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Hi AntiCompositeNumber, Thanks for your work on the POTY 2021. It's a great part of Wikipedia so I appreciate you keeping it going. Glennfcowan (talk) 03:12, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
Hello AntiCompositeNumber, I encountered this new image while on enwiki, and I was wondering if it would meet the threshold of originality as a corporate logo (it's marked with the standard CC-BY-SA-4.0).
Upon comparing it to File:Threshold of originality variations.png, the example for the threshold of originality policy, I was not so sure, but I thought I would ask you. Thank you, Heavy Water (talk) 17:49, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
@Heavy Water It'd probably be PD in the US. It's probably also fine in China, based on COM:TOO China. I'd assume that's the country of origin since that's where w:ZappTax says it was founded, but the headquarters are in Belgium. If Belgium is the country of origin, it may be non-free. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 22:26, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
OK. I found that the oldest archive of their website was in 2018, by which time ZappTax had its logo and was registered in Belgium. That website says that the name Zapptax was trademarked in Belgium, so I'm going to err on the side of caution and guess that the logo was also copyrighted in Belgium.
This deletion request directs us to COM:TOO France and COM:TOO Netherlands; in the Netherlands, it is said, "In any case, excluded from this [copyright] is everything that has a shape that is so trivial or banal, that one cannot show any creative labor behind it of any kind whatsoever", so I think this logo would not meet the threshold in the Netherlands.
In France, however, "French law asserts that a work is copyrightable when it bears the "imprint of the personality of the author". In practice, it depends on the work in question, but this has left the bar quite low for many works where an artistic intent can be shown," so I'm not sure about France. Heavy Water (talk) 23:11, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
Blocking Alert
Hello,
I received a message of might being blocked for license violation on my uploaded files.
Precisely may I know what files violated the files.
Hi, thanks for your quick response on IRC yesterday and undeleting file. I am once again lost at file File:Holy Roman Empire 11th century map-sl.svg, it was made with same procedures as yesterday (so SVGTRanslation tool and then fixed in Inkscape), but when uploaded it gliched and copied original file. However, when opened from my PC, it is in Slovene. I havne't seen any language switch as at File:Tsushima battle map-sl.svg. Do you have any idea, how to fix them? Thanks in advance, A09 (talk) 10:59, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
Wiki Loves Folklore 2023 has started, Join us!
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Round 1 of Picture of the Year 2022 voting is open!
2022 Picture of the Year: Saint John Church of Sohrol in Iran.
Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2022 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year will be the seventeenth edition of the annual Wikimedia Commons photo competition, which recognizes exceptional contributions by users on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons during the last year (2022) to produce a single Picture of the Year.
Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year are all entered in this competition. These images include professional animal and plant shots, breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historical images, photographs portraying the world's best architecture, impressive human portraits, and so much more.
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There is an ongoing discussion on a proposed policy governing the use of external resources in gadgets and UserJS. The proposed Third-party resources policy aims at making the UserJS and Gadgets landscape a bit safer by encouraging best practices around external resources. After an initial non-public conversation with a small number of interface admins and staff, we've launched a much larger, public consultation to get a wider pool of feedback for improving the policy proposal. Based on the ideas received so far, the proposed policy now includes some of the risks related to user scripts and gadgets loading third-party resources, best practices for gadgets and UserJS developers, and exemptions requirements such as code transparency and inspectability.
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@AntiCompositeNumber, as this recent edit by the iNat image license review bot was the 99,982nd iNat image uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, we are fast approaching a significant milestone. Is it possible to check the records to see which file is/will be #100,000?
@Mdaniels5757 Yes, both accounts are Confirmed to another locked account (I forget which, not worth re-checking in my book) as well as three other accounts, and the behavior is consistent. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 02:40, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
Tag other sock account
Can you tag the Mausebru user page with the sock tag? I've tried doing it, but it won't go through. Great thanks for your help for blocking his new account. WikiCleanerMan (talk) 22:48, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
Any chance of adding some 'nudge' notifcations to the bot?
Would it be possible for the BOT to send out 'encouragment' notifications for the 2 situations listed below.
If you want to copy edit the notification messages into something suitable for automated use, feel free. ( I note they do need translating.)
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There seem to be many djvu (and PDF) files that lack a {[tl|book}} template. Having that template makes it easier for various projects (my use case is Wikisource, where the data from a Book template is used to auto-fill or auto generate parts of an Index: page.
Would it be possible for your bot to send out a version of {{Addbookdata}} to the uploaders of multipage DVJU/PDF encouraging them to add a suitable {{Book}} template?
Greetings. You marked the referenced photo for speedy deletion, citing "in the normal course of business" does not a free license make. The image was sent out to all news media that requested it, by a state government agency, which has no copyright interests in any of the booking photos. Their phrase "in the normal course of business" refers to the normal course of business for any news medium, and Wikimedia is such a medium. Our "normal course of business" is to provide photos for use in Wikipedia and other projects.
Maybe I'm just not experienced enough to navigate the rules. Please explain how I can cure this issue, as there is no copyright protection or assertion by the State of Georgia, who created the image. Thanks for any help you can offer. Arthur Smart (talk) 01:52, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
@Arthur Smart Copyright protection is automatic unless explicitly waived. As a matter of policy, Georgia does not release government works into the public domain. Wikimedia Commons requires all files be in the public domain or be released so that anyone can use them for any reason and in any manner, including the creation of derivative works. The license provided does not meet the requirements of the Commons licensing policy. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 01:55, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
This is a bizarre diff; it's tagging the image for proposed deletion despite the fact that there's a link and the text "CC BY-SA 3.0" in the Permission param of the template. Is this something that can be fixed? JPxG (talk) 07:56, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
@Mdaniels5757: Surely if there is a bot already parsing the entirety of the page and its structured data (including the string "CC-BY-SA 3.0" being in the "Permission" field), it could be capable of simply amending the template accordingly? JPxG (talk) 20:14, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
@JPxG AntiCompositeBot explicitly does not parse for license templates, it lets MediaWiki do that and checks only for templates. There are too many variations on licenses and license templates to parse for them specifically. The template is required because it contains the mandatory license link required by the license. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 20:16, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
Hey, I just wanted to report a potential sock at User:LilNiglat, he uploaded a a file from a Youtube channel that belongs to a banned user. (Not to mention the inappropriate user being very similar to a racial slur) I don't know how to report socks so please tell how for next time just in case I run into another one. Gorgylesav (talk) 00:51, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
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I think the bot you've created that updates and maintains the "Top 200" pages on Commons is incredibly useful, and does a great job. I noticed that these pages: Top 200 images that should use vector graphics and Top 200 alphabet images that should use vector graphics are not being scanned, and I was wondering if you could add those pages to the bot's list? I can also try adding them myself in case you're very busy, but in that case I would still like to have your permission, first.
Hi ACN! Looking at the list of interface admins, you're a username I recognize. Any chance you could help me figure out whether what I'm trying to do here is technically feasible?
Hello @AntiCompositeNumber, this file [File:Jacinto Vaz statue at Mandur, Goa.jpg] has been automatically placed a "No Licence Tag" by the bot. The licence seems to be non readable by the bot. Can you fix this from happening again? Rejoy2003(talk) 10:59, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
@Rejoy2003 For photographs of 3-dimensional sculptures, there are two different copyrights we have to consider: the copyright over the statue, and the copyright over the photo itself. The template you used, {{FoP-India}}, only applies to the statue and is not a license for the photograph itself. Because the photo is licensed All Rights Reserved on Flickr, we can not use it on Commons. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 15:03, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
@AntiCompositeNumber I don't understand. If that's the case, the licence is pretty much useless, I assume. Since we need the uploader's permission as well. I guess this template will work well with own works. Will there be a problem if I upload directly to en wiki? Rejoy2003(talk) 15:23, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
Images copyright tag fixed
Hi. Thank you for noticing the error in my uploads by AntiCompositeBot. All was fixed (I have a new laptop and lost Pattypan uploads settings so the copyright tag was ommitted from the uploading table). I would like to ask you to remove the tags. Thanks! Aktron (talk) 10:23, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
The crane in there is not the Farrell 256, which has some red-colored elements at the top of the crane. Rather that is a crane of Seaward Marine , of which I have found almost nothing. I think it's the same one as seen in this video, but I'm not entirely sure. That video showed a marking of "OLM-0026" on it , with the name "Olmsted" in smaller type below it (and something following I can't make out) but I can't find anything under that name online. I think the yellow crane in some shots is working alongside this one (that video has a similar one, which is just a regular mobile crane driven onto a barge). Carl Lindberg (talk) 14:27, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
@Clindberg Looks like the Army Corps had a blue 60' Manitowoc platform ringer crane on a barge at their Olmstead, Illinois project but auctioned it off a few years ago. https://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2020/03/usace-had-two-60-ringer-cranes.html has some pictures, unfortunately the GSA auction is a dead link. That page has a comment saying that they removed the crane from the original barge, but [3] shows them also auctioning a bunch of barges off too. No idea what Seaward calls the barge, crane, or barge-crane assembly though. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 21:25, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
That must be it. The auction site is here; those photos would be {{PD-USGov-GSA}}. The auction stated the barge was not included, but given that "Olmsted Dam" is the most likely inscription I saw, you do wonder (or as you say, maybe also bought the barge separately, or switched to one they did buy). That would also explain why I can't find much under that old name, since government ships don't need to be registered anywhere, and it may not really be the name. It must have a name now though. Seems like the crane is from 1978, but finding the barge... may be harder. But more to search for, thanks. Carl Lindberg (talk) 23:42, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello AntiCompositeNumber, I see that you're a Commons admin, could you help me double check if this photo qualifies for public domain? I believe it is a screenshot from one of the copies of this video. Thank you. Starship.paint (talk) 14:50, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
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Hi AntiCompositeNumber, in 2022 you discouraged translation of Commons:FAQ. Is this still valid and/or what was the reason? The page looks OK for translation to me. Raymond (talk) 06:47, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
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You created a inaturalist bot which works well but am I correct in assuming that it is not possible to create a Mushroom Observer bot to review images like these below which I uploaded because the bot has to log in to the MO website to see the license...unlike flickr or inaturalist or youtube?
There are some good free images from the Mushroom Observer website but if no one can review them than the free images are of no use...due to a possible future license change by the copyright owner. Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 02:31, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
Christian Ferrer just decided to register into Mushroom Observer (MO) to review my 2 images but I suppose my question remains. Can a bot review MO images? Wikipedia's article on Mushroon Observer here says its images are on a Creative Commons license...but of course some people can later put in a Non-Commercial restriction. So, it copyright is quite friendly unlike flickr where images are ARR....by default. Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 08:49, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
Hi! I wanted to find out how many files that was licensed GFDL across all wikis so I started this little project but I found out it was not easy because som many templates exist and not all are linked to Wikidata. So it turned into a projects to link all license templates via wikidata but with hundreds of wikis it will take a lot of time.
So my question is if you know of a way to find the license templates that are not linked to wikidata?
I can imagine it will not be easy because not all license templates are clearly marked as a license template. So I was thinking perhaps any template used at least in one file page could be a substitute for a license template.
I asked ChatGpt and it suggested that I moved all files to Commons to make it easier to find all GFDL files. Sounds easy enough. It only took me 1 year+ to do that to Japanese Wikipedia. So I guess in 114 years all files will be moved. --MGA73 (talk) 14:05, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
There really isn't. A lot of projects use COM:Machine-readable data and can be found that way, but it's not consistent and you'll miss files. Layout templates also will make things more complex, as they will sometimes contain the machine-readable data instead. Figuring out which templates are on Wikidata or not I have no idea the best way to do that. Good luck. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 20:52, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
Thank you! I was afraid there was no easy way. So far I have linked like 100 templates to Wikidata and I also try to add metadata to some of them. But I will surely miss some templates if the only way is to do it manually. If you ever get an idea let me know. Even if you do not get the idea until in 50 years it will still mean I will save 64 years of time :-D --MGA73 (talk) 06:03, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
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2022 Picture of the Year: Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) and Gadwall (Mareca strepera) in Nepal.
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