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Commons:Deletion requests/File:Localización de Barallobre.JPG

Your action and your closing statement don't match. -- Gauss (talk) 07:57, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Oops, fixed. Thanks for your help, Yann (talk) 09:44, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

London Hughes JPG

the image in regards to londonhughes.jpg is not in violation of any copyright laws as she has rights to the photo. this photo was deleted unfairly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CharMedia22 (talk • contribs) 17:26, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

@CharMedia22: Hi,

The copyright owner is CLARE PRICE PHOTOGRAPHY, so we need a formal written permission from them to keep this here. Please see COM:OTRS for the procedure. Do not reupload it without that permission, or you will be blocked. Regards, Yann (talk) 17:52, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

copyright

Hi There

i noticed my images were flagged for removal of my brother's wiki page. I guess I am unsure of the laws as one of the pictures was of a picture in our house of my brother and John Candy. It is a picture we took and had blown up and gave to him as a gift. There is another one of his Grey Cup jersey (which he owns as playing for the team) that we had done in a shadow type box and hanging in the family home. It was a picture of it that I took. The other ones are ones the team took and gave to my brother to have, which he in turn gave to me to make up his page. So I am not sure how I have violated anything? I am happy to revisit so he van have he page restored with images.

THanks — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.36.7.253 (talk) 19:59, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi, Could you log in, and/or give a link to the files? Regards, Yann (talk) 20:08, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

User:Gregjarlot

Thought you should be made aware Gregjarlot (talk · contribs) has resumed uploading non-free content after you banned him in December. PageantUpdater talk • contribs 14:15, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

 Done Yann (talk) 17:12, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. Can you please also take a look at File:Iris Mittenaere 2016.05.07.jpg? Image has Commons licensing on Flickr but a copyright sign on the image. A derivative is being used on English wiki with the copyright cropped out. PageantUpdater talk • contribs 20:39, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Oh dear, the Flickr link for the image we've been reverting to is dead and all the account holders other photos are copyrighted. Is that grounds to nominate File:Iris Mittenaere 2016.jpg for deletion too? PageantUpdater talk • contribs 21:00, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

File:Iris Mittenaere 2016.05.07.jpg is probably OK, but File:Iris Mittenaere 2016.jpg is not. Regards, Yann (talk) 21:12, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

How can it be ok with a copyright declaration on it? PageantUpdater talk • contribs 00:01, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi, There are 2 separate things: the watermark on the image, and the license. What's important is that the Flickr account is really the photographer. Regards, Yann (talk) 08:12, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

Using pictures from the arabic wikipedia

Hi, I was wondering how could I use pictures uploaded to the Arabic version of Wikipedia here. Example: I would like to use this file https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D9%81:Qaisumahclub.jpg on this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaisumah_FC — Preceding unsigned comment added by Twbakhsh (talk • contribs) 22:47, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

@Twbakhsh: Hi,

This is a complex logo, so you need a permission from the copyright owner to upload it on Commons. But you can upload it on the English Wikipedia under a fair use rationale. Regards, Yann (talk) 08:09, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

File:Vermin Supreme and Rob Potylo at the DC Women's March.webm

Yann, this is a copyrighted song. There are earlier versions published on YouTube. Please revert to the original upload, which noted the copyrighted audio as removed on purpose. czar 23:09, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi, This is getting ridiculous. To me, these artists are improvising. And without the sound, this video is useless. If there is a copyright, I don't understand why you uploaded it in the first place. Regards, Yann (talk) 08:05, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

This appears 'improvisational', yes, but "Hot Dogs and AppleSauce" is a copyrighted song by Rob Potylo. You can see him and Vermin Supreme performing it here in 2012. While they appear to have varied the words, the song itself is copyrighted. Uploading the video without the audio (their 'physical performance' appears to fail to meet the fixation requirement) was correct, and with the audio it's a copyvio. - Revent^talk 23:40, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

User DidierMazuru

Salut, Yann. Could you please contact DidierMazuru (talk · contribs)? If he is in fact the artist of the same name, I think we need an OTRS ticket for his uploads. I thought it would be best if someone explained the situation to him in French. De728631 (talk) 13:33, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

 Done Yann (talk) 14:27, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

ABDO2008.DZ

Hello Mr yann , thank you for all that you order the Wikimedia. But you are wrong to delete some images. Because it is mine. Some of the other pictures I had asked permission from the owners before they are submitted. I do not deny that I violated the copyrights on some pictures. But Most of them mine. In the other, I asked permission from the owners. Delete it. But like mine File:Beautiful nature 2015.jpg, File:Beautiful flower_2015.jpg, File:Bouhatem.jpg, File:الشتاء.jpg

Creative Commons License 2015 أنا، صاحب حقوق الطبع والنشر لهذا العمل، أنشر هذا العمل تحت الرخصة التالية: w:ar:مشاع مبدع النسبة الترخيص بالمثل هذا الملف مُرخص تحت رخصة المشاع المبدع نسبة المصنف إلى مؤلفه - المشاركة على قدم المساواة 3.0 العامة لك مطلق الحرية: في المشاركة – في نسخ وتوزيع وبث العمل في التعديل – في تكييف العمل تحت الشروط التالية: النسبة – يجب عليك أن تنسب العمل بالطريقة التي يحددها المؤلف أو المرخص (ولكن ليس بأي يشكل يمكن أن يوحي بتأييده لك أو لاستخدامك لعمله). الترخيص بالمثل – إذا عدلت أو غيرت أو بنيت على هذا العمل، فلا يحق لك توزيع العمل الناتج إلا تحت نفس الرخصة أو رخصة مشابهة لها.

thank you... --ABDO2008.DZ (talk) 16:11, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi ABDO2008.DZ,

The issue here is that you are images are of very poor quality and not used, so out of scope. Regards, Yann (talk) 17:02, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Romain Rolland books

Hello! You've uploaded Romain Rolland's books "Quinze ans de combat" and "Par la révolution, la paix" which you've marked as {{Not-PD-US-URAA}}. As the page Wikipedia:Non-U.S. copyrights shows, France had 50 years copyright term on the URAA-date, which was extended to 70 years in 1997, therefore these files are actually PD-URAA and so you can mark them accordingly. Nonexyst (talk) 16:13, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

France terms were actually 50 + 8 years for war extension = 58 ans. Regards, Yann (talk) 16:58, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Morten Kirkskov

Salut!

Tu te souviens pourquoi tu avais effacé Morten_Kirkskov.jpg? Je viens de recevoir un ticket OTRS de la photographe et je voulais être sûr qu'il est ok. Merci! --Ruthven (msg) 17:25, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

La première version est sourcée de Facebook et l'auteur est Natascha Thiara Rydvald. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 17:33, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

New here

Helo , dear Yann , I am new here and didn't know what to do ? It's about my husbands art ;))) I need to do a page here of him ? But I started and you or your team deleted the page bcs of the license rights or something like this ? Please help me what to do to continue with the making of the page of Vladi Vladimir VV ? Thank you , Kristina — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vladi Vladimir VV (talk • contribs) 22:50, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

@Vladi Vladimir VV: Hi,

Please a permission for a free license via COM:OTRS. Regards, Yann (talk) 23:50, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

File:SIX Group logo.svg

Sorry, I am not really familiar with how it works, but the tagged graphic needs to be deleted, because it is claiming to be our company logo and it is not (we only use SIX and not SIX Group). As far as I can see from the discussion it was extracted from a brochure without any permission. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sixmedienstelle (talk • contribs) 14:14, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

@Sixmedienstelle: Hi,

1. Please sign your posts with ~~~~.

2. This logo is {{PD-textlogo}}, so there is no copyright on it.

3. We usually keep old logos for reference. You can still ask for deletion, but on the logo page. Last time, you requested deletion of the vandalism report page. Regards, Yann (talk) 14:20, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Copyright issue

Hi Yaan,

You left me a message letting me know that I have uploaded content that has copyright issues. I want to let you know that I hold the copyright to these photos. Please let me know if you need some sort of proof, but these are all original works owned and copyrighted by FANUC America Corporation. If I do not hear back I will forward your message to our legal department and they may contact you. Thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RoboGuru (talk • contribs) 18:47, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

@RoboGuru: Hi,

Since these images were published elsewhere, please send a permission for a free license via COM:OTRS. And do not make legal threats, or you may be blocked. Regards, Yann (talk) 18:51, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

Copyright violations - KovalamKid

Hi Yann,

Please excuse me. I am quite new to editing in Wilipedia. I sent a request to the permissions email to remove a couple of images that I uploaded without copyrights by mistake. I asked for them to be removed.

Since then I have added some further images to the following pages Stephen Mold, Michael Ellis and Emma McClarkin. I can confirm that those images are mine. I am a professional photographer www.artconaghan.com

Can you let me know which images you are concerned about and how can I prove to you they are my images.

Looking forward to hearing from you

Art Conaghan (KovalamKid) — Preceding unsigned comment added by KovalamKid (talk • contribs) 19:11, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

@KovalamKid: Hi,

Please could you please confirm that you are Art Conaghan via COM:OTRS? Regards, Yann (talk) 20:05, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

RE:Grafiki naruszające prawa autorskie

I sent these logos in Mai, so I don't understand what is this for (warning)Maxiuss (talk) 20:17, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

@Maxiuss: Hi,

We have only discovered that they are copyright violations now. :/ Regards, Yann (talk) 22:19, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

Pictures of Songuitar333

Hi there, I understood this. I have been ill and then out of town. I have not "violated" this and I was well aware and all of these artists will be sending in an e-mail to wikipedia. I just haven't been well enough to give them the template from wiki commons to use to give wikipedia permission but am better now and you will receive e-mails from these artists to allow me to post this image. My question is should I upload those images again and the link to the image with the e-mail? Please let me know. Thank you! Songuitar333 (talk) 23:37, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Songuitar333,

Do not upload the images again. Please send the permission for a free license via COM:OTRS, and the images will be restored. Regards, Yann (talk) 09:20, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Lebanonrugbymedia

Hello,

We have two tickets out for the two photos you tagged for deletion or deleted. These photos were taken by us The Lebanese Nation Rugby Union team and so we have the rights to use them. Our two tickets with OSM release are: Ticket:2017012710017783 and Ticket:2017012710017792.

Can you please take away the warning for the block and restore our images thank you.

LRUF.org--Lebanonrugbymedia (talk) 01:20, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Lebanonrugbymedia,

I restored the images and added the permission, but the copyright owner is a different person in the EXIF data of File:Frank the Yank.jpg‎.

Please see Commons:Deletion requests/File:Frank the Yank.jpg‎. Regards, Yann (talk) 09:33, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Copyright violations - Quantumsuizid

You: "It has come to our attention that you have uploaded several files that are copyright violations. You have done so despite requests from editors not to do so, and despite their instructions."

No, I uploaded 3 pictures before I got any messages from you. I did nothing "despite" instructions from anyone.

OK, I'll try to work out the complicated process of verifying that I own the 3 pictures... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quantumsuizid (talk • contribs) 09:31, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

@Quantumsuizid: Hi,

One of the image is a smaller copy from [1].

The others are a logo and a poster. For any previously published content, a formal written permission is needed. Please see COM:OTRS for the procedure. Regards, Yann (talk) 09:35, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Pictures and being blocked

Hi, first of all Im uploading some pictures of my own. And im new to this platform and i have emailed wikipedia for this issue. How can I have the pictures back? And how do I tell that it is mine.

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Autoautoauto (talk • contribs) 06:39, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

@Autoautoauto: Hi,

The files you have uploaded were copied from the Internet, so there are not yours. For example, File:Luana Kenap.jpg comes from Instagram, as you mentioned yourself in the source. Anyway, for any content previously published elsewhere, a formal written permission from the copyright owner is necessary. Please see COM:OTRS for the procedure. Regards, Yann (talk) 09:47, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Warning to user

I think that your warning to Ghadasal's talk page (here) may be too heavy-handed. As far as I can see this user has not uploaded any images since he or she was first alerted to the problems. Please reassess. Verbcatcher (talk) 07:46, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Verbcatcher,

I put a similar note on everyone who has uploaded more than 3 copyright violations. This user has uploaded only copyright violations so far. This is just a warning, and it usually works fine: people understand than continuing will grant them a block. Regards, Yann (talk) 09:40, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Block

How long will be my first block? MilosHaran (talk) 14:54, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi MilosHaran,

There is no fixed time. It depends on you, your behaviour, and your uploads. Regards, Yann (talk) 15:02, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Oh, so one mistake and I can't upload on commonos anymore. MilosHaran (talk) 15:45, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi MilosHaran,

Dealing with problematic files takes time, both to reviewers and admins. So blocks are a conservative mesure, to prevent Commons to be flooded with copyvios. Actually most blocks are temporary. They depend mostly on the uploader's willingness to learn Commons rules, and follow them. Regards, Yann (talk) 15:59, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for help. MilosHaran (talk) 16:45, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Category:Atlantic Forest: definition of edit warring?

Hello, Yann. I want to point out that I reverted Category:Atlantic Forest precisely once. User:Wieralee reverted my reversion. How does that make an edit war?

If you hadn't protected the page, I would have just let the page stand as-is (because completely fixing Commons' categorization will take man-centuries of effort, and life is short).

I normally delete all comments on my Commons talk page. I would appreciate it if you would retract your comment (perhaps with strikethrough?) before I delete it, so that my 12-year-long reputation at Commons remains pristine. — hike395 (talk) 20:03, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

• @Hike395: The problem starts at the upper category: [2] and is not solved yet, I think. You all are still putting this category into a redirected one -- and this is the real problem. I'm editing on two computers, so I didn't noticed I was editing this category before... so I was trying to empty the redirected category according to the redirection :( Wieralee (talk) 20:19, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

P.S. Accept my apologies, please -- and revert my editions at any time. Wieralee (talk) 20:25, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

No need to apologize, User:Wieralee. You didn't do anything wrong. I didn't realize that Category:Brazilian WWF ecoregions redirected to Category:Brazilian WWF ecoregion maps. Thanks for pointing that out! That doesn't seem right. Let's try to fix this mess. We may need to ask User:Yann or another admin to unprotect Category:Atlantic Forest before the fix is finished. — hike395 (talk) 20:29, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

 Done OK, fine. Unprotected. Yann (talk) 22:13, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Improper file deletion: File:Patrick J. Ahern House.JPG

I would like to know why the image for the Patrick J. Ahern House was deleted. I originally uploaded it with what I thought was the proper copyright information. Then you flagged it for copyright violation, so I contacted the museum which owns both the property and the image and had them email the release exactly as directed. I know they emailed it because I was CC'ed on it. Yet the image was still removed. What exactly do we have to do to get this image loaded into commons? Valis55 (talk) 02:23, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Valis55,

I found the permission and added it to the file description. Regards, Yann (talk) 10:33, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

Please see this

You arbitrarily deleted the image I uploaded. Here is the undeletion request

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Undeletion_requests/Current_requests#File:Olavo-de-carvalho-1033048_1920.png — Preceding unsigned comment added by Holy Goo (talk • contribs) 15:42, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

OK, please see Commons:Deletion requests/File:Olavo-de-carvalho-1033048 1920.png‎. Yann (talk) 15:58, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

Why you deleted Anatislogo suom iso.png

Hi. You deleted the file Anatislogo suom iso.png. I received an email 6 hours ago that it has been marked as a possible copyright violation and before I had gotten home, you had went ahead and deleted it. The logo is my own work and thus I am the original copyright holder. Please keep from being so rash in the future. Symbioosi (talk) 15:51, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

OK. Please see Commons:Deletion requests/File:Anatislogo suom iso.png‎. Yann (talk) 15:59, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

Deletion

Hi, could you tell be, who proposed deletion of this page?--Juandev (talk) 23:49, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Juandev,

85.176.1.76 with {{Badname|Jakubowice, powiat kędzierzyńsko-kozielski}}. IIRC it was empty. Regards, Yann (talk) 10:21, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Der Buckesfelder

Hello Yann,

You deleted a lot of pictures I nominated to, so that's why I'm asking you directly. I found a user with a lot of pictures uploaded, but I don't know, if they are in scope. May you take a look at them? Greetings, --Der Buckesfelder  ^Talk  _Evaluation  ^E-Mail  _commons 12:11, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi, I nominated them for deletion. Thanks for your help. Regards, Yann (talk) 13:35, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Help for upload

Dear Yann sir, wikimedia commons tool flickr2commons is availabe for uploading file from flickr . But I'm a google drive user . Now tell me that "how to i upload to wikimedia commons using google drive and other cloud storage"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ddst40 (talk • contribs) 09:28, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

@Ddst40: Hi,

Just use Special:UploadWizard. Regards, Yann (talk) 10:45, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Logo deleted despite gaining proper permissions

Yann,

Noticed that the logo File:Wraith Logo Square.png was deleted despite gaining proper permission from the copyright holder. This had happened before but was reversed as it should be again. I've gone ahead and re-uploaded it, but again, I feel I need to point out that the copyright holder has provided proper permission. Sirkidd2003 (talk)

Hi Sirkidd2003,

Do not recreate deleted images. You have to provide a formal written permission via COM:OTRS, and then eventually ask for undeletion on COM:UDR. Regards, Yann (talk) 12:42, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

Yann,

I had already received and submitted formal written permission via COM:OTRS when I had uploaded the file in the first place. I should not NEED to ask for undeletion, since, by all accounts, you shouldn't have deleted it in the first place. May I ask why you did? Sirkidd2003 (talk)

Your file doesn't contain a permission. If the permission you sent is valid, it will be processed by the OTRS volunteers. It may take some time, as there is always a backlog. Regards, Yann (talk) 17:49, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

4 month certainly is a significant backlog (the permission request was received by the content creator in October) and the content creator recieved conformation by one "Alfred Neumann" in December. It looks like I will have to investigate this further. Sirkidd2003 (talk)

OK, I restored it. I don't what happened. Regards, Yann (talk) 18:03, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

Oh! Awesome! Thank you very much! Cheers, mate! Would it now be safe for me to put it back on its associated article? Sirkidd2003 (talk) 18:21, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

Yes, sure. Yann (talk) 18:26, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

This photo

Do you know about the DR on this photo? Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 07:10, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

• Its OK. Admin Taivo has blocked the account temporarily. Kind Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 07:13, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

Missing licence information...

Yann,

You've added a UK PD unknown licence here. As per the licence tag, to be valid under UK law you need to "specify in the image description the research you have carried out to find who the author was". Could you add the details of the research you carried out in order to make it valid? Hchc2009 (talk) 17:40, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Yann, just a reminder - could you add the details of your research into the image description? Most photographs taken in the UK in 1930 remain under copyright, and without evidence of that research into the identity of the author, the image isn't appropriate for being held on the Commons. Hchc2009 (talk) 07:57, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

No, most UK photographs of that time are anonymous and in the public domain. The exception is when the photographer is known. Regards, Yann (talk) 09:36, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Yann, the relevant UK copyright law covering anonymous works is here - section 57 of the 1988 act. This act is fully reflected in the wording of the UK anonymous copyright tag you are attempting to use for the image. An anonymous UK photograph published in 1930 can be considered out of copyright, but only if "reasonable inquiry" has been carried out into the identity of the author or photographer. In effect you can't simply say that you don't know who the author of a photograph is (e.g. "I can't see a name on the image"), rather you have to have reasonably demonstrated that the identity was never known (e.g. "I have checked books, the back of the postcard, the publishers, the internet etc. and can find no reference anywhere, to whom took it"). This aspect of UK law is different to that in France, btw. This is particularly important for a UK image from 1930, as many photographers alive in 1930 will still have been alive in 1946, the UK life + 70 cutoff date at the moment. There's some helpful advice on this for those using UK material here; the Intellectual Property Office in the UK has also issued advice on what constitutes a diligent search, published here. Hchc2009 (talk) 12:30, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Yann, did you have a chance to to look at the wording of the wiki UK-anonymous licence tag, the link to the relevant bits of UK law etc.? If you've identified different UK legal guidance, btw, I'd be very happy to have a look at it in return. Hchc2009 (talk) 08:45, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

Yann - if you're not willing to discuss the case with me, could I suggest a couple of options? We could remove the UK-Anonymous tag, and renominate for deletion. Alternatively, we could seek some third party dispute resolution - possibly seeking the opinion of another admin (I've seen User:Jameslwoodward around on this sort of issue in the past, for example). Hchc2009 (talk) 20:45, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Although Yann and I often disagree on this issue, which is probably why Hchc2009 picked me, I think Yann is right here. This is a postcard -- either there is author information on it or not. If there were author information on it, the uploader would have said so. The only possibility for finding the photographer under these circumstances is a Google hit, and the only Google hits on this image are Commons, WP, or taken from WP. .     Jim . . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 23:47, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

James, the original uploader concerned (Antarchie) doesn't appear to have examined the front of other postcards he uploaded at around the same time; both File:Monmouth Wye Bridge From Air 1920's.jpg and File:Wye Bridge Monmouth Unknown Date.jpg for example, have the publishing house's name (Aerofilms Ltd) clearly displayed on the bottom right, for example, but are listed as author "unknown" and just sourced to "OLD Postcards" (capitals as in the original). File:Monmouth Monnow Mill Before 1923.jpg is listed as author "unknown" and again sourced to "OLD Postcards", but is a well-known postcard by J. Salmon, who put their name prominently on the backs of their work. File:St Thomas' Square and Cross.jpg is another "OLD Postcards" and "unknown" - on the back of it, though, is the publishing house's details (for what it's worth, this is Photo-Precision Ltd, from St Albans, founded after the Second World War in 1946 by two RAF photo reconnaissance officers, Arthur Smith, and Tom English, so most unlikely to be covered by the life+70 claim in the curent licence tag) I therefore don't think there's any particular evidence to suggest that Antarchie carried out the legally required "reasonable inquiry" into the identity of the Monmouth Bridge postcard either - including examining the back of the postcard.

NB: I've done research into postcards for other Commons files, and there is a lot more you can, and must, do than just looking at the back of a postcard - in particular examining books of published photographs from the period, or examining the webpages that list postcard publishers and photographers associated with particular towns, or perhaps posting a query on some of the websites for collectors. It is a pain, I'll agree, but it is also what UK law expects you do to as part of "reasonable inquiry". Hchc2009 (talk) 20:59, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

Image restore request

Hi Yann, First off, thank you for all the huge contributions you make to this community. Following up with you on a deletion that you made for my image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bini_the_Bunny_in_2014.jpg. This image belongs to me and I've gone ahead and followed the steps you requested by sending an email confirming that the image belongs to me. Feel free to check for that email to come through, and, kindly could you restore the image? OR should I re-upload it? Thank you!

If you are the photographer, please send a formal written permission for a free license via COM:OTRS. Yann (talk) 22:41, 16 February 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gluckson (talk • contribs) 05:35, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

@Gluckson: Hi,

The image would be restored by an OTRS volunteer when the permission is processed. There is quite a backlog, so it can take some time. Regards, Yann (talk) 10:48, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

File deletion - AFC_logo_small

Hi, I saw you recently deleted File:AFC_logo_small.jpg. An email has been send to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org to release it under CC BY-SA 4.0. I see you're an OTRS member - would you mind checking? Also for File:NSF_logo.jpg as well. I've never known a backlog like this, just can't get a response from Wikimedia. Thanks. HOgilvy (talk) 11:14, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

 Done I don't see a permission for the second logo, but it is too simple to have a copyright anyway. There is indeed a long backlog in the OTRS permission queue, as we always have a shortage of experienced volunteers willing to do this (boring) task. Regards, Yann (talk) 11:30, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Many thanks - definitely no permission for the NSF logo? I was told they'd sent it. Re copyright, in that case am I able just to add it to its page without any licence? Thanks. HOgilvy (talk) 11:49, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

There is {{PD-Trademark-Text-Logo}}, which is sufficient here. And yes, you can use it in a Wikipedia article. Regards, Yann (talk) 15:49, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Great, thank you. HOgilvy (talk) 11:15, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

About "copyright violations warning"

Two recent photos were uploaded with the express permission from the copyright holder. Here it is - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dok-vo_razresheniya.jpg , the permission. The very thing was posted on the freaking image description AND sent to the OTRS team - however, the images were still deleted via rapid deletion procedure (originally meant for obvious copyright violoations - e.g. taking some other person's copyrighted work and claiming it as your own) instead of normal deletion process and I have no say about it. I bear absolutely no responsibility for OTRS team failing to react to my e-mail in any way. As of now, copyright enforcement policy here starting to look both inept, stupid and heavy handed. --RussianTrooper (talk) 11:45, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi RussianTrooper,

The permission should be send to OTRS, not uploaded on Commons. Then if the permission is valid, the files will be restored. I checked OTRS for your last 2 deleted files, and there is no permission there. Regards, Yann (talk) 17:10, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

The problem is that I've already sent this to the OTRS. Got no response from the OTRS team. And considering this - wouldn't the permission letter uploaded here directly suffice? --RussianTrooper (talk) 00:11, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

@RussianTrooper: Hi, Please see Commons:OTRS/Noticeboard#Request from RussianTrooper. Regards, Yann (talk) 09:37, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Fichier Logo HistoTUB

Bonjour. Je me permet de vous écrire concernant la suppression du fichier File:Logo HistoTUB.jpg.

Je fais partis de l'association HistoTUB et je suis également l'un des créateurs de ce logo. Il n'y a donc aucune violation du Copyright.

Cordialement, Kev22 (talk) 16:12, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Bonjour Kev22,

Comme pour tout document publié ailleurs auparavant, une autorisation écrite formelle est nécessaire. Voyez COM:OTRS/fr pour la procédure. De plus, si votre association n'est pas suffisamment notable pour avoir un article sur Wikipédia, votre logo n'est pas admissible sur Commons. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 16:14, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Re: Tagging copyvios

I normally leave a message on uploader's page, but I missed out this time. I was aware of the gadget for normal deletion, but I wasn't aware about the gadget for speedy deletion. Thanks for pointing it out, I'll use it going forward. Coderzombie (talk) 16:23, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Marjotsy

I have permission use all pictures I uploaded by the author and in the link I show you, you can see the licence.

Hi, I have received a warning about the photos that I uploaded but I was allowed to use them. They have CC-BY-SA 3.0 license. Watch this link: https://www.facebook.com/am.antoniomiguelperez/media_set?set=a.268992916871549.100012825282380&type=3 Marjotsy (talk) 00:15, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Marjotsy,

There are all sorts of images there, including some which are not made by this person. Please ask the copyright owner to forward the permission via COM:OTRS. Regards, Yann (talk) 00:39, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

About your warning and message

All pictures in that link belong Antonio Miguel Pérez and they went taked his camera. Some pictures are of Olga Vicari, photographer who work for this singer and she is contributor of that album like me. If you can see at the begin he wrote: Antonio Miguel Pérez (propietary), Olga Vicari and Margarita Otero Solloso Actualizado hace 4 horas These pictures are licenced under CC-BY-SA 3.0

I need use some of these pictures for an article I am preparing about this famous singer and astrophotographer --Marjotsy (talk) 00:52, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

blocage

Merci de bloquer de nouveau cet utilisateur User talk:Harpal1909 qui charge en masse des images persos.--Macassar (talk) 12:36, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

 Done Yann (talk) 13:10, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

About your warning Copyright violation. Help me please

Hi Yann, I'm trying to do things right and follow the instructions when working on wikipedia but it's really frustrating that despite following them I receive warnings like yours. It paralyzes me and I do not even dare upload any related photos. I showed you the link with the photos that its owner has published on Facebook for the media and even added me to his album as a collaborator to make it appear that he is happy with my use of them. Although my nickname is Marjotsy, my name is as there put on that album Margarita Otero Solloso. Can I upload any of those photos to wikimedia commons or not? What can I do if not? Two years ago I had a similar problem and I obtained the authorization of two children of the actor, they sent emails to wikipedia and to me authorizing the use (photos of Manuel Arvide, actor, of which I created in the article). In spite of it somebody erased them and my article continues without photos. They were mere familiar photographs and they did not know the author. I did not know how to solve it. Now I would like to learn. Thank you for your help and understanding. --Marjotsy (talk) 16:52, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Marjotsy,

If you have a permission for a free license via email, could you please send it to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org? Unfortunately we can't accept recent photos without a permission. Even if people forgot who took them, they are still under a copyright. Otherwise, you could ask the Facebook account to transfer a formal written permission from the copyright owner to COM:OTRS. Regards, Yann (talk) 17:19, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

I did two years ago with my other article and they receive the question "Who are the photographers?. They don't knew... It were their family pictures of their father!!! they were children!!. They gave me permission and they sended this permission to Wikipedia. I can't understand so problems with copyright. If somebody person reclame to wikipedia, then you can delete them (I think this don't will happen because are their pictures and they are their children) and in this case, if the pictures in the page of facebook of the singer are under licence CC-BY-SA.3.0 and if He affirm that there, which is the problem then??? If he create an account in wikipedia and he uploads the pictures himself will be better or more quickly? He is very busy person and I don't want disturb him more, but I want resolve this problem before finish and publish the article and I don't want to have problems with my account. I am a very busy person too. I am nurse and I am mother of five children, but I like colaborate when I can. Wikipedia helped me innumerable times... --Marjotsy (talk) 19:00, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Or tell him to upload them to Flickr? What is faster and safer? I know you will receive many inquiries and you will be tired, but please tell me what you would do to avoid turning and bureaucracies and that I can use any of those photographs. Thank you and Regards. Sorry for my English. I hope you can understand me. --Marjotsy (talk) 19:10, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Marjotsy,

You can try with Flickr, although I am not sure it will work. Regards, Yann (talk) 20:47, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Alleged copyright violation: SA Rugby magazine covers

I have permission to use those three cover images that were removed from SA Rugby magazine's Wikipedia page, from the publishers Highbury Media. I emailed through a letter from the managing director, on a company letterhead, stating this, to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org on 17 February. I can email it to you too, if you wish? – — Preceding unsigned comment added by SimonBorchardt (talk • contribs)

@SimonBorchardt: Hi,

The images would be restored once the permission is processed by OTRS volunteers. There is quite a backlog, so it can take some time. Regards, Yann (talk) 11:14, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

File:Scene bataille chevaux.jpg

Could you please ask the uploader about the original painter of this image? While it seems to be inspired by medieval illuminations, it looks quite modern and copyrighted. So we would require a permission from the painter to have this derivative photo. De728631 (talk) 16:22, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

 Done Yann (talk) 17:11, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Infraction aux droits d'auteur

Bonsoir, je découvre que vous menacer de supprimer certaines de mes importations de fichiers sur Commons. Je vous précise que pour les fichiers concernant les autobus Van Hool, j'ai l'autorisation de cette compagnie d'utiliser ces documents. Pour la carte des réseaux SNCB-SNCV de 1966, il s'agit d'un document trouvé sur le net. Je ne sais pas comment faire pour la licence dans ce cas de figure. De plus, la SNCV n'existe plus depuis le 1 janvier 1991. Merci

Olbaussart75 (talk) 22:53, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Bonjour Olbaussart75,

Pour tout document dont vous n'êtes pas l'auteur, il faut une autorisation écrite formelle du détenteur du copyright. Voyez COM:OTRS/fr pour la procédure. Même si la société n'existe plus, les droits existent pendant au moins 70 ans après la première publication, et quelque fois beaucoup plus longtemps. En particulier, vous n'êtes pas autorisé à copier des documents trouvés sur Internet. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 22:58, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Bonsoir, Pour les documents, j'ai une autorisation reçue par mail. Quant aux documents provenant de la SNCV, celle n'a jamais fait usage d'une quelconque protection légale pour ces documents à destination du public. Contrôler est bien mais l'excès nuit en tout. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Olbaussart75 (talk • contribs) 23:04, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

@Olbaussart75: Désolé, mais ça ne fonctionne pas de cette façon. Tout document a un droit d'auteur par défaut. Merci d'envoyer d'envoyer l'autorisation à permissions-commons-fr@wikimedia.org. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 23:08, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Je chercherais ce mail quand j'en aurais le temps. Vois avez un drôle de notion du domaine. Soit, je n'ai pas envie de discuter des heures pour tourner en rond. Quant au fichier réseau STIC 1990.jpg, il peut être supprimé sans délai; je l'ai recréé au format SVG. Olbaussart75 (talk) 23:14, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

@Olbaussart75: Je connais la question du droit d'auteur sur Internet depuis 20 ans. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 23:20, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

@Yann: Quid des guides horaires et des logotypes d'entreprises présent sur Commons? Olbaussart75 (talk) 23:31, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Bonsoir, les fichiers suivants ont été pris par mes soins:

• File:Linea Latour.JPG
• File:Linea B10M 559139 2.JPG
• File:Linea B10M 559139 1.JPG
• File:Van Hool A120-31P 905111.jpg
• File:Van Hool A120-31 IC DAF 7283.jpg
• File:Van Hool A120-31 DAF 5610.JPG
• File:Van Hool Linea Scania 559135.jpg
• File:Van Hool AU124 7761 (ex-SNCV 4481).JPG

Merci d'enlever votre inique bandeau de suppression.

Le fichier File:Blason STIC.jpg a été créé par mes soins. Merci d'y enlever votre bandeau.

Merci aussi pour votre rôle de grand shérif de Wikimedia Commons. C'est très facile par l'intermédiaire d'un clavier. Olbaussart75 (talk) 23:57, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Olbaussart75: Pourriez-vous noter cette information dans Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Olbaussart75, et corriger la source pour les autres fichiers. Les guides horaires et les logotypes ont aussi un droit d'auteur, à moins qu'ils ne soient très simples. Ils doivent pouvoir être acceptés avec {{PD-ineligible}} ou {{PD-textlogo}}.

Vos sarcasmes sont malvenus ici. Je ne suis qu'un admin volontaire. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 06:53, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Je vous ai répondu dans la demande de suppression. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 15:28, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Your decision

Hey Yann,

I think you are doing good work and I appreciate you as and sysop, but actually I can't understand your decision. I really don't understand for what a photo of a simple postbox will be used. That is why I started the deletion request. Yes I came to the file through other files of the user, but the DR wasn't out of vindictiveness. I am already above this level after 8 years wikimedia projects. And to be clear: I don’t see the use of some more images of this user. But I won't make any more DR correlate this user. Greetings, -- Der Buckesfelder  ^Talk  _Evaluation  ^E-Mail  _commons 08:25, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Der_Buckesfelder, Yes, even a picture of a simple letterbox might be useful. Regards, Yann (talk) 08:54, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

But why and for what? --Der Buckesfelder  ^Talk  _Evaluation  ^E-Mail  _commons 09:16, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

画像削除の件 About deletion of images

わかの観戦日記さんの「わかの観戦日記におけるスタジアムガイドの写真使用について」というページで、「写真の使用を自由化されている」という旨の記述があります。

On the page titled "About using photographs of the stadium guide in the watching game of diary" of the watching watcher diary Wakano, there is a statement that "the use of photos is being liberalized."

一応、「わかの観戦日記におけるスタジアムガイドの写真使用について」に記述されている通りに写真をアップロードをしたのですが、アップロードの過程において、どこかに不備があればそれがどこであるかを教えていただけると助かります。

Once, I uploaded a photo as described in "About the photograph use of the stadium guide in a watching diary of a Waka", but in the upload process, if there is any incompleteness somewhere, tell me where it is I will be saved if you do.

英語は苦手なので拙い文章ですがお許しください。

I am not good at English, so I am sorry but please forgive me．--ゆっくり401 (talk) 07:35, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi ゆっくり401, The link you give is dead for me. Please ask for undeletion on COM:UDR if there is a free license for your files. Regards, Yann (talk) 08:22, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for your nomination.

And by its rotation, without compressing the image. Thank you.--Harpagornis (talk) 11:09, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

File:Bernd Wolfgang Lindemann.jpg

Hi, you deleted File:Bernd Wolfgang Lindemann.jpg. An email has been send to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org from the photographer to release it under CC BY-SA 4.0. I know this, because I've been involved in the process. Could you pleas check this with OTRS and restore the file? Thanks in advance, --ThT (talk) 21:07, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi, It seems ticket:2016091210003777 is related to this file. But as I don't read German, I will let another volunteer taking care of it. Sorry. Regards, Yann (talk) 21:18, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, no problem. Yes, that's the ticket. I just wonder, how this could happen, because the link to the ticket was already on the description page and I got an confirmation e-mail from a German speaking volunteer on Nov. 13th, 2016. Best, --ThT (talk) 16:02, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Because the article is without the picture for a while now and the deletion seems to be a misapprehension, I'll upload the picture again and link it with the ticket:2016091210003777. I hope, that's ok. Best, --ThT (talk) 15:18, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

ThT, only OTRS volunteers are allowed to add permission. Please wait that the permission is processed. Thanks, Yann (talk) 17:08, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

I didn't use {{PermissionOTRS}} but {{OTRS info}}, because the procedure described in COM:OTRS had been completed in November 2016 already (as mentioned above). As far as I understand, the permission had been processed before, because I got an confirmation e-mail from a German speaking volunteer on Nov. 13th, 2016 (From: Permissions Commons de [mailto:permissions-commons-de@wikimedia.org]; Sent: Sonntag, 13. November 2016 12:57; Subject: Re: [Ticket#2016091210003777] Freigabe Foto Prof. Dr. Bernd Wolfgang Lindemann), which explicitly stated Die Datei kann jetzt verwendet werden (The file can now be used). Best, --ThT (talk) 10:06, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

File:Boulevard Plaza, Dubai, UAE.jpg

File:Boulevard Plaza, Dubai, UAE.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has 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 it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

...Captain......Tälk tö me.. 18:23, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

deletion of two files

Hi Yann, It appears you deleted the following two files, citing copyright issues:

• File:Prof_Mark_Stein,_Uni_Munster_by_R.Fischer-Dieskau_©British_Council_-colour-.jpg
• File:Prof_Mark_Stein,_Uni_Munster_by_R.Fischer-Dieskau©British_Council.jpg

The copyright owner, British Council Germany, has granted copyright via email to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org on 16FEB2017. Ticket:2017021310019902 The fact that copyright has been granted was also noted in the file notes.

Therefore, can you please double-check and restore the files.

Thank you!

Lonla — Preceding unsigned comment added by UKLonWikiLa (talk • contribs) 14:57, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

 Done Yann (talk) 15:01, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Yann, thanks for restoring these two files! A note was appended to both files, indicating that "the message was not sufficient to confirm permission for this file". But the email sent by the copyright owner followed the template provided by Wikemedia. So it's unclear, what, exactly the issue might be. Can you help out and spell out what's missing -- if anything. Thanks UKLonWikiLa (talk) 06:51, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

@UKLonWikiLa: Hi, The permission is not validated yet. Regards, Yann (talk) 17:06, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

I see -- thanks for clarifying! UKLonWikiLa (talk) 17:41, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Yann, I had a call from @UKLonWikiLa: and they are still working on a solution and trying to fully understand the requirements of our licenses and what is still missing. (I do not have OTRS access). --Telefonberatung (((☎))) 19:06, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Flags

Could you have a look on the following images? I am not sure that it has correct license?

• File:NandiFlag.jpg
• File:NandiFlag1.jpg
• File:SaivismFlag.png

--AntanO 00:27, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

 Done Tagged, thanks for your help. Yann (talk) 18:17, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

File:Cloris Leachman Phyllis 1974.JPG

Hello. The image File:Cloris Leachman Phyllis 1974.JPG is supposed to be demoted, but it's still listed as VI. May you please de-list it? --George Ho (talk) 05:56, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

 Done Yann (talk) 18:11, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

File:Fukushima Criminal Sharing of Radioactive Waste, by Helen Caldicott.webm

File:Fukushima Criminal Sharing of Radioactive Waste, by Helen Caldicott.webm has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has 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 it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Discasto _talk 13:48, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Henk Fortuin, het Lage Licht

Many thanks for your attempt to improve the photo of this painting. However I think your colours are a bit too strong. You will find a good photo here Werk Henk Fortuin and please look to painting 6. I am also very interested what I did wrong because my version nearly does not contain blue colour-elements. Again, many thanks --Michielverbeek (talk) 16:56, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Michielverbeek,

This version is even less red than mine. Regards, Yann (talk) 18:13, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Yann , but I cannot deny that I think your version is the most beautiful one. However the good photo probably approach the original painting better. And my photo is too yellow, --Michielverbeek (talk) 22:02, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

How do administrators manage the deletion requests?

I'm in the Commons:Deletion_requests/2017/03 page, and there are just too many requests. I'm concerned if my request will ever be seen. Holy Goo (talk) 21:33, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Holy Goo,

Don't worry, your request is there. It will appear and be processed in due time. Regards, Yann (talk) 10:34, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

إليك وساما!

	وسام الاجتهاد
	xokran AAZAM KAMIL (talk) 12:13, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

New

Hello, can you delete the files here, please?--Alaa Najjar :)..! 12:56, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. I requested to delete all user uploaded files (see here), can you deal with this?--Alaa Najjar :)..! 13:09, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)  Done I have deleted all your uploads as requested. De728631 (talk) 13:35, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi De728631: Thanks, but you didn't inform the uploader... Regards, Yann (talk) 15:03, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

Since they left you this message (and also at Krd's page) I thought they would check back here. Also, they should get an automated alert or notice when their uploads are deleted. De728631 (talk) 16:07, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi De728631: It is important to inform the uploader not only so that s/he knows why the files were deleted, but also so that other people know the contributor's upload history. Regards, Yann (talk) 18:22, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

Seriously, do you inform every uploader once you close a deletion request? The uploader initiated this request themselves and I left a link to the discussion in the deletion log. But just for the record, @علاء: , please consider yourself informed. De728631 (talk) 18:27, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

Yes, I inform the uploader every time. I often convert a speedy request to a regular request, so that the uploader gets a message, and then delete the file if the speedy request is justified. I even sometimes undelete a file just to send a notice to the uploader, and I delete it again afterwards. Regards, Yann (talk) 18:31, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

@De728631 and Yann: My request to delete عبد القادر منير files not my files!--Alaa Najjar :)..! 18:42, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

And as I knew that you must inform the user after delete his own files! I think there is an automated msg!--Alaa Najjar :)..! 18:48, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

Note: the user uploaded a new unsuitable files! (see here).--Alaa Najjar :)..! 18:50, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

My apologies to the both of you! You are of course right. Just to be sure, I checked the previous uploads by عبد القادر منير once again, and they were either derivatives of other works or did not have any free licence at the source websites. I have now notified the user in question and will leave the follow-up deletion request to other administrators to decide upon.

Yann, on a related note, I was already beginning to wonder because following the stereotypical prejudice, you as a French guy were supposed to have a more practical approach to strict formalities as opposed to me as a German. But now it's totally clear why you insisted on notifications. De728631 (talk) 19:05, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

Corporaten logo

Hello Yann,

Thank you for your notice. The Payrexx logo which I have uploaded is available from all public sources. Previously I have also asked the company to send an email to Wiki commons to approve that their corporate image can be used. Therefore, I kindly ask you to keep the logo as it is. If you need I can the company to send the confirmation to Wiki commons once again. Loveurope2016 (talk)

Hi Loveurope2016,

"Available from all public sources" doesn't mean anything. All recent documents are under a copyright by default. Please ask the copyright owner to send a permission for a free license via COM:OTRS. Regards, Yann (talk) 15:09, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

Action against User:F-5 Reporter

Bringing to your notice that user User:F-5 Reporter is continuously uploading copyrighted images and logos please take necessary action against him --✝iѵɛɳ२२४०^{†ลℓк †๏ мэ} 09:23, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

 Done Yann (talk) 09:57, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

Also please see my talk page[3] where I received a note which translates "Do me a great favor do not mess with my Tiger Meet post, I clarified that that image is not mine so do not pin your nose where nobody called you. - Preceding unsigned comment added by F-5 Reporter (talk • contribs)" So besides copyright violations, the user appears to be unclear on other aspects of Commons. Ellin Beltz (talk) 16:09, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Ellin. Yann (talk) 14:20, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

Take note of the user

The User:Apilstrs jothish has been repeatedly uploading pictures that has no scope on Commons he has been notified that almost all of his images are against wikimedia Commons rules. They have been marked for deletion but thentoo this user is uploading pictures of his own as if on Facebook please take note of it and take necessary action --✝iѵɛɳ२२४०^{†ลℓк †๏ мэ} 01:57, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

 Done User blocked, files deleted. Yann (talk) 14:30, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

you removed our images.

Stop removing MS.Ford's images. They are her images and she is trying to get her Wiki page together and you guys keep taking her images off. They are her images I work for her she wants them there. I got all the images from her and she expressly requests you STOP taking the stuff down it costs her money to keep paying me to put the images up she is very upset with you. They are all her images she is the owner of them I am her assistant. STOP taking them down. TELL US what we have to do to STOP YOU doing this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maria Ford Fan (talk • contribs)

@Maria Ford Fan: Hi,

You are not allowed to upload files not directly taken by you without a formal written permission. The copyright owner has to send a permission for a free license. Please see COM:OTRS for the procedure. Thanks, Yann (talk) 14:27, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

Where can I send copies of the release forms? We have release forms for the images from the various sources on file. I need this resolving asap.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Maria Ford Fan (talk • contribs)

@Maria Ford Fan: If you are the copyright owner of the same please generate your email by using this link and then send it to permissions-commonswikimedia.org Hope it helps and for more information of the procedure see COM:OTRS --✝iѵɛɳ२२४०^{†ลℓк †๏ мэ} 04:40, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Help/feedback

I have been on Commons since many months and have been picked up for copy vios due to lack of knowledge at the initial stage now I am aware of most procedure/rule on Commons and working for antivandalism so should I request for patroller and filemover right or I lack experience of it? Am asking this from you as I've always referring to you for action against any person who's vandalising Commons. Your feedback will be appreciated for my further step for request --✝iѵɛɳ२२४०^{†ลℓк †๏ мэ} 07:33, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Tiven2240,

Before requesting the filemover right, please rename files with {{Rename}}. Regards, Yann (talk) 09:13, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Dúvidas

Boa noite,

adicionei uma foto que foi removida. Ainda tenho algumas dúvidas que como conseguir inserir uma foto. A foto que postei é uma foto pública, que se encontra em vários lugares na internet, como por exemplo, na orelha do livro "O que é educação física" de Vitor Marinho de Oliveira, no sitio eletrônico de um repositório que o homenageia, em revistas eletrônicas de Educação Física, etc. Esta foto não é pública? Possuo também fotos do biografado que foram tiradas por mim. Lembrando que o biografado já faleceu. Também nãp posso postar? Eu gostaria de ilustrar a pagina que foi criada por mim com a foto do biografado. Apesar de ja ter lido as recomendações da página, confesso que não as compreendi. Você poderia me ajudar a como proceder?

att, Leon Dias (talk) 00:01, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

File:Yana Veva photo by Anna Rozhetskaya (cropped version).jpg

Hello, Yann!
I must apologize I have forgot to add license-header to this derivative work when I uploaded it manually.
Now I have fixed this mistake, thanks so much!
Could you please remove the 'No license' template?
Thanks so much!
Aokoroko (talk) 20:03, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

 Done Yann (talk) 20:13, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Question re File:Jeanne d'Albret & III of Navarre.jpg

Bonjour Yann- Did you ever see this?: File_talk:Jeanne_d'Albret_&_III_of_Navarre.jpg. I have since added some other questions below. --Eric ^{my en.wp talk page} 12:36, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Eric,

Sorry, I didn't see your question. I answered you there. Please ask if you have more questions. Regards, Yann (talk) 14:02, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, Yann! --Eric ^{my en.wp talk page} 16:12, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

New 2

Hello Yann, hope you in good health, user:إبراهيم طه asked me here about the reason of deletion of his file File:Dr.Ahmed musa.jpg, and as he said that he took this picture, and as I saw you wrote the reason as Copyright violation. what is your opinion? Thanks--Alaa Najjar :)..! 09:53, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

This looks like a picture of a picture, sourced as "in Egypt". I doubt the uploader has the permission to license it under a free license. Regards, Yann (talk) 12:01, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Ah, I saw it now in google, I'll talk with the user, and told you if he said a new thing. Thanks--Alaa Najjar :)..! 12:15, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

The user said (here), that he took the original picture, so he had the permission to license it under a free license.--Alaa Najjar :)..! 13:20, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

علاء: He can request undeletion on COM:UDR, but it would be much better if he sends a permission via OTRS. Regards, Yann (talk) 13:22, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

And if you can delete this picture to re-upload it as fair use in ar.wiki. Thanks --Alaa Najjar :)..! 10:35, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

علاء You can do it yourself. Please tell me when it is done. Regards, Yann (talk) 12:01, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

 Done, you can delete it. Thanks--Alaa Najjar :)..! 12:15, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

See Commons:Undeletion_requests/Current_requests#File:Dr.Ahmed_musa.jpg. Yann (talk) 10:41, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Yann,

I want you to see file:Dr.Ahmed musa after proving that it's mine because there isn't anyone restoring it. إبراهيم طه (talk) 14:53, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi إبراهيم طه, Please be patient, it is under discussion on COM:UDR. Regards, Yann (talk) 15:01, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

Photo Permissions

Hi Yann,

I instructed both Tommy Demenkoff and Katherine Wallace to email permission letters using the Wikimedia Commons email template to the provided email, and they did so as instructed with the photos tagged.

Ticket number for Tommy Demenkoff: ticket:2017031510001577 Ticket number for Katherine Wallace: ticket:2017031510023268

If this is not the correct process, I do apologize sincerely and please let me know how they may upload their images.

Kind regards, Amanda — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amandadoyle543 (talk • contribs)

@Amandadoyle543: Hi,

I added the permission to 4 of the images, but for one of them, the EXIF data says "Copyright 2007 by Andrew Gillis/Cascadilla Photography. Permission to reproduce for performance publicity and personal use of actor(s), set designer(s) and costume designer(s) is granted." So a permission from Andrew Gillis is needed.

Could you also add more categories. Regards, Yann (talk) 11:51, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

File:Weapon physicist declassifies rescued nuclear test films.webm

File:Weapon physicist declassifies rescued nuclear test films.webm has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has 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 it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Kaldari (talk) 18:54, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

Piping Commons:Own work/Bystander selfie

Hi. In this edit, you piped Commons:Own work/Bystander selfie to "guideline", which it is not (it is only proposed), and proposed to make it a policy. Please consider piping Commons:Own work/Bystander selfie to "proposed policy" instead, consistent with the discussion you started. Thank you.   — Jeff G. ツ 00:19, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

 Done Yann (talk) 17:42, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Copyright Violations ELIZA Contortionist

Hello Yann, i am see you made a comment about the copyright violations set by User Train2104. These images are made by myself and there are definitely no copyright violations at all. Is something to do from my site ?? Steffen — Preceding unsigned comment added by S.Günthel (talk • contribs) 07:00, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

@S.Günthel: Hi,

Probably yes. I would suggest that you add a mention about the license on your site to avoid any such issue in the future. But as your images are of high resolution with EXIF, there is not much of a problem. Regards, Yann (talk) 17:44, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Warning

Yann, please dont template me for something you are not into. Image i received template was indeed problematic, and i have reverted image correction after i saw that it is wrong. So i have ecery possible right to delete info warning from my page, as that mean i have seen it. So, thank you anyway. --Anastan (talk) 23:06, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Anastan,

Sorry, but that's the policy on Commons. You can archive your talk page, but you should not remove warnings. You can see that on my own talk page. I don't remove warnings even after I deleted the file myself. Thanks, Yann (talk) 23:15, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, Yann, ok. I will take care about that. --Anastan (talk) 23:30, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Notification about possible deletion

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. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Affected:

• File:King James Bible.djvu

Yours sincerely, Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:12, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

What should I do?

Bonjour, Je souhaiterai ajouter une image provenant d'un jeu vidéo afin d'agrémenter une page. J'ai pu voir cette illustration utilisée sur la version anglaise de l'article. Toutefois, wiki commons n'autorise pas le fair use. Dans ce cas, y a-t-il une procédure à suivre? Comment parvenir à utiliser l'image? Merci de votre réponse, Cordialement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ranngoe (talk • contribs) 11:40, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

@Ranngoe: Bonjour,

Cela dépend de Wikipédia en chaque langue, à vérifier localement. Je ne crois pas que Wikipédia en français autorise cela. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 12:20, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

Prevention

Only to get you noticed these two comments [4] e [5], and then if I answer... blocking me. Greetings --LivioAndronico ^(talk) 09:30, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi, Please go out for walk... Yann (talk) 09:40, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

Are you a administrator or a personal trainer? write :"I don't care next time" is more speed. Thank.--LivioAndronico ^(talk) 12:18, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

Actually I am both. ;oD Yann (talk) 15:31, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

About the file you flagged recently

Hello, I saw you flagged this pic. I need to know why is necesary a perimission. Any file only have to use the typical Creative Commons, so, why do I need permission?--VictorPines (talk) 18:39, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi, Because it is a derivative work of the game. Regards, Yann (talk) 18:40, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

Oh hello Yann, I uploaded this image before, it was flagged of screening violation, but my intention was to show the positions of the screen. So, First I talked with some users and we agreed to edit the picture (Cropped and blurred) to avoid copyright violations. Can you check those links, please?

• This was the nomination talk page
• This was my request with Magog The Ogre

My regards.--VictorPines (talk) 19:01, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi, IMO the blurred version is rather pointless, as mentioned in the DR. Regards, Yann (talk) 19:03, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

The image already went through DR, with the closing admin agreeing to keep, since the uploader states he plans to use it. Am I missing something? Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 03:41, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Magog the Ogre, I suppose you mean this DR. It is closed as "Deleted". Regards, Yann (talk) 08:51, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Please see my note in the restoration log.[6]. Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 18:18, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

 Done OK, fine. Yann (talk) 18:21, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Copyright violations

Hello Yann,

Thanks for your friendly message. I am not violating any copyright issues.

I indeed have permissions for the three images you identify.

File:WikiD workshop Melbourne.jpg and File:151011-wikiD - 4-desat.jpg both document wikipedia edit-a-thons which I organised and ran as part of WikiD, a program that was funded through a Wikimedia grant to promote the participation of women in Wikipedia. They were submitted as part of our report to Wikimedia, which was fully accepted by Wikimedia. Both photographs were taken by my colleague Charity Edwards as part of this funded program. We have the full rights to these images.

The other file that you query is File:Julie Willis.jpg.

I commissioned this photograph from a professional photographer. The payment for this work included rights to use the photograph. This occurred some years ago and I do not have the agreement formally documented. I will seek this permission form the photographer, but I am very busy with other commitments, so this may not occur immediately.

In the meantime I ask you to please NOT delete these images, which I do indeed have full rights for. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smdgejc (talk • contribs) 23:56, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

@Smdgejc: Hi,

For File:Julie Willis.jpg, Jonathan Butler has to send a permission. Regards, Yann (talk) 10:03, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

File tagging File:WikiD workshop Melbourne.jpg

Thanks Yann - I (as the author of these images) have sent the permissions email for both File:WikiD workshop Melbourne.jpg and File:151011-wikiD - 4-desat.jpg to OTRS. It has been sent from my work email <email> — Preceding unsigned comment added by Charityedwards (talk • contribs) 02:06, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

 Done Yann (talk) 10:09, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Restauration images File:Thomas Wiesel.png File:Olivier Jornot.png File:Pascal Décaillet.png

Bonjour, Toutes les autorisations pour les fichiers ont été dûment envoyées par mail, telles que la procédure le stipule. Par le passé, cela avait parfaitement fonctionné. Je ne comprends pas ces suppressions et en suis très étonné... Je n'ai violé aucun droit et goûte assez peu aux avertissements reçus. D'avance merci pour la restauration de ces fichiers File:Thomas Wiesel.png File:Olivier Jornot.png File:Pascal Décaillet.png À disposition pour de plus amples informations, Cordialement, --Jschmid1995 (talk) 13:09, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Bonjour Jschmid1995,

Avez-vous le numéro du ticket ? Je n'ai rien trouvé dans les autorisations en français. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 14:30, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Copyright violations and pictures.

Hi Yann. I thank you affectionately that you take the time to constantly check the photos that have been uploaded to the article of arefoo, however I tell you that I am a worker of the television station and I have 100% use of the rights of the photographs not only by part Of the television channel, but by the character. I also take the opportunity to tell you that all the photographs are "behind the scenes" and taken totally by me, precisely to avoid somebody to misinterpret the situation on the rights, ALTHOUGH as I mentioned earlier, I CAN MAY ALSO upload pictures of his programs on television and I would not being violating any cooyright matter since I am the legal representative. As an additional comment and lastly, it seems to me that the "threat" of "this is your last warning" is of, More on a platform like wikipedia and is not the way to address people who try to contribute to improve this colaborative encyclopaedia . Anyway I thank you and wish you the best. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Magicoat (talk • contribs) 16:09, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

@Magicoat: Hi,

I told you not to reupload deleted content. If you want deleted files to be restored, please ask in COM:UDR. For any file previously published elsewhere, or of which you are not the direct and sole creator, please send a permission via COM:OTRS. Regards, Yann (talk) 16:14, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Request

Hi I have a request. For the file File:Flag of the Lugansk People's Republic.svg, could you move the "19:56, 24 June 2014" edition to File:Variant Flag of the Lugansk People's Republic.svg. Also, for the file File:Flag of the Donetsk People's Republic.svg, could you move the "22:59, 11 April 2014", "20:45, 12 May 2014" and "16:19, 16 May 2014" editions to File:Flag of the Donetsk Republic (Organisation).svg ? Regards. --Panam2014 (talk) 16:28, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

File:Tamra 2016.jpg. on Lucid Nation wiki page

I hereby affirm that I Ronnie Pontiac am the creator and sole owner of the exclusive copyright of File:Tamra 2016.jpg as shown and have legal authority in my capacity to release the copyright of that work.

I agree to publish the above-mentioned content under the following free license: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International.

I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work, even in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.

I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites.

I am aware that the copyright holder always retains ownership of the copyright as well as the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by the copyright holder.

I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.

I have sent written affirmation of my ownership of this photo and the other photos on the Lucid Nation page to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org

thank you

Ronnie Pontiac, copyright holder — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theinfinite314 (talk • contribs) 18:40, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Also regarding this message: "Hello Theinfinite314.

It has come to our attention that you have uploaded several files that are copyright violations. You have done so despite requests from editors not to do so, and despite their instructions. See Commons:Licensing for the copyright policy on Wikimedia Commons. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules by subject matter useful.

This is your last warning. Continuing to upload copyright violations will result in your account being blocked. Please leave me a message if you have further questions."

I have uploaded no files after being advised of alleged copyright violations. After receiving notifications from editors I immediately sent affirmations of my ownership of the files in question to the editors who complained as well as to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org. I am concerned that I am being threatened with being blocked despite following instructions to the letter. Unless this unfair threat is removed I will consult with my lawyer on Monday morning. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theinfinite314 (talk • contribs) 18:50, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

@Theinfinite314: Hi,

There is about 45 days of backlog in the English OTRS queue, so please be patient. The file will be restored when the ticket is processed. Regards, Yann (talk) 18:55, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Yann, my apologies for starting a new section, I couldn't figure out how to continue our dialog in the section where you responded to my response. It seems very unfair to me that a file of a photo I took myself should be deleted on the same day that I receive warning to establish my copyright. I am assumed guilty by this action. I also think it very unfair that one must wait 45 days to have the photo restored. Wikipedia should address this unfairness. I hope it will not require a legal challenge to inspire an improvement in Wikipedia protocol. Where can I officially complain about this unethical procedure. I do want to thank you for your efforts to improve wikipedia but punishing innocent people is wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theinfinite314 (talk • contribs) 19:13, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

@Theinfinite314: Hi,

The EXIF data shows that this is a file copied from Facebook. If you are the photographer, could you please upload the original file with full EXIF data (unmodified)? Regards, Yann (talk) 22:10, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Yann, I have uploaded the file from the camera I used. I seem to have labeled and uploaded correctly. Could you please check when you have chance? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theinfinite314 (talk • contribs) 22:12, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

Copyright violations (Jkmarold55)

I fixed many of them 2 days ago. Why are they still like this? I got the owner of the images to send an email to the publishers-commons@wikipedia.org email. Can you help me with this? I am not purposefully causing these issues. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jkmarold55 (talk • contribs) 22:06, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

@Jkmarold55: Hi,

For any content previously published elsewhere, a formal written permission from the copyright owner is needed. Please see COM:OTRS for the procedure. The correct email is permissions-commons@wikimedia.org Regards, Yann (talk) 22:12, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Picture deleted despite permission delivered as requested

Hello Yann,

I see you have deleted a photo I uploaded to Wikimedia Commons despite the fact that I sent an email granting the license as requested. I am the publicist of our association, the photo was taken by one of our members and we have a contract granting me the right to represent his rights regarding this photo. My email to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org was as follows:

"I hereby affirm that I represent Ville Keynäs, the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of the media work https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KAOS_J%C3%A4rvilinna_2014.jpg. I agree to publish the above-mentioned work under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International. I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work, even in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws. I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites. I am aware that the copyright holder always retains ownership of the copyright as well as the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by the copyright holder. I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.

Jaakko Kankaanpää Organization publicist of Ville Keynäs 2017-03-19"

Please advise I went wrong and why my email, generated by the system template, was not appropriate for the purpose. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jkankaanpaa (talk • contribs) 10:51, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

@Jkankaanpaa: Hi,

This image is copied from Facebook, so please wait for the permission to be processed. There is about 45 days of backlog in the OTRS queue, so it may take some time. However the best and fastest way would be that you upload directly the original picture, with full EXIF data. Regards, Yann (talk) 17:49, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

Hello,

Thank you for responding. My client, Eric opened an account in hopes of doing a page and did not realize the parameters for doing a Wikipedia page. He consulted with me to help him as he realized he was unable to do it himself. He did upload several images not understanding the copyright issue.

I have explained to him about Wikipedia use and guidelines. This is also my first time as a publisher dealing with Wikipedia.

I recently uploaded 1 image and did not find an option to claim that Eric has usage rights to the image so i selected the first option as owner. As a publisher, i make sure all my clients have usage rights for any images they post on their websites. I am very firm and serious about this and understand the implications as a publisher.

The recent image Theeantidote.jpg does have permissions by the Photographer Aaron as Eric hired him for a photo shoot in which he was granted all rights for usage. Images used by Eric all have permissions but how can i relate to Wikipedia that he does indeed have them? I found the copyright thing confusing because i don't understand if the Photographer or Eric or I can just convey he has permissions via email.

Also, i tried to delete the previous uploaded files and could not. I wanted to delete the list of images to start fresh but Wikipedia says i have to Administrator. I am also confused about this. It says to create an account which we did but then the Delete Image option is still not available. Is creating a User Account different than creating an Administrative account?

Please advise, we appreciate some constructive How-To input. We are not knowing purposely violating Wikipedia but rather need help understanding how to do it proper.

Also, the Sandbox is an pre-edit/preview environment and also understood as a page pre-approve. How do we know when our page is approved? And will the name i assigned Eric Grant be the name of the page verses Theeantidotemma? I'm having trouble with this clarification by Wikipedia. This is not an easy task endeavor so all input by you or others is very helpful at this point to getting started to turning out a acceptable guidelined page.

Look forward to your input, thank you Brooke — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theeantidotemma (talk • contribs) 20:04, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

@Theeantidotemma: Hi,

For each file, the photographer or copyright owner has to send a permission for a free license. Please see COM:OTRS for the procedure. The files can be restored when the permission is accepted. Regards, Yann (talk) 20:57, 29 March 2017 (UTC)