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On this page, users can ask for a deleted page or file (hereafter, "file") to be restored. Users can comment on requests by leaving remarks such as keep deleted or undelete along with their reasoning.

This page is not part of Wikipedia. This page is about the content of Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free media files used by Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia Commons does not host encyclopedia articles. To request undeletion of an article or other content which was deleted from the English Wikipedia edition, see the deletion review page on that project.

Commons deletion (policy)

Finding out why a file was deleted

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Appealing a deletion

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If you believe the file in question was neither a copyright violation nor outside the current project scope:

  • You may want to discuss with the administrator who deleted the file. You can ask the administrator for a detailed explanation or show evidence to support undeletion.
  • If you do not wish to contact anyone directly, or if an individual administrator has declined undeletion, or if you want an opportunity for more people to participate in the discussion, you can request undeletion on this page.
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Temporary undeletion

Files may be temporarily undeleted either to assist an undeletion discussion of that file or to allow transfer to a project that permits fair use. Use the template {{Request temporary undeletion}} in the relevant undeletion request, and provide an explanation.

  1. if the temporary undeletion is to assist discussion, explain why it would be useful for the discussion to undelete the file temporarily, or
  2. if the temporary undeletion is to allow transfer to a fair use project, state which project you intend to transfer the file to and link to the project's fair use statement.

To assist discussion

Files may be temporarily undeleted to assist discussion if it is difficult for users to decide on whether an undeletion request should be granted without having access to the file. Where a description of the file or quotation from the file description page is sufficient, an administrator may provide this instead of granting the temporary undeletion request. Requests may be rejected if it is felt that the usefulness to the discussion is outweighed by other factors (such as restoring, even temporarily, files where there are substantial concerns relating to Commons:Photographs of identifiable people). Files temporarily undeleted to assist discussion will be deleted again after thirty days, or when the undeletion request is closed (whichever is sooner).

To allow transfer of fair use content to another project

Unlike English Wikipedia and a few other Wikimedia projects, Commons does not accept non-free content with reference to fair use provisions. If a deleted file meets the fair use requirements of another Wikimedia project, users can request temporary undeletion in order to transfer the file there. These requests can usually be handled speedily (without discussion). Files temporarily undeleted for transfer purposes will be deleted again after two days. When requesting temporary undeletion, please state which project you intend to transfer the file to and link to the project's fair use statement.

Adding a request

First, ensure that you have attempted to find out why the file was deleted. Next, please read these instructions for how to write the request before proceeding to add it:

  • In the Subject: field, enter an appropriate subject. If you are requesting undeletion of a single file, a heading like [[:File:DeletedFile.jpg]] is advisable. (Remember the initial colon in the link.)
  • Identify the file(s) for which you are requesting undeletion and provide image links (see above). If you don't know the exact name, give as much information as you can. Requests that fail to provide information about what is to be undeleted may be archived without further notice.
  • State the reason(s) for the requested undeletion.
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Add the request to the bottom of the page. Click here to open the page where you should add your request. Alternatively, you can click the "edit" link next to the current date below.

Archives

Closed undeletion debates are archived daily.


Current requests

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File:Goni Aug 22 2015 Precipitation Daily Accumulated.jpg

Please restore the following pages:

Reason: Under {{PD-ROC-exempt}}, suitable for commons. B dash (talk) 02:49, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

  • Doesn't obviously fall under any of the five criteria listed there. Which are you saying applies? - Jmabel ! talk 04:39, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
    • fixed. --B dash (talk) 07:13, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
      I still don't see it. That template lists 5 criteria:
      1. The constitution, acts, regulations, or official documents.
      2. Translations or compilations by central or local government agencies of works referred to in the preceding subparagraph.
      3. Slogans and common symbols, terms, formulas, numerical charts, forms, notebooks, or almanacs.
      4. Oral and literary works for news reports that are intended strictly to communicate facts.
      5. Test questions and alternative test questions from all kinds of examinations held pursuant to laws or regulations.
      Which are you saying applies? - Jmabel ! talk 16:01, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
      • No. 2: "Translations or compilations by central or local government agencies of works referred to in the preceding subparagraph." --B dash (talk) 01:54, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
  • Also under license {{OGDL}}, see File:Khanun Oct 11-15 2017 Precipitation Accumulated in Taiwan.jpg as an example. --B dash (talk) 04:18, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose I don't think item (2) applies. That item refers to the previous item, so for these to be PD, they would have to be one of "constitution, acts, regulations, or official documents". They are clearly none of the first three and it would be a long stretch to call them "official documents". Of course, we are reading the law in translation -- it is possible that the original Mandarin could be read to include these, but that would have to be proven. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 11:57, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Coats of arms by Tomas.urban

In January, user Macucal (talk · contribs) nominated several coats of arms, all by Tomas.urban (talk · contribs), claiming copyright violation because they were "too small to be original." Administrator P199 (talk · contribs) rescued one file (Commons:Deletion requests/File:Biskup Galis Tomáš CoA.jpg) noting that "too small to be original" is NOT valid deletion criteria and there was undue suspicion. He also tried to rescue File:Biskup Vokál Jan.jpg (closing as keep) but it was renominated for deletion by Macucal and deleted by another administrator. Another image of Tomas's was nominated by Ellin Beltz in 2014, linking to I believe a church website. That link is now broken and I can't see the file, but it is probably another original coat of arms.

These files were deleted with no proof of copyright violations. To the contrary, all evidence seems to indicate that these are original files created by Tomas.urban, who has been contributing to Commons since May 2007. All anyone had to do was look at this user's history. He has created hundreds of original coats of arms and flags over the past decade, several of which no doubt have found their way onto various websites, as many are fairly obscure and not available until he created them. Some of his files are small size, some are larger, some are jpg, some are svg etc but all have the same consistent style, which you would not have if he were uploading other people's work as he found it. You can see samples of his ecclesiastical coats of arms here on his user page on the Czech Wikipedia, and additional galleries here (municipal arms) and here here (municipal flags). Some of his works include a small "T.U." that someone thought was a copyright claim, but that matches his user name, which should have been a clue he created them. According to discussions on his talk page on Commons and on the Czech Wikipedia, he has fulfilled requests to create designs, made modifications people suggested and emailed higher-resolution files to people requesting them. For some reason, he did not respond to the deletion nominations, but he shouldn't have had to, as there was no valid reason for deletion. Please undelete these files. Wikimandia (talk) 04:27, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose This is a difficult one, which is probably why it has been here for almost a month without comment. First, note that it is not up to us to prove that the image is not free. It is up to the uploader (or anyone who wants to have an image restored) to prove beyond a significant doubt that it is free.

I have looked at a variety of this editor's work, both the images above and those that are still active -- see [1]. I cannot imagine drawing images as complex as this at this small size. It would be much easier to draw them much larger. That argues for their deletion. On the other hand, there is, as noted above, a consistent style that suggests that many of them were created by the same hand. That hand might or might not be our uploader. Given the ambiguity here, I think the Precautionary Principle requires that they not be restored. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 11:45, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

  • I agree with Jim that the small size creates a suspicion. @Tomas.urban: If these are your works, could you import the original files? Regards, Yann (talk) 10:15, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
The uploader has some larger ones done more recently in a very similar style: File:Kapitula_Litoměřice.jpg, File:Biskup Kindermann Jan Ferdinand rev C2.jpg, and probably others. The uploader clearly has some vector source material they are working with, given those, and given the similarity in style with the earlier ones, I think I Symbol support vote.svg Support undeletion. If they have been lifted from the net, we should be able to find a source. Long-term uploading of new works with the same style seems more the mark of an original author. Carl Lindberg (talk) 22:01, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

File:Fastcom 12 login.png

Please restore the following pages:

Reason: http://www.fastcom.fors.ru/web_files/Info/Pictures (The images synthesized by Fastcom 12, do not contain confidential information and can be freely copied and distributed (whole / fragments) - based on the Creative Commons license.

http://www.fastcom.fors.ru/web_files/Info/Pictures#FLOGIN TRustRust (talk) 07:53, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose This image has appeared on the Internet without a free license prior to being uploaded here (or appears to have based on the small size and lack of EXIF metadata), and was thus deleted by an Administrator. Therefore, policy requires that the actual copyright holder, which is almost always the photographer or image designer, must send a free license directly using OTRS.  — Jeff G. ツ 14:41, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
WEB archive from 2014: images are synthesized by Fastcom, do not contain confidential information and can be freely copied and distributed as a whole, or fragments: http://web.archive.org/web/20140119202743/http://fastcom.fors.ru:80/web_files/Info/Pictures. TRustRust (talk) 11:54, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
Symbol support vote.svg Support This looks like a PD-author type of licence or at least a custom free licence. Copying, and distributing and the making of derivatives (which is included in distribution "in fragments") are covered by the archived statement. De728631 (talk) 23:25, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
Permission is on software manufacturer web site. I don't see a problem that it appeared later then files were uploaded. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:40, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
This: http://www.fastcom.fors.ru/web_files/Info/Pictures. (see the first sentence - an indication of Creative Commons by attribution 4.0). Do you need more? TRustRust (talk) 08:40, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

File:ATTILA - thumbnail US Half-Sheet 1958.jpg

The US release poster art work for "Attila" was copyrighted in 1958 by Attila Associates for use in the promotion, distribution, and exhibiting of the film through the expiration of all US distribution rights in March, 1968. No individual stills from the film were copyrighted by Attila Associates, Lux Films, or Ponti-Delaurentiis. Attila Associates owned all rights to their poster artwork, outright. US Promotional artwork did not become the property of the European film licensing firms (Lux Films/Canal-Plus) when the US distribution license expired in 1968. When they renewed US copyright for their film in 1986, there was no renewal of the first term copyright for the Attila Associates' artwork. At that time, per poster artwork created before 1977 with no rights reverting to original artist or others, the artwork would have fallen into the Public Domain. As such, the "Attila" US release poster artwork was free to be used for the 2013 DVD released of the film in Italy by Golem Video. Hence, all Attila Associates US poster artwork for "Attila" would appear to be in the Public Domain. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bbaldwin7 (talk • contribs) 06:59, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Symbol support vote.svg Support This qualifies for {{PD-US-not renewed}}. However, the file was deleted because you uploaded it with a Creative Commons licence, which may have lead to confusion. De728631 (talk) 14:06, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose I disagree with:

"No individual stills from the film were copyrighted by ..."

Just as a writer does not have to copyright every page of a book, a movie producer does not have to separately copyright every frame. The whole movie is copyrighted at once, including all of its frames. It's not obvious whether the three scenes on this poster are actual stills from the movie or are paintings from stills, but in the latter case they are derivative works and therefore just as much under copyright as they would be if they were actual stills.

Therefore, since the poster is a DW of a movie that is still under copyright, it is not PD. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:36, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

If the poster was published first, then it wouldn't be a DW of the unpublished movie.--Prosfilaes (talk) 07:38, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
It may well have been created and published before the movie, but that does not change the fact that if the scenes are taken from the movie, either as actual frames or as paintings made from actual frames, then it is a DW of the movie. The only way it is not a DW is if the scenes on the poster were made up out of the artist's imagination. That would have to be proven. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 11:50, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Request for undeletion

Kindly ask the OTRS volunteers regarding the undeletion request for the ff. images:

File:Ivan Dorschner celebrates birthday with the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (1).jpg File:Ivan Dorschner celebrates birthday with the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (2).jpg File:Ivan Dorschner celebrates birthday with the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (3).jpg File:Ivan Dorschner celebrates birthday with the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (4).jpg File:Ivan Dorschner celebrates birthday with the Boy Scouts of the Philippines.jpg

--RenRen070193 (talk) 08:22, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose If a free license has been sent to OTRS, then the image will be restored automatically when and if the e-mail is received, processed, and approved. If the e-mail has been properly received there, then the sender should receive an automatic reply with the ticket number. If the sender has not had a reply, please check that it was sent correctly and try again. Note that OTRS, like Commons, is entirely staffed by volunteers, and, also like Commons, is shorthanded, so it may be close to 83 days before the e-mail is processed and the image is restored. De728631 (talk) 14:08, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

File:Precious Chikwendu Fani Kayode.jpg

Dear Sir,

Kindly restore the photo Precious Chikwendu Fani Kayode.jgp. There is no copy right issues here. Infact it was directly given to me by the owners from www.femifanikayode.org ie it was obtained by permission from them.

I therefore urge you to undelete the photo immediately.

Regards

Seiperi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seiperi (talk • contribs) 14:31, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

  • Signing your posts on talk pages is required and it is a Commons guideline to sign your posts on deletion requests, undeletion requests, and noticeboards. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion). Thank you.

Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose As noted in the deletion comment, the source site has a clear copyright notice, "© 2017 Femi Fani Kayode". Therefore, policy requires that the actual copyright holder must send a free license using OTRS. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:08, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

File:MariaJastrzebska.jpg

The photo was deleted by Jon Colbert on the grounds of being a selfie. It is not a selfie. It was taken by Deborah Price and I have permission from her to use the photo on wiki. I think my mistake was to give the picture a title which I assume you interpreted as a photographer credit. This was my first attempt at putting a pic on to wikicommons. Can you help? Eg remove the name? Thanks - Wikinovice in hope ~ ~ ~ ~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by DamesnetB (talk • contribs) 16:00, 28 November 2017 (UTC) (The four tildes should not have spaces between them).

Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Actually, it was deleted on the ground that it was not s selfie and, therefore, the actual photographer must give a free license using OTRS. Note also that "permission from her to use the photo on wiki" is insufficient both here and on WP:EN. We require that images be free for use by anybody anywhere for any purpose, including commercial use and derivative works.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs)

This undeletion discussion is now closed. Please do not make any edits to this archive.

File:محمد حافظ رستم.jpg

File:m.h.rustum.jpg
File:محمد حافظ رستم1.jpg

— Preceding unsigned comment added by M.h.rustum (talk • contribs) 21:38, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

  • Signing your posts on talk pages is required and it is a Commons guideline to sign your posts on deletion requests, undeletion requests, and noticeboards. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion). Thank you.

Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose The first has a DR on it, but has not been deleted. No reason is given for undeletion of the others. These are all personal images of a user who has made no useful contributions to Commons or other WMF projects, so they are out of scope. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 22:49, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

 Not done per Jim. De728631 (talk) 17:38, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

This undeletion discussion is now closed. Please do not make any edits to this archive.

File:Questionnement.jpg

Please restore the following pages:

Reason: OTRS agent ( verify ) request: Ticket:2017112810006489 alleges permission for this file. Request temporary undeletion to assess the validity of that allegation, and ping me. If the permission looks good for me, I'll remove {{Temporarily undeleted}} and add {{PermissionOTRS}}, otherwise, {{OTRS received}}. Thanks ! Framawiki (please notify) (talk) 17:31, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

✓ Done @Framawiki: please feel free to close this section if the permission is valid. De728631 (talk) 17:36, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
Thanks De728631 ! --Framawiki (please notify) (talk) 17:37, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

✓ Done: permission was accepted. --Guanaco (talk) 18:23, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

This undeletion discussion is now closed. Please do not make any edits to this archive.

File:Quran2.png

Please restore the following pages:

Reason: this is not a logo, it is Islamic calligraphy inside circle (القرأن الكريم) means: Quran, it is impossible to be a logo! this design also created by well-known user in Arwiki, he also make many calligraphy designs for Wikipedia. Ibrahim.ID ✪ 17:32, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Symbol support vote.svg Support As @Ibrahim.ID: said, it's a calligraphy not a logo! --Alaa :)..! 17:35, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
Symbol support vote.svg Support not acceptable. Thats a clear calligraphy--باسم (talk) 17:43, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

✓ Done: Calligraphic work created by a Wikimedia user. Not a non-free logo in any way. --Guanaco (talk) 18:28, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

File:Looking For Lowry.jpg

I have been authorised to use this file by the owners. Please can it be un-deleated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by J.O.Hutton (talk • contribs) 17:49, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

File:Family crest Vallot (Wallot).png

File was created by myself. Please restore.

Leshugenottes77 (talk) 18:05, 29 November 2017 (UTC)


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