedivere (talk) 13:07, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
This is quite bad faith. The first line reads Please restore Category:Marion Boisot and File:Marion Boisot (1897-1990) bookplate.jpg and File:Marion Boisot.jpg. Yann (talk) 13:48, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: The bookplate was obviously in scope as an example of ex libris. The photo of Boisot is more of an edge case. The other examples in the category show Boisot as a person who would be of interest to local historians in California. And so looking at the totality of media, Boisot meets Commons scope. --Abzeronow (talk) 17:00, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

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The photographer has sent an authorisation to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org to allow it's use on the Wikipedia page called "Lydia Andréï"

--Rmjd3 (talk) 17:44, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

@Rmjd3: the file will be restored by the VRT team after they review and approve the permission. Günther Frager (talk) 18:28, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
Not done, will be processed through VRT. Thuresson (talk) 10:22, 11 September 2024 (UTC)


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✓ Done: @Tanbiruzzaman: FYI. --Yann (talk) 09:44, 11 September 2024 (UTC)


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A proper agreeement hes been sent to VTRS by author. See: ticket:2024091010006655. Polimerek (talk) 09:19, 11 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: @Polimerek: FYI. --Yann (talk) 09:45, 11 September 2024 (UTC)


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Please undelete this picture. I have written proof to use it for Wikipedia by the photgrapher. Happy to provide proof via email. Best regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Monpicardie (talk • contribs) 12:22, 11 September 2024‎ (UTC)


✓ Done: Permission now OK. --Yann (talk) 14:36, 11 September 2024 (UTC)


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I have sent a COM:VRT ticket to claim ownership of my work

Two of my photos have remained up awaiting a ticket, but File:The Cock Destroyers shoot (1).jpg and File:The Cock Destroyers shoot (2).jpg have been deleted twice before I've had chance to attain a ticket by confirming ownership. Matt Spike XXX (talk) 13:45, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

@Matt Spike XXX: dont' re-upload deleted files, once the permission is reviewed and approved a member of the VRT team will undelete it. Günther Frager (talk) 14:34, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: will be undeleted only after a successful permission release has been reviewed and approved by a VRT agent. Regards, Aafi (talk) 15:07, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

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The file File:Pompeya members.jpg I uploaded was deleted.

Could you please explain how should I fill the inforation about this image to prove my rights on it? I am the member of the band, It's me on the photo (at the left side). The photo made by our friend Julia Sakhon. We hire her to make a photo session. We paid her a fee and then she sent us a link to her google drive from where we have downloaded the image. So how should I prove my rights on this image? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vavilonsssss (talk • contribs) 20:04, 10 September 2024‎ (UTC)

@Vavilonsssss: Unless you have a legal contract with a transfer of the copyright, the copyright holder is Julia Sakhon. Whoever is the copyright holder should submit an explicit permission. You can read COM:VRT for further information. Günther Frager (talk) 20:15, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: as per Günther Frager. --Yann (talk) 22:07, 11 September 2024 (UTC)


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WLM files

These are three files (PDFs to be printed as postcards) from a series of 10 cards with the top ten winning pictures of Wiki Loves Monuments 2023, you can find the other ones at Category:Wiki Loves Monuments postcards 2023. I am not sure why these were deleted while the others are ok. I assume I mixed up or forgot to mention something on the description pages regarding the source and/or licensing. If you undelete them I will update the descriptions with all information that may be missing. Thank you, Manfred Werner (WMAT) (talk) 21:04, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

@Manfred Werner (WMAT): the files where tagged by AntiCompositeBot because they lacked a license. Günther Frager (talk) 21:12, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
I see, must have been a cop/paste error I made when uploading them. As the other files with basically identical descriptions and licensing seem to be alright I would add all information on source, author, license etc. accordingly if they are restored. --Manfred Werner (WMAT) (talk) 21:18, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: See above. --Yann (talk) 22:12, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

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File:James Burton Gibson - Obituary.jpg and File:James Burton Gibson in Uniform.jpg

I believe this was a 1915 obituary that was public domain in the USA and UK. It appears to have been speedy deleted out without any chance to fix a simple error. The image of someone who died in 1915 in uniform is also public domain in USA and UK. --RAN (talk) 21:43, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Can you tell us where these were published?  Support undeletion so these can get a proper DR if needed. Abzeronow (talk) 21:55, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: See above. --Yann (talk) 22:07, 11 September 2024 (UTC)


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Please undelete. We have permission per Ticket:2024080110005657. Thanks, --Mussklprozz (talk) 20:00, 11 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: @Mussklprozz: , please update permission. --Abzeronow (talk) 20:13, 11 September 2024 (UTC)


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✓ Done: per request. -- Geagea (talk) 14:17, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

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An Bildern menschlicher, männlicher Achselbehaarung dürfte es nichts verwerfliches geben. Auch andere haben dazu Bilder eingestellt. Marc66 (talk) 12:19, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

@Marc66: Why this photo is in COM:SCOPE?

 Not done: no answer from requestor. --Abzeronow (talk) 23:04, 12 September 2024 (UTC)


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Image was deleted per COM:NETCOPYVIO despite image being public domain in both Spain and the US due to Spanish photos dated in 1970 already being in the public domain by the time of the 1996 URAA date. SuperSkaterDude45 (discusión) 21:18, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose The source of the photo is https://www.facebook.com/Fredycamposs/photos/a.497943645081/10165190704220082/ a fan page about El Salvador. On the source link there is no indication that the country of origin is Spain. Günther Frager (talk) 21:33, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
@Günther Frager: This is a different scan of the same image. On the bottom half, you can see the Mundo Deportivo logo as part of a collection they were running at the time. The European Spanish spelling for "Mexico" is also used in the caption. SuperSkaterDude45 (discusión) 21:36, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
 Oppose Anonymous pictures from Spain are protected for 70 years. So this won't be in the public domain until 2041 in Spain. Yann (talk) 21:50, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
@Yann: How come {{PD-Spain-photo}} states that simple photographs usually have copyright term of around 25 years? I doubt that the deleted file is say, an artistic work. SuperSkaterDude45 (discusión) 21:55, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
This was certainly taken by a professional photographer. Not a point-and-shoot picture. Is there a definition of "simple photographs"? Yann (talk) 07:38, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
@Yann: From the legal Spanish definition or just an objective one? Because the info on Commons is rather lacking when it comes to specifics in regard to photography and what constitutes as a simple photograph. Plus, nothing can be confirmed regarding the photographer considering that no source has provided a single name from trying to look up other scans of the same image. It was published by a Spanish magazine sure but it's a baseless assumption to assume that the photographer is automatically professional because of the publication. SuperSkaterDude45 (discusión) 17:06, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: per Gunther and Yann. --Abzeronow (talk) 16:33, 13 September 2024 (UTC)


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Copyright owner provided permission for use using the Commons process.--DJB of Melb (talk) 00:59, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

"for use on wikipedia" is not an acceptable copyright license. Thuresson (talk) 07:40, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: as per Thuresson. --Yann (talk) 23:11, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

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Hello. The moderator made a mistake with the indication of the primary source. The image belongs to me. The original source of the image posting is https://taspanews.kz/novosti-kazakhstana/mat-smetova-eldos-s-detstva-risoval-zolotye-medali-v-albome-747571961311/

The moderator indicated a link to the resource, which at our request placed the material on its resource

 Oppose This is pretty clearly a derivative work - even if you were the photographer on the linked website, were you also the photographer of the image in the banner? The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 07:07, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: as per The Squirrel. --Yann (talk) 23:11, 12 September 2024 (UTC)


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As configurações de privacidade do Flickr já foram editadas, de modo que agora a licença de todo o conteúdo é de "Trabalho de Domínio Público". Peço dsculpas e, por gentileza, que restaurem a imagem em questão. Grata. --LaMattos (talk) 06:06, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose Deleted per deletion request. "All Rights Reserved" at flickr.com. The Flickr account has the same name as a person who was an actor in this movie; I lack an explanation how the copyright of the movie poster was transferred from the movie distribution company to a Flickr user. Thuresson (talk) 08:40, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: as per Thuresson. --Yann (talk) 23:12, 12 September 2024 (UTC)


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The photo was taken in the Russian Empire, the person in the photo died in 1918. According to the template:PD-RusEmpire, it is now in the public domain. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leonst (talk • contribs) 17:07, 11 September 2024‎ (UTC)


✓ Done: {{PD-Russia-expired}}. --Yann (talk) 23:14, 12 September 2024 (UTC)


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I request to restore these files because their source on YouTube was covered by Creative Commons license.--FlorianH76 (talk) 17:17, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose per Commons:Deletion requests/File:Victims of the 1993 events in Moscow 2.png. Günther Frager (talk) 22:14, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: as per Günther Frager. --Yann (talk) 23:17, 12 September 2024 (UTC)


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In the public domain per {{PD-Portugal-URAA}}. Source (RTP Museu Virtual) gives its original publication as the 12 June 1970 issue of the magazine Nova Antena, so definitely a photographic work created before 1 July 1970 (even if for a matter of days). -- RickMorais (talk) 21:39, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

 Support I remember having patrolled several of RickMorais from the same source, and if I'm not mistaken this images corresponds to this: https://museu.rtp.pt/coleccao-tv-radio/objectos-televisao/1720/hugo-maia-de-loureiro. The information is clear «Capa da revista nº 85 de 12 de junho de 1970.» and one see from the second image in the link. @RickMorais: the source that you provided here and in the other images you uploaded are from the whole gallery and it is not straightforward to find the relevant entry, so please use a more specific link (like the one I used) in the files you uploaded. Günther Frager (talk) 17:32, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: per request and Gunther. --Abzeronow (talk) 16:35, 13 September 2024 (UTC)


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The photo was taken in the Russian Empire, the person in the photo was photographed at a young age, precisely before 1917 and he lived in the Russian Empire. According to the template:PD-RusEmpire, it is now in the public domain.

Maybe, but we need more information. What is the date of this picture? This is similar to File:Черкасенко С.jpg, which has also the wrong date and author. Yann (talk) 08:42, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
It is the end of the 19th or the beginning of the 20th century. Leonst (talk) 13:04, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: OK, fine. --Yann (talk) 16:53, 13 September 2024 (UTC)


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Photos of Gendarmerie Nationale de la France

Please restore

We have permission per Ticket:2024081910006168.

Thanks, --Mussklprozz (talk) 11:01, 13 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: @Mussklprozz: , please update permission on these files. --Abzeronow (talk) 16:50, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

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Buenas administradores, por favor restaure el logo del Consejo Legislativo del Estado Zulia porque esta en el Dominio Público (según el último párrafo de la licencia en Venezuela {{PD-VenezuelaGov}}) (sin el escudo será {{PD-textlogo}} osea too simple) (Notas:El Escudo de armas fue creado en 1917 según este link además sin el escudo será un logo simple pero no dice nada del COM:Venezuela pero es solamente de texto) AbchyZa22 22:01, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

 I withdraw my nomination Buenas, por favor cierre el UDR ,hice re-upload. AbchyZa22 (talk) 06:50, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: Withdrawn. --Yann (talk) 10:18, 14 September 2024 (UTC)


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I request to restore this file because it was own work of the uploader.--FlorianH76 (talk) 17:21, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose This is a derivative work, and in absence of freedom of panorama, the original photographers can still enforce their copyrights. Yann (talk) 08:35, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: See above. --Yann (talk) 16:33, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

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Please I have the right to publish this. It was sent to me via email. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Satadoga (talk • contribs) 19:34, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

@Satadoga: You don't have any right, only the author has. We need a permission for a free license. If you have it, please ask the copyright holder to send it via COM:VRT. Yann (talk) 23:10, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: See above. --Yann (talk) 10:17, 14 September 2024 (UTC)


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Files uploaded by Panoramio upload bot

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Reason: deleted through these four deletion requests (req1, req2, req3, and req4).

However, as per some comments at Commons:Village pump/Copyright/Archive/2024/06#Rio-Antirrio Bridge, current trends to DRs targeting the Greek bridge result to images being kept, on the basis that there is no evidence that the bridge is copyrightable by itself (no case law on the matter), and that as per one user in that discussion, the bridge is allowed to be shown in modern postcards; being the only modern structure in Greece that can be shown in postcards, with all other contemporary buildings disappearing from postcards since the 1980s/90s. Unlike the French case where there is evidence that the bridge designers transfer their economic rights to the managements who own the public bridges, there is no such evidence for the Greek ones including this bridge. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 09:39, 13 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: See above. --Yann (talk) 10:17, 14 September 2024 (UTC)


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I ask for the formal restoration of this portrait as it was uploaded under the {{PD-Art}}{{PD-old-100}} license — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gasperoni96 (talk • contribs) 14:42, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose Request related to A3cb1. Thuresson (talk) 16:09, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: as per Thuresson. --Yann (talk) 16:33, 14 September 2024 (UTC)


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Please undelete. We have permission per Ticket#2024090810002369. Thanks, --Mussklprozz (talk) 19:15, 13 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: @Mussklprozz: , please update permission. --Abzeronow (talk) 19:20, 13 September 2024 (UTC)


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Reason: permission verified in ticket:2024082510009957 and [8]. whym (talk) 03:06, 14 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: @Whym: FYI. --Yann (talk) 10:15, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

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Reason: permission verified in ticket:2024083110000239 and [9]. whym (talk) 03:08, 14 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: @Whym: FYI. --Yann (talk) 10:11, 14 September 2024 (UTC)


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Please delete this image — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ebni.hassan79 (talk • contribs) 16:44, 14 September 2024 (UTC)


 Not done: Nothing to do here, already deleted. --Yann (talk) 17:36, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

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Caráter informativo — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 201.158.103.191 (talk) 16:50, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose Deleted as copyvio, from comshalom.org. Thuresson (talk) 17:26, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: as per Thuresson. --Yann (talk) 20:23, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

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Considering the subject and title it's highly likely that the upskirt is done delibaretely on the part of the cosplayer as part of their posing for the photographer. In which case the photo would NOT fall afoul of COM:DIGNITY. Most of the images uploaded by Solomon are of professional cosplayers and models so it's unlikely to be just a random passerby--Trade (talk) 01:10, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose The angle this was taken, it seems like the cosplayer was facing/looking at someone else. If the photographer was standing where she was looking, they wouldn't have the upskirt angle. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 02:02, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
Fair point. How about a compromise? Trade (talk) 09:23, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
I'm not sure what you mean. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 10:02, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: as per The Squirrel Conspiracy. --Yann (talk) 16:11, 15 September 2024 (UTC)


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A proper agreement from author has been sent to VTR. See: ticket:2024091210000942 Polimerek (talk) 09:27, 15 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: @Polimerek: FYI. --Yann (talk) 16:10, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

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Reason: I have searched through the copyright records and there is no record of the creator Wally McNamee ever having put copyright and this photo even if the date is wrong on getty would still be before march 1989 as the tower hearings were concluded in February. KlaudeMan (talk) 15:47, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose During that period, registration was not required -- notice would suffice. Therefore in order for it to be restored, you must show an instance where the image was published without notice before March 1, 1989. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 17:10, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

Not done, no further information provided. See also Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by KlaudeMan. Thuresson (talk) 18:51, 15 September 2024 (UTC)


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1. Per same reasons as at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Àmbit 2 Palau Robert Jugo com una nena.jpg. 2. And even more so because this deleted file was a crop of that photo, tight on the wall of text and a Commons photo, so no even deminimis artwork. Kingsif (talk) 21:10, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

The arrangement of text could be copyrighted. Abzeronow (talk) 16:38, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: as per DR. Please read COM:DW. --Yann (talk) 20:32, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

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Reason: Own work Mirolandoni (talk) 08:38, 14 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: @Mirolandoni: Please add categories. --Yann (talk) 20:27, 15 September 2024 (UTC)


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Reason: per Commons:Village pump/Copyright/Archive/2024/06#Rio-Antirrio Bridge: bridge is not copyrighted and is the only modern landmark freely shown in post-1990s Greek postcards, which suggests bridges are not architectural works in Greece. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 10:50, 14 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: See above. --Yann (talk) 20:29, 15 September 2024 (UTC)


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Requesting this file be returned/undeleted because there should've been no reason at all why it was deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigfrank10 (talk • contribs) 18:03, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

@Bigfrank10: that is not a valid reason to undelete a file, and in fact, if it was delete is because there was a reason. The policy applied was COM:PENIS, so you have to argue why it doesn't apply to your image. Günther Frager (talk) 18:57, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: I've blocked the requestor as it's clear that they're not here to construively contribute. --The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 18:58, 15 September 2024 (UTC)


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The source of the image was not from this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uBbBL738yU. It was from https://beluga.fandom.com/wiki/Beluga_(YouTuber). The site said we can use its sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MarcChess (talk • contribs) 18:41, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose Clearly the content from the Fandom wiki was taken from Beluga's YouTube channel and not the other way around, i.e., it is License laundering. Günther Frager (talk) 18:48, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: per Günther Frager. --The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 18:59, 15 September 2024 (UTC)


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Wrong deletions by User:Krd

This files were deleted because were tagged as unlicensed by AntiCompositeBot but all had below added subsequently the license tag, please @Krd: before deletion check the file you are deleting, Regards!!! Ezarateesteban 21:55, 14 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: There indeed was a license. --Yann (talk) 11:20, 16 September 2024 (UTC)


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Jitendra_Deshprabhu.jpg

The following photo refers to Jitendra Deshprabhu a public figure.

He is the member of the legislative assembly of Goa and an aristocrat, the Viscount of Pernem.

The picture uploaded refers to a publicly available document, published by media houses O Heraldo of Goa etc. along with condolences from his constituents.

Refer links.

https://www.facebook.com/SachinGopalParab/posts/our-deepest-condolences-go-out-to-the-family-of-shri-jitendra-deshprabhu-ex-mla-/511054139564020/

https://www.goaprism.com/former-mla-jitendra-deshprabhu-died-due-to-the-negligence-of-goa-medical-college-authorities-alleges-girish-chodankar/

https://www.heraldgoa.in/Videos/Stop-internal-inquiry-on-death-of-Former-Cong-MLA-Jitendra-Deshprabhu-GPCC-President-Girish-Chodankar/160487

Based on the fact that this is publicly available, please proceed with undeletion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChangeDavid (talk • contribs) 19:12, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose Publicly available doesn't mean it has a license compatible withe our licensing policy. Günther Frager (talk) 19:38, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: per Günther Frager. --The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 00:24, 16 September 2024 (UTC)


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Reason: {{Own}} - {{GFDL}}{{Cc-zero}} Mirolandoni (talk) 07:03, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Procedural close, double request. Thuresson (talk) 07:09, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

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Reason: {{Own}} - {{GFDL}}{{Cc-zero}} Mirolandoni (talk) 07:06, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Procedural close, double request. Thuresson (talk) 07:08, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

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Reason: permission confirmed in ticket:2024082610005422. whym (talk) 07:35, 16 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: FYI, Whym, please update permissions. Regards, Aafi (talk) 08:08, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

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Reason: Sono in possesso della foto originale Mirolandoni (talk) 08:32, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

 Question Who is the photographer? What is the date of this picture? I can't find a copy on the Net. Yann (talk) 16:41, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
Not done, no response to relevant questions. Thuresson (talk) 08:33, 17 September 2024 (UTC)


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Reason: Own work Mirolandoni (talk) 08:36, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose COM:DW for the text, however the picture may be {{PD-Italy}}. What is the date of this newspaper clipping? Yann (talk) 16:37, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
Not done, no response to relevant question. Thuresson (talk) 08:34, 17 September 2024 (UTC)


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This is my own work. The reason the photo appears on social media is simple: it's because I posted it there myself, and provided it to others to post. I am a member of the rugby club pictured and the photo was taken by me, with my camera, with a tripod and timer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wilddesertgoat (talk • contribs) 21:59, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

@Wilddesertgoat: if you where the photographer please follow the instructions in COM:VRT. We require an explicit permission for images previously published in the web. Günther Frager (talk) 22:13, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: This image will be restored automatically, without further action by the uploader, if and when a free license is received, read, and approved at VRT. The current backlog at VRT is 24 days. . .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 16:06, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

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Deze afbeelding valt onder het rechtmatig gebruik van het beeldcitaat volgens de Nederlandse wetgeving: https://www.iusmentis.com/auteursrecht/citeren/beeldcitaat/ Het is niet bedoeld voor commerciële doeleinden, de afbeelding dient ter illustratie van de werkwijze van de architect en ook is de kwaliteit van de afbeelding duidelijk inferieur aan de originele tekening. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AnthonyRuijtenbeek (talk • contribs) 09:48, 16 September 2024‎ (UTC)

@AnthonyRuijtenbeek: please avoid creating dozen of similar requests. If there are multiple files to be undeleted with the same rationale open a single request. Günther Frager (talk) 10:31, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
 Oppose the licensing policy is quite clear, Common doesn't accept images under fair use or non-commercial licenses. Also derivative works are only allowed if the original work has a free license or it is in the public domain. Günther Frager (talk) 10:35, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: NC images are not permitted here. All Commons images must be free for any use anywhere by anybody. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 16:05, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

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Hi, this is a publicly available photo shared by the Chief Minister of Goa state on his profile on X. personally. This has also been covered by media houses. Refer links attached. This is in the public domain and should not be considered for deletion. https://x.com/DrPramodPSawant/status/1602565055752859648

If the politician has himself published this on X could you please clarify as per Indian laws how this isn't available for licensing

As per Indian laws this is for free licensing and is in the public domain as per your own Wikipedia policy.

Wikimedia Commons only accepts media

that are explicitly freely licensed, or that are in the public domain in at least the United States and in the source country of the work.

This is in the public domain in the source country of the work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChangeDavid (talk • contribs) 12:07, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose There is no known process in Indian copyright law where photos published by politicians are exempt from copyright; see Commons:Copyright rules by territory/India. Thuresson (talk) 12:43, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: Nonsense rationale. --The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 08:21, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Based on your familiarity of Indian copyright law and rationale from your legal knowledge please provide the appropriate process to publish such photos. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChangeDavid (talk • contribs) 19:01, 17 September 2024 (UTC)


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Undeletion

Hi

I noticed that the file "File:Rangpur Areal.jpg" was deleted, and I think it might have been a mistake. Could you please undelete it? This is the only high-quality drone shot of Rangpur city, and it really represents the city well.

Best, Cerium4B Cerium4B (talk) 17:40, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose No indication of free license at source per DR. Abzeronow (talk) 17:46, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: per Abzeronow. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 16:04, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

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I own copyrights to the image! It is published on various website pages but I hold the original work, no copyright violation has been made. Requesting undeletion — Preceding unsigned comment added by Petrichor2.0 (talk • contribs) 17:49, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

@Petrichor2.0: if you are indeed the copyright holder, we need an explicit permission as it is already available on the web without a free license, see COM:VRT for instructions. Günther Frager (talk) 21:32, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: This image will be restored automatically, without further action by the uploader, if and when a free license is received, read, and approved at VRT. The current backlog at VRT is 24 days. . .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 16:04, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

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Previously deleted at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Chinchilla Café logo.svg

Permission logged at Ticket:2024071610000019

This is the logo of Institution:Chinchilla Café

This organization is the source of concert photography including this collection. Commons needs the logo to identify the source of this institution as a contributor to Commons itself. Also, the organization meets notability requires in Wikidata.

Wikidata query

Bluerasberry (talk) 19:36, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

@Mazbel and Minorax: The deletion nominator and closing admin. Bluerasberry (talk) 19:37, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
@Bluerasberry: the file was tagged with missing permission and it was deleted after a week. That is the standard procedure. Someone submitted a permission for VRT, but it seems it was never accepted. Usually when a permission is accepted, a VRT member undeletes the file. The logo may be relevant, but if we don't have a permission form the copyright holder we cannot host it. Thus, I recommend you to ask about the ticket in the VRT noticeboard. Günther Frager (talk) 21:30, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: per Günther Frager. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 16:03, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

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I accidentally marked this image on iNaturalist as CC-BY-NC a while back (which I just changed back to CC-BY). The image was deleted today as a result of that and I was not given any time to respond to the deletion request. Also how can I report the deleter? This was not a great experience and dissuades me from contributing in the future. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Corevette (talk • contribs) 22:21, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose https://web.archive.org/web/20230112052129/https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/133703334 states it is has the incompatible CC-NC license. Günther Frager (talk) 23:37, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
Just updated the photos to CC-BY. I didn't know there was a separate license for the photos than the observation Corevette (talk) 00:04, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for updating the licenses. Now, I  Support the request. Günther Frager (talk) 00:12, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
 Support Per the request. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/133703334 says CC BY 4.0, under "Copyright Info". whym (talk) 23:47, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
If you click in the info of any of the photo, the license displayed is CC-BY-NC, see https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/227780987 and https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/227781002 Günther Frager (talk) 23:59, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
Just updated the photos to CC-BY Corevette (talk) 00:03, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: Undeleted. Thank you for relicensing it. --The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 01:47, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

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The photo was taken in the Russian Empire, the person in the photo was photographed at a fairly young age, precisely before 1917. According to the template:PD-RusEmpire, it is now in the public domain.--Leonst (talk) 01:14, 17 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: @Leonst: OK, but it seems the category is for the wrong person. --Yann (talk) 11:38, 18 September 2024 (UTC)


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Bonjour,

Cette affiche n’a pas de vocation promotionnelle. Je l’ai téléchargée dans le but de l’utiliser comme source de référence afin de démontrer l’envergure internationale du pianiste Jean-Nicolas Diatkine, pour lequel je rédige un article à sa demande. Il s’agit d’une archive datant de 2017 qui atteste de sa participation à des événements d’envergure mondiale. Cette affiche constitue donc une source vérifiable pour illustrer la portée de sa carrière. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sam Bro Symphonie (talk • contribs) 09:12, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose This is probably about File:Jean-Nicolas Diatkine en récital solo à Tokyo (2017).jpg, which is a copyrighted poster. The copyright belongs to the unknown designer and photographer. It cannot be kept on Commons without a free license from them. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 16:24, 17 September 2024 (UTC)


 Not done: as per Jim. --Yann (talk) 16:45, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

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This is hamza Chowdhury's current photo. I get this image from Leicester city football club Facebook page. And there is no copyright issue. So please restore this image. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mushfiqshafin26 (talk • contribs) 11:59, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose Photos from Facebook or Twitter doesn't have a free license. @Mushfiqshafin26: to undelete we need an explicit permission form the photographer, you may try contacting him. Günther Frager (talk) 12:09, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: per Günther Frager. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:24, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

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Please undelete gulda.jpg. The picture is free to be used. --Miagulda (talk) 17:21, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

@Miagulda: could you provide evidence of your claim? Günther Frager (talk) 17:25, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: Per discussion. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:23, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

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Reason: I took a screenshot of my customized vehicle in the game War Thunder & wanted to present my unique customization to users who find my page. Gaijin Entertainment (the creators of War Thunder) does not own this screenshot. I do. 69.133.59.205 21:51, 17 September 2024 (UTC)


 Not done: Your decals are on a tank created by War Thunder. See COM:DW. Also, see COM:SCOPE. --The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 22:00, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Reply: The tank was created by Porsche in 1965, not War Thunder. War Thunder mearly transposed a 3D model of the tank based directly off of Porsche's design; it's not their original work. Also, thousands of people have uploaded screenshots & videos of War Thunder almost everywhere & faced no repurcussions from neither Gaijin's legal team nor the platform's moderators. What I am doing is no different; I am not claiming that I own the Leopard 1, only the screenshot that I took. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.133.59.205 (talk • contribs) 09:43, 18 September 2024 (UTC) (UTC)
Models, including digital models and models of things which do not have a copyright, have a copyright of their own and this image infringes on the designer's rights. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:22, 18 September 2024 (UTC)


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Wolves is a respected organization within the cryptocurrency industry. For further details, we invite you to visit our X(Twitter) page. We are seeking to establish the Wolves brand on Wikipedia and Wikidata. -- Wolvespack (talk) 10:33, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose Complex logo. We need a permission for a free license from the copyright holder. Please see COM:VRT for the procedure. Yann (talk) 11:30, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: This image will be restored automatically, without further action by the uploader, if and when a free license is received, read, and approved at VRT. The current backlog at VRT is 24 days. . .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:18, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

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Poster belongs to Vanilla Entertainments — Preceding unsigned comment added by Devendramamatha (talk • contribs) 07:21, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose Fair use movie poster. Thuresson (talk) 07:36, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: Per above, and irrelevant, unresponsive request. Previously published works require additional evidence of permission. --Эlcobbola talk 18:33, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

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✓ Done: already restored by Krd. --Rosenzweig τ 12:43, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

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Buenas administradores, por favor restaure el logo del Concejo Municipal ,ese logo fue generalizado (creado) por el sector público según el último párrafo de la licencia en Venezuela {{PD-VenezuelaGov}} según este link AbchyZa22 08:46, 15 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: per req. --Bedivere (talk) 21:26, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

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Reason: I added the photographer's name and his photo studio's address, the image is unique and was used by other websites after being uploaded to Wikipedia. Please restore the image, and let me know what kind of information is needed to keep the image on Wikipedia. Thanks a lot. Suleymanzadeh (talk) 14:54, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

@Suleymanzadeh, this is not an own work, and requires permissions from the photographer/copyrights holder. Please ask them to send permissions to COM:VRT, which once received and approved by a VRT agent will lead to restoration of this image. This cannot be restored otherwise. Regards, Aafi (talk) 15:03, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
 Oppose Same photo as File:Fikrat Yusifov.jpg, which has also been deleted. Thuresson (talk) 18:58, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: This image will be restored automatically, without further action by the uploader, if and when a free license is received, read, and approved at VRT. The current backlog at VRT is 24 days. . .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 21:25, 19 September 2024 (UTC)


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I think deletion was a mistake. The iNaturalist entry it was sourced to pretty clearly states that it is CC0, not CC BY-NC as was claimed. Similar situation with two other deleted other files: File:Sea otter skull 3.jpg File:Sea otter skull.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bloopityboop (talk • contribs)


✓ Done: by Túrelio. --Yann (talk) 13:48, 20 September 2024 (UTC)


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Undelete: File:沖縄担当2000日.jpg

Reason: An email is generated by Wikimedia VRTS release generator Version 1.5 with the copyright release consent of the publisher - Inaba Fumiko, Director Editor of ShinZansya Publishing Inc.- and will be sent to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org. Howeverm Inaba Fumiko is not particularly good at commanding in English, and cannot respond spontaneously. — Preceding unsigned comment added by InnerSouth (talk • contribs) 06:59, 20 September 2024 (UTC)


 Not done: This image will be restored automatically, without further action by the uploader, if and when a free license is received, read, and approved at VRT. The current backlog at VRT is 24 days. . .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:43, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

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Cleanup after professional wrestling magazine DRs

Refer to Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by User:Sismarinho, which I initiated last year, and Commons:Deletion requests/Professional wrestling magazines, which I initiated in June and was recently closed.

The five-year rule which dominated discussion of the second DR wasn't clear to me at the time of the first DR. The closing admin deleted everything from those publications whose copyrights were registered without regard for the five-year rule, which was never acknowledged. Since I was still in the dark as a result, the second DR wound up being much larger than it needed to be. Anyway, most everything above appears to have been published prior to fall 1987 based on the dates given in the file, but I have no way of knowing for certain as the files were deleted. I'm guessing the Adrian Adonis photos accompanied a story on his death, which means they were published in 1988 and therefore ineligible for undeletion.
I provided further commentary as I did further research following the initial posting, which showed that this particular issue was published in the U.S. and bore a defective copyright notice. The notice said "All rights reserved by Champion Sports Publishing Corp. 1972". This can be verified here. See my earlier comment about the closing admin going through the motions and not giving it a whole lot of thought.
I checked again, and yes, I should have caught that. Undeleted. I wouldn't have deleted that if those were crossed out. Abzeronow (talk) 01:25, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
  • I also provided extensive commentary in that DR about the difficulty of determining exact publication dates and how it applies to the 1987 cutoff date for copyright protection. Can we get clarification on that? It's one more thing that I don't believe was given much thought. It would be helpful to the members of Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling in determining resources available to them for expanding coverage of the topic area. It would also be helpful in correcting the boilerplate text which accompanied the PD templates, which falsely claimed the circumstances under which PD was claimed and resulted in the deletions which did occur. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 19:07, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
    • The Ole Anderson file illustrates your point. "Fall 1987". I don't feel comfortable restoring it unless we get more specific info on publication. The Adrian Adonis files were published in the 1988 Annual, so those are copyrighted. Abzeronow (talk) 23:43, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: Undeleted what could be undeleted. --Abzeronow (talk) 16:10, 21 September 2024 (UTC)


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PBS logos

Per the discussion at Commons:Undeletion requests/Archive/2024-09#Files deleted by Taivo, the PBS logo was not copyrighted due to formalities. As such, please restore the following files:

Thanks. Ixfd64 (talk) 23:03, 19 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: See above. --Yann (talk) 13:38, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

@Yann: Thanks. However, the deleted revision of File:PBS News Hour Square Logo 2020.svg doesn't seem to have been restored. Ixfd64 (talk) 16:13, 21 September 2024 (UTC)
Revision restored. Abzeronow (talk) 16:18, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

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The photo was taken in the Russian Empire, the person in the photo was photographed at a fairly young age, precisely before 1917. According to the template:PD-RusEmpire, it is now in the public domain.--Leonst (talk) 23:52, 19 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: {{PD-Russia-expired}}. --Yann (talk) 13:37, 21 September 2024 (UTC)


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The photo was taken in the Russian Empire, the person in the photo was photographed at a fairly young age, precisely before 1917. According to the template:PD-RusEmpire, it is now in the public domain.--Leonst (talk) 23:53, 19 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: {{PD-Russia-expired}}. --Yann (talk) 13:37, 21 September 2024 (UTC)


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This file was deleted in 2022. I am requesting that it be undeleted as it is in the public domain. The image is the official presidential portrait taken of Egal in 1993, making it a work of Somaliland. this means the photo can be uploaded under {{PD-Somaliland}} license. thank you --Subayerboombastic (talk) 03:42, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose The listed source, Horseed Media, is a Somali (not Somaliland) entity, so Somali copyright applies and the work is not PD. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:47, 20 September 2024 (UTC)


 Not done: per Jim. --Abzeronow (talk) 16:12, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

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I got approval from etvwin.com, and they told me you could use my logo for my Wikipedia profile. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Allachandrasekhar (talk • contribs) 08:42, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

@Allachandrasekhar: Files must have an appropriate license tag, please see Commons:Licensing. Thuresson (talk) 10:03, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
 Oppose Note also that "you could use my logo for my Wikipedia profile" is not sufficient. Images here and on WP must be free for any use anywhere by anybody. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:43, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: as per Jim. --Yann (talk) 13:40, 21 September 2024 (UTC)


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The self-portrait was deleted at the request of an unregistered user. The nominator did not hide his doubts in his nomination. In the nomination I noted that this, as stated, is entirely my work. However, Wdwd (talk · contribs) supported nomination. The file was used in the wikidata project and wikinews, and was added at the request of another wikimedian. After that, I uploaded the original file with metadata. However, it was immediately deleted again. So I'm asking to restore the file.SergioOren (talk) 09:32, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

 Support I restored this in order to see the EXIF. It's a big file with full EXIF. The user has more than 10,000 edits on Wiki projects, so he is entitled to have a personal image. I think we can do without VRT here. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 12:08, 21 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: OK fine. --Yann (talk) 13:32, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

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こちらの写真は私が撮影・編集したものです。 最初にアップロードした際は著作者の記名を忘れおり、削除されてしまったので再アップロードしました。そのことにつきましては注意等を十分に確認しておらず大変申し訳ありませんでした。 今後はこういうことがないように十分注意します。 この写真は私が撮影・編集したものですので問題はありません。ですのでファイルの復元をお願いします。

This photo was taken and edited by me. When I first uploaded it, I forgot the author's name and it was deleted, so I re-uploaded it. I am very sorry that I did not fully check the instructions. I'll be very careful not to let this happen again. This picture was taken and edited by me, so there is no problem. So please restore the file.

たいやき部屋 (talk) 07:25, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

@たいやき部屋: Hi, You were asked to upload the original image with EXIF data. Why can't you do that? Yann (talk) 09:41, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
Where should I upload my original images?
Can't I use the image edited for personal information protection? たいやき部屋 (talk) 10:13, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
Sorry, I understood what you were saying.
Upload it the appropriate way. たいやき部屋 (talk) 12:54, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
I think we can close this. A new file is at File:NahaCommercialHighSchool.jpg, and I think that makes undeletion unnecessary. whym (talk) 07:35, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: per whym. --Abzeronow (talk) 19:23, 21 September 2024 (UTC)


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It's an oficial picture of the Senator Castellar Neto, from the Senate page.

Link bellow:

https://www25.senado.leg.br/web/senadores/senador/-/perfil/5991

--Sf942 (talk) 15:13, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

 Info Reuploaded as File:SenadorCastellar.jpg. Thuresson (talk) 16:02, 21 September 2024 (UTC)
@Sf942: Why do you need two identical photos of the same subject? Thuresson (talk) 16:02, 21 September 2024 (UTC)
Now it's working; i've just tried again. Sorry and thanks. Sf942 (talk) 16:24, 21 September 2024 (UTC)
Request withdrawn. Thuresson (talk) 17:33, 22 September 2024 (UTC)


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The following files requested for undeletion

 Oppose No reason provided, no evidence of a free license. User blocked for reuploading files after warning. Yann (talk) 12:51, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done The requester is blocked and cannot respond providing a reason: no need to wait 24h. Ankry (talk) 16:28, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

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The photo was taken in the Russian Empire, the person in the photo was photographed at a fairly young age, precisely before 1917. According to the template:PD-RusEmpire, it is now in the public domain.--Leonst (talk) 21:58, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

@Leonst: This template applies to photos that were published in the Russian Empire not just taken there. In order to proceed we need information when and where it was initially published. If it was not in the Russian Empire and the publication was anonymous, copyright expiration term (50-70-95 years) starts at the publication date. It is also too early to apply PD-old-assumed to a 1917 photo. Ankry (talk) 16:15, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: We usually assume that pictures from that time were published when leaving the photographer's custody. --Yann (talk) 08:26, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

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Along with a few others that have been undeleted, this was also taken from my phone... by me Big ooga booga mf (talk) 10:49, 3 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: OK, no opposition. --Yann (talk) 20:35, 23 September 2024 (UTC)


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There was a misunderstanding in the DEL disc. was a misunderstanding. The painting was not done by her but by Christian August Günther who died over 200 years ago.6. Absatz Mrs. Heise put the words on it (web image). The painting makes 98 % of the stamp and the words are not art. After restoring, I will clearify the authorship(s). Thanks a lot, --Mateus2019 (talk) 16:55, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

@Mateus2019: There was no “misunderstanding” here, this simply was not mentioned at all in either the image description or the deletion request. After a bit of searching, I found the painting by Günther (which was apparently used to create the stamp) at Artnet here (file). The deleted file showing the stamp is of rather bad quality, there are better versions here and here. If you compare the painting and the stamp closely, you'll see that the stamp does not just show a (cropped) reproduction of Günther's painting, but rather a recreation presumably done by Hannelore Heise. There are subtle differences in colors (like an originally green dress which is now pink) and shapes (look at the shadows of the persons). The recreation is very close though. The question is: Is it that close that the recreation has no creativity at all? In that case we could restore the file. Else not. What do other users here think? --Rosenzweig τ 17:31, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
Looking at the images Rosenzweig came up with, I tend to fall on the side of "new work is new copyright". It's close, but handwork like that tends to almost always get a new copyright, unlike a photograph, especially when it's distinguishable from the original. This is based on US law; I'm guessing this is German law, and I don't know how that system might rule on it.--Prosfilaes (talk) 18:28, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose Let's remember that in many countries (and in the USA before Bridgeman) even exact photographic copies have a copyright. I don't think a painted copy of an old master is free of copyright anywhere. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:55, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

 Comment @Rosenzweig: closing verdict was "per nom". Nom was "Author died in 2021 per d:Q56122240 so will be PD in 2092 per 70 pma (2021+71)" -- so there in fact is truly a misunderstanding. Adding some slight shades to a painting is no biggy, meaning that minor edit does not really create a new threshold of originality. Just wanna point that out, thanks for understanding. Greetz from Munich (LG), --Mateus2019 (talk) 17:48, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
Mateus2019, please read my comment above. Even paintings that are exact copies of an old master have copyrights in most countries. In several Eupopean counties, even exact copy photographs have a copyright of their own. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 12:41, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
She didnt paint it (copy it) period. She added shadows (according to Rosenzweig) and words and a number (both not in an artistic manner). Greetings, --Mateus2019 (talk) 12:56, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
That is not what Rosenzweig said, and I'm sort of confused by what was done. It was clearly retouched in ways not respecting the original author. Nobody has discussed German law specifically, and I'm guessing this might get a copyright in the US, though I can imagine some discussion about the matter from the Copyright Office. "No biggy" doesn't really help, and I can't recall any cases in the US that would be great guidelines.--Prosfilaes (talk) 23:18, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
I did not write anywhere that there were shadows "added". To me it looks like the whole painting was recreated, and the two things I mentioned (color differences and the shape of the shadows) are the most obvious deviations. There are other spots, like the reflections of the buildings in the water, but with both images being rather small-ish that is not as obvious to see as the colors and the shapes of the shadows. --Rosenzweig τ 22:21, 21 September 2024 (UTC)
 Comment I uploaded the original painting to File:Das Fürstliche Haus zu Wörlitz von der Wasserseite aus.jpg. Yann (talk) 19:26, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: No consensus. --Yann (talk) 15:30, 24 September 2024 (UTC)


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Images of Vietnamese celebrities

I would like to request undeletion of these images of Vietnamese celebrities, which were tagged as No permission, yet their licenses are compatible with Commons:

and so on and thus need no permission. I already checked the licenses myself before and found no issues as I'm in charge of cleaning up copyright-violated images related to Vietnam and Vietnamese Wikipedia. These images are being used in articles about these celebrities in viwiki. Of course I can manually review them again and nominate those whose licenses are not compatible with Commons for deletion.  Băng Tỏa  13:48, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose You say, "screenshots from CC YouTube videos, photos taken by uploaders, photos first published on Commons and cannot be found anywhere else on the Internet and so on".

Large requests with multiple reasons are difficult here. Sreenshots from CC YouTube videos are usually derivative of the underlying video so the YouTube license is meaningless unless the YouTube account belongs to the actual copyright holder of the video. I am also very skeptical of {{Own}} claims of images of celebrities. Far too often they are taken from somewhere. That's particularly true if the uploader is a new editor.

I suggest you withdraw this, look hard at the images and their uploaders, and perhaps reopen it in several pieces, each having images that belong to the same type as you laid them out above. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 14:29, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

@Jameslwoodward: Please review a request related to this issue: Commons:Administrators' noticeboard#Unusual Deletion of Images of Vietnamese Artists. Thank you. Plantaest (talk) 14:33, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
May not all, but e.g. File:Tóc Tiên, Trấn Thành và Dương Anh Vũ tại Siêu trí tuệ Việt Nam.jpg and File:Tóc Tiên at the premiere for "Big Girls Don't Cry" music video (2015).JPG seem OK to me: HR with EXIF data, taken with a smartphone. Yann (talk) 14:50, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: Most images are undeleted. Please create a new request if there are more. --Yann (talk) 15:29, 24 September 2024 (UTC)


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In 2022, I mistakenly uploaded this photo with incorrect copyright information. My apologies for this error, as I was new to Wikipedia editing at the time. Unfortunately, the photo was deleted afterward. Yesterday, I re-uploaded the photo with the correct copyright details. I believe this should resolve the issue, and I hope that a mistake on the initial upload doesn't mean the photo is permanently disallowed. If you review the image, it's clear that there is no significant copyright risk. The person in the photo is now deceased and holds historical significance for our small community. Could you please advise on the steps I need to follow to clear this photo for use on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Will3322 (talk • contribs) 01:16, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Probably concerns File:Bon Beer simpson desert run training.png.. Thuresson (talk) 06:41, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
Hi Thuresson, The Beer family gave me this photo so that I could write the wikipedia article. Yes, the photo is a copy of a newspaper but the photo was taken by a family member and then provided to the small local newspaper. How can we have this photo released so that we can use it in the wiki article? Will3322 (talk) 22:16, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
Are you sure that you own the copyright to this low quality black and white scan from a printed newspaper? Please contact the photographer and ask him or her to release the photo with an appropriate license, per the instructions at Commons:OTRS. Thuresson (talk) 06:41, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
Hi Thuresson, The Beer family gave me this photo so that I could write the wikipedia article. Yes, the photo is a copy of a newspaper but the photo was taken by a family member and then provided to the small local newspaper. How can we have this photo released so that we can use it in the wiki article? Will3322 (talk) 19:22, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: Please ask the copyright holder to send a permission for a free license via COM:VRT. The file will be undeleted if and when the permission is validated. --Yann (talk) 20:34, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

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Good afternoon, please restore this file,there was no violation, it is my property. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Кандие (talk • contribs) 16:30, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

@Кандие: if it is your property why the upload log says «Uploaded a work by Элина Балиоз from @malamooshi»? If you are Alina Balioz, then send a explicit permission to COM:VRT. Günther Frager (talk) 16:47, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
this is my property because this picture shows my dog and I purchased this picture from Ellina in 2021. Кандие (talk) 12:19, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
Buying a photo doesn't mean you are the copyright holder. If the photographer transferred the copyright to you, then you should also follow COM:VRT. Günther Frager (talk) 12:41, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: as per Günther Frager. --Yann (talk) 20:32, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

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This file must be undeleted and published in the Wikimedia biography of the painter Luciano Guarnieri. --L. Guarnieri (talk) 17:53, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

@L. Guarnieri: Who is the photographer? Yann (talk) 18:12, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
I am The Photographer and my full name is Lorenzo Guarnieri. The photo dates back to 1990. L. Guarnieri (talk) 18:47, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: OK fine. --Yann (talk) 20:32, 23 September 2024 (UTC)


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I do not understand why this video game screenshot was deleted. While the game, is of course not my own work, the screenshot was definitely my own. If this should be licensed, kindly let me know which license to insert. Thank you--Benzekre (talk) 07:52, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

@Benzekre: please read COM:SCREENSHOT. Basically, if the graphics of the game have no free license, then we cannot host them. Günther Frager (talk) 08:17, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: as per Günther Frager. --Yann (talk) 15:28, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

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I had uploaded this photo together with its link source. Perhaps I chose the wrong license? Kindly assist--Benzekre (talk) 07:57, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

@Benzekre: Who is the photographer? Who is this person? What are the educational uses? Yann (talk) 08:23, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
@Yann Photographer is unknown. Person is Joe Giglio. It's just a photo of the subject. Benzekre (talk) 08:27, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
Then you can't upload it on Commons under a free license. You need the photographer's permission for that. Yann (talk) 08:28, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
Noted. So if I get the photographer's verbal or written permission, how can I prove that I have it? Benzekre (talk) 08:36, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
Verbal permission is not sufficient. It should be a formal written permission. Then the photographer should send it to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org. Please see COM:VRT for the procedure. Yann (talk) 08:40, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: Please ask the copyright holder to send a permission for a free license via COM:VRT. The file will be undeleted if and when the permission is validated. --Yann (talk) 15:27, 24 September 2024 (UTC)


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Undelete this please. Found at the following locations https://handbook.aph.gov.au/Parliamentarian/HX4 https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=HX4 https://www.aph.gov.au/api/parliamentarian/HX4/image

Copy right found here: https://www.aph.gov.au/Help/Disclaimer_Privacy_Copyright#c

And falls under: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/


This also applies to: File:Anthony Albanese Parliamentary Portrait.jpg File:Scott Morrison Parliamentary Portrait.jpg File:Richard Di Natale Parliamentary Portrait.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by DirectorDirectorDirector (talk • contribs) 13:44, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose Noncommercial licenses are not acceptable for Commons; see COM:L. Ankry (talk) 14:59, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: as per Ankry. --Yann (talk) 15:28, 24 September 2024 (UTC)


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This image was in-use on enwiki when it was deleted. It was used for a report in The Signpost to show examples of AI-generated images utilized in (and removed from) articles on Wikipedia. It was removed by CommonsDelinker en:Special:Diff/1244595516. Svampesky (talk) 22:36, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Restore If it was in the Signpost, it should not have been deleted! Bastique ☎ appelez-moi! 22:44, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
So there's no confusion, it was in-use on a Signpost draft, not a published report. Svampesky (talk) 22:53, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
 Comment The draft includes too many examples, and I don't see the value of restoring that specific image when we already have enough images to illustrate the point. - Anwon (talk) 23:07, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
The current draft is located at en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Next issue/Gallery and the image would take the place of the first File:Start of Darul Uloom Deoband under a pomegranate tree (by AI).png, since that image already appears in the final part. The gallery sizing works best when there are three images are displayed in a row. Svampesky (talk) 23:17, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost editors are qualified to determine what is usable for them and/or how many images they need to use for the publication, aren't they? Usefulness in a project is one of the key criteria for inclusion in Wikimedia Commons, and this meets that criterion. Bastique ☎ appelez-moi! 23:30, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: per Bastique and request, shouldn't have been deleted. --Abzeronow (talk) 17:01, 24 September 2024 (UTC)


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✓ Done --Ezarateesteban 12:43, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

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The file is free to use and can be found here on flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/eppofficial/25556451760/in/photolist-kLj6vw-tk761z-EWqS9w-EWkuJC-Ffvf24-ErpSfy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zlad! (talk • contribs) 22:05, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose The Flickr site is owned by the European People's Party. The EXIF credits alohafred as the photographer. Since we have no evidence that the EPP has the right to freely license the image, in order to restore the image we will need a license from alohafred. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 12:39, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

 Info There is a Belgian professional photographer who use alohafred as a nickname (alohafred.com). Thuresson (talk) 13:02, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
It says that the copyright is CC BY 2.0 Attribution 2.0 Generic. Why should we assume that an organization as highly respected as EPP has no right to license it? Zlad! (talk) 14:29, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
Because most organizations, other than those such as libraries that regularly deal with copyright, don't have a clue. They assume that having the right to use an image in their promotional material gives them the right to freely license it. Licenses from professional photographers very rarely allow more than use in promotion. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 21:28, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
Hmm, this may need to be dealt with by contacting the photographer directly, however, I do not have the time to do it right now and there already exists good quality pictures of Bakradze on Wikimedia, even if they are older, which can be used for him. Zlad! (talk) 22:09, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: Implicitly withdrawn by requester. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:06, 25 September 2024 (UTC)


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Hello,

I am new to wikipedia and have previously uploaded this file, which has been deleted. I work for Endemika Films which is the original author of the image. I have a letter that specifies the free use of this image under CC-SA 4.0 so can you please undelete it. Please find the letter here : Permission grant from Endemika Films. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Candy.edk (talk • contribs) 08:35, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

@Candy.edk: Please ask the copyright holder to send a permission for a free license via COM:VRT. The file will be undeleted if and when the permission is validated. Yann (talk) 15:32, 24 September 2024 (UTC)
Thank you. Permission sent under Ticket#2024092410009368. Candy.edk (talk) 16:00, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: undeleted by Abzeronow. Regards, Aafi (talk) 12:17, 25 September 2024 (UTC)


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I request that this file is undeleted because it is a work that I myself created. --Agustonelli (talk) 13:25, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

@Agustonelli: And what is the educational value of this drawing? Yann (talk) 15:34, 24 September 2024 (UTC)
 Oppose Copyrighted character from the Argentine animated TV series Plim Plim. Thuresson (talk) 15:46, 24 September 2024 (UTC)
OK thanks. I crossed out my comment above. Yann (talk) 15:59, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: per Thuresson. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:05, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

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✓ Done: by Abzeronow. --The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 22:07, 24 September 2024 (UTC)


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Hi,

I am Kajal Wilben, team member of Sneha Wagh. Sneha Wagh has requested to update her pictures officially. This pictures are from her personal collection, you can check on her Instagram profile.


Kajal Wilben. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kajalrwilben01 (talk • contribs) 16:35, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Procedural close. This is not correct forum to request that Wikipedia is edited in some fashion. Thuresson (talk) 17:40, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

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Bulgarian Parliament files thread 3

Please keep this open (there are still many files to undelete, and Restore A Lot doesn't work on some pages). Abzeronow (talk) 21:20, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Resolved
Another batch of around 50 tomorrow, please keep open. Abzeronow (talk) 21:47, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
Will undelete another batch of around 50 tomorrow. Abzeronow (talk) 00:18, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
Yet another batch of around 50 tomorrow. Abzeronow (talk) 21:54, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
More (batch of approx. 50) tomorrow. Abzeronow (talk) 23:32, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

More files

More files. Yann (talk) 16:57, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the assist, Yann. Abzeronow (talk) 00:23, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
next batch Abzeronow (talk) 00:40, 15 September 2024 (UTC)
next batch. Abzeronow (talk) 01:52, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
next batch of around 50. Abzeronow (talk) 20:52, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
Next batch of approximately 50. Abzeronow (talk) 20:21, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
Next batch of 50. Abzeronow (talk) 20:59, 18 September 2024 (UTC)
Yet another batch of approx. 50. Abzeronow (talk) 00:24, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Even More Files

About 3/4s done. Next batch. Abzeronow (talk) 22:27, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
Next batch of around 50. Abzeronow (talk) 19:28, 21 September 2024 (UTC)
Next batch of around 50 files. Abzeronow (talk) 01:08, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
Another batch of around 50. Abzeronow (talk) 21:03, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
Next batch of around 50 files. Abzeronow (talk) 21:27, 24 September 2024 (UTC)
Last batch? Abzeronow (talk) 23:33, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: Restored all of the Bulgarian Parliament files. --Abzeronow (talk) 00:20, 26 September 2024 (UTC)


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Judging from the DR it seems obvious that the photo is created by the uploader--Trade (talk) 21:32, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

 Info Deletion request. As far as I can say File:Foreskin Restoration Weight.jpg is another penis selfie from the same contributor. Thuresson (talk) 23:00, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
 Oppose Low resolution image, not the original resolution of a modern camera: does not meet standards for a 2024 photo. Copyright doubts are reasonable. Ankry (talk) 16:26, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: per Ankry. --Abzeronow (talk) 15:57, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

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There was no reason to delete it. Can you please undelete it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ironzombie39 (talk • contribs) 01:17, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

@Ironzombie39: There was a reason, "Derivative work of non-free content". Why should it be undeleted? Thuresson (talk) 06:26, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
Because it was being used in an article Ironzombie39 (talk) 11:06, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose There are a great many images that we would like to have for articles but can't have because they are copyright violations. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:05, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

A flag is not a "copywrite violation" Ironzombie39 (talk) 22:37, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: as per Jim. --Yann (talk) 07:15, 26 September 2024 (UTC)


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Restoration request File:Emily Willis in B&W.jpg

Hello, as I don't regularly log on here, I've just discovered today that my work,File:Emily Willis in B&W.jpg has once again been deleted on the basis of supposition by the user Krd following a report by the user Counterfeit Purses attached here.

I'm sick of these deletions, because again, this is a sentence based on the unfounded assumptions of a random user. I don't know how to prove that this is my own work either, unless I show you my computer. This is a photo taken by myself and enhanced with my own tools, now from 2022. I’ve, effectively, deliberately blurred the nipples that are originally visible in the photo so that it can be seen or used without restrictions. This is a photo I automatically shared with the model, so I don't know what uses she made afterwards.

Thank you in advance for considering this case.--Bpj30 (talk) 07:30, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose This is a small image without camera EXIF that apparently appeared elsewhere. The easiest solution is for you to send the original image without the blurring, in full camera size and full EXIF to VRT. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:03, 25 September 2024 (UTC)


 Not done: as per Jim. --Yann (talk) 17:59, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

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Image of text from 1932 Three Smiths Statue, which has been PD in Finland since 2011. URAA can't be sole reason for deletion. images of this statue are free to commercial usage. 185.172.241.184 09:24, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose On the contrary. The statue has a URAA copyright and therefore its image cannot be kept on Commons. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 12:56, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

We don't apply URAA to statues if the picture is under a free license. Yann (talk) 16:12, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: per Jim. --Abzeronow (talk) 15:58, 26 September 2024 (UTC)


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Please, restore as far as ticket:2024080410002823 is received. Анастасия Львоваru/en 19:11, 25 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: @Lvova: please update permission. --Abzeronow (talk) 19:27, 25 September 2024 (UTC)


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I am the license holder for this photo File:Ed_Grier_Headshot.png. We took this photo for the Leavey School of Business and give permission for it to be used on Dean Ed Grier wikipedia page. --MaggieH554 (talk) 20:03, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

@MaggieH554: if you are the copyright holder please send an explicit permission, see COM:VRT for instructions. Günther Frager (talk) 20:08, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
The photo is not formally copyrighted. We took the photo and have been using it as Ed Grier’s official headshot since, per his request. What is the procedure when there is no formal copyright? 2601:647:6700:4630:1DDB:4519:652E:81F2 20:11, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
Since 1989, all American photographs by a human author are copyrighted when they are taken. This has a copyright. Abzeronow (talk) 20:17, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
 Oppose When you uploaded the image, you claimed that you were the actual photographer. Now you say "We took this photo". Were you in fact the actual photographer? Also note that "give permission for it to be used on Dean Ed Grier wikipedia page" is insufficient. Images on Commons must be freely licensed for any use anywhere by anyone. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 14:59, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
Not done, 2021 photo, permission for Wikipedia only is not sufficient. Unknown who the photographer / copyright owner is. Thuresson (talk) 17:15, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

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Descriere fișier Utilizare cinstită pentru CS Zamalek Descriere Acesta este un logo utilizat pentru CS Zamalek. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lascorpion (talk • contribs) 22:16, 25 September 2024 (UTC) (UTC)


 Not done: Not file by that name. --Yann (talk) 07:04, 26 September 2024 (UTC)


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a fost sters pe nedrept fara nico explicatie, cu ce e gresit acest stegulet, nu e drept, cei asa greu sa faci acel tun, am creat steguletul prin aplicatia GIMP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lascorpion (talk • contribs) 22:17, 25 September 2024 (UTC) (UTC)


 Not done: Fair use material is not permitted on Wikimedia Commons (F2): surpasses threshold of originality. --Yann (talk) 07:12, 26 September 2024 (UTC)


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a fost sters pe nedrept fara nico explicatie, cu ce e gresit acest stegulet, nu e drept, cei asa greu sa faci o randunică, am creat steguletul prin aplicatia GIMP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lascorpion (talk • contribs) 22:17, 25 September 2024 (UTC) (UTC)


 Not done: Derivative work of non-free content (F3). --Yann (talk) 07:13, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

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I am the owner of the copyright of this file. This photo is from 1957 — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChangeDavid (talk • contribs) 09:29, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose And why are you the copyright owner? Who is the photographer? This was obviously scanned from a newspaper, so you need to give some proof of your claim. Yann (talk) 11:18, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
The photograph is from 1957 as mentioned, this is from Tipografia Rangel, the Goan printing press' own publication. The owner was the person in the photo Dr. Jaime Valfredo Rangel, he was the owner of the printing press and the publisher. He passed away in 1959 as mentioned in his wiki page.
As per Indian copyright law If the author's identity is revealed before the 60 years are up, the copyright lasts until 60 years after the author's death. If there are multiple authors, the copyright lasts for 60 years after the death of the last author. That being said, I am his heir and have the rights to his possessions. ChangeDavid (talk) 12:29, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose And how is it that you think that the subject of the photograph was the owner of the copyright? The copyright always rests with the photographer. The subject owns the copyright only in the case where the photographer has transferred it in writing. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 12:54, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi Jim,
Thank you for your comment
In this case, these items were clicked prior to the Indian copyright Act of 1957. (That being said, Goa was not a part of India till 1961, by then Mr. Rangel had passed away). These are all historical documents, and at that time in rural India, there was no mechanism for registration of copyrights and the photographers were hired by persons looking to publish and they provided the photos to them as their property for a fee.
The subject was the owner and director of the publishing house who published the work in which this came out (all pictures that have been uploaded here are from books published by Tipografia Rangel) . In that era, in the Goan state of India, this was prior to copyright laws and any registration. All the documentation was given on the books as property of Tipografia Rangel. The subject was the owner of said publishing house and was therefore the owner of the photo which has been uploaded. The previous editor was correct that this has been scanned. However not from a newspaper but this book of the founder. I hope you understand my difficulty in explanation as due to this being a historical document from a pre-independent colonial possession in India.
ChangeDavid (talk) 14:36, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
This also goes for the other requests by you but Portugal joined the Berne Convention in 1911 so any Goan works became copyrighted at the moment of creation. India joined Berne in 1928, so there never was a time these works were not under copyright. If you inherited the copyright, you should contact COM:VRT so this can be verified. We cannot do such onwiki. Abzeronow (talk) 18:04, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
Got it . Thank you. I have shared this with the relevant team. ChangeDavid (talk) 19:05, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: This can be undeleted if and when a permission is received and validated by COM:VRT. --Yann (talk) 09:00, 27 September 2024 (UTC)


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I am the owner of the copyright of this file, this file is from 1948. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChangeDavid (talk • contribs) 09:31, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose And why are you the copyright owner? Who is the photographer? This was obviously scanned from a newspaper, so you need to give some proof of your claim. Yann (talk) 11:17, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
The photograph is from 1948 as mentioned, this is from Tipografia Rangel, the Goan printing press' own publication. The owner was the person in the photo Dr. Jaime Valfredo Rangel, he was the owner of the printing press and the publisher. He passed away in 1959 as mentioned in his wiki page.
As per Indian copyright law If the author's identity is revealed before the 60 years are up, the copyright lasts until 60 years after the author's death. If there are multiple authors, the copyright lasts for 60 years after the death of the last author. That being said, I am his heir and have the rights to his possessions.
ChangeDavid (talk) 12:29, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
 Oppose And how is it that you think that the subject of the photograph was the owner of the copyright? The copyright always rests with the photographer. The subject owns the copyright only in the case where the photographer has transferred it in writing. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 12:53, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
In this case, these items were clicked prior to the Indian copyright Act of 1957. (That being said, Goa was not a part of India till 1961, by then Mr. Rangel had passed away). These are all historical documents, and at that time in rural India, there was no mechanism for registration of copyrights and the photographers were hired by persons looking to publish and they provided the photos to them as their property for a fee.
The subject was the owner and director of the publishing house who published the work in which this came out (all pictures that have been uploaded here are from books published by Tipografia Rangel) . In that era, in the Goan state of India, this was prior to copyright laws and any registration. All the documentation was given on the books as property of Tipografia Rangel. The subject was the owner of said publishing house and was therefore the owner of the photo which has been uploaded. The previous editor was correct that this has been scanned. However not from a newspaper but this book of the founder. ChangeDavid (talk) 14:32, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: This can be undeleted if and when a permission is received and validated by COM:VRT. --Yann (talk) 09:00, 27 September 2024 (UTC)


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I am the owner of the copyright of this file. This file is from 1950 — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChangeDavid (talk • contribs) 09:36, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose And why are you the copyright owner? Who is the photographer? This was obviously scanned from a newspaper, so you need to give some proof of your claim. Yann (talk) 11:16, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
The photograph is from 1950 as mentioned, this is from Tipografia Rangel, the Goan printing press' own publication. The owner was the person in the photo Dr. Jaime Valfredo Rangel, he was the owner of the printing press and the publisher. He passed away in 1959 as mentioned in his wiki page.
As per Indian copyright law If the author's identity is revealed before the 60 years are up, the copyright lasts until 60 years after the author's death. If there are multiple authors, the copyright lasts for 60 years after the death of the last author. That being said, I am his heir and have the rights to his possessions.
ChangeDavid (talk) 12:30, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose And how is it that you think that the subject of the photograph was the owner of the copyright. The copyright always rests with the photographer. The subject owns the copyright only in the case where the photographer has transferred it in writing. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 12:51, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi Jim,
Thank you for your comment
In this case, these items were clicked prior to the Indian copyright Act of 1957. (That being said, Goa was not a part of India till 1961, by then Mr. Rangel had passed away). These are all historical documents, and at that time in rural India, there was no mechanism for registration of copyrights and the photographers were hired by persons looking to publish and they provided the photos to them as their property for a fee.
The subject was the owner and director of the publishing house who published the work in which this came out (all pictures that have been uploaded here are from books published by Tipografia Rangel) . In that era, in the Goan state of India, this was prior to copyright laws and any registration. All the documentation was given on the books as property of Tipografia Rangel. The subject was the owner of said publishing house and was therefore the owner of the photo which has been uploaded. The previous editor was correct that this has been scanned. However not from a newspaper but this book of the founder. I hope you understand my difficulty in explanation as due to this being a historical document from a pre-independent colonial possession in India.
ChangeDavid (talk) 14:34, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: This can be undeleted if and when a permission is received and validated by COM:VRT. --Yann (talk) 09:00, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

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Buenas,administradores por favor restaure la tarjeta electoral (logo) de Acción Democrática porque esta en el Dominio Público {{PD-Venezuela}} porque según el Usuario:SantanaZ en el Deletion Request fue fundada en 1941 (83 años).AbchyZa22 (talk) 13:44, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

 I withdraw my nomination please close the UDR. AbchyZa22 (talk) 06:26, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: Withdrawn. --Yann (talk) 08:58, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

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ticket:2024081810003378 is received, so should not be problems with copyright, but I have no idea about COM:SCOPE regarding to the picture. I will give a link to this topic in the ticket, maybe the uploader will add something. Анастасия Львоваru/en 19:35, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

@Lvova: I've undeleted the file. Abzeronow (talk) 19:39, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose - This image has been uploaded twice by Irinapul and Maria666999, both globally locked as LTA-spam socks. The first deletion was proper as F10. The VRT ticket does not address this issue (the second "no permission" deletion was merely for the out-of-process reupload). Эlcobbola talk 19:41, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: per Эlcobbola. If the VRT issue is resolved, they can have it undeleted. --The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 02:06, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

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The subject of the photo, w:U Vimala was deceased since 1962 and the photo was taken before 1962 which is now in public domain in Myanmar according to Myanmar's copyright law. NinjaStrikers «» 07:03, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose Unless the image was taken before 1930, it has a URAA copyright in the USA. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 14:54, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Before 1946, actually. Before 2019, Myanmar was using the Copyright Act of 1911, where photos would have been creation plus 50 years. Abzeronow (talk) 16:11, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done: Looks OK to me. --Yann (talk) 08:56, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

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Palmour Street

These were all deleted as part of Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Bluecountrymutt. Assuming these are images from Palmour Street, the film is in the public domain and can be marked as {{Library of Congress-no known copyright restrictions}} based on the Library of Congress. hinnk (talk) 08:36, 26 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: @Hinnk: Please fix the license, the source, date, etc. --Yann (talk) 08:47, 27 September 2024 (UTC)


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Felicitas Arias.png

The file is mine, and represents a researcher well described at wikipedia--Beatriz.V1.0 (talk) 00:35, 27 September 2024 (UTC)


 Not done: Previously published online. To undelete, please follow the instructions at Commons:VRT/CONSENT. --The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 02:05, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

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--Rishank1235 (talk) 16:55, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

We need a reason for undeletion. Abzeronow (talk) 16:59, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: as per Abzeronow. Please read COM:WEBHOST. Wikimedia Commons is not a social media. --Yann (talk) 19:34, 27 September 2024 (UTC)


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L'image a été téléversée de Flickr dont le détenteur l'a mise dans le domaine public donc les droits sont libres. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kingdz16 (talk • contribs) 19:25, 26 September 2024 (UTC)


 Not done: Published on Facebook in 2016, a permission from the copyright holder is needed. Flickr account added to Commons:Questionable Flickr images. --Yann (talk) 19:36, 27 September 2024 (UTC)


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Greetings! I would like to undelete file Ivan Čanić Baja.jpg because this is a picture from my private foto library and it is not under any licence agreement. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oluja481995 (talk • contribs) 21:21, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

@Oluja481995: who is the photographer? Where was this created? Abzeronow (talk) 21:30, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
In the upload you said that you yourself were the actual photographer. Above you say that "this is a picture from my private foto library". Which is it? ALso note that owning a paper or digital copy of a photograph does not give you the right to freely license it as required here. That right is almost always held by the original photographer. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 21:31, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: No evidence of a free license or public domain. --Yann (talk) 07:23, 28 September 2024 (UTC)


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Images of the Montecatini Terme-Monsummano train station

Hi everyone, I'm writing here in order to ask for the undeletion of the following images:

They were all deleted in 2013 after this DR. They all depict the it:Stazione di Montecatini Terme-Monsummano, designed by en:Angiolo Mazzoni (see here) and completed in 1937. As already pointed out in five previous UDRs (see here, here, here, here and here) Mazzoni at that time worked as an engineer at the Ministry for Communication, and in this capacity he designed a lot of railway and post office-related buildings, as this railway station. It's therefore a work for hire according the italian law (it'd be so even according the US law), since it was commissioned and paid by the public administration, and therefore it fell under Template:PD-ItalyGov in 1958. It's a building completed before 1990, so no issue with US copyright.--Friniate (talk) 22:15, 26 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: @Friniate: FYI. --Yann (talk) 07:33, 28 September 2024 (UTC)


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Witam -

zdjęcie to przez prawie rok egzystowało w Infoboksie na stronie w Wikipedii i zostało zakwestionowane a następnie usunięte z końcem czerwca b.r. W jego opisie było podane, że jest nieznanego autorstwa i pochodzi z drukowanego w dziesiątkach egzemplarzy programu wystawy akwarel, urządzanej w styczniu 1977 r. przez nieistniejący już Klub MPiK w Koszalinie. Załączam tutaj skan tego programu (otrzymany z Koszalińskiego Oddziału SARP) jako plik PDF (awers i rewers) i zapytuję, czy nie jest on dostatecznym dowodem, że w/w zdjęcie zostało upublicznione bez zastrzeżenia praw autorskich przed czerwcem 1994 r. - a zatem przeszło do domeny publicznej? Kamil Teremeski (talk) 12:32, 27 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: PD-Poland. @Kamil Teremeski: Please add categories. --Yann (talk) 16:23, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

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--Sikder 5999 (talk) 17:16, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Oppose As I noted in the DR, these are either under URAA copyright, as are all Bangladeshi images published after 2015, or, if unpublished until recently, are under copyright in Bangladesh. In either case we cannot keep them.


 Not done: Copyright violation, not own work, no permission. --Yann (talk) 16:21, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

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--Sikder 5999 (talk) 17:21, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Oppose As I noted in the DR, these are either under URAA copyright, as are all Bangladeshi images published after 2015, or, if unpublished until recently, are under copyright in Bangladesh. In either case we cannot keep them.

This was previously published at Pinterest, so we'd need VRT permission for this. Abzeronow (talk) 17:24, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: need VRT permissions. Regards, Aafi (talk) 07:48, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

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It was stated that my file was an exact duplicat of an existing file. In reality, my file was in jpeg format, and the previous one was in png format, which completely contradicts the concept of an exact duplicat.--Dizenter (talk) 07:33, 28 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: If anything, we should keep the JPEG file, and delete the PNG one. --Yann (talk) 07:39, 28 September 2024 (UTC)


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I am the original uploader and owner of this photo. I no longer wish to have this image publicly available on Wikimedia Commons. I kindly request that the administrators consider my request and proceed with the deletion of this file.


Photo File Information File Name: [Majharul Islam Tayef.jpg] Upload Date: [19:17, 15 September 2024] Uploader: [Majharul Islam Tayef] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Majharul Islam Tayef (talk • contribs) 16:01, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

Procedural close. This is not the correct forum to request deletion of a file. Thuresson (talk) 16:09, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

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Hi Administrators, please restore this image, this are public domain in the last paragraph of license in Venezuela {{PD-VenezuelaGov}} (Google translator) AbchyZa22 (talk) 06:54, 27 September 2024 (UTC)


 Not done: Named source has explicit copyright notice and no free license. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 21:41, 28 September 2024 (UTC)


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I would like to use this picture to illustrate the advocacy activities of the fossil fuel industry in the article Carbon capture and storage. I agree it is promotional in intent. That is the reason I want to use it - promotion happens in the real world and we should cover that phenomenon encyclopedically. Clayoquot (talk) 01:52, 28 September 2024 (UTC)


✓ Done: per request and Infrogmation. --Abzeronow (talk) 17:52, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

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It is important to America and also it is history that cannot be deleted.Also, i would like to investigate it but I can’t. Please get it ASAP.Thank you. 42.98.226.90 06:00, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

Relevant DR: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Zapruder Film (Original Version).webm. Yann (talk) 07:21, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
Yes, it is an important historic American film, but as en:Zapruder film says it is copyrighted and thus cannot be hosted on Commons yet. I am not opposed to fair use of the film, which would have to be locally hosted on English Wikipedia. There is no fair use on Commons (I was the closing administrator on that DR). Abzeronow (talk) 18:16, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
Not done, per Abzeronow. The clip is from archive.org where interested parties can investigate as much as they like. Thuresson (talk) 13:36, 29 September 2024 (UTC)


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I (Figaro011) own the rights to this image and would like to make it available as visual support for the article Juan Fernando Gutiérrez. Please put the image back on the article. Thank you and kind regards Figaro011 --Figaro011 (talk) 10:48, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose Per Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Figaro011. Thuresson (talk) 13:35, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: @Figaro011: Please follow the instructions at COM:VRT/CONSENT to have the image restored. --The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 16:02, 29 September 2024 (UTC)