User talk:Lymantria

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Work of a spammer?

Can you consider tagging deleting these person's uploads on April 22 plus this April 18 upload as potential copy vios...or are they OK. Right now they just lie stuck in flickr human review. They're all faulty uploads except for 1 image. It looks like the uploader is spamming or promoting a wikipedia article Here Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 02:37, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

• PS: Feel free to make a comment on this touchy DR if you wish. You don't have to, of course. --Leoboudv (talk) 04:45, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
  • Yes, a spamming flickrwasher. The images are deleted and the user is warned. The DR doesn't seem problematic to me. But I see no point in reacting, the different points of view are already there. Kind regards, Lymantria (talk) 05:28, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
• Thank You. When I saw the wikipedia article, I became alarmed...and I knew that I needed help from an Admin here. This was a serious problem. Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 07:02, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

3 images...one with written limitations which may prevent its use on Commons?

Dear Admin Lymantria,

Please consider marking these 3 images below: The first image below has some written limitations on its use stated by the author on the source link even though the license is 'cc by 2.0 generic'? Woould you pass or fail the image below?

• File:Cesária Évora - Rádio Mindelo.jpg

The second image seems OK but as I marked one of two images uploaded by the uploader from these account, I'd prefer if you check this one, just to be sure:

• File:Jim Kerr - Simple Minds.jpg

The final image below is from a new 1 month old flickr account. I'm not 100% confident in marking it as I had stated to Eugene Zelenko here so I'd prefer an Admin like you to mark it...just to be safe. I don't know if I can trust a 1 month old flickr account.

• File:Mark Humphrey at St James Theatre.jpg

I hope you can mark and pass or fail them. Thank You and Goodnight from Canada, --Leoboudv (talk) 09:17, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Dear Leoboudv, I understand your concerns, but I think all three of these images can be marked and I have done so. Kind regards, Lymantria (talk) 11:03, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

• Thank you. I thought there was a verbal limitation on the use of the first image. Kind Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 18:36, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Indeed there is some discrepancy between the added text "All rights reserved" and the licensing "some rights reserved". In my opinion the text cannot overrule the license. Kind regards, Lymantria (talk) 20:38, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

File:Ezio Auditore Cosplay.jpg

I had flickr failed this image but I also launched a regular DR on it. Anyway, someone I respect says on the DR that its not copyrightable. Then I notice, the uploader--who was warned about uploading copy vios on his talkpage--removed the DR notice. I placed back the DR notice on the image but decided to order a new {{flickrreview}} and request that an experienced Admin like you mark this image...please if you can. This uploader's behaviour is a bit frustrating but maybe the image is not copyrightable then? I don't know; I thought this was similar to a Superman costume but perhaps I am in error. I have no strong opinion here. Anyhow, its better that a third party mark this image. Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 04:28, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for drawing my attention to this. I think the image can be kept. I reacted in the DR and marked the image. Lymantria (talk) 07:27, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

•  Comment: A video game character costume is not copyrightable here because his costume is not complex enough then? Sometimes, it can be hard to tell what image is copyrightable and what is not. Thank You for marking the image as a neutral third party had to mark and pass or fail the image. Sadly with Admin Morning Sunshine being away, there are few other people marking flickr images sometimes. Kind Regards and Goodnight from Vancouver where we are 9 hours behind your time, --Leoboudv (talk) 08:16, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
  • Note that the costume is not quite an exact copy! It IS quite complicated stuff, and as a continental European citizen it is sometimes hard to understand USA laws. Under that law normal clothing you might wear in the streets is not copyrighted. Lymantria (talk) 08:23, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
• I suppose that even the costume of Superman cannot be copyrighted as this image exists of his costume on Commons. One learns new things every day. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 18:14, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

Flickr human Review

There are about 11 .ogv extension flickr human review files that my old computer cannot access. Please see if you can review them if you can. Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 07:37, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

• If you can Lymantria, please send a reply to licensed reviewer Stefan4 regarding this question he asked me on my talkpage. Please reply on Stefan4's talkpage about derivative rights. It concerns the .ogv files in flickr human review. Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 23:19, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
  • Dear Leoboudv, I will dive into this later today. Kind regards, Lymantria (talk) 05:35, 13 May 2013 (UTC) P.S. I reviewed a couple of videos, and will try to do so later today as well.
•  Comment: That is appreciated. Stefan4 asks a good question on video files. Most of Common's policies deals with images files. He knows more about copyright issues than me actually. So, if he is puzzled, then he really does need help. Regards from Canada, --Leoboudv (talk) 07:46, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
• Stefan4 asked a question to you. Just to let you know. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 04:18, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

a heads-up

In 2011 you participated in Commons:Administrators/Requests/Jcb_(de-adminship 2). That discussion ended with User:Jcb losing his administrator privileges.

This note is to inform you that User:Odder proposed Jcb have unconconditional access to administrator privileges restored.

Commons:Administrators/Requests/Jcb (readmin) is scheduled to close on May 20th.

Cheers Geo Swan (talk) 23:13, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

File:香港七一大遊行"把一個劉曉波關進去, 還有千千萬萬個劉曉波走出來!"聲援被中國囚禁的民運人士 Hong Kong Protest Supports Liu Xiaobo, Dissident & Political Prisoner by China.jpg

If this large banner is not copyrightable, pls feel free to mark this image. Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 08:10, 16 May 2013 (UTC) And this one has a derivative picture but I can't say if it is a dominant part of the image below:

• File:香港燭光晚會要求中國釋放民運人士劉曉波 Hong Kong Supports Freedom of Speech and Liu Xiaobo, Dissident & Political Prisoner by China.jpg

Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 08:12, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

I think both images are OK. Kind regards, Lymantria (talk) 09:03, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

• Thank you for your help, --Leoboudv (talk) 18:56, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

This DR

Please feel free to make a very brief comment in this DR--if you wish. (you don't have to) I assume it is just an innocent error by the Azerbaijani nominator...as the uploader, Yerevanci is Armenian. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 08:21, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

This one is clear enough, I think. Kind regards, Lymantria (talk) 07:09, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

This Complaint Here

If you have time, please look at this uploader's images. Glabb says that this user steals images from various sites...and uploads them here. This user has a panoramio and a flickr account but I wonder if he is just steals images here from other web sites. Perhaps they both have to be added to a blacklist? I just commented on a DR on an image uploaded by him here. Also this DR taken from a web site originally. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 05:10, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

•  Comment: Wow! This uploader (Bru 216) now also has a picasa account where he uploaded a stolen image in one of the DR's I mentioned. I don't know how many copy vios he has here on Commons--or how many I may have accidentally marked in the past by this uploader. I hope he doesn't have a fourth account. Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 08:33, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Comment I've nominated all files uploaded by this user which originated from Flickr user Geomeng. First I made individual nominations for some files that I found elsewhere, then I made a mass nomination with the rest, assuming that it's all copyvio. See Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Bru216. I think that 94046063@N04 needs to be added to the Flickrwashing lists, so that people are warned before reviewing any file from that account and so that the bot lists the files as Flickrwashing.

Left to do:

• Check if there are any files from this Flickr account which were uploaded by a different user or by one of the Flickr bots.
• Check files from other sources (Panoramio, Picasa, other Flickr accounts) and files listed as "own work". --Stefan4 (talk) 18:19, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
• The flickr account should be blacklisted. I wonder if the panoramio account could be blacklisted too? Glabb was right. He just takes images from other sites and uploads them here. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 18:30, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
• Almost all files by the user have now been nominated for deletion. Left to check:
  • A small number of files which are listed as derivative works of other Commons files, originally uploaded by other users. These are probably OK.
  • A small number of files from other Flickr accounts. These may be OK, but still need to be checked.
  • If the user has used User:Flickr upload bot, then we may need to nominate those files for deletion too. It may be easier to wait until the other files have been deleted as you can then more easily check Special:Contributions/Bru216 for any bot use. --Stefan4 (talk) 19:57, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
    • Thank you for your good work, Stefan4. Kind regards, Lymantria (talk) 08:23, 20 May 2013 (UTC)