User talk:Yann/archives 26

My Uploads

Hi Yaan,

The images which I have uploaded are my own, so how have I committed any copyright violations? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sharma32810 (talk • contribs)

@Sharma32810: Hi,

Your files are copied from http://comaeaconsulting.com/ . So either reupload the original pictures with EXIF data, or send a permission. See COM:OTRS. Regards, Yann (talk) 08:44, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

Katerinanov

I am the owner of the rights to this image. As an agent of the actress Joanna Moro I also placed the file on her profile on imdb. Please save this image in wiki, because Joanna Moro did not give her permission to use the photo which have been on her page before. That user has downloaded it illegally. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Katerinanov (talk • contribs)

@Katerinanov: Hi,

Here on Commons, a file needs a free license from the copyright holder. Please see COM:OTRS for the procedure. Regards, Yann (talk) 14:30, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

Your block of russavia

Would you mind being specific as to what kind of intimidation or harassment did @russavia engage in as to warrant an indefinite block of his account in addition to the currently ongoing office ban, and where can consensus to block him indefinitely be found?

You should realize that given your personal involvement with russavia, you are probably the last person that ought to block him for anything. (And given my personal involvement with russavia as well, I'm not going to undo your action, but if you can't come up with a good reason, I will bring this issue to the administrators' noticeboard and try to go from there). odder (talk) 16:12, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

odder, I don't think there's a neutral admin on Commons. What are you trying to achieve here? All that will happen is the same old polarised comments get made, and russavia will remain blocked, one way or another. In my mind, the only rational conclusion that a neutral admin who investigated russavia could come up with was that he was a bully who engaged in intimidation and harassment and should not be permitted to edit here. My guess is that your mind might conclude differently. But you will only dig up the windbags who love to comment on this situation because they themselves are banned in other forums and would like to retain Commons as the Wild West where troublesome editors are appeased because of their large upload log. This achieves nothing productive. Once again you are fixating on process and procedures and missing the bigger picture. Just drop it and find something more productive and less divisive to do with your time. You should be working to help heal the community, not open up the wound again. -- Colin (talk) 19:16, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

@Colin: The only person that is working against healing the community is Yann, by unilaterally blocking russavia. As far as I am aware, you can find no evidence that russavia has ever engaged in intimidation or harassment that would warrant an indefinite block (which, if unquestioned, is essentially equal to a community ban). My only aim here it to ensure that no user is blocked punitively for actions that haven't been successfully proven against them, and particularly not by an administrator with hugely controversial personal involvement with said user. This block was made out of the blue, without any evidence at all, and changes nothing, as you can be guaranteed that russavia will continue editing on Commons, as he has ever since his global ban. That you call my questioning of that block divisive is just staggering. odder (talk) 19:31, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Odder, you should be the last person advocating anything about Russavia. You have made a joke of the whole bureaucrat role in the way you side with your friends, and attack others when it suits you. You should have resigned long ago. It's a shame... As you certainly already knows, I explained that to Russavia himself on IRC. So your post here is pure comedy to create more drama. Yann (talk) 19:44, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

@Yann: Funny to see you of all people saying this, given that you have been acting absolutely shamefully ever since the URAA debacle which saw you and russavia on the opposide sides of the argument. I don't think I have to mention the tens of files uploaded by russavia that you deleted just to annoy him and prove your might, even though they were perfectly in scope. I won't be resigning, and certainly not to please you. To me, you are the one causing drama by continuing your personal campaign against russavia, long after he was banned; and by the way, stop accusing me of attacking people if you can't prove any of this (now that's shameful). I am still waiting for an explanation of your block of russavia. odder (talk) 19:59, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Of course! And enough. You are just a dark stain in the whole of Commons. Unless you, I like to spend my time doing things positive for this project. Just get out of my way! Yann (talk) 20:04, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

I have to conclude, Odder, that there wasn't much on TV tonight and you bought some popcorn so decided to create some drama on Commons instead. I ask again: what do you think you will achieve? As someone who unblocked a confessed stalker, I don't think you should be lecturing anyone about blocks. I see you have qualified the "intimidation or harassment" with a "that would warrant an indefinite block". So let's all agree that he was a bully who engaged in intimidation and harassment, for to do otherwise distorts reality too much. So what's your alternative? A one week block? A stiff word? A tut perhaps? You are completely missing the picture. The community is divided over russavia and has no mechanism to achieve consensus over this matter. I thought, for a moment recently, you might be interested in developing such a mechanism. But no. Any post to the AN will simply result in a poll (Commons loves polling) where no effort will be made and no progress made towards any agreement in the community. It will be a crapshoot determined by what mob gets recruited by IRC or who is on holiday just now. The sane, who actually value their limited time on God's earth, will ignore it because -- news break -- russavia is globally banned anyway. Are you trying to get yourself de-cratted (is that a word?) by making the most pointy actions wrt blocks on blocked users? It seems you came here to pick a fight and got an angry response to which you give another angry response. This isn't the behaviour I want from a 'crat. You are not attempting to understand Yann (and he you) but just shouting louder and louder as if that will have any effect. Please drop it before both of you say unfortunate things. The community will get over this when russavia gets another hobby. In the meantime, go watch a film with your popcorn. -- Colin (talk) 20:08, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

@Colin: I haven't had a telly for about 9 years now, so bad luck there :-) You were there when I unblocked @JurgenNL, you should—and I think you do—know that it had nothing to do with his actions (on which I have never commented), and everything to do with the process itself, which I have explained over and over again. And for my ability to comment on administrators blocking users: every member of this community has the right to do so, and as an active administrator (among others), I think I am in even more of a position to do that.

As far as my qualification of "intimidation or harassment" goes, I changed that because I am aware of a certain number of situations when russavia behaved questionably (to put it mildly) towards other users off-wiki, some of which both you and I know quite well. I'm not trying to get de-cratted, and I'm not planning on acting here in any capacity whatsoever; moreover, I don't think that there is anything inherently evil about asking questions. The idea that my asking questions is not the behaviour someone [would] want from a 'crat continues to puzzle me: so unilaterally blocking a user and then refusing to provide reasoning behind that block is something that you would accept from an administrator? Shouldn't trying to get information on the block actually be actively encouraged instead of criticized? I think you got this one wrong, @Colin.

I am actually trying to understand Yann and the reasons behind his blocking of russavia—perhaps he does deserve an indefinite block and a subsequent community ban—but he's making it considerably hard by responding in the way he demonstrated above ("you are just a dark stain in the whole of Commons") or, as was just the case on IRC, resorting to personal attacks against myself and another administrator present there. odder (talk) 20:30, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

For others who might not know the whole history of Odder's involvement with Russavia, it may be useful to note that Odder tried to prevent Russavia loosing his admin right, even as he was already banned by the WMF. Which brought him a decrat vote. Or was it for edit warring with WMF staff and stewards about the admin right of another banned user? Does it matter anyway? But it seems he didn't learn the warnings given there. Then again Odder started INeverCry's de-admin procedure after he blocked Russavia and retired from Commons. Please read Colin's post above who explains Odder's drama much better than me. Harassment by Russavia was amply explained here, and Odder knows that very well. So in short, there isn't one bit of good faith in the above request. Just another attempt to create more drama. Playing the virgin while stabbing in the back anyone who does not agree with him. Sorry, it doesn't work here... Yann (talk) 21:46, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

It should, of course, be clarified, that there was no de-crat vote following my re-sysopping of russavia, and that @JurgenNL wasn't banned when I re-sysopped him, and he isn't banned at the moment, either. Commons talk:Administrators/Requests/INeverCry (de-adminship) doesn't contain any conclusive proof of russavia's harassment of intimidation towards @INeverCry, whose de-RfA was started due to his out-of-policy indefinite blocks on @Stemoc and @Fæ, and not as revenge for blocking russavia's sockpuppets. In short, everything in this message by @Yann is a bad lie, which proves that it is him whose only goal here is to create more "drama." odder (talk) 22:03, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

(please permit me to correct this archived discussion) odder is correct that I misremembered the previous issue: it wasn't about blocking/unblocking but about re-sysopping a de-sysopped admin. -- Colin (talk) 22:50, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Please help with OTRS Ticket:2015042810006497

This is posted at OTRS discussion too.

• File:YashD_Shooting_BSB_Kolkata_profile.jpg
• File:YashD_full_profile_at_Bojhena_se_Bojhena_shoot.jpg

Please help in restoring the deleted files, the permissions email for Wiki Commons had been sent earlier and Ticket granted for OTRS.

Ticket:2015042810006497

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mpadma (talk • contribs) 00:45, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

You deleted a PD file!

What did you do here File:E-cigarette story photo.jpg, and why didn't it even go through proper deletion procedures? This is public domain and produced by the CDC! CFCF (talk) 20:30, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

See my answer on COM:UDR. Regards, Yann (talk) 20:36, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

Files uploaded by me

• File:Bimal Gharti Magar (4).jpg
• File:Bimal Gharti Magar (3).jpg
• File:Bimal Gharti Magar (2).jpg
• File:Bimal Gharti Magar (1).jpg
• File:Bimal Gharti Magar.jpg

As I am the author and modifier of those images. I can use this and this templates for Licensing purpose. Obatined information from here. -- Tulsi Bhagat (Talk) 10:36, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

See my answer on your talk page just now. Regards, Yann (talk) 10:38, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

A friend

	A trophy
	Dear sir ,I am raw hand worker.Kindly excuse me for my mistakes. I promise you that I shall upload only own my work in future,Thanks.Nagric Teacher1943 (talk) 10:55, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion

Hi Yann. With respect to your recent comment on my talk page, could you explain why the speedy deletion request was removed? From my gathering, 4 and 5 listed at criteria for speedy deletion fit pretty squarely for the reasoning. That's especially the case since I'm asking they be deleted as the original uploader. I missed that some images I uploaded in a batch actually had a non-commercial content license rather than the standard creative commons, so speedy deletion seems the way to go. I haven't done much over here at commons yet, so is there a more preferable way to delete the images in this case? Thanks. Kingofaces43 (talk) 03:06, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

 Done Yann (talk) 10:25, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

I did not...

I did not withdraw my nomination! :) --Laitche (talk) 12:43, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Oops, sorry. I mixed up. <:oS Yann (talk) 12:46, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Mamão papaia em fundo preto.jpg

I some admin intervention required here? Reviewers do not always agree, and I don't always agree with Alchemist-hp, but that kind of language from RTA isn't acceptable. -- Colin (talk) 12:53, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

 Done OK, warned. Yann (talk) 13:34, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

File:Leon hot air balloon festival 2010.jpg

I think that the spongebob should be deleted because Nickelodeon owns spongebob it is a possible copyright infringement. Template:Unsignd

@Jonnymoon96: Hi,

There were already DRs on this file. You need to read, and understand them first, and then only create a new DR if you have new argument(s). There is enough work for admins without creating the same DR again and again. Regards, Yann (talk) 14:25, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

sorry i apologize that was my mistake Jonnymoon96 (talk) 14:32, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	thank you Jonnymoon96 (talk) 14:09, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Seoul Fire Scope

Hi Yann! The first DRs are made for out of scope files. Please see Commons:Deletion requests/2015/07/17. Best, --Hedwig in Washington ^(mail?) 01:03, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

Valued Image Promotion

★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
Deepika Padukone.
If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates.

review

•  Comment Geocoding needed a long search, but I got it! Yann (talk) 00:38, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Very rich scope --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 07:03, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

Result: 1 support, 0 oppose =>
promoted. Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 07:00, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

•  Comment re-opened for MVR --El Grafo (talk) 12:20, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
•  Support This one is better IMO. --Halavar (talk) 12:43, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Jacek Halicki (talk) 17:26, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
•  Support I agree. --El Grafo (talk) 15:06, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

1. Commons:Valued image candidates/Deepika unveils Melange's lifestyle ethinic look for 'Cocktail' 08.jpg: 
2. Commons:Valued image candidates/Deepika endorses Yamaha scooters 02.jpg : +3<--
=>
File:Deepika unveils Melange's lifestyle ethinic look for 'Cocktail' 08.jpg: Declined and demoted to VI-former.
File:Deepika endorses Yamaha scooters 02.jpg: Promoted.<--

--Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 10:12, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

Yet another lighthouse

Salut, Yann. There is also Commons:Deletion requests/File:Cap Leucate (Aude), light house.jpg which was first deleted by Basvb and then temporarily restored. If you think that the design is trivial enough, please also reclose this deletion discussion as "kept". Regards, De728631 (talk) 12:44, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

 Done Thanks, Yann (talk) 13:07, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

(sigh) Yann, please send such cases to UDR, instead of just choosing to unilaterally override the decision made by another admin, ok? Even disregarding everything else, it's rather rude. Revent (talk) 21:38, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

I didn't really undelete them, they were already undeleted, so I just changed the DRs. But OK generally. Regards, Yann (talk) 10:47, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

File:KesherAein Eliad Bar.jpg

Hello Yann, Please undo File:KesherAein Eliad Bar.jpg, Those are Eliad Bar's painting on the cover of the magazine

Thank you,

D. Ruth —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 79.176.117.94 (talk) 00:25, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

@DodaRuti: Hi,

To publish this here, we need a formal written permission from the copyright holder (probably the artist and/or the publisher). Please see COM:OTRS for the procedure. Regards, Yann (talk) 10:50, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

en:Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Jade Raymond

There is a question for you. Regards, User:Armbrust (Local talk - en.Wikipedia talk) 08:56, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Unknown flitfire.png

Although you deleted this file, it had already been moved to File:Georgia Flitfire.png, which still remains. This may need separate deletion.Nigel Ish (talk) 13:30, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

 Done Thanks for the reporting. Yann (talk) 13:35, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

Deletion of uploaded files

Hello Yann, You deleted two pictures that I uploaded to the article Major Muhammad Nawaz Khan. He is my father and I was making a page for him. I have full rights to the pictures. I was wondering why they were removed. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Baburnawazkhan (talk • contribs) 15:19, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

Culture+Travel Images

Dear Yann,

This is Robert Michael Poole, Editor-in-Chief of Culture+Travel. I have uploaded the covers of our magazine which we own copyright to, below, and agree to the terms of wikimedia commons to allow them to be used here and on other wiki media. Do I need to provide you further information so that these can remain?

My understanding is that even without us uploading our own works and granting permission, magazine covers can be uploaded using the following license, provided they are shown small as samples, as with this example showing the license for a different magazine? If this is correct, do we need to provide further documentation? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Travel_%2B_Leisure_magazine_cover.jpg

Looking forward to receiving your advice! The Ticket number of my submission is ticket:2015071810005788.

• File:May_June_2008_Award-Winning_Cover_by_Emily_Crawford.jpg
• File:0906_COVER_FINAL_REV2.jpg
• File:C1_COVER.jpg
• File:FALL08_COVER.jpg
• File:JULY_AUG08_COVER.jpg
• File:MARAPR2008_COVER.jpg
• File:Culture+Travel_-_February_March_2007_cover.jpg
• File:Culture+Travel_-_April_May_2007_cover.jpg
• File:CultureTravel.jpg

Culture+Travel Official (talk) 08:348, 19 July 2015 (JST)

Culture+Travel Official hi,

I answered you in OTRS. Regards, Yann (talk) 10:45, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

Yann Thanks Yann, have replied there also, looks like there are two solutions. Culture+Travel Official (talk) 16:26, 20 July 2015 (JST)

Clarification on a FoP-China matter

Please help me understand how FoP-China applies here. If the painter is not credited, then how is it not a copyvio? Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:52, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

@Anna Frodesiak: Is the painter's name mentioned somewhere? If yes, just add it to the description. If not, then it may be anonymous work. Or may the commissioner should be credited. In anyway, I don't think it should be deleted. Regards, Yann (talk) 13:59, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

Hmmmmm. The painter's name is not mentioned. Should we assume it is anonymous? Is it appropriate to credit the commissioner? Are you still really sure it shouldn't be deleted? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:36, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Yes, I am sure that it should not be deleted. We can always credit the commissioner, however I don't know if he should be credited as author. Regards, Yann (talk) 14:22, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Fair enough, thanks. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 04:59, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

about my violation of copyright.

Thanks for warning me.
I studied about copyright very carefully, and I found out I misunderstood and did violated it.
I didn't mean it and it still is really hard to accept however I'm very sorry about that.

Have a nice day.
--Suokmoon (talk) 07:41, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

@Suokmoon: Hi,

Your files are album covers, and therefore require a formal written permission from the copyright holder. See COM:OTRS for the procedure. Regards, Yann (talk) 08:49, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Rotary

I fixed licenses from File:Rotary_Club_de_Fortaleza_-_logo_2014.png to same licenses from File:Rotary international emblem.svg. --Dairan (talk) 13:30, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

File:Baumeister-Buecher.jpg and others

Dear Yann, thanks for your warnings concerning the following files:

• File:Baumeister-Buecher.jpg
• File:Ecodicology pictogramm2.png
• File:Schlegel Briefedition.jpg
• File:SeNeReKo Thumbnail 208x180.png
• File:FuD.jpg
• File:GoetheWB.jpg

All these pictures have the permission to be used on the webpage of our company. I´m just preparing a new article about the company and I would like to use the pictures we have a permission for in this article.

I do NOT intend continuing to upload copyright violations! To be honest, I have no idea, how I violated the copyright. Please be so kind to delete the mentioned files and I start an uploading process anew.

Thanks a lot. Best regards, Mathilde Schrumpf 16:14, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

@Mathilde Schrumpf: hi,

For any file previously published or not personally made by you, you need to send a permission. See COM:OTRS for the procedure. You also need to provide a license for each image. The Goethe image above might be OK (it seems to be old), but it needs a proper information: what painting it comes from, which date. Regards, Yann (talk) 16:18, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Image Louis Tassy

Bonjour Yann, je voudrais supprimer le fichier File:LouisTassy.png de mauvaise qualité. J'ai rentré à la place le fichier File:1-louisTassy.jpg pas vraiment de qualité mais déjà plus présentable que le précédent. Merci d'avance. Cordialement, --Amage9 (talk) 15:57, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

@Amage9: Bonjour,

Ces fichiers ne sont pas exactement des copies. On peut garder les deux, même s'ils ne sont pas utilisés. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 16:21, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Merci Yann.

Cordialement,

--Amage9 (talk) 20:26, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Category:The Museum of The Little Prince in Hakone

Salut Yann,

Est-ce-que ces images sont autorisées sur Commons ? Il ne semble pas y avoir de FOP au Japon pour les œuvres artistiques.

Cordialement, Thibaut120094 (talk) 20:54, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Probablement pas. Perso, je m'abstiens de nominer à la suppression ou de supprimer les bâtiments et les œuvres artistiques en 3D si la photo est OK. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 21:11, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

I'm sorry

Hi User:Yann. I'm sorry about the pictures with the copyright issues. I feel like I'm a criminal. I uploaded them all around the same time so I did not receive my warnings before it was too late. Is there anyway I can address the issue so I may delete the warnings on my talkpage? I don't mind if the pics are deleted forever and I have read Commons:Licensing and understood it. Again, I'm so sorry for the inconvenience and I promise I won't do it again. --Tigress223 (talk) 05:33, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

@Tigress223: Hi,

OK, fine. We all make mistakes. Just don't do it again. You can archive your talk page in a subpage (i.e. User talk:Tigress223/Archive). If you are active here regularly, a bot can do it for you, as explained in your talk page. Regards, Yann (talk) 09:18, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Template:Trace of Soul is running

Hi. You deleted page Template:Trace of Soul is running. Can you return because we need it for project Trace of Soul and Campaign:tos-rs?--Bosko23 (talk) 09:40, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

OK, fine. Regards, Yann (talk) 09:44, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. Can you please help me Campaign:tos-rs? I want to replace Category:Images from Trace of Soul 2015, Republic of Srpska with Category:Images from Trace of Soul 2015 in Republic of Srpska but it seems only admin can edit campaign.--Bosko23 (talk) 09:47, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

 Done Yann (talk) 09:56, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks,--Bosko23 (talk) 10:00, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Editing Michael Manuel

yann,

i am the authorized biographer for Michael Manuel. I am trying to upload production and press shots for his page. I have Michael Manuel's complete corporation and permission to do so. please contact me if there is a problem. thank you jerry pischer — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jerry Pischer PI (talk • contribs)

@Jerry Pischer PI: Hi,

For such a case, we require a formal written permission. Please see COM:OTRS for the procedure. Regards, Yann (talk) 09:09, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

Karanvir Bohra Signature

Hello!! Yann

I uploaded File:Karanvir Bohra Signature.JPG under own work as I myself met the actor Karanvir Bohra and got his autograph. However, when I used it in the infobox of the wikipedia article Karanvir Bohra of the actor some user redirected my edit and stated that the image was not given a reference. So can you tell me what can be a reference to this image.

Yours sincerely, Digvijay411 (talk) 14:41, 23 July 2015.

@Digvijay411: Hi,

This is not your own work, but Karanvir Bohra's work. Usually, we require a permission, unless something is very simple. See Commons:When to use the PD-signature tag. Regards, Yann (talk) 15:35, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

File:Escalator-HD.ogv

i have a question you let me know about this © 2015 Life of Vids but whoever run this website http://www.lifeofvids.com/ claims all of there videos are in the public domain FREE FOOTAGE VIDEOS, CLIPS & LOOPS, NO COPYRIGHTS RESTRICTIONS. HIGH RESOLUTION FILES CAN BE DOWNLOADED ON OUR VIMEO ACCOUNT. NEW VIDEOS ADDED WEEKLY! MORE ON VIMEO. HAND-MADE WITH LOVE BY LEEROY ADVERTISING AGENCY IN MONTREAL & ITS NETWORK OF CONTRIBUTORS.

If you can, use a back link to www.lifeofvids.com and /or www.leeroy.ca to help us create more free clips. Let us know!

is the video still worthy of deletion when it is duel licensed http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ and http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Another administrator also considered deleting this video here is our entire conversation here. Jonnymoon96 (talk) 16:51, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

@Jonnymoon96: Please answer here Commons:Deletion requests/File:Escalator-HD.ogv, not in my talk page. I won't delete this file, another admin will look into it. Regards, Yann (talk) 16:56, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

That's not vandalism

Vandalism is adding falsehood to articles... I'm just contacting editors, and for some strange reason you oppose it... --Trust Is All You Need (talk) 09:32, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Contributions of user:Usamasaad

Dear friend, I know Usama Saad personally. Actually most of photos he uploaded, they are out of copyrights in Iraq. His can't discuss in English. I think most of these photos can be kept but after adding the following template: {{PD-Iraq}}

Thanks --Mahmoudalrawi (talk) 11:37, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

@Mahmoudalrawi: Hi,

As mentioned by LX, please keep the discussion here Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Usamasaad, I watch all DRs I create. Regards, Yann (talk) 12:32, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Courtesy notice

Hi Yann, just a courtesy notice regarding File:Ana_Francis_Mor.jpg. You closed this file's deletion request as kept. I wanted to let you know that unless you object, I will be re-nominating this under a likely copyright violation rationale, as the uploader is unlikely to be the copyright holder (previous rationale was scope-related). Cheers, Storkk (talk) 14:41, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

OK, go ahead. Regards, Yann (talk) 16:46, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Done. Have a good weekend! Storkk (talk) 21:32, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

My pings are not overbord

This is the most subjective ban I've ever encountered. There are no rules against pinging.. This is fucking incredible. I'm reveritng you're edits.. THey are not overboard since not user uploaded every image, and hey (mayybe this will shock you), but the user who uploaded the image could solve (I'm just guessing) the problem the quickest. I mean, for fuck sake. You should be banned, and you should lose you admin privileges this is the most stupidest thing I've ever come across. Honestly, I'm lost for words. --Trust Is All You Need (talk) 18:22, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

@Trust Is All You Need: Those pings won't work, please stop flooding the Village Pump and go read mw:Manual:Echo. Regards, Thibaut120094 (talk) 21:56, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Pseudo-pings

I agree that what you removed here won't get anyone's attention unless they happen to be perusing the Village pump, but it was a list of users who might most likely be able to help. Are you following up on the matter? If not, then perhaps some of these ought to be turned into actual pings, and the rest left as an indication of who else might be brought in if those people can't help. - Jmabel ! talk 21:38, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi, I think that people would might be able to help most probably follow the VP. So there is no need to ping them. Regards, Yann (talk) 21:41, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

IIRC pinging more than 20 people is considered spam by Echo/Notifications and no one is pinged as the result. -- Rillke^(q?) 21:52, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Exactly. Thibaut120094 (talk) 21:57, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Foot worship.png

Salut,

J'avoue ne pas bien comprendre la raison pour laquelle tu as clos Commons:Deletion requests/File:Foot worship.png en conservation. Cette image est vraisemblablement une capture d'écran, cf. les petites bandes en haut et à gauche. Et si elle ne l'est pas, elle ne constitue probablement pas un travail original. Voir aussi les 2 autres DR : Commons:Deletion requests/File:Slav feet mistress.png Commons:Deletion requests/File:C Castrogiovanni.PNG.

Merci. Elfix 16:29, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

Exact, merci. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 16:33, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

DLI books deletion/undeletion requests

I noticed that the undeletion request was closed, while I was drafting my comment, hence I am adding these here for your feedback. From the deletion discussion, I sense that the question (copied below) posed by User:Storkk was not responded within a week by either the uploader or the first responder to the deletion discussion. This led to deletion by User:Natuur12 with the assumption that the flagging was genuine and the argument questioning the IP nature of the user as ad hominem, without investigating the validity by examining all the files that were flagged by the IP user. I would like to place the reasoning for DLI books to be public domain.

1. Digital Library of India is run for the Government of India as is clear from the description below the title page.
2. DLI Copyright policy (click the link on the website) states that the copyright policy is as per the Indian Copyright Act 1957. So a government website can't violate copyright act by making a copyrighted book available for worldwide access.
3. DLI had a process to contact copyright holders and free up the copyights. Many old timers would know that there used to be a special search button to search for copyright freed titles from the DLI.
4. DLI is a partner for the Million book project. Hence some of the DLI books were also uploaded to archive.org and other websites in the early period. However, those websites can't be relied on to dispute the copyright status of DLI books, as the sites may not be well synched over time.

Hence the books in DLI are to be considered public domain. --Arjunaraoc (talk) 10:09, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

@Arjunaraoc: Hi,

Many government websites, including the DLI, make mistakes. We have to independently evaluate if the claim is plausible or not. Seeing the claim for File:Aandhrashaasanasabhyulu.pdf, which is wrong, it is clear that the DLI is not entirely reliable regarding copyright. File:SuprasiddulaJeevithaVisheshalu.djvu is very probably still under a copyright, as the author died only recently, and we have no evidence of the contrary. I am usually quite open regarding copyright. I tend to avocate keeping if there is some serious doubt, but I don't think that's the case here. Regards, Yann (talk) 10:35, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

@Yann, I am not able to see the claim for File:Aandhrashaasanasabhyulu.pdf, as the page is deleted. I think, you seem to be going simply by the copyright act and not taking into consideration the process DLI followed to free the copyrights well before their expiry. DLI has thousands of books which were copyright freed in that process and insisting on an independent proof by Commons would not be help the noble cause of wikipedia and its sister projects. I request you to reconsider your stand.--Arjunaraoc (talk) 04:40, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Even if we don't take into account the URAA, this book is still under a copyright until next January 1st, 2016. The DLI claim is one thing to consider among others. In this case, it is simply wrong. Regards, Yann (talk) 08:31, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Regarding the ad hominem, qustioning someone's arguments just because they are an IP is against the spirit of Wikimedia projects in general. The uloader did a bad job doing his homework so it took like 10 minutes to close this DR while a DR normally takes like 1-5 minutes to close unless they are over complicated. It is not the IP who misunderstood copyright law but the uploader did. Your comment is not much better Arjunaraoc, it is mostly an ad hominem because you are making assumptions that are beside the thruth. Natuur12 (talk) 11:13, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

@Natuur12, Thanks for your feedback. I have not responded to commons discussions which resulted from IP users before. As the IP user has put up deletion flag even for a file for which a proper OTRS tag was available, and there has been ongoing discussion for years now on Telugu Wikisource about DLI copyrights, I have a suspicion about the intent of the IP user. Hence my response at Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Naa_Kalam_-_Naa_Galam.pdf had a comment/doubt about the seriousness of responding to such user. I do respect the right of IP users to contribute if their intentions are good and support the cause of project. --Arjunaraoc (talk) 04:49, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Suspicious File (Shellcode & Other)

Hi Jim. I found a to me suspicious File (Picture) with a Web-Injection, and other Objects included. How (or where) should i proceed in a case like this ? Thx. --Gary Dee (talk) 23:41, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

@Gary Dee: Hi,

Jim is away. Where did you see this file? Regards, Yann (talk) 08:12, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi Yann. I do not want to post the file here and the objects found. Do you have a mail adress please ? Regards --Gary Dee (talk) 15:26, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

@Gary Dee: Hi,

You can mail me here. Regards, Yann (talk) 16:45, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

@Yann, thx, i will get the stuff together and mail you. Just for notice i asked yesterday as well at the WP HelpDesk, but replied that if someone has knowledge, he should join the discussion here.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Computing#Picture_MW_Analyzer

Regards --Gary Dee (talk) 17:28, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

Related Upload for security discussion purposes. Will (can) be deleted later. --Gary Dee (talk) 18:10, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

That says "Dieses Dokument ist möglicherweise beschädigt (die Datei ist möglicherweise abgeschnitten oder unvollständig). Fortfahren?" which Google translates to "This document may be corrupt (the file may be truncated or incomplete). Continue?" That suggests there is something wrong with the file, but it doesn't suggest malware. If you email me a link to the image, I'll take a look at it. -- BenRG (talk) 19:30, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

I sent you the Details. Can you confirm please ? Thx.

@Gary Dee: I got it. Thanks, Yann (talk) 20:48, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

@BenRG: Sprichst du deutsch ? Do you speak german ? --Gary Dee (talk) 20:40, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

No, just Google Translate. -- BenRG (talk) 21:41, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

@BenRG: : I speak as well german and know what it means. I posted the file because it is just a piece of the puzzle

Do you already have some further results about the file ? --Gary Dee (talk) 17:44, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

Two engineers from the WMF looked at it, and saw no issue. PS: You don't need to ping me on my talk page. Regards, Yann (talk) 08:25, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi. Ok and thanks. (pinged because c&p to BenRG). I will get some more details soon, and will let you know more if something changes. Regards --Gary Dee (talk) 13:01, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi. This can be archived. I got response to your infos, should be ok. Thx & Regards. --Gary Dee (talk) 21:51, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Puppy

What do we need this https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Puppy when we have this https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Puppy? It looks like a mess to me. Will you fix it? --Hafspajen (talk) 14:00, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Actually, this category does not exist. I moved the dogs to Category:Puppies and the flower to Category:Papaver. Regards, Yann (talk) 15:36, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Hehe, smart. Papaver is indeed what it was. Thanks. --Hafspajen (talk) 21:17, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Santa igleisia Catolica de Villa La Venta

Hi Yann. Could you take a look at this File: File:Santa_igleisia_Catolica_de_Villa_La_Venta.jpg if it might be a modified Screenshot of this one: File:La_venta.jpg. Thank you. Regards. --Gary Dee (talk) 21:49, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

I don't know what's this, but oh my! What a awful HDR attempt... :( Yann (talk) 21:54, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

Lol. But is it worth (or elegible) being kept ? --Gary Dee (talk) 16:40, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Attention

Hello Yann, it seems that you are active admin here. I have made some request on admin's noticeboard, can you review it? Thank you. --Human3015 (talk) 08:35, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Problem rise photos.

Hello. I'm trying to upload some photos that were deleted me for not having the permission of the same for publication of . Now that I have the authorization and sent a copy to permissions-es@wikimedia.org , it denies me to upload them. . As I can to go about. Pepeito grillo

@Pepeito grillo: Do not upload them again, or you will be blocked. You can request undeletion at COM:UDR. Regards, Yann (talk) 17:30, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Why are requesting to delete my uploaded photos?

I am using those photos to enhance the knowledge about my city to Wikipedia visitors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Debasish Rout (talk • contribs)

@Debasish Rout: Because they are copyright violations. Please read COM:L before uploading anything here. Regards, Yann (talk) 17:16, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

File:Dome Cappella Chigi from inside, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome, Italy.jpg

Bonjour Yann, j'ai un petit problème, Livioandronico2013 a enlevé une image récemment promus d'une gallerie, les galleries sont dans ma liste de suivie alors je l'ai vu. Je lui ai demandé des explications et précisé que s'il pense que la gallerie n'est pas adéquate, il doit déplacer l'image et non pas l'éffacer. Il s'est connecté plusieurs fois mais n'a ni répondu ni corrigé. Pourrais tu m'aider à éclaircir la situation s'il te plait? -- Christian Ferrer 17:43, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Je l'ai remise dans cette galerie. C'est bien un bâtiment religieux en Italie, je ne vois pas pourquoi cette galerie ne conviendrait pas. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 17:49, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Indian navy images

Hi Yann, This discussion got archived at AN without a specific response to my question. I was wondering if you know the answer, especially since you have some expertise with Indian copyrights. I'm not doubting that there's an OTRS ticket, but it's just that since I deal almost exclusively with India stuff here and on en.wiki, I'm a little dumbfounded that the Indian government actually sent an OTRS ticket (maybe our governmental departments are improving that way!) but concerned about the conflict with the copyright law itself. —SpacemanSpiff 07:23, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

I also have some doubt. See Commons:OTRS/Noticeboard#Template:Indian navy. Regards, Yann (talk) 11:34, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, I will watch that.—SpacemanSpiff 18:39, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Deletion

Hi Yann. Could you please correct this deletion request please ? I guess its my first at Commons. Not used to the standard yet  :( Commons:Deletion requests/File:Chris Vining launches a wrist shot past Penn State University goalie Josh Durahm during the Wildcat's 5th consecutive loss this Saturday at TCC..jpg Thank you --Gary Dee (talk) 17:01, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

I guess i fixed it... Thx. --Gary Dee (talk) 17:13, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Krishna Chaitanya Velaga

Hello Yann, You have deleted picture I have uploaded to the article Velaga Venkatappaiah File:Velaga_Venkatappaiah_Speech.jpg. The Photo is of my grand father's and I have full rights on it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • contribs) 15:19, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

@Krishna Chaitanya Velaga: Hi,

Who is the photographer? Seeing the rest of your uploads, I have some doubt you own the copyright of this. Regards, Yann (talk) 15:24, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi, The Rest of my uploads don't violate any copyrights. They are publicly released by Press Information Bureau of India on behalf of Ministry of Defence, Government of India (Indian Army,Indian Air Force, Indian Navy) for the use of public provided that they don't use the images in any abusive manner.I have not used the images in any abusive manner.I have just used them to see that the users will have better understanding and knowledge about the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • contribs)

@Krishna Chaitanya Velaga: Hi,

I know quite well about the permission from Indian government (I live in India). This has been discussed several times here, but the permission is ambiguous. Is it not clear if the permission is equivalent to a free license. I think that you could write them, and ask some precision. You don't need to ping me here, but please sign your posts. Regards, Yann (talk) 08:46, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Please Check the Copyright Policy Press Information Bureau Copyright PolicyKrishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk) 05:30, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

As I already wrote above, this is ambiguous. I wrote them, asking for confirmation. See also my answer at Commons:Undeletion requests/Current requests#File:General Satyawant Mallana Srinagesh.jpg and others. Regards, Yann (talk) 16:31, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

 Comment I wrote to Wikimedia India about this. Yann (talk) 22:25, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

books

I make some changes, I want you to see it at this picture s (books) .. Is this wright?

• File:الرحلات والرحالة.JPG
• File:هل تعرضت لغسيل الدماغ.JPG
• File:غلاف كتاب الظاهرة القرآنية والعقل.JPG

Usamasaad 04:17, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

@Usamasaad: Hi,

I am afraid this is not sufficient. The license {{PD-Iraq}} does not apply to these books. You need a formal written permission if the author died less than 50 years ago. Regards, Yann (talk) 09:14, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Norton Rose Fulbright.png

Seriously both of you stop acting in this manner. COM:DEL is not a place for revert wars, less so by season editors as both of you (User:Odder/User:Yann). -- とある白い猫 ^ちぃ？ 18:43, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

Review request

Hello!!! Yann, Please can you review this file File:Harshad Arora.jpg Regards, Rishika.dhanawade (talk) 8:12, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

 Done Yann (talk) 08:30, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

User questionably marking file as own work

Thanks for your response regarding User:FelipeFingRios at the vandalism noticeboard. Regarding their remaining upload, File:Junior Seau 55.jpg, it's currently tagged with {{No source since}}, but the source is filled in as "Own work", which is dubious. Will the "no source" tag eventually force the user to submit ownership proof to OTRS, or should this file be formally nominated for deletion? (Is there a relevant guideline that I can refer to on how to report situations like this?). Thanks.Bagumba (talk) 16:12, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Unreviewed files from Bollywood Hungama

47 files are awaiting a license review here. Kindly do the needy. Pavanjandhyala (talk) 16:21, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

Re:Vandalism is not appreciated

Hola. Es un gran gusto en comunicarme con vos. Tengo mas de 91.000 ediciones en Wikimedia y no vandalizo. En este caso en particular, dicha página estuvo cinco meses en: Uncategorized galleries, donde también colaboro. También allí se encuentra desde hace seis meses: User talk:Dralwik, y no sé porque motivo. En prueba de mi honestidad me voy a autobloquear por el término de treinta días a partir de este momento. Esa es mi decisión irrevocable. Un fuerte abrazo.--Allforrous (talk)23:57, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

@Allforrous: Hi,

I was refering to this: this page is not empty, and your edits here. Regards, Yann (talk) 08:01, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

Thank you sir for your vigilant & appreciable action against excessive vandalism

Dear sir, the (File:Map of languages of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.jpg) which you last reverted is the most authentic & original map, based on international authors works, national assembly approved and practical reasearchers designed map but unfortunately paki punjabis nationalist are targetting it through different user names (festily, rashidzaman & others) replaces with a fake, biased, and sock puppet map and especially maria0333 a male person is using various tactics for its deletion, in order to achieve their secretive agendas. Please sir strict action must be taken against these people for the sake of justice and wikipedia credibility. Thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adilswati (talk • contribs) 10:31, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

Help

Hello!!! Yann, I wanted to know that can I upload publicly shared images on Facebook on Wikimedia commons. As in if one actor uploads a photograph of his signature non Facebook and publicly shares it on Facebook can I upload that image on Wikimedia under public domain and use it in the info box section of the person's article. Please can you tell me.

Regards,

Rishika.dhanawade (talk) 16:12, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

@Rishika.dhanawade: No, you can't, unless you provide a formal written permission. See COM:OTRS for the procedure. Regards, Yann (talk) 16:20, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

Yann, So do I have to contact the actor/person to release the image under a free license? Please help Yann Regards,

Rishika.dhanawade (talk) 16:40, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

@Rishika.dhanawade: Yes. Yann (talk) 17:04, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

1945 German Woman

Bonjour Yann!

I recently purchased a picture for 2$ at a flea market. The picture spoke to me. I brought her home and I cherish her. I took her out of her frame and noticed she was an original. There is a stamp on the picture which reads: Carl Lehägher ELBERFELD AUE 93

On the back of her picture, there is something hand written, in german ofcourse. There is a paragraph and we only deciphered the city of Elberfeld along with the date 2.8.45.

Would I be able to post such a picture? I am the owner, although I do not know who is in the picture as well as the photographer. Hence why I would like to post the picture in the first place. I canno find anything about her.

Thank you, Genevieve — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gejechpasu (talk • contribs)

@Gejechpasu: Hi,

Probably not. Buying a print does not make you the copyright owner. Even if the author is not known, it comes in the public domain only 70 years after publication, and it was probaly never published. Regards, Yann (talk) 19:58, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

Help

Hello!! Yann

Thank you for your help and guidance. You told me that for uploading a person's autograph in Wikipedia/Wikimedia the person needs to release the image under a free license. I read the commons OTRS page, there it is told that if I want to upload the image on a person's behalf I need to do an email for it and attach the permission from the owner to it but th the image has been published on the actor's Facebook account. So I am not able to understand how to upload the image. I can email the actor and tell him to add a license link under the image he would upload on Facebook and then attach that link in the OTRS permission letter will that help.

Also I have come across one file which is an actor's autograph added by a user stating it own work. I request you to review this file it is used on Karan Singh Grover's Wikipedia page as I believe it is not fair use. The file is en:File:Karan Singh Grover's Signature.jpg.

Regards,

Rishika.dhanawade (talk) 4:08, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

@Rishika.dhanawade: Hi,

Signatures are an exception to copyright laws. In most cases, there are too simple to get a copyright. That's why a permission is not needed. Sorry if I was not clear. By the way, the license for this file is wrong, it should be {{PD-ineligible}}, which you can use if you upload signatures. Regards, Yann (talk) 04:55, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Yann, I apologize for intruding on your talk page, but I'd like to suggest that the more specific template {{PD-signature}} is probably the better choice for signatures. Background details are at Commons:When to use the PD-signature tag. —RP88 (talk) 08:14, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Persofsky

Dear Yann; I own a small wall art company in Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA. Until earlier this year I was able to comply with the CC-BY-SA provision of Wikimedia. This is because I produced paper & canvas pictures for some 200,000 images, but I suffered a flood in my factory that destroyed our manufacturing operations and we lost our entire business so we found a few companies that can print for us. At 74, it is tough to start over but we are doing it. Members of Wikimedia that are photographers have been gracious and supportive and have signed a contract with us giving us permission to print their photos as long as we give them attribution and they have released us from the share alike. It does not give us permission to re-license images, but special permission to manufacture and sell hard copy wall art thru our subcontract manufacturers. We therefore mark every image with a copyright notice such as (c)Copyright 2016 George Chernilevsky. In return for the permission as consideration for permitting us this option, we sign a 10 year agreement whereby at the annual renewal, we provide you with 2 poster sized highest quality giclee prints of the images from your archive that you select. That is you select 2 per year for free. Plus, I send you a hard disk or drive of all of your work imprinted withe the copyright notice. This costs you nothing and does not impede you from the SA provision elsewhere as you still own the material. I love your photos if you would be kind enough to work with me, I can send a contract and you can PDF it back.

I forgot to leave you my email address for possible license modification <email>. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Persofsky (talk • contribs) 20:00, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

My logo has been deleted

Hi Yann. Why did you delete my school's logo? Please tell me why! Sincerely! link:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bieu_trung_truong_THCS_Nguyen_Du_DL.png Trương Bá Bình Phương (talk) 03:32, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

Public domain, City of San Diego produced picture

Hello Yann, Jeevan Jose suggested contacting you regarding the procedure for uploading a concept picture produced by the City of San Diego in 1991. I originally uploaded it in August 2014 under fair use for the Tijuana cross-border terminal Wikipedia article but found out that was wrong, and then I requested it be deleted. Later I was told that images produced in the U.S. by municipalities/government agencies are public domain but I could not find a template in the Commons Wizard to upload it and do not want to create a problem again by uploading an image incorrectly. It was one of the original TwinPorts concept images that still survives, it is NOT my creation, it was produced by the City of San Diego, I want to be very clear about that. Your advice and direction would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Rnieders (talk) 03:50, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

Blocking Reguyla

This is the second out-of-process block that you performed in the recent days (that I know of), in addition to the quite unacceptable conduct we have witnessed from you in discussions. We don't expect you to run around the project blocking people at the mere sight of what might appear to you as trolling; there are procedures and policies to follow. I understand you might feel under pressure recently, but that's no reason to block quite innocent users, especially those that you've been in disagreement with and might reasonably be considered as involved with. odder (talk) 04:42, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

User:Odder, Yann is not "in disagreement with" Reguyla any more than any admin who warns a user is "in disagreement with". Are we in the situation where an admin making a warning is thus classed as "involved with". This is ridiculous and your recent behaviour here seems to be little more than to argue with and revert Yann. I suggest your unblock is entirely based on the fact it was made by Yann. Reguyla is no "innocent user" but quite clearly a troll who has exhausted the patience of admins on en:wp and is here doing the same. You have been warned already for warring with Yann. Next time, I shall start a de-crat on you because I have lost all faith that you are here to help Commons, but rather to play games and politics. Our admins should be able to make blocks against disruptive users, but if they are merely undone by abusive 'crats then you are helping make Commons the Wild West rather than a grown-up community. -- Colin (talk) 07:07, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

Kindly restore File:Sheshrao Deshmukh.jpg

Hello Yann, can you restore image File:Sheshrao Deshmukh.jpg? This image has been clicked by me, it is image of local city leader. You can read some relevant discussion here. I had some issues with deleting admin on English Wikipedia, though that issues has been resolved but still I hope that it is nothing to do with those issues. I just wanted your second opinion. There is no evidence that this image is exists on other websites, firstly, deleting admin said on his talk page that "image exists on other website" but when I showed him search result and asked which website then he gave traditional reply of some short redirect of Wiki Policy. This is really not matter of prestige. --Human3015 (talk) 08:42, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

com:AN/U

See here. Natuur12 (talk) 11:23, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Pacofelipeorlando

Hello. Thank you for your advise about these photos. I hope you can forgive me for my horrible English. These photos were made for me. They belong to me because they were a present of Felipe Orlando. I want to share with everybody in the same way I do (without commercial propouse). I do not know if I have to upload it on my own website and then upload in wikipedia.

1. File:TITULO5 hijo predilecto.jpg
2. File:TITULO4 santelmo.jpg
3. File:TITULO3 diplomatico.jpg
4. File:TITULO2 antropologia.jpg
5. File:TITULO1 filosofia y letras.jpg
6. File:R0082872.jpg
7. File:R0082888.jpg

Thank you for your help. --Pacofelipeorlando (talk) 12:56, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

@Pacofelipeorlando: Hi,

No problem with your English. ;o) There are 2 issues here: you need to provide a formal written permission from the copyright owner (see COM:OTRS), and the permission should be for any use, including commercial ones. Regards, Yann (talk) 13:06, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

Simply thanks

For all the admin work you do Yann - Commons would be knee deep in garbage without your work (& the other truly active admins). Regards --Herby ^{talk thyme} 17:11, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

@Herbythyme: Thanks a lot for your message. I appreciate that, really. Yann (talk) 20:57, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

Theroos827

Hi Yann,

I'm seeking information on the rights for this image and I noticed that you deleted its Wikimedia page because of copyright violations. Can you please point me in the right direction? Thanks!

https://www.tineye.com/search/c2ecb5df25bb8140e8ea30b3d8806a7cb605dacf/?page=10&sort=score&order=desc — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theroos827 (talk • contribs) 20:55, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

@Theroos827: If the painting is old enough (the painter is dead for more than 70 years), just mention the source, the painter's name, and the date of the painting. If the painting is recent, you need a formal written permission from the painter, or his/her heirs. Regards, Yann (talk) 19:28, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Review request

Hello!! Yann

Please review this file File:Karanvir Bohra at IIFW.jpg Regards Rishika.dhanawade (talk) 16:23, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

 Done Yann (talk) 19:25, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Category:Geographic maps in Bulgarian

Category:Geographic maps in Bulgarian has been listed at Commons:Categories for discussion so that the community can discuss ways in which it should be changed. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this category, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for discussion 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. If the category is up for deletion because it has been superseded, consider the notion that although the category may be deleted, your hard work (which we all greatly appreciate) lives on in the new category. In all cases, please do not take the category discussion personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!

--Ciaurlec (talk) 20:43, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Copyvios, fake signatures, childish drawings, and more

Hi: I'm Fixertool, from Spanish Wikipedia. Please, check this. You'll find several problems with this umpteenth puppet of a very annoying case with antecedents. Note the signatures, the childish drawings, and copyvios. Thanks in advance. --Fixertool (talk) 05:56, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

DR

About this DR - the user is still uploading images today however they now have EXIFs on. But the EXIF seem to be all the same camera which might be a good thing or might mean that they are photographing pictures with the camera. I would have thought that they would upload far larger images if they were genuine photos. Thanks --Herby ^{talk thyme} 11:45, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

OK, thanks. I deleted several smaller duplicates of his/her pictures, and added a message. It seems that s/he is a French speaker. Regards, Yann (talk) 12:27, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Images deletion proposal - elucidating rationales for keeping them

Dear Yann, you have flagged several images I had uploaded a while ago. I am traveling now and I can´t recall precisely the rationale I used months ago to upload those images. You have challenged ten files I think, so it will take me some digging to find out what rationale I submitted for the suitability of those images. As I mentioned, I am traveling and I can´t appropriately respond to the overwhelming number of challenges. However, let me try to address some basic points here, and see what you think.

• File:Facing West- Americans and the Opening of the Pacific - Nishi E!" 西へ！ アメリカ人の太平洋開拓史.jpg: The photograph depicted in the cover is over 100 years old I believe, and therefore out of copyright. The cover itself offers no other creative design worthy of its own copyright.
• File:Victory in War by William C. Martel - 2011 Book cover.png: I remember researching that image, and finding out that the photogrpah used for that cover was released by the U.S. government, and therefore not subject to copyright. I believe that upon submission of that file into wikimedia commons, I did elucidate this situation.
• File:The Confucian World Observed- A Contemporary Discussion of Confucian Humanism in east Asia - 1992 Book cover.jpg: the cover does not reach a threshold of creativity. I believe I researched the guidelines in wikimedia commons, and I found that the mere depiction of text in the cover of a book, does not make the cover copyrightable. I have looked it up now again, and here is what wikimedia says (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-simple): (...) "image only consists of typefaces, individual words, slogans, or simple geometric shapes. These are not eligible for copyright alone because they are not original enough, and thus the image is considered to be in the public domain."
• File:Beneath_the_Eagle's_Wings-_Americans_in_Occupied_Japan_(1984_Book_cover).jpg: The rationale for this one was that simple shapes and colors do not meet the treshold of originality, and are also not subject to copyright. I also researched this in Wikimedia guidelines. I have briefly looked it up again, and here it is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-simple
• File:The Fletcher Forum Forum of World Affairs - Academic Journal - Vol 37 Issue 3 - front cover.png: As I remember noting when I submitted this image, the original source has a note that says the image is not copyrighted. You can find this note when hovering the cursor over the image, then the note appears (http://web.archive.org/web/20140205155932/http://www.fletcherforum.org/2013/10/03/volume-373-available/). I have triple-checked this again now, and it is the case.

I have responded as quickly as possible to the including challenges. Please keep in mind I am making an effort to pause my trip to respond to you to the best of my ability at this moment. Please do not hastily remove the images, and first consider with good will my response here. If you need further information, please let me know, but also please be patient. Thank you. (talk) Al83tito 18:40, 6 Aug 2015 (UTC)

Regarding one of the images I already mentioned above, (File:Victory in War by William C. Martel - 2011 Book cover.png), as I noted above, the original image used on the book cover is an image released by the USG, and is in the PD. I originally indicated the right tag: PD-USGov. The original image can be found here, also in wikimedia commons: File:USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) Mission Accomplished.jpg. Please explain why this image merited to be tagged, and what should I have done differently. (talk) Al83tito 19:13, 6 Aug 2015 (UTC)

@Al83tito: Hi,

Thanks for your message, but you should answer in the deletion request, not here. I won't delete the files. Another admin will look after the DR after one week. I stricked one of file. Regards, Yann (talk) 19:31, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Dear Yann, thank you for your untagging of one of the files. Also, I have included all these explanations in the nomination page (Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Al83tito). Is this the right place you are directing me to explain the rationale for these images?

Reverse the deletion

Hi Yann, I was thinking about my decicion to delete hundred of my images, and I want to revert itǃ... The linkː https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Fernando_de_Gorocica#Advertencia_de_borrado_de_imagen Sincerely yours. Fernando T. de Gorocica 04:47, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

Copyright violations for Shellyshih

Hello Yann,

The photos I upload is authorized. I'm the representative of Amazing Film Studio. My name is Shelly. My Email is: shelly.shih@amazingfilm.com I can send my name card as a proof. The file list i upload as below, with the reason why I'm not breaking the copy right.

1. File:海報.jpg

This is the temporary poster of the movie "The Tenants Downstairs". The film is made by Amazing Film Studio.

1. File:Wefx Logo.png

Wefx Logo belongs to WeFX studio. The chairman of WeFX Studio, Adam Tsuei authorized me for uploading the logo.

1. File:Tinytimes1.jpg

Amazing Film Studio is one of the production company, so in Taiwan, i'm authorized for using this.

1. File:Tinytimes2.jpg

Amazing Film Studio is one of the production company, so in Taiwan, i'm authorized for using this.

1. File:Amazing logo black.jpg

This is my company's logo. I'm represented my company for using this.

As I mentioned before, I hope your team can undelete the file I upload. Please let me know what I can offer to help it works

thank you so much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shellyshih (talk • contribs)

@Shellyshih: Hi,

Please send a permission via COM:OTRS. The files can be undeleted once the permission is received. Regards, Yann (talk) 07:41, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

Camlacaze

Hi Yann,

So sorry about the copyright incident... Most of the pictures I uploaded however ARE mine... Do you know how I should label/describe them in Wikimedia so that they are not blocked?

Thank you so much and sorry again about the misunderstanding.

Best regards, Camille — Preceding unsigned comment added by Camlacaze (talk • contribs)

@Camlacaze: Hi,

For all images previously published elsewhere, a formal written permission from the copyright owner is needed. Please send it via COM:OTRS. Regards, Yann (talk) 16:31, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

le grand meaulnes

J'ai l'autorisation du sculpteur pour la photo ;-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jesse Pinkman 007 (talk • contribs)

Super ! Merci de l'envoyer à permissions-commons-fr@wikimedia.org. Voyez COM:OTRS/fr pour la procédure. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 16:29, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

J'ai envoyé un email ce matin à l'adresse indiquée, je pense que tout sera ok du coup.

EAH Housing Logo and Portfolio Images

Dear Yann, We, EAH Incorporated, doing business as "EAH Housing", have the FULL rights and ownership to our Logo and professionally photographed portfolio images.

I am the Vice President of IT for this well-established non-profit organization which has been established since 1968. Please share with us why you or your colleague would think that we are using logos or images of our own communities that do not belong to us.

Respectfully yours,

Jiano Ma — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eahhousing (talk • contribs)

@Eahhousing: Hi,

For all images previously published elsewhere, a formal written permission from the copyright owner is needed. Please send it via COM:OTRS. Regards, Yann (talk) 19:00, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

Automagic?

Is there anyway to automagially replace all those gif files with the better quality File:Clyde W. Tombaugh.jpeg? Ellin Beltz (talk) 19:17, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

@Ellin Beltz: User:CommonsDelinker/commands ? Yann (talk) 09:55, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. I did it for those photos! Ellin Beltz (talk) 22:12, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Flag of Vojvodina

Yo mate, why did you delete the flag of Vojvodina? How is that a copyright violation when the flag is in the public domain (it's a flag) you can even download it form the offical website [1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Majvojakaunt (talk • contribs) 10:16, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

radha krishna by dj, krishna nee begane baaro by dj, author Deepa jayaraj ,its my own photo taken as portrait

Whatever I uploaded its fully mine works ,and also did for my books, nobody can claim right over my works,but yes I respect their opinions, but not their work,because ultimately its my image it came through picture for books, how come anybody's claim over my images Hope u understood what I mean — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deepa jayaraj (talk • contribs) 03:24, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

See answer in your talk page. Yann (talk) 09:53, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Camilacuervo93

Hello! I was informed that you erased the image "Marcelo-Cuervo-Direccio--n-te--cnica-610x350.jpg" and I was wondering what was the reason you did it. Before I upload the picture I made sure that both the person who appeared (Marcelo Cuervo) and the photographer would leave me use it for this. Thanks for you time!!! --Camilacuervo93 (talk) 21:46, 9 August 2015 (UTC) Camila

@Camilacuervo93: Hi,

Please send a permission via COM:OTRS. The files can be undeleted once the permission is received. Regards, Yann (talk) 08:01, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

what should i do

Hello, good morning. Yann images have risen (uploud) all rights of instiuição we have the documentation to make use of them. I have doubts on which copyright code using or where should I send the documentation that we have the same rights. Our intention is to make a page of illustrative wipedia using only images of our collection. What should I do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Educativoiacbrasil (talk • contribs)

@Educativoiacbrasil: For all images previously published elsewhere, a formal written permission from the copyright owner is needed. Please send it via COM:OTRS. Regards, Yann (talk) 07:54, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Images

Hello, @Yann: . The pictures a year ago were subject to misunderstanding, however their problem is fixed. But in the past few days I wanted to put pictures into wikipedia articles from the arabic commons website, I wasn't able to do so. So I googled the problem and I read that I can re-upload the pictures into the english commons website. And I did, I provided the source and author and the permission. Please tell me what to do, I really need these pictures. (User talk:Makeandtoss) 21:22, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

broken links

Hi Yann! You reverted the insertion of an anchor, see [2]. Now 5 links in various WMF projects are broken ...
I am not aware of another method to use shortened paragraph anchors, are you? Regards ‫·‏לערי ריינהארט‏·‏T‏·‏m‏:‏Th‏·‏T‏·‏email me‏·‏‬ 21:02, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Oops, sorry. Reverted. Yann (talk) 21:05, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Harassment

If you have evidence that I am misusing any Wikimedia project or IRC for harassment, then please share it with me, by email if necessary. If you want me removed from this project, please do raise a case with evidence on AN/U. If you have no evidence, then please stop attempting to make others believe that I have ever been part of a campaign of harassment against other contributors, as you appear to be actively doing today here. These smears are false, simply having worked with Russavia to positively create more content for Commons does not make me part of anything he has done that might have got him WMF office blocked (and I still have no idea what the evidence was). I would be happy to be held account against evidence rather than having my confidence eroded or being hounded off this project through a smear campaign. In the light of my Wikimedia blog post this week promoting Commons, I find this incident sad and disheartening. --Fæ (talk) 01:53, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Alleged Copyright Violations

I take strong exception to this claim. As you will note the vast majority of the works alleged as copyright violations are photographs of sculptures taken by myself and/or photos of artworks where no photography restrictions apply (galleries are always asked). Most bizarre of all is to label a photo of myself on my User Page as possible copyright infringement. Your claim in my mind consitutes a libelous statement, and if you pursue this legal action will ensue. I have failed to pursue previous issues raised such as Ebenezer James Macrae which was passed to me by his granddaughter specifically to add or James Braidwood which was a 3 foot high depiction in an exhibition with no restriction of photography. Other examples such as the body cast of Heather Mills is my photograph taken at a private exhibition at which I was present (with Heather Mills) and was expressly consented to take. The ONLY image which arguably raises any issue as far as I can see is Portobello Pier. All other images are my own photographs (none are scanned images) as photo ID easily confirms--Stephencdickson (talk) 22:17, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

@Stephencdickson: Hi, This is just a warning, because of the number of issues from your account. Take care that threats of legal actions may lead you to be blocked. I am well aware that you take these pictures yourself, but that doesn't allow you to publish them without a permission from the author or copyright holder of the works of art. There is a big difference between "pictures are allowed", and "pictures taken are allowed to be published under a free license". If you have such a permission, please send it to COM:OTRS, then the files can be undeleted. Regards, Yann (talk) 22:23, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

The UK is lucky in that many galleries allow photography. Copyrighted items are expressly marked with no photography stickers. In general I always ask galleries for their consent and when getting images from private collections (universities etc) expressly state my purpose and get their express consent. In general sculpture images are never copyright in UK except for certain new works in private galleries. Special exhibitions (often from outwith the UK or from private collections) ARE often copyright, but my images do not include such works. I am trying to gather as much visual information as possible particularly on sculpture, as there appears huge gaps in this area. Rather than write a book I felt in more public-spirited to add my growing collection of images to Wikimedia, so it is VERY disheartening indeed to get this wave of negative response. The ONLY image which I am unclear on the copyright is Portobello Pier which is from a book published by a friend, where he himself was uncertain on its copyright and was relying largely on its age (which is probably beyond copyright presuming that the sketch was contemporary). As I make great efforts on the permission side, and as all are my own photos, it is all a bit upsetting as I spend a great deal of time and effort sorting these things out. It should be remembered that UK is not as money-orientated in its permissions, and free photography is the norm rather than the exception. To date I have not been asked for any fee for permissions. When you say "if you have such permission, send it" how am I meant to send such?? You can check with the National Galleries with ease on their photography policy. Most of these are images from public galleries with unrestricted photography (save exceptions as already explained). Personal invitations to private galleries and exhibitions are usually organised by phone rather than letter. I have some email chains which link to the image of Heather Mills body-cast (which was at a private viewing) but little else is in writing. But, hopefully as an academic, you realise that a negative cannot be proved. It is simple to prove that something IS copyright but generally difficult to prove that something is not (other than understanding general gallery practices). Also, given the number of images involved over the past years this sets an impossible task, to retrace my steps and get some (I am unclear what) written confirmation from the galleries involved. The approach also implies that all Wikimedia images of art are suspect, unless uploaded by the gallery itself, and leaves a vacuum in the world of sculpture. I had decided to add my vast collection of images to Wikimedia rather than create a book as I felt this is more public-spirited, but the reaction (largely from one Wikimedia Editor yesterday) does lead me to the conclusion of "whats the point". I would hope that anyone could see that a large deal of effort goes into these images, and very much time. Copyright issues are always discussed in advance. ... including some of the already deleted images such as James Braidwood, as fighting copyright claims is not worth the mental effort if people are unable to understand the rules of UK galleries and museums.--Stephencdickson (talk) 23:11, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

@Stephencdickson: Hi, I removed the copyright warning from your page, but you are wrong about the copyright of statues: "sculpture images are never copyright in UK" is simply false. However there is an exception: see {{FOP-UK}} and Commons:Freedom_of_panorama#United Kingdom. So you are allowed to publish such pictures if the works of art are permanently displayed in a public places. I am going to restore to the pictures, and create regular DRs instead. Regards, Yann (talk) 09:04, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

?? I am still seeing a lot of misplaced copyright warnings about my uploads plus one from yourself regarding the Jean Muir image (which is a photograph friendly public exhibition in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery). Is there an ongoing issue? btw to explain my earlier comment re sculpural copyright I was perhaps unclear in my wording as a 3D copy of a sculpture is protected on modern pieces, but my reading of legislation is that a 2D image of a 3D work is not "copyright" but can require "permission" (which is not the same as copyright). --Stephencdickson (talk) 12:41, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

@Stephencdickson: Hi, It depends where the sculpture is displayed. We allow them only if they are permanently displayed in a public place. I think that most museums meet that definition in UK. But if the sculpture is only on a temporary display, or in a private place, then a formal written permission from the art copyright owner is needed. I know it is complex, and I got caught myself with 2D art in India, which has a similar legislation as UK. Please read the links I put above. I am removing duplicate requests from your talk page. Regards, Yann (talk) 12:48, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

You speak to me as if I am an idiot and ignorant of copyright law. I advise several parties on such issues, and am a personal friend of several scupltors, fully aware of UK law. I can only presume that you are not in UK and are not familiar with the legislation. The Scottish National Portrait Gallery (through LAW) must allow public access to all of its artefacts if requested !! as it is a government funded gallery for the public funded by the public! EVEN items not on permanent display may ALWAYS be legitimately photographed by any member of the public IF REQUESTED. The only items not so covered AS I HAVE ALREADY EXPLAINED TO YOU are items ON LOAN from private collections. THE LATTER ARE ALWAYS CLEARLY LABELLED "NO PHOTOGRAPHY". YOur persistence in this issue without correct referal to UK law will force me to make a formal complaint up the ladder if you do not desist.--Stephencdickson (talk) 13:06, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

@Stephencdickson: Hi,

Your tone is not appropriate. I am not in UK, but I have been a volunteer dealing with copyright law for the last 10 years, and I am very well aware of UK law. I am willing to help, as long as you remain polite and mellow. Regards, Yann (talk) 13:55, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Copyright Law requires to be read in conjunction with other pertinent laws (especially in areas of art which are not explicitly copyright as such). The UK has a spectrum of laws relating to access to art works, which even covers some in private collections, all of which can be seen "on demand". Nothing in the legislation relates to something which is in storage rather than on permanent display. All members of the public can have access to stored items which are "publically owned". In order to avoid Heritance Tax the vast majority of artworks in private houses also fall into this category (but owners do not like to publicise this). I have 30 years contact and experience of UK copyright law, but do not claim to know copyright laws in other countries. What I can explicitly state though is that if it is not copyright in the country of origin it cannot be copyright outwith that country. I am confident that none of the artwork which I photograph has any UK copyright issues.--Stephencdickson (talk) 14:59, 12 August 2015 (UTC) I think you are also confusing the issue of items being on "permanent display" and being in the "permanent collection". All items in the permanent collection may be photographed in state or council owned galleries and museums. Please stop labelling items for deletion on copyright grounds where this is completely UNTRUE>--Stephencdickson (talk) 15:08, 12 August 2015 (UTC) Here is a usefullly brief link which explains the term "public art" in UK which hopefully explains that this includes items in storage. There is lots of legislation on this but it largely relates to access rights, rather than prohibition. http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/public-art.htm --Stephencdickson (talk) 16:31, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Something completely absent from this discussion is that except in a couple of images, there was absolutely no indication as to where the photograph was taken and the licenses given were all own work. We cannot "know" that a painting is on public display unless that is stated in the upload form. More careful uploads, with longer descriptions including artists dates of life, location of image, and so on will prevent these sorts of issues in the future. Ellin Beltz (talk) 17:17, 12 August 2015 (UTC)