User talk:Vanished User G4152887770657188005249Z1071175500262271186025
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Tip: Categorizing images
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Thanks a lot for contributing to the Wikimedia Commons! Here's a tip to make your uploads more useful: Why not add some categories to describe them? This will help more people to find and use them.
Here's how:
1) If you're using the UploadWizard, you can add categories to each file when you describe it. Just click "more options" for the file and add the categories which make sense:
2) You can also pick the file from your list of uploads, edit the file description page, and manually add the category code at the end of the page.
[[Category:Category name]]
For example, if you are uploading a diagram showing the orbits of comets, you add the following code:
[[Category:Astronomical diagrams]]
[[Category:Comets]]
This will make the diagram show up in the categories "Astronomical diagrams" and "Comets".
When picking categories, try to choose a specific category ("Astronomical diagrams") over a generic one ("Illustrations").
Thanks again for your uploads! More information about categorization can be found in Commons:Categories, and don't hesitate to leave a note on the help desk.CategorizationBot (talk) 10:40, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
- Image:IronRangeHistoricalSociety.JPG was uncategorized on 6 February 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:40, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
Copyright status: File:Elcor Aerial 1948.jpg
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Thanks for uploading File:Elcor Aerial 1948.jpg. I notice that the file page either doesn't contain enough information about the license or it contains contradictory information about the license, so the copyright status is unclear.
If you created this file yourself, then you must provide a valid copyright tag. For example, you can tag it with {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}} to release it under the multi-license GFDL plus Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike All-version license or you can tag it with {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. (See Commons:Copyright tags for the full list of license tags that you can use.) If you did not create the file yourself or if it is a derivative of another work that is possibly subject to copyright protection, then you must specify where you found it (e.g. usually a link to the web page where you got it), you must provide proof that it has a license that is acceptable for Commons (e.g. usually a link to the terms of use for content from that page), and you must add an appropriate license tag. If you did not create the file yourself and the specific source and license information is not available on the web, you must obtain permission through the VRT system and follow the procedure described there. Note that any unsourced or improperly licensed files will be deleted one week after they have been marked as lacking proper information, as described in criteria for deletion. If you have uploaded other files, please confirm that you have provided the proper information for those files, too. If you have any questions about licenses please ask at Commons:Village pump/Copyright or see our help pages. Thank you. |
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Yours sincerely, JuTa 20:21, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
File tagging File:Elcor Minnesota Smokestack.jpg
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Thanks for uploading File:Elcor Minnesota Smokestack.jpg. This media is missing permission information. A source is given, but there is no proof that the author or copyright holder agreed to license the file under the given license. Please provide a link to an appropriate webpage with license information, or ask the author or copyright holder to send an email with copy of a written permission to VRT (permissions-commons@wikimedia.org). You may still be required to go through this procedure even if you are the author yourself; please see Commons:But it's my own work! for more details. After you emailed permission, you may replace the {{No permission since}} tag with {{subst:PP}} on file description page. Alternatively, you may click on "Challenge speedy deletion" below the tag if you wish to provide an argument why evidence of permission is not necessary in this case.
Please see this page for more information on how to confirm permission, or if you would like to understand why we ask for permission when uploading work that is not your own, or work which has been previously published (regardless of whether it is your own). The file probably has been deleted. If you sent a permission, try to send it again after 14 days. Do not re-upload. When the VRT-member processes your mail, the file can be undeleted. Additionally you can request undeletion here, providing a link to the File-page on Commons where it was uploaded ([[:File:Elcor Minnesota Smokestack.jpg]] ) and the above demanded information in your request. |
Ronhjones (Talk) 00:44, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
File:Chevrolet Garage, Withrow, Minnesota.jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.
The file you added has been deleted. If you have written permission from the copyright holder, please have them send us a free license release via COM:VRT. If you believe that the deletion was not in accordance with policy, you may request undeletion. (It is not necessary to request undeletion if using VRT; the file will be automatically restored at the conclusion of the process.)
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Lord Belbury (talk) 14:38, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
- This photo was uploaded under Freedom of Panorama license. In researching and referencing the archive found here, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Freedom_of_panorama/Archive_8, "What can we learn form Google Street View?" this should be an acceptable license, especially when you consider that the photo is historic (constructed 1910) in nature and the building in question no longer exists. It is not sculpture or some other form of art. If this is viewed as problematic, I will upload it directly to Wikipedia with an argument for Fair Use. Regards, DrGregMN (talk) 16:23, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
- Hi. The problem is that the photo was taken by a Google employee, and is copyrighted to Google: all their Street View pages have a clear "© 2022 Google" footer and watermarks. We can't host it on Commons and say it's public domain. You're right to say that the architecture of the building is not considered copyrighted, but the photograph itself is. (FOP issues have to be considered for situations where somebody's photograph is generously and clearly released into the public domain, but its subject matter isn't. So you can't take a photo of a public sculpture in the US and release it to Commons, because US FOP laws consider the sculpture itself to be copyrighted.)
- Fair use on Wikipedia would be the way to go. --Belbury (talk) 18:29, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
- Fair use it is. Go ahead and delete. Funny how Google didn't ask my permission to photograph my home. What's good for the goose should be good for the gander. Regards DrGregMN (talk) 00:16, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
Notification about possible deletion
[edit]Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry.
If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with them, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. |
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Yours sincerely, Lord Belbury (talk) 14:50, 21 October 2022 (UTC)