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Request for closure

This RFC is overdue for closure. Alsee (talk) 14:23, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

This DNAU may be deleted on closure. User:DoNotArchiveUntil 07:57, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Uploading Picture with Owner Permission

I'm new to uploading images on Wikipedia and need some help. I have permission to use a Paramount Pictures-owned picture of Michael Bay to change his page picture (since the current picture is over 10 years old and has a fan's head in the shot). I have written approval in email form. I do not own the picture, and can't link it to a non-copyrighted page since the pages are created by Bay's website. How do I dispute the deletion on the image to keep the current image up? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgf2081 (talk • contribs) 18:13, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Please send the email to permissions-commonswikimedia.org. Our OTRS volunteers will review the permission and discuss the next steps with you. Guanaco (talk) 18:50, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

File:2011-06-30 Ciboria macrospora Velen 154831.jpg

Can someone check to see if this image still exists at the source or has been deleted please? It briefly appears at the source for a milisecond and then disappears. So, I don't know if it has been deleted. All other images from the source web site appear normally.

Secondly, if anyone can open the source video link below to confirm the license, that is much appreciated. My computer says there is a http error always. The uploader is reliable but the video link is not from youtube.

• File:Erik Hayser actor.jpg

Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 02:31, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

@Leoboudv: For the first image, the thumbnail image shows, and is licensed cc-by-sa 3.0; and the "Original Image" link http://images.mushroomobserver.org/orig/154831.jpg is "404 Not Found". For the second image, I can't see the source webpage either, and its main site falsely complains "Detectamos que tienes activado

el ahorro de datos móviles en tu dispositivo. Para disfrutar la experiencia de Claro video necesitas desactivarlo."   — Jeff G. ツ 02:54, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

• Dear Jeff, Would you pass or fail the first file since the thumbnail image shows the uploaded image BUT the "Original Image" link is dead? Maybe another Admin like Lymantria or Turelio knows the answer...and can act here? I don't know what to do since a 404 message says the original image has been deleted. I filed a DR on the second link since the video link for Erik Hayser is apparently not accessible. --Leoboudv (talk) 06:03, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
  • I also found [1] which shows the thumbnail but links to the same 404. The uploader at the source site has many other CC BY images, and they all appear to have been 404'd. I think we should wait a few days and observe if anything changes there. Guanaco (talk) 06:14, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
    • I'm having the same "Detectamos que tienes..." issue with the Claro Video site. Maybe in a few days it'll be fixed. Guanaco (talk) 06:17, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
• Unfortunately, the same problem has been here since at least late October 2017 when I first tried to access the video. --Leoboudv (talk) 06:44, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
•  Comment: I'm just hoping that an experienced Admin will either pass or fail the Mushroom image which was the first file I mentioned. If its a 404 error and the original file is non-existent or now deleted--but the thumbnail exists--someone might know how to deal with this problematic image. Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 10:06, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

  I've passed it based on this where the image is shown. It links to a description page with CC BY-SA 3.0. Guanaco (talk) 10:15, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

• That's brilliant. Thank You, Guanaco and Goodnight from Canada, --Leoboudv (talk) 10:42, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Upload Campaign:wikivacaciones2017

Hi! I know it is really late to ask for it, but can some administrator help me creating this upload campaign? In Colombia we run every year from December 1 to January 31 the contest Wikivacaciones (See Category:Wikivacaciones). I already created the templates for this year. I'll really appreciate every help setting up the campaign for the photo-contest. Thanks! Sahaquiel - Hast du eine Frage? 16:03, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

 Done and i added you temporary to the Upload Wizard campaign editor group (until 1 February 2018), so you can edit the campaign if needed. --Steinsplitter (talk) 17:06, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks!!! Sahaquiel - Hast du eine Frage? 21:30, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

delete and hide file

Hello I uploaded [2] incorrectly. Please delete and hide it because it exposes and leaks my secret information.

thanks, Seyyedalith (talk) 18:25, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

 Done Deleted. --Steinsplitter (talk) 18:30, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

free-photos.biz/photographs web site

Dear Admins or Reviewers,

Is free-photos.biz/photographs a trustworthy web site? I just ask this as I notice there are only 11 images from this site on Commons. I don't know the reason why it is so low unless it is an unreliable site.

There are at least 5 unmarked images from this site below that were uploaded in November 2017:

• File:Vilnius lithuania in january 2017 08.jpg
• File:Vilnius lithuania in january 2017 10.jpg
• File:Vilnius lithuania in january 2017 11.jpg
• File:Vilnius lithuania in january 2017 06.jpg
• File:Vilnius lithuania in january 2017 07.jpg

I thought the problem might be that it was a new site but some of the 11 images were uploaded in 2008 like this. In contrast, pexels.com has 100+ images. Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 23:47, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

• Perhaps, I should have asked Magog the Ogre who has marked some pexels images what he/she thinks about free-photos.biz/photographs before marking any of their images...just to be safe. But I think Magog signed off. I'm starting to think they are indeed free but sometimes its better to be safe than sorry. --Leoboudv (talk) 01:29, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

@Leoboudv: which photos are you referring to? I can't comment without seeing them. Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 03:18, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

• How about the first one: File:Vilnius lithuania in january 2017 08.jpg Magog the Ogre Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 03:19, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

@Leoboudv: I've never seen that file in my life. Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 03:52, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

• Disallow - The bottom of the website states many images have come from Commons (and they have as I recognise some) but most worringly it also states and I quote "While the copyright and licensing information supplied for each photo is believed to be accurate, Free-Photos.biz does not provide any warranty regarding the copyright status or correctness of licensing terms. If you decide to reuse the images from Free-Photos.biz, you should verify the copyright status of each image just as you would when obtaining images from other sources."
  

Now it is NOT our responsibility to make sure licences are correct before transferring and uploading - Like Flickr, YouTube (CC), Vimeo (CC), Pixabay the responsibility lies with the website,

Also touching on that statement the last paragraph also states "you should verify the copyright status of each image just as you would when obtaining images from other sources" - Well no we shouldn't because that's the websites job (When you transfer images from Flickr or Pixabay you don't question the uploader about the licences first - you take their word for it and upload),

Now I may well be reading too much into this but this whole statement implies they take no responsibility for their inaccuracies and if a problem ever arises we could end up being in hot water ... so personally I'd say the images we have here should be deleted and their website should be added to the blacklist to avoid future uploads, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 04:51, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

• The reason you don't see many photos from free-photos.biz on Commons is that they get most of their photos from Commons. So if images are sourced to free-photos.biz you have to be careful that it wasn't uploaded from Commons before it was then deleted on Commons. Fortunately the photos on free-photos.biz from Commons are pretty reliably linked back to Commons, so you can check for circular license washing. The home page of the site says it is run by photographer Serhiy Lvivsky. All of the photos that appear in the site blog are credited to Serhiy Lvivsky, who discusses the photographic techniques he used, so I believe he is the photographer of these files. Serhiy Lvivsky is also credited as the author of the files listed above. These photos by Serhiy Lvivsky have a public domain release on free-photos.biz as well as in a watermark in the lower right corner, so I think they are acceptable on Commons. —RP88 (talk) 05:14, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Not all images on there are his, You also state "So if images are sourced to free-photos.biz you have to be careful that it wasn't uploaded from Commons before it was then deleted on Commons" - Unless you're proposing that each and every uploader physically searches for an image on here first then this isn't technically viable. –Davey2010^Talk 15:49, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

• Yes...it looks like perhaps only the Serhiy Lvivsky images are OK. Some free-photos.biz images are indeed sourced to pixabay or Wikicommons. I gave the attribution to pixabay (for the pixabay image) and the correct author there. I will mark only the Serhiy Lvivsky images since he places a clear watermark in his images certifying that he releases this photo into the public domain. I will not dare touch any other images. Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 06:51, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

"Yes...it looks like perhaps only the Serhiy Lvivsky images are OK." - We know that but the rest of the world doesn't,

"I will not dare touch any other images. Best," - Exactly again we won't but millions of other uploaders will,

Without sounding disrespectful this website is going to be more trouble than it's worth. –Davey2010^Talk 15:49, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

• FWIW I will add if the website owner perhaps divided Commons images from photographers images and took responsibility for the licences then I wouldn't mind the website being used but as it stands atleast to me it's more trouble than what its worth - Maybe they should look at uploading on Flickr or similar. –Davey2010^Talk 15:53, 1 December 2017 (UTC)