Commons:Volunteer Response Team/Noticeboard/archive/2021

Please restore File:A_Drop_Of_Love_-_Poster.jpg

Can someone with admin rights please do this? We have an OTRS permission with Ticket#2021010310004314.

Thanks in advance, --Mussklprozz (talk) 11:31, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

 Done --Krd 12:12, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! :-)

This section was archived on a request by: --Krd 12:12, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

File:DOL - Poster.jpg

Can someone with admin rights please restore? We have a valid OTRS permission. – Thanks, --Mussklprozz (talk) 09:03, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

@Mussklprozz: That may be a duplicate of File:A Drop Of Love - Poster.jpg, or vice-versa, or they may need combining. Please use ticket numbers with Ticket: prefixes here, rather than TicketIDs.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 06:16, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: The rights holder claims that DOL - Poster.jpg is an improved version of A Drop Of Love - Poster.jpg. Therefore he asks to restore DOL - Poster.jpg as well. This is the Ticket:2021010310004314. --Mussklprozz (talk) 11:17, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

@Mussklprozz: I see, thanks. You may have a more timely response from an Admin at COM:UDR.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 13:41, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

 Done --Reinhard Kraasch (talk) 21:18, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: --Krd 18:00, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Notice of error

Special:PermanentLink/525055903 was done in order to fix an error I made. I apologize if this messes up the OTRS systems. -BRAINULATOR9 (TALK) 02:29, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

No worries. --Krd 17:59, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: --Krd 17:59, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

tagging verified account

Hi, could an agent, preferably from the :de-queue, please tag the userpage of DeutscheHospitality (talk · contribs) with the verified-account-template please. This account has been OTRS-verified on :de[1], but due to the nature of its uploads has been blocked on :en and has also been viewed critically on Commons, as the account's verified status is completely unknown beyond :de. --Túrelio (talk) 08:18, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

ticket:2020032410006987 for convenience. pandakekok9 08:21, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Why, what is that needed for at Commons? --Krd 08:22, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Are you referring to me or Turelio? If me, then I was simply referring to the ticket number used at de:Benutzer:DeutscheHospitality. pandakekok9 08:30, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

I would like to know why this account should be verified. I see no reasonable doubt that the account is related to the organization, and account verification doesn't help regarding file permissions, so there is no benefit at all. If the uploads are doubted, tag as no-permission to obtain regular OTRS permission. --Krd 08:41, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

@Krd, account was already verified; I asked for tagging its userpage. This is a general, though not frequent problem. Accounts are verified on :de, but nobody takes care to notify other projects, where the account is active. Result: 1) as such accounts often have an account-name related to a business, institution etc., they are soon suspected as impostor and inappropriate account-name; and 2) as their uploads are often of visibly professional quality, they are suspected of being a copyvio and tagged accordingly. This produces an unnecessary workload on admins working on the deletion-queues. --Túrelio (talk) 09:43, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

{{Verified account}} is meant to be used by OTRS members only, which is why Túrelio asked here in the first place. pandakekok9 09:54, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

For dewiki there is a defined process how to verify accounts and what this exactly means. At Commons we don't have any imposter issue with this account, and account verification never replaces file permission, not even on dewiki. And not even on dewiki accounts are verified for no reason, but only when confusion is likely. I see no reason to tag this account as verified. --Krd 10:08, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: --Krd 07:53, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

OTRS doubt

How is this possible? The author as per cited source is someone else and that book specifically says No part of this book may be used, reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the author. Said person is also blocked with some socks.--117.230.48.230 10:20, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for that. The sender of the email did not claim to be the author of the book. However you are right that there is reason to doubt his claim that he is the copyright holder of the image. Therefore I withdrew the permission tag and wrote back to him that he should provide some evidence. Greetings, --Mussklprozz (talk) 09:30, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: --Krd 07:53, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Template Indian Navy

Please disclose who exactly in Indian navy authorized the template https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Indian_navy by sending an email to the OTRS and also the date of the said email. —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2405:201:4004:705A:A55D:2827:8D84:4422 (talk) 15:00, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. This concerns Ticket:2013090610005872, started 2013-09-06. The name of the authorizing party will not be revealed per m:Access to nonpublic personal data policy.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 15:18, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

The author of the email is not acting as a member of the Wikimedia Community and so the privacy does not extend. The alleged granting of permission releasing copyright for all Indian navy media is an official act of govt done in official capacity where no privacy lies. —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2405:201:4004:705A:1590:1062:40F7:7AF3 (talk) 16:46, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Is there any response, or will Wikimedia disclose which officer of Indian Navy allegedly gave such a blanket persmission —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2405:201:4004:705A:5548:DBCC:1540:3898 (talk) 08:12, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

All Indian Navy media are copyright asserted https://indiannavy.nic.in/content/copyright-policy —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2405:201:4004:705A:5548:DBCC:1540:3898 (talk) 08:18, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

File:Donald Flywell Malanga.jpg and File:Donald Flywell Malanga (cropped).jpg

These files were uploaded on November 25 and marked with {{OTRS pending}}. I have deleted them yesterday as backlog was said to be equal to 28 days, so, these files should have been processed. I was contacted on my talk page that the ticket was received - ticket:2020120110011891. Could you, guys, have a look, please? If it so, I would restore files for you to mark them --rubin16 (talk) 19:22, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

@Rubin16: Thanks for asking. We have yet to hear from the photographer, so restoration is not yet warranted. If we hear from them successfully after this section has been archived, we will ask at COM:UDR.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 03:46, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: --Krd 03:45, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

File:MariamTortola.jpg

Does the OTRS permission for File:MariamTortola (2).jpg hold true for File:MariamTortola.jpg as well? The former was uploaded on top of the latter and I split the files now, so not sure which file the permission applies to. --Sreejith K (talk) 15:07, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

@Sreejithk2000: I asked the uploader via Ticket:2019030510009825.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 15:15, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Licensed image Jettie Pallettie

As to use of the image published on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jettie_Pallettie.jpg the following is stated: "Wikimedia Foundation has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms mentioned on this page. This correspondence has been reviewed by an OTRS member and stored in our permission archive. The correspondence is available to trusted volunteers as ticket #2013121210013578."

Is it possible to share the contents of this e-mail, so that we can refute a copyright claim regarding the use of this picture?

Many thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2A02:1811:9409:7300:4851:409C:53EB:67EB (talk) 08:53, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

 Comment Ticket in Nl.

 Question Who are "We"??? --Ganímedes (talk) 11:27, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

Licensed image Jettie Pallettie (2)

@Ganimedes: I refer to my message above. We are Cultuurconnect, an organizaton supported by the Flemish Government to enhance digital innovation of public libraries and cultural centres: https://www.cultuurconnect.be/ We used the picture of Jettie Pallettie, with respect for the CC licencing requirements published on the wikimedia webpage, on our library website. Now we are facing a copyright claim which states that the copyright holder has never agreed to offer this picture under a CC licence. In order to refute this claim we need some proof of the opposite. Hence our question. Many Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2A02:1811:9409:7300:B1CF:32C0:6852:3D96 (talk) 08:21, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

I can confirm that the information on File:Jettie Pallettie.jpg is accurate, in that we have permission from exclusive copyright holder / photographer "ds-photography / yves de smet" in Ticket:2013121210013578 from email messages on 2013-12-12 and the following two days. If your claim is from the subject, ask for proof of transfer of copyright.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 14:22, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Pinging @Husky, Ciell as involved in the transfers with wikiportret id 5231.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 14:44, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

When you mention the license and the photographer, this should be enough. Please be aware that there are organisations out there trying to make money out of sending people fake copyright claims. Please let us know if you need help. (we might be able to support you) Ciell (talk) 16:10, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

ticket:2020020410005535

Hi! Is the permission given by this ticket applicable to the other photos uploaded by User:GBGB333? The OTRS template is found only in File:Karen_LaMonte_examines_Cumulus.png and not the user's other uploads which came from the same source website. I would also like to ask if the license given by the ticket applies only to the photographs or does it also include the underlying artworks reproduced by the images. Thank you in advance! Howhontanozaz (talk) 10:34, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

@Howhontanozaz: Yes, I have tagged the rest, and it only applies to the photos.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:51, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

Okay, thank you Jeff G. One question though, since File:"Seated Dress Impression with Drapery" by Karen LaMonte.jpg has permission, would it affect my deletion request at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Karen la monte, vestito seduto con impressione di panneggio, vetro, 2005.jpg which concerns the same sculpture photographed in the former file? Howhontanozaz (talk) 11:42, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

@Howhontanozaz: Yes, I opined there.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 11:52, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

Ticket:2020111910011019

Dear OTRS-Team, one or more pictures have now been deleted even though an information of you was pending, that you were checking if the information received was sufficient. Here is one of these pictures: File:Theaterfotograf Fred Erismann bei der Arbeit.png Thank you for your answer. (I am supporting a newbie.) --Hadi (talk) 17:45, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

@Hadi: I requested undeletion for you at COM:UDR#File:Theaterfotograf Fred Erismann bei der Arbeit.png.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 19:54, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you Jeff G. for this picture! Aren't there more pictures in the same ticket? If necessary I can ask the uploader. --Hadi (talk) 15:55, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

@Hadi: The following files are still usable:

• File:Arthur Loosli als Hamor in Jephtha von G. F. Händel am Stadttheater Bern 1964.jpg
• File:Heinrich Gretler als Wilhelm Tell am Stadttheater Bern 1935.png
• File:Der Schweizer Clown Grock 1931.png
• File:Jack Menn und Lisa Czobel in Tanz aus «Carmen», um 1945 am Stadttheater Bern.tif
• File:Szenenbild aus einem Ballett.jpg
• File:Ingeborg Arnoldi in "Mutter Courage" 1968.jpg
• File:Joséfine Baker.png
• File:Momentaufnahme aus "Das Mädel aus der Vorstadt" von Johann Nestroy.jpg
• File:Szenenbild aus "Maria Stuart" von Friedrich Schiller.jpg
• File:Nahaufnahme aus "Ein Sommernachtstraum" von William Shakespeare.jpg
• File:Szenenbild aus dem "Leben des Galilei" von Bertold Brecht.jpg
• File:Aufnahme des Christus an den Selzacher Passionsspielen 1952.png

  — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 16:51, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you Jeff G.. Can you do something for these still missing pictures?

• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brief_von_Elli_Marcus_an_ihren_ehemaligen_Sch%C3%BCler_Fred_Erismann.tif
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Signatur_und_Firmenstempel.png
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bescheinigung_des_Kapit%C3%A4ns_an_den_1._Stewart_Erismann_1914.png

--Hadi (talk) 17:39, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

@Hadi: My responses follow:

• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brief_von_Elli_Marcus_an_ihren_ehemaligen_Sch%C3%BCler_Fred_Erismann.tif is not mentioned exactly in a ticket. File:Brief von Elli Marcus an ihren ehemaligen Schüler Fred Erismann.tif is mentioned in that ticket, but it is a letter by Elli Marcus and we don't have permission from that person.
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Signatur_und_Firmenstempel.png is not mentioned exactly in a ticket. File:Signatur und Firmenstempel.png or "Signature and company stamp" is mentioned in that ticket and appears to be authorized by the heir, I requested restoration of that at COM:UDR#File:Signatur und Firmenstempel.png.
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bescheinigung_des_Kapit%C3%A4ns_an_den_1._Stewart_Erismann_1914.png is not mentioned exactly in a ticket. File:Bescheinigung des Kapitäns an den 1. Stewart Erismann 1914.png is mentioned in that ticket, but it is a certificate from a captain and we don't have permission from that person.

  — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 21:20, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

@Hadi: Both files have been restored and approved.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 23:43, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Jeff G.! This request can be archived. --Hadi (talk) 14:25, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

@Hadi: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 14:31, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 14:31, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Kyle Cassidy

I recently uploaded some images from Kyle Cassidy. If you check my upload log/edit list you'll see I have uploaded or handled a large number of images from Cassidy, both while I was an OTRS volunteer and before, over many years. I forwarded the email with permission for the images to OTRS (number 2018112510004529), but was told that this wasn't enough, and Cassidy needed to contact the OTRS team directly. I asked him to do this, and he did so, but he has told me that the email wasn't accepted, and I see now that the images have been deleted by CptViraj on the basis of criterion F4, which the files do not meet. I am really struggling to understand why these things have happened, and what I am supposed to do to remedy it. Any guidance would be appreciated. J Milburn (talk) 10:14, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

The files were nominated for speedy deletion by Ganímedes with rationale "OTRS agent: NOT done. Permission withdrawed by the copyright holder. Ticket:2021010210000123". -- CptViraj (talk) 11:26, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

@CptViraj: Could you explain what that means, please? Is Ganimedes saying that Cassidy withdrew (or never gave) his permission for the images to be released? That would be a surprising result. J Milburn (talk) 11:37, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

@J Milburn: As far as I understand, Yes. But I'm not an OTRS member so I can't really confirm. -- CptViraj (talk) 12:46, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

@CptViraj: Thank you for clarifying. @Ganímedes: Would you be able to explain further? Cassidy has told me that the OTRS volunteer he was talking to was worried that he was the model rather than the photographer -- though Cassidy is noted photographer and (as I recall) the people in the photographs appeared to be younger women, while Cassidy is a man in his fifties. J Milburn (talk) 13:03, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

 Comment Yes, exactly that means: Cassidy withdraw his permission from the photos. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 15:40, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

M ore: I've asked him to send the original, unmodified file for verification of the EXIF. He sent a file in a format I couldn't verify, so he decides to withdraw the permission. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 18:48, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

If you say so. What a mess. J Milburn (talk) 10:43, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Ganímedes (talk) 09:22, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

File:Admiral Karambir Singh, PVSM, AVSM, ADC.jpg

This media file is copyrighted by Indian Navy, how is it uploaded here ? —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2405:201:4004:70D5:909C:1EDE:407E:6BA6 (talk) 12:17, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. We have permission on file. See also section #Template Indian Navy above.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 02:07, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

The alleged permission was granted in 2013 for a specific image. why is the permission not being shared for this 2019 image? It is inconceivable that any authorised officer of Indian navy would grant a perpetual licence that all media of Indian navy are released under CC licence, as you seem to imply. —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 49.36.135.239 (talk) 13:31, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Permission was granted for all media of the Indian Navy on their website. In 2015, http://indiannavy.nic.in/about-indian-navy/about-us read in part "All information on this site is meant to inform public at large and may be distributed or copied unless otherwise specified. However, display and due acknowledgement / credit of appropriate nature is requested from the end user, as and when the information published on Indian Navy Website is used." That info has since moved here.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 02:22, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

The terms general public / public at large, as used refers exclusively to public of India (ie. citizens of the Republic of India). It is hosted on a .IN domain. The terms of distribution and copying are limited and do not correspond to CC-BY-2.5. Certainly any citizen of India is entitled to use and distribute these images under India's Right to Information Act 2005, however, the same entitlement does not apply globally to non-citizens/ non-residents. The terms also do not permit modification of these images which CC-BY-2.5 permits. 2405:201:4004:70D5:8818:5532:9411:70E9 17:16, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

File:Zeyan_Shafiq.jpg Confirmation

Kindly check the updated email for this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hums4r (talk • contribs) 15:28, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

The tickets awaits permission from the copyright holder. --Krd 09:03, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

@Krd: , the picture has been claimed by the copyright holder(the photographer) by his email and he has recieved the confirmation as well, kindly check, this picture was updated with a confirmation yesterday but it has again been put on hold today. thanks. Hums4r (talk) 12:53, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

@Hums4r: For Ticket:2021011410007971, we have permission from the subject, but we need permission from the photographer(s).   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 12:59, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: As far as i know and as far as i have been informed, the photographer has also emailed and he has even recieved the confirmation of it. can you kindly re check once so that i will ask the photographer to re submit the OTRS. thanks. also the picture even showed confirmation on the page yesterday but it was later changed back to pending. Hums4r (talk) 13:04, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

@Hums4r: Sorry, the tickets were not linked before. I merged Ticket:2021011510005925 and Ticket:2021011710003129 into Ticket:2021011410007971, and approved permission for that file and File:Mr.Zeyan Shafiq (Malaysia 2019).jpg. We do not yet have correspondence from the photographer of File:Mr Zeyan Shafiq 2.jpg. As our automated response to the first email message stated, "If you want to send more emails about the same subject, please add the following to the subject bar of the email: [Ticket#: 2021011410007971]" with the brackets and carbon copy you or the subject. Pinging @Krd, Mussklprozz as Agents.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 14:05, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: , no issues, i am trying to find the photographer of File:Mr Zeyan Shafiq 2.jpg for the claim, you can remove the picture i guess until i find it,later i will upload it again. also since the Other photos have been approved i have added them to the wikipedia article en:Zeyan Shafiq, kindly check and approve it as well for the use on that wikipedia page. thanks. Hums4r (talk) 14:08, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

@Hums4r: That's all fine, except that for File:Mr Zeyan Shafiq 2.jpg, it is due to expire on 14 February, and we can have it restored once permission is confirmed (no need to upload it again).   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 14:16, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

Delete nominations of Felix_Leong_and_Maurice_Novoa.jpg

Hi everyone, this photo is being nominated to delete however the author sent an otrs email and is the journalist that wrote a piece in a newspaper about what the image is about. They have released several photos to commons before in the same way.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Felix_Leong_and_Maurice_Novoa.jpg#File%3AFelix_Leong_and_Maurice_Novoa.jpg Australianblackbelt (talk) 02:30, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

@Australianblackbelt: What ticket number did that journalist get?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 04:02, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Hi Jeff thank you for taking the time to look into this, the ticket number the journalist got is Ticket#2021011610007485 the author has indeed been identified she has been debating the issue over several emails with the OTRS volunteer and the last argument posed was that the photo did not have EXTIF data, which in my opinion is pointless cause that can be changed, added or deleted easily online for free. The OTRS volunteer was emailed copies of the article she published about the photo of the event. Autor and OTRS volunteer are both Hispanic this happens often where things get too personal as the author is widely know in Australia and overseas in the Spanish community, she has her own Wikipedia page. Cheers Australianblackbelt (talk) 06:05, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Files uploaded by Fijiisparadise

I note that a file uploaded by Fijiisparadise was deleted as File:Denarau island.jpg (there is now another file with that name) by Fastily in July 2013 and later as File:Denarau Island, Fiji, 2013 (4).jpg by User:Alan. Similar files by the same user have an OTRS ticket: 2013081510006311. If this ticket covers all (or some more) http://www.amazing-fiji-vacations.com images, we might be able to restore deleted files by this user. I don't have access to deleted contributions, so I don't know what deleted files there are. However, the file description at the log page does not match any of the current images of Denarau. –LPfi (talk) 18:17, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

@LPfi: The 5 photos at https://www.amazing-fiji-vacations.com/photos-fiji.html are authorized. They are, in order:

File:Denarau Island in Fiji, 2013.jpg

An aerial view of Denarau (not visible on Commons at present, probably the first upload of File:Denarau island.jpg, as well as File:Denarau Island, Fiji, 2013 (4).jpg)

File:Sigatoka fiji.jpg

File:Denarau Island, Fiji, 2013 (3).jpg

File:Denarau Island, Fiji, 2013.jpg

Also authorized on that ticket, but not on that page, is File:Tivua Island, Mamanucas Islands, Fiji, 2011.jpg. Authorized on another ticket is File:Culture of fiji.jpg.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 18:47, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for swift response. Can you restore File:Denarau Island, Fiji, 2013 (4).jpg (the aerial view) or should I take it to undelete requests? –LPfi (talk) 18:50, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

@LPfi: Sorry, I cannot restore here, as the community has repeatedly not elected me to Adminship here. I asked for undeletion at COM:UDR#File:Denarau Island, Fiji, 2013 (4).jpg.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 19:05, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

@LPfi: It's back, and now it has a license tag.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 19:21, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you. –LPfi (talk) 19:38, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

@LPfi: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 19:42, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Re: File:Raised by swans in concert, Bamberg, Germany, 2015.jpg

Hello. Apparently there are some unresolved questions for the creator/owner regarding File:Raised by swans in concert, Bamberg, Germany, 2015.jpg, for which a declaration of consent was sent on December 14, 2020. The OTRS ticket # is ticket:2020121410020276 but I can't access the details myself, as I'm not a member of the team. I believe that the OTRS agent is ww2censor, who was kind enough to respond through my talk page and on MCQ as well. I've not heard from the creator/owner who sent the declaration of consent about being contacted by OTRS, but perhaps he's missed an email. So my question is: would these unresolved issues/questions have been sent to him through the email address he sent the declaration from? If so he will need to be notified, as he may have missed the message. If there is an alternate way of addressing these questions that I'm overlooking please do let me know. Thank you in advance for your assistance with this. Hedinsfjordur (talk) 22:09, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Dear @Hedinsfjordur: The ticket was processed by @Krd. The message came from Stephan Obel, who is named as the photographer in the file description and whose website is named as the source of the photo. Hence everything looks fine and consistent to me. --Mussklprozz (talk) 10:32, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

File:Andrés Arauz.jpg

Hi, somebody can take a look to this file? More than 40 days have passed since the OTRS volunteer @JJMC89 stated that email was received but couldn't be verified that it was from the owner of the copyright of the image. Frodar (talk) 15:25, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

@Frodar: Hi, and welcome. We have been waiting since 10 Dec 2020 06:03:49 +0000 for a response to our latest email message on Ticket:2020120910013534.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 15:42, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Thank you. How long is the acceptable waiting time for a response? Frodar (talk) 15:52, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

@Frodar: Officially 30 days, but sadly we still have a backlog such that Category:OTRS received as of 11 November 2020 still exists and has contents.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 16:02, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

For comparison, the subject file is in Category:OTRS received as of 10 December 2020.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 04:12, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Doubting previous release

Hi,

By coincidence I stumbled over ticket:2012030110008908, which among other images reales File:Every Bodies Enemies 1.JPG and File:Every Bodies Enemies 2.JPG under CC-BY-SA. I somehow doubt that the person contacting us owns the copyright of the original photographs, and these derivative works therefore cannot be hosted on Commons.

Could another OTRS-agent please have a look and give a second (or third, counting the original acceptance in 2012) opinion? Ciell (talk) 12:47, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Photograph: File:Lord Goff young.jpg

Hello, apologies if this is a silly question. I uploaded this image [2] on behalf of the copyright holder with the intention that they would release the rights using the Wikimedia OTRS release generator. They say they have. I'm not able to see whether that's been done on the image's page. Could someone please advise if that has been done? Thank you. Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 02:10, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

@Kohlrabi Pickle: That has been done, resulting in Ticket:2021012610006341.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 02:20, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Deleted file

Hi all, the Wikimedia Commons page File:Tirzo Martha - Stilleven van het het landschap van Curacao met ezel en antenne (2020).jpg has been deleted on 21 February 2021 by JuTa, see [3]. Tirzo Martha has sent his permission to use this file to Commons on January 7, 2021. See ticket number Ticket:2021010710006341. User:JuTa advises me to ask here if someone can restore the file. Kattiel (talk) 15:53, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Pinging @Ciell as Agent and Admin.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 16:05, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Really sorry, I seem to have missed this one when processing. I restored the image Kattiel! Ciell (talk) 19:45, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

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Requesting IP block exemption for Baomi

I was told in the Village Pump to request IP Block exemption must go through the procedure explained on this page which explicitly states "Email your request to info-commons@wikimedia.org.", as I can't send e-mails through my e-mail account (only receive it, as I need a mobile telephone number to confirm it, which I refuse to do out of principle) I will post the request here. This is because e-mails to"info-commons@wikimedia.org" get send to the OTRS anyhow.

Sometime ago "User:Baomi" was prevented from editing most Wikimedia websites because they have to use a proxy to bypass the Great Firewall of China to contribute. This user has been a trusted user on Wikimedia Commons for years and has contributed many high quality images. I am not sure if this will immediately solve their issue, but if someone here can write Mandarin-Chinese they can try to give them this flag and then ask them on zh.m.wikipedia.org if they can edit, if it's useless then the flag can be removed, otherwise they can be IP block exempt to continue editing. I see no reason why this wonderful user would ever abuse the flag and I think that it's a deficit to Wikimedia Commons if Baomi cần't contribute here.

Yours faithfully,
--Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 19:39, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Löschung File:Wartin (Casekow), Dorfkirche, Orgel (3).jpg

Gerade wurden einige Bilder gelöscht, zB File:Wartin (Casekow), Dorfkirche, Orgel (3).jpg 1. Frage: wieso werden die Uplaoder nicht informiert, wenn dieser Warnbaustein "könnte gelöscht werden" (automatisch?) hinzugefügt wird? Den habe ich erst heute morgen zufällig entdeckt, zu spät. Obwohl ich eingestellt habe, dass ich über alle Modifikationen (auch diese von den Bots) informiert werde. Aber eine Info kommt erst mit "Löschen". Das ist doch total doof, dass man das immer selbst im Auge behalten muss, gerade weil es auch mal länger dauern kann. 2. Konkret: was fehlte hier? Wenn ich mich nicht schwer täusche, hatte er mir ausdrücklich versichert, meine korrekt vorbereitete mail gesendet zu haben (wie sonst auch). Vielleicht ist die ja auch untergegangen? Wie auch immer, das ist so eine Situation, wo viele Leute unnötigerweise Arbeit haben.... --Subbass1 (talk) 10:14, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Erasure of File:Wartin (Casekow), Dorfkirche, Orgel (3).jpg

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Some pictures have just been deleted, eg File:Wartin (Casekow), Dorfkirche, Orgel (3).jpg 1. Question: Why are the uploaders not informed when this warning module "could be deleted" (automatically?) Is added? I discovered it by chance this morning, too late. Although I have set that I will be informed about all modifications (including those from the bots). But an info comes only with "delete". It's totally stupid that you always have to keep an eye on it yourself, especially because it can sometimes take longer. 2. Specifically: what was missing here? If I am not mistaken, he had expressly assured me that he had sent my correctly prepared mail (as usual). Maybe it went under too?

Anyway, this is a situation where a lot of people have unnecessary work ...

translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 16:56, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

@Subbass1: Hallo und willkommen. Die Person, die eine E-Mail mit der Erlaubnis über OTRS/de sendet und dann eine Dateibeschreibungsseite mit {{subst:OP}} markiert, ist normalerweise der Uploader (oder soll den Uploader in die E-Mail-Nachricht kopieren) Eine solche Benachrichtigung soll per E-Mail erfolgen. In Bezug auf Ticket:2021010610005433 bezüglich der Betreffdatei warten wir noch auf eine Antwort auf unsere E-Mail-Nachricht mit "Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2021 11:46:25 +0000".

@Jeff G.: Ich habe hier ja nichts vorliegen (und wurde nicht mal über die bevorstehende Löschung informiert, das wundert mich, weil dieser Warnbaustein doch auch eine "Veränderung" ist, die eine entsprechende Benachrichtigungseinstellung eigentlich triggern müsste). Ich habe das (für meine noch nicht allzulange Zeit hier) schon sehr oft gemacht, ich bereite eine Email vor, am Tag des Hochladens (und Markierung mit subst:OP) durch mich, die dann der Urheber zeitnah an permissions-de@... sendet. Eine Rückantwort oder Nachfrage bekommt dann doch nur der. An ihn müsste dann auch eine evtl. Rückfrage (warum?) gegangen sein. Ich habe ihn nochmal angeschrieben und denke, dass es sich schnell klären wird. Danke für die Mühe und viele Grüße, --Subbass1 (talk) 17:17, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. The person who sends an email message of permission via OTRS and then tags a file description page with {{subst:OP}} is usually the uploader (or is supposed to carbon copy the uploader on the email message), so such notification is supposed to be via email. With regards to Ticket:2021010610005433 regarding the subject file, we still await a response to our email message with "Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2021 11:46:25 +0000".   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 16:56, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

I don't have anything here (and wasn't even informed about the imminent deletion, which surprises me because this warning module is also a "change" that should actually trigger a corresponding notification setting). I've already done this very often (for my not-too-long time here), I prepare an email on the day of the upload (and marking with subst: OP), which the author will then send to permissions-de @ .. . sends. Only he will get a reply or a request. A possible question (why?) Should have gone to him. I wrote to him again and think that it will be resolved quickly. Thanks for the effort and best regards,

translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 17:30, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

@Subbass1: Bitte lassen Sie sich beim nächsten Mal vom Autor in der E-Mail an permissions-de oder permissions-commons kopieren und antworten Sie allen, um alle auf dem Laufenden zu halten.

Next time, please have the author carbon copy you on the email message to permissions-de or permissions-commons and reply all to keep all in the loop.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 17:30, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Ok, you're right with that - I will do that in the future. Have a nice evening, --Subbass1 (talk) 17:50, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

@Subbass1: You too.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 18:28, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: I wrote him again, but didn't receive any reply. Any news on this? If not, we'll leave it as it is, no problem, as I didn't write the corresponding article yet. (add: did I get this correctly: the subst:OP entry is *automatically* changed into the "warning entry" after a month, and that's why there is no trigger regarding changes on the file as it is the case with all edits there?)--Subbass1 (talk) 08:20, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

@Subbass1: That's correct, the system expects prompt follow-through.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 13:00, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

OK, thx.

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Ticket#2021013110005332

I need help with the Ticket:2021013110005332; there are two pdf in German. I appreciate if someone can help. --Ganímedes (talk) 00:51, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

ticket #2019040510008539 on File:Huawei P30.jpg

Hello OTRS team!
I need help with ticket Ticket:2019040510008539 that is used on image File:Huawei P30.jpg. Is the ticket only for this image or for more than one? Please replay to this on Commons:Deletion requests/File:Galaxy S21 Camera.jpg.
--D-Kuru (talk) 10:41, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

 Done, replied at the DR per request.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 11:23, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg

I refer to ongoing deletion request Commons:Deletion requests/File:Mississippi Single from Pussycat.jpg, where I question the validity of the OTRS ticket. Tekstman (talk) 20:37, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

@Tekstman: I opined there.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 21:40, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Block exemption

Earlier I requested IP block exemption for User:Baomi, was this even the right venue? Another user in the village pump at the time told me to contact the OTRS, but the thread had no answers. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 07:34, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

@Donald Trung: Unless there is a need for privacy, the correct venue is COM:RFR.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 15:40, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Alright, thanks for the information. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 18:04, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

 One note 📝 for anyone reading this in the archive, at the time there was no section for IP block exempt at the Request for Rights page, which is why I was confused about where to request it. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 18:11, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

@Donald Trung: I'm sorry about that misdirection, and I'm glad you got it resolved at COM:AN.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 02:27, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 18:04, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

File:Korea-Gyeongju-Statue of General Kim Yusin at Hwangseong Park-01.jpg

Hi, I was wondering if an agent can look into File:Korea-Gyeongju-Statue of General Kim Yusin at Hwangseong Park-01.jpg and confirm if permission was granted by the sculptor or by the author of the Flickr account, which no longer hosts the image. As there is no freedom of panorama in South Korea and the statue was completed in 1977, this file could potentially infringe on the artist's rights if permission only covers the Flickr user's photo. ƏXPLICIT 07:25, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

@Explicit: Sorry, there was no permission from the sculptor, so I tagged it as such.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 03:54, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

File:Lokman Yeung.jpg

see EXIF, author is tung3000, not Lokmanilian. Is there a license for tung3000 in OTRS?--shizhao (talk) 01:52, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

@Shizhao: Yes.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 15:16, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: --Krd 06:56, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

Permission to use a photo for non-commercial cause

Is it allowed to use this photo: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdzis%C5%82aw_Beksi%C5%84ski#/media/Plik:Zdzislaw_Beksinski_in_Sanok-crop.jpg for non-commercial purposes? Mierona|19:02, 23 February 2021 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mierona (talk • contribs)

@Mierona: Hi, and welcome. Yes, you may use File:Zdzislaw Beksinski in Sanok-crop.jpg subject to the CC-BY-SA-3.0 license. Please sign your posts properly.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 15:13, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: --Krd 06:56, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

Family

My sister desires to contribute to the Commons with pictures she's cataloging of various growing plant species. However, she doesn't want to upload these herself, and, as I am an established user familiar with the systems, she wishes to delegate this part of the process to me. Is there a way for her to release me to upload her works without having to message OTRS every single time? ~Gwennie🐈｟💬 📋｠ 18:18, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

@Gwennie-nyan: Please ask your Agent.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 20:41, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: agent? ~Gwennie🐈｟💬 📋｠ 00:40, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

@Gwennie-nyan: Whichever OTRS Agent or Member you or your sister have been corresponding with via email.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 07:30, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

Theodore Stephanides

Hello, I wonder why these five images were deleted:

• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theodore_Stephanides_WWII.jpg
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theodore_Stephanides_World_War_One.jpg
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theodore_Stephanides_visiting_Corfu_with_the_BBC_in_1967.jpg
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theodore_Stephanides_in_Corfu,_about_1938.jpg
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theodore_Stephanides_in_Bombay_in_1901.jpg

All these images were taken from this source, and the blog's owner, Catherine Brown, clearly says that "all photos in this post belong to the family; anyone is welcome to reproduce them". (Catherine Brown is married to Theodore Stephanides' grandson, Alexander Mercouris.) Best regards. Taurus Littrow (talk) 09:20, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

@Taurus Littrow: The correspondence at OTRS went under Ticket:2020122410007914. Last message we received was on December 29th, and it did not clear the copyright issue. The photographer is unknown, the circumstances under which the copyright was transferred seem unclear. I am sorry, but if that cannot be settled, we connot use those pictures. - Cheers, --Mussklprozz (talk) 10:00, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Mussklprozz The link you provided is inaccessible to me. Oh well, I might contact Catherine Brown after all, so she would clarify this whole thing. Thanks. Taurus Littrow (talk) 10:06, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Taurus Yes, I know. OTRS communication is only accessible to OTRS agents, yet at least it gives the ticket # so everyone can refer to it. --Mussklprozz (talk) 10:50, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Mussklprozz I have just received a very detailed reply from Alexander Mercouris (grandson of Theodore Stephanides), in which he, among other things, says: "I am bewildered by Wikipedia's action. The photographs belonged to my grandfather Theodore Stephanides. He left them when he died to my mother, his daughter Alexia Stephanides, who was his only child. My mother in turn left the photographs to me. [...] All the photographers who took these photographs are now certain to be dead, and whatever intellectual property rights they may once have had in these photographs have long since expired. [...] The only person who has any possible rights over these photographs is me, and I have no objection to their publication. These photographs of my grandfather are now to all intents and purposes historic. There is no issue of copyright involved and the concerns which Wikipedia is expressing are unwarranted.". If necessary, I can provide you with the full text of Alexander's letter as well as his email address. -- Taurus Littrow (talk) 14:08, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

@Taurus Littrow: How can you be sure that the photographer of File:Theodore Stephanides visiting Corfu with the BBC in 1967.jpg has been dead 70 years per COM:Greece, when 1967 was only 54 years ago? You and Alexander are welcome to join the conversation by emailing permissions-commonswikimedia.org with "[Ticket#: 2020122410007914]" in the subject and with carbon copies to the email addresses of the photographers or their heirs, and subsequently replying to all to keep all in the loop.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 14:21, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: This is what Alexander has just said re. that Corfu photo: "The colour photograph was made in 1967. It was obviously made during a family picnic, almost certainly during my family's last holiday in Corfu, which took place in spring 1967. I was present, as was my mother, who almost certainly was the person who took the photograph. I remember this holiday because it was the last time I have visited Corfu. I have never been there since. Both my grandfather and my mother visited Corfu after, but never together. So copyright in this photograph would have belonged to my mother, who almost certainly took the photograph, and who passed the photograph to me. I accordingly own the copyright in this photograph, and I consent to its publication." OK, I'll email "permissions-commons" and forward the two letters I received from Alexander. Thanks. --Taurus Littrow (talk) 14:42, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

@Taurus Littrow: That source also says at the bottom of each page "do not allow commercial uses". If you do forward email messages, please include full Internet headers.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 14:49, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: I just wrote to "permissions-commons" and included the text of both letters from Alexander. I suppose you have access to that email address, so you can read my letter. I sent a copy to Alexander as well, in case you wish to contact him directly. --Taurus Littrow (talk) 14:59, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

• So what is the problem about photos of 1900-1901, 1917 and 1938? Are you assuming their authors are alive or what? --Brunei (talk) 22:26, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Лобачев Владимир's lists of photos

Hello. Recently, entire lists of photos uploaded by the user Лобачев Владимир have been deleted because they were not tagged with the OTRS permission certification.

• List 1
• List 2
• List 3
• List 4
• List 5

They were beautiful and useful photos, used on multiple Wikipedia projects, in multiple articles, so I noticed their sudden disappearance.

Лобачев Владимир says that the official permissions are in the OTRS archives, and indeed two photos of the list 3 have not been deleted as they have the OTRS tag (1, 2).

Can you check the OTRS permissions of that year, around that date, so that the lists can be undeleted? Thank you.--Æo (talk) 16:30, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

@Æo: Ticket:2015091210006696 is in Russian, and we have no other tickets from that customer.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 22:22, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Thank you. Maybe Лобачев Владимир can help with the translation of the ticket(s).--Æo (talk) 23:28, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Verification of ticket otrs:2014012710014942

From up on a deletion discussion at enWikisource: s:en:Wikisource:Copyright_discussions#Landmark_Education_suffers_humiliating_legal_defeat_in_New_Jersey_Federal_Court, could we please have ticket otrs:2014012710014942 verified? Thank you! Inductiveload (talk) 10:13, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

@Inductiveload: Sorry, I don't have access to that ticket.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 22:16, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

On The Spiritural Battle by Petr Chelčický

Can somebody check the ticket 2021021510006057, please? I have uploaded the File:On The Spiritual Battle.pdf, which is a translation of Petr Chelčický's treatise from 1421, and asked the translator to send an email to OTRS confirming that she has released the translation into the public domain. She did so, but what was her surprise, when an OTRS staff member wrote her back and demanded that she should contact (!) Petr Chelčický and ask his consent too. That was really emabarassing, as it revealed that the OTRS staff member did not have a slightest look at the file containing the work of the author from the 15th century. I asked her not to take notice of this attitude and just to inform OTRS that the author died many centuries ago. I am not sure if she did so, but the file page still contains a notice saying "If a valid permission is not provided within 30 days of the first response by an OTRS volunteer, this file will be deleted". May I ask somebody to process the request properly? --Jan Kameníček (talk) 16:18, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

So finally it was solved and no more intervention is needed now. --Jan Kameníček (talk) 21:46, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

je suis la photographe de la photo sur matzneff je voudrai qu'on mette une licence qui ne permet pas de couper le format de la photo comment faire?

--Florencekirastinnicos (talk) 18:53, 19 February 2021 (UTC)--Florencekirastinnicos (talk)comment changer la licence pour mettre la licence qui ne permet pas de couper la photo~ je suis la photographe de la photo j'arrive pas a le faire?

I am the photographer of the photo on matzneff I would like us to put a license that does not allow the size of the photo to be cut what to do?

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how to change the license to put the license which does not allow the photo to be cut ~ i am the photographer of the photo i can't do it?

translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 02:52, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

@Florencekirastinnicos: Dans Ticket:2020010910003342, vous avez accordé une autorisation irrévocable pour File:Gabriel Matzneff 1983 photographie de Florence Kirastinnicos.jpg sous la licence Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International. Cette licence permet le remixage, à condition que le remix soit distribué sous la même licence ou une licence compatible que l'original. Un tel remixage comprend le redimensionnement (comme le fait MediaWiki par défaut) et un recadrage mineur. Un recadrage mineur pour supprimer les bordures est autorisé par la directive COM:OW/fr. Ce fichier a reçu un tel recadrage à peine 8 heures 7 minutes après le téléchargement. Les 17 utilisations sur 14 autres projets ont déjà un espace blanc autour de la photo, elles n'ont pas besoin de votre cache, ce qui, avec le redimensionnement automatique, réduirait la visibilité des nuances de votre photo. Veuillez signer une fois à la fin de chaque message.

In Ticket:2020010910003342, you granted irrevocable permission for File:Gabriel Matzneff 1983 photographie de Florence Kirastinnicos.jpg under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. That license permits remixing, as long as the remix distributes under the same or compatible license as the original. Such remixing includes resizing (as MediaWiki does by default) and minor cropping. Minor cropping to remove borders is allowed by guideline COM:OW. That file received such a crop a mere 8 hours 7 minutes after upload. The 17 uses on 14 other projects already have white space around the photo, they don't need your matte, which with automatic resizing would reduce visibility of the nuances in your photograph. Please sign once at the end of each post.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 02:52, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

French speaking agent or admin

Can someone who speaks French please upload File:Lysanne_Thibodeau.jpg for use in the infobox of her biography at fr.Wikipedia. I tried to do it myself, but the image replaced the entire infobox which indicates to me that I didn't do it correctly. Thanks in advance! ^Atsme _Talk 📧 16:42, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

@Atsme: Please see this edit, no French language required.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 02:01, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, Jeff G. - I wasn't sure if the infobox template they use on fr.WP had the same parameters as the ones we use on en.WP - I just wasn't courageous enough to experiment. ^Atsme _Talk 📧 03:11, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

@Atsme: You're welcome! Preview is your friend. Many non-English projects adopt enwiki-friendly namespace, template, and parameter name aliases & redirects. Unfortunately, the reverse is sometimes assumed here, where people from other projects try to use {{Delete}} for speedy deletions, but don't follow the resulting directions.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 03:34, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

Copyright calim for Hungaryan state issued coins? - Ticket ID 2021010710008643

There was an unconfirmed so called OTRS for more than a month in progress. The Ticket ID was 2021010710008643. Can you explain the details and reasons that the release didn't get confirmed. I can see that most of the pictures from the Hungaryan Forint coins was deleted becaouse of this ticket. For example these files: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:50_Ft_1992.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:50_Ft_1992_b.jpg

These files were used in this highlighted article: https://hu.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_magyar_forint_p%C3%A9nz%C3%A9rm%C3%A9i&action=history

Can you explain what was the legal basis with the removal of those pictures? As I understand, the copyright owner is the Hungaryan National Bank ( MNB in short ) in the case of Hungaryan State issued Forint coins. The MNB gives a general authorization by Law for online publication of the pictures of the Forint coins.

The MNB states that there is no need for special authorisation for imitation of forint coins made available by electronic means, on a website, by wired or wireless means. In Hungaryan: "elektronikus eszköz útján, internetes honlapon, vezetékes vagy vezeték nélküli eszközzel hozzáférhetővé tett forintérme-utánzathoz." Source: https://www.mnb.hu/bankjegy-es-erme/informaciok-a-penzutanzatok-keszitesevel-kapcsolatban/mnb-engedelye-nelkul-keszitheto-forinterme-utanzat

Further more "(4) Without the permission of the MNB, a forint coin may be made as an illustration on a paper and other non-metallic raw material, as well as on a forint coin made available by electronic means, on a website, by wire or wireless means." In Hungaryan: "(4) Az MNB engedélye nélkül készíthető a forintérme-utánzat illusztrációként papír és egyéb nem fém alapanyagon, valamint az elektronikus eszköz útján, internetes honlapon, vezetékes vagy vezeték nélküli eszközzel hozzáférhetővé tett forintérme-utánzat." Source: https://www.mnb.hu/letoltes/7-2021-mnbrendelet-ermeutanzat-hatalyos-2021-04-01-tol.pdf

Please explain what was the legal basis of this decision becaouse there was no copyright issue according to the aforementioned legislations. Please help me how to avoid similar situations in the future in the case of pictures from Forint coins. What is the proper place / way for discussion issues of this legal matter?

Nomine capta est (talk) 16:51, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

@Nomine capta est: Sorry, we did not receive sufficient permission from all the copyright holders in Ticket:2021010710008643 to satisfy Commons:Currency#Hungary.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 04:01, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: I still can't understand what is the difference between the permissions of hungarian banknotes (where the permission of the MNB is accepted) and coins (where the permission of the MNB is ignored) but I hope in time it will sorted out.

Still, thank you for your answer. Nomine capta est (talk) 13:41, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Pinging @Krd as Agent.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 13:45, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

I got an answer from the Hungarian Wikipedia meanwhile. It is a complicated legal matter and as I understand the deletion was lawful.

I got to know today that we have an ill-constricted legal environment in the field of copyright laws related to coins in Hungary. It is a little bit sad but we can't change it. Nomine capta est (talk) 00:24, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 02:51, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

2020092810018591

Can someone please confirm the terms of this ticket? Does it cover the building which is not covered by FOP or is it for the photo. If it doesn't include the photo we need to delete per Commons:Deletion requests/File:57218 FLEURY 1 (1).jpg Gbawden (talk) 09:19, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

@Gbawden: Sorry, there is no permission from any building architect in Ticket:2020092810018591. Pinging @Kvardek du as Agent.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 16:19, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Huge batch of photos, I did not notice that one. I will give some advice to the photograph on recent architects. kvardek du (la plej bela nombro) 23:11, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

File:Liuyaming qixiangju.png

Author of the image is 中国气象局，seeUser_talk:Swgweather1(deleted images), fake OTRS ticket?--shizhao (talk) 01:56, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

@Shizhao: What is your question? If the ticket exists? Yes I can confirm this is a real ticket and yes I can confirm that the ticket belongs to this file. DutchTina (talk) 16:13, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

The copyright holder of this image is China Meteorological Administration, can confirm it?--shizhao (talk) 01:49, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

File:JGRASP+hello world.png and ticket #2016040410000053

File:JGRASP screenshot.png is a screenshot of a non-free program that the developer has allowed to be published under a free license. However, there is a screenshot (File:JGRASP+hello world.png) of the program by a different user that doesn't have the OTRS tag. Could someone please review ticket:2016040410000053 and check whether the permission applies to all jGRASP screenshots or just the first one? Ixfd64 (talk) 15:42, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

@Ixfd64: The permission does not apply to all jGRASP screenshots yet, but I have asked for that.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 02:44, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for looking into this. I've added an {{OTRS pending}} tag to File:JGRASP+hello world.png for now. Ixfd64 (talk) 03:11, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

@Ixfd64: You're welcome. The permission does now apply to File:JGRASP+hello world.png, and I have tagged it as such.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 05:15, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

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Template:Soinuenea

Hi, in this tenplate OTRS is pending since early January. Before I'm goinmg to delete the 68 affected images I like to get a comment from OTRS-stuff if there is a chance to become the release valid. Pinging User:Theklan as the creator of the template if he/she has a ticket number or other details. --JuTa 00:33, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

@JuTa: The only ticket we have that mentions "Soinuenea" is Ticket:2021010710007181 for File:Juan Carlos Roel 'Tarrañuelas'. Bilbo, 1997.jpg. The history of the template confirms this number, but the ticket does not mention a template and Theklan is not an Agent. Perhaps Agent Krd or uploader Soinuenea could shed some light here?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 02:32, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

@JuTa: I have been working with Soinuenea in this project. The same ticket applies for all the collection, as far as I understand. -Theklan (talk) 08:48, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

@Theklan: Thanks for that info. Please have them carbon copy you on their email reply and reply all to keep all in the loop.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 05:17, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Thank you. They just contacted me some minutes ago and talked about this. They have sent a confirmation e-mail, but I wansn't cc'ed there. -Theklan (talk) 10:27, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

@JuTa, Theklan, Krd, and Soinuenea: I have approved the use of that ticket in that template. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 12:48, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

Thx all for investigating. I now "poked" all affected images to get rid of the filled up "no OTRS" categories. --JuTa 14:03, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

@JuTa, Jeff G., Krd, and Soinuenea: thanks for your commitment! -Theklan (talk) 14:19, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

@JuTa and Theklan: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 15:24, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

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Question about Ticket:2014093010010121

File:Патријарх српски Порфирије.jpg was uploaded on commons as a copy of sr:Датотека:Патријарх_српски_Порфирије.jpg. That file (which, confusingly, has two different images in its history), was uploaded by Snake bgd, who is blocked indef here for "Uploading unfree files after warnings". Can anyone see what's going in what that? Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 17:45, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

@Suffusion of Yellow: Sadly, there is nothing we can do about users that are blocked here uploading files to other projects, and other users importing those files here.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 18:26, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: I just want to know if the ticket is B.S. That would be enough of a reason to delete the Commons copy, yes? Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 18:29, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

@Suffusion of Yellow: The ticket has not been approved, and it does not meet current standards. The file has not been marked as approved by an OTRS Agent.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 18:36, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

 Comment This photo, that is already deleted twice, is official portrait of new patriarch from official website of Serbian Orthodox Church (source). Photographer is not stated, so permission is needed from Serbian Orthodox Church. --Smooth O (talk) 08:20, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

How to have a 'organisation account' that can upload images without having to do OTRS permissions for every batch

Hi all

I'm working with a couple of UN organisations who would like to upload a range of content to Commons however they're struggling with the standard OTRS system of sending one email per batch of uploads. I know there is a way to get an account 'approved' through OTRS so that all future uploads from that account automatically get approved as from that organisation and no email has to be sent. However there is no instructions of how to do this on the OTRS page and it isn't part of the OTRS generator. Can someone please give me a draft for them to send to the permissions email address and any additional instructions needed to avoid issues with deletion nominations due to copyright e.g where to add a template to the uploaded files or their userpage or whatever.

Thanks very much

John Cummings (talk) 17:46, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

@John Cummings: It depends on how the organization or individual wants to limit their grant of rights for future posts or uploads. For example; all uploads by accounts X, Y, and Z; all uploads of media posted on domain.tld; or a combination of those. Specific language and attribution (perhaps copied from an existing file description page) which the Agent could use in drafting a custom licensing template would also be helpful.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 19:31, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: it would be all uploads from a specific account, which will all be from their website e.g fao.org, they will all be under the same license, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. John Cummings (talk) 21:06, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

If the files are under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO at the source website and marked there accordingly, there is no OTRS permission required. See also: COM:LR. --Krd 14:08, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Rather than a role account, implicitly shared between several users, it would be more accountable to have individual accounts which are role accounts. Like "(WMF)" is known to be used by WMF employees only. If something goes wrong, then this also enables mass corrections.

Also, there is no presumption that individual emails are needed, one email and one OTRS number may cover a million uploads over several years. Just needs some negotiation. --Fæ (talk) 14:23, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks very much @Fæ: (also @Jeff G.: ), yes it can be a named individual, what should an OTRS email look like which covers several uploads and how should it be used? Eg adding an OTRS template to each upload. I'm kind of surprised there aren't instructions for this (would be very happy to draft some if you can explain how it works). John Cummings (talk) 22:19, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

@John Cummings: In addition to text from COM:CONSENT, you could add something like "Also, please make a template for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations showing our logo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FAO_logo.svg , linking to our website http://www.fao.org/home/en , and transcluding license Template:Cc-by-sa-3.0-igo (attributing our entire organization name 'Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations') and Template:PermissionOTRS ." Also, your ping didn't work, please see Template:ping.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 14:20, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

John Cummings: Just as one example of the sort of custom licence that could be made for your uploads, Template:World Health Organization permission is for a large organisation and includes their logo with all the licence details. It would also have your OTRS ticket number and your appropriate details as agreed. Ww2censor (talk) 14:37, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks very much @Jeff G.: and @Ww2censor: for your answers, I think there are a few things missing, to summarise:

1. I want to create an email that FAO can send to OTRS for FAO to get an account 'approved' so that they don't need to send an OTRS email every time they want to upload content to Commons
2. The content they want to upload is all from their website and all licensed under CC BY-SA IGO 3.0

Templates

1. We can use a custom template which would include the OTRS permission number, the template Template:World Health Organization permission includes all the other info that would be needed, they use the same license (we'd just need to change the logo and name and OTRS number).

What I still need from OTRS

1. The exact text that OTRS will accept to allow an organisation to upload content from an 'approved' account with content from FAO.org under the CC BY-SA IGO 3.0 license

What I can do afterwards

1. Double check everything has gone OK and work with FAO to upload content and make the community aware of it
2. Create a write up of the process so this is a documented option with a clear process for other orgs to follow

Thanks

John Cummings (talk) 16:25, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Isn't it just easier if they make (a certain part of) their website available under CC BY-SA 3.0 at the source website, as mentioned above...? Then the link they put in the 'source'-field would suffice to support the license claim, and no OTRS-ticket is needed at all. Ciell (talk) 17:29, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

@Ciell: yes it would be easier and its what I normally do with orgs but it isn't possible with them currently, this is the the only solution that will work for them realistically, at least in the short and medium term. John Cummings (talk) 19:00, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

@John Cummings: Here is some text for you (copy from the wikitext): I hereby affirm that I, John Cummings, am the duly authorized licensing representative for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the sole owner of the exclusive copyright of both the works depicted and the media I will upload from our website www.fao.org. I agree to publish the above-mentioned media under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO license, also known as Cc-by-sa-3.0-igo. I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the media, even in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws. I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites. I am aware that the copyright holder always retains ownership of the copyright as well as the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the media will not be claimed to have been made by the copyright holder. I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project. Also, please make a template for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations showing our logo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FAO_logo.svg , linking to our website http://www.fao.org/home/en , and transcluding license Template:Cc-by-sa-3.0-igo (attributing our entire organization name 'Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations') and Template:PermissionOTRS . It should be similar to Template:World Health Organization permission https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:World_Health_Organization_permission . Template:Fao is currently available for this purpose. John Cummings 2021-02-04 [generated using relgen.js with customization by Jeff G.]   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 21:12, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: and @Ww2censor: thanks but I don't think this is right. The text you've given says 'I agree to publish the above-mentioned media under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO license, also known as Cc-by-sa-3.0-igo'. What they need is something that says something like all content uploaded by X account is published by FAO and they have permission to upload it, also please give them a template or OTRS number to add to the upload.

I hope that makes sense, please let me know if I can rephrase what is needed.

Best John Cummings (talk) 13:34, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

@John Cummings: My example was not intended to be exactly what would be made in your case but was just to give you an idea of the sort of custom template that could be made. Each custom licence, by its very nature, is customised. The actual details would be ironed out with the OTRS agent involved. Ww2censor (talk) 14:46, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

@John Cummings: I concur. Specifying the account name will help.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 15:08, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

@Ww2censor: and @Jeff G.: would it be possible to iron it out here to create a kind of standard template for this need? I don't know what username it would be, this is part of the information I need, should it be an account for the institution eg User:FAO or should it be for a specific member of staff or some other option? John Cummings (talk) 19:47, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

@John Cummings: a hypothetical User:FAO would not be allowed to edit English Wikipedia for long due to en:WP:U#Usernames implying shared use.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 01:27, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

File:Lord Goff young.jpg

Hello, the file referenced in the title was recently deleted. Just after I uploaded it, I arranged for the copyright holder to fill out the OTRS release form. I was informed by another user/OTRS volunteer that an email had been received confirming the permissions, but that there was a backlog and they'd take some time to get to it. Was the email not enough? Please let me know so I can fix it on my end. The ticket number was 2021012610006341. Thank you. Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 01:26, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

@Kohlrabi Pickle: We still await a response to our last email message on Ticket:2021012610006341 with "Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 21:50:01 +0000". Next time, please have the copyright owner carbon copy you on the email message to permissions-commons via OTRS and encourage everyone to reply all to keep all in the loop.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 01:39, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Thank you, Jeff. I will reach out to them. I think the original release was done via the online OTRS release generator and I'm not sure there's a cc option on it. Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 03:07, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

@Kohlrabi Pickle: The release generator doesn't actually send the email message, the addressing for that message can be customized.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 16:50, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

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Rick Nowels songwriter.jpeg

Hello. I would like to know if this file en:File:Rick_Nowels_songwriter.jpeg can be exported to Wikimedia Commons so that it can be added to some articles in Spanish Wikipedia. I tried to import the file but when I wanted to save the changes I got a warning sign saying that I should not add an OTRS permission tag unless explicitly instructed to do so by an OTRS member. Could someone help me with this matter? Thanks a lot. MadonnaFan (talk) 00:57, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

Please ignore the warning and just do it. --Krd 06:55, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

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OTRS Permissions for Numismatic Websites

Hello, I would like to obtain OTRS permissions to upload several coin pictures from auctions websites such as Heritage Auctions or CNG. Do I need to obtain separate email permissions for every picture, or is one OTRS permission valid for a whole website? For example, here are two CNG pictures backed by the same OTRS ticket: File:5_Lire_rep_Subalpina.jpg and File:Franco_Lucca_1806.jpg. Thanks in advance. Eliott120 (talk) 09:07, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

Eliott120: That depends entirely on who the copyright holders are. The images could have been taken by different freelance photographers or by one of the auction house staff. In the latter case you would only need one permission per auction house, otherwise it's every different photographer for all their images. Ww2censor (talk) 12:13, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

Ww2censor: Thanks for your answer. So if I am not mistaken, an existing OTRS number can be reused to upload images from the same auction house, on the condition that the pictures were all taken by auction house staff and not by freelancers. Eliott120 (talk) 13:01, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

@Eliott120: You may only do that using a template fit for that purpose.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 13:37, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Thanks for your message. Can you please elaborate? What do you mean by "template fit for that purpose"? If an auction house has provided an authorisation with an OTRS number for one or more images, can I upload more images from this auction house using the same OTRS number? Thanks for helping me understand. Eliott120 (talk) 17:10, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

@Eliott120: {{CNG}}, as used on those files, may be used for any image from cngcoins.com.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 18:27, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

Ticket 2020113010003801

Hi. I noticed that File:Mavi Vatan.jpg has OTRS permission through ticket:2020113010003801. I was wondering if this ticket's permission also applies to the following related files:

• File:Patria Azul.jpg
• File:Patrie Bleue.jpg
• File:Blue Homeland.jpg

If not, I suppose I'll tag these three with {{No permission since}}. --HyperGaruda (talk) 15:34, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

@HyperGaruda: Not at present, but I just asked.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 17:27, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

@HyperGaruda: It does now.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 00:43, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks Jeff G., much appreciated. --HyperGaruda (talk) 18:11, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. HyperGaruda (talk) 18:11, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Permission to upload private archive

Hi, coming here as advised per thread at Village Pump.[4] I have an elderly acquaintance who owned a prominent science fiction bookstore — A Change of Hobbit — in the 1970s/80s, and she has literally hundreds of photos which she took of notable science fiction authors at booksignings. I have explained to her how useful these photos would be to Wikipedia, and how the Creative Commons licenses work. She is very interested in providing her photos to me for upload, but no interest in doing the uploads herself, she just wants to email things to me. Can a tag please be created so that she can authorize me to upload these photos with a minimum of licensing fuss? --Elonka (talk) 16:57, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

I think there will be no way "without licensing fuss", as booksignings photos nearly always involve depicted works (the books, posters, etc.) which require individual discussion. --Krd 10:27, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi, I have looked at the pictures, and they generally are just of the authors sitting on a sofa. --Elonka (talk) 15:21, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Please upload the images and afterwards let the creator send a permission statement as described in COM:OTRS. --Krd 13:41, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

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Need a bit of help

Hello, I’ve been trying to help a third party submit a photo (File:Lee Hsien Loong.jpg) to Commons. I uploaded it for them and indicated on the image permissions section that the third party would send an email to release the permissions. However, they attached the photo to the email (which was sent to photosubmission@wikimedia.org) instead of indicating that the photo had already been uploaded to Commons. I’m now wondering if the two can be merged, i.e. so that the email permissions used for the image. Or alternatively, whether and how I should delete the image I’ve already uploaded. Please help, thank you. Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 23:48, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

@Kohlrabi Pickle: I can't find that filename, Teck Ghee, or Terence Tan in email messages in our system from the past month. Do you have a ticket number? If they didn't send the permission yet, please have them carbon copy you on their email message and reply all to keep all in the loop. If they did send the permission already, please have them mention https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lee_Hsien_Loong.jpg in their reply, carbon copy you on it, and reply all to keep all in the loop.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 05:40, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi Jeff G., I did instruct them to do both things, but they're not being terribly cooperative. The photograph was taken by Terence Tan in the course of his work at the Ministry of Communications and Information, so MCI holds the copyright. Someone else from MCI has emailed to release it. They've forwarded me a copy of the email which was sent to photosubmission@wikimedia.org. It was sent on 14 March, at 1.11pm GMT, with the subject heading "release of content attached to this email". I'm not sure if I'm allowed to write out email addresses on here, but if so, I can write that out for you too. Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 06:06, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

Alternatively, I am happy to send you the details using the "Email a user" function. Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 06:08, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

@Kohlrabi Pickle: Thanks. I have found and replied to Ticket:2021031410004541, which initially had no attached file, reference to a file here, or carbon copy. You may email me about this.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 13:00, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Sorry for the trouble. I've sent you an email. Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 10:22, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

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ticket:2021021910005792

Today — 1 month... Виктор Пинчук (talk) 04:51, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Open ticket in ru language. --Krd 08:23, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

File still not edited by OTRS representatives Виктор Пинчук (talk) 17:11, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

@Виктор Пинчук: Sorry, we have a backlog of 46 days in the permissions-ru queue. You are welcome to reply to that ticket in English.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 00:39, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, I'm in no hurry, but once I had the experience of deleting a file after a month. Виктор Пинчук (talk) 07:03, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

@Виктор Пинчук:  Done, thank you for your patience.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 16:07, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

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Hester Diamond photos ticket: 2021032810000474

Hi, Four photos that I uploaded on February 15 to use in the Hester Diamond article were deleted because the permission hadn't been received:

• Hester_Diamond_Living_Room_by_Rachel_Kaminsky.9.2020_01.jpg
• Hester_Diamond_Living_Room_3_by_Rachel_Kaminsky.9.2020_04.jpg
• Hester_Diamond_Living_Room_2_by_Rachel_Kaminsky.9.2020
• Hester*_Diamond_hallway_by_Rachel_Kaminsky.jpg

I just forwarded the release from the photographer to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org. Can the photos be restored? (Hester Diamond was an interior designer and art collector - the photos were taken at her home.) Thank you. JSFarman (talk) 05:41, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Ticket from today, see the e-mail answer. --Krd 13:37, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

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Updating information on an OTRS ticket

Apparently, in 2016, ticket:2016031810015237 was about the special non-copyright protection for Swiss geodata, as discussed in Commons:Deletion requests/File:Kanton Basel-Stadt 1836.jpg. The legal situation has changed now, see Commons:Deletion requests/Template:Swisstopo (new article in the relevant law, the data can now be used freely and without requiring permission, but with attribution), so I suggest that someone with OTRS access updates the ticket with a pointer to the new information (maybe User:O.Koslowski, but as they don't seem to be very active currently, I'm posting this here). Gestumblindi (talk) 16:50, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

Re-check OTRS for a deleted file?

Hello! AlexanderReidRoss IncidentMap.png recently got deleted due to no OTRS email getting received. The author of this image (Alexander Reid Ross) says did send a release form. Perhaps it got missed? Is it possible to check for this?

Thanks for the help. Jlevi (talk) 21:22, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

@Jlevi: Hi, and welcome. We've just had a reply email message from him today on Ticket:2020112010010562, which is now locked to Krd. I merged the duplicate ticket into that one.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 02:24, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

File:Nenad Čanak 2021.jpg

There's already a ticket ticket:2012011710005331 issued by the Media Center Belgrade. Can someone add it to this image? Vacant0 (talk) 20:07, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Ticket in sr language. --Krd 08:24, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

File:COA Fedorovich (noble family).svg

Hello there!

Do I understand correctly, this file will be deleted after April 9? If this is so, what kind of permission should I provide if I have already sent previous permission according to the established form and received a confirmation by e-mail? Thanks in advance for your participation and help. Genatsvale (talk) 06:00, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

@Genatsvale: Hi, and welcome. This appears to concern Ticket:2021030810011704. I approved the permission on-wiki for you and Ivi104. Sorry for the delay. A description in English would be helpful.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 07:34, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

This one is my bad, I neglected to add the template to indicate this image as approved. My apologies to everyone involved, and thanks to @Jeff G.: for handling it. Ivi104 (talk) 08:45, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

@Ivi104: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 12:50, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

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Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by LuCKY

An open debate with no final decision. I appreciate some second opinion. The corresponding ticket is Ticket:2021022410007146.

Cheers, --Mussklprozz (talk) 07:46, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

I've answered the ticket. The copyright holder is the photographer, unless the CR have been transferred by law or contract. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 16:01, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

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File:Offlinetv group photo 2020.jpg

Can anyone check up on the status of File:Offlinetv group photo 2020.jpg? It is scheduled to be deleted tomorrow, but it seems like a representative for the group already sent an email to OTRS which might've gotten lost in the backlog. Thanks. Troutfarm27 (talk) 22:44, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

@Troutfarm27: We sent a clarification email message about Ticket:2021033110001912 Thu, 1 Apr 2021 08:10:50 +0000, but never got a response. The correspondent now has a month from that day.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 03:34, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

I see. Thank you. Troutfarm27 (talk) 04:24, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

@Troutfarm27: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 23:13, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

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File:TYGER TYGER POSTER FINAL.jpg

I tagged this file with no permission and was later deleted as copyvio, the user reuploaded it saying that the file was authorized by Betty Wills, ticket:2021033010001969 is mentioned on the page. Pinging Atsme. Dylsss (talk) 21:50, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Yes, but it was a different ticket #2021032910013244. Give me some time to check into this. ^Atsme _Talk 📧 22:07, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

[OK] Done. ^Atsme _Talk 📧 00:44, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

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file:Laurent Whale.jpg

Bonjour. En 2017, j'ai déposé ce fichier, sur recommandation de la personne représentée sur la photo qui connaissait l'auteure de la photo. Une autorisation a alors été remplie mais je n'en connais plus les termes (4 ans, déjà !). Aujourd'hui l'auteure Carole Rannou (User:Turluttebis) dénonce les conditions dans lesquelles cela s'est effectué et demande le retrait du fichier. Ce qui la gêne m'a-t-elle expliqué est l'utilisation commerciale possible de la photo. Est-il possible d'avoir accès au ticket {{PermissionOTRS|id=2017071410016431|user=NoFWDaddress}} qui rafraîchirait notre mémoire. L'autorisation a été enregitrée par User:NoFWDaddress si j'ai bien compris l'historique du fichier. Il est bien entendu que je ne m'oppose pas au retrait de la photo s'il apparaît que c'est moi qui ai rempli l'autorisation sur la base d'une mauvaise compréhension avec l'auteure. Merci pour votre aide --Damdamdidilolo (talk) 20:17, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

Damdamdidilolo: Je confirme que l'auteure Carole Rannou (User:Turluttebis) a bien fourni une permission explicite pour une publication sous la license CC BY-SA 4.0 le 14 juillet 2017 à 12:39. Cette permission n'est pas révocable. NoFWDaddress ^(d) 20:27, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

User:NoFWDaddress, merci ! --Damdamdidilolo (talk) 22:36, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

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Confirm license of File:Go-Kart Mozart.jpg

Please can an agent confirm the license of this file, the syntax that was added by the agent was {{GFDL|cc-by-sa-3.0}}, but this just results in just the GFDL tag being displayed, I would change it to {{GFDL|migration=not-eligible}} {{cc-by-sa-3.0}}, but I want to confirm whether the file was licensed under both GFDL and cc-by-sa-3.0 in the ticket. Dylsss (talk) 17:44, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

"Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts)." Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 17:54, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. Dylsss (talk) 17:56, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

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Ticket id=2021021210005321

Hi

Can someone confirm to me that this ticket contains the agreement of the architect Mario Botta for the use of photographs of the cathedral of Evry.

That concerns these files : File:1 Evry Cathedral.jpg, File:2 Evry Cathedral.jpg, File:3 Evry Cathedral.jpg, File:4 Evry Cathedral.jpg, File:5 Evry Cathedral.jpg, File:6 Evry Cathedral.jpg, File:7 Evry Cathedral.jpg, File:8 Evry Cathedral.jpg, File:9 Evry Cathedral.jpg. --Poudou99 (talk) 18:38, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

@Poudou99: Confirmed.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 00:54, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi @Jeff G.: .

Well. But I am very pleasantly surprised. It seems to be an unusual case that a famous architect gives himself his agreement to publish photos of his work (the Evry cathedral) built recently in France, in 1999.

Do you know if the architect only gave his agreement for this photographer or for everyone?

Sorry having asked these questions because it is very surprising and this seems an almost unique situation.

This is the first time I ask questions here. I might not know all the rules this page.--Poudou99 (talk) 14:53, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

@Poudou99: I asked for clarification on that point.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 15:45, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: . Have you received confirmation from the architect? (his website: http://www.botta.ch/en/home). --Poudou99 (talk) 15:31, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

@Poudou99: Sadly, not yet.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 02:38, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: So let's wait some more time. Many Thanks. --Poudou99 (talk) 02:43, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Discussion reopened by Poudou99.
@Krd: Can you explain why you close this discussion since we are waiting for more additional information from the uploader.
@Jeff G.: Can we consider that the architect has never sent authorization for publication of photographs of his cathedral in Commons ? --Poudou99 (talk) 17:10, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

@Poudou99: No, 9 photos were authorized.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 19:16, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Well. I note that. But I stay really amazed by this authorization. It is very surprising from Mr. Mario Botta. It's the first time that I see a great and well-known architect giving such permission. I doubtful. But as you are OTRS checker I let you conclude.--Poudou99 (talk) 20:04, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

SSK 90 helmet photos

On March 12, a representative from the auction house Ratisbon's sent the standard OTRS email, granting a creative commons license for the 42 images at Category:SSK 90 helmet. An OTRS member (Nat, I believe) promptly followed up, asking who the photographer of the images is, and how Ratisbon's became the copyright holder. The representative has not responded to this inquiry; I followed up with him today, and he confirmed that Ratisbon's took the photos, but said that the OTRS process has been time consuming, and that he is not currently willing to put more effort into it. For context, I understand the representative to be the founder and manager of Ratisbon's (see here, here, and here), which is a niche auction house.

The photos are great, detailed, shots with no obvious replacement, and it would be a shame to lose them over what seems like a minor issue. Can we take today's email (which I am happy to forward), confirming that Ratisbon's took the photographs, as confirmation that it is the copyright holder and able to license the photographs? If not, I can knock on wood and try emailing him again, but I think the only way we will have any luck is if I can send something that he can copy, paste, and send to the OTRS team. If this is indeed necessary, could someone please let me know if the following statement would be sufficient, and require no more follow up? "An employee of Ratisbon's took these photographs as part of their employment, which is how Ratisbon's became the holder of the full and exclusive copyright over the photographs." Thanks, --Usernameunique (talk) 18:08, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

 Info Ticket:2021031210006622.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 17:03, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

imho this is not a minor issue. An auction house cannot press the button of a camera. I am often asking te same question at the Dutch queue. "Please show me how you obtained the copyright from the photographer, for instance sent the relevant page of the contract" Many companies and organizations do not understand the difference between paying for pictures and obtaining the right to use them or paying and obtaining the copyright. If they cannot show the transfer of copyright, or cannot ask the photographer to send a simple email with confirmation, the photos cannot be used on Commons. Regards, Elly (talk) 18:42, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

That would be a concern were the photographer independent of Ratisbon's, but here, it appears that the photographer was a Ratisbon's employee taking the photographs as part of his or her employment. As works for hire there would be no transfer of copyright—the copyright would be with Ratisbon's from the very beginning. --Usernameunique (talk) 03:49, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

@Usernameunique: That would depend on the terms of Ratisbon's standard employment contract.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 04:02, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Permission by Wojciech WOJCIK for File:Frédéric Fréry.jpg ?

On my talkpage an IP claims that author Wojciech WOJCIK had sent a permission to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org on September 24, 2020 for File:Frédéric Fréry.jpg (or File:Frédéric_Fréry_en_mars_2020.jpg). Could an authorized agent please check that? --Túrelio (talk) 09:22, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Túrelio: I can tell you that Ticket:2020092410013066 was received by the French language queue for File:Frédéric Fréry.jpg and the author was asked to send in a completed permission statement. No response was ever received. Ww2censor (talk) 22:18, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

Ok. Thanks. --Túrelio (talk) 07:36, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi, can you please tell me what is a completed permission statement and where to send it? I will get in touch with author Wojciech WOJCIK and ask him to answer. Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2a01:cb09:8047:c7f:db:dfa4:11fc:8f20 (talk • contribs) 18:39, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

@Turboloop: Please login and see COM:CONSENT and OTRS.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 03:38, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi Jeff G., thank you for your answer!. --Turboloop (talk) 11:24, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

@Turboloop: You're welcome. In French, those links are COM:CONSENT/fr and OTRS/fr. See also fr:Aide:Republication/Courriel Image.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 12:29, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Ticket#2021031210006819 // File Old_Terminal_GLRB_in_2006.jpg

Hello. File Old_Terminal_GLRB_in_2006.jpg was just deleted with the claim that it had no OTRS permission since 12-Mar-2021.

However, as per my email records the OTRS release was submitted by me (as the original creator of the image) on 12-Mar-2021 and processed the same day under Ticket#2021031210006819 by an "Otto Ottensen".

Kindly check that ticket number to verify the correct release and then undelete the picture accordingly.

Thank you for your time and assistance!

Sm105 (talk) 09:06, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

@Sm105: I requested undeletion at COM:UDR#File:Old_Terminal_GLRB_in_2006.jpg for you.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 17:15, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

@Sm105:  Done, sorry for the inconvenience.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 17:58, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Thank you so much! Sm105 (talk) 20:02, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

@Sm105 Obviously my mistake. I processed the ticket but missed to put the permission badge into the file. Please pardon my error, and thanks @Jeff G. for doing the job. --Mussklprozz (talk) 20:05, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

@Sm105 and Mussklprozz: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 13:08, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

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File:RGD OfficePic.jpg

File:RGD OfficePic.jpg has OTRS template, but no copyright tag. Can someone please fix the copyright for the file? --Sreejith K (talk) 13:29, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

@Sreejith K: The release in 2009 from the work-for-hire employer was {{PD-release}}, which would have been fine here, per an edit on enwiki which was imported to this edit. That template was changed to {{No rights reserved}}, which has never been fine here, per an edit by SporkBot which was imported to this edit. That was good enough for FileImporter when you imported in these edits, but was not good enough for AntiCompositeBot, which tagged the file with User:AntiCompositeBot/NoLicense/tag in this edit. I have put the license back to {{PD-release}}, and I suggest that we configure FileImporter either to change {{No rights reserved}} back to {{PD-release}} or to not allow {{No rights reserved}} anymore.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 16:37, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

I mentioned this problem at Template talk:No rights reserved#Implementation problem. Pinging @Plastikspork, AntiCompositeNumber as bot operators.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 07:41, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G. and Sreejithk2000: The problem is that w:Template:No rights reserved redirects to w:Template:PD-author on enwiki, but not on Commons. I've changed the FileImporter configuration for enwiki to change the template in accordance with the enwiki redirect. Both bots worked as intended. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 19:03, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

@AntiCompositeNumber: Thanks.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 22:22, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Artful nude or figurenude photograph.jpg needs OTRS comment from ticket

Could someone with OTRS ticket access please have a look at the respective ticket linked on the above conversation and add pertinent information to the deletion discussion. Thanks.  — billinghurst sDrewth 06:46, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

Working on it. --Ganímedes (talk) 13:04, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

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Requesting second opinion regarding a release

I came across File:Ekspositsioon - Tiit Pääsuke.jpg at FPC (uploaded by Kruusamägi, who was also the OTRS reviewer). Ticket: 2021040510005359.

From what I understand, the ticket contains a release from the Tartu Art Museum (in Estonia, where there is only noncommercial FOP) authorizing the publication of particular files under a CC license and indicating consent by the artist. The museum has the right to release its own photos of a work, of course, but cannot release the depicted work itself. It is unclear whether we actually have a release from the copyright holder of the painting or just second-hand consent to share specific images thereof. It looks like there may be multiple files affected? Could use a second opinion. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  20:36, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

This is longer explained here. In that ticket the director of Tartu Art Museum explains that they have discussed it with the artist and both agree to publish a specific set of photos of some artworks under CC SA-BY 4.0 license. That's it. Kruusamägi (talk) 20:46, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

It might also be relevant to point out that the museum director knows that artist very well and was also the person who assembled that retrospective exhibition of that same artist just a half a year ago (and this case here involves specifically photos made from the artworks from that exhibition that is currently at the display in that museum). So there isn't much of a reason to be super suspicious. That FoP part mentioned earlier is not relevant as FoP would not apply anyway. Kruusamägi (talk) 21:46, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Right, but as far as I understand, a museum employee/director/curator/anyone saying they have consent from the copyright holder to release a photo of their work is not a substitute for the artist releasing the depicted work. Artists often misunderstand what is involved: a free license on the artwork itself, not just on the photo of the art. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  22:25, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

And this is where this linked discussion comes into play. As I conclude there: "Like if we have one image of a sculpture, then we only need to worry about it and not about if "some other image of that same sculpture (by some other photographer) would also be free"". Stating that the artist must also give the artwork itself under free license is extortion and legal nonsense (but it would be more obvious with a sculpture that it is so, as with a painting this is clearly harder to grasph the exact implications).

As for copyright holder: that could just as well be the museum. Depends on the agreement with the artist. But as both have agreed the same thing, then it isn't necessary to determine with side holds what rights exactly Kruusamägi (talk) 22:40, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

An example. We have a sculpture in a country without FoP. I would take an image of it and would like to publish that on Commons. What the lack of FoP means, is that I would first have to ask permission from the sculptor (or whoever else owns the copyright). Now that person may give me permission to publish this image under CC SA-BY 4.0 or not do that. If I have the permission, then I can upload the image here, and whoever wishes to use that image of mine, can use that freely (or well... according to the license). What people can't do is to take some other images from that same sculpture and upload those as well to Commons without asking the rightsholder. Yeah, that person may even give that sculpture under the free license (or set up some other specific permission), but it would not be necessary for the sculpture to be under the free license for me to have my image under that license, and rightsholder is not obliged to give that wide permission [i.e not to give permission not only to one specific image, but to all images ever made of this work and all other reproductions as well]. Demanding something like that from the sculptor would be outrageous.

Basically, what that means in the current case is that those images are under CC SA-BY 4.0 and could be used as such. But at the same time, people don't have the automatic right to make some snapshots of those paintings on museum walls and share thous new images under free licenses. That is: the museum and the artist are like saying "here is a set of very good quality repros and everyone can use them freely, but only those good quality repros are free to use. Don't spread crap.". Kruusamägi (talk) 23:15, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Can someone confirm, that we do not need any particular licensing for the underlying work as we have the confirmation for all relevant rightsholders, that this specific reproduction in question is under CC SA-BY 4.0? The photo is free to use and therefore everything that is on this photo is also free to use. We have no reason to assume that the artist and the museum don't know what that are doing (especially as this is by no means the first time when that particular museum freely shares the full size repros and we have also had other artist that have written that they allow reproductions of their work to be shared freely). We can only be grateful, that they have agreed to provode high quality repros for everyone to use. It would be nice to close this discussion.

Why have I used the sculpture as an example should also be obvious: if the sculptor accepts a particular photo of his sculpture to be freely licensed together with the photo creator & sculpture owner, then so it is. It might be convenient for us if the sculpture would also be under a free license, so that we could have more photos of it in the future, but that clearly can't be a requirement. Here we are in the same situation. Kruusamägi (talk) 22:08, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Regrettably, the FPC was closed before anyone noticed this thread. To try to resolve it in a more timely manner, I've posted to VPC and linked here. Hope you don't mind. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  16:01, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

OTRS Request Query

I've applied for OTRS last day but I didn't get any response from your side other than an automated email. Kindly please let me know the further proceedings. this and this are the images.

Thank you TogoYogi (talk) 12:56, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

@TogoYogi: Hi, and welcome. Ticket:2021050110000485 is in queue, and may be processed in a day or so. Thank you for your patience. Also, please use internal links with colons.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 13:06, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

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Fixing Turkish secret agents vandalism on some Kurdish sources

gents, i tried to fix the below items but my ip is blocked on wiki, if you could do this then much much appreciated.

• delete "Özgürlükçü_Demokrasi's" official page web link: the newspaper is shut down and the current domain is likely vandalized by the Turkish secret agency - it has got nothing to do with the newspaper - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96zg%C3%BCrl%C3%BCk%C3%A7%C3%BC_Demokrasi

• delete "Özgür_Gündem's" official page web link: again, the newspaper is shut down and the current domain is likely vandalized by the Turkish secret agency - it has got nothing to do with the newspaper - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96zg%C3%BCr_G%C3%BCndem —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 156.146.57.134 (talk) 08:59, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

This is Wikimedia Commons. These are English Wikipedia issues. --Ruthven (msg) 20:24, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

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Advice requested for Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Barry Taylor

I could use a little advise in Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Barry Taylor. I have advised User:Barry Taylor to send copyright permission via OTRS. Is it needed to attach copyright ownership documentation in the email or is it just enough to send the email from release generator first? MKFI (talk) 14:46, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

@Barry Taylor: Please carbon copy MKFI on your email message using the release generator with copyright ownership documentation attached and reply all to keep all in the loop. You may send the copyright ownership documentation separately by reply if MKFI doesn't need to see that.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 05:24, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

Hello, can you please explain where and how you'd like me to email the documentation. I am new to this and not familiar. Thanks for your help --Barry Taylor (talk) 13:27, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

@Barry Taylor: Sorry, I thought that had been explained. Start by reading OTRS. Then, generate a release using COM:RELGEN. Once that is generated, use it in an email message to permissions-commonswikimedia.org with carbon copy to MKFI and appropriate attachment(s). Thereafter, please reply all to keep all in the loop.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 15:04, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: what is MKFI email address to copy on the email? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barry Taylor (talk • contribs) 14:32, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: @MKFI: I have signed documents from all parties involved confirming that I am the exclusive owner of the flagged images and have the right to share them. As soon as I have an email address for MKFI they will be sent. Thanks for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barry Taylor (talk • contribs) 14:16, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

@Barry Taylor: Please go ahead and send them without that email address, and share the resulting ticket number. MKFI couldn't send you their email address even if they wanted to, as you haven't permitted that in your preferences. Also, see COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 15:08, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: @MKFI: email and signed documents have been sent. Ticket#: 2021033010008177. Thanks for your help Barry Taylor (talk) 12:16, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

@Barry Taylor: Thanks. Ticket:2021033010008177 is the subject of an email discussion.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 12:57, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Thanks Jeff. If you need anything please let me know Barry Taylor (talk) 23:47, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

@Barry Taylor: A reply to our latest email message dated "Sun, 4 Apr 2021 16:25:32 +0000" would be appreciated.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 23:59, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

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File:Paul Rolan.jpg

Hello. I was just notified that JuTa deleted this file because "No OTRS permission since 3 March 2021." However, the owner Paul Rolan <paul.rolan@adelaide.edu.au> assures me that he sent the OTRS permission on 4 March 2021. Is there any way to check whether his email arrived, or if the OTRS permission was defective in some way, so I can get it fixed? JuTa mentioned that it would be helpful if I could provide the ticket number, but I don't know how to find that - the only notification I got was on the Wikipedia article that used the photo, which said "Paul Rolan‎ 02:44 −15‎ ‎CommonsDelinker talk contribs‎ Removing Paul_Rolan.jpg; it has been deleted from Commons by JuTa because: No OTRS permission since 3 March 2021."--Gronk Oz (talk) 23:46, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

@Gronk Oz: I found Ticket:2021030310015086. We still await a response to our emailed request for clarification dated Thu, 4 Mar 2021 11:39:43 +0000. What can you tell us about the name and lifetime of the photographer and the dates and countries of photography and publication? Also, please see COM:L.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 00:02, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply, Jeff G. - I was not aware of that request for clarification. I will also send him an email asking him to respond. As for myself, I can't speak to any of the photo's details; they all came from Paul Rolan himself.--Gronk Oz (talk) 08:51, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

@Gronk Oz: You're welcome. Please review COM:EVID.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 12:41, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

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User:Indi.gra

This User:Indi.gra sent e-mail with permission to OTRS (probably in Croatian), but he received e-mail with "Sadly we don't have any agents who can read your language so we cannot help at this point", as you can see on user's talk page. I am not sure who answer this since there are OTRS agents for Croatian (or Bosnian or Serbian). Anyhow i think @Dungodung: can assist with this. --Smooth O (talk) 15:42, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Sure, Croatian language permissions could be moved to permissions-sr. --Filip (§) 20:54, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. Then if someone can check if permission e-mail is received for images mentioned in User talk:Indi.gra and moved them to permissions-sr. --Smooth O (talk) 08:08, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

@Smooth O: Krdbot couldn't find them, I asked for a ticket number or numbers on User talk:Indi.gra#Odobrenje.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 12:21, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

@Smooth O: Discussion continued on that page.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 06:30, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

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Portraits by Michael Del Priore

Several works in the category Category:Del Priore Portraits (such as File:Congressman-House-Speaker-John-Boehner-Del-Priore-Portrait(7401).jpg) have OTRS permission. The other portraits require this permission as well. Because I am not an OTRS volunteer, I am unsure if the original email involves permissions for all of these portraits; portraits without the necessary permission should be deleted.  Mysterymanblue  16:43, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

@Mysterymanblue: We are pursuing this matter via email correspondence.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 17:04, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

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Files under Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Theresa May in 2016

Permission has been sent from a representative of the copyright holder (Judy.Nokesnationalarchives.gov.uk) confirming licensing for reuse under the terms and conditions of {{OGL3}}. ᴀlbanɢeller (talk) 08:40, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

OTRS ticket number is ticket:2021050410004431. ᴀlbanɢeller (talk) 13:05, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

@Neveselbert (mobile) and Neveselbert:  Done thanks to King of Hearts!   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 00:43, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

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File:Antoine Bondaz.jpg

Hi OTRS team, I just wanted to enquire whether permission of use was granted via email to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org by the owner of the picture (Antoine Bondaz himself). A confirmation was apparently sent on (or before) 23.03 according to the talk page, see: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Antoine_Bondaz.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Deletion_requests/File:Antoine_Bondaz.jpg

Thanks for your feedback, --Dominique Roux (talk) 13:28, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

@Dominique Roux: Hi, and welcome. I found Ticket:2021032310004452, in French. We still await a response to our emailed request for clarification dated Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:59:18 +0000. Pinging @Mussklprozz as Agent.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 14:04, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, sounds good. Without reply to the request for clarification, I believe it was correct to have deleted the file. It can always be restored if/when proper approval is submitted. --Dominique Roux (talk) 14:20, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Ack. There came no direct answer to my request for clarification. Maybe it came up without mentioning the ticket #; in that case it will eventually show up and be processed. I had no time today to check the queue, which is rather long at the moment. Cheers, --Mussklprozz (talk) 19:44, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

@Mussklprozz: That was the only ticket I found mentioning "bondaz" in any case, so I concluded there was no clarification.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 06:43, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

User:Corporate Communications Würth-Group

Hi, would it be possible to add Template:Verified account to this user page? They're verified at de:Benutzer:Corporate Communications Würth-Group, and they're active here as well right now. Regards --Rosenzweig τ 20:11, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

@Rosenzweig:  Done.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 23:42, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Thanks :-) --Rosenzweig τ 12:36, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

@Rosenzweig: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 12:40, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

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Tickets 2020120310013705 / 2021020110003531

Zum OTRS-Ticket 2020120310013705 wurde meine Frage per Mail vom 22. März 2021 nicht mehr beantwortet. Ich wüsste gern, was hier schief ging.

Ich hatte vor Monaten auf der Homepage eines Museums ein passendes Bild für einen Artikel gefunden. Ich stellte das Bild hoch, mit dem Hinweis, dass die Rechte zu klären seien. Nach meiner Kenntnis sendete am 1. Februar 2021 die Bildspenderin und mutmaßliche Rechteinhaberin eine Bildfreigabe gemäß CC BY-SA 4.0 unter Angabe des Tickets an permissions-de@wikimedia.org.

Am gleichen Tag, 1. Februar, sendete permissions-de eine Rückfrage zur Freigabe an die Bildspenderin, das Bild sei nicht findbar. Ich sah, ein Löscher hatte das Bild gelöscht. Doch sowas kann ein Administrator ja rückgängig machen.

Die Bildspenderin bat mich per Mail, das zu regeln, so erhielt ich Kenntnis von dem Showstopper. Ich lud das Bild noch mal hoch und gab die Bildadresse weiter: eine Mail an die Rechteinhaberin, eine weitere Mail an permissions-de. Das Ticket hatte sich mittlerweile von 2020120310013705 zu 2021020110003531 geändert, warum, weiß ich nicht. — Preceding unsigned comment added by T. Wirbitzki (talk • contribs) 21:02, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

Bis heute hat sich vermutlich nicht viel getan. Sicherlich ist Zeit Mangelware, doch was war mein Fehler in der Kommunikation? Was muss ich besser machen, um einen Bildfreigabeprozess zum Erfolg zu führen, kann man das dem Ticket entnehmen?

T. Wirbitzki (talk) 20:30, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

to Ticket#2021021710007114

Hello OTRS Team, I have obtained permission for a data package of over 130 images, this has been submitted under ticket: [Ticket#2021021710007114] and already confirmed. My emails sent every 14 days with the upload data have not been answered negatively so far. Now one of the pictures (2017 Climbing Beech in Hoppenrade DE.jpg) was deleted yesterday due to the 30-day deadline. I don't understand this and would like clarification as to whether any information is missing. If so, please let me have the necessary information, as it takes a lot of effort to update the images already included in Wikipedia articles and Wikidata objects. Please refrain from deleting further images of the package, as in my opinion everything went correctly. I have not yet uploaded all the files as it is a considerable effort to sort them correctly into the right categories and assign them to the right objects and texts. Please inform me immediately how we want to proceed or if you need further information. (see also under discussion: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:JuTa#2017_Climbing_Beech_in_Hoppenrade_DE.jpg)--Cookroach (talk) 17:23, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

@Cookroach: Sorry, but Ticket:2021021710007114 has not been approved. We have not yet had a sufficient response to our emailed query of 09:51, 21 February 2021 (UTC) to justify aggregating the photos under a CC-BY-SA-4.0 license. Specifically, the photographers did not agree to license commercial use and derivative works, as required under COM:L.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 19:33, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Thank you for the your answer, at least now I know. I hadn't thought about the fact that you need a reply to this email, and that you can't complete the approval without a reply. I would have expected that as a processor I would also be informed about this process and what the consequences are. I will take care of this immediately and write to those responsible and also send you a copy of the email under the ticket number. I hope we can solve the problem together, otherwise my work over the last few weeks will have been in vain.--Cookroach (talk) 19:58, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

@Cookroach: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 20:30, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: The email with the request for a reply has been sent. If the organisation:'Environmental Partnership Association' does not reply correctly to this e-mail, this may mean that all the images posted so far have to be deleted again, or is there another way to keep the images online, e.g. under a different licence or using a different procedure. I would be pleased if you could inform me of an alternative.--Cookroach (talk) 21:11, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Hello OTRS-Team, I have sent you a new email on subject titled: 'Answer to [Ticket#2021021710007114] permission to media work', I would appreciate an early reply to clarify the matter, thank you very much.--Cookroach (talk) 09:33, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

@Cookroach: A reply has been sent.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:04, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Hello do you have a reply for us to today's mail from 11:13 (UTC), I would like to know how we proceed.--Cookroach (talk) 19:19, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

@Cookroach: Yes, the discussion should now be email-only.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 03:43, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: I see it the same way, if we reach a solution in the process and we get answers to our questions. Also, I would recommend the discussion here on Commons:OTRS/Noticeboard by user JuTa.--Cookroach (talk) 05:10, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Hello OTRS-Team or @Jeff G.: , I would like to ask again whether I can continue with my work on the article xxx and the associated tree images as well as the pages and articles linking to it.Is there already a solution to the ticket (I can't figure it out from the email communication) or are there still questions unanswered? An answer can also be sent by email, if not relevant here.--Cookroach (talk) 10:34, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

@Cookroach: You may continue your work on the article and associated articles. You may upload more photos if you have licenses for them which allow both commercial use and derivative works. I emailed you a little while ago (sorry for the delay). Perhaps we have not been clear enough on this point, though: unless a file description page contains {{PermissionOTRS}} placed by an OTRS Agent (or a template which contains such), permission for that file has not been accepted. If you can't get sufficient permission, please see en:WP:F and equivalents in other languages.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 12:12, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: I thought we had made progress agreeing on the process of approvals, now again today User:JuTa deleted a file:, I left a comment on the pages asking for clarification. I do not understand this procedure and also the reason why it is made so difficult for us here the pictures properly to insert ?--Cookroach (talk) 09:55, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

@Cookroach: File:2017 Climbing Beech in Hoppenrade DE.jpg was initially uploaded and tagged as awaiting OTRS permission on or before 26 February 2021, and was then deleted for lack of such permission by JuTa 02:24, 28 March 2021 (UTC). You reuploaded it 05:17 (UTC) that day. I extended for 30 days the time allotted for that one file as a courtesy and wrote you and your colleague about it 02:49, 30 March 2021 (UTC), which your colleague confirmed at 12:34 (UTC) that day. After 33 days, we still did not receive sufficient permission for it, so JuTa deleted it again 06:15, 2 May 2021 (UTC). It is correct that all files tagged as being under every ticket, which do not yet comply with the OTRS guidelines after 30 days, are subject to being deleted, as soon as an Admin notices them. I don't remember agreeing "that until the process is complete no existing images will be deleted". The difficulty here is that, rather than having the photographers upload here directly with sufficient permissions, your organization has chosen to collect photos with initially insufficient permissions, and upload them here as if the permissions were sufficient. Also, you continue avoiding the use of Edit Summaries.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 11:33, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Yes, the procedure you described is correct and I was also pleased that after the initial misunderstandings since February, we had reached a new consensus in March on the procurement of the permits. I assumed that this consensus extended to all files in this file package. So I wrote to you in an email that please refrain from further deletions for the time being until the permissions have been obtained. They did not contradict this, so I took this as confirmation. And no, it's not my organisation, I'm just a wiki user and have no legal authority in the context of image management and organisation. My part was only to have established contact with the organisation so that the images and associated articles could be created in WP. I only made contact with the organisation in January this year and all the images from 2011-2021 already existed within the website in question. My intention was to make the information and pictures about the trees and the competition available to everyone in the spirit of the free encyclopaedia. Since March, my contact at the organisation has been working intensively to obtain the necessary permissions in the required manner, which has turned out to be more difficult than expected, as some sources cannot be reached or can only be reached in a roundabout way. My original thought that a collective permit would be sufficient, or at least a collective permit per country, has also not been fulfilled, so that at present intensive efforts are being made to write to all the individual sources and to obtain the permit, so I ask for a little more time and understanding here. This would also mean that no further deletions would be made. There is nothing I can do about it, and further interference by me in the process you have started is unhelpful, as is further deletion of files that have already been uploaded. I had written that I would stop working on the articles about the trees for the time being, because they make no sense without the corresponding pictures. But they wrote that I could continue if I get the right permissions - which I think is contradictory because that's why I can't continue. I therefore ask here in the discussion to make precise and unambiguous statements so that there are no new misunderstandings. My question now is, how much time do we have to obtain the relevant permissions or is it better to delete all the images uploaded so far as a precaution so that there are no infringements due to unclear rights. Please believe me that I am only concerned about the possible releases within the framework of the WIKI guidelines, I really want to make the knowledge about the competition and the stories of the trees in the WP available to everyone. Please work together with me to achieve this goal. best regards from --Cookroach (talk) 13:20, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

@Cookroach: As I wrote before above, "the discussion should now be email-only."   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 13:37, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

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About the response to the deletion request of my uploaded image

I uploaded a lot of images to wikicommons on April 18th, but all the images received a deletion request. The reason is that the copyright information is inadequate. For my image, I uploaded a photo posted on Twitter by another person to wikicommons with the permission of the poster. How should I respond? Please tell me how to deal with it.鍋焼きそば (talk) 15:50, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

@鍋焼きそば: a volunteer from OTRS (that take care of permissions) will handle this and tell you or the copyright holder what to do. If the file is deleted it can be undeleted once the permission is accepted. --MGA73 (talk) 17:00, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

@鍋焼きそば: We've got a backlog of two weeks. Please be patient and wait. --Ganímedes (talk) 17:13, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

@MGA73: Thank you for your reply. The email said, "Please advise by which reason you are representative as stated and authorized to issue this permission." I got permission from the copyright holder on Twitter DM. Therefore, I replied to the email address that received the screenshots of those DMs. Would this be ok?鍋焼きそば (talk) 17:54, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

@鍋焼きそば: You are welcome. The volunteer that send you the email will look at your mail and tell you if it is okay or if you need to do something else. Just follow the instructions you get via email. --MGA73 (talk) 18:01, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

@MGA73: OK. Thank you for your support. If you have any questions, I will write them here. 鍋焼きそば (talk) 18:14, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

鍋焼きそば is suspected as a sockpuppetry of User:Yamakusa09 who was indefinitely blocked on 15 December 2020 because of repeated copyvios.[5] See Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by 鍋焼きそば and Commons:Administrators'_noticeboard/Blocks_and_protections#SHIZUOKACITYperson_and_鍋焼きそば. --毒島みるく (talk) 23:20, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

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Uploads by Allo002

Hi, I noticed you added OTRS-permission to File:Cheese from the island of Pag.jpg and File:Salted cheese.jpg. We had the following OTRS permissions more than 30 days ago, but I would release these photos at free license. Could you please check? OTRS tickets are following: ticket:2021013110003245 and ticket:2021013110003227. Allo002 (talk) 18:01, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

Allo002: Questions were asked on both tickets but no response was ever received. Ww2censor (talk) 21:16, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

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File:Offlinetv group photo 2020.jpg

Hello. I just wanted to check up on the status of this photo once more and see if there's any new development/if we're clear to use it? My correspondence with a party representing the group appeared to be confused as someone at OTRS was asking them to send this block of text again. Thanks Troutfarm27 (talk) 09:07, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

@Troutfarm27: I am sorry to report that subsequent to my email to you dated "Tue, 13 Apr 2021 12:47:55 +0000", we have gotten no email messages referencing Offlinetv or Ticket:2021033110001912.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 00:22, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

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File:Putin_palace_aqua-discotheque_2616.jpg and other files

Resolved

Please restore the following pages:

File:Putin_palace_aqua-discotheque_2616.jpg

File:Putin_palace_aqua-discotheque_2624.jpg

File:Putin_palace_exterior_2626.jpg

File:Putin_palace_main_gate.jpg

File:Putin_palace_main_gate_2605.jpg

File:Putin_palace_main_gate_2611.jpg

File:Putin_palace_main_pool_2622.jpg

File:Putin_palace_main_pool_2623.jpg

Reason: The author of these photos (Dmitriy Shevchenko) agreed to post these photos on this resource under the license of CC-BY-3.0. The author notified the OTRS-member of this resource about this using a letter sent from the box ciaec.off@gmail.com, which is indicated on the personal site of the same author https://ciaec.ru/contacts/

For some unknown reason, the OTRS member (Otto O.) did not believe that he received a letter from the author of the said photographs: "these picture has been used on other websites before being uploaded on Wikimedia Commons."

This statement is not true, because these photographs were first published in the original (with EXIF data) on the author's personal website on Mar 04, 2021. Author's article: https://ciaec.ru/our-blog/otel-govorite/

In this article, the author describes in detail how and when these photographs were taken. Here is an example of photos that have not been published anywhere before:

https://ciaec.ru/upload/iblock/596/5964c45ba12bbb2255df98100599692a.JPG

https://ciaec.ru/upload/iblock/e48/e48d4711e76ce9dc6480914973271ec2.JPG

https://ciaec.ru/upload/iblock/62d/62d5d3400b05a8e30554269aa5c31603.JPG

https://ciaec.ru/upload/iblock/033/033b2f13c5f8d163f3b6ede058c6fceb.JPG

Let me remind you once again that all of these photographs are posted on the author's website in the original (contain EXIF data). Previously, these original files have not been published anywhere.

Before publishing these files on Wikimedia Commons, I asked for permission from Dmitry Shevchenko (his contaсts are listed on the website www.ciaec.ru). All rights to these files (photos) have always belonged to Dmitry Shevchenko. --Anoneska (talk) 19:52, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

@Anoneska: Hi, and welcome. Please put that information in your reply via Ticket:2021043010008237. Pinging @Mussklprozz as involved.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 00:15, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: , I do not have access to this ticket, because I am not Dmitry Shevchenko. And besides, Dmitry made a OTRS-request using email. --Anoneska (talk) 04:57, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

@Anoneska: Sorry about that. I added that information to the ticket. Pinging @Mussklprozz as involved.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 06:18, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

@Anoneska: , @Jeff G.: Dmitry Shevchenko did not answer to my questions, so thanks for forwarding your arguments here. Someone with a language of Russian needs to look at https://ciaec.ru/our-blog/otel-govorite/. I am going to push the ticket to the Russian queue. Greetings, --Mussklprozz (talk) 07:23, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Mussklprozz I wrote a note in the ticket and returned it to the English queue, because I do not understand the nature of the claims. --NoFrost (talk) 09:13, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

 Support Please restore, according to --NoFrosts recent comment within the ticket. Thanks a lot to you, Спасибо вам большое, --NoFrost for clarifying! Would you like to add the permission tags and answer to Dmitry, since you both speak a common language? Of course I can also do this. Cheers, --Mussklprozz (talk) 14:37, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

• Mussklprozz, you'd better do it yourself. Thanks. --NoFrost (talk) 14:43, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

  Okay, no problem. @Jeff G.: , can you please ping me once the files are restored? Thanks, --Mussklprozz (talk) 14:49, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

  @Anoneska, NoFrost, and Mussklprozz: After some discussion, I requested undeletion at COM:UDR#File:Putin_palace_aqua-discotheque_2616.jpg and other files.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 20:50, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

  @Jeff G and Mussklprozz: , Many thanks. We are great! --Anoneska (talk) 06:38, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

  @Jeff G and Mussklprozz: «If a valid permission is not provided within 30 days of the first response by an OTRS volunteer, this file will be deleted.» - What does this mean? --Anoneska (talk) 06:53, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

  @Anoneska: Don't worry. I just added the permission tags. Thanks to everybody, have a nice weekend! :-) --Mussklprozz (talk) 08:50, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

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OTRS permissions added by non-OTRS member

Hi, User:LouisAragon has added OTRS permissions to some uploaded files but is not an OTRS user and I doubt that the ticket number cited applies to those files or that the copyright owner has actually given permisssion for their use. There is currently a GLAM partnership with the Khalili Collections, for which I am the Wikimedian In Residence and we are soon to do a bulk upload of Islamic art images, so I think the Collections may well be open to sharing most of these images, but this is decision in their hands and I don't think they would be happy with people taking photographs marked "All rights reserved" on their web site and uploading them here with a CC licence which they have not authorised.

• Revision #552182877
• Revision #552180644
• Revision #552167957
• Revision #552234711
• Revision #552163228
• Revision #552179719
• Revision #552178383
• Revision #552165523
• File:Pair of Book Covers depicting Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, princes and members of court (Khalili Collection, LAQ 20B, back).jpg No justification given for the CC-BY-SA licence in this case.
• File:Pair of Book Covers depicting Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, princes and members of court (Khalili Collection, LAQ 20B, front).jpg ditto
• Revision #552160802
• Revision #552185279
• Revision #552177409

Some of these are photographs of two-dimensional art so a case can be made that they should stay. For the photographs of three-dimensional objects, I can't guarantee, but as I say I might be able to get actual permission for release of these images if I ask the Khalili Collections, but it needs to be authorised in the proper way. If this is a misunderstanding and the Khalili Collections are sending OTRS permission through two channels, then I apologise, but that just seems wildly implausible to me. MartinPoulter (talk) 17:34, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

@MartinPoulter: Oh, damn, I didn't know that about the license. Sorry about that. I saw some really interesting objects on the Khalili site which I wanted to have at my disposal at Commons. This way, I can use them in articles I want to raise to GA/FA-class at Eng.Wiki. I thought it wouldn't be an issue given that they were being uploaded en masse at Commons (didn't pay proper attention it seems). It would be awesome if someone could help in adding the proper license, as it would be a great loss if they would have to be deleted. - LouisAragon (talk) 17:59, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

@LouisAragon: Thanks for the reply. I really do appreciate how you are using the images to improve Wikipedia, and how you are adding correct categories and metadata. That said, the pages you got the images from say "All rights reserved". Ideally the whole collection would be Creative Commons licensed, but like a lot of GLAM partnerships this is a gradual process of cultural change in an organisation that is generally protective of the images it has employed conservation staff and photographers to create. In particular, with the material that is Islamic in origin, the curators want to review each image before releasing it under a free licence. So the OTRS tickets that have been sent by the organisation in 2020 are not blanket licensing their images but refer to specific lists of images. Anything that I upload under my dedicated account in freely licensed, but I clear all my uploads with the organisation in advance. I will put in a request referring to the above files and I really hope we can keep them. In the meantime, please don't reuse OTRS tags without knowing what files are released by that OTRS action. Cheers, MartinPoulter (talk) 16:56, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

@LouisAragon: Please could you also make sure the source tags are correct and fix any that are wrong? For this file, you've given the source as this page on the Khalili Collections site but I don't see how you get that image from that page. Ditto for this file which gives this link as the source. Having the correct source URLs will be really useful to me in making the request. Thanks in advance, MartinPoulter (talk) 15:12, 26 April 2021 (UTC) Scratch that: just seen that you can get the extra images through the printable link. MartinPoulter (talk) 15:14, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Image permission for File:Csm FM-87-61-114-4 Kester-P-1-ONLINE e50b59ff32.jpg

The copyright holder of the photos by Philipp Kester is the Munich Stadtmuseum. They put all photos by Kester under CC BY SA. This already has been stated in [Ticket#2021012610008625] . Is this sufficient as proof of permission? --Kaethe17 (talk) 14:18, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

@Kaethe17: I reviewed the license. Do you want a template to use when uploading Kester's work?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 18:32, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, Jeff G. I would appreciate the template very much. --Kaethe17 (talk) 19:31, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

@Kaethe17: Please use {{Kester}} instead of {{Cc-by-sa-4.0}}, and translate as appropriate.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 22:30, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

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Proszę o potwierdzenie zezwolenia do zdjęć - wikipedia commons

Po przesłaniu zgód od fotografów, dostałam informację o wpisaniu tutaj prośby o potwierdzenia zezwolenia. Dotyczy to pliku: - File:Materiały prasowe Festivalu Fotograf Arkadiusz Wojtasiewicz.jpg pod linkiem: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Materia%C5%82y_prasowe_Festivalu_Fotograf_Arkadiusz_Wojtasiewicz.jpg#/media/File:Materia%C5%82y_prasowe_Festivalu_Fotograf_Arkadiusz_Wojtasiewicz.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lewandowskamaja97 (talk • contribs) 18:29, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

lewandowskamaja97 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lewandowskamaja97 (talk • contribs) 18:30, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Please confirm permission to photos - wikipedia commons

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After sending the approvals from the photographers, I was informed that I entered the request for confirmation of the permit here. This applies to the file: - File: Festival press materials Fotograf Arkadiusz Wojtasiewicz.jpg at the link: File:Materiały prasowe Festivalu Fotograf Arkadiusz Wojtasiewicz.jpg

translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 23:37, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

@Lewandowskamaja97: Cześć, witam. Pozwolenie zostało potwierdzone o godzinie 19:30 UTC.

Hi, and welcome. The permission was confirmed at 19:30 UTC.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 23:37, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

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Questions about permission/request status

I transferred this question from the village pump, because it probably fits better here:

I uploaded 60 pictures on 20th May with the permission of Phantom Kabocha and I have some questions:

1. The mail that the owner sent to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org, only had 'OTRS content release' in the header. Is that enough to be found by the OTRS volunteers? If not, what exactly needs to be in the header of such a permission mail? I read about a ticket, but I'm totally new to Wiki Commons and don't know how to get that.
2. We had an exchange via Twitter PM, but the owner did not attach our correspondence to the mail. Is that a problem or can we submit it retrospectively in the required form?
3. About the original source of the pictures: the owner did not include it in the mail, but I linked it under 'source' in the uploads. Does that do, too?
4. The owner sent the links to the 60 uploaded pictures in the mail, but they may not work well, because I did not use underscore characters in the file names. If that's a problem, I will ask the owner to send another mail with working links.

Sorry for asking so many questions, but I'm new here and don't want my account to get blocked for any violations.

The second issue is: The Wikipedia article List of career achievements by Yuzuru Hanyu has been nominated for featured list status and it uses 9 of the 60 pictures mentioned above:

• File:2013 Trophee Eric Bompard - Yuzuru Hanyu SP.jpg
• File:2015 Grand Prix Final - Yuzuru Hanyu FS (2).jpg
• File:2015 Grand Prix Final - Yuzuru Hanyu FS (3).jpg
• File:2015 Grand Prix Final - Yuzuru Hanyu SP (1).jpg
• File:2015 Grand Prix Final - Yuzuru Hanyu SP (2).jpg
• File:2016 Grand Prix Final - Yuzuru Hanyu SP (7).jpg
• File:2017 World Championships - Yuzuru Hanyu FS (2).jpg
• File:2019 Grand Prix Final - Yuzuru Hanyu FS (4).jpg
• File:2019 Grand Prix Final - Yuzuru Hanyu SP (5).jpg

I don't know, how long the review of the permission mail usually needs, but it would be great to have the copyright status checked until the pass (for these 9 pics at least). If there are any form issues with the permission mail, I stay in contact with the owner and we could handle the problem within a day.

Thank you very much for your patience. Henni147 (talk) 15:56, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Concerns ticket:2021052010003231. An email about these images, which was sent to the email address on http://photos.phantomkabocha.com is delayed. On OTRS we received a warning message. Perhaps you may ask Phantom Kabocha to check the email server. Elly (talk) 18:46, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

"Delay reason: SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT" --Ganímedes (talk) 21:24, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your response. I forwarded the information to Phantom Kabocha and asked to check the mail server. Henni147 (talk) 07:21, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

@Ellywa: @Ganímedes: Update: Phantom Kabocha responded that the mailbox in the sub-domain seems to be down, and now wants to contact the service provider's support to fix the issue. It might be necessary to change the mail address. Would that cause problems to the OTRS procedure here? Henni147 (talk) 09:00, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

In general another email address can be used. Please keep it confidential and communicate to the OTRS system, with reference to #2021052010003231 in the subject. However, the identity of the e-mailing person / photographer should be 100% clear. Elly (talk) 09:14, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Great, thanks. Update: The owner has sent a mail from the old address to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org with the header "Ticket:2021052010003231 New mail address". That's probably the easiest way to confirm the identity.

@Ellywa: I have another request regarding this OTRS ticket: the File:2013 Finlandia Trophy - Yuzuru Hanyu SP.jpg has been deleted, because I forgot to insert the {{subst:OP}} template, but I have permission to use that picture as well. Can that be restored, if the licensing is fine? Henni147 (talk) 10:19, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

The email is received. If all ends well, you can request undeletion of images through Commons:Undeletion requests any time. Elly (talk) 14:10, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Merged into ticket:2021052510005122 --Ganímedes (talk) 20:43, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

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File:JLS WIKI.jpg

Bonjour, suite à un échange avec JuTa, elle me conseille de revenir vers vous au sujet d'une photo pour laquelle la photographe vous a déjà fait une permission pour wikipedia. Voici le mail et le ticket. Que dois-je faire de plus? Voulez-vous contacter la photographe directement, j'ai mis ses coordonnées dans le message, si besoin. Merci de votre aide, Yasminkaa (talk) 15:34, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Bonjour JuTa , je remarque que vous avez supprimé ce fichier alors que j'ai la permission de la photographe. Voici le ticket [Ticket#2021040710006471] Et une copie du mail qu'elle vous a envoyé depuis son mail noellabarras88gmail.com, le 7 avril à 12h39. Madame,Monsieur,

Je suis Melle Barras Noella photographe à Epinal. Je donne l autorisation à Mme Yasmina Sandoz d utiliser la photo de Monsieur Jean Luc Sandoz fichier num JL swiki JPG 5088k en pièce jointe. Le fichier est libre de droit pour Mme Yasmina Sandoz.

Je reste à votre disposition. Cordialement.

Melle Barras.

Je ajoute ici son mobile 06 37 51 70 33 et son telé à son agence photo 03 29 82 54 21 Studio Vilair Scherr à Epinal

Est-ce que cela est suffisant pour vous pour remettre la photo? Merci Yasminkaa (d) 10:38, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello, following an exchange with Ju Ta, she advises me to come back to you about a photo for which the photographer has already given you permission for wikipedia. Here is the email and the ticket. What more do I have to do?

Do you want to contact the photographer directly, I put her contact details in the message, if necessary. Thanks for your help, Yasminkaa ( talk ) 15:34, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello JuTa, I notice that you deleted this file while I have permission from the photographer. Here is the ticket [Ticket # 2021040710006471] and a copy of the email she sent you from her email noellabarras88gmail.com, April 7th at 12:39 PM. Dear,

I am Miss Barras Noella photographer in Epinal. I give permission to Ms. Yasmina Sandoz to use the photo of Mr. Jean Luc Sandoz file number JL swiki JPG 5088k as an attachment. The file is copyright free for Ms. Yasmina Sandoz.

I remain at your disposal. Cordially.

Miss Barras.

I add here his mobile 06 37 51 70 33 and his phone to his photo agency 03 29 82 54 21 Studio Vilair Scherr in Epinal

Is this enough for you to hand over the photo? Thank you Yasminkaa (d) 10:38, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 19:52, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

PLease ask on Commons:OTRS noticeboard for this case. But as far as I can see: The author only gave you the permision to use the image, but a permission for anybody in the world for any purpose is required. --JuTa 11:23, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

@Yasminkaa: Nous avons demandé une telle autorisation dans un e-mail daté du "Sun, 11 Apr 2021 09:31:30 +0000", mais nous n'avons pas reçu de réponse.

We requested such permission in an email message dated "Sun, 11 Apr 2021 09:31:30 +0000", but we have not had a reply.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 20:00, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Ok Jeff G. I will re-ask her. But she already gives her agreement. what more should she do now? Thanks Yasminkaa (talk) 21:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

@Yasminkaa: She should answer that email message. We can re-send if she misplaced it.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 21:45, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello Jeff G. I've just sent her an email to make again the permission to wikimedia. You can resend her an em-mail but in French please because I'm not s^re she can English. Thank you very much. Yasminkaa (talk) 21:49, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

@Yasminkaa: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 22:30, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: The photographer did the mail again with your model. Please see the [Ticket#2021040710006471] and tell me if it's okay now? Thank you very much for helping me. Yasminkaa (talk) 16:11, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

@Yasminkaa: It's in process, but she forgot to "add the following to the subject bar of the email: [Ticket #: 2021040710006471]."   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 20:55, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Sorry I don't understand. What does she do now? I hava a copy of her complete mail she sent if you need it ? tell me. Yasminkaa (talk) 21:05, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

@Yasminkaa: She should sit back and enjoy. My colleagues and I have restored the file, marked it as having permission, and put it back on three wikis.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 08:48, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Perfecto! Thanks for following it Yasminkaa (talk) 09:09, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

@Yasminkaa: You're welcome. See also COM:TALK.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 09:21, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

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File:PhuLao, kieu2018.png

Hello, could anyone review this File:PhuLao, kieu2018.png please? I believe its OTRS permission is valid, but it was deleted by JuTa. Thanks. Greenknight dv (talk) 04:13, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

@Greenknight dv: Hi, and welcome. I couldn't find the ticket using that filename, but fortunately I did find reference to truncated #202005201000051, which led to Vietnamese Ticket:2020052010000512, in User talk:JuTa/Archive 57#File:PhuLao, kieu2018.png. However, that ticket does not mention that filename in the text portions of the email messages. Please check your work.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 05:42, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Thanks for your response. This whole process is still a bit mystery to me. I mean the Ticket:2020052010000512 worked the last time with the help of another OTRS-member, so I guess I should ask him.

@Trần Nguyễn Minh Huy: May I trouble you one more time for restoring this file, please? So basically, is it true that only you as a Vietnamese OTRS-member can confirm this ticket? Greenknight dv (talk) 06:12, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

@Greenknight dv: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 06:37, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

OTRS Request

I've applied for OTRS few days ago. Let me know the status of those ?

• https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Divya_S_Iyer.jpg#
• https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._DIVYA_IYER.jpg
• https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._Divya_S._Iyer_with_husband_K.S._Sabarinathan.jpg

These are the links. Please let me know the status. Thank you.. TogoYogi (talk) 05:43, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

@TogoYogi: Hi, and welcome. Ticket:2021050410001013, Ticket:2021050410001764, and Ticket:2021050410010674 are in the permissions-commons queue. Did you not receive the autoreplies? Did you know that you could have sent one email message instead of three?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 06:13, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

• Jeff G. : Yes, I do receive autoreplies like this "Dear Ratheesh R,

Thank you for your email. This is an automatically generated response to inform you that your message has been received. Because all emails are handled by volunteers, it may take some time for us to reply. We kindly ask for your patience and understanding as we try our best to reply as quickly as possible. If your article or file has been deleted in the mean time, please don't worry. Any administrator can restore these later.

If you want to send more emails about the same subject, please add the following to the subject bar of the email: [Ticket#: 2021050410001764].

Yours sincerely,

The Volunteer Response Team"

And I don't know how to send one email message instead of three? How can I ? Is it by adding the links together in the Same email?

Regards TogoYogi (talk) 06:22, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

@TogoYogi: Yes, together in the same email message, preferably on separate lines in the desktop form "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Divya_S_Iyer.jpg" (without the "m." Mobile designation, as Krdbot evidently doesn't understand them like that yet (Pinging @Krd about that)).   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 06:33, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

• Jeff G., did I wanna send that email again? TogoYogi (talk) 06:45, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

  @TogoYogi: No, that will just add to the delay. Please see COM:TALK.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 07:00, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Category:Jaime Tafoya

The Category:Jaime Tafoya contains images by mexican artist Jaime Tafoya. The images have been uploaded by a single account and have an OTRS ticket. The same account also uploaded more files that have been deleted as copyvio and are probably also images by Jaime Tafoya.

• The images are tagged {own}. Is the uploader the artist? or is the own-tag wrong or ist the ticket wrong?
• Don't fall the deleted images under the OTRS ticket and should therefore be undeleted?

--C.Suthorn (talk) 10:43, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

@C.Suthorn: The images in Category:Jaime Tafoya were uploaded by EltizziaNo9, who you neglected to mention. They share Ticket:2017080210009932, which is in French and authorizes exactly 7 of 9 files uploaded by that user which are still alive. File:Folleto Jaime Tafoya 1981.jpg appears to need permission from "el teatro degollado Guadalajara Jamlisco Mexico", and I tagged it as such. File:Jaime Tafoya avec la sculpture "langouste lectrice" ile du rio Cuale Puerto Vallarta Mexique 04,2018.jpg is a photo of the artist with sculpture "langouste lectrice" on Rio Cuale island, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and it uses that sculpture under COM:FOP Mexico. The rest of that user's uploads were rightly deleted. Correlation between the account and the artist is not discussed in the ticket. {own} can be incompletely explained as own photo of the artist's work.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 13:45, 7 May 2021 (UTC

Miklos Hornok site - Images was removed without explanation despite the photographer's written consent sent to commons-wikipedia

Please give me an explanation why the referenced photo below was removed from that site without any explanation despite of the fact that Peter Zador (the photographer) released the copyright with his written statement sent to July 26, 2019 to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org email address! (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mikl%C3%B3s_Hornok,_captain_of_Hungarian_Davis_Cup_team_and_his_No.1_player_Marton_Fucsovics_(2012).jpg I would like to reinstate the referenced photo as soon as possible because there is no reason to remove it! I re-uploaded this photo. I am hereby send the following youtube video. Between 4:34 and 4:37 min on this video, you will see the action where Fucsovics hugged Miklós Hornok, this moment was taken by Péter Zádor, the photographer, and the referenced photo shows this action. On the left side of the referenced segment of the video, you can see Péter Zádor, the photographer either. At 4:37 min, Péter Zádor is also visible on the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0dKWHIpewI (talk) 09:01, 23 May 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrandrew16 (talk • contribs) 08:49, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

• File:Miklós Hornok, captain of Hungarian Davis Cup team and his No.1 player Marton Fucsovics (2012).jpg

Hello, I am creating this section after this Teahouse query on the english Wikipedia by Mrandrew16 about File:Miklós Hornok, captain of Hungarian Davis Cup team and his No.1 player Marton Fucsovics (2012).jpg. This file was initially deleted on 25th July 2019 by Yann. It was restored 2 days later by Yann, citing 2019072510006533 has the reason. It was later deleted on 27th August 2019 by Jcb. Since Mrandrew16 has no clue about why this file was deleted, can an OTRS member review the ticket mentioned above and explain it to him? Thanks. Victor Schmidt (talk) 08:54, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Pinging @Krd, Ww2censor.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 09:12, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Mrandrew16: There is no need to start a new section and you should not upload the same image again unless you have resolved the issue of the first deleted file. That usually get the images deleted on sight. I did not have anything to do with this ticket, so it's best to let Krd resolve it and you could ask Jcb why they deleted it but that appears to be because no permission was added after 30 days. I see you have also uploaded another new image File:Tomoyo Takagishi.jpg, attributed to "Takumi Jun", without any evidence of permission. The copyright status of that image needs to be addressed too. In future please sign your post by adding 4 tildes, like this ~~~~ at the end of each talk page message you make. Ww2censor (talk) 10:49, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Regarding the photo of File:Tomoyo Takagishi.jpg,the photographer (Takumi Jun) will send the required email address the consent! Please do not remove this photo! Mrandrew16 (talk) 11:22, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Don't worry if the file is deleted, an OTRS agent will request undeletion when the permission from the right copyright holder arrives. --Ganímedes (talk) 19:12, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

The duplicate upload of the above is File:Hornok and Fucsovics.jpg. Ww2censor (talk) 19:14, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

@Ww2censor: Thanks, I resolved it.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 19:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

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Permission also by sculptor?

Could an agent please check whether the archived permission (ticket: 2007050810009133) for File:Nordenskirker Esbtreenig(12).jpg, .File:Nordenskirker Esbtreenig(05).jpg, File:Nordenskirker Esbtreenig(06).jpg, File:Nordenskirker Esbtreenig(08).jpg, File:Nordenskirker Tastrupny(10).jpg, File:Springvand og soppefontæne ved Lyseng svømmebad - Erik Heide.JPG, File:ErikHeide Dobbeltkors.jpg, File:Erik Heide fugl på spaltet sten.jpg, File:Nordenskirker Tastrupny(13).jpg, File:Nordenskirker Esbtreenig(02).jpg, File:Nordenskirker Ranum(23).jpg, File:Sindal-Fels und Stab.jpg, File:Nordenskirker Sindalfil(14).jpg, File:Bisp Gunner´s Statue.JPG, and File:Nordenskirker Esbtreenig(15).jpg includes a permission from the artist/sculptor — in addition to the photographer's permission. --Túrelio (talk) 19:27, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

I've got not permission to see this ticket. Maybe we need an admin. @Ruthven or @Krd, can you help here? --Ganímedes (talk) 12:26, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Same problem for me. What queue is it in? Elly (talk) 13:36, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

@Túrelio, Ganímedes, and Ellywa: File:Nordenskirker Esbtreenig(15).jpg was uploaded from www.nordenskirker.dk by PenguinBot, run by Penguin, as already approved in 2011 using permission from 2007. I would guess that the permission is in some -dk queue that is not permissions, because I should have access to it if it was permissions. That file uses {{Www.nordenskirker.dk}}, written by EPO in 2007.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 01:33, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

I looked at one of the deletion requests, Commons:Deletion requests/File:Nordenskirker Nobert(15a).jpg. It is stated (in that case) that the ticket does not include permission of the glass artist. Hopefully a danish vrt agent can confirm for the other cases. Elly (talk)

@Túrelio, Ganímedes, Ellywa, and Jeff G.: I moved the ticket to the permissions queue. It is about some text and pictures uploaded on Commons with license CC BY-SA 2.5. As I don't speak Danish, I leave it to you! Ruthven (msg) 09:35, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you @Ruthven: . I translated the text with Google translate (Danish is totally unlike my mothertongue Dutch). But is 100% clear that this ticket only relates to the permission of Hideko Bondesen http://nordenskirker.dk to use the images with the free licence. No other artists are mentioned. Elly (talk) 13:34, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Please note there is a very limited FoP for Denmark, only for buildings, there is no FoP for artwork, so it seems the images have been deleted with reason. Elly (talk) 13:39, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Thanks to all! I've deleted the last remaining image. --Túrelio (talk) 13:51, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

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Doubt

Hi, let me know what are the requirements need for a FLAC file to get OTRS? Thanks in advance 🙏🏼 TogoYogi (talk) 06:50, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

@TogoYogi: Hi, and welcome. The requirements for a FLAC file to get OTRS permission approved are the same for any other file, why do you think they might be different?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 07:04, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

Jeff G.: I don't find any metadata or tag editor after uploading the file. That's why I asked. If they're not found, how can you verify whether it is copyrighted or not? TogoYogi (talk) 07:57, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

@TogoYogi: Which file?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 08:10, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

George Fan 2018.jpg

There is an image of George Fan that was uploaded on April 17, 2021 after receiving permission from the taker of the photo, Dean Takahashi. He sent OTRS an email saying that he wants to license the image under CC-BY-SA 4.0. However, the email somehow has not been noticed by OTRS yet, or else the template on the image would be removed by now. It has been nearly a month since the email by Takahashi. Can you please see if it has been sent?

Here is the original interview the image comes from

and here is the direct source of the image.

Lazman321 (talk) 03:07, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

@Lazman321: Hi, and welcome. Sorry, but you didn't tell Takahashi about File:George Fan 2018.jpg, and he didn't ask or give you a ticket number, so Ticket:2021041710003552 sat in limbo until I put that all together and approved it.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 04:01, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

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Screen shot

Is there is any problem to upload a screenshot (photo of a signature) here? If no, let me know which license I need to user? Thank you TogoYogi (talk) 02:55, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Is it your signature? --Ganímedes (talk) 17:50, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Pinging @TogoYogi.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 18:02, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

No, it's not my signature. TogoYogi (talk) 01:03, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Pinging @TogoYogi: So you can't upload it if is not in public domain. --Ganímedes (talk) 00:20, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Ganímedes, but it is published in website.. TogoYogi (talk) 04:23, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

@TogoYogi: Where, exactly?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 14:13, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Templete instead of License

I'm planning to upload photos of university officials and government officials. The copyright holder is me for all photos. Do I get a template to use when uploading my works? Thanks in advance. Powerful Karma (talk) 00:37, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

@Powerful Karma: for which ticket number?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 04:34, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Jeff G. : This is the ticket no, Ticket#: 2021051110013229. I'm I able to get a custom templete to use in every photos which I'll be uploading? Powerful Karma (talk) 05:38, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

@Powerful Karma: You may by repeating such a request via email (in that or a new ticket) with the requested template and category names so that we have such info on file.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 23:49, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Jeff G.: Let me have the email address? Powerful Karma (talk) 00:14, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

@Powerful Karma: permissions-commonswikimedia.org   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 02:02, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Jeff G.: Actually, I don't understand. What I'm talking about is a customized templete for {{Cc-by-sa-4.0}} license like {{Kester}}. Category:Sharath Abhivadyah is my category. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Powerful Karma (talk • contribs) 02:12, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

• Jeff G., Done, this is the ticket number that i got. Ticket#: 2021051310006448. Powerful Karma (talk) 09:08, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

@Powerful Karma: I replied via email.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 13:07, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

• Jeff G., yes sir, and I replied back. Thank you Powerful Karma (talk) 13:17, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

@Powerful Karma:  Done with {{Abhivadhyah}} per Ticket:2021051310006448, but please resolve the identity crisis between Category:Sharath Abhivadyah and Category:Photos by Sharath Abhivadyah.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 13:37, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

• Jeff G., yes, I've nominated Category:Photos by Sharath Abhivadyah for Deletion. Thank you .. Powerful Karma (talk) 13:50, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
• Is it all good to use now? Powerful Karma (talk) 13:59, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

@Powerful Karma: Yes, that's what I meant by " Done".   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 15:05, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

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OTRS Requests for uploads by Allo002

I've applied for OTRS back in few months ago. Let me know the status of those ?

• File:Salted cheese.jpg
• File:Cheese from the island of Pag.jpg

These are the links. Please let me know the status. Thank you.Allo002 (talk) 11:54, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Ticket:2021013110003227 and Ticket:2021013110003245 are in the permissions-commons queue. Did you not receive the autoreplies? Did you know that you could have sent one email message instead of two? - Allo002 (talk) 11:57, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi. As well, you can send one statement for both files. However, the problem it's the same: we accept permissions only for the copyright holder. And the client never answers the tickets, so we can't continue the process. Sorry about the inconvenience, but is not our fault. Regards, --Ganímedes (talk) 12:15, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

 Comment I've merged both tickets into ticket:2021013110003245. Please don't send a new one. We're still waiting a reply of the copyright holder. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 12:18, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Since the copyright holder doesn't have account on Wikimedia Commons, I would release these pictures to free license. Allo002 (talk) 14:13, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

The copyright holder doesn't need a Wikimedia Commons account, just need to answer the email. Only copyright holder can grant permission. Sorry. --Ganímedes (talk) 17:16, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

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Missing OTRS permission

I see that this file is deleted for missing OTRS permission for 30 days (among with some others I suppose), but that file was a part of a series of iamges that I uploaded a while ago and there must have been an OTRS permission with the others. Either there's a mistake about the permission e-mail or an OTRS volunteer, because other images of the series have their OTRS permissions. Can it be brought back so I can contact with the creator to send that permission again? Or we just fix the error. And if there are any other images like this (and as far I can see there are), those ones as well :) Thanks in advance.--Nanahuatl (talk) 08:49, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

@Mussklprozz: You added Ticket:2021020810003779 to many of these files.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 12:01, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

@Nanahuatl and Jeff G.: : I did not accept permission for all of the files. This is what I wrote to the client: “All those photos” (for which I had accepted the permission and which I had listed above) “either show old objects which are public domain, or objects which are outside and hence underlie the freedom of panorama. However, modern object within like for instance the models of the town of Istanbul are subject to copyright. You need a permission from the copyright holder, e.g. the museum, to publish those photos.” Afaik we received an answer to that question withing the support team. – Cheers, --Mussklprozz (talk) 12:28, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

@Mussklprozz: , interiors of "public" areas in Turkey are considered under the freedom of panorama. As far as I can see, you even deleted an image of a stone that's produced during the Ottoman Empire era, which is definenetly a free to take the photo (see {{PD-Ottoman}}). This file only contains text, besides it's a public domain becase it stands in a public area in Turkey, it also can be considered as a public domain per {{PD-text}}.--Nanahuatl (talk) 19:19, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

@Nanahuatl: I am not an administrator and do not delete any pictures. What we, the support agents, do is check the permission messages we get. For the ones we find well founded, we place the permission badges into the file descriptions. For the others, we ask the client about additional information. If we get no answer, then an administrator will delete the file after a certain period because it is missing the permission badge.

I am not familiar with Turkish legislation, but here I see no hint that interiors of museums in Turkey fall within the category of “public streets, avenues or squares”. – Anyway, since I am not the one who can restore the pictures, I suggest that you forward your arguments in Commons:Undeletion requests. Thanks for your understanding, cheers, --Mussklprozz (talk) 20:25, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

DR on File:Jürgen Valdeig Angela Merkel SST9232.jpg

Can someone please check whether the OTRS permission is correct for this file? We got a complaint on a DR. rubin16 (talk) 09:31, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

 Comment The ticket is writen in German. --Ganímedes (talk) 12:30, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

I received some help in IRC, not needed here, thanks rubin16 (talk) 17:34, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

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File:Nutrients-291487-supplementary.webm

Nutrients-291487-supplementary

Hi everybody :-)

This video is sourced from an open-access article licensed under CC-BY-4.0, but has a copyright notice of it's own (watermark and at end of video), hence is a little unclear. To clear things up, I asked the primary author at his e-mail address (listed here on PubMed Central as “lrodrigosaez at gmail“) to mail OTRS clearance. Events after that:

1. The author sent an OTRS release (ticket number unknown to me).
2. The author receives confirmation from Alfred Neumann, who asks him to send a link to the file.
3. I upload the file.
4. The author sends the link to either permissions-commons@wm.o or Alfred Neumann, presumably on 2021-05-19
5. OTRS stays pending in the file's details; I start to wonder because the queue is currently short.

To avoid running out of time for the pending OTRS, I'd like to follow up on the matter and see if there were any issues. I'd like to continue to assist the author in the process, which he appears unfamiliar with; he received his PhD in medical science in 1975, published hundreds of papers, and seems happy to see his work release here, too.

Thank you. --WrightSamantha (talk) 18:08, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

@WrightSamantha: Please tell us the ticket number the copyright holder has received. --Ganímedes (talk) 22:36, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

@Ganímedes: Ticket:2021051810002915.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 09:02, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

@WrightSamantha I am not sure that it was the author that has written to us. I just replied. --Ruthven (msg) 11:34, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

@Ruthven: es:Luis_Rodrigo_Sáez is named in the visual copyright watermark in the video. The publishing journal of the article names him as the author to whom correspondence should be addressed: The online version only shows the email address when logged in, but the print version publicly states it. PubMed Central names him in this capacity as well, and lists the same address publicly: click 'Author information' to open the fold-out. In Pubmed Central the video is in a ZIP file in section 'Associated Data - Supplementary Materials'; the same video-in-zip is also publicly downloadable at the publishing journal's online version of the article. Beyond that, Google reveals he uses the same gmail.com address widely, including some documents hosted directly by his university. If there is anything I can do to assist in clearing this up, please let me know. --WrightSamantha (talk) 13:55, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

@WrightSamantha Can Luis Rodrigo just answer to the email with this information? --Ruthven (msg) 06:52, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

@Ruthven: Understood. Is there a reason I may truthfully give for this extra hoop? Eg, that he doesn't use an institutional email address (name@university.tld)? Thank you for helping me get this file on-board, I do appreciate your work. --WrightSamantha (talk) 11:08, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

It's to have the reasons of ticket acceptance in the ticket itself. If it's too complex for you to ask to Rodrigo to send a new email, I can leave a note... Ruthven (msg) 20:15, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

@Ruthven: Please clear the file by leaving a note in the ticket. If the file cannot be cleared in that manner, I'll talk to Rodrigo. In that case, I'd prefer knowing which exact aspect needs clarification (from my point of view, having him explain he is the listed author would be circular, because his email is already listed in all print and online sources). He is doing me a favour in goodwill, hence I'm inclined to keep it as simple as possible. Thank you --WrightSamantha (talk) 12:44, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

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Nintendo

Hi! I noticed it:Template:Copyright_Nintendo. Perhaps someone that speaks Italian can check if it is okay to move all the files to Commons. It mention GFDL but it also says "EDP". --MGA73 (talk) 16:49, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Resolved

I was told on IRC that the template is like en:Template:Non-free with permission. --MGA73 (talk) 18:16, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Yes indeed, the files are usable on Wikipedia only. --Ruthven (msg) 09:32, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

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ticket #2008012510003504

I have a question regarding ticket #2008012510003504:

David W. Carmichael has contributed numerous figure skating pictures to Wiki Commons already and I want to ask, if he gave permission to the use of his full archive or just selected pictures? I need six images from that archive (also want to color-correct and cut them to size before upload) and it would be much easier to refer to the mentioned ticket than asking individually for permission. If not, I will contact Carmichael via mail. Henni147 (talk) 18:09, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

He sent a very detailed email with a full batch of photos, one by one. Regards, --Ganímedes (talk) 01:13, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

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(Resolved) Can someone please check an OTRS request for me? Ticket:2021030210005017

Hi all

I convinced a company to release some images about an agricultural process under an open license. I drafted the OTRS email for them (which I've done loads of times in the same way) which they sent to OTRS with a list of the file names on Commons which I uploaded. Unfortunately there was some confusion from the person replying to the ticket and all files were deleted. Please could someone check the email for me? I never got a ticket number, the email was sent from stephanie@bananatex.info, here is a list of the file names on Commons (which were included in the email).

• File:01-QWSTION-BANANATEX-ABACA-LEAVES-LAUSCHSICHT.jpg
• File:06-QWSTION-BANANATEX-ABACA-HARVEST-LAUSCHSICHT.jpg
• File:12-QWSTION-BANANATEX-TUXYING-LAUSCHSICHT.jpg
• File:13-QWSTION-BANANATEX-TUXYING-2-LAUSCHSICHT.jpg
• File:14-QWSTION-BANANATEX-STRIPPING-LAUSCHSICHT.jpg
• File:16-QWSTION-BANANATEX-STRIPPING-LAUSCHSICHT-2.jpg
• File:20-QWSTION-BANANATEX-FIBERS-2-LAUSCHSICHT.jpg
• File:23-QWSTION-BANANATEX-ABACA-GRADES.jpg
• File:30-QWSTION-BANANATEX-FIBER-PULP-SHEETS-LAUSCHSICHT.jpg
• File:31-QWSTION-BANANATEX-PAPER-MAKING.jpg
• File:32-QWSTION-BANANATEX-ABACA-PAPER-LAUSCHSICHT.jpg
• File:34-QWSTION-BANANATEX-YARN-SPINNING.jpg
• File:36-1-QWSTION-BANANATEX-YARN-DYEING-2.jpg
• File:38-QWSTION-BANANATEX-WEAVING-3-LAUSCHSICHT.jpg
• File:40-QWSTION-BANANATEX-WARPING-LAUSCHSICHT.jpg
• File:48-QWSTION-BANANATEX-LOOM-LAUSCHSICHT.jpg
• File:49-QWSTION-BANANATEX-FABRIC.jpg
• File:61-QWSTION-BANANATEX-LABEL.jpg

Thanks very much

John Cummings (talk) 10:51, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

Ticket:2021030210005017 --Ganímedes (talk) 13:35, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

Thanks very much for finding the ticket Ganímedes. Please let me know if I need to do anything else. John Cummings (talk) 15:31, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

@John Cummings: I added a list of actual URLs to the ticket.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 17:29, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

Jeff G. thanks very much, I've never had an issue with just giving the file names, I'll add the full URLs in future. John Cummings (talk) 17:36, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

@John Cummings: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 22:39, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

Question: Is there anything else I need to do, or is it just waiting in the list to be looked at? Thanks, John Cummings (talk) 09:06, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

Update: This ticket has been resolved, thanks very much Martin :) John Cummings (talk) 16:03, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

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File:Bryan Johnson kernel flow.jpg

Greetings. I wonder if someone who can read the OTRS ticket could give this photo an author. Usually a photo has a photographer other than the subject. Thanks. -SusanLesch (talk) 16:15, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

Discussion moved to Commons:Deletion requests/File:Bryan Johnson kernel flow.jpg. Thanks. -SusanLesch (talk) 00:30, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

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Appeal an OTRS decision

I'd like to appeal an OTRS decision. I'm writing an article about a film and television actress. I got in touch with her, and asked if she is able to release some images. She mailed in some professional head shots, which is what actors use to apply for jobs, using the Commons:OTRS#Declaration of consent for all enquiries. They're 30 years old; she remembers where and when they were taken; having headshots is a standard practice for actors, and the contract gives the rights to the subjects for the obvious reason that otherwise they couldn't print up large batches and send them out to apply for jobs, which is what they are for. The OTRS volunteer wrote that she needed to produce the contracts with the photography studios, or we can't accept that she owns the rights to them. I submit that's just not a reasonable request - no reasonable human being keeps contracts for something that they got 30 years ago that isn't on the level of a house or something. The declaration of consent does not say "you need to send in the contract". At some point we have to take the subject's word for it. --GRuban (talk) 13:41, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

GRuban: While the subject may well have usage rights, most photographers do not assign their copyright to the subjects. They retain their copyright, unless it was Work-for-hire which is many countries must be done by a contract. We know that in most countries the author's copyright lasts for 70 years pma, so it is reasonable to ask for verification that the subject was assigned the copyright of the head shots by the original copyright holder. How would you expect us to verify the copyright status without some form of document? Ww2censor (talk) 14:05, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

The verification is the subject's word, in writing, expicitly stating that she owns the rights. If the subject had put up the image on their webpage, with a notice saying it was released, we would believe that. We do it all the time. --GRuban (talk) 18:20, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

Sadly, it's not enough. I lost the accunt of the times the subject affirm to be the copyright holder, and then the contract says that the photographer keeps alls the rights and just give the customer "permission to use". Yu may surprise how many times people don't read the contracts they've signed. --Ganímedes (talk) 22:21, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

But how is that different from stating it on their web page, which we do accept? --GRuban (talk) 00:17, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Please provide a link to the ticket. --Krd 16:26, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

@Krd: I am pretty sure that it is Ticket:2021060910011484. Cheers, --Mussklprozz (talk) 09:15, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

Then the relevant questions have already been answered in the ticket. The ticket does not contain permission for these files. --Krd 09:39, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

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File:Julian Walder - Wien 2020.jpg

Hallo liebes Team, ich habe vor 14 Tagen ein Formular über die FREIE LIZENZ für im Betreff genanntes Bild vom Inhaber Julian Walder und vom Fotografen Andrej Grilc (Urheber)als Email an das Team ORTS gesendet und hatte Kontakt mit Hr. Neumann, welcher aber seit dem 15. Mai verschollen ist- Ticket:2021051410010299 FREIE LIZENZ von Inhaber und Fotograf (Urheber) - mittlerweile mit Unterschrift von beiden Inhaber und Urheber an 'permissions-commons@wikimedia.org'; 'Permissions - German Wikipedia' <permissions-de@wikimedia.org> gesendet, aber keine Reaktion mehr bekommen und das Bild ist nach wie vor nicht freigegeben! Liebe Grüße --Celklavio (talk) 21:25, 27 May 2021 (UTC)Celklavio

Sorry for my English, please be a bit patient, the agents of the mail service are sometimes very busy. And we all are volunteers. Kind regards, Elly (talk) 16:55, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

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Regarding accounts affiliated with organizations / custom license tags

Hi, from time to time we receive requests to verify the affiliation of a particular Wikimedia username to that of an organization. We see this case mostly for uploading media on a large scale. In such cases, we generally create a custom template that they can use with all their further uploads. There are 600+ such cases on Commons, in this category. While I have processed a handful of such tickets myself, I don't exactly remember how I have learnt the process. Strangely, I couldn't find any documentation for such cases, neither on Commons nor on the VRT-Wiki (actually it was pointed out to me by another volunteer). There isn't documentation neither for VRT volunteers to process such tickets or for organizations to initiate such a process. I might very well be missing something, so just wanted to ask around. If there isn't any, it will be worthwhile writing some documentation. Thoughts please, --KCVelaga (talk · mail) 15:31, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

@KCVelaga: I make organizational permission templates occasionally, when the organization expresses an intent to keep uploading and avoid additional interaction with Agents. I started by copying custom wikitext, but then it got easier when I found and started using {{Source-Layout2}}. For an organization example, please see {{EPFL}}.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 18:03, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Yes, I agree. My point, there isn't any documentation regarding this practice. KCVelaga (talk · mail) 13:09, 4 June 2021 (UTC)

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Duplicate copyright violation ticket

I noticed this ticket Ticket:2021060110002141 today but it is the same request as this 3 month old open unfinished ticket Ticket:2021033010002101 with several emails. Perhaps someone can investigate further or perhaps merge. Ww2censor (talk) 11:12, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

I've requested help long time ago, but no one answer, so... --Ganímedes (talk) 18:21, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

Indeed Ganímedes I saw your request which is why, after seeing the new ticket, I posted here so someone else might chime in as it is not really my area but I am giving the new ticket Ticket:2021060110002141 a go to solve the false copyright claims. Post a note if you think you can help out. The older ticket will be closed. Ww2censor (talk) 10:33, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Use of image

I requested permission from a photographer to use an image of theirs recently, and they granted it. Unfortunately, this person does not speak English fluently, so I'm not sure how to get them to send you an email for confirmation. Korean is their native language. Btspurplegalaxy (talk) 22:43, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

We've got a permissions-ko queue, but it's got 250+ days of delay. --Ganímedes (talk) 13:39, 5 June 2021 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Igbofur

Any status available regarding this DR? I'd love to non-admin close it as already deleted, but the uploader says that the otrs:2021041610001163 is still handling. --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 00:34, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

 Done You should have just closed it. If needs be OTRS can request undeletion Gbawden (talk) 07:30, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

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Files uploaded by Adabaruku

from User_talk:Shizhao:

I suspect we have a copyright violator, using multiple identities. See File:Tiwalola_Olanubi.jpg (OTRS ticket:2021052610001571) and File:Maureen_Metcalf.jpg, for which OTRS ticket:2021062610003479 has now been submitted.  JGHowes  ^talk 18:57, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

--shizhao (talk) 06:38, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

Adabaruku has not responded to my charge of copyright violation on ticket:2021062610003479. All of their uploads look highly suspicious, including File:Tiwalola_Olanubi.jpg. I'm inclined to speedy delete the lot as copyvios. Comments?  JGHowes  ^talk 17:41, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

I agree with you, @JGHowes. --Ganímedes (talk) 18:27, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

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OTRS

Please return photos - written consent to the publication of photos has been sent 16.4. - see:

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Original Message-----

From: Hanna [6] Sent: Friday, April 16, 2021 11:19 AM To: 'Informační tým Wikipedie' <permissions-cs@wikimedia.org>; 'Martin Urbanec' <martin.urbanec@wikimedia.cz> Subject: FW: Souhlas prof. Bauerová

Pro heslo: https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zde%C5%88ka_Bauerov%C3%A1 hk

I sent again, also to the "info-wiki .."...I've already done it.... nothing.... photos did not return. I am sending the consent once again in an attachment. can you return the photos? thanks hana - druhák--Druhák (talk) 10:20, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

Please send us the ticket number you've received. --Ganímedes (talk) 11:12, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

I don't know what number, I didn't get anything...I never got a number - no photos for other passwords on the wiki.....I'd love to send your approval repeatedly - just tell me - where. I do not want to lose the results of my work. druhák--Druhák (talk) 08:54, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

@Druhák and Ganímedes: I am seeing three tickets about "FW: Souhlas prof. Bauerová" from 16 April on: Ticket:2021041610006221, Ticket:2021050310004941, and Ticket:2021050310004978. Sorry, our systems are not set to auto-reply with ticket numbers for all queues yet, and the permissions-cs queue is 56 days long. Pinging @Martin Urbanec as involved.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 00:39, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

and So what? should I wait 56 days?....just to live. I'm not the youngest...or should I do something else?......and won't the photos be lost in memory? shouldn't the lubrication period be extended? hana - druhák--Druhák (talk) 07:38, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

@Druhák and Ganímedes: I merged the tickets to Ticket:2021041610006221 and requested undeletion at COM:UDR#Photos of Zdeňka Bauerová.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 08:30, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

@Druhák: Can you send the text of the document you printed, as text? I can't read Czech, and Google Translate doesn't like the PDF. Also, in future please use file URLs via email, and use internal links on-wiki.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 08:39, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Uvolnění fotografií

Já, Zdeňka Bauerová, nar. 17.11.1930, majitel fotografií ze souboru Zdeňka Bauerová a zároveň autor zobrazeného díla, nahraného na Wikimedia Commons pod názvy uvedenými níže, souhlasím s publikací zmíněného díla pod licencí Creative Commons Uveďte původ - Zachovejte licenci 4.0 Mezinárodní (plný text https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.cs), dále též jen jako Licence. ● Beru na vědomí, že toto dílo může být libovolně upravováno a přebíráno dalšími stranami k jakémukoli účelu, včetně komerčních, za předpokladu dodržení podmínek Licence a aplikovatelných zákonů. ● Beru na vědomí, že toto svolení není omezeno na Wikipedii a její sesterské projekty. ● Beru na vědomí, že vlastníku autorských práv tato práva zůstávají, stejně jako právo být uveden v souladu s Licencí. Modifikace ostatních nebudou implikovat, že tyto modifikace byly provedeny vlastníkem autorských práv. ● Beru na vědomí, že tento souhlas nemohu odvolat a že uvolněný obsah může, ale nemusí, být trvale publikován na Projektech Wikimedia.

Podpis: _____________________ datum: — Preceding unsigned comment added by Druhák (talk • contribs) 12:55, 6 May 2021 (UTC) Názvy uvolněných fotografií

File:Návrh Zdeňka Bauerová sako.jpg File:Model - Zdeňka Bauerová.jpg a zveřejněny https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:N%C3%A1vrh_Zde%C5%88ka_Bauerov%C3%A1_sako.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Model_-_Zde%C5%88ka_Bauerov%C3%A1.jpg souhlasím s tím, aby tyto moje fotografie byly zveřejněny prostřednictvím Wikimedia Commons, pod licencí Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International (zkráceně české znění: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.cs). Beru na vědomí, že tyto fotografie /děl Zdeňky Bauerové mohou být libovolně upravovány a přebírány dalšími stranami k jakémukoli účelu včetně komerčních. Přeji si, aby za autora těchto fotografií byl označen Zdeňka Bauerová.

Názvy uvolněných fotografií

File:Zdeňka Bauerová.jpg a zveřejněny https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zde%C5%88ka_Bauerov%C3%A1.jpg souhlasím s tím, aby tyto moje fotografie byly zveřejněny prostřednictvím Wikimedia Commons, pod licencí Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International (zkráceně české znění: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.cs). Beru na vědomí, že tyto fotografie Zdeňky Bauerové mohou být libovolně upravovány a přebírány dalšími stranami k jakémukoli účelu včetně komerčních. Přeji si, aby za autora těchto fotografií byl označen Zdeňka Bauerová (archív). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Druhák (talk • contribs) 13:36, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

@Druhák: Thank you. Who was the photographer of File:Zdeňka Bauerová.jpg?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 13:18, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi Jeff G., While writing the password "Zdeňka Bauerová", I also collaborated with her colleague (she is 90 years old) ... the author of the photo is someone (we don't know who) from Atelier Ago d´Oro (https://www.agodoro.cz/), where prof. Bauerová sometimes still works. They put the photograph in her archive for her needs, and agreed that it would be listed as "Zdeňka Bauerová - archive". And they also let her sign the consent - and sent it to me signed: I sent all mail correspondence with ago d´oro on "permission..": Sent: Friday, May 07, 2021 3:36 PM To: 'Informační tým Wikipedie' <permissions-cs@wikimedia.org> Subject: RE: [Ticket#2021041610006221]....

So maybe that's explained enough. Everyone was very happy with the result of the cooperation. Thanks for your understanding and help Hana - Druhák--Druhák (talk) 16:03, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi Jeff G.,..I'm in no hurry... I'm just asking - only.... Is this information enough?...hana - druhák--Druhák (talk) 09:34, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: The image File:Zdeňka Bauerová.jpg was deleted on 6th of June 2021) because lacking OTRS permission. I am not sure why the permission was not granted, I was trying to clarify (in the image description) the issue about authorship (see above) and I believe that the permission from the copyright holder ([Ticket#2021041610006221]) was sufficient. I ask the admin who deleted the image but they (as well as me) cannot se the ticket directly. Could you please tell me what needs to be done to save the image? Thanks --Vojtěch Veselý (talk) 15:52, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

@Druhák and Vojtěch Veselý: No, sorry, that information is not enough. We need an identification of the photographer of File:Zdeňka Bauerová.jpg and (permission from that person or their heir or written assignment of copyright to Atelier Ago d´Oro and permission from them).   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 17:48, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

I'm crying. The professor Bauerová (the person in the photo) is happy, when her photo is on the wiki. Agrees in writing. The studio Ago dóro (author of the photo) is glad, that the photo is on the wiki. Agrees in writing. But it's not enough for “Jeff” (wiki commons). I end up for a wiki. Druhák--Druhák (talk) 16:50, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

Ticket:2021060910012027

Can someone please take a look at Ticket:2021060910012027 and give some ideas? Thanks. --Ganímedes (talk) 22:44, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

Ganímedes: My 2¢ worth. This looks like a sort of bystander selfie or even self-portrait, where the subject has the control of posing, expressions, etc., so they have the artistic (!) control. In that case the subject is the author and the booth is essentially like a camera on a tripod. The additional text, added by others appears to too trivial to affect the main image's copyright in any significant way. Ww2censor (talk) 11:52, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Permission for images on Robert Waldo Brunelle Jr page

I saw the warning about images on my draft Robert Waldo Brunelle Jr page and noted that I had seven days to correct. Mr. Brunelle sent an email to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org this morning (7-4-21) giving his permission, and so I attached a tag to the Brunelle page. The response posted to my page refers to a 40-day backlog. Due to notice about that 40 day backlog, I am posting this note to draw attention to the permission that has been sent within the seven day window, in order to keep the images and/or page from being deleted.

I do not have ticket number, or OTRS assigned agent yet. There is a message now posted to my draft Brunelle page

Profess|orKaiFlai (talk) 15:13, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

• The file in question is File:Robert Waldo Brunelle Jr.jpg and the OTRS ticket is 2021070410004212. This same ticket covers his other three files as well. By the way, even when a file is deleted, we have the capability to undelete it, once it satisfies Commons requirements.  JGHowes  ^talk 16:09, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: The OTRS ticket has now been processed.  JGHowes  ^talk 17:24, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Scouting images

• File:Scott_Sorrels.jpg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log)

@JuTa: Would someone please check the OTRS ticket for this image? Evrik (talk) 15:19, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

• @Krd: We have an addendum to Ticket:2020051510000951, sent in January. We also have Ticket:2021062410008371 and Ticket:2021062410008503, sent today.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 15:32, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

• Working on it. --Ganímedes (talk) 17:03, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

• Thank you @Jeff G. and Ganímedes: Evrik (talk) 00:05, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

• All tickets merged to Ticket:2021062410008371. My understanding from an offline discussion is that the photographer is (or was) an employee of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) who took the photo as part of his official duties. As such, BSA is copyright owner and an authorized BSA representative can execute the cc-by-sa4.0 (or cc-zero) license.  JGHowes  ^talk 00:02, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

• @JGHowes: I think there is some confusion. The Sorrels image was a selfie and there was correspondence releasing the photo into the public domain. Evrik (talk) 03:08, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

• As to Scott_Sorrels.jpg, although we have many forwarded statements, we are still awaiting a direct email from Sorrels stating that this is his selfie with cc-by-sa4.0 permission.  JGHowes  ^talk 13:52, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

• That specific email was sent 2021-06-24 at 11:02 AM. Evrik (talk) 18:03, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

 Done Scott Sorrels selfie restored per his permission statement.  JGHowes  ^talk 20:07, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

• File:National Scouting Museum - Philmont Scout Ranch (46104433994).jpg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log)

I wrote about this previously, here Commons:OTRS/Noticeboard/archive/2020#OTRS. This was uploaded and the OTRS was accepted. It was later put up for deletion because of Commons:PDM. Because of the discussion here, Commons:Village_pump/Proposals/Archive/2020/08#Accept_files_published_by_the_copyright_holder_with_a_Public_Domain_Mark and the fact that the author (Dominic Baima) released the photo, can it please be restored. The employee who took the picture is no longer employed by the BSA. Thanks. Evrik (talk) 03:08, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

• Merging the OTRS tickets unfortunately commingled threads about two different files from different authors. Also creating confusion is that there's another Flickr-sourced Commons image of the National Scouting Museum in use at en-wiki, which made the request unclear. National Scouting Museum - Philmont Scout Ranch (46104433994).jpg could be processed as an UNDELETE because it was speedy deleted contrary to community consensus regarding PDM. Otoh, a BSA representative could simply email a {{Cc-zero}} confirmation to OTRS to resolve.  JGHowes  ^talk 13:52, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

• Because it was deleted contrary to community consensus regarding PDM, can we please simply restore it? Evrik (talk) 16:47, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

• Notifying the deleting admin, 1989.  JGHowes  ^talk 17:45, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

  @JGHowes: 1989 resigned and retired.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 02:02, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

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[Ticket#2021070410005033] Roger Bansemer - Permissions Commons

This image, which was uploaded two days after a ticket was created, was recently deleted: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Painting_and_Travel,_Roger_and_Sarah_Bansemer.jpg

Ticket#2021070410005033 is a second ticket that has been created (post deletion) for this same image. Because the image is deleted I cannot demonstrate they are the same image but the license is given for this file: https://www.bansemer.com/wp-content/uploads/DVD-photo-for-NETA-sample-DVD-1536x864.jpg from Roger Bansemer (roger@bansemer.com - website owner and rights owner). The fact I cropped the image (for which we cannot see or I'd point out what I am talking about) for use on Wikimedia/Wikipedia should not have influenced the comparison of the two images.

Roger and I have been at this a month trying to get the left hand (giving rights to the file on his website) and right hand (my uploading to Wikimedia) to coordinate. I'm not sure where the ball is getting dropped or why. If someone could look into this it would be greatly appreciated. We have another ticket, Ticket#2021070310005624, that was started a few days ago and I hope we don't run into the same problem with that one too. It would be wonderful if there were a way for Roger to give batch permissions to a folder of images on his website that he gives commons license to so I can focus on the task of uploading those to Wikimedia. I think the problem is everyone assumes that the people who own copyrights to media are also going to be adept at using Wikimedia.

Jrg1000 (talk) 21:02, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

p.s. It says "No file by this name exists, but you can upload it." on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Painting_and_Travel,_Roger_and_Sarah_Bansemer.jpg. Please let me know if you need me to do that so you can compare the files. I'd like to see if you are able to undelete it first though because it would save me a lot of time re-adding caption, description, tags, and so on. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jrg1000 (talk • contribs) 21:38, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

(CoE) Even when I'm not the agent handle the ticket, I can tell you that the copyright holder uses to be the photographer, not the subject, unless they've got a contract where copyrights are transferred in an explicit way. In that case, we use to request to see the contract (via email) to verify the transfer. However, all communications of documents with VRTS it's confidential so we won't spread its content in any way. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 21:45, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Confusing. I don't understand why the subject must use a photographer separate from themeselves and give the rights to the photographer? At least in the US you can take a photo or video of yourself(selves) and you have the rights to the photo. Married couples, like Roger and Sarah, under common law have what is called joint ownership which means Roger can photo Sarah and Sarah can photo Roger and they both own the photo. Here's an article that explains the nature of this photo: Painting for PBS ... Now, however, the couple has honed their production skills to the point where they have no need of a film crew. Sarah shoots Roger’s painting segments with multiple locked-down cameras. Jrg1000 (talk) 22:05, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Roger and I thank you so much for the help getting the image restored back to normal! Jrg1000 (talk) 13:32, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

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ticket #2011102310008874

Hi, I'd be very grateful if someone could take a look at the correspondence related to this ticket for me please. I was hoping to use the image at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pulm_embolism.jpg, and possibly some other images from ECGpedia that can be found on Wikimedia under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license, commercially. However the source link takes you to the ECGpedia page itself where the same image is shown under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 license. On Wikimedia it states that "Wikimedia Foundation has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms mentioned on this page." I'm a bit confused about the same image being available under these contradictory licenses. I tried previously to get a answer regarding this from ecgpedia but haven't heard from them, any chance someone could help me out by looking at the email and/or explaining the difference to me? I was under the impression an image could only be available under one of those 2 licenses, not both. Thanks in advance for any help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Newestuser2021 (talk • contribs) 16:11, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Newestuser2021: Sometimes authors agree to license their work to us under a free licence, which is what the ticket verifies, but they still use a restrictive licence on their own website or elsewhere. That's fine so long as you comply with the terms of the licence AND attribute it correctly to us here as the source, preferable with a full url link. Please sign your posts by adding four tildes, like this ~~~~ on all talk pages. Ww2censor (talk) 16:23, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Hello @Ww2censor: , thank you very much for your help! That's reassuring to hear, and I would definitely attribute it fully including a source link to wikimedia. Is there any way for me to access the ticket myself so I can verify and have a record of the copyright holder giving permission, or is that private between Wikimedia and the copyright holder? Kind regards, Newestuser2021 (talk) 08:39, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

Unfortunately no Newestuser2021. Tickets are only seen by a small number of volunteer editors in the privacy of direct communications with copyright holders. The ticket number is the verification and is the evidence of the licence of any particular file. Ww2censor (talk) 13:44, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

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« Liberté de panorama » /« Freedom of panorama »

FRANÇAIS + ENGLISH

FRANÇAIS Bonjour. Je vous écris au nom de Langloys, un sculpteur français qui verse depuis 2016 sur Wikimedia les photos de ses œuvres exposées en extérieur. Récemment, un contributeur nommé Rehabmamet a proposé la suppression de toutes ses photos parce que la « liberté de panorama » n'est pas acceptée sur Wikimedia France. Il me semble pourtant que le fait que ce sculpteur soit lui-même l'auteur des œuvres qu'il a photographiées et placées sous licence CC BY-SA 4.0 constitue une exception à cette règle: puisqu'il en est l'auteur, il n'y a aucune enfreinte de copyright. Pourriez-vous me donner votre avis? Un grand merci d'avance! Tatvam (talk) 18:39, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

ENGLISH Hello. I am writing on behalf of Langloys, a French sculptor who has been uploading photos of his outdoor exhibits to Wikimedia since 2016. Recently, a contributor named Rehabmamet proposed the deletion of all his photosgraphs because "freedom of panorama" is not accepted on Wikimedia France. However, it seems to me that the fact that this sculptor is himself the author of the works he photographed and placed under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license constitutes an exception to this rule: since he is the author, there is no copyright infringement whatsoever. Could you give me your opinion? Many thanks in advance! Tatvam (talk) 18:39, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Hello @Tatvam: , I think this has nothing to do with Panorama freedom. If as you say, Mr. Langloys is as well the sculptor as the photographer, he can give whatever license he wants to the images, such as CC_BY_SA for use on the Wikimedia projects. However, it would perhaps be wise to avoid future problems if @Langloys: can confirm his identity to OTRS. Please ask him to mail to the French queue if he likes to write in French: permissions-fr@wikimedia.org. Kind regards, Elly (talk) 21:26, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for your advice. One last thing: after sending his mail to OTRS, should he place the {{subst:OP}} template on all the concerned images (there are ten of them) or just on one? All the best: Tatvam (talk) 10:34, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

@Tatvam: All, please.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 11:43, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

Langloys, si vous avez une adresse mel "officielle" (celle indiquée sur site web par exemple, à https://www.langloys-sculpteur.com/contact/), il vaut mieux de l'utiliser pour le ticket. Il suffit de dire: "Langloys est mon nom utilisateur et je confirme d'être le sculpteur Sébastien Langloÿs" À envoyer à permissions-frwikimedia.org. Merci ! Ruthven (msg) 09:38, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

ticket:2012011710005331

In Commons:Deletion requests/File:Јелена Тинска.jpg an IP claims that the uploader of File:Јелена Тинска.jpg doesn't have permission from the photographer. However, the image carries OTRS-ticket 2012011710005331 since nearly 1 year, which had been added by bot. Could an agent eventually re-check the permission? --Túrelio (talk) 18:52, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

I think the ticket is in Servian/Bosnian. Elly (talk) 22:36, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

@Dungodung: , @Brest: can you understand the ticket? (I found you can understand the sr language from this - inclomplete - list of VRT agents: m:VRT/Personnel). Elly (talk) 10:44, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

The release was accepted 9 years ago, but with today's standards it probably wouldn't be accepted (since it's a blanket release for a whole website).--Filip (§) 21:37, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

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Ticket:2021062810012125

Can we accept that Swedish law allows copyright transfer by verbal agreement and does not necessarily have to be by a document? Ww2censor (talk) 13:21, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

Hi, @Ww2censor: . I wrote a note in the ticket. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 23:01, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

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#2006111410011911 and #2006120310014044

Affected files:

• File:45724 800627 I-TIGI.jpg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log)
• File:Photo of Boeing 767-3Z9ER OE-LAV.jpg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log)
• File:Photo of Airbus A300-622R B-1814 Taken at Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG).jpg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log)
• File:Photo of Airbus A300B4-622R B-1816 Taken at Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG).jpg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log)
• File:Photo of Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III HB-ICT taken at Zürich-Kloten Airport.jpg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log)
• File:JA8401 Boeing 737-281 All Nippon Airways.jpg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log)
• File:Photo of Boeing 737-31B B-2925 at Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG).jpg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log)
• File:Photo of Pilatus-Britten Norman BN-2A-26 Islander B-11116.jpg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log)
• File:McDonnell Douglas MD-82 Far Eastern Air Transport B-28003.jpg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log)
• File:Photo of Lockheed C-130H Hercules NAF911 taken at Oberpfaffenhofen Airport.jpg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log)
• File:Photo of Boeing 737-209 B-180.jpg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log)
• File:Boeing 737-222 B-2603.jpg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log)
• File:Photo of Inex-Adria Aviopromet McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 YU-AJR at Frankfurt International Airport.jpg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log)
• File:Photo of USAir Boeing 737-3B7 N513AU taken at Pittsburgh International Airport.jpg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log)
• File:Photo of Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III HS-TGI at Bangkok International Airport (BKK).jpg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log)
• File:Photo of Martinair McDonnell Douglas DC-8-55F PH-MBH at Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport.jpg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log)

Could you confirm that the two tickets used for the above images, OTRS:2006111410011911 and OTRS:2006120310014044, are valid? They only seem to be used by a single uploader who attached the ticket to their own uploads, and this user has been unreliable with licensing from my experience and the license statement at the source website is pretty explicit about the photos being copyrighted. Thank you. Ytoyoda (talk) 13:31, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

Ticket:2006120310014044 involves File:45724 800627 I-TIGI.jpg (valid, IMHO). Ticket:2006111410011911 it's writing in Italien. Both are from 2006, so they're very old. That's all I can confirm. We need an italian-reader agent. Regards, --Ganímedes (talk) 16:48, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

@Ganímedes: Thank you, when I ran Special:Search, it somehow looked all the uploads were from this year. Can you tell if it's a blanket permission or specific to the file? Ytoyoda (talk) 17:39, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

@Ytoyoda: No, like I said, the first one is just for that file. I can't read the other so I can't be more specific. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 23:34, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

2006111410011911 isn't valid as it is just a file sent without proper declaration of the license. 2006120310014044 covers just 45724 800627 DC-9 I-TIGI.jpg as stated above. I have deleted some of the files incorrectly covered by these tickets before and blocked the user who used to fake these tickets. I will review remaining files rubin16 (talk) 16:00, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

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Ticket Number 2021060110011711 - Musical_artist_Shlomo_Simcha.jpg

Hello,

I learned that administrator JuTa deleted the image of Shlomo Simcha Sufrin which I uploaded to the Commons. JuTa informed me that there was no OTRS confirmation for a month. I had reached out to Shlomo Simcha Sufrin to send an email to the permissions email address, but this may not have been sufficient in order to clarify the copyright and show that he had provided permission to me to upload the image. Or, perhaps, this may have not been the proper method for clarifying the permissions.

I have asked JuTa about undeleting the image, and was informed that I should inquire here. Please let me know how I can clarify the image's copyright so the file can be undeleted or re-uploaded without issue.

Thank you kindly, GreenEli (talk) 14:05, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

Usually the copyright holder is the photographer, not the subject. And the subject didn't attend the request of clarification that the agent made in june the first. Regards, --Ganímedes (talk) 01:47, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. I confirmed that the photos from that particular shoot were done as work-for-hire, and, as such, the copyright of the photo in question is held by Sufrin himself. I am able to reach out to him to obtain more information, if necessary, as I did when I received the original warning about potential copyright issues. I did not realize that Sufrin received a reply back from the permissions email address after sending in the message I requested he send to confirm his status as rightsholder (I had not heard from him about it). If there is further information I need to collect, or need to request from Shlomo Simcha Sufrin himself, please let me know, and I will follow through.

Thank you once again, GreenEli (talk) 14:37, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

Please email us to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org adding "[Ticket#2021060110011711]" in the subject line so you can be attached to the ticket and be resolved as fast as possible. Thanks. --Ganímedes (talk) 15:41, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

Thank you. I'll do that, and CC Shlomo Simcha Sufrin as well, in hopes of avoiding any missed communication. Thank you for your help, GreenEli (talk) 16:09, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

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Header

What happens with this page? At top there is this message: "Template loop detected: Template:Autotranslate <includeonly></includeonly>". It has been there a couple of days. Does someone know how to fix it? --Ganímedes (talk) 12:25, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

@Ganímedes: The problem appears to be in the autotranslation, see Template:OTRS Noticeboard/header/test.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 01:50, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

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File:Chin & Chilla, 1986.jpg - Wiederherstellung, ticket:2021030210012385

Ich habe das file: »Chin_&_Chilla,_1986.jpg« am 1. März 2021 hochgeladen und Christian Zecha, der das Foto gemacht hat, hat am 2. März 2021 eine Einverständniserklärung an permissions-en@wikimedia.org geschickt:

I, Christian Zecha, confirm in regard to the image known as »Chin_&_Chilla,_1986.jpg« that: I photographed it myself.

I hereby permit everyone to use the image under free license Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International. I therefore grant third parties the right, under intellectual property law, to use the image (including for commercial purposes) and to modify the image, provided they do so in compliance with the licensing terms. I am aware that in most cases I will not be able to revoke this authorization. I am aware that the free license is limited to intellectual property rights and related rights, and that I am therefore free to take action against third parties on the basis of other laws (governing personality rights, trademark rights, etc.) if those parties use the image in compliance with the free license but in violation of other laws. Nevertheless, I do not assert any right to have the image appear permanently on Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons.

Yours sincerely, Christian Zecha

Er hat folgende Antwort erhalten:

Von: Permissions - English Wikipedia Datum: 2. März 2021 um 21:36:19 MEZ An: "Zecha, Christian" Betreff: [Ticket#2021030210012385] Confirmation of receipt (Re: Chin_&_Chilla)

Dear Zecha Christian,

Thank you for your email. This is an automatically generated response to inform you that your message has been received. Because all emails are handled by volunteers, it may take some time for us to reply. We kindly ask for your patience and understanding as we try our best to reply as quickly as possible. If your article or file has been deleted in the meantime, please don't worry. Any administrator can restore these later.

If you want to send more emails about the same subject, please add the following to the subject bar of the email: [Ticket#: 2021030210012385].

Yours sincerely,

The Volunteer Response Team

Ich glaube er hat nicht den ganzen Titel der Datei in den Betreff geschrieben, vielleicht ist die Bestätigung deshalb untergegangen?

Am 22. April habe ich noch einmal bei permissions-en@wikimedia.org nachgefragt und leider noch keine Antwort erhalten. Ich würde mich sehr freuen, wenn das Bild nun wieder hergestellt werden könnte. Danke!

Preschit (talk) 09:17, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Könnte sich bitte jemand um mein Anliegen kümmern? Vielen Dank!

--Preschit (talk) 10:25, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

Follwup question sent the the copyright holder. --Krd 10:35, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

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Ticket:2021020910004221 for Category:ViralZone

Can someone add the permission ticket:2021020910004221 to all the images for Category:ViralZone and the other ViralZone images. Also is it fine to do this myself when adding these images in the future? --Guest2625 (talk) 12:37, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

Only an OTRS agent can add the template. However, I've seen templates specifically created in other cases involving categories, but I'm afraid I don't know how that works. --Ganímedes (talk) 11:19, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

Tickets #2020060610003222 and more

I am somewhat suspicious of the images of Styling Garage cars uploaded by Helgoland440. First of all, did Chris Hahn really write to OTRS? Secondly, are the rights to the photographs even his? He most certainly did not hold the camera as these are professional promotional pictures, but I guess the copyright would be with SGS (the company which built the cars). Is there any way for me to help verify the correspondence in question or how would a review process work? I would love for these photos to remain but I worry that something may have gone wrong here. Thank you, mr.choppers (talk)^-en- 16:08, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

Dear mr.choppers. Chris Hahn holds the copyright of the pictures and yes, he did send a declaration of consent to OTRS. Kind regars Helgoland440 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Helgoland440 (talk • contribs) 21:30, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

@Mr.choppers: I have reviewed the ticket and all is in order.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 04:13, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Alright! Then I don't have to worry about using them liberally. Cool work by Helgoland440. mr.choppers (talk)^-en- 01:02, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

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File:Mike Sievert.jpg

Hi! This was deleted due to a lack of OTRS confirmation that release permission was provided. I have copies of an email exchange dated 26 May through 8 June (Ticket:2021052610009233) in which both a representative of T-Mobile and the photographer explicitly confirm the copyright release in the format provided by the release generator. Not sure why the permission was never confirmed on here. Thanks for your help! MaryGaulke (talk) 20:48, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

Can you please comment - if time permits, @Krd: ? Elly (talk) 12:51, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Resolved already. --Krd 10:28, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

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File:500 pairs of Air Jordan Retros in the ShoeZeum.jpg & File:Sea of Jordans.jpg

Hello. I have been assisting Jordan Geller (who is the subject of both photos) in getting permission from the photographer/copyright holder. Is there any indication that the copyright holder sent a permission email? On another note, the photographer/copyright holder gave Jordan Geller a personal CD that contains the uploaded photos. However, for the source of both files, I inserted a URL that contains basically an identical copy of the photos that Jordan Geller uploaded. I did this because the URL clearly indicates the identity of the copyright holder. Should I insert something else for the source for the files? Thank you. Dr.Swag Lord, Ph.d (talk) 02:03, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

Is there any update on the ticket? Unfortunately, I don't have the ticket number. Dr.Swag Lord, Ph.d (talk) 20:32, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Ticket #2019052110002315

Can someone please verify if this ticket covers File:Vds7dtcx.jpg and other files uploaded by this user? TIA Gbawden (talk) 12:11, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Convenience link: Ticket:2019052110002315 (in Italian).   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 12:53, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Deletion request work by Adrian Piper

A self portrait by Adrian Piper has been in a deletion request four times, see Commons:Deletion requests/File:AdrianPiper1981Self-Portrait Exaggerating.png. Can a German speaking VRT-volunteer please check the ticket:2013081410007535? Has ms. Piper given permission for this artwork File:AdrianPiper1981Self-Portrait Exaggerating.png? Kind regards and thanks for the trouble, Elly (talk) 21:15, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Commons:OTRS

Since OTRS has changed its name to VRT, perhaps COM:OTRS should redirect to COM:VRT instead of the other way around. All of the mentions of OTRS within that particular page have been changed to VRT; so, it's not clear why the page is still named "Commons:OTRS" and not "Commons:VRT". It seems unnecessarily confusing. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:25, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

+1. --Ganímedes (talk) 12:39, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

Just noticed that this page as well should probably be moved to Commons:VRT/Noticeboard to be consistent with the recent adoption of "VRT". -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:40, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

This hasn't been been done yet because there was not enough time to get an overview of all dependencies. I you think you can do it without breaking anything, please do. --Krd 10:30, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

As far I understand, only an admin can do it. Perhaps request this in the board? --Ganímedes (talk) 19:36, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

Thank you Ganímedes for the suggestion. I post something at COM:AN about this. FWIW, Commons:Wikimedia OTRS release generator might also need to be moved as well. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:41, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

Yes, it will be done when the COM:OTRS page has been moved to its new name --Ruthven (msg) 08:47, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

Thank you Ruthven. Would you mind taking a look at the top of this page? A bot has moved the page to its new name, but the move created some red links in the header that might need to be fixed. -- Marchjuly (talk) 12:39, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

Update: All the red links I mentioned above are now OK; so, thanks to everyone who sorted them out. The rest of the post-renaming cleanup seems to be for the most part per COM:TN#OTRS to VRTS renaming process; so, I'm going to mark this thread as "resolved". Thanks to everyone involved. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:03, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

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File:Youtube j.fla.jpg

File:Youtube j.fla.jpg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log) Hello, I hope you are with me for this picture This image came from Twitter from one of the images of j.fla I took it and modified it, I hope my words are convincing. And I apologize for any problems I caused. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by غالي مسلم (talk • contribs) 20:22, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Hi. In that case, we need permission from the original uploader in Twitter. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 14:36, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

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File:SophiaDiMartino2018.jpg

Jeankispanki 13 (talk · contribs) has uploaded multiple copyvios today, and while most have been speedily deleted, they are edit warring to keep File:SophiaDiMartino2018.jpg (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) active on Commons and not have it deleted (to the point they're now removing the deletion discussion template that is required to be posted). They recently added a ticket (2021071110004922) which they claim clears the image for use on Commons, however, they still cite a source on YouTube which is licensed under the standard YouTube license, and not under Creative Commons (which is the only license that YouTube offers that could be compatible with Commons). Can someone with access verify the ticket and make certain that it's more than simply a YouTube link, but something verifiable that proves their claimed license for the screenshot from the YouTube video? Thank you! —Locke Cole • t • c 05:30, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

Hi, @Locke Cole. Ticket it's writen in ru, however includes the next files:

• File:Rabbits antibody detection scheme.tif
• File:EpiVacCorona in illustrations.tif
• File:EpiVacCorona design.tif
• File:ЭпиВакКорона в картинках кролики.tif
• File:Кролики для БиоМолекулы.tif
• File:Антигены вакцины ЭпиВакКорона.tif
• File:Антигены ЭпиВакКороны.tif
• File:ЭпиВакКорона в картинках.tif
• File:Химерный белок носитель для "ЭпиВакКороны".tif
• File:ЭпиВакКорона состав.tif
• File:Кролики для БиоМолекулы.tif
• File:Химерный белок носитель для "ЭпиВакКороны".tif

Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 09:50, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

@Ganímedes: Thanks, it appears the uploader found that ticket number here (on the same page they're currently requesting undeletion of one of their images) as none of those files are related to what they were doing. And I just realized the ticket number is mostly a formatted date, and that ticket appears to have been created on 2021-07-11, however the files in dispute weren't uploaded until the past 1-2 days (and the uploader didn't even have an account here back then I believe). I think they were just trying to "fake" that they had dealt with the problem... —Locke Cole • t • c 15:24, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

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ticket:2016081010015528.

Can someone please confirm if this ticket covers the files up for deletion at Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Hogyncymru Gbawden (talk) 07:37, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

It doesn't. --Krd 07:56, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

Many thanks @Krd:

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File:Fiann Paul portrait 2020.jpg

Hi, regarding this file deletion, the author sent a new permission but responding to the old ticket:2018060310001191, which was addressing the same kind of case. Could you please take a look at it? Isivensk1 (talk) 20:10, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

The mail is received. I will give a response. Elly (talk) 21:25, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

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"Soft Tyranny"

In this article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_tyranny it states that the term was used / defined by A. deTocqueville. However, the coined-term is NOWHERE used in any of Tocqueville's volumes of "Democracy in America" or anywhere else in his published works.

I suspect that a conservative editor bought the argument made by Mark Levin, conservative author and FoxNews talkshow host, who has made this false claim for years, starting with his book Tyranny and Liberty. It fits Mark's sophist arguments. But, deTocqueville did not use the phrase.

Neither did deTocqueville use the phrase, "soft depotism": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_despotism

I doubt that Mark Levin has ever substantially read or researched "Democracy in America." —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2603:8001:E83F:FC95:EDC4:AD58:88BD:8E82 (talk) 09:01, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

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Request for VRT assistance

I'm wondering whether there might be a VRT volunteer (a VRT volunteer who's also an admin would be ideal) who might not mind helping to sort c:COM:VPC#PD-Art out. The basic issue is that an editor named UWSBird uploaded a photo of artist en:Sharon Butler and some photos of Butler's artwork to Commons under a claim of "own work" during 2020, but the "own work" claim seems to have been a mistake and that the UWSBird is not Butler herself per en:User talk:UWSBird#possible conflict of interest. It would be quite easily to tag these files with {{Npd}} or some other speedy deletion template, or even start a COM:DR about them; however, given that the UWSBird seems to be an irregular editor of Commons and English Wikipedia at best, most likely no response will be forthcoming which means that the files will eventually end up being deleted. Maybe that is what should happen anyway, but this might just be a case where UWSBird is somehow officially connected to Butler and was acting as her representative when uploading the files. Since I don't have much experience sorting out this type of thing via email with copyright holders, I'm wondering if a VRT volunteer would be willing to take a shot and trying to resolve this. An email from a VRT volunteer might actually be given more weight that an email coming from someone like myself; moreover, if the VRT volunteer is also an admin, the files could be deleted asap if it turns out UWSBird doesn't represent Butler and Butler is unwilling to give her COM:CONSENT for the files to be kept by Commons. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:01, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

@Krd: , @Ruthven: , may you can help? Ganímedes (talk) 17:22, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: Mark them all as No permission since. We need an explicit permission from Butler, not from UWSBird. --Ruthven (msg) 20:16, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

@Ruthven: . I'm aware that it's Butler's consent that's needed but apologize if that wasn't clear from what I posted above. Anyway, trying to contact Butler herself directly via her website was suggested by Asclepias at COM:VPC as possible alternative to tagging with "npd"; so, I was just wondering if some VRT volunteer would be willing to try and reach out to her and see whether she's will to give her consent. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:57, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: It is not up to VRT agents to contact the artists: we've already other and more urgent work to do. If you wanna do that as a wikimedia volunteer (aka Commons' user), you're welcome. Write to the artist with the standard email template, asking her to forward the permission to VRTS. Then, some agent will answer, as usual. --Ruthven (msg) 06:27, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for the response. I wasn't implying that it was the responsibility of VRT to contact Butler; I was just trying to see if there was a VRT volunteer who had done something similar before who might be willing to help out. If there is, then that would be great; if there isn't, then that's perfectly fine too. -- Marchjuly (talk) 08:21, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

Ticket:2021081410006708

Can you please this ticket number. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anny1190 (talk • contribs) 20:08, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

• File:Shamim_2.jpg
• File:Shamim_1.jpg
• File:ShahjahanShamimFacebook.jpg
• File:MusicArtistShamim.jpg

Please give permission reuploading those images — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anny1190 (talk • contribs) 04:28, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

Anny1190: You don't need to upload the images again. They will be restored when they have been verified. The copyright holder who is usually the photographer, not the subject, must give their permission unless the copyright has been transferred by legal means. In that case documentary evidence of the copyright transfer must be provided, such as an invoice specifically mentioning the transfer and not just the usage. Ww2censor (talk) 10:36, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

Anny1190 (talk) 13:28, 15 August 2021 (UTC) Thanks for your help

@Anny1190: I already answered at COM:ANU#User:Anny1190.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 14:57, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for reply, waiting for new update Anny1190 (talk) 15:54, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

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OTRS permission Ticket#2021051410010271 and Ticket#:2021061810008239

Please, I would like to know if someone could help with an issue about OTRS permission. I sent emails to OTRS permissions (permissions-pt@wikimedia.org ) and I'm waiting for the answer:

Ticket#2021051410010271 sent by lilianviana@usp.br in 2021/05/14 ;

Ticket#:2021061810008239 sent by hugofortes@usp.br in 2021/06/18 which is about the archives bellow: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fortes_Hugo_Amazonia_Insomnia.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fortes_Hugo_Chattahoochee_(instala%C3%A7%C3%A3o_art%C3%ADstica).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fortes_Hugo_Florestas_do_isolamento.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fortes_Hugo_Manual_de_Voo.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hugo_Fortes.jpg

I work in a library in Brazil and we would like to upload images from the library collection to Commons but since we don't have any answer about these tickets I would like to know if there is another way to do it. I don't know how the process works but this OTRS permission email (Ticket#: 2021061810008239) was sent after the other 2 and it was already authorized .Thank you in advance--Lilian Viana (talk) 18:12, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

permissions-pt has a large backlog. If able please re-send the permission in English to permissions-commons. --Krd 07:30, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

@Krd: Thank you for your attention. I will do that.

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Ticket:2021081610000899 and Ticket:2021061610001291

Recently a non-VRT member converted the permission ticket:2021081610000899 on File:Nethmiroshelredsaree.jpg from {{OTRS received}} to {{PermissionTicket}}. Could a VRT member confirm this change? —RP88 (talk) 22:20, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

Also, similarly, a non-VRT member added ticket:2021061610001291 {{PermissionTicket}} to File:Ewelina Lisowska 2020.png. Is this ticket valid for this photo? —RP88 (talk) 22:26, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

I reverted both edits. The first one because the permission has not been processed yet, the second one is a non existing ticket#. DutchTina (talk) 09:02, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! —RP88 (talk) 10:21, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

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Car design drawings of Paolo Martin

• File:Disegno a colori.jpg
• File:Schizzo1 lat..jpg

These are licensed with VTRS ticket:2008020910006325 and a user with the alias it:Utente:Torusuzuki claims the right to be named as creator of the depicted work.

Since the Italian Copyright Law says that the author (Paolo Martin) keeps the unalienable right of authorship, the attribution Torosuzuki as author of the work could only be permitted if the ticket contains explicitly the transfer of Martin's authorship rights to the Wikipedia user including the right to be named as author of the original work (which is not possible according to Italian law).

Can you please post the exact words of Mr. Martin's permission for using the digital reproduction of his original work on Wikipedia/media?--Chianti (talk) 21:35, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

Simple answer: No we can't share any words of any conversation on VRTS because we simply are not allowed to share it. Though you are right about the attribution, the name there should be Paolo Martin and not Torusuzuki because Paolo Martin was the original creator of the work. So you can change that safely. DutchTina (talk) 12:40, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

Thank you very much for responding so quickly.--Chianti (talk) 16:05, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

No problem DutchTina (talk) 20:09, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

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Is it possible to have slightly different wording in the OTRS form?

Hi all

I work a lot with UN agencies and others to encourage them to share their content on Commons. I'm working with a partner organisation who would like to share quite a lot of content but they have an issue with the wording of OTRS form because it doesn't accurately represent their situation. Would it be acceptable to provide an OTRS form which changed:

“the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of the following media work:”

to

“the creator and/or sole owner, or have been granted authorisation by the content creator(s), of the exclusive copyright of the following media work:”

Thanks

John Cummings (talk) 13:38, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

The authorization would need to be very specific: the content creator would have to allow the organization the irrevocable right to use, modify, and share a work for any purpose, as well as sub-license the work to third parties under the same conditions. This type of grant is very rare and it is much more common and easier to just do a straight-up copyright transfer. I wouldn't change the default template; the organizations can adapt it in the rare cases it does come up. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 16:04, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi King of Hearts yes this is what they have been given (they're an EU insitution and hire contractors). I'm not asking that the template is changed, my question is, if they make this change in the OTRS form when they send it, will it be accepted?

Thanks very much

John Cummings (talk) 16:09, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

If it will be accepted cannot be said in advance. It depends on the case. Please send the permission and be ready for followup questions. --Krd 16:17, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi Krd what information do I need to provide here to know if it will be accepted, the person who is sending the permission is a senior person in the EU, I'd like to prepare everything for them beforehand for them to just send. John Cummings (talk) 17:01, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

As said, it depends. On the images as well as on the copyright situation. Feel free to prepare a draft and sent it to the VRT. --Krd 17:46, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi @Krd: here are the photos Category:Photographs_produced_by_the_European_Investment_Bank, what other information is needed for the copyright side? I'm unclear why I can't get an answer here if I'm providing the same information. If I was going to send an email to VRT should I just use the normal permissions-commons@wikimedia.org address? John Cummings (talk) 18:05, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

@John Cummings: Given that they are a governmental institution, I'm sure it will count for a lot if they simply assert, "in all cases, content creators have granted the European Investment Bank [or whatever other entity this may be] the irrevocable right to use, modify, and share a work for any purpose, as well as sub-license the work to third parties under the same conditions." @Krd: would that basically answer for what is at issue?

But I can see why the VRT team might need some back-and-forth to confirm that unusual situation. - Jmabel ! talk 19:45, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

@John Cummings: I suspect it might also be useful if they can quote from a typical contract and show how these rights are signed over to them. - Jmabel ! talk 19:46, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks very much all, we've worked out something internally so we can use the standard form. John Cummings (talk) 13:12, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

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Autorisation manuscrite ? / Handwritten authorization? (french and english version)

(french version)

Bonjour.

Un ami autorise la publication dans Commons et sous licence libre d'une de ses photos de sa ville prise depuis son ULM en 2009. Cependant, cet ami n'a pas d'adresse mail pour pouvoir lui-même envoyer son consentement de publication de sa photo.

Aussi, je me demande si je ne pouvais pas imprimer un des modèles de consentement, lui faire remplir et lui faire signer ; puis scanner le papier et l'envoyer par mail moi-même à l'adresse permissions-fr@wikimedia.org

Est-ce que cela est faisable ou y a-t-il une autre procédure pour ce cas ?

---

(english version)

Hello

A friend of mine gives me the authorization to publish in Commons and under a free license one of his photos of his city taken from his "Ultralight trike" in 2009. However, this friend does not have an email address allowing him to send his consent via an OTRS ticket. So, I am wondering if I could print one of the consent templates, ask him him to fill it out and to sign it. Then I will scan the paper and send the scan myself to permissions-for@wikimedia.org Is this solution acceptable or is there another procedure for this case?

Thanks, --Poudou99 (talk) 13:15, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Yes, that it fine. Please indicate in your email to us that your friend does not have an email address, which is why you are using this approach. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 14:20, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

@King of Hearts: Thank you for your answer. I will upload the photo as soon as I receive the signed paper and then I send the OTRS ticket.--Poudou99 (talk) 15:18, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

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Mother cyborg pictures

Hi, These files uploaded by @Mina Kara: were deleted. Apparently the artist failed to give more details not understanding what they had to do. Could you tell us how we can get these files back and what exactly is missing? In my understanding they have sent the OTRS ticket. Here are the deleted files :

1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mother_Cyborg_-_A_People%27s_Guide_to_AI_-_Cover.pdf
2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mother_Cyborg_-_Beat_match_brunch_Seraphine_collective_-_Flyer.jpg
3. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mother_Cyborg_-_logo.jpg
4. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mother_Cyborg_02.jpg
5. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MotherCyborg_03_-_Live.jpg

The ticket number was ticket:2021061410006855 @Anthere, Kvardek du, and Yann: could you also look? Thanks!Nattes à chat (talk) 23:54, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

The ticket is in French and no response has been received to the last request sent to the copyright holder. Be patient, it's holiday time in France. Ww2censor (talk) 22:08, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Not being an OTRS agent anymore, there is absolutely nothing I can do. Sorry. Anthere (talk) 09:55, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

File:Marie Schweitzer.jpg

Could someone look at this file, please. Please notice that there are two ticket numbers mentioned there. Also notice a kind of "for non-commercial use only" statement under the licence template. --jdx ^Re: 06:16, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

A VRT-agent with knowledge of the French language is required for these tickets. Elly (talk) 13:49, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Verifiación de identidad

Hola a todos los editores de Wikipedia. Han solicitado mi identidad para este usuaro, luego de borrar una serie de fotografías que son de mi autoria y articulos de autores de literatura. ¿Qué necesitan de mi parte? ¿Qué necesitan que le envíe para dejar de consider mis actos de vandalísmo? Solo he querido aportar mi granito de arena en lo que se refiere a aportaciones entorno a temas literarios. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elmoledro (talk • contribs) 20:42, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

@Elmoledro: Todo está bien, he puesto una confirmación de identidad en tu página de usuario y restorado tus fotos borradas. Si alguien marca tu imagen para borrado en el futuro, puedes informarle que tu identidad ya ha sido verificado por COM:VRTS. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 21:05, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

@Elmoledro: También un aviso: Para evitar confusiones, en la caja de "Autor" debes poner [[User:Elmoledro|Alejandro Arras]] para que los demás sepan que tú eres de hecho Alejandro Arras. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 21:11, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Yo tengo algunos problemas con esto. Si eres el de la foto, quién es el fotógrafo de: esta foto? --Ganímedes (talk) 21:58, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Relevante: Ticket:2021082310009617. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:10, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

--Elmoledro (talk) 17:06, 24 August 2021 (UTC)Muchas gracias, estimado King of Hearts. Gracias por estos detalles. Sobre lo que me pregunta el usuario Ganímedes: la foto es mía, la tomó mi hermano que tiene menos de diez años y la tomó con mi cámara. No te precoupes, estimada Ganímedes. Juro que la foto me pertenece y no tendrá ningún inconveniente. Les agradezco mucho, pues sé que gracias a gente como ustedes esta maravillosa página funciona. Un fuerte abrazo desde Ciudad de México.

El propietario de los derechos de autor es el fotógrafo. Esa foto dista mucho de ser una foto común tomada con cámara, independientemente de quién la posea. Más parece una captura de pantalla y de hecho no tiene los datos de la cámara, así que no es una imagen original. En tal caso, te pediré que envíes la imagen original a través del sistema VRT, para poder verificar la autoría. Saludos. --Ganímedes (talk) 20:37, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

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File:Bryan Johnson kernel flow.jpg

Hello. I asked about this in June. We had a deletion discussion. The result was delete. Why is this photo still live? Thank you. -SusanLesch (talk) 17:51, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

As an admin without VRT access, all I can say is that this was undeleted by King of Hearts citing Ticket:2020102610014095. De728631 (talk) 18:17, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, De728631. I don't believe King of Hearts has that right, because that's the ticket we already discussed-SusanLesch (talk) 19:02, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

King of Hearts added an author to that photo (Katriece Ray). That would seem to be an essential correction. Man what a waste of time this has been. Thanks all. -SusanLesch (talk) 19:14, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

The fact that a particular ticket ID has already been discussed at DR doesn't mean anything, as it is possible for us to get new replies on the same ticket (which is what happened here), or for us to get a new ticket which we then merge into the old ticket for continuity. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 01:49, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

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File:Official portrait of General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed.jpg

Hello VRT team, ticket:2020012110008851 is valid for this file? —MdsShakil (talk) 12:50, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

No. --Krd 13:07, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

@MdsShakil:  Deleted thanks to Túrelio!   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 20:45, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

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File:Truly Nyonya Malacca by Jacky Liew.jpg

Hi, i would like to request for undeletion of File:Truly Nyonya Malacca by Jacky Liew.jpg. I had send the authorise permission of use of work to the response team through email from patricialiew2017@gmail.com Patricialiew (talk) 15:59, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

@Patricialiew:  Restored thanks to King of Hearts!   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 20:48, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

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Question

Aren't the two pictures:

• File:Manfred Mai 1.jpg
• File:Manfred Mai - Presse.jpg

not approved by the ticket here? (can't open it)

If not: Please delete. --Laserlicht (talk) 22:33, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Hi, Laserlicht: those files are not included in that ticket. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 14:10, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Thank you. I'm fine with that. The images were not used anyway. --Laserlicht (talk) 14:19, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

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ticker 2021072610008311

Could a VRT-volunteer eventually check what's with this ticket? The related image has now been deleted, per Commons:Deletion requests/File:FSSP emblem.svg, as it was with VRT confirmation for 30 days. However, a permission had been sent-in weeks ago. Thanks. --Túrelio (talk) 11:56, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

@TúrelioAs far I can understand (ticket it's in German), license was NC-ND and no new valid permission was received. Regards, --Ganímedes (talk) 13:41, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Correct. --Krd 14:58, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. --Túrelio (talk) 07:00, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

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Rightsholder blocked by spamfilter

I asked a rightsholder to e-mail to the Wikimedia Commons VRT team but they were denied by the spam filter. Afterwards I forwarded the message but I know that forwarded e-mails likely won't be received as true permissions, are there other ways to let a rightsholder confirm when they don't have the website anymore? He refused to register an account for the Wikimedia Commons so I likely can't get him to comment here. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 17:50, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

• Perhaps the volunteer that reads my e-mail could send a direct e-mail to him as his address is in the forward and then he could confirm the release of the files with a free license. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 18:27, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Hi, @Donald Trung 『徵國單』. I've sent an email to both of you. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 19:24, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

@Donald Trung: It depends on the agent, but personally I accept forwarded emails for unpublished works (where there is no point in verifying the authenticity of the email address since the work has no online presence), especially if the forwarder is a trusted user like you. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:59, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

I prefer to have him directly send it for authenticity (I asked him to re-send it as he received an e-mail, I don't know if he actually send the permission yet as he didn't reply to me yet). Regarding the content itself he told me that no archives of the website are left on his computer so only the watermarked version exists. Which is a shame as I also wanted permission for other pages that haven't been preserved. ☹️ This is probably one of the few times that our resident Sockmaster actually benefited the project, apparently he wasn't associated with the website but was a guest writer at times and apparently provided them with information. Apparently not all information from the files is correct but I will tag them as such but most are good. From this point forward it's just waiting for him to respond so this question has been answered. Thank you all for your quick responses. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 07:14, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

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Weird activity

I forwarded another e-mail, and then got this response:

"Hello 國單 徵, We noticed some unusual activity in your Outlook.com account. To help protect you, we've temporarily blocked your account. Why are you seeing this? Someone may have used your account to send out a lot of junk emails or something else that violates our Terms of Service. How can you unblock your account? The fastest way to unblock your Outlook.com account is to verify your account. If you haven't setup a mobile phone in your account, please contact Customer Support. Thanks, The Outlook.com Team "

So I'm not sure if my reply was sent or not, but now my entire account has been blocked (I've been using this account for years and never had any such issues before). Does the Wikimedia Commons' VRT system use some "anti-spam" software that automatically report any e-mails directed at them or something??? I've sent attachments to people before and my e-mail address was already verified, so why did Microsoft specifically block me after sending a message specifically to the VRT?

Now I wonder how many other people attempt to contact Wikimedia websites and then get these kinds of messages. At this point I don't even care about the original ticket as this means that I don't get any notifications anymore for any Wikimedia website. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 18:40, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

O.o I've ever heard abot this before. --Ganímedes (talk) 18:52, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

@Ganímedes: , I managed to get my account unblocked but it still won't send the forwarded e-mail, this is really weird. I know that two (2) of my old e-mail addresses were blocked by the English-language Wikipedia ArbCom and the Stewards during my global ban / global lock a couple of years ago, but I created this e-mail address a year later and have never used it to contact Wikimedia websites before, plus I've send attachments to organisations and people before as well, it never saw me as "spam" right until now. This is weird, I also operate on a different IP address and even country as those years ago so it's likely unrelated to the earlier blocking. But my contact experiences the same, so I wonder what's going on, at first only he couldn't send anything and now I can't either. Maybe I can't forward his e-mails. Did the other forwards come in? --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 18:58, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

"We weren't able to send this message, so we've put it in your Drafts folder. Before you try sending it again, you can check to see if the address is correct and that no attachments are too large.".

Everything bounced, I suspect that the ticket number may be seen as "spam" and "a random string of numbers" by Microsoft, but I could reply earlier. I find this really odd. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 19:06, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

I'm discussing it on Microsoft's forums right now, I don't think that whatever comes next can be discussed here, I attempted to e-mail it to another Wikimedian after he expressed a desire to help me but those e-mails bounced too, reckon that the scope of any further issues are beyond the VRT. I just find it odd that these things happened very specifically after I tried forwarding an attachment sent by my contact, perhaps sending an attachment 10 minutes after receiving it to a known e-mail server was the cause, but the fact that the rightsholder himself can't send any e-mails to the VRT system is worrying, as this might mean that multiple people might be in the same situation but have never expressed it because they simply don't know how to contact the Wikimedia Commons VR Team and end up verifying nothing. I often have the idea that in the pursuit of "fighting spam" that many Wikimedians end up shooting themselves in the foot, if the issue ultimately doesn't lie with Microsoft then this idea might be true... --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 23:12, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

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Ticket Nr. ticket:2021020110002523

Kann mir bitte jemand sagen, was bei dem Foto gefehlt hat, sodass das Foto gelöscht wurde - ich habe leider die Mails nicht mehr vom stift Admont. Danke -- K@rl (talk) Mid Abstond hoidn xund bleibn 20:28, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Sorry to answer in English. If I understand well, the now deleted photo listed Marcel Peda as author. His permission was not received directly. After the last mail with question of our agent, no answer has been received and the ticket is now closed. If you have contact with the original author you could ask him to sent his permission to VRT with ticket:2021020110002523 in the subject line (and CC to you so you can follow the discussion). Elly (talk) 21:24, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

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Copyvio

Copyvio https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Life_of_Lt._Gen._Yitzhak_Rabin,_7th_IDF_Chief_of_Staff_in_photos_(8).jpg —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 89.3.118.255 (talk) 14:23, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

The VRT permission is from IDF, and while the validity of it has been questioned at a previous DR, it has nothing to do with the current DR rationale, so this noticeboard will not be of further assistance. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 16:33, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

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Photo with VRT permission - ??

I don't get this: This file apparently has a VRT permission. The file claims that Barbara Szüts, the artist depicted in the picture, is the "author" of the picture. The first upload states that she herself has the Urheberrecht, which is quite obviously wrong unless this is a selfie.

O.k., so now it claims "Pilar Alcalá" to be the "source", whatever that may mean. Here, I found the picture in connection with the name Pietro Pellini who is a photographer from Cologne.

This doesn't make any sense to me. How does this all go together? Did Mr Pellini send permission that his work may be published under CC licensing? Then why doesn't his name appear anywhere, him being the photographer who apparently took the photo and has the (non-transferable) Urheberrecht? --91.34.40.51 20:24, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Ticket:2015020910011501 is in German and comprises 26 articles. Pinging @Reinhard Kraasch as ticketholder.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 22:02, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks.

@Reinhard Kraasch: Antwort gerne auch auf Deutsch, wenn's die Sache erleichtert. --91.34.40.51 22:48, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

English: There have merely the fields "Author" and "Source" been swapped, I corrected it.

Deutsch: Da wurden lediglich die Felder "Author" und "Source" vertauscht, hab ich korrigiert.

--Reinhard Kraasch (talk) 19:34, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

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ticket #2021050310006351

Can someone please check if this ticket is valid for File:Dr. Divya S. Iyer with husband K.S. Sabarinathan.jpg? It is alleged at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Dr. Divya S. Iyer with husband K.S. Sabarinathan.jpg that it isn't. Thanks in advance Gbawden (talk) 08:18, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

The ticket appears valid to me. --Krd 12:53, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Many thanks as always @Krd: Gbawden (talk) 10:32, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

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Are we sure this was correct

File:Airbus_A321-131_(TC-TUB)_Bestair_in_Dusseldorf_(DUS_EDDL)_(18_June_2009).jpg, is a Airbus plane. I don't understand how the logo which is on the plane tail is considered free? Its copyrighted by bestair. Please confirm. --Contributers2020^{Talk to me here} 12:57, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

It's COM:De Minimis. The logo wasn't taken up close nor is it the main focal point. –Davey2010^Talk 13:28, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Also FOP. --Krd 15:49, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

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Marije Weterings Photography

Hi, can someone from the VRT look at these DRs?

• Commons:Deletion requests/File:Kelly Weekers.jpg
• Commons:Deletion requests/File:KimKotter.jpg
• Commons:Deletion requests/File:Kim Kotter.jpg

Thanks, pandakekok9 15:46, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

@Pandakekok9 and Infrogmation: Please see Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Mwphotography. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 18:08, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

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legislature.maine.gov

Regarding Commons:Deletion requests/Files found with "legislature.maine.gov": Can anyone verify if any or all of the four files under discussion have received permission? --Animalparty (talk) 20:06, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

Mail is received, but not yet resolved. I added OTRS received to the files, ticket:2021040210000083, Elly (talk) 22:55, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

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Deletion of photos Koningsdag 2019 - OTRS ticket#2021071710005125

This morning a lot of photos from Category:Koningsdag 2019 in Amersfoort were deleted, but it is not certain yet that they are illegal on Commons. See OTRS Ticket#2021071710005125 for the details. I am in contact with Ellywa about this case. There is permission to reuse the photos but it is unclear wether they may be adapted as well. I tried to contact the photographer Robin Utrecht twice, the second time was last week, but I still have no answer from him, perhaps he was on vacation. I have only a website of him with a form to fill in, so no phone number or adress. Is it possible to reverse this deletion set untill there is more clear about the status of the photos? Now they are gone, Robin Utrecht cannot see which photos are involved either. JopkeB (talk) 09:40, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Pinging @Ellywa as Agent.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 20:51, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

The last contact about this ticket was July 28. The original permission is not in accordance with the CCBYSA licence. If needed we can undelete one or two images as examples. Please ask for undeletion when you are in contact with the photographer through COM:Undelete. When the final permission is received I assume all images can be undeleted soon. Elly (talk) 21:14, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

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Unsure

Unsure if this needs a VRT ticket,but this image description appears to indicate it was posted on behalf of someone else. --Mbrickn (talk) 05:28, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, I agree with you. You can add Template:No permission since to the image. The text on the template also shows how to explain this to the uploader on their talk page. Elly (talk) 09:14, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

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File:Kasia Cerekwicka .jpg

Hi, File:Kasia Cerekwicka .jpg appears to be a version of File:Kasia Cerekwicka koncert fot. D.Nita-Garbiec.jpg which has a ticket. Are we allowed to put the ticket on the other file as well? Thx Ruff tuff cream puff (talk) 03:30, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

No, I don't thinks so. The permission was received for File:Kasia Cerekwicka koncert fot. D.Nita-Garbiec.jpg. The other photo has a somewhat higher resolution. No permission for that version, so it should be deleted. I will take action. Thanks, Elly (talk) 20:55, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

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Files of User:Deep1Blue

Dear colleagues, there are 8 files from that uploader - visual poems of the Turkish poet Yusuf Bal - uploaded to Commons according to ticket:2021032910004692. However, later the uploader added 5 more files of the same kind:

• File:Süt Geçit (Yusuf BAL).jpg
• File:Öğrenci Evi, Görsel Şiir, Yusuf BAL.jpg
• File:Dönüşüm, Yusuf Bal, Görsel Deneysel Şiir.jpg
• File:Anne Ben Öldüm mü, Yusuf BAL (Görsel Şiir).jpg
• File:Son Dakika, Yusuf Bal, Deneysel Şiir.jpg

Are they also covered with the same permission or not? If they are, the number of ticket should be added to these files' pages; if they are not, the uploader should be asked to resend the letter of permission. Additionally, two of his files - File:Öğrenci Evi, Görsel Şiir, Yusuf BAL.jpg (the new one) and File:Değişir.jpg - contain also the photographs of the poet, and I wonder if the permission was obtained for these pictures as well (presumably copyrighted not to the poet himself but to somebody else). Andrei Romanenko (talk) 17:33, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

The last communication it's from april 2021. No further emails were received, no new files were added. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 13:26, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

I just thought that maybe Mr. Bal gave his permission for his visual poems in general rather than for those 8 images exactly. Okay, just asked him to send one more permission to cover the added files. Andrei Romanenko (talk) 18:49, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

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Brent Trolle painting upload without permissions (except for one)

I noticed the gallery of images at w:Brent Trolle has been deleted; I worked with the Trolles on the upload and helped them create the OTRS email, which they sent through on 2 August. The image File:2019-11-18—Quail·Burn·Woolshed·Omarama·Otago—Brent·Trolle.jpg is one of seven included in that legal release, and has been processed correctly by the VRT @Shizhao: . But I'm surprised the other six were not correctly tagged with a permission ticket. Is it possible to check and see if the permission was processed correctly, and restore the images to Commons if they were not? Many thanks, Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 04:43, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, Because of the update of the Access to nonpublic personal data policy, I no longer have the VRT permission.--shizhao (talk) 06:50, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

@Giantflightlessbirds: Nope, this is it:

• File:2008-11-10—Brent·Trolle—Mt·Cook.jpg
• File:2019-09-23—Brent·Trolle·painting·Quailburn·Woolshed—Omarama·Otago.jpg
• File:2019-11-18—Quail·Burn·Woolshed·Omarama·Otago—Brent·Trolle.jpg
• File:2019-12-26—Grace·and·Brent·Trolle.jpg
• File:2020-05-18—Brent·Trolle—Mount·Cook.jpg
• File:2021-03-19—Brent·Trolle·painting·Matukituki·Wanaka·Otago.jpg

King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 07:04, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

OK, just checked: two separate releases were sent on August 2nd. I have the emails in front of me. There's no record of the following release sent on August 2nd?

"I hereby affirm that I, Brent Trolle, am the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of both the work depicted and the following media:

• File:2009-07-16—Flounder·Fishermans·Cottage·Crow·Bay·West·Coast—Brent·Trolle.jpg
• File:2021-07-16—Paradise·Valley·Glenorchy·Otago—Brent·Trolle.jpg
• File:2021-07-16—Mt·Cook·Hooker·Valley·near·village—Brent·Trolle.jpg
• File:2021-04-25—Paradise·Valley·Glenorchy·Otago—Brent·Trolle.jpg
• File:2020-03-04—12·Mile·Coast·Road·West·Coast—Brent·Trolle.jpg
• File:2020-01-17—Haast_River—Brent·Trolle.jpg
• File:2017-07-16—Mesa·Verde·Colorado·Anazazi·cliff·dwellers—Brent·Trolle.jpg

etc."

—Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 12:16, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

 Done I have accepted the ticket. Shizhao had asked the same clarifying question on both emails, and they only replied on one of them, but the answer to the other one is self-evident after seeing the response to the first. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 15:46, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks so much for sorting this out! —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 19:30, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

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The missing link

A contact sent permission for a photograph to the VRT (he didn't gave me a number but said that he used the automated e-mail template), I think that he might have missed giving a link for the deleted file, the file could be found here:

• https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Professor_Liam_C._Kelley_(L%C3%AA_Minh_Kh%E1%BA%A3i).jpg

His name is Prof. Liam C. Kelley, I will ask for a ticket number and add it here when he gives it to me. This has no priority, but I wanted to put the link here so it could be undeleted once permission has been processed. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 06:30, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

@Donald Trung 『徵國單』: The copyright holder use to be the photographer, or maybe the university (judging by his title), so permission should come from them or we need to see the contract by which the full copyrights have been transferred to the professor. Anyway, I'll try to find the ticket and come back. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 10:13, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

I've replied the ticket. Please send a email to permissons-commons@wikimedia.org adding "Re: [Ticket#2021091910000051]" in the subject line of the email if you want to join to the conversation. --Ganímedes (talk) 10:18, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, I will assume that a member of the VRT has already informed him, if he doesn't have contact with the photographer (and assuming that the photograph was taken in Brunei having been unable to find anything related to commissioned works at the page "Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Brunei") I will otherwise ask him to submit a selfie or ask him to let his wife send a good quality photograph. I will then ask him to continue using the same ticket number. Thank you for your time. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 19:27, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

As I have the ticket number now I believe that the rest can be handled via e-mail, so I am tagging this for archiving. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 19:28, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

•  Comment, apparently a volunteer asked what Wikipedia page this image is going to be used it, it's this page. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 07:44, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

Please answer in the ticket, to not spread the conversation. --Ganímedes (talk) 11:25, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

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Permission Review

Hello! Could someone please review the permission for this file File:Mikee Quintos in 2019.jpg? Because the current image is a smaller, low quality, edited version of this previously published photo. Other uploads of this user were marked as either needing permission or copyright violations. Howhontanozaz (talk) 17:36, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

I accepted the ticket on the basis that I could not find any copies of it on the Internet via reverse image search. Now that that assumption is no longer true, I will reopen the ticket. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:34, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

@King of Hearts: Hello again, could you also take a look at this file File:Ruru Madrid 210822.jpg? Although I could not find this image through reverse image search, considering that the uploader has a history of falsifying authorship and VRT permissions, maybe it would be wise to reopen the ticket. howdy.carabao 🌱🐃🌱 (talk) 04:16, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

This one was accepted without further verification. Pinging Mussklprozz. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 14:33, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

@King of Hearts and Howdy.carabao: You are right, the case is highly suspicious too. Both the format of the image and the form of the permission mail are similar to the case which was processed by King of Hearts. The sender of the ticket also twice made the same a weird spelling error in his alleged name – together with the uploader's history a strong sign that the photo was uploaded in bad faith. I reopened the ticket. --Mussklprozz (talk) 04:37, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

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Polish Parkour Wiki deleted photos.

Hello there!

JuTa user deleted uploaded photos. I have 7 days to change the licence or add information about the author and the licence to his/her images.

I have contacted and written directly to the author of the photos I posted. The author personally contacted Wikipedia via a link sent to me (via Alfred Neumann). He confirmed that he had given written permission to insert the photos in this and future articles.

Alex R.

Please contact me via e-mail: iama1catra7@gmail.com for screens of messages from Wikipedia and/or the author of the photos — Preceding unsigned comment added by A1catra7 (talk • contribs) 13:13, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

Please ask the copyright holder to email us directly to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 22:30, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

I have restored the images. They should have been tagged as {{OTRS received}} on first contact even if the initial permission statement is insufficient, which increases the grace period to 30 days. Please see my reply (you are CC'd). -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:17, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

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Permission for File:Kivimaalaus1.jpg etc

Please can the permissions archive be checked for the files File:Kivimaalaus1.jpg, File:Kivimaalaus2.jpg, File:Kivimaalaus3.jpg andFile:Kivimaalaus4.jpg. The files were uploaded on 28 February 2017 with a statement saying that permission was sent at that time. I have tagged the files with Template:OTRS pending, however permission should already be in the system so I would be grateful if the archive could please be checked. mattbr 06:58, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

I've found nothing under Olavi Pulkkinen or Kivimaalaus. Other ideas for search are appreciated. --Ganímedes (talk) 11:03, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

Thank you Ganímedes. I've left Template:Noticket on the uploder's (Kjjk43 (talk · contribs)) talk page requesting permission be re-sent. mattbr 11:34, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

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VRT assistance needed at a DR

Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Inspirati4n would like to know what scope ticket ticket:2015032410033985 covers. DMacks (talk) 16:35, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

Hi, @DMacks. The ticket covers "all media located on the Flickr account at https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacexphotos/ as well as the descriptions that accompany those files." On march 22 2020, a VRT agent contact them because some of the files in the Flick account were tagged CCBYNCND and request re-confirmation, but we've never received an answer. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 17:24, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response! DMacks (talk) 17:38, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks indeed. There is no mention in any of the emails from them about files or gallery images on the SpaceX website being included in this? This is confusing, since files from SpaceX.com have been uploaded in the name of this release virtually since the beginning. If that's not the case, then we've got a problem. — Huntster (t @ c) 18:27, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

There is only one email from them in that ticket, and it says what I've quote. Maybe there are other tickets? @Josve05a: . --Ganímedes (talk) 18:48, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

{{Cc-zero-SpaceX}} was created on March 27, 2015 for that VRT ticket. So I would give it authority over any more-restrcitive tagging for Flickr images uploaded prior to that date. But for items uploaded after that date that have a restrictive tag on Flickr I think there is enough of a doubt (especially if they declined to confirm) that we cannot host them. I don't think a ticket can prohibit them from changing their mind about an action that had not yet been taken at the time the ticket was filed unless the ticket is very explicit that it covers all future uploads with no option to alter that agreement. DMacks (talk) 18:57, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

I think that's up to VRT, IMHO. --Ganímedes (talk) 19:49, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

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File:Lê Minh Khải (黎明凱) seal (chopmark).png

Lê Minh Khải (Traditional Chinese: 黎明凱; English: Liam C. Kelley) told me that he had sent permission for this to the VTRS a few days ago through the e-mail template generator, but said that he didn't receive a VRTS number, is this possible? Note that I am not willing to test this myself because it would then waste VRTS agents' time if I would use the form to see if I can reproduce his error. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 19:07, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

Well... To make this kind of blind search it's perhaps harder and consume lot more time, IMHO. I've found nothing with that specific file name. You can avoid this problem asking the author to refill, print and sign the permission and send it yourself as pdf or jpg. --Ganímedes (talk) 11:10, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

I will contact him again later, as I had already sent him a long-e-mail I will await his response earlier as I don't want "to scare him away" by sending him too many e-mails in a short amount of time. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 15:14, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

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Edit request for Template:OTRS pending/en

I have made an edit request at Template talk:OTRS pending/en#Edit request 18 September 2021 to correct and improve the language used and I would be grateful for any comments. mattbr 11:55, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

The page it's protected, so you may need an admin, not an VRT agent. I can't help you with that, sorry! --Ganímedes (talk) 12:34, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

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Tickets verified by Olaf Kosinsky

Hi, user Olaf Kosinsky (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions) has been found to do paid editing without disclosure on their main account on :wp:de: and :wp:en:. They verified a considerable amout of Tickets here at Commons.

Here is a small sample:

Account uploaded with	Example	proper and plausible verification?
Einfach machen Hamburg (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)	File:Filiale Apollo.jpg	Ticket in German - I think we need a German speaker agent here --Ganímedes (talk) 14:07, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
MalDabei (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)	File:Günther Reger Bild-145.jpg	This permission seems to be in order; permission from the right copyright holder arrives for a long set of files from Günther Reger --Ganímedes (talk) 14:07, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
Nixnubix (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)	File:Abstieg zur Mikwe Synagoge Weisenau 02.jpg	Ticket handled by Krd --Ganímedes (talk) 14:07, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
SpaceRat (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)	File:Autokino Zempow.JPG	Ticket in German - I think we need a German speaker agent here --Ganímedes (talk) 14:07, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
Molgreen (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)	File:Logo Renewable Energy by Melanie Maecker-Tursun SingleIcon V1 plant grey.svg	This permission seems to be in order; permission from the right copyright holder arrives for a long set of files from Melanie Maecker-Tursun --Ganímedes (talk) 14:07, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
Kirchners (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)	File:Walter Helsper - A02.jpg	Ticket in German - I think we need a German speaker agent here --Ganímedes (talk) 14:07, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
Landsberg-Becher (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)	File:Serie Druckereibilder II, 1978.jpg	This permission seems to be in order; permission from the right copyright holder arrives --Ganímedes (talk) 14:07, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

A more complete list has been prepared.

Given their commercial interest or affiliation in getting the photos in Wikipedia articles, could a Support member team please check if proper and plausible verification has been done by Olaf? (If not, it was probably an abuse of multiple accounts here, too). Thanks -- Rillke^(q?) 08:07, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

User:Einfach machen Hamburg is a well known and open Sockpuppet for paid editing of User:Atomiccocktail, he is definitely not Kosinsky. Grüße vom Sänger ♫ ^(talk) 08:28, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for asking for clarification. The question if proper verification was done still stands. This enquirie's purpose is, as a first step, not to find socks but is to find if proper and plausible verification was done in spite of undisclosed commercial interests. We (I and you) could be also business partners and I could pay you for fake verifications, so even if it's clear that another real world user is behind an account, the verfification could be invalid and file would have to be deleted or properly verified. -- Rillke^(q?) 08:48, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

User MalDabei (talk · contribs) was blocked as sock puppet of Olaf Kosinsky (talk · contribs) after Checkuser at dewiki [7], see also block in Logfile [8].
User MalDabei was a declared paid editing account, their contribuitions were flagged by user Olaf Kosinski. Hund96 (talk) 10:40, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, ist was not a declared paid editing account, it was exposed after: de:Wikipedia:Checkuser/Anfragen/Olaf Kosinsky; Subteno. Regards --Itti (talk) 10:56, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing this up. In spite of that, can we please do step one first: Verifying Tickets. Volunteer Response Members (formerly called OTRS members) occasionally upload photos they got permission for, so even if they used multiple accounts, uploading with one and verifiying using another account iirc does not necessarily constitute abuse at Commons if not used for license laundering or evading blocks. -- Rillke^(q?) 11:12, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

 VRT agent: Comments in the table. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 14:07, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

One or another of the tickets may be handled below our current standard, though they look all plausible enough to me not to reopen any of them. If no different opinion arises, I think we can close this discussion. --Krd 14:28, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

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File:CUB-31a-El Banco Espanol de la Habana-25 Centavos (1872).jpg copyright

File:CUB-31a-El Banco Espanol de la Habana-25 Centavos (1872).jpg has three contradictory statements about its copyright:

• "The Wikimedia Foundation has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms mentioned on this page."
• "This work was created in Cuba and is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired."
• Table cells: "Type of material"→"Corporate and government works" "Copyright has expired in Cuba if ..."→"Never (perpetual copyright)"

So who sent the e-mail, and who is the putative copyright holder on whose behalf they were writing, and what did they say exactly? Jnestorius (talk) 18:54, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

This question is better asked on COM:VPC; there is obviously no authorization from the Cuban government. However, note that the government from 1872 is now defunct (overthrown by the present government). -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 19:36, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

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Music permission for video

Could someone check OTRS for a ticket related to the file File:MRNA vaccines against the coronavirus.webm. This video is currently a Featured Picture candidate on English Wikipedia, but the nomination has been suspended pending clearance of the music rights. Nosferattus (talk) 18:54, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

Do you have information about the ticket#? I did not search for a ticket (yet), but the end of the file links to https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Bio_Unit . Most - if not all - files are CC-BY-NC. Elly (talk) 21:29, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

@Ellywa: The ticket should be an email from Bio Unit explicitly releasing the music in the video under a CC-BY license. I'm aware that the music is listed as CC-BY-NC on the website. This is why it was necessary to get an explicit release for the music in the video. Nosferattus (talk) 21:51, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

[OK] all good I was a bit confused about what is happening here, but this seems in order. de:Benutzer:SCNAT is the creator of the video and they uploaded that from their registered account, so no ticket permission is required. The ticket on the file is not for the entire video, but it is from the music creator and copyright holder, and does give compatible permission for the music.

I have long felt that our practice of default privacy for the metadata of tickets is an error. As things are now, the Commons file page does not make it obvious who provided the ticket and what part of the work it covers. In the future when we have more videos this will be a bigger problem as videos frequently have multiple works and creators. Blue Rasberry (talk) 12:14, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

Koeleman or Corbino?

Dear Team, I was wondering about this photograph (see OTRS ticket:2018090410007516.) The photographer is mentioned as Alex Koeleman, Corbino. But since they are both photographer (Alexandra Koeleman & Maarten Corbijn), I can't decide who the real photographer is. Exif is missing too. Could you look if the ticket gives more clarity? Vysotsky (talk) 14:29, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

According to the ticket the assignment for the image was for Corbino and the rights were transferred to the person uploading to the person uploading and emailing. Koeleman was only the person that confirmed the story 'represent Corbino': I corrected this on the file page. Ciell (talk) 15:14, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! Vysotsky (talk) 15:41, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

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permissions-ja queue

Is there a delay in processing tickets in permissions-ja queue?

According to ticket:2021100210001972 there was a permission from Keiji Uematsu(ja:植松奎二) sent there some time ago, but the sender received no response (even automatic), yet. Ankry (talk) 06:51, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

@Ankry: There are ticket over 450 days in ja-. I assume that's a long delay. I've asked for recruit new agents in several languages, but that has not proceed. Sorry. What I think it's possible it's to send "We've got no agents in your language" messages, if that helps. I think I can do it for all or almost all the permissions-something queues. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 20:10, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

@Ganímedes: Before you do that for ja, let me see if there are any I can handle. I'm OK with reading and writing simple things. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 21:02, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

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Being able to include a photography on a wikipage

(Question transferred from the page Commons:Service d'aide)

Hi, It seems that there is a problem with : File:Céline Mauge photographiée par Bruno Charavet au Studio de l'Ermitage - 2021.jpg The photograph as received this mail :

I hereby affirm that I, Bruno Charavet, am the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of the following media work:

• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Céline_Mauge_photographiée_par_Bruno_Charavet_au_Studio_de_l'Ermitage_-_2021.jpg

I agree to publish the above-mentioned work under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International. I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work, even in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws. I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites. I am aware that the copyright holder always retains ownership of the copyright as well as the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by the copyright holder. I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.

Bruno Charavet

and after that he's been ask to confirm again [Ticket#2021101410005884] that he took the picture and that he owe the rights, he did it, and also 3 days after he thought he could do again the procedure and everything went the same but with [Ticket#2021101810004538] Still it's not possible to use the picture although everything should be clean, thanx for your help on this.--Laughing Seabird (talk) 08:34, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, I combined the tickets into Ticket:2021101410005884 and added a note. @Krd: do you have time to finalize this permission? Elly (talk) 17:56, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

With help of Krd I asked some additional questions to Mr. Charavet. I shall wait for his answer and hopefully the image can be kept and used. Elly (talk) 09:49, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

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File:Bangladesh Army Chief General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed OSP, ndu, psc, PhD.jpg

Hello VRT team, This file is originally published on the website of Bangladesh Army, [9]. Please review this permission tickets. Thanks, Ping @Krd: —MdsShakil (talk) 11:14, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Ticket should be reviewed by an uninvolved VRT member. --Krd 09:13, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

(copy-pasting my previous comment) Kindly confirm me that "Bangladesh army" from their official email address sent permission for this file, not someone else. Note that https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2994591197494935&set=a.1377679119186159 is not real author. This file is available all over the internet, First found on Jun 24, 2021. --আফতাবুজ্জামান (talk) 15:04, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

@Moheen and Jayantanth: --আফতাবুজ্জামান (talk) 19:45, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

In my opinion, these image is in copyvio. The uploader claim that his uncle shoots this image. The OTRS volunteer has asked for an original un-edited copy from the user. But the uploader fails to do that. Jayantanth (talk) 19:55, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

@আফতাবুজ্জামান and Jayantanth: A deletion proposal has been initiated here. --Yahya (talk) 20:16, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

File deleted by Yann —MdsShakil (talk) 20:23, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

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Validity of Ticket:2019082110004933 and Ticket:2019090410007569

In Commons:Deletion requests/File:Warhammer AoS Lind.jpg, VRT volunteer @Krd: closed it as "Kept per OTRS permssion" however in Commons:Deletion_requests/Files_in_Category:Warhammer_40,000, it was closed as deleted by VRT volunteer @Elcobbola: due to not being valid tickets. So I guess the quetion is whether these are valid tickets or not. If the tickets are not considered valid, then Template:GamesWorkshop and other files depicting Games Workshop figures should be deleted. If the ticket is valid then files in Commons:Deletion_requests/Files_in_Category:Warhammer_40,000 should be undeleted. Dylsss (talk) 17:51, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

The conclusion given here is not neccessarily correct, but I support that an uninvolved VRT volunteer reviews this case. --Krd 14:22, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Is TicketNumber=2011112410006658 also applicable to other paintings of Henri Ritzen?

Pieter Ritzen has tried several times to upload some photos of Henri Ritzen, but almost all has been deleted again, probably because there is no VRT ticket, see c:User talk:Pieter Ritzen#SVP Verklaring opsturen voor foto's van schilderijen van Henri Ritzen (in Dutch). All photos are in Category:Henri Ritzen. I saw that one of the photos, File:Henri Ritzen 1938 View over Vaesrade.jpg, does indeed has a VRT ticket, whith Ticket:2011112410006658. Since Pieter Ritzen did not response to my request on his talk page and I would be sorry if the other photos would have to be deleted again, I wondered if this VRT ticket is only applicable to this one photo or that it could apply to other paintings of Henri Ritzen also. Could you check this? --JopkeB (talk) 06:23, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

The ticket is very specific and can only be applied on two images. So other copyrighted files must be deleted. Elly (talk) 07:04, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

Elly, Thanks for checking. --JopkeB (talk) 14:39, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

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Image claiming OTRS permission but no ticket confirmation

I would like to request if the status of File:Karina Vetrano.jpg could be checked on. The listed source is "Commons:OTRS" (as is the author, which is obviously incorrect), but there is no ticket number or other confirmation that any such approval was ever received. Could a VRT member check if a ticket was ever handled in regards to this photo, and add it to the image if everything is in order with it? Seraphimblade (talk) 09:59, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

There is no indication that this was ever handled by the VRT. --Krd 10:48, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for confirming. I will file a deletion request accordingly. Seraphimblade (talk) 10:53, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

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JGHowes

JGHowes has uploaded an image "Old Bay Line Service Since 1840" that is a postcard. The image is in black-and-white. I am the publisher of Postcard History, a free online site for postcard collectors and am writing an article about one of the Old Bay Line ships. I am asking that Mr. Howes contact me if he has this postcard as I would like to have the image in its original color (it is a linen card). My email is publisher@postcardhistory.net —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.185.168.43 (talk) 12:51, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

I am not sure you mean the same person, but User:JGHowes has alas passed away. I cannot find the image you mean without a link. Here you can view the uploads of JGHowes: Special:ListFiles/JGHowes. Elly (talk) 09:28, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

File:Scottish Green Party Logo.svg

Could someone please check whether the permission is valid?

The information page contains an OTRS, err, VRT tag but says "permission granted to Wikimedia to use." However, my understanding is that permission for use by Wikimedia is not considered a free license. Ixfd64 (talk) 22:55, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

The ticket shows the permission is valid for this image dating from 2011: File:ScottishGreenBranding.png, in a small resolution. The permission is for CC-BY-SA-3.0. I will change the description on the png file. The larger resolution possibilities of the svg file-type was not the intention of the holder of the copyright. It was even a suggestion of the agent to upload a low resolution version only. I am not aware if the licensing makes a larger resolution permissible. Perhaps that has been discussed or decided somewhere. But perhaps the svg version should be deleted on basis of the ticket. (And replaced on the projects, because it is frequently used). Elly (talk) 09:19, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

Yeah, unfortunately the customer was given bad advice. The advice should have been: The allowance of derivative works means that anyone can create an SVG of your logo which can be blown up to any size. However, you are still free to pursue unauthorized users for trademark infringement. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 19:52, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

The copyright holder did not complain... so perhaps there actually is no problem. The permission is valid in any case. Elly (talk) 20:49, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

I need help to Speedy Delete a picture I just uploadet

Please can you help me to Speedy Delete a picture "Seated Woman" i just uploadet in the article about Elisa Maria Boglino (The English one)am sorry, its long time I have not worked with it . and I forgot about that theese thing about copyright could be visible. please help me as quick as possible.Ciopone. (talk) 22:04, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

 Done, File:Siddende Kvinde. Elisa Maria Boglino. 1932. Olie på lærred.jpg is deleted. Copyrighted painting. Elly (talk) 22:34, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi Elly , THANKS, actually I have the copyright to publish this photo, can I ask you in an other way where I do not have to publish all this stuff about Ruta who has given me permission to publish this photo from Artedonna? Ciopone. (talk) 22:43, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

Please ask the copyright holder (usually the photographer) to email us directly to permissions-commons(a)wikimedia.org, if possible attaching this permission: [10]. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 21:17, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

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copyright and licenses

Having uploaded this photo, filename "Vašek Chvátal in 2020.jpg", I would like to use it as my photo in Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Chv%C3%A1tal and its counterparts in other languages. I am confused about the copyright, licenses, etc. that Wikimedia Commons require for this. The photo was taken by Tomáš Princ <princtomass@gmail.com> for Anna Hrabáková <info@matfyz.cz> and subsequently published in https://www.matfyz.cz/clanky/dobrodruzstvi-meho-zivota . Would you please tell me what to do next? Thank you for your attention. Vašek Chvátal thumb|Vašek Chvátal in 2020 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chvatal1 (talk • contribs) 19:40, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi, @Chvatal1: . At the bottom of the source says "© 2021 Matematicko-fyzikální fakulta Univerzity Karlovy", so that file is not free. Please ask the copyright holder to email us directly to permissions-commons(a)wikimedia.org if possible using Commons:Email templates/Consent. Regards, --Ganímedes (talk) 20:50, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

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Russian ticket

In Commons:Deletion requests/File:Stanishevsky portrait by Kaydalov.jpg, reference is made to Ticket:2021011710002764. Can a Russian speaking agent please check and add their comments to the DR. The central question is: Was the permission in the ticket valid for File:Stanishevsky portrait by Kaydalov.jpg? Thanks, Elly (talk) 17:14, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

File:Samson Sudhakar.jpg

Hi, We have shared copyright from the owner for File:Samson_Sudhakar.jpg I need verification for this file. You can find the Ticket below FYI. [Ticket#2021110510002161] release of Samson_Sudhakar.jpg

Kindly, check and revert back to me.

Mercy k (talk) 05:04, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

@Mercy k  Done (diff) —MdsShakil (talk) 05:52, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Thanks..! 🙂 @MdsShakil — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mercy k (talk • contribs) 06:03, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

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Clara Vogedes

Hi, Why some of her paintings do not have the template properly set, e.g. File:Clara Vogedes - Deutschland, Neunkirchen, Mann im Eisenhütte, 1937.jpg? Can someone check the ticket please? Thanks, Yann (talk) 09:57, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

I think perhaps it was forgotton, I added the permission. Permission for File:Clara Vogedes - Provence, Camargue, Flamingos an der Küste, 1974.jpg and some other paintings was received at the same occasion. Ellywa (talk) 14:21, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

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Restoration of the poster on the page OCEAN (Movie) ОКЕАН (Фильм)

• Hello, the MBHbot bot removed the poster for the movie OCEAN due to copyright infringement. However, the owner of Pasteur LLC "Film Studio "M"-Film" sent 14.10.2021 to the post office permissions-ru@wikimedia.org A letter of permission to use the works and to transfer the site to an open license. I am informing you of the registration number of the Permit - Ticket:2021101410003037. Could you please restore the poster. ---Maksimrein (talk) 22:55, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

  This ticket is not confirmed yet. Ru-speaking VRT agent response needed —MdsShakil (talk) 18:29, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

Mr. Alexander Buckle

Details: originally ticket:2021101610004738, now ticket:2021101610004738, on-commons agent @Captain-tucker, emails forwarded from copyright holder reveal communication with an A. Neumann and K. Wallem. Concerning File:1986 Deere Strike Medallion - Paul Alexander.jpg.

Private correspondence provided me with the picture linked here. It was initially filed on 15 Oct. Mr. Alexander has become frustrated with the confusing interactions with VRT so I am interacting in lieu thereof, as someone more familiar with the wiki system. Mr. Alexander attempted to release the picture of his father's historical item to the commons so I could use it on 1986–1987 John Deere strike. He agreed to release it public domain. However forwarded emails show that agents seemed to want him to get an additional release from the now-defunctional machining company that produced the buckles back in 1987. The company never registered copyright or included a copyright notice on the buckles, producing them in 1987. In addition they distributed a significant amount of them to UAW individuals across the central United States. In my understanding, as such, they, the objects, are PD-US-1978-89.

Mr. Alexander has already provided a release for his photographic part of it.

Normally the VRTS process is very straightforward and I've never had these issues, so I'm not sure what is going on this time around. ~Gwennie🐈｟💬 📋｠ 16:16, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Sorry for the confusion but there were multiple tickets for the same image. Mr. Alexander would normally hold the copyright of any picture that he took. The issue that I believe the VRT team has is that as this is a photo of artwork we need a release from the copyright holder of that artwork. I understand that the company is no longer in business and that the buckle itself does not have a copyright notice on it. I am not an expert on the requirements of PD-US-1978-89. I would recommend that you bring this question up at Villiage Pump/Copyright.Captain-tucker (talk) 01:11, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

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File:Luc Tuymans Antichambre 1985 Collection M HKA - Collection of the Flemish Community.jpg

Dear, could I get some more information about the file File:Luc Tuymans Antichambre 1985 Collection M HKA - Collection of the Flemish Community.jpg, which has an OTRS ticket linked? It is a photographic reproduction of a copyrighted painting, so I wondered whether the consent indeed comes from the artist artist himself. I know that there are other organisations who pay a yearly fee to the collective management organisation who represents the artist to have a photographic reproduction of this painting on their website, so it would be interesting to know whether the artist himself indeed released it under CC BY-SA. Beireke1 (talk) 09:53, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Yes, the permission is valid. Ellywa (talk) 10:45, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for your quick response, Ellywa. I don't doubt the validity, but I'm trying to track down whose consent was given in order to understand what the consequences are for other uses of the image outside the Wikimedia ecosystem. Did the user who uploaded the file prove written consent from the artist (Luc Tuymans) himself? Was the uploader Luc Tuymans himself? Beireke1 (talk) 11:13, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

The licence is also valid outside the Wikimedia projects. Just mention the licence again and the name of the author. The relation between uploader and author is irrelevant imho. Ellywa (talk) 12:28, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

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Punda Milia pic

Hi I was told to post here. I uploaded a picture "Punda_Milia_Baba_na_Mama.jpg" / Painting of 2 Zebras and birds in Tingatinga style. I have the formal declaration of agreement of the artist. The declaration can be seen here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PCMPu3k6AJO3ihIUvcheAPSVuilINe8W/view?usp=sharing This is a well hidden page. Why is there no link on the upload page?? Kipala (talk) 19:26, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

See also this diff indicating that the original artist does not have an email account. So VRT would have to rely on that document. De728631 (talk) 20:17, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

@Kipala: I suppose you being the uploader of the image have an email adress. Could you please send the form which is now available on google drive to the VRT-system (permissions-commons@wikimedia.org), including a reference to the name of the file, File:Punda Milia Baba na Mama.jpg? One of the VRT agents will consider the permission, which will be filed permanently in the system. If the agent considers the permission sufficient proof the artist agreed with CC-BY-SA, the image can be kept. Thanks, Ellywa (talk) 12:41, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

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quick question about File:Nuestro Cuatro.jpg

Is the permission for the DVD cover itself or just this specific file?

I found a version with a much higher resolution at the original source. Although some jurisdictions consider different resolutions of a work to be the same, my understanding is that Commons require a separate permission for the original if the copyright holder only released a low-resolution version under a free license, unless it can be shown that the permission applies to the work as a whole. Ixfd64 (talk) 23:24, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

It's a 2007 permission and only include that specific file. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 23:50, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

I see, thanks. Ixfd64 (talk) 01:11, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

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FOTOGRAFIA File n° 6970

I used the file on subject (yet available in WIKIMEDIA COMMONS) in my WIKIPEDIA profile, hoping no problems have arose because of the uploading operation. Just a simple question about the text of caption that I would like to center but unable to do. Could you help me some way? Thanks a lot for the attention --ParGioAlt (talk) 08:51, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

You are already post this message in Help desk so I closed this section, this page purpose only for contacting VRT agents. Thanks —MdsShakil (talk) 08:57, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

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List of VRT agents outdated

On meta this list exist of VRT users: m:Volunteer Response Team/Personnel. Very convenient, because the languages of the agents are listed as well as other information. The list is however outdated. Is there a way to update the list and remove in any case the users without acess to VRT? Ellywa (talk) 09:38, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

@Ellywa An updated list can found on vrt wiki. (restricted link) —MdsShakil (talk) 12:53, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

There are no users without VRT access on that list. Existing records may be outdated, though. --Krd 15:06, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

@Krd: The reason I asked, is because User:Putnik wrote some days ago on this page Sorry, I'm not a VRT agent anymore. Putnik is still listed at both lists. Ellywa (talk) 17:00, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

You are right, there is a hole in that monitoring. Will fix this soon. --Krd 08:32, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

 Done --Krd 09:08, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

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File:Ушачи Памятная дата 5 мая 1944 года Мемориальный комплекс Прорыв.jpg

Номер VRTS-заявки, Ticket#: 2021111910008567
Мной направлено "Разрешение на публикацию произведения" собственной работы
от 19.11.2021г. https://e.mail.ru/sent/1:4e5c6e9f5ee688e9:500000/.
Каково состояние по рассмотрению вопроса, чтобы был снят шаблон "У этого файла отсутствуют данные о разрешении на публикацию" и файл не был уничтожен?
Барминский (talk) 08:19, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

@Барминский: as far as I can understand Russian, the ticket is received on November 19. Usually, there is some backlog on all queues in the VRT system. If you do not receive mail in about 2 weeks, please remind here again. In addition ping two of the agents with (I suppose) Russian as mother tongue: @Niklitov and Putnik: . Ellywa (talk) 11:27, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm not a VRT agent anymore. — putnik 21:37, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

@Ahonc: do you have some time left to answer the ticket? Ellywa (talk) 22:10, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

Well, as I understand, permission was sent from uploader. We do not need permission from uploader. We need permission from author. If uploader uploads his own image, we do not need permission. // Насколько я понимаю, автор и загрузивший изображение участник — один и тот же человек. В таком случае разрешение не нужно. Если же вы не автор, нужно разрешение от автора.--Anatoliy (talk) 22:23, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

Да, я автор Барминский Владимир Васильевич, и я же (участник - Барминский) загрузил это изображение. Барминский (talk) 10:37, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

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File:Dev Joshi on his 20th birthday.jpg

Please check for the permission. I was told that the email containing permission was successfully sent by the photographer. -- CptViraj (talk) 06:51, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

@CptViraj Can you ask him to answer the VRT agent's question? Yahya (talk) 07:13, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

@Yahya: Messaged, Thanks. -- CptViraj (talk) 08:20, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

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Godehard Lietzow

Hi, There are several issues about these artworks:

• File:Blauhang, rutschend.jpg: there is a ticket number, but not the template.
• File:Blauhang, rutschend.jpg: idem
• File:Die Nacht und das Feuer (X)-1990.jpg: no ticket
• File:Ohne Titel (stehende Figur)-1987.jpg: idem

In addition, for all 4 images, it is said that the author is "Karl Horst Hartmann". Who did send the permission? Thanks, Yann (talk) 16:06, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

 Comment: The first two files are the same. Ticket is writen in German. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 08:34, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Permission in ticket:2008012910009395 is valid for File:Godehard_Lietzow.jpg and File:Die_gestrandete_Kueste.jpg. Above images are not included in the ticket. Ping to @Kumagorocom: , the uploader of these images (not active here since 2008, but perhaps they can take action). Ellywa (talk) 10:40, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

OK. Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Watercolor paintings by Godehard Lietzow. Yann (talk) 08:50, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

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File:BANDERA CARDIEL (1) (1).svg

The customer has uploaded this file: File:BANDERA CARDIEL (1) (1).svg. However I only can see a white space. Can someone please check what is going on? Ticket:2021090110004812. Thanks. --Ganímedes (talk) 11:21, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

That seems to be one of the usual issues with the thumbnail generator. If you click into the white space you will get the original SVG image of a flag. De728631 (talk) 13:29, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. --Ganímedes (talk) 23:23, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

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Assistance requested: Ticket #2021112410004444

Hi VRT, I submitted ticket:2021112410004444 on 24 November and received a response later the same day from Jarosław Tuszyński indicating that my authority to allow the release was not sufficiently verifiable. I therefore submitted two further emails that same day (one from a public email address of my organisation and one a forwarded email from the COO of my organisation regarding my authority). I haven't heard back since then, so I would appreciate if an agent could check if that correspondence came through, and let me know if it is sufficient or if you need more. Many thanks. - Htonl (talk) 15:14, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

It appears this was misunderstood by the ticket owner. Ticket is now reopened. --Krd 15:50, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

Thank you. - Htonl (talk) 17:23, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

Hi again. It has been 10 days now since the ticket was re-opened and I haven't received any response. Please can I request someone take another look at this ticket? Thanks - Htonl (talk) 23:48, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

@Htonl

Resolved

—MdsShakil (talk) 05:39, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! - Htonl (talk) 06:14, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

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Undelet of file File:LenkaHelenaKoenigsmark.jpg

Hello,

it was recommended to us in "Commons:Undeletion requests" to contact you in here in case of undelete the photo file LenkaHelenaKoenigsmark.jpg, because it seems we are somehow get stucked. Probably because the volunteer of our case unfortunatelly died recently, as was told to us in the forum.

This case is since June 20. We added the photo before, but it was deleted because of insufficient rights. At first, we only had confirmation from the magazine's editors. Which was not enought. So as was recommened to us we added the rights sent directly by the photographer. And nothing happened. So we were recommended to sent it to another email, which was done and the photographer received confirmation that it is OK. But the photo is still not available. Again, we consulted in the undelete forum and we were advised to contact you here because it looks like we got stuck somewhere in the interspace because our agent died in the meantime. Could you please check it and udelete the photo? Or should we uploaded again?

Ticket number should be: 2021081910005781

Thank you very much for your time.

--Lenka Koe (talk) 13:52, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

@Lenka Koe: The correct filename is File:Lenka Helena Koenigsmark.jpg (with spaces). I have undeleted the file for now and will add a note to Ticket:2021081910005781. This might lead to the correspondence being finalized. If not succesfull, the image will be deleted again in some weeks. Ellywa (talk) 18:23, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

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Status

What's https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B1_%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%BA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85.jpg status ? permission granted or no ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CorrectionKSA (talk • contribs) 09:41, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

Hi, @CorrectionKSA: . What ticket number it is? --Ganímedes (talk) 10:01, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

Ticket#2021112010005174 CorrectionKSA (talk) 10:11, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

@CorrectionKSA Vrt agent asked some additional questions about this file but customer fails to provide those information. —MdsShakil (talk) 10:51, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

I provide every information about this file, and answered all questions about it. the other one (Ticket#2021112010005101) is what vrt agent stopped discussing with me. CorrectionKSA (talk) 11:53, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

@CorrectionKSA Please contact this file creator/copyright holder and ask him to send a mail with permission at VRT —MdsShakil (talk) 14:00, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

I did, said that he send an email giving me all rights to use it on Ticket#2021112110003352 CorrectionKSA (talk) 18:33, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

That is not a valid permission. The copyright holder should email us directly. We don't accept forwarded permissions. Please ask the copyright holder to email us directly. --Ganímedes (talk) 20:49, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

he is the copyright holder, he said he told u guys that i have permission on..Ticket#2021112110003352 CorrectionKSA (talk) 21:23, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

He is not the copyright holder. The copyright holder is the photographer, not the subject. And permission is to anyone, not just for you. There the problem. --Ganímedes (talk) 21:31, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

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ticket:2016052510034637

An undeletion request has been filed for File:"True Prosperity".jpg where the permission was sent but apparently the ticket has not yet been processed or feedback is still needed. Can you please check the state of this ticket? De728631 (talk) 16:32, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

@De728631: Sorry, some backend processing was not completed, please undelete for further processing, mark as {{subst:OR|2016052510034637}} or otherwise appropriately, and ping me.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 19:51, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Thank you for looking this up. I undeleted the file, so please proceed. De728631 (talk) 04:49, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

@De728631:  Done, please enable the MarkAdmins gadget so that you may more easily process requests from my fellow VRT Agents who do not identify themselves on COM:UDR. You are also welcome to join us.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 12:21, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks again. This gadget is really useful, too. De728631 (talk) 20:17, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

@De728631: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 11:57, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

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Pintér Réka

• Pintér Réka (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

Could you please check the permission for File:Hétfájdalmú Szent Szűz-kápolna (Kálvária). Fotó- Glasz Fotó.jpg. There are other uploads by this user with the same EXIF data. I would not request another permission if the ticket says that Pintér Réka=Glasz Fotó. Regards, Yann (talk) 09:31, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

 Comment Permission is writen in -hu. --Ganímedes (talk) 10:00, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

@Regasterios: ping for one of the active agents understanding Hungarian. Ellywa (talk) 11:30, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

Pintér Réka is not equal to Glasz fotó. PR has sent their permission in PDF. See the ticket at the file. --Regasterios (talk) 08:29, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

OTRS ticket:2021120310008353

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexey_Parygin_The_Blue_Mask_2010.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexey_Parygin_Posturbanism_Fores_Land_Art_Preliminary_design-II_2010.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexey_Parygin_Posturbanism_Artists_book-2012.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexey_Parygin_Posturbanism_Summer_City_Performance_2018_27-07_2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexey_Parygin_Posturbanism_Summer_City_Performance_2018_27-07.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexey_Parygin_Posturbanism_Flyers_2011.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexey_Parygin_Posturbanism_Flyer_2014.jpg

Author's permission sent. Могли бы вы проверить состояние этого билета? / Can you please check the state of this ticket? Artcurator (talk) 11:36, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

Ticket in Russian, still open. --Krd 14:38, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

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File:N964VJ Stuart Jessup.jpg

I've not asked permission to the author. However, for other files, he has given the same permission such as this one:File:BOEING 747SR-46, JA8119 , JAPAN AIRLINES.jpg or this one: File:B-12255 Stuart Jessup.jpg. So is it okay to copy-paste the VRT. I would like to have some guidance here. Username006 (talk) 13:37, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

@Username006 Ask the author to send permissions for this file. Ticket:2015071010011928 is valid for two files as mentioned you here. Thanks —MdsShakil (talk) 14:48, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

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File:Gabriel Boric Font (2021).png

Hi! Can someone validate the official picture of Chilean President-elect Gabriel Boric? I've made all the process for Boric's team to release the image under a CC-BY-SA license and the permission signed by President-elect Boric himself was sent to OTRS. However, the license tag hasn't been changed and apparently some people are questioning its existence in Commons. Can someone please validate the license, given the image is used in multiple pages and will probably appear on the Main Page? --B1mbo (talk) 04:13, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

The ticket is in Spanish. Please ping some agents who know the Spanish language. Ticket:2021112110002531. Here you can find the list of agents: m:Volunteer Response Team/Personnel/List. Ellywa (talk) 07:22, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

@Mr.Ajedrez: @Platonides: --B1mbo (talk) 12:25, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

@Ruthven: @Jcb: @Sir Lestaty de Lioncourt: @Teles: --B1mbo (talk) 00:00, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

@B1mbo Ticket answered by VRT on 21/11/2021, asking some information; no response since. Ruthven (msg) 08:22, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

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Paintings uploaded by User:René Cheng

• File:"Man with Turban" René Cheng, oil painting, 2019.jpg
• File:"Joy - Collage of Life" , René Cheng, oil painting, 2017.jpg
• File:"Cocoon" René Cheng, oil painting, 2019 05.jpg
• File:"Why" René Cheng, oil painting, 2019 01.jpg
• File:"Realism meets Impressionism" René Cheng, oil painting, 2018.jpg
• File:"Glowing Marilyn" René Cheng, oil painting, 2019.jpg

Each of these has "This painting is copyright protected by law." Are there permissions for these? Thanks, Krok6kola (talk) 00:11, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

There is no permission found in the permissions queue on VRT. BTW, the Glowing Marilyn appears a derivative work of this. Ellywa (talk) 01:02, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

Thank you very much. So I should nominate them for deletion? Krok6kola (talk) 01:26, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

They claim to be the artist, and absent any trace of the paintings on an external website, there is no need for COM:VRT. If we get a VRT permission, it will be completely useless, as it will just be an email from an unverifiable address claiming to be the author, which is no more convincing than a Commons account; I cannot find any publicly available email address for this artist online. So we can just COM:AGF that the uploader is who they claim to be. However, if the paintings are COM:DW of other images, then that is a valid cause for concern. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:02, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

Fully agree. Ellywa (talk) 07:05, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

There's a description, but no image, of Joy at https://www.danielebasso.it/eventi/2018/02_Meneghetti/pdf/DidascalieOpere.pdf Vexations (talk) 12:13, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

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How to obtain permission for works that are too time-consuming for holder to upload

I'm looking to ask the Washington Legislative Information Center for permission for a few thousand photos housed in PDFs here as well 15 (only necessary since 1989) from each of [11] and [12]. How do I go about doing this, as it would be a potentially major waste of time to upload all of them before securing permission, and the burden is clearly on me to upload them, making the standard permission process requiring Commons URLs unfeasible. I've considered similar projects before, and certainly will consider others in the future, so it would be great to learn about how I could go about this. A somewhat similar case can be found here: Template:Iowa General Assembly official portrait permission. Star Garnet (talk) 19:56, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Just go to COM:RELGEN and fill out the form yourself, providing dummy information if required. You'll get a text output in the end, which you can then modify as appropriate to make it refer to all images or a specific class of images available on a certain website. Send that text to the Washington Legislative Information Center and tell them that if they agree to the terms, they should sign and date it (either electronically or as a scanned document) and send it to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org. Note: Do not ask them to send the completed form to you and then forward it to VRT; they should send it directly. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 20:02, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

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File:Gossy Ukanwoke.jpg

Please validate OTRS permissions for this file. Please ping me in your reply. Timtrent (talk) 16:38, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

@Timtrent: The text of the license release is valid. There is no hard evidence that the sender is the creator, but given that no copies of this image exist at this high resolution online, COM:AGF should be OK here. (I personally would have probed deeper given the existence of earlier low-resolution copies online, but it definitely falls within agent discretion and I don't see a compelling case to reopen an accepted ticket.) -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 16:52, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

@King of Hearts Thank you. It is used at present in a rejected draft on en WP. The draft has been rejected by @Celestina007 whose antennae are usually accurate for likely UPE from Nigeria. WIth a valid text of the licence release this one is more subtle than many, assuming it to be UPE. I am not asking for the ticket to be reopened. Timtrent (talk) 17:02, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

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Is this image under copyright?

File:Portrait of Red Arch Mountain (7abd40d8-2b32-40fe-8c12-319a357096ae).jpg

• It is similar to those at John Cogan ARC Associate Living Master TM an American artist born in 1953. Thanks, Krok6kola (talk) 14:02, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

  @Krok6kola: No, it is in the Public Domain, as donated by artist & photographer John D Cogan per this link.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 14:18, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

  @Jeff G.: Thank you! Krok6kola (talk) 14:21, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

  @Krok6kola: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 23:23, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

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questions about copyright

Are these under copyright?

• File:Warhol faces (121874816).jpg
• File:Francis Picabia, I See Again in Francis Picabia, I See Again in Memory My Dear UdnieMemory My Dear Udnie (50393143873).jpg
• File:Betty white @ moma (3033089739).jpg

Thanks, Krok6kola (talk) 18:03, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

@Krok6kola: I tagged each as nonfree on file description pages and Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Uploads by Matlin/temp#Files in Category:Uploads by Matlin/temp 7. Why did you choose this page?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 20:59, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Isn't this where you said to post copyright questions? Or do you mean the files User:Matlin nominated? Krok6kola (talk) 21:23, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

@Krok6kola: The front matter here says "This page is where users can communicate with Commons Volunteers Response Team members, or VRT agents with one another. You can request permissions verification here, or anything else that needs an agent's assistance." None of these files had a whiff of a relationship with a VRT ticket. For other copyright issues, please ask on COM:VPC.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 21:35, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Ok. I didn't know about the place at the Village Pump to ask. Thanks! Krok6kola (talk) 22:11, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

@Krok6kola: You have been asking questions at the Help desk for five years, you didn't notice "copyright" in the banner there under "Village pump"?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 22:41, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: No. I only know about the pages on my watch page. I real life I can't read because of eyesight problems. I'm one of those handicapped persons on the Commons. Krok6kola (talk) 22:47, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

@Krok6kola: I'm sorry, I didn't know that.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 22:55, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

@Krok6kola: , thanks for your question, the files have been deleted. Ellywa (talk) 09:35, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

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One-month delay

Hi guys. It says above that a backlog is around 5 days. Is it for getting a response here or for a ticket review? I'm asking because my uploads have not been reviewed after a month. In the last couple of days I asked copyrights holders to forward me the e-mails with OTRS permissions they sent you and I have recieved them, so it is not the case of the authors forgetting do send you a proper message or something. I'm talking about 22 pictures from 11^th October (starting with File:Lendak men's shirt.jpg) and then another four from 14^th October (starting with File:Mala Frankova costumes - FS Frankovcan.jpg). All of them are already marked as deletion candidates with a proper licencing missing for more than 15 days, even though I still haven't been formally notified. OTRS mails were sent in English as the copyrights owners are Slovaks and this language is not supported as I belive. Aʀvєδuι ⁺ 19:43, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

ticket:2021101210012754, hi @Arvedui89: , please ask them to reply to the VRT agent's mail. –Yahya (talk) 21:02, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

@Yahya, from back in October or a new one? I assume they haven't seen anything from you, as they have not mentioned it to me last time we spoke. Aʀvєδuι ⁺ 10:17, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

@Arvedui89 The mail was recieved on 10/12/2021 and the agent also replied that day. Yahya (talk) 11:59, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

@Yahya: , I'll get in touch with them ASAP. I just wanted to mention that the second batch of files (four I mentioned above) were a subject of a copyrights by another entity (folk group represented by its director) and that OTRS mail was sent 18^th October. These files are still marked as heading to deletion. Is there any chance for me to take part in it? It took me a few weeks to get their approval (both Mr Vavák – 22 pictures – and mr Lach – four pictures) and I'm affraid it will all collapse because of the bureaucracy, specifically concluded in a foreign language. Aʀvєδuι ⁺ 19:27, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

@Arvedui89: For the second batch (ticket:2021101810001988), FS Frankovčan was asked to resend the permission from an official e-mail account of their organization. But we didn't receive any reply yet. If the images are deleted, they will still be restored after receiving proper permission.Yahya (talk) 20:18, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

@Yahya – I’m not sure they (Folklorná skupina Frankovčan), folk group from a village of 186 inhabitants, do have an official e-mail account. For sure they do not have an official website, just a Facebook page where I contacted them [13]. by the way their Facebook url ends with jan.lach.984. I'll get in touch with him as well. Aʀvєδuι ⁺ 21:36, 19 November 2021 (UTC) [EDIT] (@Yahya: ) I believe Mr Vaváak have sent a reply (your mail went stright to the spam folder), while Mr Lach assured me that they do not have a separate e-mail adress. What do we do now? Aʀvєδuι ⁺ 12:11, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

Pinging @Krd: –Yahya (talk) 14:13, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

What exactly is the question? --Krd 09:09, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

@Yahya and Krd: Ok, to sum things up: first part of my application is resolved, as tickets were finally given to 22 Miroslav Vavák’s pictures. However there are still four photos (1, 2, 3, 4) I uploaded on the 14^th October and a permission was sent on the 18^th October. Copyright holder here is a small folk group Frankovčan on which behalf permission was granted by its principal/director Ján Lach. He was subsequently asked to send it from Frankovčan’s e-mail account which they do not have. They do not have a website either, what does not stop them from existing. Question is: Is posessing a separate e-mail adress necessary to effectively give permission for using pictures under certain licence? If not, what should I as an uploader, or the copyright owner, do to mark files as properly licenced rather than them being nominated for deletion for the second month running? If it will help, I have saved our whole e-mail conversation, however it was conducted in Slovak. Aʀvєδuι ⁺ 07:43, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

It is not required to have any special e-mail address, but any kind of other feedback from the copyright holder is required explaining the situation, because otherwise the ticket cannot be processed further. Please ask the just to respond with anything reasonable. --Krd 17:09, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

@Krd: I'm on my way. However in the future pinging me would help saving time. Just saying. Aʀvєδuι ⁺ 07:59, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

Individual pings are no possible with the current workload. Feel free to encourage the permission sender to keep you in CC. --Krd 11:28, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

@Krd - We're back in contact already. Sadly Gmail seems to mark Wikimedia adresses as spam once again. Aʀvєδuι ⁺ 23:41, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

@Krd: cant see how this is resolved, as there is still no change in licence marking of the four releveant files, while an additional mail was sent four days ago according to the instructions above. Aʀvєδuι ⁺ 14:07, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

This is resolved because your question how to proceed was answered. As far as I see there is no open ticket regarding this issue. If I'm mistaken, please advise. --Krd 09:53, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

@Krd – I am losing hope to properly resolve this thing anytime soon. As far as I'm concerned copyright holder sent you an e-mail that was discussed above - on December 12th. I have no idea whether there is any ticket opened or not, but I do know there are four files which licence has still not been reviewed. After 2,5 months from uploading they are still marked as missing verification of permission. They are neither checked in favour, nor reported for being deleted. As this whole ticket conversation is taking place without my participation I don't know what else should I do to get this thing done and dusted. Mr Lach assured me that he will keep me updated if you contact him - as he doesn't speak English and at the other hand there is not Slovak OTRS service. I haven't heard from him so far so I assume you didn't want anything from him. However I can't be sure, as your e-mails end up in spam. From my point of view I do have a proper consent from the copyright holder, but this whole thing seems to go on forever and I just want to get over it. I already forgot that I wrote an article that I used these photos for. Aʀvєδuι ⁺ 20:50, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

I have been able to locate the sender's email address on a website publicly associating them with the group, so I have accepted the permission for these four images. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 21:13, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

Round of applause for this legend! On a serious note: thank you very much. It was turning into something that in Poland we call głuchy telefon (apparently Chinese whispers in English). Aʀvєδuι ⁺ 16:15, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

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Ticket:2010012810020619 - verification request

File:Sant-Jarnail-aw.jpg has been tagged as using this ticket for approval by the copyright holder. Would someone mind checking on this? I've got a feeling it's not right, as the image is also tagged as being in public domain under author's life + 70 years, but this is obviously a reasonably current image. It was copied from another Wiki, and the uploader already has one image deleted because of false license claims (and probably should have a second). Thanks. Ravensfire (talk) 19:59, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. The ticket from 2010 concerns File:Master Saleem.jpg, not this recent upload. Nominated for speedy deletion. Ellywa (talk) 23:08, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

I'm shocked, shocked to hear that. Thanks for the confirmation! Ravensfire (talk) 14:30, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

@Ravensfire: Thanks for the report. You were probably also shocked that gambling was happening in a certain gin joint in Casablanca. ;)   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 15:17, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

@Ellywa: Thanks for the nomination, but are you not allowed to delete by yourself in such cases?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 15:17, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: , I really don't know what an admin can do on their own, without a second look of someone. Ellywa (talk) 15:50, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

@Ellywa: You could call for a block for such a blatantly fraudulent prevarication by uploader Knowret, as I do here now.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 00:56, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

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Please help to verify image file: G8Db3.jpeg permission

Till now still have no VRTS members to verify this image file: G8Db3.jpeg

url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:G8Db3.jpeg

Anyone who holds VRTS account,could you please help to verify this permission,Thank you!

I've sent in an email about this file,but the file page have a notice said :”The email is in a queue awaiting processing. For an update on the issue, please contact someone else with a VRTS account, or the VRT noticeboard. If a valid permission is not provided within 30 days of the first response by a VRT agent, this file will be deleted.”

Some things: a) The ticket it's from today (21:56 22/11 at South America right now). It could take some time to answer. b) The agent has made a question but it's still unanswered. c) Yet, the source point to a different photo, so is not possible to verify the license. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 00:55, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

Could you please tell me that the source of this image File:謝大俠.jpg url : File:謝大俠.jpg - Wikimedia Commons have no listed source ,it's just wrote Own work. Why doesn't he encounter the warning of being deleted? Did you engrave me deliberately? Is there a dark operation behind Wikimedia Commons ? Many pictures are no sources, and there is no warning of deletion. Can you tell me why? 212.129.81.236 05:38, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

I don't understand what you mean (and the extra drama it's pointless): you've sent permission for this file: [14], naming this web as source: [15]. It's pretty much obvious these are *not* the same files, even when could be shoot the same day, right? --Ganímedes (talk) 10:25, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

It is a same file,this picture is one of the file’s picture ,was included inside the Album, The source and usage rights are very clear .The proof and evidence submitted are sufficient,not pointless. 212.129.85.190 13:41, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

Obviously not, if one looks at from and the other is looking to the side. Link the exact URL of the source of the file uploaded to commons. --Ganímedes (talk) 22:48, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

@Ganímedes: https://www.instagram.com/p/CVdlctKjpnj/?utm_medium=copy_link is an album; the subject photo is picture 3 of 9 in that album; click the little right arrow near the right border twice. I also added to Ticket:2021112210007071.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 19:21, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

Pictures by Werner Zganiacz

The artist does not seem to have understood the full implications of CC licensing. I have no idea what the VRT correspondence on these pictures says, but in the first place, it didn't include all images anyway, and in the second place, it seemed doubtful: How would CC licensing go together with the author claiming full rights to every kind of use ("Werner Zganiacz ist der alleinige Urheber des Bildes mit ollumfänglichen [sic] Nutzungsrechten")? Please check. --217.239.3.224 17:05, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

It seems that he gave some more thought to this and changed his mind about the licensing ("What is a painter without paintings?"). Let's hope that he will stick to his decision. Apparently his pictures are all over the place by now anyway.

However, it might be a good idea to check the VRT communication anyway, just to be sure. Also, I would think that the sentence "Werner Zganiacz ist der alleinige Urheber des Bildes mit ollumfänglichen [sic] Nutzungsrechten" would need to be removed. --217.239.3.224 22:30, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

File:Menschen um Martin Luther.jpg still doesn't have a permission. Yann (talk) 08:59, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, I let him know on his German user talk page.

On a side note: User:Zganiacz and User:Zganiacz Werner are the same person, just in case any confusion should arise. That is perfectly clear from the two German WP user pages. I am sure there is no intentional sock puppetry involved; he probably just forgot the login details of his first account. --217.239.4.223 12:34, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

The tickets mentioned in the file pages are valid. For those files currently without ticket information, I think a new permission should be obtained. --Krd 17:58, 7 January 2022 (UTC)

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