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September 22

[Privacy Issue] I uploaded my photo via sandbox. I have no idea why it will appear on Commons. Blairynk (talk) 13:01, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[URGENT] I posted it via Sandbox. I have no idea why it will appear here. Blairynk (talk) 13:21, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[URGENT] I posted it via Sandbox. I have no idea why it will appear here. Blairynk (talk) 13:22, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Magazine cover that would be copyrighted discospinster (talk) 00:29, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

French author died in 1959, has not been 70 years after their death, should be undeleted in 2030 Wiiformii (talk) 00:30, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Out of scope: "fictional design" of a flag. Omphalographer (talk) 00:46, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Files uploaded by Zulaja69 (talk · contribs)

Out of scope: various symbols of no clear significance.

Omphalographer (talk) 00:47, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Out of scope: fictitious flag. Omphalographer (talk) 00:48, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Out of scope: photo of unclear significance (looks like a staircase seen through a fisheye lens or a tube?). Omphalographer (talk) 00:50, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nuking the entire category. The sculpture dates to 1975 and was authored by Soviet sculptor Merab Berdzendishvili. As Laos does not have an acceptable Freedom of Panorama, these commercially-licensed images as well as imports from Flickr infringe on sculptor's copyright. Laotian FoP exception is only limited to the "incidental" inclusion of copyrighted public landmarks, which is not the case in all of these images.

JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 00:51, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


This image was previously published on an NWS website, with the attribution at the time:[1][2]

"the identity of the person who took this picture is unknown, Don Fisher, Marion businessman and resident, now has the ownership rights to this photograph, and gave the National Weather Service permission to use this picture."

Deletion was previously requested on March 1, 2008, but the image was kept on the grounds of the wording of the NWS general disclaimer:

"The information on government servers are in the public domain, unless specifically annotated otherwise, and may be used freely by the public"

Opinions expressed in the discussion included that

  1. "If someone gives the National Weather Service permission to use a photo, it is automatically released into the public domain."
  2. "specifically annotated otherwise" necessarily meant a formal copyright notice (with a link to such an example)

The first of these points is nonsense, unless there is some kind of robust mechanism where the rights holder surrenders their rights as part of the submission process. Besides of which, the language of the attribution quite specifically says that Don Fisher "now has the ownership rights to this photograph" (emphasis mine), not that he had transferred those rights to the NWS or abandoned them to put the image in the public domain.

Subsequently, somewhere between 2012 and 2015, the NWS strengthened the language, to clarify:

"While the identity of the person who took this picture is unknown, the ownership rights to this photograph belong to Don Fisher of Marion. We are using this picture with his permission."

(Again, note present tense).

As to the second point, a recent analysis of over 200 third-party images has found that whatever the NWS intends by "specifically noted otherwise" in their disclaimer, images that are known to be protected by copyright are routinely published on NWS websites without formal copyright notices, or sometimes without any attribution at all. Very many examples exist, spanning

The most likely conclusion is that the NWS does not intend "specifically noted otherwise" to mean "specifically noted with a formal copyright notice". Alternatively, if that really is the intention of those words, the NWS has deviated from this intention so thoroughly as to render the disclaimer unreliable as an assertion of public domain status.

This event depicted in this photo took place in 1982. As a photo taken in the US at the time, its copyright status is determined by when and under what circumstances the image was first published. No details of any publication prior to the NWS website have emerged.

Given what we know today about the NWS's attribution practices, there is no evidence of permission that the copyright holder surrendered their copyright. As such, it is presumably unfree and we cannot host it here.

If the identity of the photographer is truly "unknown" (not just unknown to the NWS), and if no prior publication can be found, then this image will enter the public domain as an orphan work in 2103.


Rlandmann (talk) 00:57, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Delete per above. Hurricane Clyde 🌀my talk page! 01:06, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The statue is unlikely to be in public domain; this site tells us that it honors the "First President of the post 1975 regime in Laos." As Laos does not provide acceptable Freedom of Panorama, these commercially-licensed images infringe the copyright of the sculptor who designed the public monument, whoever he/she may be. Sculptor not named in the webpage I cited here, however.

JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 01:03, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Out of scope: a few words of plain text on a white background (マリソル... テ・アモ = "Marisol… te amo"). No clear educational use, inexplicable use of Japanese characters for Spanish text, and not a good computer wallpaper image. Omphalographer (talk) 01:05, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is no acceptable Freedom of Panorama in Laos. The author of this 2003 statue is Maising Chanbouthdy. These commercially-licensed images infringe on the author's copyright over the public monument.

JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 01:09, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


There is no suitable Freedom of Panorama in Laos, and this commercially-licensed image infringes the sculptor's copyright. It appears (as per this article) that the author behind this Vientiane statue was the same who authored the statue of the same figure in Louangphrabang/Luang Prabang: see Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Statue of Sisavang Vong, Luang Prabang for that statue's authorship details; if not the same author, then of the same nationality as the cited article above implies the sculptor is Soviet/Russian and the work dates to the 1970s. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 01:16, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


There is no Freedom of Panorama in Laos, making this commercially-licensed image infringing on the monument designer's copyright. The work, Monument to the Struggle for Socialism, was authored by the Mansudae Art Studio, and it appears to be of recent creation (perhaps post-2000, though the year is not explicitly indicated in the cited article). JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 01:26, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


These were all taken by outside photographers, PD-USGov doesn't apply and no evidence the photographers agreed to freely license these.

Queen of Hearts (talk) 01:28, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, I approve the deletion of the files listed above. vip (talk) 14:46, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Image appears to be taken from Google Maps street view based on the pin appearing in the middle of the picture. WikiEditor50 (talk) 02:22, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Per COM:FOP USA, the plaque containing 3D artwork lacks freedom of panorama. Photo shouldn't belong here. George Ho (talk) 02:41, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Random penis photo, nothing special, unlikely to be useful A1Cafel (talk) 02:58, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Blank image Kiwiz1338 (talk) 03:05, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Non-free game screenshot Astrinko (talk) 03:14, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Similar to UK, there is no FoP for "graphic works" in India A1Cafel (talk) 03:15, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


No freedom of panorama in Indonesia A1Cafel (talk) 03:18, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


No freedom of panorama in France A1Cafel (talk) 03:19, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


likely copyrighted logo John123521 (talk) 03:19, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No freedom of panorama in Indonesia A1Cafel (talk) 03:19, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


No FoP for "graphic works" in the United Kingdom A1Cafel (talk) 03:23, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


No FoP for "graphic works" in the United Kingdom A1Cafel (talk) 03:23, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


No FoP for 2D works in the United States A1Cafel (talk) 03:26, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


No FoP for 2D works in the United States A1Cafel (talk) 03:27, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


No FoP for 2D works in the United States A1Cafel (talk) 03:27, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


No FoP for 2D works in the United States A1Cafel (talk) 03:28, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


No FoP for 2D works in the United States A1Cafel (talk) 03:28, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


No FoP for 2D works in the United States A1Cafel (talk) 03:29, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


No FoP for 2D works in the United States A1Cafel (talk) 03:30, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


This is not for the ads beneath the arrow. It's for the arrow itself. This should fall under de minimis, just like this ad. --13:40, 22 September 2024 (UTC) DanTD (talk) 13:40, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I just replaced the existing photo with a cropped version. You can no longer accuse me of copyright violations. --DanTD (talk) DanTD (talk) 21:52, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No FoP for 2D works in the United States A1Cafel (talk) 03:35, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


No FoP for 2D works in the United States A1Cafel (talk) 03:37, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Am I supposed to comment here? I'm a little confused. This is indeed a photo of an outdoor mural painted on an exterior wall of a prominent and long existing family-owned restaurant. While it begs credulity to assert the mural is intellectual property, it would be even more difficult to prove it ain't. I lack the legal credentials and nuanced jurisprudence of the user who flagged the photo, and must defer to their remarkably expansive interpretation of usage denied to the public. Jerimee (talk) 05:00, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why is it hard for you to imagine that an artist has a copyright over their work? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:05, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No FoP for 2D works in China A1Cafel (talk) 03:41, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


No FoP for 2D works in Taiwan A1Cafel (talk) 03:41, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Derivative work of a copyrighted banner A1Cafel (talk) 03:42, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose : affiche. --ComputerHotline (talk) 06:36, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No FoP for 2D works in the United States A1Cafel (talk) 03:46, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


No FoP for 2D works in the United States A1Cafel (talk) 03:47, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


No FoP for 2D works in Russia A1Cafel (talk) 03:48, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


This is the second photo from a Wiki page about me- Misha Most, that you are tryinh to delete. the page is here for 15 years and i am trying to keep it updated. i am artist and owner of this photo, and of the mural that is depicted on the photo. The photo is linked to the description of my 2017 project. Why are you here with a request to delete it? Misha most (talk) 20:21, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Similar to UK, there is no FoP for "graphic works" in Ireland A1Cafel (talk) 03:58, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Similar to UK, there is no FoP for "graphic works" in Ireland A1Cafel (talk) 03:58, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Files uploaded by Milesraff (talk · contribs)

Out of scope: hoax content. There is no "Shamrock Party" in Ireland; en:Draft:The Shamrock - Irish Mob suggests this may be Grand Theft Auto roleplay.

Omphalographer (talk) 04:17, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have some reason to believe that it is not the uploader's own image. I previously placed the tag {{No source}} before it was reverted the the uploader who said it was their own work, but their two previous uploads of Baugh, File:Baugh Scott Congress (2).jpg and File:Scott Baugh Assembly Floor.jpg, were copyright violations as they were taken from the internet. Photo also has no metadata to go off on as well.

I would need more evidence to believe that the uploader is the photographer and/or copyright holder, although I will note that they have extensively edited Baugh's enwiki page. reppoptalk 04:27, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This AI-upscaled variant of Shakur's driving license photograph looks unnatural, poorly done, distorted, and eerie. If artificial intelligence fails to upscale a historic image with most/all details indistinguishable from the original copy, then therefore it is inauthentic and should be nominated for deletion. RTSthestardust (talk) 05:11, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This file was initially tagged by Εὐθυμένης as no permission (No permission since) Krd 05:59, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This file was initially tagged by ZioNicco as no permission (No permission since) Krd 05:59, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

work (the colored drawing) by an unknown author published in 1924, 120 years have not yet passed since it is unknown ZioNicco (talk) 06:53, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It is a newspaper: it is a printed work. According to Italian laws, copyright expires 70 years after the author's death. In this case, the years since the death of the editor-in-chief are calculated. La Domenica Sportiva was a supplement of Gazzetta dello Sport. When that issue came out, the editor-in-chief was Emilio Colombo (1884-1947). So the 70 years have passed well.--Sentruper (talk) 15:34, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This cannot be an own work by the uploader. The creation of the source is given as 6 October 2020 and following the biography of Rudolf Weih he was born around 1940 and about 80 years old as the picture was made. Probably this is a copy of a passport photo and thus a copy violation.  @xqt 05:56, 22 September 2024 (UTC)  @xqt 06:01, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copyrighted image and this file is not licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. 31.208.26.43 06:22, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - the user continued upload NSTA's photos and there have a recent case see Commons:Deletion requests/Files found with Nay Shwe Thway Aung's Portrait. The user should be blocked immediately. 80.68.107.170 06:28, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Do you guys have any proof that the this image is copyrighted and not licensed under the CCA 3.0 Unported license? I would like to see that evidence myself without you guys having personal opinions and subjective statements about me which I don't need or care. By the way, that photo that you're nominating for deletion of NSTA comes from YouTube. See "This video, screenshot or audio excerpt was originally uploaded on YouTube under a CC license.

Their website states: "YouTube allows users to mark their videos with a Creative Commons CC BY license." To the uploader: You must provide a link (URL) to the original file and the authorship information if available." KhantWiki (talk) 10:24, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note to admin: See Commons:Deletion requests/File:Nay Shwe Thway Aung in December 2018.jpg. 45.132.235.204 13:07, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We have yet to see if this these photos are really copyrighted and licensed under the CCA 3.0 Unported license or not, which I believe that it's copyright free and licensed under the given license. I would rather suggest you all to wait for the admins to discuss about that case rather than making the personal opinions and subjective statements. They will decide whether to keep it or delete it. You all are not the Wikipedia admins here, and you all are just anonymous IP users. So, you don't have any power here, except to voice your opinion about this case. So, let the administrator do the job. KhantWiki (talk) 13:25, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No evidence that the photographer Roy Beusker, identified by metadata, gave permission to freely use this photo. George Ho (talk) 06:57, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lizzie Freeman July 24.jpg Juliath27 (talk) 06:58, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A photo of a person who died in 1990 could not be an own work done in 2024 Leokand (talk) 07:16, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I uploaded it by mistake Jemenuño (talk) 07:35, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cover a book is copyright. Shkuru Afshar (talk) 07:39, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Files uploaded by Mstrems (talk · contribs)

Out of scope: diagrams of unclear significance. These seem like they're meant to illustrate an essay explaining some business or management theory, but that essay is nowhere to be found.

Omphalographer (talk) 07:49, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This character debuted in I Haven't Got a Hat, which is not in the public domain yet. Xeroctic (talk) 07:56, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Out of scope: unused, probably AI-generated image of two humanoid creatures with very pointy hats. Omphalographer (talk) 07:58, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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

Auf Wunsch des Hochladenden wegen Verwendung von KI Gisbert K (talk) 08:12, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Deleted: per nomination. Raymond (talk) 08:31, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Protected copyrighted image, no author no permission used cross wiki for promotional purposes Hoyanova (talk) 08:28, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

no permission from photopgrapher see url which gives Wouter-Keuris-Fotografie Hoyanova (talk) 08:34, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Urheberrechtsverletzung TheTokl (talk) 08:54, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This file was initially tagged by TheTokl as Copyvio (copyvio) and the most recent rationale was: offensichtliche Urheberrechtsverletzung, kein Autor angegeben Yann (talk) 09:44, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The copyvio isn't obvious to me. The picture was uploaded by user "Interalpen-Hotel", an account verified in the German Wikipedia as belonging to the Interalpen-Hotel. The picture is obviously a PR picture of the hotel, so we may assume that the uploader has the necessary rights to upload it. (By the way, I don't like these glossy PR pictures on Commons, but that's not the point.) --Luftschiffhafen (talk) 07:34, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Two credited to Lindsey Blane - not the uploader. PCP for the other which uses the same camera

Gbawden (talk) 09:01, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Non-commercial licence, The NZ encyclopaedia does not allow for commercial works, check here: https://teara.govt.nz/en Traumnovelle (talk) 09:04, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

دعاية أو ترويج  Mohammed Qays  🗣 09:25, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Files uploaded by Carlyecataldo (talk · contribs)

Found online in 2019 - https://medium.com/authority-magazine/how-i-thrive-focusing-my-attention-elsewhere-somehow-jolts-my-brain-with-fashion-expert-cindy-fe3a157343d9 - needs VRT to keep

Gbawden (talk) 09:28, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This file was initially tagged by Jonteemil as Copyvio (copyvio) and the most recent rationale was: COM:TOO Australia is super low so this is a copyvio unfortunately. Yann (talk) 09:32, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Inserito foto errata del monumento Viaggiamocela (talk) 09:33, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


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

Derivative work of a copyrighted poster A1Cafel (talk) 10:27, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]



Kept: Uploader appears to be author of the poster. --Abzeronow (talk) 21:13, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This file was initially tagged by Grandmaster Huon as Copyvio (copyvio) and the most recent rationale was: Derivative work of copyrighted material. Derivative of copyrighted video game characters. Yann (talk) 09:33, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Delete derivative of 1985 mario sprite. Grandmaster Huon (talk) 14:03, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This file was initially tagged by Grandmaster Huon as Copyvio (copyvio) and the most recent rationale was: Derivative work of copyrighted material. Derivative work of copyrighted Hollow Knight Characters. Yann (talk) 09:34, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Delete still heavily derivative of Hollow Knight characters. Grandmaster Huon (talk) 14:07, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This file was initially tagged by Grandmaster Huon as Copyvio (copyvio) and the most recent rationale was: Derivative work of copyrighted material. Derivative work of copyrighted Hollow Knight Characters. Yann (talk) 09:34, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Speedy delete, derivative of copyrighted fandub. Grandmaster Huon (talk) 14:06, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This file was initially tagged by AFBorchert as Copyvio (copyvio) and the most recent rationale was: Has been previously published for the obituary: https://www.kfhpa.com/obituaries/Kathleen-DeBold Image link: https://cdn.tukioswebsites.com/obituary_profile_photo/md/be6bc44f-49c7-4cf2-b134-51cd6014d88a Yann (talk) 09:36, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

According to following comment on the uploader's talk page there will possibly a ticket opened for this image. We should give it some reasonable time frame. Right now I did not find a ticket related to this photo. --AFBorchert (talk) 22:32, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This file was initially tagged by Wiiformii as Copyvio (db-copyvio) and the most recent rationale was: https://www.filmmakers.eu/en/actors/andreas-graebe/audio/31159%7Chelp=off Yann (talk) 09:38, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to request that this file (File:Blue Ensign of South Africa (1910-1928).svg) be renamed to File:Blue Ensign of South Africa (1910–1928).svg, but I found that the File:Blue Ensign of South Africa (1910–1928).svg target page is already taken. Could yours please delete this redirect page (File:Blue Ensign of South Africa (1910–1928).svg)? Thanks. Because I need to make room for my request to be renamed and moved to File:Blue Ensign of South Africa (1910–1928).svg. 反共抗獨光復民國 (talk) 09:40, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Files uploaded by Ieichiba (talk · contribs)

These seem to be uploaded for advertising. Also many different cameras / smartphones, so uncertain copyright.

Yann (talk) 09:43, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No FoP for 2D works in Russia A1Cafel (talk) 09:45, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Modern artworks. Permission from the artist is needed. Please see COM:VRT for the procedure.

Yann (talk) 09:48, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This file was initially tagged by Krorokeroro as Copyvio (copyvio) and the most recent rationale was: Copyright © 2017-2018 WW2备忘录 All rights reserved |url=http://juntuanwang.com/static/uploads/general/140/18691_20220222214943718752.jpg
http://juntuanwang.com/general/18691
PD-Japan-oldphoto? Yann (talk) 09:49, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This file was initially tagged by Quick1984 as Copyvio (copyvio) and the most recent rationale was: Fake own work claim, grabbed from [3] Yann (talk) 09:51, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Per enwiki, the sculpture was only a temporary display in Sweden, so it cannot benefit from FOP A1Cafel (talk) 09:52, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Files uploaded by Lisäyksiä (talk · contribs)

Probably not own work. For example File:Tour01-photo01.jpg is available at [4].

Antti T. Leppänen (talk) 09:53, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Per enwiki, the sculpture was only a temporary display in Switzerland, so it cannot benefit from FOP A1Cafel (talk) 09:53, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Per enwiki, the sculpture was only a temporary display in Switzerland, so it cannot benefit from FOP A1Cafel (talk) 09:53, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


No FoP for 3D works in USA, artist Louise Bourgeois died in 2010 A1Cafel (talk) 09:57, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Newspaper's page is copyright. Shkuru Afshar (talk) 10:36, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is a photo of copyright magazine. Suspicious of copyright violation. Shkuru Afshar (talk) 10:40, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Signature of another person by definition cannot be own work. Real source is needed. And signatures are protected with copyright in some countries. Taivo (talk) 10:45, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Files uploaded by Garcia.wiki (talk · contribs)

Professional/ official photos with no exif, unlikely to be own work as claimed

Gbawden (talk) 11:15, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not own work. 191.125.174.92 11:41, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not an own work. 191.125.174.92 11:42, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Video game screenshot; no further details in the source page about a creative commons license 2A02:810D:4AC0:26A8:1463:873E:3B7A:C89 11:57, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Possible copyvio: Are we sure it is in public domain? Do we know the date of the death of Hristo? Also the name of the author is translated by Uploaded by Hristo. VRT requested: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikimedia_VRT_release_generator CoffeeEngineer (talk) 12:01, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Self-created artwork without obvious educational use: self proposed flag for a personal project of the user that does not exist in real life DovaModaal (talk) 12:23, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Missed to to cover the carplates - please delete. Wikitarisch (talk) 12:35, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

COM:PACKAGE Solomon203 (talk) 12:49, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copied from facebook. Original author is not known. No way to know for certain that this was "published" between the dates required for PD-US 1978-1989. The date a photo was shot is not necessarily the date it was published. Likely a Boeing or Piedmont copyrighted photo. Dual Freq (talk) 12:56, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Delete per nom. No evidence that the image is in the public domain. Aviationwikiflight (talk) 14:40, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Delete: Agree with the reasons stated by the nominator. Unknown author, evidence given for public domain category, and copyright status are all lacking/not there at all. Hacked (Talk|Contribs) 21:22, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This photo of the same photographer at the same location is even worse. You may request to delete it instead of the one showning tourism

I rotated the photo, and now it isn't too bad. Please keep. This file was initially tagged by Nv8200pa as Speedy (SD) and the most recent rationale was: F10 NearEMPTiness (talk) 12:58, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Doublon avec Fileː2013-04-12 15-15-25-nuages.jpg Selmoval (talk) 12:58, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[Privacy Issue] I uploaded my photo via sandbox. I have no idea why it will appear on Commons. Blairynk (talk) 13:02, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[URGENT] I posted it via Sandbox. I have no idea why it will appear here. Blairynk (talk) 13:21, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[URGENT] I posted it via Sandbox. I have no idea why it will appear here. Blairynk (talk) 13:22, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is a copyrighted image and not licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. The user has received many warnings about copyright violation, but he doesn't care about those warnings and continues to do it repeatedly. See an example, Commons:Deletion requests/File:Nay Shwe Thway Aung's Official Portrait on May 2018.jpg and see talk page User talk:KhantWiki. We need action on this user. 45.132.235.204 13:07, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Go ahead, take your action. I'm waiting. Make sure your evidence is 100% correct. KhantWiki (talk) 14:37, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This German Notgeld (emergency money) bill from the 1920s is a work by Karl Lindegre(e)n, who died in 1970. So it is not in the public domain in Germany yet, and the file should be deleted. It can be restored in 2041. Rosenzweig τ 13:09, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Wrong file name. LalaJackman (talk) 13:12, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Content protected by copyright from a television channel. Riad Salih (talk) 13:13, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Its my personal photo Ardakocaa (talk) 18:07, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

this is my personal photo. Ardakocae (talk) 12:31, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]


Deleted: Out of scope. --Yann (talk) 12:52, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This is my personal photo and i don't want it to be based on internet anymore. Ardakocae (talk) 13:17, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[Privacy Issue] I uploaded my photo via sandbox. I have no idea why it will appear on Commons. Blairynk (talk) 13:02, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[URGENT] I posted it via Sandbox. I have no idea why it will appear here. Blairynk (talk) 13:21, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[URGENT] I posted it via Sandbox. I have no idea why it will appear here. Blairynk (talk) 13:22, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

These 1921 German Notgeld (emergency money) bills are works of de:Fritz Koch-Gotha, who died in 1956. So they are not in the public domain in Germany yet, and the files should be deleted. They can be restored in 2027.

Rosenzweig τ 13:26, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Files uploaded by Ashtronjde (talk · contribs)

i just need pictures for my own use: Commons is not your personal free web host.

Achim55 (talk) 13:27, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

these are all my own works though. how do i fill out the license to prove that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashtronjde (talk • contribs) 14:48, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright? Is this single contribution of the user "own work"? The metadata gives "Auteursrechtenhouder: Erin Dvorak Clark" Wouter (talk) 13:29, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Commons:Nudity#New uploads that are not special enough to be educationally useful A1Cafel (talk) 09:49, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]



Deleted: per nomination. --IronGargoyle (talk) 00:35, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

삭제요청ㅏㅏㅏㅏㅏㅏㅏㅏㅏㅏㅏㅏㅏㅏㅏㅏㅏㅏ Qianyy (talk) 13:35, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

삭제요청ㅇㅇㅇㅇㅇㅇㅇㅇㅇㅇㅇㅇㅇㅇㅇ Qianyy (talk) 13:36, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

삭제ㅔㅔㅔㅔㅔㅔ Qianyy (talk) 14:14, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Duplicate. Lower resolution version of File:Roopam Sharma Innovator.jpg Nv8200p (talk) 13:59, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Derivative work of copyrighted video game characters. OTRS permission doesn't exempt it from that. Grandmaster Huon (talk) 14:04, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

really bad quality; the category has more than enough good pictures; not in use MeAmME (talk) 14:16, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio from [5], which credits "Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images" MIDI (talk) 14:24, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Adamant1 added a speedy deletion, but this gallery does not comply to the conditions. His reason is: There's one image in here of the rose that gallery actually relates. The others relate to family mebers, but I don't think this is appropriate level in the categories for a gallery about roses that are related. I do not agree: you can set up a a gallery any way you want to. This gallery shows the differences between one rose and its offspring. I do not see why that is a problem. JopkeB (talk) 14:34, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You can set up a a gallery any way you want to. That's patently false. Per the guideline "Depending on the subject, there are other things you may want to include in a gallery. This may be a navigation bar, a taxonomy box, links to sister projects besides Wikipedia, among other things specific to the topic." I think the fact that it specifically mentions taxonomy means that galleries for a specific sub-species aren't meant to include to images of family members or whatever their called. Regardless as I've mentioned other places, I don't see why this same thing can't be done a couple of parent categories for the more general topic. There's absolutely no reason to have galleries for a sub-species where there's only a single of it and then three times as many for other plants. This is a gallery about Rosa 'Happiness'. Not "roses." I don't see you acknowledging that or saying why you think it shouldn't be done that way either. You could at least give me a reason why you think a parent category for the species more generally wouldn't be better. Essentially all you've done is ignore my attempts to discuss things and cried to admins about it. --Adamant1 (talk) 14:43, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
See my comment at Commons:Deletion requests/Rosa 'Hamburg'. JopkeB (talk) 06:15, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Adamant1 added a speedy deletion, but this gallery does not comply to the conditions. His reason is: There's one image in here of the rose that gallery actually relates. The others relate to family mebers, but I don't think this is appropriate level in the categories for a gallery about roses that are related. I do not agree: you can set up a a gallery any way you want to. This gallery shows the differences between one rose and its offspring. I do not see why that is a problem. JopkeB (talk) 14:37, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You can set up a a gallery any way you want to. That's patently false. Per the guideline "Depending on the subject, there are other things you may want to include in a gallery. This may be a navigation bar, a taxonomy box, links to sister projects besides Wikipedia, among other things specific to the topic." I think the fact that it specifically mentions taxonomy means that galleries for a specific sub-species aren't meant to include to images of family members or whatever their called. Regardless as I've mentioned other places, I don't see why this same thing can't be done a couple of parent categories for the more general topic. There's absolutely no reason to have galleries for a sub-species where there's only a single of it and then three times as many for other plants. This is a gallery about Rosa 'Happiness'. Not "roses." I don't see you acknowledging that or saying why you think it shouldn't be done that way either. You could at least give me a reason why you think a parent category for the species more generally wouldn't be better. Essentially all you've done is ignore my attempts to discuss things and cried to admins about it. --Adamant1 (talk) 14:44, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The guideline as you quoted it, mentions the word "may", not "should", "must" or "have to". So in this case a taxonomy box may be included, but is not mandatory. And it is not mandatory either to show only images about the subject in the strict sense, you may also show related images, as in this case. There is no strict format for galleries, for any subject. There may even be two or more gallery pages about one subject, each with another purpose and format.
And the creators may choose the subject, as narrow or broad as they want to. You can propose to merge a gallery page with another (not make it mandatory), but IMO it is not a reason to delete a gallery page. JopkeB (talk) 06:13, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@JopkeB: There's a difference between choosing a broad subject and having a gallery for a specific topic that contains images that aren't even in the category or related to it. I'm sure you get the difference. 100% this would be fine if it was one or two level's up in the category structure, but if it's a gallery for images of "Rosa 'Hamburg'" then it shouldn't have more images of things that aren't Rosa 'Hamburg' then actual flower that the gallery is suppose to be about. It's totally ridiculous and pointless to have one image of Rosa 'Hamburg' and four of another flower. I could give a crap if they related. That's not the point in the gallery. Otherwise your just advocating for turning galleries for specific flowers into pseudo articles about roses more broadly. -Adamant1 (talk) 14:13, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry Adamant1 but I have to agree with JopkeB. Ww2censor (talk) 14:06, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Ww2censor: I wasn't aware this was a vote. Regardless, what exactly do you agree with JopkeB about? Also what do you think about my comment above this that the point in a gallery for a specific subject shouldn't have more images of something else then the actual subject the gallery is about? I really don't see how that's an appropriate usage of a gallery. It's just turning them into pseudo Wikipedia articles about more general subjects then they should be about. --Adamant1 (talk) 14:13, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ok Adamant1 ok you don't want to vote, so take it as a comment. I agree with virtually all of JopkeB's comments. Ww2censor (talk) 14:24, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Ww2censor: I don't care either way. I actually thought this the talk page of the gallery. I didn't know JopkeB had turned it into a deletion request. So maybe chill out and assume good faith. That's fine if you agree with JopkeB. I'm just interested in why you think it's useful to keep the gallery when it only has one image of Rosa 'Hamburg' and 4 of other flowers. Since to me this should mainly, if not exclusively, be a gallery about Rosa 'Hamburg' since that's the title and whatnot. Of course you don't have to answer it, but I am interested in your opinion. --Adamant1 (talk) 14:28, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Lean toward keep though I wouldn't mind seeing this content upmerged into a broader gallery (or, alternatively, to add more images here). For plant identification purposes, it is very useful to have images of the pure Rosa 'Hamburg' in the same place as crossed cultivars.
@Adamant1: this shouldn't be some sort of exercise in purity. Rearranging or moving content in a way that better serves users would be great, but clearly this is useful content, and we should not simply delete it, let alone speedy-delete it. - Jmabel ! talk 14:30, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel: I'm certainly not treating it as an exercise in purity. I think JopkeB is by acting like there's only one correct way to do this. I was actually planning on creating a gallery further up in the category structure at some point once this is all dealt with though, but I don't really see the point in doing that if every little minor single image gallery is kept just because JopkeB is being uptight and dishonest about it. I think that's a better option with these types of galleries though. --Adamant1 (talk) 14:34, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Adamant1: there would still be plenty of point to a broader gallery somewhere up the hierarchy. (The presence of this doesn't make that less useful.) And then some of these possibly too-narrow gallery pages could become redirects to sections of the broader gallery, and you'd probably get a lot more consensus for that than for outright deletion. - Jmabel ! talk 14:38, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That's fair. Just to be clear these types of galleries are only like .01% of the ones I've been nominating for deletion in the first place and I could ultimately care less about them outside of JopkeB throwing a fit over the whole thing. At least IMO the other 99.9% either qualify for GA1 because they only contain a single image or GA2 because they are pseudo articles. I have no issue with the 3 out of 2000+ galleries that contain images of offspring being kept though. I'm not the one who made a stink about it to begin with. I actually reverted a couple of speedy deletion after JopkeB asked me to and I probably would have done the same here if she had of given me a chance to. So this isn't even my issue and I could ultimately give a fuck about it. I'll wait until the current crop of speedy deletions are dealt with before nominating anymore for deletion though. --Adamant1 (talk) 14:45, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fandom disclaimer only covers text, images are not automatically CC-BY-SA, they can still be copyrighted. No evidence that the photographer released the image under a free license. Consigned (talk) 14:41, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fandom disclaimer only covers text - images are not automatically CC-BY-SA, they can still be copyrighted. We have no indication that the image creator or copyright holder released the image under a free license. Consigned (talk) 14:44, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Map generally is redundant to File:2024 Thuringian state election - Map.svg. It also has some errors (boundaries of constituencies, results/percentages, etc), see discussion; the creator didn't react. 84.184.101.250 14:54, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

per Commons:Deletion requests/File:Wanchalerm Save วันเฉลิม.jpg; COM:DW of a non-permanent 2D poster. Not covered under FOP. --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 14:56, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Perché la foto ritrae il Ponte San Francesco di Paola, comunemente chiamato Ponte Girevole Giacomo Resta (talk) 15:17, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


uploader request Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (please tag me) 15:31, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A film still from Mere Mehboob which released in 1963. Only a film's producer or director can be credited as the source/author of a film still which in this case is filmmaker H. S. Rawail. GaiusAugustine (talk) 15:29, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not clear pic Soumava2002 (talk) 15:35, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


how is this a video when it's an OGG file? Prototyperspective (talk) 15:40, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unused.. Adinar0012 (talk) 15:46, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Yann: I noticed you warned the user about spurious deletion requests, and I believe that the user is continuing to file such requests like this one: I don't think we delete files just because it was unused outside Commons? --Minoa (talk) 23:51, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, but this is a derivative work of the famous Tiananmen Tanks photograph, which is under a copyright. Yann (talk) 08:04, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unused.. Adinar0012 (talk) 15:47, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unused.. Adinar0012 (talk) 15:47, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The whole complex was created as a collaboration between the sculptor Vasos Falireas (died in 1979) and the architect Solon Kydoniatis (died in 2001). As a result and since there's no FOP in Greece, all files in this category, except case by case possible "de minimis" situations, should be deleted.

🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 15:57, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PS. Please also add files: File:Athena statue (Pedion Areos) 08 36 26 397000.jpeg and File:Athena statue (Pedion Areos) 08 37 16 981000.jpeg. --🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 17:15, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Its sculptor, Vasos Falireas, only died in 1979. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 16:00, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Its sculptor, Vasos Falireas, only died in 1979. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, all files in this category should be deleted.

🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 16:01, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This sculpture is in SWITZERLAND, not in Greece, {{FoP-Switzerland}} is relevant. MHM (talk) 20:55, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Its sculptor, Vassilis Doropoulos, is well alive. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 16:06, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Its sculptor, Vassilis Doropoulos, is well alive. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 16:07, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Its sculptor, Vassilis Doropoulos, is well alive. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 16:07, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Its sculptor, Vassilis Doropoulos, is well alive. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, all files in this category should be deleted.

🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 16:08, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Потенциально является производным произведением от материала, защищенного авторским правом (обложка диска) Emil Dalalyan (talk) 16:08, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Its sculptor, Vassilis Doropoulos, is well alive. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 16:10, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Its sculptor, Vassilis Doropoulos, is well alive. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 16:10, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Way too recent as a bulding/structure in order to fall out of copyrights, since there's no FOP in Greece. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 16:14, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Way too recent as a bulding/structure in order to fall out of copyrights, since there's no FOP in Greece. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 16:15, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Way too recent as a bulding/structure in order to fall out of copyrights, since there's no FOP in Greece. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 16:15, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Way too recent as a bulding/structure in order to fall out of copyrights, since there's no FOP in Greece. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 16:16, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Clearly something doesn't seem to be right with the licensing info of the file here. Indeed, it is claimed to originate from the indymedia website, with first date of publication being that of May 11th, 2011. However, from a quick research using the tools available, many websites (ex.here) seem to use this very same photo on the date of October 6th, 2011, most probably the actual date on which the attacke towards the dog really happened. As such, I guess that this all should lead towards a possible (?) copyrights violation. 🤷‍♂️ 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 16:25, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Street art also has copyrights, and, in this case at least, it is clearly signed on the upper left side. As a result and since there's no FOP in Greece, all files in this category should be deleted.

🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 16:50, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Unlikely own work. Metadata points to Facebook and the user uploaded several copyvios in the past. Günther Frager (talk) 16:52, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Street art also has copyrights, and, in this case at least, it is clearly an eponymous one. As a result and since there's no FOP in Greece, all files in this category should be deleted.

🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 16:54, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


This image only contains Chinese, Chinese Pinyin and Czech for "truthfulness", "compassion" and "forbearance". Not educationally useful. Miyakoo (talk) 16:58, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Street art also has copyrights, and, in this case at least, it is clearly an eponymous one. As a result and since there's no FOP in Greece, all files in this category should be deleted.

🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 16:58, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


These German Notgeld (emergency money) bills from the 1920s are works of Georg Kühlborn, who died in 1978. So they are not in the public domain in Germany yet, and the files should be deleted. They can be restored in 2049.

Rosenzweig τ 16:59, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


The statue in question was created by Francesco Parisi (died in 1956). As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, all files in this category should be deleted. PS. With the exception, of course, of any "de minimis" cases.

🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 17:04, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


The creator of all those sculptures, Giannis Pappas, only died in 2005. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, all files in this category should be deleted.

🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 17:08, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sureǃ Whatever is best for the community. ː-) What I am not sure about, though, is whether this includes items which are property of a museum. At any rate, it is your call. Cheersǃ George E. Koronaios (talk) 18:28, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


The creator of this specific sculpture, Giannis Pappas, only died in 2005. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, all selected here files from this category should be deleted.

🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 17:09, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


As to https://www.3gpp.org/about-us/legal-matters/logo-usage, this logo is not licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International BaduFerreira (talk) 17:09, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The creator of this specific sculpture, Giannis Pappas, only died in 2005. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, all files in this category should be deleted.

🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 17:24, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


The creator of this specific sculpture, Giannis Pappas, only died in 2005. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 17:25, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


The creator of this specific sculpture, Giannis Pappas, only died in 2005. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 17:27, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

An earnest request in response to your deletion request, based on the following points you may not be aware of: Though Freedom of Panorama is not yet part of Greek copyright law, Greece recogizes the importance of public monuments as a special category deserving more lenient copyright treatment. Under Greek Law 2121/1993,
"Άρθρο 26: Χρήση εικόνων με έργα σε δημόσιους χώρους
Επιτρέπεται, χωρίς άδεια του δημιουργού και χωρίς αμοιβή, η περιστασιακή αναπαραγωγή και διάδοση με μέσα μαζικής επικοινωνίας εικόνων με έργα αρχιτεκτονικής, εικαστικών τεχνών, φωτογραφίας ή εφαρμοσμένων τεχνών, που βρίσκονται μονίμως σε δημόσιο χώρο.
The occasional reproduction and communication by the mass media of images of architectural works, fine art works, photographs or works of applied art, which are sited permanently in a public place, shall be permissible, without the consent of the author and without payment."
Using this freedom, every newspaper website in Greece displays photographs of dozens of copyrighted public monuments. Whole websites are devoted to recording them, with zero complaint from the artist/copyright holders. This is natural, because artists recognize that the works of public art they produce increase their prestige and the value of their non-public art. Indeed, a key problem artists face is the difficulty in linking their name to the public art they produce.
Because of the work I have done in creating Wikidata items for public monuments in Greece (see //www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Greece/Sculpted_Memory_in_Greece) it is possible to link each photo of such a monument in Commons with the structured data that identifies the creator and to its subject. This is a very significant contribution to making public memorials serve the purposes for which they are created.
Public monuments play a crucial role in building civic memory and encouraging future benefactors. Unfortunately, most public artwork quickly becomes invisible to most of the population, and monuments tend to lose their power to educate and inspire. Sculptured monuments need to be recorded in printed works and online, first to encourage people to visit them or at least see them with fresh eyes; second to maintain a record, because public monuments are vulnerable to damage or theft; and third for art-historical purposes.
Note that portrait statues are themselves generally derivative works from photographs, unacknowledged and unpunished. Note too that a simple photograph with a hand-held camera in natural light of a 3-dimensional sculptural work is even more derivative. It is not a replica of the original work but an adaptation. The imposition of copyright prohibitions has been a squalid attempt by powerful publishers to maintain their market share, not a defense of artists and their economic interests.
Thus, before deleting these images I and others have laboriously uploaded and tagged, let us explore collectively the possibility of persuading the Greek Fine Arts Chamber EETE and the Greek Ministry of Culture to see if it is possible to promulgate a legal interpretation or even a legal amendment that reassures Wikimedia Commons it can indeed play the role it is designed to play in protecting and disseminating knowledge of key cultural heritage. For example, a sentence such as: " When the purpose of a sculpted artwork sited permanently in a public place is to commemorate historical persons or historical events, reproduction and communication of images of that work shall be freely permissible, provided the name of the artist and the identity of the person(s) or event(s) commemorated are included together with the image."
Please let me know if you are interested in pursuing this. As a foreigner, I receive no reply to my emails to Greek authorities. JBradyK (talk) 18:26, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


The creator of this specific sculpture, Giannis Pappas, only died in 2005. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 17:30, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


The creator of this specific sculpture, Giannis Pappas, only died in 2005. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 17:31, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


The creator of this specific sculpture, Giannis Pappas, only died in 2005. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 17:31, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Its sculptor, Anastasia Papadoperaki, is well alive. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 17:34, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Its sculptor, Anastasia Papadoperaki, is well alive. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 17:34, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Uploading a new version. SusanRichards85 (talk) 17:45, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Uploading a new version.(From author: SusanRichards85) SusanRichards85 (talk) 17:47, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


je veux qu'elle soit supprimé de mon compte Val3490 (talk) 18:07, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Created - only - in 2010, this sculpture clearly isn't compliant to the country's lack of FOP. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 18:08, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


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

Facebook photo 186.174.13.58 03:29, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Kept: no valid reason for deletion. --Gbawden (talk) 09:40, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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

From Facebook or not, this image is not within the scope of Commons. The uploader has uploaded several such OOS files in the past. The words "no scope' were somehow removed by the uploader from the previous discussion, which caused the closing admin not to be able to evaluate the deletion request accordingly. Go Back And Watch Deletion Entry Neutrally please. 186.172.27.62 18:08, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Keep It was removed because it was a blatant troll, for which you deserve nothing but a block. In any case, it is obviously on scope, as according to the publishing data, it's a self portrait of well known Indian photojournalist and actor Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury on his youth. Darwin Ahoy! 18:39, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Kept: Speedy keep. --Gbawden (talk) 06:38, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Its sculptor, Anastasia Papadoperaki, is well alive. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 18:10, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Its sculptor, Anastasia Papadoperaki, is well alive. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, all files in this category should be deleted.

🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 18:12, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Files uploaded by SilverosaDIMB (talk · contribs)

Out of scope: plain text.

Omphalographer (talk) 18:13, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Files uploaded by Np3414 (talk · contribs)

Out of scope: plain text.

Omphalographer (talk) 18:15, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Its creator, Michalis Kassis, is well alive. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 18:15, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


unten rechts: Copyrighthinweis (Lizenzwaschung) 2A02:3100:A892:2200:A5D9:DFE:987:7D21 18:18, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Out of scope: unused, unusably low quality photo of the Washington Monument. Omphalographer (talk) 18:19, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If we take into consideration the fact that this specific monument is related to the Imia crisis, which took place in the 1990s, then this monument isn't compatible at all with the lack of FOP in Greece. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 18:22, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Not in the public domain on the URAA date (January 1,1996 for India & April 23, 2004 for Nepal). GaiusAugustine (talk) 17:51, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A film still from Ladka Ladki which released in 1966. Only a film's producer or director can be credited as the source/author of a film still which in this case is Som Haskar & Hargovind Duggal. GaiusAugustine (talk) 18:01, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A film still from Vanji Kottai Valipan which released in 1958. Only a film's producer or director can be credited as the source/author of a film still which in this case is SS Vasan. GaiusAugustine (talk) 18:07, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A film still from New Delhi which released in 1956. Only a film's producer or director can be credited as the source/author of a film still which in this case is filmmaker Mohan Segal. GaiusAugustine (talk) 17:56, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Its sculptor, Vasos Falireas, only died in 1979. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 18:38, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Its sculptor, Aphrodite Liti, is well alive. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 18:39, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


If we take into consideration the fact that this specific monument is related to Nikos Xylouris, who died in the 1980s, then this monument isn't compatible at all with the lack of FOP in Greece. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 18:42, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


If we take into consideration the fact that this specific monument is related to Nikos Xylouris, who died in the 1980s, then this monument isn't compatible at all with the lack of FOP in Greece. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 18:43, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Files uploaded by WerkStadt Berlin (talk · contribs)

copyright violation; contemporary artworks; no freedom of panorama.

Martin Sg. (talk) 19:06, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Files featuring various artists

Not in the public domain on the URAA date (January 1, 1996 for India & April 23, 2004 for Nepal).

GaiusAugustine (talk) 18:28, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Itts a lower quality copy of the same photo: File:Varavra Ivanovna Naryshkina (by P. E. Stroehling).jpg and File:Varavra Ivanovna Naryshkina (by P. E. Stroehling).jpg Ecummenic (talk) 19:09, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The fact that uploader owns the photo does not give him/her right to publish it under free license. I suspect copyright violation. The photo can be in public domain due to age, but real source and first publication data are needed to determine that. Taivo (talk) 19:15, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not own, likely copyrighted. Google Lens shows this image from various sites. HistoryofIran (talk) 19:22, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly above COM:TOO Costa Rica which doesn't exist. Jonteemil (talk) 19:51, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Would this be copyrighted as derivative work or the trophy? Jonteemil (talk) 19:52, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Files uploaded by Islam bkr (talk · contribs)

Seem like official club photos, hence unlikely to be own work. Proof of permission is required.

Jonteemil (talk) 19:53, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File page says {{tq| Jordan Zabaneh, Executive of the Premier League of Belize sent me this logo personally, and asked me to upload to the relevant Wikipedia entry.}} This is insufficient to prove that the copyright holder has released the rights. Proof of permisson needs to be sent to COM:VRT. Jonteemil (talk) 19:58, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Might be above TOO, especially the pink details above and below T20. Jonteemil (talk) 20:01, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Created only in 2007, it clearly doesn't meet the lack of FOP criteria in Greece. As a result, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 20:07, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]




myphotosteprember

I looked through some of my uploads (photos that I took) that I couldn't determine the date or author of, so I think it's better to delete them. thanks.--Cruz.croce (talk) 20:16, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

LeWitt and Him died in 1991 and 1982 respectively Tekstman (talk) 20:25, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Would they hold the copyright though? If this had been a UK work, rather than Dutch, the copyright would have gone to the government and it would now be freely usable. What's the Dutch situation for a poster like this? Andy Dingley (talk) 21:10, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Keep Commissioned work. (Dutch Copyright Act, Art. 7). Vysotsky (talk) 22:24, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rubbish without licence Bahnmoeller (talk) 20:29, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Its sculptor, Christoforos Natsios, only died in 1977. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 20:35, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Its sculptor, Christoforos Natsios, only died in 1977. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 20:36, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Its sculptor, Christoforos Natsios, only died in 1977. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 20:38, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


The creator of this specific sculpture, Giannis Pappas, only died in 2005. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, all files in this category should be deleted. Except, of course, any case by case "de minimis" exceptions.

🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 20:42, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


The creator of this specific sculpture, Giannis Pappas, only died in 2005. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 20:43, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


The creator of this specific sculpture, Giannis Pappas, only died in 2005. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 20:49, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


The creator of this specific sculpture, Giannis Pappas, only died in 2005. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 20:50, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


The creator of this specific sculpture, Giannis Pappas, only died in 2005. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 20:50, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


The creator of this specific sculpture, Giannis Pappas, only died in 2005. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 20:52, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


The creator of this specific sculpture, Giannis Pappas, only died in 2005. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, all files in this category should be deleted. Except, of course, any case by case "de minimis" exceptions.

🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 20:55, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


The creator of this specific sculpture, Giannis Pappas, only died in 2005. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, all files in this category should be deleted. Except, of course, any case by case "de minimis" exceptions.

🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 20:58, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Its sculptor, Kostas Georgakas, only died in 1991. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 21:06, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Its sculptor, Kostas Georgakas, only died in 1991. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 21:08, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Its sculptor, Kostas Georgakas, only died in 1991. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 21:10, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Its sculptor, Kostas Georgakas, only died in 1991. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 21:10, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Its sculptor, Kostas Georgakas, only died in 1991. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 21:11, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Its sculptor, Kostas Rothos, only died in 2022. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, this file should be deleted. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 21:15, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Files uploaded by Frameideologies (talk · contribs)

Not own works. May be in the public domain, but evidence must be given.

Yann (talk) 21:16, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Its sculptor, Kyriakos Rokos, is well alive. As a result, and since there's no FOP in Greece, all files in this category should be deleted.

🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 21:23, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


A film still from Jwaar Bhaata which released in 1973. Only a film's producer or director can be credited as the source/author of a film still which in this case is N Bhansali, Hargobind & Adurthi Subba Rao. GaiusAugustine (talk) 21:22, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

i don't know author — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cruz.croce (talk • contribs) 20:04, 22 September 2024‎ (UTC)[reply]

Failed deletion request by uploader 186.173.168.248 21:29, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Files uploaded by GM UTB Hockey Team (talk · contribs)

Seem to be personal pictures of a non-famous hockey team. I can't even find a Wikipedia article about it. Out if scope/COM:NOTHOST. One file I didn't nominate because I found it to be educationally useful.

Jonteemil (talk) 21:36, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

فایل اصلی رو مجدد آپلود کردم نیازی به این ندارم Hafez1top (talk) 21:39, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Photos of aftermath of 1925 tri-state tornado by Robert A. Nethercott

  1. File:Tri-State Tornado JCHS01.jpg
  2. File:Tri-State Tornado JCHS02.jpg
  3. File:Tri-State Tornado JCHS03.jpg
  4. File:Tri-State Tornado JCHS04.jpg
  5. File:Tri-State Tornado JCHS05.jpg
  6. File:Tri-State Tornado JCHS07.jpg
  7. File:Tri-State Tornado JCHS08.jpg
  8. File:Tri-State Tornado JCHS09.jpg
  9. File:Tri-State Tornado JCHS11.jpg

The uploader sourced these nine files from a page of the National Weather Service website about the 1925 tri-state tornado. They were supplied to the NWS by the media collection of the Jackson County Historical Society (as attributed on the page).

Correspondence with the Society (VRT ticket:2024092210004312) confirms:

  • the Society supplied these images to the NWS
  • the Society believes all the photos listed in this DR to be the work of Robert A. Nethercott, a professional photographer who had a studio in the area at the time. They have external evidence that Nethercott took File:Tri-State Tornado JCHS03.jpg, and based on matching handwriting on the others, consider that the others being his work as well to be "a fairly safe bet."
  • Nethercott passed away in 1981 (see also)
  • they are not aware of any previous publication of these photos, and have done a search of contemporary newspapers without turning them up (I have searched too)

It therefore appears that these photos are still under copyright, which will expire in 2052, 70 years after Nethercott's death (see COM:HIRTLE, Unpublished works).

The COM:ONUS is now on anyone who wishes to keep any of these files on the Commons to show either that

  • the file or files they wish to keep were published prior to 1989 without meeting the copyright formalities in effect at the time, OR that their copyright has expired, OR
  • an image or images other than JCHS03 were the work of somebody other than Nethercott himself AND are free of copyright

(Or, of course, they could locate Nethercott's estate or heirs and negotiate a release under a free license).


--Rlandmann (talk) 21:34, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Weak delete per above. Hurricane Clyde 🌀my talk page! 21:56, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Question — Ok, so this situation has now confused me. For starters, how could the Jackson County Historical Society give the photos to the NWS without having control of the copyright? Like, did Mr. Nethercott give them to the JCHS? If yes, then legally, the JCHS could not have given them to NWS unless they had control of the copyright status/ability to give permission for the photos. From this though, it appears JCHS does not have the copyright and therefore, legally, shouldn’t have given them to NWS? Am I missing something here, or did JCHS license launder to the NWS? Like, I don’t see how JCHS cannot give permission to reuse the photos, if they were able to give it to the NWS, but turn around and say they don’t control the photos. WeatherWriter (talk) 06:58, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
US "fair use" provisions are some of the most generous in the world. The NWS can use copyrighted material for educational and research purposes just the same way that English Wikipedia can.
These are small, low-res scans, for a non-profit, educational use. If one of Mr Nethercott's heirs came after either the JCHS or the NWS for copyright infringement, I doubt they'd get very far. And even if they succeded in such an action, I imagine that the damages available to them would be practically nil and almost certainly would not cover their costs to pursue. If they really felt strongly about great-grandpa's photos being hosted like that (even without attribution!) they would have been better just approaching the NWS and asking nicely for them to be taken down (or attributed... or whatever would make them happy...)
We've seen now in so many contexts that the NWS is surprisingly lax in their approach to other people's intellectual property, including posting images that they admit right up front they have no idea where they came from, and in one known example, even posting an image from someone's social media post without consent! But they can afford to be, because they're playing by different rules from the ones that govern the Commons.
Pragmatically, given the age of the images, it's also quite possible that nobody on either side of the transaction stopped to think about whether they might still be under copyright. Not everybody takes copyright as seriously as we do here, and as I've observed in other places, "can we get away with it?" is what drives a lot of behaviours in the wider world. And honest mistakes happen (again, like we've seen on the Commons).
Ethically should JCHS have supplied those images, and should the NWS have posted them? That's an academic debate.
Can those organizations justify it as "fair use" under US copyright law? Almost certainly. --Rlandmann (talk) 09:39, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copyrighted photograph of a 3-D object. See COM:ART#When should the PD-Art tag not be used? for reference. Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 21:49, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment This is a colored version of the Dewar Cup trophy, published in 1914. I just transferred (in good faith) the image from Wikipedia (see original source here) where it was tagged as PD-US. The color version was uploaded by User:Libro0 so I guess he retouched the original image. Fma12 (talk) 23:27, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep As stated above, it is the same photo used in a multitude of articles. It was simply run through a colorizer. Libro0 (talk) 23:48, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Likely copyrighted. Jonteemil (talk) 21:52, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Above COM:TOO US. Jonteemil (talk) 22:02, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Out of scope. Jonteemil (talk) 22:05, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is a low resolution version of an image that I have now obtained in a much higher resolution. I should have uploaded a new version, sorry. This one is no longer required. Please delete. Marshelec (talk) 22:05, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Out of scope. Jonteemil (talk) 22:06, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly above COM:TOO Latvia. Jonteemil (talk) 22:15, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly above COM:TOO Latvia. Jonteemil (talk) 22:15, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Above COM:TOO Germany. Jonteemil (talk) 22:16, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]