User talk:Yann/archives 51

I want to help

I need help reporting a copyright infringing file,It is also a personal photo that was uploaded without permission زياد محمد (talk) 22:37, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

Boyshorts cont

hi i do have permission so think before you oppose — Preceding unsigned comment added by Slemonc510 (talk • contribs) 15:22, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

@Slemonc510: Then ask the copyright holder to send the permission following the procedure at COM:VRT, and the files can be undeleted. Thanks, Yann (talk) 15:29, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

Flags of Lomas and Esteban Echeverria

Hello. I was the one who put it on delete request. The Lomas flag, the svg, has a design flaw. Two stripes of the flag are missing, and it should be like so https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Bandera_de_Lomas.jpg. The Esteban Echeverria flag was not correctly vectorized hence the request. 2marco4 (talk) 11:35, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

@2marco4: Hi, File:Bandera del Partido de Esteban Echeverría.svg is used on many pages. So we don't delete files used elsewhere unless there is a copyright issue. Thanks, Yann (talk) 14:21, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

What about Lomas? 2marco4 (talk) 15:20, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Idem. Yann (talk) 17:47, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

File:Talounisofia.jpg

Hi Yann, just for reference, this file was actually deleted for not having permission a few weeks ago by Fitindia. Another account (maybe the same user), then reuploaded the photo about a week later with another questionable permissions claim. The IP who asked for the file to be refunded is also probably the same user. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:31, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi, The previous deleted file is not the same. But I also deleted this one, obviously not own work, and no permission. Thanks for noticing, Yann (talk) 06:16, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for checking on this. -- Marchjuly (talk) 20:11, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

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Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by User:Alaa dfgh

Hi. Thank you for File:سهند-مدمرة.jpg. Can you please check if other files deleted in that request are licensed with Template:Tasnim, Template:Fars or Template:Mehr? I suspect that many of them are free. For example File:مدمرة-سهند.jpg and File:مراحل بناء-مدمرة سهند.jpg seem to be from the same source. HeminKurdistan (talk) 09:08, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

I will look at it later. Yann (talk) 14:21, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. Please notify me. HeminKurdistan (talk) 10:57, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

Deletion requests

Hi. Files like File:Sandro mazzola inter.jpg and File:Sandro mazzola inter (cropped).jpg, uploaded under the PD-Italy licence, in fact were not taken on Italian territory, so they're in copyviol. Stop. I don't know how to explain it in simpler words... — danyele 15:16, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Well, the place of publication is the key, not where it was taken. Yann (talk) 15:19, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

First of all, thanks for your (un) ping... very gentle -.-
On topic: I have been uploading images in PD-Italy for years, and this is the first time I have heard this argument about the place of publication... but let's just say that you are right - and I remain convinced that you are not -: from the information we have, how can we deduce the place of publication of that file...? By following your reasoning, now that image would still have to be deleted... — danyele 22:57, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

@Danyele: Yes, the place of publication is what determines the copyright status everywhere, including on Commons. Being a football player from Italy, there is a reasonable expectation that this image was first published in Italy. Unless there is some evidence otherwise, we can keep it. Thanks, Yann (talk) 06:21, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

"there is a reasonable expectation"... with all due respect, it seems to me (so its say in Italian) like a "mirror-climbing" -.-
At the moment there are two facts: a) the photo was not taken in Italy; b) there is no certainty that the place of publication corresponds to Italy. So, I cannot agree with your opinion. I'll go to the Italian bar to discuss this further — danyele 15:33, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

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I have one opinion for File:Seoul with little fine dust.jpg.

Thank you for undeleting File:Seoul with little fine dust.jpg.

I wanted to paint the part of Lotte World Tower black, but it was covered with the same color as the sky as if there was none at all. (This image should be censored because there is no freedom of panorama in South Korea.)

In order to know that Lotte World Tower existed in the original place, how about displaying it in the form of an outline rather than masking it like File:Tour Montparnasse-disparue-et rue Rousselet.JPG? Ox1997cow (talk) 00:11, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

@Ox1997cow: Hi, I think that's the best way to avoid the copyright issue, and to keep the image usable. Also I am not an expert on image editing, so it can certainly be better or different. Feel free to do it. Thanks, Yann (talk) 17:42, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

Sound Logo

Hello,

I am messaging you because a contest for a sound logo for Wikimedia is being developed and your opinion as a Wikimedia Commons admin is appreciated. My team would like to know if it is possible for the top finalist sound logos in the contest to have attribution temporarily hidden from public view until all the votes are final? The idea is to let the public judge the sound logo contestants based on the merit of the logo, not the person or people who made it. Again, any feedback is appreciated.

Thank you,

VGrigas (WMF) (talk) 18:13, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

This Sunday!

Hi, this is just a quick reminder: the next virtual meeting of our user group is scheduled for Sunday, June 19, 16:00 UTC. Topics are: “Photography in Nigeria”, “Photographing Vehicles”, “Wildlife photography and citizen science”, and “I started printing my images – here’s what I've learned so far…”. I'm thrilled about this great agenda and I'm looking forward to connecting with you again. Stay safe and all the best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 03:08, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

File:Joan Payzant.jpg

Many thanks to you and others for restoring this file. The whole process seems to have created a lot of unnecessary work for several people. Is there anything I can/should do to reduce the liklihood of it being deleted again? SternaElegans (talk) 13:16, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

Category:Advertisements for speedy deletion

Hello,

Please undelete Category:Advertisements for speedy deletion. This maintenance category appears to have been deleted by mistake. Johnj1995 (talk) 22:22, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

 Done Thanks, Yann (talk) 22:23, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

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Restored image

• Hi Yann. I noticed that  Commons:Deletion requests/File:Letter from the People's Mujahedin of Iran to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.jpg this file was restored. The document is an unpublished letter from an unknown publisher, so it doesn't fall within "the Iranian copyright law" as it was said in the undeletion discussion. No evidence was given showing this work has any permission to be in the public domain, so how come it was restored? Ypatch (talk) 04:29, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi, If there is no copyright in the first place, it doesn't matter if it was published or not. Yann (talk) 18:13, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

Yann, thanks, but where does it say that the image doesn't have copyright in the first place? If the letter claims to be an "official document" from the PMOI, wouldn't someone related to the letter or to the PMOI have a say about whether this is free to use or not? It also says that the source of the image is "Hoover Institution Archives" but the Hoover Institution link does not host the image. Ypatch (talk) 09:29, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

@Ypatch: Did you read the DR, and the undeletion request, i.e. [1]. All these points were addressed there. Thanks, Yann (talk) 10:05, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

Yann, I have read it, and I just read it again and I don't see it. I also asked Ellywa, and they seem to say that restoring this image was mainly your decision. Also User:Jameslwoodward[2] and User:Ankry [3][4] seemed to agree that the image could be copy-righted by the sender.

The image is dated to 1986, and the alleged sender (People's Mujahedin of Iran) have not been in Iran since 1981, so this image can't fall under under Iranian CR law. So could you please be specific? What exactly determines that the sender doesn't hold copyright over this image? Ypatch (talk) 09:39, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

Yann, can you reply to this please? Ypatch (talk) 15:46, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

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File:University of Turin Sigil.svg

Hi, I saw that you deleted the File:University of Turin Sigil.svg as I requested with the template Copyvio but you actually had to delete only the latest version of the file as I explained in the reason parameter. The original file derived from a sigil is really in the public domain. Is there a way to recover the file? Thanks in advance -- WikiLuke (talk) 07:32, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

 Done Yann (talk) 09:55, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

Query about copyright status for photos of artwork

Hi Yann, I wanted to get your opinion about the image at File:Flying Ballon Girl on the West Bank wall at Kalandia (174617912) (cropped).jpg. It looks to me like a straightforward photo of an artwork, which I'd have thought is not permitted as the artwork would be copyrighted. I get so confused by the laws on this matter though, so thought I'd check with you before wasting people's time with a deletion request! Thanks Amakuru (talk) 11:33, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi, This may be OK under COM:FOP Israel. I am not sure if this is included under "applied art" through. Regards, Yann (talk) 13:00, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Erotic asphyxiation.jpg

Hi! Could you please review this DR. Early you had resolved similar case with another shot from same video. Alex Spade (talk) 17:11, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

 Done Deleted. Yann (talk) 17:52, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

URAA and March 2012

Hi! According to Template:Not-PD-US-URAA/doc the template should only be applied to files uploaded after 1 March 2012. Do you agree with that date and why? And would it apply to files uploaded to jawiki in 2010 and moved to Commons in 2022? --MGA73 (talk) 06:35, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

Actually, I don't agree that we delete URAA-affected files. I feel that adding this template to these files for warning users of the very unlikely potential issue as a kind of comprise. Yann (talk) 13:14, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

CCTV

Salut Yann,

Que penses-tu de Commons:Deletion requests/File:Georgia Guidestones explosion.webm ?

Bien à toi, Thibaut (talk) 08:09, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

File:Nayacalevu, Nawaqanitawase and Habosi June 2022.jpg

Hi. I noticed you closed my deletion request for File:Nayacalevu, Nawaqanitawase and Habosi June 2022.jpg as keep because @Tm: said the Australian government actually created the image. According to Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Australia works created by the Australian government are copyrighted until 50 years after the date of creation. So I'd appreciate it if you deleted the file anyway since it's obviously still a copyright violation if it was made by the Australian government instead of the government of Fiji. Thanks. Adamant1 (talk) 20:26, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi, And why the license is not valid? {{DFAT}} seems to be OK here. Yann (talk) 20:31, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

The answer is pretty obvious. {{DFAT}} applies to files that come from Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website, or www.dfat.gov.au. Obviously Facebook, which is where the image comes from, isn't the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website. Seriously dude, did you even check before you asked me? Because you can pretty easily look through {{DFAT}} yourself and see that none of the of the websites that are listed in it are Facebook. --Adamant1 (talk) 23:15, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

Get down please. The Facebook account is of the Australian Embassy in Fiji, which is very well under the direction of the DFAT. Yann (talk) 09:07, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

I'm not really sure what "get down" means, as I'm not a dog, but I'm not the only who thinks images posted to Facebook aren't covered by DFAT and your comment does nothing to show that they are. I think WikiVirusC's comment on the administrator noticeboard perfectly summarizes why DFAT doesn't extend to images posted on Facebook. I'm sure your aware as an administrator that Commons:Deletion requests says "the burden of showing that a file can be validly hosted here lies with the people who think it should be kept." You treating me like I'm a dog or whatever does nothing to satisfy that burden. --Adamant1 (talk) 15:42, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

Since you decided to ignore WikiVirusC's comment and don't seem to want to delete it or otherwise resolve the issue, is there somewhere else I can make a request to have your close overturned or should I just re-nominate the file for deletion? Thanks. --Adamant1 (talk) 02:09, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

Never mind. I just re-nominated it. --Adamant1 (talk) 00:42, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

File:SCP-2747-IO-Radiohead.jpg

Hello, I saw your message that you tagged File:SCP-2747-IO-Radiohead.jpg as missing image use permissions. I am not familiar with the VRT process, so I'm not sure if I will still need to email permissions-commons regardless of what I say here. Anyways I'm messaging here to explain the evidence for why the file can be present on Commons. I've also edited the licensing information on the file to be more clear.

The image was created for the SCP Wiki, whose contents are licensed as CC-BY-SA 3.0. See its Image Use Policy, which notes the site license and clarifies it for those less familiar with licensing, in particular with regards to images (which are less likely to be original creations than submitted text). Further information (such as contact for the site's Licensing Team) is available on the Licensing Guide page. Additionally, there is a footer at the bottom of the site provided by the host, Wikidot, which notes that the site's contents are CC-BY-SA 3.0.

As noted on File:SCP-2747-IO-Radiohead.jpg, the image is a derivative. The modifier, minmin, created the derivative version for use on SCP-2747, which is listed as the source. (For the reasons mentioned above, listing the SCP Wiki as the source indicates the contents are CC unless there is a special licensing disclosure mentioning otherwise, which are rare and not present in this case.) Note you can see the licensing information on a page in the "license box" component, see the "‡ Licensing / Citation" element at the bottom of the page.

The original image is from https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=128915&picture=black-fractal, which is CC0. Other files on Commons accept publicdomainpictures.net as an acceptable CC0 source (for instance, File:Fish_Farm_Site.jpg), so this file should also be admissible. I uploaded the original, unmodified image as File:Black Fractal.jpg so that this file can link to it using {{Derived from}}, which should help improve the licensing documentation here.

Given this explanation, am I able to replace the {{No permission since}} with {{subst:PP}}, or how should things proceed?

Thank you. aismallard (talk) 18:32, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

@Aismallard: Hi,

Ok, no copyright issue then. I reviewed the license for the source, and I changed the license for this file to CC-0. There is no substantial modifications, so the license should be the same. Thanks, Yann (talk) 19:14, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

All my uploads have been deleted?

Hi there, You have deleted all the files I have uploaded:

• File:Technological-Trends-in-Water-Sector-for-a-Sustainable-Solution-Cover.jpg
• File:Pentacles-by-Sabarna-Roy.png
• File:Random-Subterranean-Mosaic-2012-–-2018-Time-Frozen-in-Myriad-Thoughts.png
• File:Frsoted-Glass-by-Sabarna-Roy.png
• File:Etchings-of-the-First-Quarter-of-2020-Letters-Ideas-Conversations-Poems.png
• File:Cover-Emerging-Environmental-Technologies-and-Policies-1536x1138.jpg
• File:Fractured-Mosaic-by-Sabarna-Roy-Book-Cover.png
• File:Abyss-by-Sabarna-Roy.png
• File:Cover-A-Marriage-An-Affair-and-A-Friendship.jpg
• File:Articles-on-Ductile-Iron-Pipelines-and-Framework-Agreement-Methodology-Book-Cover.png

where the license has been specifically mentioned on the author's own website because the images are published under GFDL license. Please see: https://www.sabarnaroy.com/fractured-mosaic/ for File:Fractured-Mosaic-by-Sabarna-Roy-Book-Cover.png. Thank you. SRoyy (talk) 16:19, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

@SRoyy: The copyright of a book cover usually belongs to the publisher, not to the author, so it is unlikely that these licenses are valid. They should be confirmed by email with a proof of copyright ownership. Please see COM:VRT for the procedure. Thanks, Yann (talk) 16:25, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Block account

Hello, can you help with blocking, the account of User talk:Lmpesantezt, this account has only uploads with copyright images and does fake claim on author-rights? Thanx@ Carolus (talk) 01:08, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

 Done Blocked for a month. All copyvios deleted. Next time, please ask on COM:AN/B. Thanks, Yann (talk) 09:04, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

thnx for your help.--Carolus (talk) 14:55, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

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Determining copyright status of photographs taken from Government archives

Hi @Yann. I hope that you are well and fine. A user uploaded some images from the website of Darul Uloom Deoband. These photos are from 1950, with photographers being unknown. The DuD website has not explicitly stated the copyright status but has just mentioned that these are from Government Archives. Do you have any advise on this? Should the images that come from Government Archives considered PD or should we not allow them here because photographers might have lived more rendering the copyright status ambiguous. Regards, ─ The Aafī (^talk) 06:26, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

@TheAafi: These images are probably in the public domain in India, but not in USA due to COM:URAA. Regards, Yann (talk) 08:33, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

@Túrelio, do you have any opinion on this? ─ The Aafī (^talk) 09:12, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

The problem with Wikipedia administrators...

...is that you obsessively look for ways to make yourselves useful by creating conflicts that don't exist. Nobody in any reasonable dimension thinks "anyone who votes against is a poopyhead" is anything but obvious sarcasm. Please stop creating work for yourself, it isn't appreciated. PDMagazineCoverUploading (talk) 10:20, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

And if I get blocked for this subtle jab I will never stop laughing my ass off. PDMagazineCoverUploading (talk) 10:21, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

@PDMagazineCoverUploading: I didn't mention any block, just a friendly request. It s rather sad that you take that in a confrontational way. You have to take into account the international status of this project, and the fact that many people don't have English as a native langage, and may misunderstand your "sarcasm". Yann (talk) 10:30, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

Discussion au sujet de la suppression de fichiers SVG représentant des motifs (couleurs, symboles) utilisés dans les cartes géologiques départementales du BRGM

Bonjour Yann

Même si mon anglais me permettrait d'échanger avec Túrelio au sujet des suppressions qu'il entreprend actuellement, je pense que le français serait préférable pour bien expliquer d'où proviennent les doublons, à quoi ils servent et quels souhaits j'aimerais exprimer quant à la généralisation de ces suppressions (il y a des effets de bord dans la gestion des cartes géologiques dans les articles sur les communes françaises dans WP-fr).

Peux-tu être mon interlocuteur sur ce sujet, d'une part pour corriger ce qui peut être corrigé, réparer ce qui doit être réparé (par rapport aux suppressions déjà réalisées) et me donner des conseils pour préparer sereinement les prochains versements pour d'autres départements ? Poudou99 (talk) 21:42, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Bonjour Yann

Je viens de me rendre compte que mon message ne donne pas le contexte qui a fait que je suis intervenu dans ta page de discussion. Mon message du coup doit te sembler complètement incompréhensible. Je te prie de bien vouloir m'en excuser.

En fait, mon intervention fait suite à cette suppression que tu as réalisée, une suppression parmi toutes celles que Túrelio réalise actuellement pour le même genre de fichiers (couleurs et motifs des formations géologiques d'un département) pour le motif "Duplicated file", ce qui dans l'absolu est vrai.

Alors je m'étais dit que si je t'expliquais la raison d'être de ces fichiers peut-être arriverions-nous à faire en sorte qu'ils ne soient pas supprimés. Je me dis qu'il doit exister une astuce dans Commons qui me permettrait de faire la même que ces doublons d'un point de vue SVG (mais pas dans le nom des fichiers ni dans leur description).

Tout ça doit te sembler alambiqué, mais avant de développer le sujet je voilais savoir si tu pouvais m'aider et t'impliquer un peu, arriver à trouver une solution pour que la suppression des doublons n'entraîne pas des effets de bord côté WP-fr. --Poudou99 (talk) 20:00, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

@Poudou99: Pas dans les jours qui viennent, car ma mère est très malade. Et je ne comprends pas trop à quoi devrait servir ce carré blanc ? Cordialement, Yann (talk) 20:05, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Voyelles

Hello Yann, j'espère que tu vas bien. Je trouve l'accent anglais de la récitante du poème de Rimbaud que tu as proposé comme MOTD un peu problématique. Je te signale cette autre version en te laissant apprécier s'il convient ou non de remplacer. Cordialement, — Racconish ^💬 18:34, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

@Racconish: Ah oui, LibreVox accepte aussi des récitants avec des accents étrangers. Je suis d'accord de remplacer par cette version. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 19:59, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Super :) Je te laisse le soin de t'en occuper. Cordialement, — Racconish ^💬 20:03, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

 Fait Yann (talk) 20:41, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

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Incorrect usage of licensing

They have done it again. See, the File:Margaret Alva.jpg, fails {{GODL-India}}. See copyright (http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Copyright.aspx?linkid=1) says clearly For any other re-use of the material you are required to seek permission by sending a mail to us. Under Section 2 (k) of the Copyright Act (No. 14 1975), the copyright for the reproduction of any material from the debates and ancillary publications vests with the Lok Sabha Secretariat. which is never done. Thus, its a clear copyright violation. Tagging @Fitindia and CptViraj: for their inputs (if any). Thanks Run n Fly (talk) 18:52, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

 Done Blocked for a month. Yann (talk) 19:31, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

Draft to Mainspace

Yann, can you consider moving w:Draft:Samsung SSC-1 to mainspace? Thank you. AG Manana (talk) 05:37, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Category:Bytsyura (surname)

Hi! I create Category:Bytsyura (surname) for categorization Category:Leonid Bytsyura. User Бучач-Львів remove category to Category:Bytsiura (surname). Bytsiura is not correct family name for Category:Leonid Bytsyura. Category:Bytsiura (surname) is empty, and error for Category:Leonid Bytsyura. Please revert remove category Category:Bytsiura (surname) → Category:Bytsyura (surname). --Микола Василечко (talk) 08:42, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Add comment. I create Category:Bytsyura (surname). User Бучач-Львів remove category to Category:Bytsiura (surname). Correct Category:Bytsyura (surname)! Category:Bytsiura (surname) is not correct surname. Why are you threatening to block me if I'm right? --Микола Василечко (talk) 09:04, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

@Микола Василечко: Hi, There is currently a category Category:Leonid Bytsyura. This should be renamed first if you want Category:Bytsyura (surname) to be deleted. In addition, I don't see any issue with a redirect, but you can request a regular deletion of the category. In any way, this is outside speedy deletion criteria. Thanks, Yann (talk) 09:10, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

@Yann: Category:Leonid Bytsyura IS CORRECTLY! See journals Category:Leonid Bytsyura and Category:Leonid Bytsiura! Category:Leonid Bytsiura has been removed to rename back! --Микола Василечко (talk) 09:17, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

@Микола Василечко: You don't need to ping me on my own talk page. If Category:Leonid Bytsyura is correct, then why do you want to delete Category:Bytsyura (surname). It doesn't make sense. Regards, Yann (talk) 09:24, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

I create Category:Bytsyura (surname) 10:49, 24 February 2021. 12:03, 28 July 2022‎ Бучач-Львів move to Category:Bytsiura (surname). But now the history of editors is as if I create Category:Bytsiura (surname) 10:49, 24 February 2021 and Бучач-Львів create Category:Bytsyura (surname) 12:03, 28 July 2022. I want to return the history of creating a category! I want to be the author Category:Bytsyura (surname) but not Category:Bytsiura (surname)! --Микола Василечко (talk) 09:31, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

@Микола Василечко: I understand better now, but why is it so important to change the category history? Yann (talk) 09:51, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

I have a long-standing conflict with a user Бучач-Львів. I want to be the author of the correct Category. --Микола Василечко (talk) 09:59, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

 Done Yann (talk) 19:31, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Vandal alts/Raiders

Hi Yann. I just wanted to let you know that @MegaMack02, a user whom you blocked for vandalizing photos as well as user talk pages, is now continuing to raid Commons under these usernames:

@Firekong808 @GamerMan09870 @AG Manana

Thank you for your patience in this matter. And two of the MegaMack02 alts are already blocked as confirmed alts. However, AG Manana is not confirmed yet. Can you consider talking to @Elcobbola about this? Thank you. 174.202.5.79 18:49, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Category:Monuments and memorials in Northern Territory

Sorry I listed this as a bad name without making a comment in the discussion but do you mind closing Commons:Categories for discussion/2022/08/Category:Monuments and memorials in Northern Territory? -- Ricky81682 (talk) 22:12, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

Sockpuppet accounts

Thank you for tagging the accounts in Category:Sockpuppets of GaetanoartistMinale. I added another account to the category. These accounts should all be listed as socks of GAETANO MINALE (talk · contribs). Johnj1995 (talk) 21:21, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

 Done Yann (talk) 09:28, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Category:Books in the Library of Congress/unchecked

Thanks for the cleanup.

In respect of a few of the items here, I'd located specifc renewals ( and DR's were raised for those already). If you are able to check against the CCE yourself, those DR's can be resolved realtively quickly. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 09:32, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

I am quite overbooked now. I will look at that next week. Yann (talk) 09:47, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

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Nullarbor nymph image

• File:Nla.obj-141628590-1.jpg

Yes you are right, it's copyrighted. I'm a bit new to this and thought that because it was under National Library of Australia that it would be free for use in the public domain. I'll remove it. TedDougal'n'Jack (talk) 06:37, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

@TedDougal'n'Jack: Actually, I don't know its copyright status, but if it is in the public domain, it needs a template. If you need help, please ask on COM:VPC. Thanks, Yann (talk) 11:27, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Thank you so much for opportunity

I don't mistake next time. Thanks you so much. ᱫᱚᱞᱚᱱ ᱯᱨᱳᱵᱟᱥ (talk) 14:57, 6 June 2022‎ (UTC)

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Delete

Good day! My friend (Наталья Шошитаишвили) contacted with me, to help her delete some files from commons, because as she found, there was not any watermarks on it. You reverted her additions. Can you help us to delete all files which uploaded before? Because as she informed me, the collection she owned was collected by her grandmother and this collection is now owned by her family. So she wants to share all collection with watermarks. Surprizi (talk) 07:23, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

@Surprizi: Hi,

I am sorry, but that's not OK for Wikimedia Commons rules. We only accept courtesy deletions within one week of upload, and these images were uploaded more than one year ago. The license is permanent. After that we only delete copyright violations, or for a valid reasons. Please see COM:DR for the details. Thanks, Yann (talk) 08:51, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Simcha Kabbalah

My husband and I are 2 painters.

All the drawings we put on Wikimedia

They are pictures we drew!

Is there something that is not ours

in what we uploaded?

Which file exactly is not ours? Simcha Kabbalah (talk) 19:20, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

@שמחה קבלה: The issue is not copyright, but your files and your (very long) texts are out of scope for Commons. We don't accept personal art by non notable artists. Yann (talk) 19:40, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

How can I restore this deleted photo of Michel Thomas?

I am no expert on how these things work, perhaps you can help me. A photo that I took in May 2004 of Michel Thomas receiving the silver star at the World War II memorial has been deleted. I cannot figure out why, and I would like to have it restored. Please advise what I need to do.

Here’s a link to the photo that was removed: File:Michel Thomas receiving Silver Star at WWII Memorial May 2004.png. 76.21.57.180 14:27, 11 August 2022 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Go COM:REFUND and provide your reasoning. Ww2censor (talk) 15:33, 11 August 2022 (UTC)

@NV Researcher: You appear not to have been paying attention to your user talk page User talk:NV Researcher.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 15:42, 11 August 2022 (UTC)

Deletion of image (per COM:SPEEDY)

Hey there! Can you please explain why you deleted File:Malchiel_Gruenwald.jpg ("per COM:SPEEDY")? It's just a cropped version of another wiki commons image, to be used on the wiki entry of Malchiel Gruenwald. --Mzq16 (talk) 04:51, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

@Mzq16: You didn't provide a license. It is your responsibility to do that. You also didn't add categories and the author. Now I restored it, and fixed these. Yann (talk) 08:41, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

@Yann: Thank you! --Mzq16 (talk) 19:15, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

discussion formatting inquiry

At this discussion, I wanted to check-in and ask if you're (a) replying to my bottom-most comment, or (b) giving a bottom-level reply to the nomination as a whole. (I don't know whether the discussion is supposed to be rooted in indention or bullets; I cannot find instruction here on the Commons). Fourthords | =Λ= | 18:31, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

Merci !

Coucou. Merci pour les demandes de suppression des fichiers importés par Sarah victor88. J'allais m'en charger après m'être occupé des photos de Category:Wiaz et Category:Léa Wiazemsky, mais tu as été plus rapide (et plus efficace ). Pour info, je lui ai aussi mis des messages sur sa page WP, en espérant que ça soit suffisant. Bonne soirée --Titlutin (talk) 21:30, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

File:Delvis Dutton booking report from Bulloch Jail on Dutton website All On Georgia.jpg

Hi Yann. Since you deleted File:Delvis Dutton booking report from Bulloch Jail on Dutton website All On Georgia.jpg as a copyvio, I'm wondering if that means the same should be done to all the other files licensed the same way which apparently come from the same source. File:Delvis Dutton (cropped).jpg, File:Delvis Dutton booking photo from Bulloch County Jail.jpg and File:Delvis Dutton Booking Photo From Bulloch County Sheriff Office.jpg all seem to come from the same source as the file you deleted. The last of the three is the source for the other two and it was uploaded under as {{PD-USGov}}, but the en:Bulloch County Sheriff's Department isn't part of the US federal government and Georgia doesn't appear to be one of the US states which release works by its employees into the public domain. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:47, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

File:Daisy Edgar-Jones by Patrick Lovell, July 2021 (cropped).jpg

Ok, I think I'll bite this time. How exactly is this cropped photo file a copyvio when original - File:Daisy Edgar-Jones by Patrick Lovell, July 2021.jpg is cc-by-sa-2.0? Mithoron (talk) 21:23, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

Fixed. It was tagged as copyvio by mistake. Yann (talk) 21:35, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

The only reason I tagged the image as copyvio is because the image was uploaded separately from the original image, which previously had a CCL. But now the copyright holder has since changed the licensing to be more restrictive. So it's not allowed to be re-uploaded. Btspurplegalaxy (talk) 23:12, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

@Btspurplegalaxy: The license is irrevocable. Once it is published under a free license, it is not possible to change it. Yann (talk) 09:04, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

I've been informed about it. Btspurplegalaxy (talk) 09:05, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Quick update on behalf of the Commons Photographers User Group

Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,

I hope you're well and enjoy taking photos for Wikimedia Commons. Here are a couple of quick updates on behalf of our group:

• Our next virtual meeting will take place on Saturday, August 27. At this point we have two presentations lined up:

• Suitable! Unsuitable! How to choose photos for a Wikipedia for children, “Klexikon” (Ziko)
• The aperture and its (less known) effects (XRay)

You can sign up for the event on this page: Virtual Meeting on August 27, 2022. – Given that we can accommodate more speakers, I'll invite you to get in touch with me in case you'd like to present on the 27th. You can reach me any time on my talk page or by sending a quick email.

• Also, we now have a page for local events organized by members of our user group: Local events 2022. Please check it out and consider organizing an event yourself!
• And finally, we're planning on offering a Post-processing Workshop on October 8. Please save the date; an events page with more information will go up later.

Thanks for being a member of our group and for sharing your works under a free license. Have fun taking pictures!

All the best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 15:23, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

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J. & E. Riggin Picture Deletion

Hi Yann, Can you explain why the picture of the vessel was deleted from that page J. & E. Riggin (schooner)? I checked all the parameters prior to posting it and had permission to use the photo. I just want to know how to correct the issue. Hope to hear back from you. Thanks. Kbahrami (talk) 16:07, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

@Kbahrami: Hi,

There was no license, and you didn't react to the message posted on your talk page on July 27th. And since you are not the photographer, the copyright holder needs to confirm the license via email. Please see COM:VRT for the procedure. Thanks, Yann (talk) 16:12, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

Oh man, I did not even see my talk page; I need to set the notifications up better. I will look at the link. Is the picture now gone completely? I had another user fix the alignment and I feel like I am stuck now. Kbahrami (talk) 16:15, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

@Kbahrami: The file can be undelete if and when the permission is received. Yann (talk) 16:16, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

Perfect! I think I saw the section called "I have received permission from the original author (not me) to upload the file to Commons." and it says exactly that. Ok, man, this is complicated lol. Really makes you appreciate the amount of work that goes in Wikipedia. Glad I support them :-) I will get the media owner to get the info to the email link and hopefully rectify this. Thanks for the guidance! Kbahrami (talk) 16:20, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

Hello @Yann! We sent all the information in and a representative responded to Jessica Hazen. She has responded back however it has now been about 5 days since the last email exchange. Is it normal to take so many days before the image is restored? Thanks for the guidance! Kbahrami (talk) 08:16, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

@Kbahrami: Yes, it can take some time. People dealing with the permissions are only volunteers. Thanks, Yann (talk) 16:42, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, that is what we presumed. Anyway, thank you and all of the volunteers...it is really impressive how well it all works and this is a good peek under the hood to see the machinery in action :-D Kbahrami (talk) 17:46, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi Yann! Since the photo has been reinstated to the Wikimedia-Commons location I had created and the email exchange between the "Permissions - Wikimedia Commons" team and Jessica Hazen has now been coordinated with does this mean we can reverse the deletion on the referenced subject page? Can I simply just go and "undo" the last edit by you? Not sure what the next step is so I wanted to check with you first. Thanks! Kbahrami (talk) 05:24, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

Proposed Text Revision of en.Wikipedia's "No. 25 Squadron RAAF" Website $ Uploading of 2 Photos

To Wikipedia Help Desk with cc’s to Ruthven, Yann and Nick-D “Talk” pages

Hi Wiki Help Desk

1. I have placed a proposed revision of the text of en.Wikipedia’s No. 25 Squadron RAAF website with supporting additional footnotes in Wiki’s format onto the webpage’s “Talk” section.

For convenience the text’s revised sections are underlined.

2. As suggested by Wiki Commons Information Team Member JJ Clark by email on 18 Aug I have also re-uploaded 2 over 50 year-old RAAF photos onto en.Wikipedia’s No. 25 Squadron RAAF website using jpeg files and the {{PD-AustraliaGov}} template, being

• File:No. 25Squadron B-24 Liberator over Netherlands East Indies (aka the DEI - now Indonesia) cMarch-August 1945.jpg and

• File:25SQNPhotoatRAAFDarwinCampJune1967withC130A Hercules transport aircraft.jpg

As a not too computer literate, nearly 80 year-old ‘user’ I hope not to invoke any further Wikis censures or deletions so request any advice or comment you or any Wiki adminstrators’ (including the 3 receiving cc’s of this email on their “Talk” pages) are willing to offer about the acceptability/suitability of 1. and  2. above is requested and would be appreciated. Shellac41 (talk) 09:55, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

@Shellac41: These look good to me. Yann (talk) 15:25, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

ajouter les images du logo Huawei celia, le courrier des pétales et la vidéo Huawei

bonjour, yann je voulais te demander un service et c'est si tu pouvais publier des images ici en commun pour compléter certains articles de wikipedia, je le ferais moi même mais je ne connais pas les licences et que les images seraient le logo de courrier de pétale, le logo serait la vidéo Huawei et le logo huawei celia Acronixxx (talk) 19:28, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

@Acronixxx: Bonjour,

Je ne comprends pas très bien la demande. Il faudrait préciser par des liens. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 19:59, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

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Message from Hollow mountain

Please would you help me understand Hollow mountain (talk) 01:41, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

@Hollow mountain: What do you want to know? Yann (talk) 09:05, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

Adding to Featured Image Candidates

Hello! Why did you delete my cards? Are they bad or did you apply the candidacy incorrectly? Пётр Тарасьев (talk) 18:21, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

@Пётр Тарасьев: Yes, you need to create the pages for FPC before adding them to the list. Please see COM:FPC. Thanks, Yann (talk) 18:24, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

@Yann, Thank you very much! Пётр Тарасьев (talk) 18:30, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

What is not clear in DO NOT ADD NEW NOMINATIONS ABOVE THIS LINE, BUT AT THE TOP OF THIS SECTION?

Simpel. I expected a new section UNDER the line. That's all. --Stunteltje (talk) 20:50, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

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Review

Hi Yann, could you review this photo? File:Mithilesh Chaturvedi 2013.jpg Joofjoof (talk) 06:53, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

 Done Yann (talk) 09:45, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Socks of GRP

Special:PermanentLink/685101108#Accounts engaged in suspicious activity – please take care of them ASAP. 94.42.57.188 08:59, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

What's the main account on Commons? Yann (talk) 09:56, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

In case you want to tag any socks, just don't. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 10:09, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

@1234qwer1234qwer4: I think that may be useful to find other socks. Yann (talk) 20:06, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Believe me I'm familiar with this abuser, and the single best way to deal with them is to ignore. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 20:53, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Prof. Dr. Julius Raecke, 39.jpg

Yeah, I don't think I handled that correctly. I was trying to flag that the source and author information are incorrect; this was clearly scanned out of a book somewhere, but it looks like it is probably old enough to be public domain. Your guidance on the standard procedure would be appreciated. —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 19:54, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

@Compassionate727: Yes, it is not an obvious copyright violation, so it is not eligible for speedy deletion. It may be in the public domain, but we need to know more information (source, date, author, etc.). Yann (talk) 20:05, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Yes, my question is what I should have done instead. Tag it with Template:No source since? It isn't clear to me whether or not it is acceptable to use that on files where the source information is obviously wrong. —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 20:07, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

@Compassionate727: You should have opened a regular deletion, which I did. Yann (talk) 20:13, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Regarding this.

Hi Yann. It isn't written anywhere that the file is licensed under GODL-India, but the source doesn't prohibit from using that content given we attribute the source. --Ratekreel (talk) 16:55, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

GODL-India may apply to recent images, but I have never seen anything saying it can also apply to old images. Yann (talk) 17:00, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

Renaming File:Pahonia. Пагоня (1764-92).jpg

Hello. Could you please tell me the reason for renaming this file? I believe, that this renaming is against Commons:File renaming. There was no any obvious error in the filename (it depicts be-tarask:Пагоня, which was stated in the filename). Moreover, you changed the language of the filename from Belarusian to English, which looks for me like language discrimination of Belarusians. Kazimier Lachnovič (talk) 22:21, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

@Kazimier Lachnovič: Stop trolling, or you will be blocked. This is the last warning. Yann (talk) 16:16, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

Where do you see any kind of trolling from me? I just really frustrated that you blindly without any reasonable explanation support the actions, which in my opinion are clearly against Category:Commons guidelines. But I assume that you are reasonable person and really uninvolved user, that why I started this conversation here, not on the Commons:Administrators' noticeboard. Here is a recent article on a quite trustful and neutral en:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Belarusian service), where this group is mentioned: A big scandal in Belarusian Wikipedia took place in August 2021. Then it turned out that the Belarusian article about the coat of arms en:Pahonia was removed from Wikipedia. The initiators were a group of Lithuanian editors of the free encyclopedia. <...> Ihar adds that it is impossible to claim that all Lithuanians on Wikipedia want to clean it of the Belarusian version of the history of the Grand Dutchy of Lithuania or do something similar. This is a small group of 3-4 people. However, they are very active in promoting their position. (it's almost automatic translation with two fixes of incorrectly translated names, I can give more detail explanation on your request). Here, in the Wikimedia Commons, I can also mention unsuccessful attempts by the member of the same group (Itzhak Rosenberg from en:Talk:Pahonia is Cukrakalnis from Category talk:Grand Duchy of Lithuania, you can also find Pofka there) to remove a category Category:History of Belarus from Category:Grand Duchy of Lithuania, that was stopped by uninvolved administrator User:Taivo based on the category talk page discussion. I could provide you more details as well as answer to questions you have, but first I need to know your opinion. P.S. I should also mention that I have faced here total ignoring by administrators quite obvious situations with wrong renaming (Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive 83#Renaming_the_file_against_the_official_guideline_on_Wikimedia_Commons, by the way, the renaming was initiated by Ke an, that is another member of the mentioned group), that's why I expressed some skepticism in the latest discussion. --Kazimier Lachnovič (talk) 09:26, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

It's Wiki Loves Monuments time again!

Welcome to Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 India

Hello Yann/archives 51!

We are excited again to let you know that, Wiki Loves Monuments, the largest photography competition of the world, will take place for the 13th time this year. And guess what! India is going to participate in the event again this year from September 1 to September 30, 2022. You might remember this competition as you had participated in one of its previous editions. We would be very delighted to see you take part in the competition again, help record and digitally document our monuments for future generations and get a chance to win exciting prizes!!!

You can find more details about the Indian edition of the competition in this event page. See you in action in few hours!!

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
(on behalf of Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 in India team)
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legal threat?

Could you, please, look at this edit. Is it a legal threat? Ankry (talk) 19:03, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

@Ankry: Hmm. This is a new user, so I would say AGF. I sent a warning explaining NO LEGAL THREAT. Thanks for your message. Yann (talk) 20:23, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

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Category:Stefan Rudnicki

Hi Yann! Trying to follow what happened to Category:Stefan Rudnicki, which you deleted per COM:SPEEDY. It was populated with a few pictures, which were then recategorized to remove the Stefan Rudnicki category, although he is depicted. Was there a specific reason I'm missing? Or did you delete an empty category, because the unregistered user had removed all images from it? Just so I know what happened if I set out to create it again et cetera, and don't recreate any previously existing issues. Julle (talk) 11:51, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

@Julle: Yes, I just deleted an empty category. Yann (talk) 11:54, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

OK! It's not supposed to be empty, and I've re-added the photos that were in it, so if you want to, feel free to restore it. (: I don't remember exactly which the parents categories were. Julle (talk) 14:06, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

@Julle: Restored. Please fix the categories. Thanks, Yann (talk) 14:09, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! Julle (talk) 14:11, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

Wrongful deletion

Hello. You deleted File:Skefkef 1 page-0001.jpg even though it's clearly stated on the second page of the magazine that the whole magazine is under Creative Commons Attribution. The link was provided in the description of the file. Here it is again https://en.calameo.com/read/00491197907ebb19b448d Statement:

Skef kef de opentaqafa est mis à disposition selon les termes de la license Creative Commons Attribution

As for the other files, I will let the author know that he should make a clear public statement of putting his work in the public domain. Ideophagous (talk) 10:35, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

@Ideophagous: Sorry, but that license doesn't include commercial use, and is therefore not sufficient for Commons. Please read COM:L. Thanks, Yann (talk) 11:04, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Alright. Thanks for the explanation. Ideophagous (talk) 11:20, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

File:Something Good- Negro Kiss 1898.webm

Thanks for the closure on Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Sir Robert PerPaper. I think File:Something Good- Negro Kiss 1898.webm is a copyvio, though (and the deletion widget is suggesting that I raise this directly with you instead of renominating): the video footage is certainly public domain, but there's no evidence that the music is. The University of Chicago restored the silent film a few years ago and added an uncredited soundtrack to it, but didn't release the result under a free licence. Lord Belbury (talk) 22:01, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

@Lord Belbury: If the music is not in the public domain, it can easily be removed, and the file reimported over this one, so I don't think deletion is necessary. Thanks, Yann (talk) 09:32, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Okay. Is there a template for that, to say that a video's audio is likely copyrighted but being hosted on Commons anyway until someone edits the file? --Lord Belbury (talk) 10:15, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

@Lord Belbury: No, I don't think there is specific template for the audio, but you can make a request on Commons:Graphic Lab/Video and sound workshop. Yann (talk) 11:50, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

I couldn't find such a template either, I would have thought that hosting a video with copyrighted elements, even temporarily, isn't how Commons works. I'll make that request. --Lord Belbury (talk) 11:55, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Well, it is probably a honest mistake. Yann (talk) 12:17, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Kind of, it was uploaded by a sock who clearly either doesn't understand or doesn't care about copyright. I'd assume it was laziness rather than a malicious attempt to release some music as public domain, but I expected it to fall under COM:PP and be deleted pending a reupload. --Lord Belbury (talk) 12:56, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Stop uploading in commons

I promise you I don't using commons

Don't worry. Mutasim Elmahadi (talk) 05:49, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

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File:Tête à tête avec une Bleue - Sakina Karchaoui 5-42 screenshot.png

Hi Yann, I've taken the liberty to restore this file, as the source is indeed CC-licensed. It had been erroneously copyvio-tagged; see User talk:Mussklprozz#File:Tête à tête avec une Bleue - Sakina Karchaoui 5-42_screenshot.png. --Túrelio (talk) 21:06, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

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Logo Ligue Braille

Bonjour Yann, vous avez supprimé le fichier File:Logo_ligue_braille_fr.png le 17 août 2022. Ce logo est correct mais, je suppose qu'il était mal référencé, pouvez-vous m'aider à le mettre correctement. Merci. BEBDW (talk) 15:13, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

@BEBDW: C'est un logo complexe, il faut donc une autorisation écrite du détenteur des droits pour pouvoir être publié sur Commons. Voyez COM:VRT/fr pour la procédure. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 16:51, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Merci pour ces informations, ce logo est effectivement protégé et je souhaitais le reprendre de la même manière qu'un logo de marque mais je manque de connaissance et d'expérience à ce sujet. BEBDW (talk) 13:17, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Suppression de l'image principale de la page Biendi Maganga Moussavou

Bonjour, vous avez procédez à la suppression d'une image de la page citée en objet sur des motifs totalement compréhensibles et qui à bien d'égard contribuent à la sureté de Wikipédia. Cependant, je vous confirme être habilité à utiliser cette image dans le cadre de ce travail. Il s'agit de la photo officielle de l'ancien ministre gabonais de l'agriculture au nom duquel j'agis. La photo a été prise dans son bureau peu après sa nomination.

Je vous prie de considérer ce message et de rétablir l'image s'il vous plait.

Mes meilleurs sentiments ! Gmcsenegal (talk) 10:55, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

@Gmcsenegal: BOnjour,

Dans ce cas, il faut une confirmation de la licence par email. Voyez COM:VRT/fr pour la procédure. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 18:45, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Creator template revert

I asked the person who created the template what their opinion about this was. This is what they said on their talk page "If work is in public domain, based on the year when the author died, ({{PD-old-70}}, etc. ), than we should have a record on file of who is the author and when they died. In the old days that record was the Creator template, now it is mostly Wikidata and Creator templates serve as easy to remember redirect to Wikidata. So yes you should definitely have Wikidata item about the author (if there is sufficient information). Creating Creator template is fine but not necessary, as you can just add {{Creator|Wikidata=Q.....}} to the author field (or sometimes just Q....) to have the same effect." Which I mostly agree with. If you want to integrate something to that effect into the guideline be my guest. Your wording doesn't work though and clearly isn't in alignment with the consensus that "you should definitely have Wikidata item about the author (if there is sufficient information). Creating Creator template is fine but not necessary, as you can just add {{Creator|Wikidata=Q.....}} to the author field" either. Same goes for the 70 years PD versus 50 years thing. Thanks. Adamant1 (talk) 00:37, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Gallery pages of criminals

please note all gallery pages of criminals are people who have been tried and convicted. Darrelljon (talk) 13:34, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

@Darrelljon: wondering if Hugo Chávez fits in this category. Lotje (talk) 15:25, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

chavez and gandhi have both been tried and convicted prior to their peak influence. Darrelljon (talk) 15:41, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Yes, Gandhi was jailed for his non-violent and civil desobedience actions, but it doesn't make him a criminal. I have a master on Gandhian philosophy, so I know what I am talking about. Yann (talk) 17:51, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Do you have a criteria for including gallery pages in the category Gallery pages of criminals? Darrelljon (talk) 06:03, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

Question

Who originally uploaded File:GLIMMER MAN Domidar Dogs.jpg? I need the information so I can see how it got past VRT. Thanks in advance. ^Atsme _Talk 📧 13:09, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

@Atsme: Roman Záliš (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user This file has a watermark "JSmart", probably copied from [5]. Yann (talk) 13:11, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

File:Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene official photo, 117th Congress (cropped).jpg

This file and the other related file have an expired deletion request, Commons:Deletion requests/File:Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene official photo, 117th Congress.jpg Commons:Deletion requests/File:Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene official photo, 117th Congress (cropped).jpg, and we are unable to determine that these were official congressional photos since they lack the usual metadata and there is no page that releases their copyright that we have found. Andre🚐 16:24, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

@Andrevan: I have no idea, but may be @Clindberg: knows? Yann (talk) 17:42, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

MOTD Notification

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Crop of LimmyAndFan.png should be deleted as well

Hi, I saw you deleted File:LimmyAndFan.png for lacking permission. Could you also delete a crop of the image at File:Limmy (cropped).png? I would also like to know how I should I tag crops for no permission to make it easier for admins in the future. Thanks. Yeeno (talk) 00:13, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

Deleted logo of Wagner Group

Hi, could you please send me the deleted file https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Logo_of_the_Wagner_Group.png
I will upload it to ru-wiki (fair use - ru:ВП:КДИ) DenBkh (talk) 04:10, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

@DenBkh: I temporarly undeleted it. I will delete it again after 24h. Thanks, Yann (talk) 08:52, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Delete of pictures i have permission to

Hey Yann. The pictures of buses you deleted i HAVE licens to upload from the owner of the pictures........ If you had problems with read danish. You can go to google translate and translate the permision from the owner. I asked him permit to upload some of he's bus pictures. He gave me the permit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Erobran (talk • contribs) 20:35, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

www.gyazo.com/fa83a1be2ade76707a02204cfccead27 So please undelete the pictures. Erobran (talk) 20:33, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

The pictures is:

• File:AOS274-011.jpg
• File:AOS312-001.jpg
• File:AOS349-C1.jpg
• File:AOS354-010.jpg
• File:Arriva4410-S3.jpg
• File:Servicebus Linje S2.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Erobran (talk • contribs) 20:42, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

@Erobran: The permission for a free license must be sent by email. Please see COM:VRT for the procedure. Thanks, Yann (talk) 09:37, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Marguerite de Valois (fichier)

Bonjour Yann . Je viens d'être notifié par Jeff G, au sujet d'une demande de suppression concernant le fichier File:MargueritedeValois Best.jpg. Je ne suis pas l'auteur de l'importation dudit fichier. J'ai juste modifié la résolution. Bien cordialement, LIONEL76 (talk) 21:12, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

@LIONEL76: La résolution ne change pas les droits d'auteur. Il semble que l'autorisation est incomplète ou invalide (je n'ai pas accès moi-même au ticket.). Si vous avez des questions, demandez à Jeff ou sur le forum COM:VRTN. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 09:40, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

How to legally post images to Wikicommons

Hello Yann. I am new to the WikiCommons Family. I may not be aware of certain rules and may be breaking them. I am engaged in posting pictures of information about the Professional Football League of Uzbekistan. Some of the pictures are taken from public sites, some of them are my own, and some are posted directly with the official permission of the photojournalists. It would be great if you could explain if there is a problem with any of these cases. Bigkhanm (talk) 06:57, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

@Bigkhanm: For any image previously published, or of which you are not the photographer, a formal written permission by email, or a free license on the source, is necessary. Please see COM:VRT for the procedure. See also for derivative works (the issue with the medal). In that case, we need a permission from the medal designer. Thanks, Yann (talk) 09:50, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

File:Second government of Stefan Yanev.jpg

Hello Yann,

Could you let me know what was wrong with that image? If there was some missing information, I could've added it if you waited before deleting it.

Best regards, Dimitar999 (talk) 11:58, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

@Dimitar999: Hi,

1. There was no license.
2. This is a work from the gouvernment of Bulgaria, and a permission from the copyright holder is needed to host it on Commons. Regards, Yann (talk) 19:13, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

MOTD Notification

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You're invited to provide input…

Dear fellow member of the Commons Photographers User Group,

At our last meeting end of August, we talked about getting in touch with the Wikimedia Foundation and offering our help for improving Wikimedia Commons. Today, I invite you to provide your input on a draft open letter to the Foundation. Over the course of the next ten days, we'll further improve the text together, before inviting people to sign it. If you're interested in providing input, please engage in the discussion on the talk page of the draft.

In the meanwhile, I hope you're well and have a great time taking photos! All the best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 08:42, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

@Frank Schulenburg: Great initiative! Thanks for your message. Yann (talk) 20:49, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, Yann! Amitiés, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 02:25, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Persistent copyright-infringing editor

Hello, Yann. In March you blocked an editor with the user name Kelhuri for copyright infringements. Unfortunately they have continued to upload copyright infringing images. Dozens of uploads by this person have been deleted, several more are now nominated for deletion, and others not yet nominated look to me as though they should be. In fact as far as I can see the editor has never done anything on Commons apart from uploading copyright-infringements. You may like to consider an indefinite block. See User talk:Kelhuri and Special:Contributions/Kelhuri. JBW (talk) 10:36, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

 Done All copyvios deleted. Yann (talk) 20:33, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

File:Screenshot-Dr.-Ferrer.jpg

Hey, since you deleted File:Dr. Ferrer.jpg, could you also delete File:Screenshot-Dr.-Ferrer.jpg? It's essentially the same image. reppop^talk 20:51, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

 Done Yann (talk) 20:48, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

CHATEAU DES VIVES-EAUX

• File:CHATEAU DES VIVES-EAUX 2022.jpg

Bonjour Vous avez supprimé sur la page du Chateau des vives-eaux, dont je suis le propriétaire, la photo du chateau que j'ai prise cet été, apparement après qu'un "robot" ai vu la même photo sur la page du chateau sur mariage.net . Je vous confirme qu'il s'agit dans les deux cas de la même photo, que j'ai prise personnellement, dont je détient donc les "droits", et que j'ai moi-même publié cette photo sur la page du chateau sur le site de wikipedia Je pense qu'il est plus judicieux, en 2022, de publier une photo du chateau prise en 2022, et non plus ma photo de 2016 Cordialement Jean-michel PONTET, propriétaire du Chateau des vives-eaux PONTET (talk) 22:40, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

@PONTET: J'ai restauré l'image, et créé une demande de suppression normale. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 20:38, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Статья "Георгий Кайхосрович Болквадзе"

Добрый день!

Добрый день! Не могли бы вы, пожалуйста, сказать мне, какую лицензию я могу указать для медиафайлов в этой статье, если они являются частью моего семейного архива? Все фотографии, которые я планирую использовать, будут с логотипами семейного архива. И надо ли указывать лицензию для самой статьи? Весь материал статьи тоже из семейного архива.

Наталья Шошитаишвили (talk) 10:27, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

@Наталья Шошитаишвили: Hi, For each file, you need to give the original date and author, and a license (not CC-BY..., as you are not the creator of the works). You can ask more help on COM:VPC. Thanks, Yann (talk) 20:41, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

User:Celco85

On 10 August 2022 you blocked User:Celco85, in response to my ANU posting about COM:OVERWRITE. They have continued breach this guideline after the block expired, although since then they have only overwritten photographs that they had originally uploaded.

• 13 September 2022 File:Bentleigh house.jpg [6]
• 13 September 2022 File:HN Frankston.jpg [7]
• 13 September 2022 File:St Paul's Church Bentleigh.jpg [8]
• 15 September 2022 File:Rovira Friendship House.jpg [9]
• 15 September 2022 File:Saint Bede's School Bentleigh East 2022.jpg [10]

Please consider whether further administrative action is appropriate. Verbcatcher (talk) 19:33, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

 Done Blocked for a month. Yann (talk) 20:47, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

COM:AN/U

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Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/User problems. This is in relation to an issue with which you may have been involved.

Adamant1 (talk) 11:33, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Please delete

Hello, can you please delete these two files? They have been marked "no permission" for several weeks.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Headshot_Natalie_Bruno.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Natalie_Bruno_Libertarian_Candidate_for_Oklahoma_Governor.png

Thank you! BottleOfChocolateMilk (talk) 18:33, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Vandalism only accounts

Please block these users below who are the vandalism only accounts and they may also be the sock puppets of Cheng123xx

@藝興大廈1314, @藝興大廈1612, @HK Ngai Hing 1610, @MOBA，multiplayer online battle arena.

Page: https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/多人在线战斗竞技场游戏 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sorcerex (talk • contribs) 02:19, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Thank you 😊 Sorcerex (talk) 02:16, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

 Done I blocked 藝興大廈1314 as sock, 藝興大廈1612 was blocked by Achim55. Other accounts do not exist on Commons. Yann (talk) 11:41, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Lors565 deletions

Hi Yann, I've done all I can with Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Loris565. 11 of the images are not cleanly licensed, described, and sourced and 3 have PD-assumed on them (unknown author, but date of publication puts it well outside the range of anyone living). I've removed the deletion flags on those 14 images. There are 4 that I think are free and clear to delete (one has already been speedy deleted). 3 where there's no reliable source indicating authorship. 2 of these could probably be PD-assumed; the third one is more questionable. The last 2 are just mysteries to me. Nothing clear is showing up. I've also looked at uploads from User:Savary34 and his other socks; where I could quickly fix things I did, but there are still some improper "own work" attributions on a number of uploads from them. I'll try to work through what I can, but if you wanted to collect them for a deletion request that might get some others to help working on it, too. — Tcr25 (talk) 16:01, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

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copy right problem with image

hi. the user who added this image https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_Krissler_(starbug).png told me that you want it removed because of an unknown copy right? The image was taken from a video recording of my talk by the VOC (video operation center) of the chaos communication congress. the image could be used.

cheers starbug — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2001:868:100:1D01:8000:0:1:155 (talk) 18:47, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Why my file was deleted?

File:Азим_Каримов_(дирижер).jpg Сергеич Иванов (talk) 16:17, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

@Сергеич Иванов: This is a copyright violation, i.e. copied from the Internet without permission from the copyright holder. Yann (talk) 17:46, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

@Yann: But this photo is my one. It was recorded on my camera by me. Where is it in the Internet? Сергеич Иванов (talk) 06:38, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

@Сергеич Иванов: You don't need to ping me on my own talk page. Do not recreate delete image. As it was published before being uploaded here, a confirmation is needed by email. Please see COM:VRT for the procedure. Yann (talk) 08:25, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

PD

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please.--Aurelio de Sandoval (Mensajes aquí please) 21:22, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

@Aurelio de Sandoval: Indeed, these are suspicious. Please create deletion requests. Thanks, Yann (talk) 08:35, 3 October 2022 (UTC)